2003 Harbin Rankings: FBS

BCS era

Latest update: 2026-10-18 5:01 am ET | Week 16 status: COMPLETE

Top 2 teams by Harbin average would play for the title
Current Rank	Rated W-L	ID #	City	School	Conf	Current Average	Level 1	Level 2	L2 divisor	BCS12/7	APfinal pre-bowl	Coachesfinal pre-bowl
1	12-1	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	32.1442	75.0	422.0	160	1	1	1
2	10-2	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	31.5460	62.0	382.5	145	5	8	7
3	12-1	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	30.7532	71.5	399.0	158	2	3	3
4	11-1	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	30.7083	68.5	362.5	145	3	2	2
5	10-2	2390		Miami	Big East	29.6806	62.0	353.0	144	9	10	10
6	10-2	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	29.6111	62.0	352.0	144	4	4	4
7	10-2	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	29.4792	65.0	346.5	144	7	9	9
8	11-3	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	27.5178	63.0	389.0	169	10	13	13
9	10-2	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	26.5723	60.5	316.5	147	6	6	6
10	10-2	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	25.8129	62.0	303.5	147	8	7	8
11	12-1	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	25.7434	61.5	332.0	158	11	14	15
12	9-2	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	MWC	25.0779	48.0	275.5	133	22
13	10-3	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	24.7692	62.0	318.0	159	12	5	5
14	9-3	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	24.0388	55.5	281.5	145	13	12	11
15	9-3	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	23.7159	55.5	273.0	143	16	15	14
16	9-3	120	College Park	Maryland	ACC	23.4514	53.5	273.5	144	23	24	25
17	8-4	57	Birmingham	Florida	SEC	22.6753	47.0	272.0	145	15	16	16
18	11-1	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	CUSA	22.5069	58.0	254.5	144	18	19	19
19	8-4	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	22.2503	50.5	258.0	143
20	9-3	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	22.0259	45.0	265.0	145
21	12-1	68	Boise	Boise St	WAC	21.6134	58.0	271.0	158	17	18	17
22	9-3	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big 12	21.5548	54.0	249.0	146	20	23	21
23	9-3	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	21.4957	58.5	241.0	145	14	11	12
24	10-3	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	21.1222	47.5	276.0	158	24	20	23
25	8-4	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	21.0347	47.0	246.5	144
26	9-3	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	20.6866	55.5	234.5	146	19	17	18
27	8-4	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	20.4994	47.5	241.5	146
28	8-4	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	Big East	19.9375	45.5	232.5	144
29	8-4	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big East	19.6389	49.0	224.0	144		21	24
30	8-4	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	Big East	19.4306	49.0	221.0	144
31	8-4	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	19.4167	50.5	219.0	144
32	9-3	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	19.3111	50.5	220.5	146	21	22	22
33	7-5	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	19.2917	44.0	225.0	144
34	8-4	235	Memphis	Memphis	CUSA	19.0663	39.5	224.0	142
35	7-5	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	19.0347	40.5	225.5	144
36	9-3	135	El Paso	Minnesota	Big Ten	18.5069	52.5	203.5	144	25	25	20
37	7-5	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	17.8065	34.5	218.0	146
38	8-4	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	17.7399	39.5	209.5	145
39	7-6	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	17.2308	44.0	216.0	156
40	7-5	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	17.2222	42.5	197.0	144
41	6-6	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	17.1042	31.5	208.5	144
42	8-4	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	16.9079	38.0	196.5	143
43	7-5	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	Big East	16.8403	42.5	191.5	144
44	6-6	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	16.4931	37.5	192.5	144
45	6-6	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	16.1121	39.0	186.5	145
46	9-3	41	East Hartford	UConn	Ind	16.0764	47.5	174.5	144
47	10-2	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	15.9957	52.5	168.5	145
48	8-4	142	Columbia	Missouri	Big 12	15.9685	45.5	179.0	147
49	7-5	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	15.8121	34.5	185.0	143
50	7-5	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	15.7672	39.0	181.5	145
51	7-5	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	15.6695	40.5	179.5	146
52	5-7	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	15.6402	29.5	188.5	143
53	9-3	97	Louisville	Louisville	CUSA	15.2974	49.5	162.0	145
54	7-5	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	15.2658	42.5	170.0	145
55	8-4	276	Huntington	Marshall	MAC	14.9923	39.5	172.0	147
56	9-3	249	Easton	North Texas	Sun Belt	13.9440	46.5	146.0	145
57	6-6	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	13.4353	37.5	149.5	145
58	5-7	154		Wake Forest	ACC	13.4167	31.0	156.0	144
59	5-7	38	Boulder	Colorado	Big 12	13.3316	31.0	158.0	147
60	7-4	58	Tampa	South Florida	CUSA	12.9686	31.0	135.0	133
61	8-4	202	Ruston	Tulsa	WAC	12.8927	38.0	142.0	146
62	8-5	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	WAC	12.8498	39.5	156.0	159
63	6-6	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	Big East	12.7917	36.0	141.0	144
64	8-4	2426	Annapolis	Navy	Ind	12.6365	39.5	135.5	145
65	8-5	278	Fresno	Fresno St	WAC	12.6271	39.5	151.5	158
66	6-6	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	12.4670	32.5	141.5	145
67	6-6	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	12.0776	39.0	128.0	145
68	6-6	2440	Reno	Nevada	WAC	12.0101	29.5	138.5	145
69	6-6	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	11.3216	26.0	130.0	142
70	4-8	252	Provo	BYU	MWC	11.1973	21.5	134.5	143
71	7-5	248	Houston	Houston	CUSA	10.6624	36.5	110.5	145
72	5-7	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	10.5063	29.5	117.5	146
73	5-7	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	10.1588	27.5	112.5	143
74	4-8	245	College Station	Texas A&M	Big 12	9.9722	23.0	116.0	144
75	5-7	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	9.8635	26.5	111.0	145
76	4-7	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	9.6288	23.0	99.5	132
77	5-7	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	WAC	9.3224	26.5	106.0	149
78	6-6	2653	Troy	Troy	Ind	9.1872	26.0	102.5	146
79	4-9	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama ineligible	SEC	8.5931	23.0	108.5	159
80	7-5	2006		Akron	MAC	8.3176	31.0	82.0	143
81	5-7	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big East	8.2299	28.0	85.5	145
82	4-8	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	7.9306	21.0	89.0	144
83	4-8	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	7.8889	18.0	92.0	144
84	5-7	242	Houston	Rice	WAC	7.3573	25.0	77.0	146
85	4-8	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	7.1507	18.0	82.5	146
86	5-7	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	CUSA	7.0632	26.0	71.0	145
87	4-8	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	Sun Belt	6.7708	20.0	73.5	144
88	5-7	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	6.6427	23.0	69.0	146
89	5-7	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	6.4621	23.0	65.0	143
90	5-7	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	CUSA	6.2830	24.5	61.5	145
91	5-7	2032		Arkansas St	Sun Belt	5.3958	21.0	52.5	144
92	4-8	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5.1458	18.0	52.5	144
93	4-8	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	4.5582	21.0	41.0	146
94	3-9	328	Logan	Utah State	Sun Belt	4.4668	15.0	46.0	143
95	2-10	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	4.3145	11.5	49.0	146
96	3-9	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	4.2960	11.0	49.0	145
97	3-9	2116		UCF	MAC	4.2083	13.0	45.0	144
98	3-9	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	4.1736	13.0	44.5	144
99	3-9	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	4.1042	18.0	37.5	144
100	2-10	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	4.0536	11.5	45.5	147
101	3-8	23	San Jose	San José St	WAC	3.7744	13.0	35.0	135
102	3-9	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	3.6398	14.5	35.5	146
103	2-10	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	3.4583	11.5	36.0	144
104	3-9	70	Moscow	Idaho	Sun Belt	3.4375	15.0	31.5	144
105	2-10	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	2.9612	8.0	33.5	146
106	2-10	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	2.8606	9.5	30.0	145
107	2-10	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	2.5977	8.0	28.0	145
108	3-9	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	Sun Belt	2.4621	11.5	20.0	133
109	1-11	218	Philadelphia	Temple	Big East	1.8153	5.0	20.0	143
110	1-11	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1.6667	5.0	18.0	144
111	2-10	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	1.6250	9.5	12.0	144
112	1-11	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	1.3879	3.0	16.5	145
113	1-11	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	0.9684	5.0	8.0	145
114	2-11	2638	El Paso	UTEP	WAC	0.9038	8.0	4.5	156
115	1-11	151	Greenville	East Carolina	CUSA	0.4167	5.0	0.0	144
116	0-12	2567	Dallas	SMU	WAC	0.0000	0.0	0.0	146
117	0-13	349	West Point	Army	CUSA	0.0000	0.0	0.0	156

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2003 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: Alabama (NCAA sanctions: Second year of the two-year NCAA bowl ban from the Albert Means recruiting case.).

If Harbin had run the 2003 BCS

The BCS, as if Harbin had run it: Harbin #1 plays Harbin #2 for the title, every AQ conference champion goes to its bowl, the non-AQ, Notre Dame and #3/#4 automatic rules apply that year, and the best-ranked eligible teams fill the at-large spots. Harbin matches 8 of 8 teams in the real lineup.

Game	Harbin lineup	Harbin #	W-L	Real lineup	Harbin #
Title game (Sugar Bowl)	Oklahoma Big 12 title game #1	1	12-1	Oklahoma Big 12 #1 BCS / title game (not Big 12 champion; Kansas State was)	1
	Ohio State Big Ten title game #2	2	10-2	LSU C SEC #2 BCS / title game (AQ champion SEC)	3
Rose Bowl	Michigan C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten	6	10-2	USC C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10 (tie-in)	4
	USC C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10	4	11-1	Michigan C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten (tie-in)	6
Orange Bowl	Miami C Big East AQ champion Big East	5	10-2	Miami C Big East AQ champion Big East (Orange hosted the Big East that year)	5
	LSU C SEC AQ champion SEC	3	12-1	Florida St C ACC AQ champion ACC (selected by the Orange)	7
Fiesta Bowl	Kansas St C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12	8	11-3	Ohio State Big Ten at-large (#5, Big Ten non-champion)	2
	Florida St C ACC AQ champion ACC	7	10-2	Kansas St C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12 (tie-in)	8

Title game, 1/4/2004: LSU 21, Oklahoma 14.

C = AQ conference champion. Green = in the Harbin lineup but not the real one; red = in the real lineup but not the Harbin one. The small note under each team is how it got in (Harbin: that year’s BCS rules applied to the Harbin ranking; real: the actual BCS selection). Harbin # is the team’s national Harbin rank.

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