2004 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	BCS12/5	APfinal pre-bowl	Coachesfinal pre-bowl
1	12-0	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	36.8139	75.0	406.5	133	2	2	2
2	12-0	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	36.4380	75.0	401.5	133	1	1	1
3	12-0	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	35.5106	71.5	396.0	134	3	3	3
4	10-1	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	31.4900	62.0	318.0	123	4	6	5
5	9-2	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	29.7720	57.0	300.0	122	12	11	13
6	9-2	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	28.5938	55.5	292.0	124	13	13	12
7	8-3	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	28.3714	50.5	292.5	123	19	21	24
8	11-0	68	Boise	Boise St	WAC	28.1522	56.5	290.0	126	9	10	10
9	10-1	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	28.1230	60.5	276.0	122	5	4	4
10	11-0	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	MWC	27.8884	59.5	272.0	121	6	5	6
11	8-3	2390		Miami	ACC	27.3263	47.5	283.0	123	14	14	14
12	9-2	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	27.2620	53.5	275.5	123	7	8	7
13	10-2	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	26.5414	60.0	286.5	133	8	9	9
14	8-3	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	25.7066	50.5	255.5	121	16	17	15
15	9-2	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	25.0045	55.5	243.5	122	11	12	11
16	7-4	245	College Station	Texas A&M	Big 12	24.2846	44.0	249.5	123	20	22	25
17	9-3	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	23.2546	55.5	251.5	135	15	15	17
18	9-2	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	23.0536	55.5	221.5	123	17	16	16
19	10-1	97	Louisville	Louisville	CUSA	23.0413	53.0	220.5	121	10	7	8
20	8-3	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	22.9925	50.5	224.5	122	18	18	18
21	8-3	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	Big East	22.8967	45.5	227.0	121	21	19	20
22	7-4	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	21.3433	42.5	215.0	123	25	24	22
23	8-3	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	Big East	21.2399	47.0	207.0	122		25
24	6-5	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	20.7881	37.5	215.5	124
25	6-5	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	Big East	19.4711	36.0	196.0	121
26	7-4	197		Oklahoma St	Big 12	19.2669	42.5	191.0	124	24
27	7-4	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	18.9046	42.5	183.5	122	23	20	19
28	7-4	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	18.8770	44.0	181.5	122
29	8-3	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big East	18.5216	45.5	175.5	122			23
30	9-3	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	18.4646	46.5	195.5	134
31	6-5	228	Clemson	Clemson ineligible	ACC	18.1198	37.5	178.0	121
32	7-4	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	17.9210	42.5	171.5	122	22	23	21
33	7-5	38	Boulder	Colorado	Big 12	17.7898	42.5	189.5	133
34	8-3	2638	El Paso	UTEP	WAC	17.2449	38.0	171.0	124
35	6-5	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	16.9978	35.5	168.0	122
36	7-4	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	16.9959	36.5	165.5	121
37	7-4	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	16.3071	34.5	162.0	123
38	7-4	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	16.1405	38.0	153.5	121
39	6-5	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	CUSA	16.1289	30.0	163.5	122
40	9-2	2426	Annapolis	Navy	Ind	16.0626	45.5	145.5	122
41	6-5	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	15.9322	35.5	155.0	122
42	8-3	2459	San Jose	N Illinois	MAC	15.6677	38.0	149.0	122
43	6-6	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	15.6560	39.0	165.0	133
44	8-3	235	Memphis	Memphis	CUSA	15.4091	39.5	143.0	121
45	8-3	278	Fresno	Fresno St	WAC	15.2595	41.0	143.0	124
46	6-5	135		Minnesota	Big Ten	15.1723	32.5	151.5	124
47	6-5	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	14.9762	34.0	145.0	122
48	6-5	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	14.9665	37.5	141.0	122
49	7-5	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	WAC	14.9652	38.0	164.0	139
50	6-5	2579	Columbia	South Carolina ineligible	SEC	14.5022	36.0	137.0	122
51	7-4	41	Toledo	UConn	Big East	14.1653	39.0	128.5	121
52	8-4	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	13.9129	38.0	144.0	134
53	6-5	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	13.8554	31.5	133.0	121
54	7-4	249	Marquette	North Texas	Sun Belt	13.5044	35.0	128.0	124
55	5-6	120	College Park	Maryland	ACC	13.3510	31.0	128.5	122
56	8-3	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	13.2657	39.5	119.0	123
57	5-6	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	13.2377	27.5	131.0	122
58	5-7	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	12.9969	31.0	138.5	133
59	5-6	252	Provo	BYU	MWC	12.7370	26.5	126.0	122
60	5-6	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	CUSA	12.6281	23.0	127.5	121
61	5-6	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big 12	12.5144	29.0	121.5	123
62	5-6	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	12.2720	29.5	117.0	122
63	6-5	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	12.2206	37.5	107.5	122
64	5-6	142	Columbia	Missouri	Big 12	12.1900	29.5	116.0	122
65	6-5	2751		Wyoming	MWC	12.1446	29.5	114.5	121
66	6-5	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	12.1009	32.5	112.5	123
67	6-6	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	WAC	11.8431	30.0	128.0	137
68	5-6	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	11.5528	29.5	110.0	124
69	5-6	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	Sun Belt	11.4959	21.0	116.0	121
70	5-6	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	CUSA	11.4665	26.5	110.5	122
71	4-7	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	11.2179	23.0	115.0	126
72	6-5	276	Huntington	Marshall	MAC	10.3912	30.0	93.5	122
73	6-5	2006		Akron	MAC	10.3092	30.0	92.5	122
74	5-6	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	10.1074	23.0	97.0	121
75	5-6	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	Sun Belt	10.0776	25.0	96.0	123
76	4-7	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	10.0392	21.0	100.0	123
77	5-6	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	10.0133	31.0	88.5	123
78	4-7	58	Tampa	South Florida	CUSA	9.2810	18.0	92.5	121
79	5-6	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	8.9416	21.0	86.5	123
80	3-8	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	8.9001	14.5	92.5	122
81	4-7	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	8.6094	24.5	78.5	123
82	4-7	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	8.5137	23.0	79.0	123
83	3-8	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	8.2624	18.0	81.5	123
84	4-7	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big East	8.1622	24.5	73.0	123
85	3-8	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	8.0185	18.0	78.5	123
86	4-7	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	7.9747	21.0	74.0	122
87	4-7	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	7.7466	23.0	69.0	122
88	4-7	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	7.5307	18.0	72.5	123
89	5-6	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	7.5007	23.0	66.0	122
90	4-7	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	7.3152	16.0	71.5	122
91	4-8	202		Tulsa	WAC	7.2407	18.0	77.5	135
92	3-8	2032		Arkansas St	Sun Belt	7.1423	15.0	70.5	122
93	4-7	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	6.9642	18.0	65.0	122
94	3-8	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	6.8644	16.0	66.0	122
95	3-8	242	Houston	Rice	WAC	6.8036	15.0	68.0	125
96	5-7	2440	Reno	Nevada	WAC	6.3611	23.0	60.0	135
97	3-8	2567	Dallas	SMU	WAC	5.3152	15.0	49.0	124
98	4-7	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	5.2949	18.0	45.0	123
99	4-7	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	5.1515	20.0	41.0	123
100	3-8	328	Logan	Utah State	Sun Belt	5.1341	15.0	46.0	122
101	3-9	70	Moscow	Idaho	Sun Belt	5.0846	15.0	51.0	133
102	2-9	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	4.9335	10.0	49.5	123
103	3-8	248	Houston	Houston	CUSA	4.8882	15.0	43.0	122
104	2-9	349	West Point	Army	CUSA	4.8760	10.0	48.0	121
105	2-9	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	4.5826	9.5	45.0	121
106	2-9	218	Philadelphia	Temple	Big East	4.4292	9.5	43.5	122
107	2-9	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	3.8145	9.5	36.0	122
108	4-7	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	3.6426	19.5	23.0	123
109	2-9	151	Greenville	East Carolina	CUSA	3.6364	10.0	33.0	121
110	3-8	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	3.6353	14.5	28.5	123
111	2-9	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	3.4176	13.0	27.5	123
112	2-9	23	San Jose	San José St	WAC	3.0257	8.0	28.5	124
113	2-9	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	2.3725	10.0	18.0	123
114	2-9	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	1.1550	10.0	3.0	122
115	1-10	264		Washington	Pac-12	1.1103	5.0	8.0	122
116	1-10	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	0.7566	3.0	6.0	124
117	0-11	2116		UCF	MAC	0.0000	0.0	0.0	122

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2004 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: Clemson (self-imposed: Clemson declined all bowl bids after the Nov. 20 brawl with South Carolina (bowl-eligible at 6-5).); South Carolina (self-imposed: South Carolina declined all bowl bids after the Nov. 20 brawl with Clemson (bowl-eligible at 6-5).).

If Harbin had run the 2004 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 7 of 8 teams in the real lineup.

Game	Harbin lineup	Harbin #	W-L	Real lineup	Harbin #
Title game (Orange Bowl)	Oklahoma C Big 12 title game #1	1	12-0	USC C Pac-12 #1 BCS / title game (AQ champion Pac-10)	2
	USC C Pac-12 title game #2	2	12-0	Oklahoma C Big 12 #2 BCS / title game (AQ champion Big 12)	1
Rose Bowl	Michigan C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten	6	9-2	Texas Big 12 #4 BCS, automatic under 3-4 rule (Big 12 non-champion); Fiesta consented to release it	4
	Virginia Tech C ACC AQ champion ACC	13	10-2	Michigan C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten (tie-in)	6
Sugar Bowl	Auburn C SEC AQ champion SEC	3	12-0	Auburn C SEC AQ champion SEC (tie-in)	3
	Pitt C Big East AQ champion Big East	21	8-3	Virginia Tech C ACC AQ champion ACC (selected by the Sugar)	13
Fiesta Bowl	Texas Big 12 3-4 rule (#4, Big 12 non-champion), replacement pick	4	10-1	Utah MWC non-AQ automatic (#6 Mountain West; first non-AQ team ever to a BCS bowl)	10
	Iowa Big Ten at-large, replacement pick	5	9-2	Pitt C Big East AQ champion Big East	21

Title game, 1/4/2005: USC 55, Oklahoma 19.

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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