2005 Harbin Rankings: FBS

BCS era

Latest update: 2026-10-18 5:01 am ET | Week 15 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	BCS12/4	APfinal pre-bowl	Coachesfinal pre-bowl	FPIfinal pre-bowl
1	12-0	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	36.8097	75.0	409.5	134	1	1	1	2
2	12-0	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	36.7724	75.0	409.0	134	2	2	2	1
3	10-1	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	34.4613	63.5	350.0	122	3	3	3	5
4	10-2	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	29.5652	62.0	324.5	133	10	12	12	4
5	10-2	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	29.4950	62.0	326.0	134	7	8	8	8
6	10-1	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big East	28.6923	60.0	283.5	122	11	11	11	22
7	9-2	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	28.6227	55.5	290.0	123	4	4	4	3
8	10-2	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	28.0827	60.0	307.0	133	12	10	10	14
9	10-1	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	27.5540	58.5	273.5	123	5	6	5	11
10	9-2	2390		Miami	ACC	27.5205	57.0	277.0	124	8	9	9	6
11	9-2	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	26.0831	53.5	261.0	123	9	7	7	7
12	10-1	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	MWC	26.0753	51.5	261.0	122	14	14	14	35
13	8-3	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	25.0997	49.0	256.0	124	17	16	18	15
14	9-2	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	25.0455	55.5	244.0	122	6	5	6	10
15	9-2	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	24.6796	55.5	241.5	123	16	17	17	25
16	9-2	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	24.2124	54.0	235.5	122	13	13	13	17
17	7-4	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	24.1888	42.5	250.0	123	20	20	21	12
18	7-4	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	23.5673	45.5	239.0	123	24	24	24	34
19	9-2	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	23.4298	50.0	228.5	121	15	18	15	13
20	8-3	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	23.2206	47.5	232.5	123	21	19	19	21
21	8-4	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	22.1244	48.5	240.5	133	22	22	22	24
22	9-2	97	Louisville	Louisville	Big East	22.0826	57.0	204.5	121	19	15	16	9
23	9-3	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	22.0188	54.0	233.0	133	18	21	20	28
24	7-4	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	21.8311	42.5	221.0	123	25			45
25	7-4	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	21.5203	44.0	215.5	123	23			27
26	7-4	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big 12	20.5395	42.0	204.0	122				51
27	7-4	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	20.3271	42.5	202.5	123				43
28	7-4	135	Nashville	Minnesota	Big Ten	20.3126	41.0	204.0	123				20
29	7-4	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	20.1572	40.5	201.0	122		25	25	16
30	7-4	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	19.8294	40.5	197.0	122				32
31	7-4	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	19.0410	44.0	183.5	122		23	23	26
32	6-5	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	18.7269	32.5	194.0	123				40
33	6-5	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	18.1984	32.5	187.5	123				52
34	6-5	58	Tampa	South Florida	Big East	17.8450	34.0	180.0	122				42
35	6-5	142	Columbia	Missouri	Big 12	17.4191	36.0	174.0	123				53
36	9-3	68	Boise	Boise St	WAC	17.2598	43.0	186.0	136				37
37	6-5	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	16.4671	30.0	169.0	123				90
38	7-5	38	Boulder	Colorado	Big 12	16.3935	42.5	173.5	135				39
39	8-4	202	Memphis	Tulsa	CUSA	16.1529	40.0	170.5	133				54
40	8-4	2116	Honolulu	UCF	CUSA	15.8145	40.0	166.0	133				83
41	7-5	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	15.5112	33.0	171.0	134				61
42	6-5	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	15.4102	30.0	156.0	123				76
43	6-5	235	Memphis	Memphis	CUSA	15.3910	28.0	158.0	123				72
44	8-3	2440	Reno	Nevada	WAC	15.3164	40.0	146.0	125				84
45	8-3	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	15.0806	38.0	143.0	123				64
46	5-6	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	15.0540	31.0	150.5	123				55
47	8-4	278	Fresno	Fresno St	WAC	14.9681	38.0	160.5	136				23
48	7-4	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big East	14.6612	39.0	134.5	121				57
49	8-3	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	14.4302	38.0	135.0	123				71
50	5-6	2567	Dallas	SMU	CUSA	14.3219	25.0	147.0	122				92
51	6-5	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	14.2483	36.0	135.0	123				38
52	5-6	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	14.1859	29.5	141.5	123				33
53	6-5	252	Provo	BYU	MWC	14.1438	28.0	141.5	122				49
54	5-6	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	14.0477	31.0	137.0	122				44
55	7-5	2006		Akron	MAC	13.8868	35.0	147.0	134				93
56	5-6	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	13.3607	27.5	132.5	122				50
57	6-5	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	13.3306	28.0	130.5	121				63
58	5-6	120	College Park	Maryland	ACC	13.0883	29.5	128.0	123				47
59	6-5	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	12.9449	31.5	124.0	123				68
60	6-5	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	12.9213	37.5	117.0	123				18
61	5-6	245	College Station	Texas A&M	Big 12	12.4593	27.5	122.5	123				31
62	5-6	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	12.1900	29.5	116.0	122				30
63	5-6	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	12.1766	28.0	117.5	122				67
64	7-4	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	WAC	12.0618	35.0	111.0	125				79
65	7-4	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	12.0574	33.0	110.5	122				97
66	6-5	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	MWC	12.0440	31.5	112.0	122				56
67	5-6	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	12.0052	31.0	113.0	123				29
68	5-6	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	11.9128	26.0	116.5	122				78
69	7-4	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	11.8954	36.5	105.5	123				62
70	5-6	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	11.8640	29.0	113.5	123				60
71	6-5	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	11.7668	28.0	112.5	122				94
72	4-7	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	11.6556	20.0	121.0	123				107
73	5-6	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	Big East	11.6033	29.0	108.5	121				48
74	5-7	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	11.4066	25.0	124.0	133				66
75	7-4	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	11.3241	40.5	94.0	123				19
76	6-5	248	Houston	Houston	CUSA	11.1244	29.5	103.0	122				69
77	6-5	2032		Arkansas St	Sun Belt	11.0992	28.0	103.5	121				102
78	4-7	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	10.9158	24.5	106.0	122				58
79	5-6	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	10.8614	23.0	107.0	122				74
80	4-7	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	10.6345	19.5	109.0	123				80
81	4-7	349	West Point	Army	Ind	10.2839	18.0	105.5	122				96
82	6-5	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	9.6628	30.0	86.0	124				70
83	5-6	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	9.5041	25.0	87.5	121				109
84	5-6	2229	Miami	FIU	Sun Belt	9.4298	21.0	91.0	121				105
85	4-7	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	9.3337	19.5	93.0	123				36
86	4-7	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	Sun Belt	8.9218	21.5	85.0	122				86
87	3-8	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	8.8726	16.0	90.5	122				46
88	5-6	151	Greenville	East Carolina	CUSA	8.4254	26.5	74.0	123				89
89	4-7	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	8.3480	21.5	78.0	122				75
90	7-4	2426	Annapolis	Navy	Ind	8.1529	36.5	58.5	121				77
91	4-7	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	8.0758	21.0	74.0	120				85
92	4-7	2751		Wyoming	MWC	7.7742	21.5	71.0	122				73
93	5-6	41	East Hartford	UConn	Big East	7.6116	26.0	63.5	121				65
94	4-7	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	7.3622	18.0	71.0	124				98
95	4-7	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Big East	7.3293	21.0	64.5	119				95
96	4-7	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	7.2280	20.0	66.0	122				101
97	4-7	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	7.1530	21.0	64.5	123				41
98	4-7	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	7.0083	18.0	65.0	121				104
99	5-7	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	WAC	6.6486	25.0	63.0	138				87
100	4-7	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	6.5887	21.5	57.0	123				106
101	3-8	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	6.1267	16.0	57.0	122				91
102	3-8	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	5.9083	14.5	56.0	122				81
103	2-9	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	5.3077	11.5	52.0	122				99
104	2-9	249		North Texas	Sun Belt	4.3644	10.0	42.5	123				116
105	2-9	2226	Miami Gardens	FAU	Sun Belt	4.0496	10.0	38.0	121				115
106	2-9	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	3.7779	10.0	35.0	122				110
107	2-9	2655	Ruston	Tulane	CUSA	3.7601	8.0	37.0	122				100
108	3-8	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	3.6353	14.5	28.5	123				82
109	3-8	23	San Jose	San José St	WAC	3.5231	13.0	29.5	126				111
110	3-8	328	Logan	Utah State	WAC	3.2036	15.0	23.0	125				113
111	2-9	264		Washington	Pac-12	3.1766	11.5	26.0	122				59
112	2-9	70	Moscow	Idaho	WAC	2.1091	10.0	15.0	125				114
113	1-10	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	1.0997	5.0	8.0	124				108
114	1-10	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	1.0044	3.0	9.0	123				103
115	1-10	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	Big East	0.8644	5.0	5.0	122				88
116	1-10	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	0.7605	3.0	6.0	123				112
117	1-10	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	0.7004	5.0	3.0	122				118
118	0-11	218	Philadelphia	Temple	Ind	0.0000	0.0	0.0	122				119
119	0-12	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	WAC	0.0000	0.0	0.0	136				117

If Harbin had run the 2005 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 (Rose Bowl)	USC C Pac-12 title game #1	1	12-0	USC C Pac-12 #1 BCS / title game (AQ champion Pac-10)	1
	Texas C Big 12 title game #2	2	12-0	Texas C Big 12 #2 BCS / title game (AQ champion Big 12)	2
Sugar Bowl	Georgia C SEC AQ champion SEC	5	10-2	Georgia C SEC AQ champion SEC (tie-in)	5
	Ohio State Big Ten at-large	7	9-2	West Virginia C Big East AQ champion Big East	6
Orange Bowl	Florida St C ACC AQ champion ACC	21	8-4	Florida St C ACC AQ champion ACC (tie-in)	21
	West Virginia C Big East AQ champion Big East	6	10-1	Penn State C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten (selected by the Orange)	3
Fiesta Bowl	Penn State C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten	3	10-1	Ohio State Big Ten #4 BCS, automatic under 3-4 rule (Big Ten non-champion)	7
	Virginia Tech ACC 3-4 rule (#4, ACC non-champion), replacement pick	4	10-2	Notre Dame Ind automatic as independent ranked #6; replaced Texas as the Fiesta host team	14

Title game, 1/4/2006: Texas 41, USC 38.

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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