2006 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	BCS12/3	APfinal pre-bowl	Coachesfinal pre-bowl	FPIfinal pre-bowl
1	12-0	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	34.6875	75.0	409.5	144	1	1	1	1
2	12-1	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	34.1624	71.5	450.0	157	2	2	2	7
3	10-2	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	33.6139	65.0	414.5	147	5	8	7	2
4	11-1	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	33.4670	68.5	402.5	145	3	3	3	6
5	11-1	97	Louisville	Louisville	Big East	31.2639	68.5	368.0	144	6	5	6	5
6	10-2	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	28.3293	60.5	340.0	146	9	10	10	18
7	11-2	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	27.6896	68.5	352.0	157	10	7	8	9
8	10-2	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	27.3019	60.5	325.0	146	4	4	4	4
9	12-0	68	Boise	Boise St	WAC	27.2083	59.5	311.5	140	8	9	9	21
10	10-2	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big East	27.2014	58.5	321.5	144	16	16	17	27
11	10-2	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	26.6901	58.5	318.5	146	15	14	14	15
12	10-2	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	26.5828	60.5	314.5	146	11	11	11	12
13	10-2	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big East	26.1337	58.5	304.0	143	13	13	12	10
14	9-3	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	25.7292	55.0	304.5	144	18	20	19	8
15	9-3	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	25.2700	50.5	307.5	146	24	23	23	23
16	9-3	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	25.0575	52.0	300.5	145	19	18	16	3
17	11-1	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	24.5972	63.5	278.0	144	7	6	5	19
18	11-2	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	24.2051	68.0	296.0	156	14	15	15	45
19	9-3	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	24.1233	54.0	286.5	146	17	17	18	16
20	10-3	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	22.3205	58.5	278.0	156	12	12	13	17
21	9-4	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	22.1788	52.0	274.5	151	22	24	25	33
22	7-5	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	21.8865	42.5	266.0	145	25			26
23	9-3	245	College Station	Texas A&M	Big 12	21.8111	50.5	257.0	146	21	21	21	20
24	10-2	252	Provo	BYU	MWC	21.6142	50.0	249.5	143	20	19	20	11
25	9-4	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big 12	20.3376	52.0	256.5	157	23	22	22	14
26	8-4	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	20.0891	47.0	234.5	145				36
27	10-3	248	Houston	Houston	CUSA	20.0179	49.5	254.5	157				51
28	8-4	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	19.5366	47.5	229.0	147				13
29	9-4	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	19.5000	53.5	240.0	156			25	41
30	10-2	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	MWC	19.4965	51.0	216.5	142		25	24	29
31	7-5	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	19.2716	40.5	230.5	145				22
32	8-4	142	Columbia	Missouri	Big 12	19.0999	45.5	223.5	146				28
33	8-4	120	College Park	Maryland	ACC	17.8261	45.5	203.5	145				59
34	7-5	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Big East	17.4108	39.0	202.5	143				50
35	8-4	202		Tulsa	CUSA	17.4080	38.0	206.5	145				48
36	8-4	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	17.0208	45.5	190.5	144				25
37	7-5	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	16.9741	39.0	199.0	145				31
38	8-4	58	Tampa	South Florida	Big East	16.9735	45.5	188.5	143				46
39	6-6	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	16.8264	34.0	201.5	144				44
40	9-4	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	16.3278	45.0	202.0	157				60
41	7-5	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	16.2361	39.0	187.0	144				52
42	7-5	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	16.0278	39.0	184.0	144				24
43	6-3	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	WAC	16.0225	31.5	139.0	111				30
44	7-5	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	15.8575	40.5	178.5	143				34
45	6-6	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	15.7639	37.5	182.0	144				42
46	9-4	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	15.6667	44.5	191.0	156				75
47	7-5	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	15.6638	39.0	180.0	145				61
48	7-5	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	15.0891	35.0	176.5	145				88
49	6-6	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	14.7243	34.5	173.0	146				37
50	8-3	2440	Reno	Nevada	WAC	14.6124	41.5	142.0	131				56
51	7-5	151	Greenville	East Carolina	CUSA	14.4425	38.0	163.5	145				66
52	8-4	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	14.4172	41.5	160.0	146				77
53	5-7	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	14.3419	29.5	173.5	146				47
54	6-6	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	14.0782	32.5	166.0	146				32
55	6-6	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	13.9792	34.0	160.5	144				35
56	8-5	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	13.7303	45.5	155.5	152				54
57	9-3	2426	Annapolis	Navy	Ind	13.6806	47.5	140.0	144				55
58	6-6	135	Tempe	Minnesota	Big Ten	13.2639	32.5	152.0	144				39
59	6-6	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	Big East	13.2328	32.5	150.5	143				38
60	8-5	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	12.9752	39.5	157.0	158				57
61	6-6	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	12.9375	34.0	145.5	144				58
62	6-6	2567	Dallas	SMU	CUSA	12.3333	28.0	144.0	144				84
63	7-5	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	MWC	12.2570	33.0	135.0	142				49
64	6-6	2390		Miami	ACC	12.1566	32.5	137.0	145				43
65	7-5	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	11.8534	33.0	132.0	145				104
66	5-7	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	11.6944	29.5	133.0	144				74
67	8-4	23	San Jose	San José St	WAC	11.5650	39.5	115.0	139				89
68	7-5	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	Sun Belt	11.5000	33.0	126.0	144				90
69	5-7	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	11.2778	24.5	133.0	144				94
70	6-6	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	10.7042	30.0	116.5	142				80
71	6-6	2751		Wyoming	MWC	10.2273	30.0	110.5	143				76
72	7-5	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	9.8534	33.0	103.0	145				64
73	6-6	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	9.7986	28.0	107.5	144				105
74	6-6	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	9.2736	34.5	91.5	143				40
75	3-9	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	9.2585	16.0	116.5	147				63
76	5-7	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	9.1006	31.0	94.5	145				62
77	6-6	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	8.7759	30.0	91.0	145				96
78	5-7	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	8.6695	25.0	95.5	145				93
79	6-6	2032		Arkansas St	Sun Belt	8.6458	30.0	88.5	144				110
80	4-8	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	8.5764	22.5	96.5	144				81
81	4-8	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	8.5000	19.5	99.0	144				73
82	4-8	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	8.2401	20.0	94.0	143				67
83	4-8	278	Fresno	Fresno St	WAC	7.9881	20.0	88.5	140				85
84	4-8	41	East Hartford	UConn	Big East	7.7917	21.0	87.0	144				68
85	5-7	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	7.5661	25.0	79.5	145				78
86	4-8	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	CUSA	7.4081	21.5	82.0	146				107
87	4-8	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	7.3681	23.0	78.5	144				53
88	5-7	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	7.1597	23.0	75.5	144				86
89	5-7	2006		Akron	MAC	7.0713	26.5	71.0	146				87
90	4-8	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	Big East	6.7787	23.0	70.5	145				70
91	5-7	2226		FAU	Sun Belt	6.7418	23.0	69.0	143				112
92	3-9	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	6.6610	15.0	79.0	146				95
93	4-8	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	6.5776	21.0	70.0	145				65
94	4-8	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	5.9792	23.0	58.5	144				79
95	3-9	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	5.8958	14.5	67.5	144				72
96	4-8	2116		UCF	CUSA	5.8836	18.0	64.0	146				97
97	4-8	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	5.7420	20.0	59.5	146				101
98	4-8	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	5.6319	18.0	59.5	144				98
99	4-8	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	5.4741	21.0	54.0	145				82
100	4-8	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	5.3839	19.5	53.0	141				92
101	2-10	38	Boulder	Colorado	Big 12	5.1178	13.0	58.5	145				69
102	3-9	249		North Texas	Sun Belt	5.1121	15.0	56.0	145				113
103	3-9	349	West Point	Army	Ind	5.0895	14.5	55.5	143				102
104	3-9	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	4.5951	15.0	47.5	142				100
105	4-7	70	Moscow	Idaho	WAC	4.5530	18.0	38.5	132				114
106	2-10	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	4.0330	9.5	47.0	145				71
107	3-9	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	3.9885	16.0	38.5	145				83
108	4-8	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	WAC	3.7246	16.0	33.0	138				108
109	2-10	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	3.2306	10.0	35.0	146				115
110	2-10	235	Memphis	Memphis	CUSA	3.0115	8.0	34.0	145				99
111	3-10	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	WAC	2.9205	13.0	29.0	151				117
112	2-10	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	2.8881	10.0	30.0	146				103
113	2-9	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	2.6119	8.0	24.5	130				106
114	1-11	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	2.5761	6.5	29.5	145				91
115	1-11	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	2.0947	5.0	24.5	146				111
116	1-11	328	Logan	Utah State	WAC	1.8351	5.0	20.0	141				118
117	1-11	218	Philadelphia	Temple	Ind	1.7960	5.0	20.0	145				119
118	0-12	2229	Miami	FIU	Sun Belt	0.0000	0.0	0.0	144				116
119	0-12	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	0.0000	0.0	0.0	146				109

If Harbin had run the 2006 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 10 teams in the real lineup.

Game	Harbin lineup	Harbin #	W-L	Real lineup	Harbin #
Title game (Fiesta site)	Ohio State C Big Ten title game #1	1	12-0	Ohio State C Big Ten title game	1
	Florida C SEC title game #2	2	12-1	Florida C SEC title game	2
Rose Bowl	USC C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10	3	10-2	USC C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10 (tie-in)	3
	Michigan Big Ten 3-4 rule (#4, Big Ten non-champion), replacement pick	4	11-1	Michigan Big Ten #3 BCS, automatic under 3-4 rule; replaced Ohio State	4
Sugar Bowl	Louisville C Big East AQ champion Big East	5	11-1	Notre Dame Ind at-large (#11)	12
	Auburn SEC at-large, replacement pick	6	10-2	LSU SEC at-large (#4; replaced SEC champion Florida)	8
Orange Bowl	Wake Forest C ACC AQ champion ACC	18	11-2	Louisville C Big East AQ champion Big East	5
	Boise St WAC non-AQ automatic (#9)	9	12-0	Wake Forest C ACC AQ champion ACC (tie-in)	18
Fiesta Bowl	Oklahoma C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12	7	11-2	Boise St WAC non-AQ automatic (#8 WAC champion, top 12)	9
	Rutgers Big East at-large	10	10-2	Oklahoma C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12 (tie-in)	7

Title game, 1/8/2007: Florida 41, Ohio State 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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