2007 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	BCSfinal pre-bowl	APfinal pre-bowl	Coachesfinal pre-bowl	FPIfinal pre-bowl
1	11-2	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	30.8500	67.0	406.0	158	2	2	2	2
2	11-1	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	29.5486	65.0	347.5	144	1	1	1	6
3	11-2	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	29.4937	65.0	387.0	158	3	5	5	10
4	11-2	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	29.3991	67.0	385.5	159	4	3	3	1
5	10-2	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big East	28.2708	60.5	334.5	144	9	11	9	5
6	11-2	142	Columbia	Missouri	Big 12	28.1727	66.5	362.0	157	6	7	7	7
7	10-2	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	28.0556	60.0	332.0	144	5	4	4	15
8	10-3	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	27.7166	58.5	364.5	157	14	14	14	30
9	10-2	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	27.1882	63.5	317.5	145	7	6	6	3
10	8-4	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	26.9799	49.0	332.0	145				9
11	10-2	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	26.2011	62.0	305.0	145	11	12	11	14
12	9-3	58	Tampa	South Florida	Big East	25.8958	52.0	310.5	144	21	23	25	12
13	9-3	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	25.6986	54.0	309.5	146	12	9	12	4
14	9-3	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	25.4653	53.5	302.5	144	13	13	13	29
15	9-3	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	24.5086	57.0	286.5	145	20	21	20	43
16	11-1	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	24.2917	63.5	275.5	145	8	8	8	8
17	9-4	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	24.2175	54.0	315.0	157	16	16	18	20
18	10-2	252	Provo	BYU	MWC	23.8472	49.5	284.0	144	17	19	19	24
19	9-3	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	23.6826	52.0	282.5	146	15	15	16	11
20	9-3	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Big East	23.0972	50.5	272.0	144	22	20	23	19
21	9-3	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	22.8339	52.5	269.5	146	19	17	17	13
22	8-4	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	21.9670	50.5	257.5	145				25
23	12-0	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	WAC	21.3434	57.5	240.0	145	10	10	10	33
24	9-3	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	21.2564	52.0	242.0	143	18	18	15	27
25	8-4	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	20.7917	47.0	243.0	144				35
26	7-5	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	20.4224	39.0	249.0	145				34
27	8-4	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	20.3125	47.5	235.5	144				16
28	9-3	41	East Hartford	UConn	Big East	19.7879	52.0	221.0	143	25			45
29	10-3	2116	Orlando	UCF	CUSA	19.4362	51.5	244.5	158				56
30	8-4	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	19.3305	47.0	223.5	145	23	22	21	23
31	8-4	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	19.1178	49.0	218.0	145				49
32	6-6	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	19.0216	37.5	230.5	145				28
33	10-2	68	Boise	Boise St	WAC	18.8621	48.0	215.5	145	24	24	22	18
34	7-5	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	18.8542	42.5	220.5	144				44
35	8-4	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	MWC	18.6181	43.0	216.5	144				32
36	8-4	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	18.5287	44.0	215.5	145		25	24	21
37	7-5	245	College Station	Texas A&M	Big 12	18.0431	39.0	214.5	145				36
38	9-3	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	17.8342	44.5	202.0	143				53
39	7-5	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	17.6735	44.0	204.5	146				42
40	7-5	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big East	16.8313	37.5	196.0	143				39
41	8-4	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	16.5632	44.0	187.0	145				17
42	6-6	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	16.5274	36.0	197.5	146				22
43	6-6	38	Boulder	Colorado	Big 12	16.4694	36.0	198.0	147				54
44	6-6	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	16.3851	34.0	196.5	145				31
45	6-6	120	College Park	Maryland	ACC	16.0278	34.0	190.0	144				50
46	7-5	151	Greenville	East Carolina	CUSA	15.9869	36.5	189.0	146				72
47	7-5	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	15.9583	39.0	183.0	144				41
48	9-4	202	Mobile	Tulsa	CUSA	15.4741	45.0	191.0	159				68
49	7-5	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	15.2500	39.0	174.0	145				63
50	6-6	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	15.1092	34.0	178.0	145				38
51	8-4	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	14.9167	41.5	165.0	144				55
52	6-6	97	Louisville	Louisville	Big East	14.8963	34.0	172.5	143				40
53	8-4	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	14.8194	39.5	166.0	144				61
54	6-6	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	14.5347	34.0	168.5	144				26
55	7-5	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	14.4235	35.0	168.0	146				70
56	7-5	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	14.3837	37.5	161.0	143				64
57	8-4	2426	Annapolis	Navy	Ind	14.1944	44.5	151.0	144				75
58	8-5	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	14.1667	40.0	173.0	156				82
59	7-5	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	13.9612	40.5	153.5	145				47
60	6-6	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	13.8889	37.5	155.0	144				62
61	5-7	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	13.8779	27.5	168.0	145				74
62	5-7	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	Big East	13.7153	27.5	164.5	144				60
63	8-4	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	13.6296	41.5	148.5	146				80
64	5-7	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big 12	13.4239	29.5	159.0	145				52
65	5-7	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	13.3194	29.0	157.0	144				37
66	8-4	278	Fresno	Fresno St	WAC	12.9792	39.5	139.5	144				65
67	4-8	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	12.4899	24.5	151.5	145				71
68	6-6	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	12.4306	32.5	140.0	144				78
69	5-7	2751		Wyoming	MWC	12.1389	26.5	143.0	144				79
70	5-7	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	12.0833	27.5	141.0	144				46
71	6-6	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	12.0790	29.5	139.5	145				89
72	6-6	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	12.0575	28.0	141.0	145				96
73	7-5	2226	Miami Gardens	FAU	Sun Belt	11.8264	36.5	126.5	144				86
74	6-7	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	11.8180	31.5	147.5	157				95
75	7-5	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	MWC	11.7083	38.0	123.0	144				48
76	7-5	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	10.9914	33.0	119.5	145				67
77	5-7	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	10.6256	26.0	123.5	146				57
78	7-5	235	Memphis	Memphis	CUSA	10.5278	33.0	112.0	144				92
79	5-7	2390		Miami	ACC	9.9073	29.5	109.5	147				59
80	5-7	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	9.8721	29.5	107.5	145				58
81	4-9	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	9.5769	24.5	120.0	156				51
82	8-4	248	Houston	Houston	CUSA	9.5556	38.0	92.0	144				69
83	5-7	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	9.4626	25.0	107.0	145				97
84	5-7	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	9.4210	24.5	107.0	145				84
85	5-7	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	Sun Belt	9.1523	25.0	102.5	145				88
86	7-5	98	Bowling Green	Western KY ineligible	Ind	8.7839	21.5	89.5	128
87	5-7	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	8.7431	24.5	96.5	144				102
88	3-9	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	8.5905	19.5	101.0	145				87
89	4-8	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	8.4612	22.5	95.5	145				66
90	6-6	2440	Reno	Nevada	WAC	7.8194	28.0	79.0	144				76
91	4-8	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	7.6301	18.0	89.5	146				99
92	4-8	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	7.4028	18.0	85.0	144				106
93	4-8	2006	Providence	Akron	MAC	7.1461	20.0	80.0	146				101
94	5-7	23	San Jose	San José St	WAC	6.9167	23.0	72.0	144				94
95	4-8	218	Philadelphia	Temple	MAC	6.9080	20.0	76.0	145				113
96	5-7	2032		Arkansas St	Sun Belt	6.7730	25.0	68.0	145				98
97	5-7	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	WAC	6.7443	23.0	70.0	145				103
98	3-9	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	6.5532	14.5	77.5	145				105
99	3-9	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	6.3491	19.5	68.5	145				81
100	3-9	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	5.6695	13.0	66.5	145				73
101	4-8	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	5.5909	18.0	58.5	143				85
102	3-9	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	5.3534	15.0	59.5	145				90
103	3-9	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	5.1389	15.0	56.0	144				108
104	2-10	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	Big East	4.9994	11.5	59.0	146				100
105	3-9	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	4.9994	13.0	56.0	143				77
106	3-9	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	4.6944	13.0	52.0	144				104
107	4-8	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	CUSA	4.6379	18.0	45.5	145				107
108	2-10	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	4.5139	10.0	53.0	144				93
109	2-10	249		North Texas	Sun Belt	4.3506	10.0	51.0	145				119
110	3-9	349	West Point	Army	Ind	4.3025	13.0	47.0	146				115
111	3-9	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4.0086	15.0	40.0	145				114
112	4-9	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	WAC	3.8606	16.0	40.5	154				112
113	1-11	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	2.7830	6.5	32.5	145				91
114	1-11	135		Minnesota	Big Ten	2.6042	5.0	31.5	144				83
115	2-10	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	2.3333	8.0	24.0	144				116
116	2-10	328	Logan	Utah State	WAC	2.1347	10.0	19.0	146				109
117	2-10	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	2.0486	10.0	17.5	144				111
118	1-11	70	Moscow	Idaho	WAC	1.6042	3.0	19.5	144				117
119	1-11	2229		FIU	Sun Belt	1.1111	5.0	10.0	144				118
120	1-11	2567	Dallas	SMU	CUSA	1.1016	5.0	10.0	146				110

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2007 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: Western KY (FBS transition: Western Kentucky was a reclassifying FCS-to-FBS school (7-5) and not bowl-eligible.).

If Harbin had run the 2007 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 10 teams in the real lineup.

Game	Harbin lineup	Harbin #	W-L	Real lineup	Harbin #
Title game (Sugar site)	LSU C SEC title game #1	1	11-2	Ohio State C Big Ten title game	2
	Ohio State C Big Ten title game #2	2	11-1	LSU C SEC title game	1
Rose Bowl	USC C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10	9	10-2	Illinois Big Ten at-large (replaced Big Ten champion Ohio State)	14
	Georgia SEC at-large, replacement pick	7	10-2	USC C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10 (tie-in)	9
Sugar Bowl	West Virginia C Big East AQ champion Big East	5	10-2	Hawai'i WAC non-AQ automatic (#10 WAC champion, top 12)	23
	Missouri Big 12 at-large, replacement pick	6	11-2	Georgia SEC at-large (replaced SEC champion LSU)	7
Orange Bowl	Virginia Tech C ACC AQ champion ACC	3	11-2	Kansas Big 12 at-large (#8)	16
	Boston College ACC at-large	8	10-3	Virginia Tech C ACC AQ champion ACC (tie-in)	3
Fiesta Bowl	Oklahoma C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12	4	11-2	West Virginia C Big East AQ champion Big East	5
	Arizona St Pac-12 at-large	11	10-2	Oklahoma C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12 (tie-in)	4

Title game, 1/7/2008: LSU 38, Ohio State 24.

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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