2008 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	12-1	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	34.6977	73.0	459.5	158	2	1	2	1
2	11-1	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	34.0080	67.0	415.0	146	3	3	3	4
3	12-1	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	33.2420	73.0	436.5	158	1	2	1	2
4	11-1	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	31.3032	71.5	367.5	145	5	5	4	3
5	12-0	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	MWC	29.5972	61.0	353.0	144	6	7	7	13
6	11-1	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	29.4653	61.5	350.5	144	7	8	8	7
7	11-1	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	29.2917	66.5	342.0	144	8	6	6	5
8	12-1	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	28.2972	73.5	355.5	157	4	4	4	8
9	12-0	68	Boise	Boise St	WAC	27.4066	59.5	325.5	145	9	9	9	15
10	9-3	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	Big East	27.3990	55.5	332.5	146	20	18	21	29
11	10-2	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	26.8889	58.5	317.0	144	10	10	10	6
12	11-2	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Big East	26.1068	62.0	335.0	157	12	12	12	39
13	9-3	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	25.7500	51.5	309.0	144	14	14	15	43
14	8-4	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	24.7313	48.5	300.0	145				27
15	9-3	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	24.3549	53.5	288.5	145	15	16	17	14
16	9-4	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	23.8638	53.5	314.0	159	19	21	19	31
17	9-3	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	23.4097	55.5	270.5	144	18	19	18	32
18	9-4	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	22.9557	52.0	299.5	158	24			37
19	8-4	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	22.2563	50.5	263.5	146		24	25	19
20	12-1	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	21.2330	59.5	261.5	157	22	23	22	35
21	9-3	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	20.7520	53.5	233.0	143	23	22	20	47
22	8-4	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	20.6537	45.5	244.5	145	25	20	24	20
23	10-2	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	MWC	20.6078	49.5	239.0	145	11	11	11	11
24	9-4	151	Greenville	East Carolina	CUSA	20.4961	48.0	265.5	158				59
25	8-4	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	20.4842	50.5	236.0	145				16
26	8-4	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	20.3146	45.0	243.5	147				21
27	9-3	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	20.2328	57.0	224.5	145	17	15	13	10
28	8-4	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	20.1580	47.0	235.5	145				17
29	7-5	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	20.0675	45.5	236.0	145				48
30	8-4	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big East	19.9856	47.0	233.0	145				23
31	7-5	120	College Park	Maryland	ACC	19.8476	40.5	240.5	146				54
32	9-3	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	19.7785	52.0	225.5	146	13	13	14	12
33	9-4	142	Columbia	Missouri	Big 12	19.3481	52.0	242.5	158	21	25	23	9
34	10-2	252	Provo	BYU	MWC	19.2500	51.0	216.0	144	16	17	16	25
35	6-6	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	18.3161	34.0	224.5	145				60
36	8-4	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big 12	18.1420	47.5	208.5	147				33
37	7-5	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	18.1319	40.5	212.5	144				34
38	7-5	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big East	17.8578	40.5	210.0	145				30
39	7-5	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	17.7662	38.5	214.0	147				22
40	7-5	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami	ACC	17.5188	40.5	206.5	146				40
41	8-4	2426	Annapolis	Navy	Ind	17.4856	41.0	204.0	145				65
42	8-4	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	17.0930	39.5	201.5	146				79
43	5-7	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	17.0519	27.5	215.5	146				55
44	6-6	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	16.6207	36.0	197.5	145				52
45	7-5	58	Tampa	South Florida	Big East	16.5948	39.0	193.5	145				28
46	7-5	41	East Hartford	UConn	Big East	16.5474	40.5	191.0	145				42
47	7-5	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	16.3644	37.5	188.0	142				36
48	9-3	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	16.2768	44.5	183.5	146				74
49	8-5	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	16.2731	40.0	208.5	158				73
50	7-5	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	15.9931	39.0	183.5	144				24
51	10-3	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	CUSA	15.8261	48.0	190.5	157				38
52	9-3	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	15.2672	45.0	167.0	145				70
53	7-5	2440	Reno	Nevada	WAC	15.1990	33.0	183.0	147				64
54	7-5	135		Minnesota	Big Ten	15.0694	37.5	172.0	144				66
55	7-5	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	14.9277	37.5	173.5	147				26
56	8-4	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	14.7401	38.0	165.5	143				67
57	7-5	248	Houston	Houston	CUSA	14.4741	33.0	170.0	145				57
58	8-4	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	14.1389	38.0	158.0	144				49
59	7-5	278	Fresno	Fresno St	WAC	13.3046	38.0	147.0	145				78
60	6-6	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	13.2457	31.5	154.0	145				71
61	7-5	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	13.1624	42.5	139.5	145				18
62	7-6	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	WAC	12.7167	34.5	160.0	159				88
63	6-6	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	12.6034	30.0	146.5	145				62
64	7-5	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	WAC	12.3922	34.5	138.0	145				96
65	5-7	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	12.1667	26.0	146.0	146				63
66	5-7	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	11.7392	29.5	135.5	146				44
67	5-7	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	11.5833	31.0	130.5	145				45
68	6-6	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	11.3448	36.0	121.0	145				51
69	6-6	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	11.1528	28.0	127.0	144				90
70	4-8	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	11.0903	21.0	134.5	144				69
71	5-7	38	Boulder	Colorado	Big 12	11.0069	27.5	125.5	144				72
72	6-6	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	10.9722	30.0	122.0	144				92
73	5-7	97	Louisville	Louisville	Big East	10.9253	26.0	127.0	145				82
74	5-7	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	10.8779	27.5	124.5	145				41
75	6-6	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	10.8590	32.5	119.0	146				58
76	5-7	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	10.4080	26.0	119.5	145				50
77	6-6	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	10.0445	29.5	110.0	145				87
78	6-6	2226	Miami Gardens	FAU	Sun Belt	9.5833	30.0	102.0	144				94
79	6-6	235	Memphis	Memphis	CUSA	9.3404	28.0	99.5	142				84
80	5-7	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	Sun Belt	9.1181	26.5	99.5	144				95
81	6-6	23	San Jose	San José St	WAC	8.9195	28.0	95.5	145				101
82	4-8	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	8.8879	21.0	103.5	145				83
83	5-7	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	8.7917	28.0	93.0	144				91
84	4-8	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	8.3493	18.0	100.0	146				93
85	6-6	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	8.3333	28.0	87.0	145				75
86	5-7	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	8.2738	25.0	91.0	147				89
87	5-7	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	8.1806	29.0	83.0	144				46
88	5-7	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	8.0228	26.0	85.5	146				61
89	5-7	2229	Miami	FIU	Sun Belt	7.8819	25.0	83.5	144				100
90	4-8	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	7.6537	21.5	85.0	145				76
91	5-7	218	Philadelphia	Temple	MAC	7.6351	25.0	80.5	145				80
92	5-7	2006		Akron	MAC	7.5485	26.5	78.5	147				86
93	4-8	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	7.5274	18.0	88.0	146				103
94	3-9	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	7.2639	18.0	83.0	144				68
95	4-8	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	7.1597	18.0	81.5	144				113
96	4-8	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	6.9948	21.0	75.0	143				53
97	4-8	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	6.9943	26.0	70.0	145				77
98	4-8	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	6.9047	19.5	75.5	143				107
99	4-8	245	College Station	Texas A&M	Big 12	6.8822	23.0	72.0	145				81
100	4-8	2116	Orlando	UCF	CUSA	6.7365	18.0	77.5	148				97
101	3-9	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	6.2428	14.5	73.0	145				102
102	3-9	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	Big East	6.0230	16.0	68.0	145				99
103	3-9	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	5.9799	13.0	71.0	145				111
104	4-8	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	5.8750	18.0	63.0	144				98
105	4-8	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	5.8546	22.5	58.5	147				56
106	3-9	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	WAC	5.4971	13.0	64.0	145				117
107	3-9	349	West Point	Army	Ind	5.2155	15.0	57.5	145				110
108	4-8	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	5.1897	18.0	53.5	145				106
109	3-9	328	Logan	Utah State	WAC	5.0776	15.0	55.5	145				108
110	3-9	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	4.0647	16.5	39.0	145				104
111	2-10	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	4.0340	8.0	49.5	147				112
112	2-10	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	3.3685	10.0	36.0	142				114
113	2-10	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	3.3563	8.0	39.0	145				85
114	2-10	98	Bowling Green	Western KY ineligible	Ind	3.0685	6.0	37.5	146				109
115	2-10	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	CUSA	2.2619	10.0	21.0	147				116
116	1-11	2567	Dallas	SMU	CUSA	1.8017	3.0	22.5	145				115
117	2-10	70	Moscow	Idaho	WAC	1.7701	8.0	16.0	145				119
118	2-11	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	1.4038	9.5	10.5	156				118
119	1-11	249		North Texas	Sun Belt	0.8305	5.0	6.0	145				120
120	0-12	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	0.0000	0.0	0.0	146				105

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2008 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: Western KY (FBS transition: Western Kentucky played a second reclassification year and was not bowl-eligible until 2009.).

If Harbin had run the 2008 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 9 of 10 teams in the real lineup.

Game	Harbin lineup	Harbin #	W-L	Real lineup	Harbin #
Title game (Orange site)	Florida C SEC title game #1	1	12-1	Oklahoma C Big 12 title game	3
	Texas Big 12 title game #2	2	11-1	Florida C SEC title game	1
Rose Bowl	Penn State C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten	7	11-1	Penn State C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten (tie-in)	7
	USC C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10	4	11-1	USC C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10 (tie-in)	4
Sugar Bowl	Utah MWC non-AQ automatic (#5), replacement pick	5	12-0	Utah MWC non-AQ automatic (#6 Mountain West)	5
	Alabama SEC at-large, replacement pick	8	12-1	Alabama SEC at-large (#4; replaced SEC champion Florida)	8
Orange Bowl	Virginia Tech C ACC AQ champion ACC	16	9-4	Cincinnati C Big East AQ champion Big East	12
	Cincinnati C Big East AQ champion Big East	12	11-2	Virginia Tech C ACC AQ champion ACC (tie-in)	16
Fiesta Bowl	Oklahoma C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12	3	12-1	Texas Big 12 #3 BCS, automatic under 3-4 rule (Big 12 non-champion); replaced Oklahoma	2
	Boise St WAC at-large	9	12-0	Ohio State Big Ten at-large (#10)	11

Title game, 1/8/2009: Florida 24, 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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