2009 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	BCSfinal pre-bowl	APfinal pre-bowl	Coachesfinal pre-bowl	FPIfinal pre-bowl
1	13-0	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	37.4423	78.0	490.5	156	1	1	1	3
2	13-0	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	34.8601	78.5	452.5	157	2	2	2	1
3	12-0	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Big East	32.2520	71.5	376.0	143	3	4	4	19
4	12-1	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	31.2372	71.5	401.5	156	5	5	5	2
5	10-2	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	30.4641	63.5	365.0	145	7	7	7	8
6	10-2	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	29.0143	60.5	350.0	146	8	8	8	7
7	10-2	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	28.8462	60.0	341.0	143	10	10	11	27
8	12-0	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	MWC	28.5903	61.0	338.5	144	4	3	3	5
9	11-2	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	28.3199	68.0	362.5	157	9	9	10	12
10	13-0	68	Boise	Boise St	WAC	26.8724	64.5	344.0	157	6	6	6	10
11	9-3	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami	ACC	26.3549	53.5	317.5	145	15	14	15	15
12	9-3	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	25.3007	55.5	306.0	148	11	12	12	6
13	10-2	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	24.3156	58.5	278.0	143	13	11	9	9
14	9-3	277		West Virginia	Big East	24.2292	52.0	286.5	144	16	18	17	39
15	9-3	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	Big East	24.0903	52.0	284.5	144	17	17	16	20
16	8-4	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	23.9375	43.5	292.5	144				36
17	8-4	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	23.4306	47.0	281.0	144	20	22	23	25
18	9-3	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	23.0790	53.5	270.0	145	19	21	18	26
19	8-4	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	22.6111	50.5	265.0	144	24			14
20	9-3	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	22.0556	50.5	257.0	144	25	24	22	34
21	8-4	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	21.8472	50.5	254.0	144	21	19	21	22
22	9-3	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	21.4178	54.0	247.0	146	12	13	13	11
23	10-2	252	Provo	BYU	MWC	20.9236	51.5	239.5	144	14	15	14	32
24	8-5	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	20.7173	47.0	268.5	157				21
25	11-2	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	20.4910	54.5	251.0	154		25		43
26	9-4	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big 12	20.4277	54.0	255.5	157	22	20	19	17
27	10-3	248	Houston	Houston	CUSA	19.9359	52.5	248.0	156			25	37
28	8-4	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	19.9158	48.5	227.0	143				28
29	7-5	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	19.5000	42.0	232.0	145				30
30	8-4	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	19.3712	47.0	221.0	143	18	16	20	29
31	9-4	151	Greenville	East Carolina	CUSA	19.0769	43.0	246.0	156				55
32	8-4	142	Columbia	Missouri	Big 12	18.7917	45.5	217.5	145				35
33	7-5	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	18.2038	40.5	216.5	146				38
34	8-4	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	17.8606	45.5	204.0	145				41
35	8-4	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	17.8357	42.0	205.0	143				18
36	8-4	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	17.8328	45.5	205.0	146				16
37	7-5	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	17.7292	39.0	208.5	144				24
38	7-5	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	17.3534	39.0	204.5	145				13
39	9-3	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	17.3362	45.0	197.0	145				71
40	8-4	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	16.9385	45.5	188.0	143				70
41	7-5	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	16.6853	40.5	193.0	145				4
42	9-4	2426	Annapolis	Navy	Ind	16.4551	46.0	201.5	156				61
43	6-6	135	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Big Ten	16.0152	34.0	188.5	143				60
44	7-5	41	East Hartford	UConn	Big East	16.0139	40.5	182.0	144				40
45	6-6	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	15.9871	37.5	186.5	145				31
46	8-4	2440	Reno	Nevada	WAC	15.8503	40.0	184.0	147				47
47	7-5	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	15.6956	41.0	180.5	147				23
48	9-3	218	Philadelphia	Temple	MAC	15.5431	45.0	171.0	145				74
49	5-7	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	15.5000	31.0	186.0	144				49
50	9-3	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	MWC	15.4722	46.5	167.0	144	23	23	24	46
51	6-6	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	15.3676	34.0	183.0	146				33
52	8-4	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big East	15.3662	42.0	168.5	142				58
53	9-4	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	15.2308	43.0	186.0	156				81
54	8-4	2116	Orlando	UCF	CUSA	15.0160	38.0	173.0	146				64
55	7-5	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	14.0431	39.0	156.5	145				48
56	6-6	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	14.0139	34.0	161.0	144				42
57	8-4	278	Fresno	Fresno St	WAC	13.8396	39.5	154.0	146				62
58	7-5	58	Tampa	South Florida	Big East	13.7876	37.0	152.0	142				54
59	9-3	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	Sun Belt	13.7371	46.5	143.0	145				75
60	7-5	2567	Dallas	SMU	CUSA	13.6747	33.0	159.5	146				91
61	6-6	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	13.4028	37.5	148.0	144				45
62	6-6	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	13.0903	32.5	149.5	144				72
63	6-6	245	College Station	Texas A&M	Big 12	13.0129	34.5	147.0	145				50
64	5-7	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	12.8958	31.0	148.5	144				63
65	7-5	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	12.8146	35.0	145.5	147				83
66	6-6	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	12.6317	32.0	142.5	143				66
67	7-5	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	12.5603	34.5	138.5	143				52
68	6-6	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	12.2292	28.0	142.5	144				84
69	5-7	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	12.1889	27.5	144.5	146				56
70	7-5	70	Moscow	Idaho	WAC	12.1344	35.0	135.5	147				100
71	5-7	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	12.0057	29.0	140.0	146				51
72	7-5	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	11.2222	33.0	122.0	144				53
73	5-7	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	11.0411	25.5	127.5	143				65
74	5-7	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	10.6839	26.0	123.5	145				44
75	6-6	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	9.7292	28.0	106.5	144				98
76	4-8	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	Big East	9.7220	21.0	114.0	143				87
77	6-6	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	9.6111	29.5	103.0	144				106
78	4-8	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	9.5918	20.0	116.5	147				90
79	6-7	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	WAC	8.8101	29.5	104.0	159				104
80	5-7	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	8.8075	25.0	97.5	145				88
81	7-5	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	8.7371	34.5	85.0	145				76
82	5-7	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	8.6455	26.0	92.0	142				59
83	4-8	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	8.4741	21.0	97.5	145				67
84	5-7	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	8.4455	27.5	88.0	143				80
85	6-6	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	8.2014	28.0	84.5	144				94
86	5-7	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	7.8889	23.0	86.0	144				99
87	5-7	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	7.6111	23.0	82.0	144				95
88	3-9	38	Boulder	Colorado	Big 12	7.5616	18.0	88.5	146				79
89	5-7	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	7.5532	26.5	77.5	145				101
90	5-7	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	7.1580	23.0	76.0	145				86
91	5-7	2226		FAU	Sun Belt	7.0833	25.0	72.5	145				102
92	4-8	97	Louisville	Louisville	Big East	6.9747	19.5	76.5	143				89
93	3-9	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	6.7879	16.0	78.0	143				69
94	5-7	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	6.7431	23.0	69.5	144				97
95	3-9	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	6.7328	14.5	79.0	143				96
96	3-9	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	6.6250	19.5	72.5	145				68
97	4-8	328	Logan	Utah State	WAC	6.6027	18.0	74.5	146				93
98	4-8	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	6.4353	21.0	67.0	143				57
99	4-8	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	6.3103	19.5	67.0	143				85
100	3-9	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	CUSA	5.9444	13.0	70.0	144				117
101	4-8	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	WAC	5.5476	18.0	59.5	147				78
102	5-7	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	CUSA	5.3071	23.0	49.5	146				77
103	2-10	120	College Park	Maryland	ACC	5.3056	9.5	65.0	144				82
104	4-8	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	4.6944	18.0	46.0	144				105
105	5-7	349	West Point	Army	Ind	4.4028	24.5	34.0	144				110
106	3-10	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	WAC	4.2051	13.0	50.0	156				120
107	3-9	2229	Miami	FIU	Sun Belt	3.9555	15.0	39.5	146				107
108	3-9	2006	Akron	Akron	MAC	3.9109	13.0	41.0	145				108
109	4-8	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	3.6528	18.0	31.0	144				92
110	2-10	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	3.0782	10.0	33.0	147				116
111	2-10	235	Memphis	Memphis	CUSA	2.9770	8.0	33.5	145				103
112	1-11	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	2.6925	5.0	33.0	145				112
113	2-10	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	2.4195	10.0	23.0	145				109
114	2-10	23	San Jose	San José St	WAC	2.2763	8.0	23.5	146				114
115	1-11	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	2.2317	5.0	26.5	146				115
116	2-10	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	1.7701	8.0	16.0	145				73
117	2-10	249		North Texas	Sun Belt	1.5183	10.0	10.0	146				111
118	1-11	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	1.4167	5.0	14.5	145				113
119	0-12	98	Bowling Green	Western KY	Sun Belt	0.0000	0.0	0.0	145				119
120	0-12	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	0.0000	0.0	0.0	145				118

If Harbin had run the 2009 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 10 of 10 teams in the real lineup.

Game	Harbin lineup	Harbin #	W-L	Real lineup	Harbin #
Title game (Rose site)	Alabama C SEC title game #1	1	13-0	Alabama C SEC title game	1
	Texas C Big 12 title game #2	2	13-0	Texas C Big 12 title game	2
Rose Bowl	Ohio State C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten	6	10-2	Ohio State C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten (tie-in)	6
	Oregon C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10	5	10-2	Oregon C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-10 (tie-in)	5
Sugar Bowl	Cincinnati C Big East AQ champion Big East	3	12-0	Florida SEC at-large (#5; replaced SEC champion Alabama)	4
	Florida SEC 3-4 rule (#4, SEC non-champion), replacement pick	4	12-1	Cincinnati C Big East AQ champion Big East	3
Orange Bowl	Georgia Tech C ACC AQ champion ACC	9	11-2	Iowa Big Ten at-large (#10)	7
	Boise St WAC at-large	10	13-0	Georgia Tech C ACC AQ champion ACC (tie-in)	9
Fiesta Bowl	Iowa Big Ten at-large, replacement pick	7	10-2	TCU MWC non-AQ automatic (#4 Mountain West); replaced Texas	8
	TCU MWC non-AQ automatic (#8), replacement pick	8	12-0	Boise St WAC at-large (#6; second non-AQ champion, eligible only as at-large)	10

Title game, 1/7/2010: Alabama 37, Texas 21.

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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