2010 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	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	38.0382	78.0	503.0	157	1	1	2	7
2	12-0	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	31.7083	73.0	369.0	144	2	2	1	1
3	11-2	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	31.2819	68.5	411.0	158	7	9	8	8
4	10-2	142	Columbia	Missouri	Big 12	30.1832	58.5	369.5	146	12	14	14	14
5	11-1	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	30.1020	65.0	353.0	143	9	7	7	35
6	11-1	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	28.6736	67.0	332.5	144	6	6	6	3
7	11-1	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	28.6528	68.0	331.0	144	4	5	5	6
8	10-2	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	28.4028	60.0	337.0	144	11	11	12	17
9	10-2	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	28.2888	58.5	339.5	145	8	8	8	10
10	11-2	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	27.7051	68.5	350.0	156	13	12	11	9
11	12-0	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	MWC	27.4971	61.0	325.0	145	3	3	3	4
12	9-3	245	College Station	Texas A&M	Big 12	27.0575	52.0	329.5	145	17	18	17	19
13	10-2	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	26.7882	60.5	317.5	146	14	16	13	16
14	11-1	68	Boise	Boise St	WAC	26.7461	58.0	326.5	149	10	10	10	2
15	11-1	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	26.1063	65.0	300.0	145	5	4	4	11
16	10-3	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big 12	25.2006	58.5	325.0	157	18	17	16	12
17	9-3	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	22.9515	53.5	270.0	146	16	15	18	5
18	12-1	2440	Reno	Nevada	WAC	22.9417	59.5	292.0	159	15	13	15	26
19	9-4	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	22.8217	52.0	295.5	157	20	19	20	13
20	9-4	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	21.8224	53.5	278.0	157	23	23	23	15
21	9-3	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big East	21.7639	52.0	251.0	144	22	22	21	21
22	8-4	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	21.6906	47.0	259.5	146				28
23	7-5	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	21.5546	41.0	263.0	145				34
24	8-4	41	East Hartford	UConn	Big East	20.3056	47.0	236.0	144		25		44
25	9-3	2426	Annapolis	Navy	Ind	19.9097	46.0	231.5	144				57
26	10-2	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	MWC	19.5879	53.0	221.5	146	19	20	19	29
27	7-5	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami	ACC	19.5690	42.0	233.0	145				23
28	8-4	120	College Park	Maryland	ACC	19.2083	45.5	222.0	144				41
29	7-5	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	18.7946	40.5	220.5	143				22
30	7-5	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	18.5462	40.5	221.5	146				18
31	9-3	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	CUSA	17.9792	44.5	205.5	144				61
32	10-3	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	WAC	17.9423	48.0	228.0	160	24	24	25	40
33	8-5	30	Los Angeles	USC ineligible	Pac-12	17.8337	50.5	219.0	157				25
34	7-5	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	17.5733	37.5	209.5	145				50
35	7-5	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	Big East	17.3610	40.5	200.0	143				33
36	7-5	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	17.0463	40.5	195.5	143				49
37	8-4	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	16.8611	44.0	190.0	144	21	21	22	32
38	7-5	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	16.7888	40.5	194.5	145				30
39	7-5	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	16.7815	39.0	193.5	143				39
40	7-5	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	16.6736	40.5	191.5	144				24
41	10-3	2116	Orlando	UCF	CUSA	16.6731	48.0	202.5	156	25		24	45
42	10-3	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	15.8910	49.5	188.5	156				47
43	6-6	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	15.7847	34.0	186.5	144				37
44	6-6	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	15.7842	39.0	183.0	146				60
45	8-4	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	15.7744	39.5	181.0	145				62
46	5-7	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	15.4325	32.5	184.5	145				38
47	7-5	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	15.3879	39.0	176.0	145				51
48	7-5	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	Big East	15.0200	37.0	169.5	142				68
49	6-6	151	Greenville	East Carolina	CUSA	14.9379	31.5	181.0	147				80
50	8-4	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	14.5618	41.5	161.0	145				89
51	7-5	58	Tampa	South Florida	Big East	14.5437	39.0	161.5	143				53
52	9-4	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	14.4806	45.0	173.0	157				94
53	8-4	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	14.4425	38.0	163.5	145				46
54	7-5	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	14.4095	40.5	160.0	145				58
55	7-5	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	14.3958	39.0	160.5	144				52
56	8-4	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	14.1389	38.0	158.0	144				79
57	8-4	218	Philadelphia	Temple	MAC	14.0848	39.5	156.5	145				69
58	8-4	278	Fresno	Fresno St	WAC	14.0629	41.0	156.5	147				70
59	6-6	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	14.0320	34.0	163.5	146				27
60	7-6	2567	Dallas	SMU	CUSA	13.6357	36.5	170.0	157				71
61	5-7	38	Boulder	Colorado	Big 12	13.5808	29.5	163.5	147				67
62	7-5	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	13.3199	39.0	144.0	143				74
63	6-6	97	Louisville	Louisville	Big East	12.8482	32.5	145.0	143				56
64	5-7	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	12.8396	27.5	154.0	146				73
65	6-6	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	12.6944	34.0	142.0	144				48
66	5-7	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	12.5388	28.0	149.0	146				42
67	6-6	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	12.1772	32.0	136.0	143				31
68	6-6	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	11.5920	34.0	127.0	145				20
69	8-4	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	11.4653	38.0	119.5	144				55
70	7-5	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	11.0546	35.0	118.0	145				83
71	6-6	252	Provo	BYU	MWC	10.7883	31.5	120.0	147				59
72	6-6	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	10.7773	32.5	117.0	145				54
73	6-6	2229	Miami	FIU	Sun Belt	10.6944	30.0	118.0	144				88
74	5-7	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	10.3822	29.0	115.5	145				36
75	4-8	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big East	10.2264	19.5	123.0	143				76
76	6-6	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	10.1389	32.5	107.0	144				43
77	5-7	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	9.6518	25.0	110.5	146				99
78	6-6	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	Sun Belt	9.5012	28.0	102.5	143				100
79	4-8	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Big East	9.4741	21.0	112.0	145				64
80	4-8	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	9.2917	21.5	108.0	144				66
81	4-8	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	9.0297	20.0	107.5	146				97
82	5-7	248	Houston	Houston	CUSA	8.7787	23.0	99.5	145				65
83	6-6	349	West Point	Army	Ind	8.6736	29.5	89.5	144				81
84	6-6	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	8.5833	28.0	90.0	144				98
85	3-9	135	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Big Ten	8.5690	18.0	102.5	145				77
86	4-8	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	8.4633	21.0	96.0	143				82
87	4-8	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	8.4555	24.5	93.0	145				63
88	5-7	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	8.0972	23.0	89.0	144				95
89	5-7	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	7.8889	23.0	86.0	144				108
90	4-8	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	7.7968	20.0	89.5	146				102
91	5-7	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	WAC	7.6650	23.0	84.5	147				86
92	6-6	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	7.6092	28.0	76.5	145				75
93	4-8	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	7.5977	20.0	86.0	145				92
94	6-7	70	Moscow	Idaho	WAC	6.9351	28.0	76.5	160				87
95	4-8	2226		FAU	Sun Belt	6.8750	20.0	75.0	144				114
96	4-8	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	6.8032	17.5	77.5	145				72
97	3-9	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	6.7639	14.5	80.0	144				78
98	4-8	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	CUSA	6.6940	19.5	73.5	145				112
99	3-9	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	6.6042	18.0	73.5	144				101
100	5-7	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	6.1675	24.5	59.0	143				85
101	3-9	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	6.1528	13.0	73.0	144				96
102	3-9	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5.2778	15.0	58.0	144				113
103	3-9	249		North Texas	Sun Belt	5.2778	15.0	58.0	144				104
104	4-8	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	5.1014	18.0	51.5	143				105
105	3-9	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	4.9189	13.0	56.0	146				90
106	2-10	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	4.7917	9.5	58.0	145				93
107	4-8	328	Logan	Utah State	WAC	4.6081	18.0	46.0	148				103
108	3-9	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	4.1554	15.0	43.0	148				106
109	3-9	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	3.5402	16.0	32.0	145				84
110	2-10	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	3.4540	10.0	38.0	145				110
111	2-10	98	Bowling Green	Western KY	Sun Belt	3.2471	10.0	35.0	145				107
112	2-10	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	3.1307	11.5	31.5	145				91
113	2-10	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	2.6142	10.0	26.0	146				120
114	2-10	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	2.3790	8.0	25.0	146				115
115	1-11	235	Memphis	Memphis	CUSA	2.3477	5.0	28.0	145				118
116	2-11	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	1.9013	10.0	18.0	159				109
117	2-10	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	WAC	1.3739	10.0	8.0	148				119
118	1-11	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	1.3132	5.0	13.0	145				117
119	1-12	23	San Jose	San José St	WAC	1.2817	3.0	16.5	157				111
120	1-11	2006	Akron	Akron	MAC	0.9684	5.0	8.0	145				116

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2010 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: USC (NCAA sanctions: USC was banned from bowl games for 2010 and 2011 in the Reggie Bush case.).

If Harbin had run the 2010 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)	Auburn C SEC title game #1	1	13-0	Auburn C SEC title game	1
	Oregon C Pac-12 title game #2	2	12-0	Oregon C Pac-12 title game	2
Rose Bowl	Wisconsin C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten	15	11-1	TCU MWC non-AQ automatic (#3 Mountain West); Rose special rule after losing Pac-10 champion Oregon to the title game	11
	TCU MWC non-AQ automatic (#11), Rose special rule	11	12-0	Wisconsin C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten (tie-in)	15
Sugar Bowl	Missouri Big 12 3-4 rule (#4, Big 12 non-champion), replacement pick	4	10-2	Arkansas SEC at-large (#8; replaced SEC champion Auburn)	9
	Michigan St Big Ten at-large, replacement pick	5	11-1	Ohio State Big Ten at-large (#6; Big Ten champion Wisconsin went to the Rose)	6
Orange Bowl	Virginia Tech C ACC AQ champion ACC	10	11-2	Stanford Pac-12 #4 BCS, automatic under 3-4 rule (Pac-10 non-champion)	7
	Stanford Pac-12 at-large	7	11-1	Virginia Tech C ACC AQ champion ACC (tie-in)	10
Fiesta Bowl	Oklahoma C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12	3	11-2	UConn C Big East AQ champion Big East	24
	UConn C Big East AQ champion Big East	24	8-4	Oklahoma C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12 (tie-in)	3

Title game, 1/10/2011: Auburn 22, Oregon 19.

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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