2011 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	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	38.7905	79.5	513.0	157	1	1	1	1
2	11-1	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	34.8403	68.5	419.5	144	3	3	3	3
3	11-1	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	30.1389	65.0	356.0	144	2	2	2	2
4	11-1	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	29.8810	70.0	353.5	147	4	4	4	5
5	10-2	30	Los Angeles	USC ineligible	Pac-12	29.7364	65.0	357.5	147		5		9
6	10-2	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	29.5589	60.5	355.5	145	13	13	12	10
7	11-2	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	28.6426	63.5	373.0	157	11	17	11	24
8	9-3	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	28.3056	55.5	341.0	144	14	19	19	6
9	10-2	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	27.5991	58.5	329.5	145	9	10	9	20
10	10-3	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	27.4498	60.0	358.5	157	15	14	14	28
11	10-2	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	27.3776	60.0	320.0	143	8	11	10	34
12	11-1	68	Boise	Boise St	MWC	27.0029	56.5	325.5	146	7	8	6	8
13	11-2	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	26.9192	66.5	344.5	158	5	6	5	4
14	11-2	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	26.5823	65.0	341.0	158	10	9	8	7
15	9-3	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big Ten	25.8744	52.0	314.5	146	20	21	20	23
16	9-3	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	24.8928	52.0	294.0	143	12	15	16	22
17	11-2	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	24.2564	54.5	313.0	156	21	22	21	33
18	12-1	248	Houston	Houston	CUSA	24.0706	59.5	308.0	158	19	20	17	19
19	9-3	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big East	23.2917	52.0	273.0	144	23	23	22	35
20	10-3	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	23.1624	58.5	293.0	157	17	12	13	18
21	10-2	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	MWC	23.0909	48.0	273.0	143	18	16	15	17
22	10-2	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	22.8264	58.5	258.5	144	6	7	7	12
23	9-3	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	22.7708	52.0	265.5	144	22	24	23	36
24	10-3	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	22.7364	60.0	284.5	157	16	18	18	14
25	8-4	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	21.1868	49.0	248.0	145				13
26	10-3	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	20.4439	48.0	263.0	157				75
27	9-3	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Big East	19.9277	52.0	223.0	143			24	32
28	7-5	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	19.3060	40.5	231.0	145				40
29	10-2	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	19.2431	48.0	219.5	144				66
30	8-4	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big East	19.1528	44.0	223.0	144				55
31	7-5	97	Louisville	Louisville	Big East	19.0594	42.0	222.5	143				65
32	7-5	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	18.0589	42.5	210.5	145	24			25
33	8-4	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	17.8542	38.0	211.5	144				42
34	7-5	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	17.5708	40.5	203.0	143				46
35	7-5	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	17.4847	37.0	204.5	142				57
36	7-5	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	Pac-12	17.4784	40.5	204.5	145				37
37	6-6	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	16.7695	35.5	197.5	143				68
38	8-4	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	16.4509	47.0	183.0	146				47
39	6-6	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	16.3487	35.5	195.5	146				21
40	8-4	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	16.3305	47.0	180.0	145				63
41	7-5	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	16.2860	40.5	188.5	146				48
42	6-6	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami ineligible	ACC	16.0486	35.5	188.5	144				31
43	7-5	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	15.8870	39.0	184.5	146	25			54
44	8-4	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	CUSA	15.8676	40.0	183.0	146				38
45	8-4	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	15.8264	47.0	171.5	144		25	25	15
46	9-3	252	Provo	BYU	Ind	15.7989	46.0	173.5	145				41
47	7-5	142	Columbia	Missouri	Big 12	15.5428	40.5	174.0	143				16
48	9-4	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	14.9956	43.0	183.5	157				80
49	8-4	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	WAC	14.8457	39.5	171.0	148				58
50	6-6	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	14.5139	32.5	170.0	144				44
51	7-5	25		California	Pac-12	14.4634	40.5	163.0	147				27
52	7-5	328	Logan	Utah State	WAC	14.3938	33.0	170.0	146				76
53	6-6	245	College Station	Texas A&M	Big 12	14.2847	36.0	162.5	144				11
54	6-6	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	Big East	13.9172	34.0	158.5	143				50
55	6-6	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	13.8503	36.0	159.5	147				26
56	6-6	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	13.8412	31.5	166.0	148				97
57	8-4	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	13.6993	36.0	153.0	143				85
58	7-5	98	Bowling Green	Western KY	Sun Belt	13.6111	35.0	154.0	144				96
59	8-4	2229	Miami	FIU	Sun Belt	13.4583	41.5	144.0	144				82
60	8-4	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	12.9918	38.0	140.5	143				94
61	6-7	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	12.9161	37.5	159.5	159				52
62	7-5	2567	Dallas	SMU	CUSA	12.7842	33.0	146.5	146				72
63	6-6	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	12.7170	35.5	141.5	145				69
64	5-7	58	Tampa	South Florida	Big East	12.5862	26.0	149.0	143				45
65	8-4	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	12.2500	39.5	129.0	144				67
66	5-7	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	Big East	12.0625	26.0	142.5	144				79
67	8-4	218	Philadelphia	Temple	MAC	11.6597	39.5	120.5	144				53
68	6-6	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	11.5139	34.0	125.0	144				39
69	5-7	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	11.4425	26.0	134.5	145				43
70	6-6	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	11.3750	34.0	123.0	144				61
71	6-6	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	11.2601	32.5	124.0	145				29
72	7-5	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	11.1736	34.5	119.5	144				71
73	7-5	2440	Reno	Nevada	WAC	10.8221	35.0	117.0	148				51
74	5-7	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	10.5000	26.0	120.0	144				56
75	6-6	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	10.3305	31.5	112.5	146				103
76	6-6	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	10.2639	34.0	107.0	144				70
77	6-6	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	10.1695	31.0	110.0	145				30
78	5-7	41	East Hartford	UConn	Big East	10.1238	27.5	112.0	143				77
79	4-8	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	10.0719	21.0	121.5	146				49
80	5-7	2426	Annapolis	Navy	Ind	10.0417	23.0	117.0	144				74
81	5-7	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	9.2701	26.0	103.0	145				78
82	7-5	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	9.2031	31.0	94.0	142				62
83	5-7	23	San Jose	San José St	WAC	9.1779	25.0	105.0	148				91
84	6-6	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	9.1247	26.0	99.5	143				109
85	6-7	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	WAC	8.9988	29.5	107.0	159				81
86	4-8	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	8.5647	22.5	97.0	145				73
87	5-7	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	8.5029	23.0	95.5	145				99
88	5-7	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	8.0391	23.0	90.0	147				98
89	5-7	2116	Orlando	UCF	CUSA	7.9444	24.5	85.0	144				59
90	3-9	135	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Big Ten	7.8699	18.0	93.0	146				90
91	5-7	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	7.4722	23.0	80.0	144				102
92	5-7	151	Greenville	East Carolina	CUSA	7.3874	25.0	78.5	148				93
93	3-9	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	7.2757	19.5	82.5	146				60
94	3-9	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	7.1684	15.0	87.0	147				111
95	4-9	278	Fresno	Fresno St	WAC	7.1171	18.0	90.0	157				92
96	4-8	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	6.7577	21.5	73.0	147				101
97	4-8	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	6.4075	21.0	68.0	146				64
98	3-9	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	6.3405	16.5	72.0	145				86
99	3-10	38	Boulder	Colorado	Pac-12	6.0701	18.0	74.5	159				84
100	3-9	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	6.0148	13.0	72.0	146				107
101	3-9	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	5.8075	13.0	68.5	145				108
102	5-7	249	Denton	North Texas	Sun Belt	5.7256	26.5	51.0	145				104
103	4-8	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	5.3563	20.0	53.5	145				88
104	4-8	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	5.1458	18.0	52.5	144				89
105	2-10	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	5.1458	8.0	64.5	144				100
106	2-10	120	College Park	Maryland	ACC	5.1319	9.5	62.5	144				83
107	4-9	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	WAC	4.7163	21.5	49.0	160				113
108	3-9	349	West Point	Army	Ind	4.3118	14.5	45.0	145				95
109	2-10	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	3.7644	10.0	42.5	145				114
110	3-9	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	3.7222	13.0	38.0	144				110
111	2-10	70	Moscow	Idaho	WAC	3.7146	8.0	44.5	146				112
112	3-9	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	3.3190	15.0	30.0	145				106
113	2-10	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	2.7215	8.0	30.0	146				87
114	2-11	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	CUSA	2.1440	8.0	24.0	157				116
115	2-10	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	Sun Belt	1.7361	10.0	13.0	144				115
116	2-10	235	Memphis	Memphis	CUSA	1.7356	8.0	15.5	145				118
117	1-11	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	1.6983	3.0	21.0	145				105
118	1-11	2226	Boca Raton	FAU	Sun Belt	1.4511	5.0	15.0	145				117
119	1-11	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	1.1111	5.0	10.0	144				119
120	1-11	2006	Akron	Akron	MAC	0.6667	3.0	6.0	144				120

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2011 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: USC (NCAA sanctions: Second year of the two-year NCAA bowl ban in the Reggie Bush case (10-2).); Miami (self-imposed: Miami self-imposed a bowl ban for 2011 over the Nevin Shapiro booster scandal.).

If Harbin had run the 2011 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 (Sugar site)	LSU C SEC title game #1	1	13-0	LSU C SEC title game	1
	Oklahoma St C Big 12 title game #2	2	11-1	Alabama SEC title game	3
Rose Bowl	Wisconsin C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten	14	11-2	Oregon C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-12 (tie-in)	13
	Oregon C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-12	13	11-2	Wisconsin C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten (tie-in)	14
Sugar Bowl	Alabama SEC 3-4 rule (#3, SEC non-champion), replacement pick	3	11-1	Michigan Big Ten at-large (replaced SEC champion LSU)	6
	Stanford Pac-12 at-large, replacement pick	4	11-1	Virginia Tech ACC at-large (#11)	7
Orange Bowl	Clemson C ACC AQ champion ACC	10	10-3	Clemson C ACC AQ champion ACC (tie-in)	10
	West Virginia C Big East AQ champion Big East	19	9-3	West Virginia C Big East AQ champion Big East	19
Fiesta Bowl	Michigan Big Ten at-large, replacement pick	6	10-2	Oklahoma St C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12 (tie-in)	2
	Southern Miss CUSA non-AQ automatic (#16, above an AQ champion), replacement pick	17	11-2	Stanford Pac-12 #4 BCS, automatic under 3-4 rule (Pac-12 non-champion)	4

Title game, 1/9/2012: Alabama 21, LSU 0.

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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