2013 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	13-0	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	33.7070	78.0	435.0	157	1	1	1	1
2	11-2	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	33.4768	68.5	448.5	159	5	5	7	5
3	12-1	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	33.2707	71.5	436.0	157	2	2	2	15
4	10-2	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	31.4009	61.5	381.0	145	9	8	8	10
5	11-1	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	30.2768	65.0	355.5	143	6	6	5	3
6	12-1	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	29.2778	73.0	371.5	157	4	4	4	20
7	10-3	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	28.3786	61.5	376.0	159	14	16	17	6
8	10-2	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	28.1250	60.0	333.0	144	13	13	13	7
9	12-1	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	27.7611	71.5	349.5	157	7	7	6	8
10	11-1	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	27.3687	65.0	320.5	146	3	3	3	2
11	11-2	142	Columbia	Missouri	SEC	27.0064	65.0	345.5	157	8	9	9	9
12	10-2	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	26.7639	62.0	311.0	144	11	11	10	19
13	11-1	2116	Orlando	UCF	AAC	26.7153	68.5	302.5	144	15	15	15	39
14	10-2	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	24.3851	58.0	283.5	145	12	12	11	11
15	8-4	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	23.9583	47.5	296.0	148		25		27
16	10-2	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	23.3319	61.5	264.0	145	10	10	12	4
17	11-1	97	Louisville	Louisville	AAC	23.1597	65.0	255.5	144	18	18	16	23
18	11-1	278	Fresno	Fresno St	MWC	22.7141	54.5	263.5	145	20	21	20	42
19	8-4	252	Provo	BYU	Ind	22.4382	42.5	274.0	145				28
20	9-3	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	22.2781	55.5	259.5	147	17	17	18	18
21	8-4	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	22.1136	45.5	267.5	146				34
22	9-3	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	22.0230	52.0	256.5	145	16	14	14	14
23	10-3	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	21.9522	58.5	274.0	157	24	22	21	52
24	8-4	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	21.8961	47.0	262.5	146	22	23	24	17
25	9-4	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	21.3761	55.5	272.0	159	25			22
26	12-1	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	21.3165	61.0	261.0	157	23	24	23	51
27	8-4	245	College Station	Texas A&M	SEC	20.4243	45.5	244.5	147	21	20	21	13
28	9-3	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	20.1553	52.0	231.0	146	19	19	19	16
29	8-4	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	20.1111	50.5	229.0	144				21
30	8-4	135	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Big Ten	19.0115	44.0	222.5	145				58
31	9-3	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami	ACC	18.8419	53.5	210.0	146			25	30
32	8-4	248		Houston	AAC	18.4492	45.5	214.0	146				48
33	7-5	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	18.4047	42.5	217.0	146				31
34	10-3	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	17.7195	51.5	216.0	157				65
35	10-3	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	17.6414	48.0	219.0	157				40
36	8-4	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	17.5561	47.0	200.5	147				43
37	7-5	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	17.2500	39.0	203.0	145				29
38	8-4	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	17.2386	47.0	194.5	146				12
39	7-5	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	17.1541	39.0	203.0	146				24
40	8-4	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big Ten	16.7917	45.5	188.5	145				44
41	8-4	249	Denton	North Texas	CUSA	16.7816	40.0	195.0	145				63
42	9-3	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	AAC	16.5069	53.5	173.5	144				50
43	7-5	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	16.4575	33.0	201.5	147				66
44	9-3	151	Greenville	East Carolina	CUSA	16.3448	48.0	179.0	145				49
45	7-5	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	16.2428	38.5	189.0	145				26
46	6-6	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	ACC	15.9452	36.0	189.0	146				55
47	7-5	213	University Park	Penn State ineligible	Big Ten	15.8520	42.5	178.5	145				53
48	7-5	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	CUSA	15.3542	33.0	181.5	144				93
49	8-4	2426	Annapolis	Navy	Ind	15.0374	41.0	168.5	145				62
50	8-4	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	15.0069	38.0	170.5	144				73
51	8-4	98	Bowling Green	Western KY	Sun Belt	14.9236	39.5	167.5	144				83
52	7-5	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	14.6955	42.5	159.5	143				25
53	10-2	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	14.6111	49.5	151.0	144				64
54	7-5	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	14.3534	39.0	161.0	145				61
55	8-4	68	Boise	Boise St	MWC	14.1941	38.0	161.0	146				38
56	6-6	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	14.1379	36.0	161.5	145				33
57	9-4	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	13.8491	43.0	165.5	157				47
58	5-7	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	Pac-12	13.8221	26.0	172.5	148				41
59	6-6	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	ACC	13.7708	34.0	157.5	144				72
60	6-6	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	13.6672	32.5	160.0	146				35
61	6-6	6	Mobile	South Alabama	Sun Belt	13.4722	30.0	158.0	144				88
62	8-4	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	13.4124	45.5	139.5	145				56
63	6-6	23	San Jose	San José St	MWC	13.3537	28.0	162.0	147				78
64	6-6	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	13.2725	34.0	154.5	148				54
65	7-5	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	13.1319	40.5	140.5	144				46
66	7-5	120	College Park	Maryland	ACC	13.0589	42.5	138.0	145				67
67	8-5	328	Logan	Utah State	MWC	12.4800	38.0	151.0	158				37
68	7-5	2636	San Antonio	UTSA ineligible	CUSA	12.4372	35.0	139.0	146				86
69	5-7	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	11.6872	26.0	139.0	146				60
70	8-4	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	CUSA	11.6710	39.5	121.5	145				79
71	7-5	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	11.5776	33.0	128.0	145				90
72	6-6	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	11.1973	36.0	120.5	147				32
73	7-5	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	11.1925	35.0	120.0	145				85
74	7-5	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	10.9914	33.0	119.5	145				84
75	7-5	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	10.9007	33.0	119.0	146				97
76	6-6	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	10.7101	29.5	118.0	143				106
77	8-4	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	10.4296	39.5	103.5	145				70
78	5-7	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	10.1295	27.5	116.0	148				57
79	6-6	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	9.7126	28.0	107.0	145				105
80	4-8	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big 12	8.9375	21.0	103.5	144				69
81	5-7	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	8.7985	27.5	95.0	146				59
82	7-6	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	8.7168	33.0	97.0	157				68
83	6-6	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	AAC	8.6319	34.0	83.5	144				82
84	8-4	295	Norfolk	Old Dominion ineligible	Ind	8.2431	26.0	87.5	144				96
85	4-8	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	Big 12	8.2292	22.5	91.5	144				45
86	6-6	326	San Marcos	Texas St	Sun Belt	8.0625	28.0	82.5	144				112
87	5-7	2567	Dallas	SMU	AAC	7.8333	29.0	78.0	144				81
88	4-8	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	7.5589	24.5	80.0	145				36
89	6-6	2226	Boca Raton	FAU	CUSA	7.5230	31.5	72.0	147				76
90	6-6	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	7.3333	28.0	72.0	144				109
91	4-8	38	Boulder	Colorado	Pac-12	7.0327	17.5	82.5	148				92
92	5-7	2006	Akron	Akron	MAC	6.9852	23.0	74.0	146				108
93	4-8	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	6.9555	21.0	76.0	146				75
94	4-8	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	6.8879	21.0	74.5	145				77
95	2-10	58	Tampa	South Florida	AAC	6.1178	13.0	73.0	145				107
96	3-9	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	5.8420	13.0	69.0	145				71
97	3-9	235	Memphis	Memphis	AAC	5.8290	14.5	67.0	145				95
98	3-9	41	East Hartford	UConn	AAC	5.7917	19.5	60.0	144				98
99	4-8	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	5.5411	18.0	59.0	146				100
100	3-9	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	5.4669	13.0	64.0	146				87
101	3-9	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	CUSA	5.3716	15.0	61.0	148				102
102	4-8	2440	Reno	Nevada	MWC	5.3356	18.0	56.0	146				91
103	3-9	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	5.0069	18.0	50.5	144				74
104	3-9	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	4.7256	14.5	51.0	145				103
105	5-7	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	4.3824	23.0	36.0	146				104
106	3-9	349	West Point	Army	Ind	3.9109	13.0	41.0	145				113
107	2-10	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	3.9080	8.0	47.0	145				89
108	4-8	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	3.7069	18.0	32.0	145				114
109	3-9	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	3.0308	15.0	26.0	146				110
110	2-10	218	Philadelphia	Temple	AAC	2.8681	11.5	27.5	144				94
111	2-10	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	2.3790	8.0	25.0	146				115
112	2-10	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	2.2184	8.0	22.5	145				80
113	2-10	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	2.1393	8.0	21.5	146				123
114	2-10	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	2.1393	8.0	21.5	146				116
115	2-10	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	Ind	2.0556	8.0	20.0	144				122
116	2-10	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	1.7237	10.0	13.0	146				118
117	1-11	70	Moscow	Idaho	Ind	1.3293	6.5	11.5	146				125
118	1-11	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	MWC	1.3010	5.0	13.0	147				101
119	1-11	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	1.2704	3.0	15.0	147				99
120	1-11	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	0.9684	5.0	8.0	145				121
121	1-11	2229	Miami	FIU	CUSA	0.7615	5.0	5.0	145				126
122	1-11	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	0.7591	5.0	5.0	146				117
123	1-11	113	Foxborough	UMass	MAC	0.4167	5.0	0.0	146				119
124	1-11	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	0.3520	3.0	1.5	147				111
125	0-12	2247	Atlanta	Georgia St ineligible	Sun Belt	0.0000	0.0	0.0	144				120
126	0-12	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	0.0000	0.0	0.0	146				124

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2013 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: Penn State (NCAA sanctions: Second year of the NCAA bowl ban in the Sandusky case (7-5); eligibility was restored in Sept 2014.); UTSA (FBS transition: UTSA was in the second and last year of its transition: no CUSA title and bowl only if berths went unfilled (7-5, not selected).); Old Dominion (FBS transition: Old Dominion was in its FBS transition (8-4) and not bowl-eligible; it played as an FCS independent this season per its team article.); Georgia St (FBS transition: Georgia State began its FBS transition in the Sun Belt in 2013 and was not bowl-eligible (0-12).).

If Harbin had run the 2013 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 (Rose site)	Florida St C ACC title game #1	1	13-0	Florida St C ACC title game	1
	Stanford C Pac-12 title game #2	2	11-2	Auburn C SEC title game	3
Rose Bowl	Michigan St C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten	6	12-1	Stanford C Pac-12 AQ champion Pac-12 (tie-in)	2
	Oklahoma St Big 12 at-large, replacement pick	8	10-2	Michigan St C Big Ten AQ champion Big Ten (tie-in)	6
Sugar Bowl	Auburn C SEC AQ champion SEC	3	12-1	Oklahoma Big 12 at-large (#11)	12
	Ohio State Big Ten at-large	9	12-1	Alabama SEC #3 BCS, automatic under 3-4 rule (SEC non-champion); replaced Auburn	10
Orange Bowl	South Carolina SEC 3-4 rule (#4, SEC non-champion), replacement pick	4	10-2	Ohio State Big Ten at-large (#7; replaced ACC champion Florida State)	9
	Arizona St Pac-12 at-large, replacement pick	7	10-3	Clemson ACC at-large (#12)	14
Fiesta Bowl	Baylor C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12	5	11-1	UCF C AAC AQ champion American (#15)	13
	UCF C AAC AQ champion American	13	11-1	Baylor C Big 12 AQ champion Big 12 (tie-in)	5

Title game, 1/6/2014: Florida St 34, Auburn 31.

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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