2001 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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117 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Miami FBS · Big East	★	12–0	376.95	474.38	169.04	—
2	Florida FBS · SEC	—	10–2	328.87	411.03	168.95	▲ 2
3	Nebraska FBS · Big 12	—	11–2	304.39	362.79	172.10	▼ 1
4	Texas FBS · Big 12	—	11–2	300.61	367.30	161.17	▼ 1
5	Oregon FBS · Pac-10	—	11–1	287.78	345.63	150.84	▲ 2
6	Tennessee FBS · SEC	—	11–2	280.83	307.61	187.96	▲ 3
7	Colorado FBS · Big 12	—	10–3	275.32	304.11	191.01	▼ 2
8	Oklahoma FBS · Big 12	—	11–2	275.12	316.50	163.63	▼ 2
9	LSU FBS · SEC	—	10–3	249.77	279.18	169.43	▲ 6
10	Syracuse FBS · Big East	—	10–3	245.36	270.19	170.46	▲ 1
11	Illinois FBS · Big Ten	—	10–2	239.38	276.83	145.28	▼ 3
12	Maryland FBS · ACC	—	10–2	232.16	262.39	144.51	—
13	Washington State FBS · Pac-10	—	10–2	227.83	263.76	136.94	▲ 3
14	Florida State FBS · ACC	—	8–4	226.16	238.14	181.89	▲ 6
15	Fresno State FBS · Western Athletic	—	11–3	222.55	257.29	128.10	▼ 5
16	Michigan FBS · Big Ten	—	8–4	213.41	238.41	161.98	▼ 3
17	Hawai'i FBS · Western Athletic	—	9–3	208.10	257.09	107.98	▲ 1
18	Marshall FBS · Mid-American	—	11–2	205.18	226.74	123.51	▲ 1
19	BYU FBS · Mountain West	—	12–2	205.15	235.17	107.05	▼ 5
20	South Carolina FBS · SEC	—	9–3	203.24	204.87	168.08	▲ 9
21	North Carolina FBS · ACC	—	8–5	202.33	219.37	164.31	▲ 3
22	Virginia Tech FBS · Big East	—	8–4	201.56	224.57	149.56	▼ 5
23	Stanford FBS · Pac-10	—	9–3	200.27	215.19	152.02	▼ 2
24	Louisville FBS · Conference USA	—	11–2	199.83	225.46	115.42	▲ 14
25	Pittsburgh FBS · Big East	—	7–5	196.24	224.97	153.91	▼ 2
26	Kansas State FBS · Big 12	—	6–6	194.38	214.34	177.36	▼ 4
27	Texas Tech FBS · Big 12	—	7–5	191.39	197.86	174.87	▼ 2
28	Georgia FBS · SEC	—	8–4	191.38	211.64	148.06	▼ 1
29	Alabama FBS · SEC	—	7–5	191.08	220.68	150.33	▼ 1
30	Texas A&M FBS · Big 12	—	8–4	190.65	193.65	169.07	▼ 4
31	UCLA FBS · Pac-10	—	7–4	186.09	196.71	160.79	—
32	Arkansas FBS · SEC	—	7–5	185.12	191.76	170.40	▼ 2
33	Boise State FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–4	178.39	213.82	109.05	—
34	Bowling Green FBS · Mid-American	—	8–3	176.98	213.93	103.89	—
35	Michigan State FBS · Big Ten	—	7–5	173.35	199.60	136.64	▲ 13
36	Boston College FBS · Big East	—	8–4	172.08	171.28	152.04	▼ 1
37	Ohio State FBS · Big Ten	—	7–5	171.66	189.89	144.03	▼ 5
38	Toledo FBS · Mid-American	—	10–2	171.12	194.02	91.50	▼ 2
39	Iowa FBS · Big Ten	—	7–5	169.18	185.68	144.13	▼ 2
40	Washington FBS · Pac-10	—	8–4	168.76	147.23	174.21	▼ 1
41	USC FBS · Pac-10	—	6–6	168.19	190.05	150.07	▼ 1
42	Georgia Tech FBS · ACC	—	8–5	167.22	172.22	150.28	—
43	Colorado State FBS · Mountain West	—	7–5	164.99	179.06	136.14	▼ 2
44	Utah FBS · Mountain West	—	8–4	162.48	163.56	135.46	▼ 1
45	Oregon State FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	154.79	172.33	149.47	▼ 1
46	Penn State FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	153.74	145.76	173.80	▼ 1
47	Clemson FBS · ACC	—	7–5	153.11	157.76	146.14	▲ 11
48	Indiana FBS · Big Ten	—	5–6	152.86	169.78	148.30	▼ 2
49	Iowa State FBS · Big 12	—	7–5	149.44	145.64	153.88	▼ 2
50	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–6	149.11	139.57	174.63	▼ 1
51	NC State FBS · ACC	—	7–5	144.58	140.67	143.63	▲ 1
52	New Mexico FBS · Mountain West	—	6–5	142.88	168.17	109.94	▼ 1
53	South Florida FBS · FBS Independents	—	8–3	142.67	168.07	90.38	—
54	Auburn FBS · SEC	—	7–5	141.04	114.98	170.56	▼ 4
55	Oklahoma State FBS · Big 12	—	4–7	140.04	139.09	171.68	▼ 1
56	Miami (OH) FBS · Mid-American	—	7–5	139.81	138.62	127.92	▼ 1
57	Troy FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–4	133.39	123.30	132.06	—
58	Purdue FBS · Big Ten	—	6–6	132.23	115.79	158.02	▼ 2
59	UCF FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–5	130.49	145.22	112.77	—
60	East Carolina FBS · Conference USA	—	6–6	128.46	134.12	128.56	—
61	Wake Forest FBS · ACC	—	6–5	125.30	114.82	143.48	▲ 1
62	Kent State FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	124.85	137.42	108.53	▼ 1
63	Baylor FBS · Big 12	—	3–8	122.20	118.45	167.10	▲ 1
64	Virginia FBS · ACC	—	5–7	121.34	119.65	148.17	▲ 1
65	Ole Miss FBS · SEC	—	7–4	118.08	109.02	124.67	▲ 2
66	Northern Illinois FBS · Mid-American	—	6–5	117.39	114.49	118.10	—
67	Cincinnati FBS · Conference USA	—	7–5	116.21	129.49	92.86	▲ 3
68	Wisconsin FBS · Big Ten	—	5–7	116.19	86.18	172.42	—
69	Minnesota FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	114.92	118.00	138.94	—
70	Mississippi State FBS · SEC	—	3–8	114.88	99.68	177.25	▲ 1
71	TCU FBS · Conference USA	—	6–6	113.73	115.98	117.00	▲ 1
72	Southern Miss FBS · Conference USA	—	6–5	110.04	110.16	110.77	▲ 1
73	UAB FBS · Conference USA	—	6–5	106.55	111.13	104.27	▲ 1
74	Arizona FBS · Pac-10	—	5–6	106.42	95.04	137.27	▲ 1
75	Air Force FBS · Mountain West	—	6–6	102.72	94.25	117.15	▲ 1
76	Kentucky FBS · SEC	—	2–9	101.09	83.37	178.15	▲ 6
77	Akron FBS · Mid-American	—	4–7	100.97	110.87	112.69	—
78	Middle Tennessee FBS · Sun Belt	—	8–3	100.06	100.85	75.51	▲ 2
79	Louisiana Tech FBS · Western Athletic	—	7–5	99.94	87.53	115.75	▼ 16
80	Temple FBS · Big East	—	4–7	98.92	75.28	153.91	▲ 1
81	UNLV FBS · Mountain West	—	4–7	98.44	109.26	115.11	▼ 3
82	SMU FBS · Western Athletic	—	4–7	98.25	108.52	113.86	▼ 3
83	North Texas FBS · Sun Belt	—	5–7	95.23	98.56	108.12	▲ 1
84	West Virginia FBS · Big East	—	3–8	93.46	67.67	168.86	▲ 1
85	Memphis FBS · Conference USA	—	5–6	92.91	84.91	117.11	▲ 2
86	Rice FBS · Western Athletic	—	8–4	92.67	67.58	106.12	▼ 3
87	Missouri FBS · Big 12	—	4–7	91.76	48.87	175.88	▼ 1
88	Utah State FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–7	85.90	64.00	139.56	—
89	Western Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	83.66	65.28	118.65	—
90	Ball State FBS · Mid-American	—	5–6	77.48	79.17	94.23	—
91	Arizona State FBS · Pac-10	—	4–7	72.53	36.79	149.41	▲ 1
92	Kansas FBS · Big 12	—	3–8	71.79	19.59	183.61	▼ 1
93	Northwestern FBS · Big Ten	—	4–7	67.40	28.52	145.95	—
94	New Mexico State FBS · Sun Belt	—	5–7	64.98	42.16	110.43	▲ 1
95	San José State FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–9	64.19	46.02	135.66	▼ 1
96	Central Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	56.38	51.56	100.60	▲ 1
97	Nevada FBS · Western Athletic	—	3–8	55.10	25.94	132.33	▼ 1
98	California FBS · Pac-10	—	1–10	54.02	10.80	179.91	—
99	San Diego State FBS · Mountain West	—	3–8	47.95	29.49	115.00	—
100	Vanderbilt FBS · SEC	—	2–9	42.40	1.00	155.58	—
101	UL Monroe FBS · Sun Belt	—	2–9	39.24	30.55	99.86	—
102	Tulane FBS · Conference USA	—	3–9	35.45	7.21	116.48	—
103	Rutgers FBS · Big East	—	2–9	34.38	1.00	136.06	—
104	Buffalo FBS · Mid-American	—	3–8	33.21	25.39	83.94	—
105	Louisiana FBS · Sun Belt	—	3–8	31.20	31.50	72.36	—
106	Idaho FBS · Sun Belt	—	1–10	29.37	27.32	101.00	—
107	Army FBS · Conference USA	—	3–8	27.57	17.20	85.10	▲ 1
108	Tulsa FBS · Western Athletic	—	1–10	26.28	1.00	124.57	▼ 1
109	Wyoming FBS · Mountain West	—	2–9	26.02	1.00	117.34	—
110	Ohio FBS · Mid-American	—	1–10	25.86	1.00	126.91	—
111	Houston FBS · Conference USA	—	0–11	25.50	1.00	135.83	▲ 1
112	UTEP FBS · Western Athletic	—	2–9	23.00	1.00	105.03	▼ 1
113	Duke FBS · ACC	—	0–11	22.67	1.00	143.15	—
114	Eastern Michigan FBS · Mid-American	—	2–9	15.70	1.00	84.50	—
115	UConn FBS · FBS Independents	—	2–9	15.63	1.00	88.59	—
116	Arkansas State FBS · Sun Belt	—	2–9	11.27	1.00	79.46	—
117	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–10	9.26	1.00	105.12	—