2005 NCAA Division I-A Football Z-Ratings

Data courtesy Peter Wolfe. Ratings current through 3 December 2005 (636 games).

Weight of tied games = .05

Conference ratings

Rk		Team	Conf.		Z-Rating	BSWP		Record	Pct	Ratio		SOS	Rk
1		Southern California	PT		3,073,449	.9975		12-0	1.000	481.000		6389.7	2
2		Texas	BT		958,285	.9921		12-0	1.000	481.000		1992.3	6
3		Oregon	PT		68021	.9721		9-1	.900	8.805		7725.4	1
4		Penn State	TN		21102	.9493		10-1	.909	9.780		2157.5	4
5		Ohio State	TN		18930	.9462		9-2	.818	4.457		4247.5	3
6		Notre Dame	IN		4060.4	.8752		9-2	.818	4.457		911.07	11
7		Virginia Tech	AC		3921.2	.8729		10-2	.833	4.951		792.07	15
8		Michigan	TN		3606.1	.8672		7-4	.636	1.745		2066.1	5
9		UCLA	PT		3235.2	.8596		9-2	.818	4.457		725.91	18
10		Louisiana State	SE		3207.5	.8589		9-2	.818	4.457		719.69	20
11		Wisconsin	TN		3129.0	.8572		9-3	.750	2.983		1048.8	10
12		Georgia	SE		3024.0	.8547		10-2	.833	4.951		610.83	25
13		Auburn	SE		2936.7	.8525		8-2	.800	3.963		741.03	17
14		West Virginia	BE		2885.3	.8512		9-1	.900	8.805		327.70	42
15		Miami (FL)	AC		2870.1	.8508		9-2	.818	4.457		643.97	23
16		Northwestern	TN		2599.5	.8433		7-4	.636	1.745		1489.4	7
17		Minnesota	TN		2226.3	.8310		7-4	.636	1.745		1275.5	8
18		Alabama	SE		2068.6	.8250		9-2	.818	4.457		464.14	31
19		Texas Tech	BT		1968.0	.8208		7-2	.778	3.469		567.29	26
20		Iowa	TN		1687.8	.8077		6-4	.600	1.497		1127.6	9
21		Georgia Tech	AC		1453.9	.7944		7-4	.636	1.745		833.02	14
22		Florida	SE		1429.4	.7929		8-3	.727	2.653		538.81	27
23		Boston College	AC		1227.1	.7788		8-3	.727	2.653		462.56	32
24		Florida State	AC		1129.7	.7710		7-4	.636	1.745		647.26	22
25		Oklahoma	BT		1068.8	.7657		7-4	.636	1.745		612.40	24
26		Arizona State	PT		1061.0	.7649		6-5	.545	1.199		884.87	13
27		Clemson	AC		896.81	.7485		7-4	.636	1.745		513.83	28
28		Stanford	PT		896.54	.7485		5-5	.500	1.000		896.54	12
29		Texas Christian	MW		845.61	.7426		10-1	.909	9.780		86.459	62
30		South Carolina	SE		757.45	.7315		7-4	.636	1.745		433.98	35
31		Louisville	BE		683.00	.7209		9-2	.818	4.457		153.25	53
32		California	PT		666.07	.7183		6-4	.600	1.497		444.97	34
33		Michigan State	TN		654.33	.7165		5-6	.455	0.834		784.55	16
34		Colorado	BT		630.70	.7126		7-5	.583	1.398		451.14	33
35		Purdue	TN		605.02	.7083		5-6	.455	0.834		725.42	19
36		North Carolina	AC		545.45	.6973		5-6	.455	0.834		654.00	21
37		Nebraska	BT		520.49	.6923		6-4	.600	1.497		347.71	41
38		North Carolina State	AC		494.40	.6868		5-5	.500	1.000		494.40	30
39		Virginia	AC		469.81	.6813		6-5	.545	1.199		391.83	37
40		Maryland	AC		416.08	.6681		5-6	.455	0.834		498.88	29
41		Kansas	BT		403.91	.6648		5-5	.500	1.000		403.91	36
42		Iowa State	BT		396.51	.6627		6-4	.600	1.497		264.89	46
43		Oregon State	PT		241.56	.6065		4-6	.400	0.668		361.59	39
44		Texas A&M	BT		233.75	.6027		4-6	.400	0.668		349.90	40
45		Missouri	BT		224.28	.5978		6-5	.545	1.199		187.06	51
46		Tennessee	SE		218.44	.5947		5-6	.455	0.834		261.91	47
47		Wake Forest	AC		179.53	.5715		4-7	.364	0.573		313.35	44
48		Kansas State	BT		165.12	.5615		5-6	.455	0.834		197.98	50
49		Indiana	TN		164.43	.5609		3-7	.300	0.431		381.85	38
50		Baylor	BT		161.12	.5585		4-6	.400	0.668		241.17	48
51		South Florida	BE		149.69	.5496		5-5	.500	1.000		149.69	54
52		Boise State	WA		147.36	.5477		8-3	.727	2.653		55.547	69
53		Fresno State	WA		105.42	.5065		7-4	.636	1.745		60.399	66
54		Washington State	PT		101.16	.5014		3-7	.300	0.431		234.92	49
55		Rutgers	BE		101.11	.5014		6-4	.600	1.497		67.544	65
56		Colorado State	MW		97.891	.4974		6-5	.545	1.199		81.644	63
57		Tulsa	US		86.840	.4824		8-4	.667	1.994		43.555	78
58		Nevada	WA		85.281	.4802		8-3	.727	2.653		32.146	86
59		Vanderbilt	SE		82.645	.4763		4-6	.400	0.668		123.71	56
60		Arizona	PT		80.313	.4727		2-8	.200	0.252		318.28	43
61		Brigham Young	MW		77.993	.4690		5-5	.500	1.000		77.993	64
62		Oklahoma State	BT		67.376	.4507		3-7	.300	0.431		156.47	52
63		Louisiana Tech	WA		67.076	.4502		7-4	.636	1.745		38.431	82
64		Navy	IN		64.412	.4451		7-4	.636	1.745		36.905	83
65		Central Florida	US		63.829	.4440		8-4	.667	1.994		32.014	87
66		Illinois	TN		63.638	.4436		2-9	.182	0.224		283.62	45
67		Toledo	MA		61.884	.4401		7-3	.700	2.322		26.648	95
68		Utah	MW		60.932	.4382		6-5	.545	1.199		50.818	71
69		Northern Illinois	MA		59.334	.4349		6-5	.545	1.199		49.486	72
70		Pittsburgh	BE		58.823	.4338		4-6	.400	0.668		88.051	61
71		Central Michigan	MA		57.005	.4299		6-5	.545	1.199		47.543	75
72		New Mexico	MW		52.893	.4206		6-5	.545	1.199		44.114	77
73		Arkansas	SE		47.934	.4085		3-7	.300	0.431		111.32	57
74		Texas - El Paso	US		43.514	.3966		7-3	.700	2.322		18.737	101
75		Southern Mississippi	US		40.464	.3878		5-5	.500	1.000		40.464	80
76		Miami - Ohio	MA		38.961	.3832		7-4	.636	1.745		22.323	98
77		Akron	MA		37.407	.3783		7-5	.583	1.398		26.757	94
78		Memphis	US		35.170	.3710		5-5	.500	1.000		35.170	84
79		Western Michigan	MA		35.011	.3704		6-4	.600	1.497		23.389	97
80		San Diego State	MW		32.670	.3622		5-7	.417	0.715		45.673	76
81		Ball State	MA		32.665	.3622		4-7	.364	0.573		57.012	68
82		Connecticut	BE		32.544	.3618		4-6	.400	0.668		48.714	74
83		Bowling Green	MA		31.170	.3567		6-5	.545	1.199		25.996	96
84		Houston	US		29.681	.3510		5-5	.500	1.000		29.681	91
85		Kentucky	SE		27.622	.3427		2-8	.200	0.252		109.46	58
86		Southern Methodist	US		25.441	.3333		5-6	.455	0.834		30.504	89
87		Army	IN		24.679	.3299		3-7	.300	0.431		57.313	67
88		East Carolina	US		23.232	.3231		5-6	.455	0.834		27.855	93
89		Washington	PT		22.416	.3192		2-9	.182	0.224		99.903	59
90		Air Force	MW		22.147	.3178		4-7	.364	0.573		38.654	81
91		Hawaii	WA		22.042	.3173		5-7	.417	0.715		30.815	88
92		Cincinnati	BE		21.210	.3131		3-7	.300	0.431		49.255	73
93		Wyoming	MW		19.661	.3049		4-7	.364	0.573		34.315	85
94		Ohio University	MA		17.332	.2916		4-7	.364	0.573		30.250	90
95		Alabama - Birmingham	US		13.790	.2685		4-6	.400	0.668		20.643	99
96		Mississippi	SE		13.589	.2671		2-8	.200	0.252		53.854	70
97		Marshall	US		12.769	.2611		3-7	.300	0.431		29.653	92
98		Mississippi State	SE		10.426	.2422		2-8	.200	0.252		41.319	79
99		Eastern Michigan	MA		9.3179	.2323		4-7	.364	0.573		16.263	102
100		Arkansas State	SB		4.6785	.1783		5-5	.500	1.000		4.6785	108
101		Louisiana - Monroe	SB		4.5858	.1769		5-5	.500	1.000		4.5858	110
102		Louisiana - Lafayette	SB		4.3158	.1727		5-5	.500	1.000		4.3158	112
103		UNLV	MW		3.5015	.1589		2-9	.182	0.224		15.605	104
104		Middle Tennessee State	SB		2.8468	.1461		4-7	.364	0.573		4.9686	107
105		Utah State	WA		2.3187	.1342		3-8	.273	0.377		6.1512	105
106		Rice	US		2.0937	.1285		1-10	.091	0.102		20.477	100
107		Tulane	US		1.8254	.1212		1-9	.100	0.114		16.073	103
108		Florida International	SB		1.7332	.1186		3-6	.333	0.502		3.4521	117
109		Troy	SB		1.6352	.1156		3-7	.300	0.431		3.7975	116
110		San Jose State	WA		1.1204	.0978		2-8	.200	0.252		4.4402	111
111		Florida Atlantic	SB		.96036	.0912		2-9	.182	0.224		4.2801	113
112		North Texas	SB		.95273	.0909		2-9	.182	0.224		4.2461	114
113		Idaho	WA		.87694	.0875		2-9	.182	0.224		3.9084	115
114		Syracuse	BE		.57783	.0721		1-10	.091	0.102		5.6515	106
115		Duke	AC		.35137	.0570		0-10	.000	0.002		140.90	55
116		Temple	IN		.19976	.0439		0-11	.000	0.002		88.093	60
117		Buffalo	MA		.02498	.0182		1-10	.091	0.102		.24430	119
118		New Mexico State	WA		.00971	.0119		0-12	.000	0.002		4.6683	109
119		Kent State	MA		.00064	.0008		0-10	.000	0.002		.25474	118

Conference ratings

Rk	Conference	BSWP	Tms	Top Team
1	Big Ten Conference (TN)	.8011	11	Penn State (4)
2	Pacific-10 Conference (PT)	.7123	10	Southern California (1)
3	Atlantic Coast Conference (AC)	.7002	12	Virginia Tech (7)
4	Big XII Conference (BT)	.6914	12	Texas (2)
5	Southeastern Conference (SE)	.6146	12	Louisiana State (10)
6	Big East Conference (BE)	.4739	8	West Virginia (14)
7	Independent (IN)	.4215	4	Notre Dame (6)
8	Mountain West Conference (MW)	.4060	9	Texas Christian (29)
9	Conference USA (US)	.3041	12	Tulsa (57)
10	Mid-American Conference (MA)	.2885	12	Toledo (67)
11	Western Athletic Conference (WA)	.2775	9	Boise State (52)
12	Sun Belt Conference (SB)	.1134	8	Arkansas State (100)

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