2008 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Z-Ratings

Data courtesy Peter Wolfe. Ratings current through 6 December 2008 (683 games).

Weight of tied games = .08

Conference ratings

Rk		Team	Conf.		Z-Rating	BSWP		Record	Pct	Ratio		SOS	Rk
1		Utah	MW		1,174,238	.9891		11-0	1.000	276.000		4254.5	6
2		Oklahoma	BT		799,067	.9855		11-1	.917	10.615		75274	2
3		Texas	BT		746,632	.9849		11-1	.917	10.615		70335	3
4		Texas Tech	BT		745,851	.9849		9-1	.900	8.692		85806	1
5		Texas Christian	MW		42050	.9537		9-2	.818	4.431		9489.1	4
6		Boise State	WA		30821	.9485		11-0	1.000	276.000		111.67	56
7		Oklahoma State	BT		15433	.9338		8-3	.727	2.645		5835.3	5
8		Florida	SE		5644.7	.9002		11-1	.917	10.615		531.75	12
9		Brigham Young	MW		4971.4	.8946		9-2	.818	4.431		1121.9	7
10		Alabama	SE		4394.5	.8887		12-1	.923	11.577		379.59	23
11		Southern California	PT		3086.6	.8698		11-1	.917	10.615		290.77	28
12		Penn State	TN		2486.9	.8565		10-1	.909	9.654		257.61	31
13		Ohio State	TN		1526.3	.8212		9-2	.818	4.431		344.44	26
14		Cincinnati	BE		1384.0	.8132		10-2	.833	4.922		281.21	29
15		Georgia Tech	AC		1279.6	.8066		7-3	.700	2.316		552.54	11
16		Missouri	BT		1256.4	.8050		8-4	.667	1.990		631.30	9
17		Florida State	AC		1053.3	.7892		6-4	.600	1.495		704.56	8
18		Virginia Tech	AC		1022.2	.7864		8-4	.667	1.990		513.62	13
19		Georgia	SE		995.39	.7840		8-3	.727	2.645		376.37	24
20		Boston College	AC		945.11	.7790		8-4	.667	1.990		474.91	15
21		Nebraska	BT		862.18	.7701		8-4	.667	1.990		433.23	18
22		Oregon	PT		754.81	.7567		9-3	.750	2.974		253.83	32
23		North Carolina	AC		726.98	.7528		7-4	.636	1.743		417.19	19
24		Michigan State	TN		658.63	.7424		9-3	.750	2.974		221.49	34
25		Oregon State	PT		657.03	.7421		8-4	.667	1.990		330.15	27
26		Pittsburgh	BE		578.84	.7283		9-3	.750	2.974		194.66	39
27		Ball State	MA		569.29	.7265		11-1	.917	10.615		53.628	87
28		Clemson	AC		559.41	.7245		5-5	.500	1.000		559.41	10
29		Miami (FL)	AC		536.41	.7198		6-5	.545	1.198		447.60	16
30		Kansas	BT		536.14	.7197		6-5	.545	1.198		447.37	17
31		Wake Forest	AC		487.63	.7089		7-5	.583	1.397		349.10	25
32		Maryland	AC		465.89	.7036		6-5	.545	1.198		388.76	22
33		California	PT		431.41	.6945		8-4	.667	1.990		216.78	35
34		Air Force	MW		425.33	.6928		7-4	.636	1.743		244.08	33
35		North Carolina State	AC		338.72	.6650		5-6	.455	0.834		405.93	21
36		Northwestern	TN		335.95	.6640		8-3	.727	2.645		127.03	53
37		Mississippi	SE		331.75	.6624		7-4	.636	1.743		190.38	40
38		West Virginia	BE		283.08	.6422		7-4	.636	1.743		162.45	45
39		Virginia	AC		277.57	.6397		4-7	.364	0.574		483.69	14
40		Navy	IN		273.13	.6376		7-4	.636	1.743		156.74	46
41		South Carolina	SE		257.39	.6299		6-5	.545	1.198		214.78	36
42		Iowa	TN		254.26	.6283		7-4	.636	1.743		145.91	49
43		Connecticut	BE		235.49	.6182		6-5	.545	1.198		196.50	37
44		Rutgers	BE		234.95	.6179		6-5	.545	1.198		196.05	38
45		South Florida	BE		207.40	.6012		6-5	.545	1.198		173.06	43
46		Western Michigan	MA		182.44	.5839		8-3	.727	2.645		68.984	75
47		Louisiana State	SE		163.73	.5690		6-5	.545	1.198		136.62	52
48		Duke	AC		157.46	.5636		3-8	.273	0.378		416.43	20
49		East Carolina	US		154.28	.5608		9-4	.692	2.238		68.949	76
50		Colorado	BT		151.47	.5583		4-7	.364	0.574		263.96	30
51		Vanderbilt	SE		148.12	.5552		6-6	.500	1.000		148.12	48
52		Colorado State	MW		147.89	.5550		5-6	.455	0.834		177.23	42
53		Notre Dame	IN		145.53	.5527		6-6	.500	1.000		145.53	50
54		Wisconsin	TN		134.85	.5421		6-5	.545	1.198		112.53	55
55		Nevada	WA		117.85	.5232		6-5	.545	1.198		98.339	58
56		Rice	US		113.88	.5184		9-3	.750	2.974		38.295	92
57		Central Michigan	MA		106.35	.5087		7-4	.636	1.743		61.033	81
58		Arizona	PT		99.921	.4999		7-5	.583	1.397		71.534	74
59		Buffalo	MA		91.578	.4875		8-5	.615	1.595		57.407	83
60		Hawaii	WA		88.034	.4820		6-6	.500	1.000		88.034	63
61		Minnesota	TN		86.655	.4797		6-5	.545	1.198		72.308	73
62		Fresno State	WA		84.978	.4770		7-5	.583	1.397		60.837	82
63		Tulsa	US		84.378	.4759		9-3	.750	2.974		28.375	98
64		Kentucky	SE		81.386	.4708		5-6	.455	0.834		97.534	59
65		Arkansas	SE		78.686	.4661		4-7	.364	0.574		137.12	51
66		Stanford	PT		75.710	.4606		5-7	.417	0.716		105.75	57
67		Illinois	TN		72.632	.4547		4-7	.364	0.574		126.57	54
68		Baylor	BT		68.302	.4461		3-8	.273	0.378		180.64	41
69		Louisiana Tech	WA		67.373	.4441		6-5	.545	1.198		56.219	84
70		Houston	US		65.765	.4407		6-5	.545	1.198		54.877	86
71		Tennessee	SE		61.241	.4307		5-7	.417	0.716		85.544	65
72		UNLV	MW		59.087	.4257		5-7	.417	0.716		82.535	67
73		Purdue	TN		57.440	.4217		3-8	.273	0.378		151.91	47
74		Auburn	SE		53.552	.4120		4-7	.364	0.574		93.318	60
75		Louisville	BE		52.203	.4084		4-7	.364	0.574		90.968	62
76		Arizona State	PT		49.577	.4013		4-7	.364	0.574		86.392	64
77		San Jose State	WA		46.441	.3923		5-6	.455	0.834		55.655	85
78		Kansas State	BT		43.876	.3845		4-7	.364	0.574		76.457	72
79		UCLA	PT		40.897	.3749		4-8	.333	0.502		81.390	68
80		New Mexico	MW		40.871	.3748		4-8	.333	0.502		81.338	69
81		Texas A&M	BT		39.960	.3718		4-8	.333	0.502		79.524	70
82		Syracuse	BE		37.677	.3638		2-9	.182	0.226		166.96	44
83		Mississippi State	SE		34.877	.3535		3-8	.273	0.378		92.240	61
84		Troy	SB		34.650	.3526		7-4	.636	1.743		19.884	106
85		Northern Illinois	MA		32.198	.3429		5-6	.455	0.834		38.587	91
86		Michigan	TN		28.047	.3250		3-9	.250	0.336		83.402	66
87		Bowling Green	MA		27.844	.3240		6-6	.500	1.000		27.844	99
88		Wyoming	MW		26.010	.3153		3-8	.273	0.378		68.789	77
89		Temple	MA		25.168	.3112		5-7	.417	0.716		35.155	95
90		Utah State	WA		22.618	.2978		3-9	.250	0.336		67.259	78
91		Southern Mississippi	US		20.997	.2887		6-6	.500	1.000		20.997	104
92		Akron	MA		20.961	.2885		5-7	.417	0.716		29.278	97
93		Indiana	TN		17.496	.2669		2-9	.182	0.226		77.533	71
94		Texas - El Paso	US		17.172	.2647		5-7	.417	0.716		23.986	102
95		Marshall	US		15.938	.2561		3-8	.273	0.378		42.153	88
96		San Diego State	MW		14.298	.2439		2-9	.182	0.226		63.360	80
97		Memphis	US		14.059	.2421		5-6	.455	0.834		16.849	108
98		Army	IN		13.697	.2392		3-8	.273	0.378		36.226	94
99		Louisiana - Lafayette	SB		11.837	.2235		6-6	.500	1.000		11.837	111
100		Florida Atlantic	SB		11.827	.2234		6-6	.500	1.000		11.827	112
101		Ohio University	MA		11.710	.2224		3-8	.273	0.378		30.971	96
102		Arkansas State	SB		10.294	.2092		5-6	.455	0.834		12.337	110
103		New Mexico State	WA		8.9502	.1955		2-9	.182	0.226		39.661	90
104		Eastern Michigan	MA		8.4758	.1903		2-9	.182	0.226		37.560	93
105		Central Florida	US		8.3130	.1885		3-8	.273	0.378		21.986	103
106		Toledo	MA		8.2606	.1879		3-9	.250	0.336		24.565	100
107		Alabama - Birmingham	US		7.9150	.1839		3-8	.273	0.378		20.933	105
108		Middle Tennessee State	SB		7.7527	.1821		5-7	.417	0.716		10.829	113
109		Kent State	MA		7.4464	.1784		3-8	.273	0.378		19.694	107
110		Florida International	SB		7.1702	.1751		5-7	.417	0.716		10.016	115
111		Iowa State	BT		6.7026	.1692		1-10	.091	0.104		64.706	79
112		Idaho	WA		4.2104	.1331		1-10	.091	0.104		40.647	89
113		Louisiana - Monroe	SB		3.2051	.1153		3-8	.273	0.378		8.4767	117
114		Miami - Ohio	MA		2.5071	.1013		1-10	.091	0.104		24.204	101
115		Tulane	US		2.0608	.0915		2-10	.167	0.203		10.142	114
116		Washington State	PT		.78363	.0569		1-11	.083	0.094		8.3185	118
117		North Texas	SB		.08596	.0235		1-11	.083	0.094		.91253	119
118		Southern Methodist	US		.04937	.0184		0-11	.000	0.004		13.626	109
119		Washington	PT		.03055	.0144		0-12	.000	0.003		9.1951	116
120		Western Kentucky	IN		.00344	.0019		0-10	.000	0.004		.86250	120

Conference ratings

Rk	Conference	BSWP	Tms	Top Team
1	Atlantic Coast Conference (AC)	.7423	12	Georgia Tech (15)
2	Big XII Conference (BT)	.6941	12	Oklahoma (2)
3	Mountain West Conference (MW)	.6126	9	Utah (1)
4	Big East Conference (BE)	.6054	8	Cincinnati (14)
5	Southeastern Conference (SE)	.6031	12	Florida (8)
6	Big Ten Conference (TN)	.5697	11	Penn State (12)
7	Pacific-10 Conference (PT)	.4861	10	Southern California (11)
8	Western Athletic Conference (WA)	.4277	9	Boise State (6)
9	Independent (IN)	.3542	4	Navy (40)
10	Mid-American Conference (MA)	.3488	12	Ball State (27)
11	Conference USA (US)	.2732	12	East Carolina (49)
12	Sun Belt Conference (SB)	.1686	8	Troy (84)

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