The Daniel 2 Ratings for College Football

Welcome to the home page of Daniel 2 ratings for Division I-A College Football. Daniel 2 is a system I devised to rank Division I-A teams in college football.

These ratings are based on Relative Transitivity. The basic idea is that beating a team who beats, for example, Florida State, is impressive; however, it is not as impressive as beating Florida State directly. Thus, teams get rating points for every team they beat, directly or indirectly. However, the more indirect the "victory," the fewer rating points the team gets for it. Teams will also lose rating points for direct and indirect defeats.

Note that this system does have some logistical and mathematical flaws in it, and therefore should not be taken seriously.

(Special thanks to Peter Wolfe for the results used to calculate these ratings.)

Daniel 2 Ratings for the week of January 3, 2001:

   1.  Washington                 3741
   2.  Oklahoma                   3672
   3.  Florida State              3644
   4.  Miami (FL)                 3561
   5.  Virginia Tech              3550
   6.  Oregon State               3264
   7.  Nebraska                   3184
   8.  Kansas State               2641
   9.  Oregon                     2639
  10.  Notre Dame                 2535
  11.  Clemson                    2259
  12.  Wisconsin                  2165
  13.  Iowa State                 2159
  14.  Florida                    2121
  15.  Michigan                   2088
  16.  South Carolina             1748
  17.  North Carolina State       1693
  18.  Mississippi State          1678
  19.  Colorado State             1532
  20.  Georgia Tech               1517
  21.  Auburn                     1461
  22.  Ohio State                 1406
  23.  Tennessee                  1405
  24.  Toledo                     1400
  25.  West Virginia              1381
  26.  North Carolina             1355
  27.  Georgia                    1339
  28.  UCLA                       1323
  29.  Texas                      1321
  30.  Purdue                     1287
  31.  Northwestern               1220
  32.  Louisville                 1185
  33.  LSU                        1098
  34.  TCU                        1067
  35.  Boston College              965
  36.  East Carolina               956
  37.  Michigan State              945
  38.  Pittsburgh                  943
  39.  Air Force                   882
  40.  Texas A&M                   877
  41.  Southern Cal                859
  42.  Mississippi                 786
  43.  Boise State                 768
  44.  Southern Miss               723
  45.  Arkansas                    690
  46.  Arizona State               641
  47.  Syracuse                    481
  48.  Stanford                    455
  49.  Arizona                     442
  50.  Maryland                    361
  51.  UNLV                        295
  52.  Cincinnati                  292
  53.  UTEP                        260
  54.  Virginia                    239
  55.  Washington State            230
  56.  Ala-Birmingham              224
  57.  Illinois                    216
  58.  Marshall                    168
  59.  Texas Tech                  156
  60.  Western Michigan            121
  61.  Ohio                         56
  62.  Brigham Young               -84
  63.  San Jose State              -95
  64.  Minnesota                  -170
  65.  Penn State                 -206
  66.  California                 -327
  67.  Tulane                     -345
  68.  Fresno State               -353
  69.  Central Florida            -466
  70.  Iowa                       -505
  71.  Idaho                      -570
  72.  Kansas                     -572
  73.  Indiana                    -601
  74.  Colorado                   -616
  75.  Utah                       -632
  76.  Alabama                    -677
  77.  New Mexico                 -691
  78.  Ball State                 -917
  79.  Akron                      -934
  80.  Temple                     -949
  81.  Northern Illinois          -965
  82.  Miami (OH)                 -971
  83.  Memphis                   -1079
  84.  San Diego State           -1101
  85.  Kentucky                  -1215
  86.  Utah State                -1302
  87.  Rutgers                   -1483
  88.  Oklahoma State            -1563
  89.  Tulsa                     -1574
  90.  SMU                       -1729
  91.  Rice                      -1729
  92.  New Mexico State          -1788
  93.  Houston                   -1792
  94.  Missouri                  -1809
  95.  Middle Tennessee          -1832
  96.  Vanderbilt                -1872
  97.  Eastern Michigan          -1931
  98.  Connecticut               -1977
  99.  Wake Forest               -1983
 100.  Hawaii                    -2039
 101.  Central Michigan          -2134
 102.  Baylor                    -2259
 103.  Kent                      -2290
 104.  Nevada                    -2354
 105.  Bowling Green             -2390
 106.  North Texas               -2393
 107.  Wyoming                   -2600
 108.  Buffalo                   -2658
 109.  Army                      -2707
 110.  Navy                      -2849
 111.  Arkansas State            -3045
 112.  Duke                      -3305
 113.  Louisiana Tech            -3605
 114.  UL-Lafayette              -3646
 115.  UL-Monroe                 -3992






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