The 2004 Daniel Ratings for College FootballNOTE: I have decided not to generate ratings for the Bowl games in protest of the unethical Bowl system, a system where a team can go undefeated through a major conference and still not have any chance to earn a national championship on the playing field. The ratings you see here are for the regular season and conference championship games only.Welcome to the home page of 2004 Daniel Ratings for Division I-A College Football. The Daniel Ratings 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. It is important to keep in mind that this system is a performance index, not a power index. It measures how well a team has performed, not how good a team is. It's purpose is not to predict wins. Note that this system does have some logistical and mathematical flaws in it, and therefore should not be taken seriously.
Daniel Ratings through the games of December 4, 2004: 1. Southern California (12-0) 4075 2. Oklahoma (12-0) 4041 3. Utah (11-0) 3625 4. Texas (10-1) 3511 5. Auburn (12-0) 3444 6. California (10-1) 3286 7. Boise State (11-0) 3280 8. LSU (9-2) 2733 9. Georgia (9-2) 2381 10. Louisville (10-1) 2327 11. Iowa (9-2) 2155 12. Tennessee (9-3) 1952 13. Arizona State (8-3) 1926 14. Miami FL (8-3) 1775 15. Texas A&M (7-4) 1764 16. Wisconsin (9-2) 1675 17. Oklahoma State (7-4) 1632 18. Virginia Tech (10-2) 1573 19. Virginia (8-3) 1537 20. Michigan (9-2) 1512 21. Florida State (8-3) 1427 22. Texas Tech (7-4) 1423 23. Ohio State (7-4) 1392 24. Florida (7-4) 1275 25. Purdue (7-4) 1201 26. Colorado (7-5) 1183 27. Oregon State (6-5) 1174 28. Boston College (8-3) 1037 29. West Virginia (8-3) 971 30. Georgia Tech (6-5) 944 31. Pittsburgh (8-3) 933 32. North Carolina (6-5) 927 33. Clemson (6-5) 924 34. Notre Dame (6-5) 905 35. New Mexico (7-4) 858 36. Fresno State (8-3) 747 37. Navy (9-2) 708 38. Connecticut (7-4) 705 39. Alabama (6-5) 700 40. Hawaii (7-5) 591 41. Memphis (8-3) 546 42. Alabama-Birmingham (7-4) 498 43. Arkansas (5-6) 482 44. UCLA (6-5) 396 45. Iowa State (6-5) 391 46. Syracuse (6-5) 391 47. Maryland (5-6) 377 48. Nebraska (5-6) 312 49. Texas-El Paso (8-3) 293 50. South Carolina (6-5) 282 51. Minnesota (6-5) 228 52. Washington State (5-6) 142 53. BYU (5-6) 133 54. Northwestern (6-6) 90 55. Southern Mississippi (6-5) 66 56. Wake Forest (4-7) 28 57. Bowling Green (8-3) -18 58. Troy (7-4) -94 59. Cincinnati (6-5) -99 60. North Carolina State (5-6) -109 61. Missouri (5-6) -167 62. Kansas (4-7) -167 63. TCU (5-6) -194 64. Tulane (5-6) -203 65. North Texas (7-4) -228 66. Louisiana Tech (6-6) -281 67. Mississippi State (3-8) -308 68. Rutgers (4-7) -336 69. Stanford (4-7) -338 70. Air Force (5-6) -361 71. Kansas State (4-7) -406 72. Toledo (9-3) -410 73. Oregon (5-6) -419 74. Wyoming (5-6) -459 75. Baylor (3-8) -470 76. Arizona (3-8) -480 77. Michigan State (4-7) -535 78. Mississippi (4-7) -685 79. San Diego State (4-7) -740 80. Penn State (4-7) -744 81. Northern Illinois (8-3) -844 82. Middle Tennessee (5-6) -875 83. Duke (2-9) -877 84. South Florida (4-7) -908 85. Miami OH (8-4) -999 86. Rice (3-8) -1034 87. Indiana (3-8) -1084 88. New Mexico State (5-6) -1183 89. UNLV (3-8) -1228 90. Louisiana-Monroe (5-6) -1259 91. Colorado State (4-7) -1278 92. Illinois (3-7) -1306 93. Temple (2-9) -1320 94. Marshall (6-5) -1370 95. Utah State (3-8) -1388 96. Nevada (5-7) -1395 97. Houston (3-8) -1417 98. East Carolina (2-9) -1563 99. Kentucky (2-9) -1589 100. Tulsa (4-8) -1631 101. Army (2-9) -1745 102. Vanderbilt (2-9) -1764 103. Arkansas State (3-8) -1767 104. Akron (6-5) -1818 105. SMU (3-8) -1877 106. Ohio (4-7) -1960 107. Louisiana-Lafayette (4-7) -2045 108. San Jose State (2-9) -2050 109. Idaho (3-9) -2248 110. Kent State (5-6) -2277 111. Washington (1-10) -2310 112. Eastern Michigan (4-7) -2858 113. Central Michigan (4-7) -2910 114. Buffalo (2-9) -3402 115. Ball State (2-9) -3468 116. Western Michigan (1-10) -3732 117. Central Florida (0-11) -3847 |
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