The 2002 post season bowl games began with N. Texas St .vs. Cincinnati, and concluded with the Fiesta Bowl (Ohio State .vs. Miami (Florida). The Overtake and Feedback ranking system (OAF), and the seven BCS (Bowl Championship Series) rating systems' final positions are listed below for the 56 teams competing in this year's 28 bowl games. (http://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm lists the final rankings computed after the regular season ended for all 117 division I-A colleges.) The final pre-bowl rankings produced from the rating systems created by Jeff Anderson and Chris Hester (A&H), Richard Billingsley, Wes Colley, Kenneth Massey, the New York Times, Jeff Sagarin, Peter Wolfe, and the average Associate Press (AP) / USA Today's coaches' poll position is shown below. (The systems that include margin of victory by Massey, and by Sagarin, were selected from those that are listed on the comparison web page given above since I believe both of their systems that include margin of victory are purported to be more effective, and margin of victory is excluded in the BCS versions of their systems.)

Bowl Game Records OAF A&H RB Colley Massey NYT Sag. Wolfe Polls
Ohio St
Miami (Fla.)		 13-0
12-0		 2
1		 1
2		 2
1		 2
1		 3
1		 3
1		 2
1		 1
2		 2
1
USC
Iowa		 10-2
11-1		 4
17		 5
4		 6
5		 4
5		 2
8		 2
5		 4
5		 4
5		 5
3
Oklahoma
Washington St		 11-2
10-2		 8
11		 7
8		 4
9		 7
8		 6
9		 6
10		 8
6		 7
6		 8
7
Georgia
Florida St		 12-1
9-4		 3
12		 3
13		 3
24		 3
12		 5
13		 4
19		 3
13		 3
13		 4
15
Texas
LSU		 10-2
8-4		 15
18		 10
28		 7
32		 9
27		 7
29		 12
36		 9
27		 11
25		 9
26
N Carolina St
Notre Dame		 10-3
10-2		 22
24		 26
6		 27
8		 21
6		 18
11		 29
14		 20
7		 20
8		 16
12
Michigan
Florida		 9-3
8-4		 26
14		 9
17		 16
30		 10
19		 15
23		 9
21		 10
17		 9
17		 11
21
Auburn
Penn St		 8-4
9-3		 5
25		 23
12		 19
14		 25
14		 20
17		 22
11		 21
16		 21
14		 20
10
Boise St
Iowa St		 11-1
7-6		 21
36		 20
42		 10
72		 22
47		 14
37		 32
45		 23
33		 33
34		 17
NR
TCU
Colorado St		 9-2
10-3		 68
52		 38
21		 28
44		 33
23		 41
31		 74
20		 55
29		 55
41		 28
22
Kansas St
Arizona St		 10-2
8-5		 7
43		 15
37		 11
45		 13
40		 4
36		 8
38		 11
38		 10
36		 6
40
Maryland
Tennessee		 10-3
8-4		 20
10		 18
29		 22
20		 15
29		 16
30		 13
24		 15
24		 15
22		 18
27
Wisconsin
Colorado		 7-6
9-4		 58
9		 36
14		 49
23		 42
16		 46
12		 42
17		 42
14		 39
16		 NR
13
Virginia
West Virginia		 8-5
9-3		 31
33		 31
19		 36
15		 30
17		 35
19		 28
16		 28
19		 26
18		 34
14
Minnesota
Arkansas		 7-5
9-4		 60
13		 46
16		 52
25		 49
20		 55
21		 55
14		 51
18		 45
19		 NR
24
Pittsburgh
Oregon St		 8-4
8-4		 35
39		 30
32		 26
40		 26
32		 34
24		 33
25		 31
34		 27
31		 23
32
Texas Tech
Clemson		 8-5
7-5		 16
34		 25
39		 34
42		 28
39		 25
42		 23
31		 22
36		 23
32		 38T
41T
Oklahoma St
South Miss.		 7-5
7-5		 28
85		 48
63		 35
65		 52
62		 43
62		 25
83		 43
69		 42
70		 33
NR
Wake Forest
Oregon		 6-6
7-5		 46
45		 58
73		 63
48		 56
45		 52
39		 48
53		 46
41		 47
40		 Neither
Rated
Tulane
Hawaii		 7-5
10-3		 101
51		 71
44		 61
21		 69
41		 68
44		 92
44		 82
45		 85
52		 NR
30
Virginia Tech
Air Force		 9-4
8-4		 38
73		 24
53		 31
51		 24
50		 26
56		 35
43		 30
60		 24
61		 19
38T
UCLA
New Mexico		 7-5
7-6		 41
75		 27
67		 43
58		 31
67		 22
69		 34
41		 26
67		 28
72		 Neither
Rated
Fresno
Georgia Tech		 8-5
7-5		 54
30		 56
40		 41
39		 51
43		 59
38		 46
39		 53
37		 58
35		 37
NR
Marshall
Louisville		 10-2
6-6		 50
79		 41
61		 18
60		 36
59		 49
60		 66
86		 48
66		 51
67		 25
NR
Purdue
Washington		 6-6
7-5		 64
23		 50
34		 59
13		 58
37		 54
27		 40
30		 56
32		 49
29		 NR
35T
Boston College
Toledo		 8-4
9-4		 32
53		 35
47		 33
38		 34
44		 33
47		 27
71		 35
49		 30
54		 31
35T
Mississippi
Nebraska		 6-6
7-6		 19
42		 51
49		 54
53		 55
57		 50
40		 52
46		 47
40		 46
43		 NR
NR
N Texas St
Cincinnati		 7-5
7-6		 66
74		 65
59		 56
55		 61
54		 64
57		 64
72		 62
61		 69
66		 42T
NR

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