The 2003 post season bowl games began on December 16th (N. Texas St .vs. Memphis St.), and concluded with the Sugar Bowl (Oklahoma vs. LSU) on January 4th, 2004. 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 Associate Press (AP) / USA Today's coaches' polls are shown below. (The systems that include margin of victory by Massey, and by Sagarin, were selected from the 96 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
Oklahoma
LSU		 12-1
12-1		 4
3		 1
2		 1
2		 1
2		 2
1		 5
2		 1
2		 1
2		 3
2
Georgia Tech
Tulsa		 6-6
8-4		 46
72		 54
66		 57
59		 57
60		 47
59		 49
50		 42
71		 53
61		 Neither Rated
Ohio State
Kansas St		 10-2
11-3		 9
2		 6
16		 6
12		 4
12		 12
8		 8
6		 15
8		 7
13		 6/7
10/8
Tennessee
Clemson		 10-2
8-4		 17
20		 10
33		 7
23		 10
30		 10
25		 9
19		 12
28		 11
31		 7/6
31
Mississippi
Oklahoma St		 9-3
9-3		 24
13		 23
19		 20
25		 24
21		 18
20		 17
16		 18
17		 24
22		 18/16
22/21
Florida St
Miami (Fla.)		 10-2
10-2		 10
15		 8
9		 8
5		 5
7		 9
11		 7
10		 7
10		 6
9		 8/9
9/10
Michigan
USC		 10-2
11-1		 7
1		 7
3		 4
3		 6
3		 4
3		 3
1		 6
3		 5
3		 4
1
Purdue
Georgia		 9-3
10-3		 11
8		 15
12		 17
11		 17
11		 16
5		 18
12		 16
9		 17
8		 13/12
11
Iowa
Florida		 9-3
8-4		 14
12		 14
24		 16
14		 15
23		 14
15		 15
13		 11
13		 12
18		 12/13
17
Maryland
W. Virginia		 9-3
8-4		 29
44		 25
35		 31
18		 20
33		 21
31		 11
14		 19
37		 23
39		 24/23
23/20
Boston Coll.
Colorado St.		 7-5
7-5		 54
41		 45
43		 37
62		 48
46		 45
42		 35
54		 46
38		 52
38		 Neither Rated
Missouri
Arkansas		 8-4
8-4		 35
21		 32
20		 35
28		 34
26		 36
22		 41
23		 30
21		 34
26		 33
42T/NR
Utah
South. Miss.		 9-2
9-3		 27
58		 13
22		 21
22		 14
25		 23
41		 33
30		 25
45		 19
27		 25
27/28
Oregon
Minnesota		 8-4
9-3		 22
30		 26
27		 33
24		 27
28		 32
24		 30
28		 41
23		 24
28		 35/30
20/24
Wisconsin
Auburn		 7-5
7-5		 31
25		 36
40		 38
30		 38
40		 40
26		 42
26		 36
24		 42
33		 38T/NR
37/NR
UCLA
Fresno St		 6-6
8-5		 40
65		 50
60		 50
58		 55
54		 55
60		 55
51		 56
64		 60
48		 NR
42T/NR
Texas
Wash. St.		 10-2
9-3		 5
16		 5
18		 9
19		 8
19		 6
19		 4
21		 5
23		 10
21		 5
14/15
Navy
Texas Tech		 8-4
7-5		 68
38		 69
31		 76
40		 53
37		 67
30		 44
45		 63
26		 63
32		 42T/NR
NR
Mich. St.
Nebraska		 8-4
9-3		 32
19		 28
17		 32
29		 29
18		 27
17		 38
19		 29
20		 29
20		 29/32
21/22
Pittsburgh
Virginia		 8-4
7-5		 47
39		 30
44		 27
36		 32
42		 38
34		 31
37		 39
33		 35
45		 26/27
NR/35
Virginia Tech
California		 8-4
7-6		 52
23		 37
38		 39
44		 35
44		 33
39		 43
27		 32
31		 41
43		 32/34
NR
Northwestern
Bowl. Green		 6-6
10-3		 37
18		 49
29		 66
26		 56
22		 51
28		 40
36		 53
27		 55
14		 NR
30/26
Houston
Hawaii		 7-5
8-5		 85
71		 58
67		 71
63		 62
64		 75
65		 72
61		 78
68		 66
57		 Neither Rated
Oregon St.
New Mexico		 7-5
8-4		 28
36		 47
42		 43
55		 47
39		 43
37		 47
52		 40
34		 44
36		 36/NR
38/NR
Boise State
TCU		 12-1
11-1		 26
59		 21
11		 13
15		 16
13		 13
29		 34
39		 14
47		 16
15		 16/18
19
Kansas
NC State		 6-6
7-5		 57
33		 62
39		 82
45		 68
36		 68
35		 64
29		 60
35		 64
37		 Neither Rated
Miami (Oh.)
Louisville		 12-1
9-3		 6
80		 4
41		 10
46		 9
43		 7
50		 22
66		 4
62		 4
46		 15/14
34/37T
N. Texas St.
Memphis St.		 9-3
8-4		 66
83		 53
51		 60
48		 41
49		 54
66		 74
60		 65
69		 54
56		 41/37T
NR

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