The 2004 post season bowl games began on December 14th (N. Texas St .vs. Southern Miss.), and concluded with the OrangeBowl (USC vs. Oklahoma ) on January 4th, 2005. 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
USC
Oklahoma		 12-0
12-0		 1
3		 2
1		 2
1		 1
2		 1
2		 1
2		 1
2		 2
1		 1
2
Auburn
Virginia Tech		 12-0
10-2		 5
7		 3
13		 3
11		 3
12		 5
8		 3
6		 5
9		 3
8		 3
9
Utah
Pittsburgh		 11-0
8-3		 4
30		 4
31		 6
20		 5
29		 3
38		 10
21		 4
49		 5
34		 5/6
19/20
Texas
Michigan		 10-1
9-2		 6
31		 5
12		 4
10		 4
14		 6
20		 5
14		 6
23		 4
17		 6/5
13/12
Iowa
LSU		 9-2
9-2		 23
13		 8
10		 12
9		 9
11		 17
12		 8
9		 20
12		 12
9		 11/13
12/11
Florida State
West Virginia		 8-3
8-3		 18
35		 18
36		 22
26		 18
34		 16
31		 17
>25		 18
31		 22
29		 17/15
26/23
Tennessee
Texas A+M		 9-3
7-4		 27
15		 14
16		 15
28		 15
17		 21
15		 18
19		 21
13		 15
14		 15/17
22/25
Georgia
Wisconsin		 9-2
9-2		 17
33		 9
19		 7
16		 8
20		 11
22		 11
>25		 11
28		 11
18		 8/7
16
Miami (Fla.)
Florida		 8-3
7-4		 10
25		 15
29		 13
21		 16
28		 10
26		 13
24		 10
27		 16
37		 14
20/19
Louisville
Boise State		 10-1
11-0		 8
16		 17
7		 14
5		 13
7		 7
9		 12
7		 8
7		 10
7		 7/8
10
Arizona State
Purdue		 8-3
7-4		 14
34		 11
25		 34
25		 10
27		 13
27		 16
>25		 14
25		 13
30		 21/24
28/30T
Alabama
Minnesota		 6-5
6-5		 40
70		 46
47		 39
65		 49
56		 50
54		   41
50		 61
57		 NR/37T
NR
Northern Illinois
Troy State		 8-3
7-4		 83
97		 71
70		 33
74		 58
62		 64
58		   76
53		 62
47		 35/32
NR
California
Texas Tech		 10-1
7-4		 2
22		 6
22		 8
27		 6
22		 4
19		 4
23		 3
19		 6
21		 4
23/21
Navy
New Mexico		 9-2
7-4		 54
38		 40
35		 42
45		 37
31		 44
29		   51
32		 39
28		 29/30T
36T/NR
Boston College
North Carolina		 8-3
6-5		 36
9		 32
28		 35
23		 32
33		 34
24		 >25
25		 36
26		 32
25		 25/26
NR
Oklahoma St.
Ohio State 		7-4
7-4		 26
28		 21
23		 31
18		 21
25		 18
30		   16
30		 19
27		 32/28
24/22
Colorado
UTEP		 7-5
8-3		 45
82		 24
30		 32
69		 23
26		 28
37		   35
33		 26
24		 NR/36
33/34
Oregon State
Notre Dame		 6-5
6-5		 12
37		 26
27		 30
38		 24
30		 23
36		 15
>25		 17
29		 23
36		 Neither Rated
Iowa State
Miami (Ohio)		 6-5
8-4		 58
88		 39
78		 51
36		 48
64		 42
72		   47
78		 42
58		 38T/NR
NR
Toledo
Connecticut		 9-3
7-4		 81
49		 58
56		 19
50		 42
57		 52
66		   72
66		 38
56		 27/33
NR
Virginia
Fresno State		 8-3
8-3		 11
71		 20
38		 17
71		 19
36		 14
32		 20
22		 15
22		 20
35		 18
31/27
Hawaii
Alabama(Birm.)		 7-5
7-4		 66
69		 61
49		 44
73		 43
44		 76
60		   77
63		 67
48		 Neither Rated
UCLA
Wyoming		 6-5
6-5		 32
63		 37
62		 53
76		 39
61		 25
57		   24
55		 41
59		 Neither Rated
Cincinnati
Marshall		 6-5
6-5		 56
96		 60
83		 62
70		 54
74		 62
79		   68
84		 51
71		 Neither Rated
Memphis St.
Bowl. Green		 8-3
8-3		 60
85		 44
66		 29
24		 35
50		 40
49		   58
56		 31
45		 30/29
36T/35
Georgia T.
Syracuse		 6-5
6-5		 20
46		 33
45		 40
47		 38
46		 33
51		   34
54		 33
44		 NR
NR/37T
South. Miss.
N. Texas St.		 6-5
7-4		 67
75		 59
67		 57
87		 55
40		 67
73		   62
75		 49
46		 NR
NR/37T

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