The 2006 post season bowl games began with Northern Illinois .vs. TCU, and concluded with the BCS Championship Game (Florida .vs. Ohio State). The Overtake and Feedback ranking system (OAF), and the BCS (Bowl Championship Series) rating systems' final positions are listed below for the 64 teams competing in this year's 32 bowl games. (http://www.masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm lists the final rankings computed after the regular season ended for all 119 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, Jeff Sagarin, Peter Wolfe, and the 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 Sag. Wolfe Polls
Florida
Ohio State		 12-1
12-0		 4
1		 2
1		 3
1		 1
2		 5
1		 6
1		 3
1		 2
1
Ohio U.
Southern Miss		 9-4
8-5		 76
75		 60
57		 59
62		 51
48		 61
53		 63
58		 52
49		 Not
Rated
Oklahoma
Boise St		 11-2
12-0		 24
17		 11
7		 7
10		 13
6		 9
6		 14
8		 15
8		 7/8
9
Notre Dame
LSU		 10-2
10-2		 5
8		 8
4		 11
9		 8
7		 13
8		 12
4		 7
5		 11
4
Louisville
Wake Forest		 11-1
11-2		 11
28		 5
17		 4
12		 5
18		 3
21		 5
31		 6
17		 5/6
15
Cincinnati
Western Mich		 7-5
8-4		 11
79		 33
65		 46
53		 38
55		 32
62		 40
68		 33
53		 Not
Rated
Michigan
USC		 11-1
10-2		 2
6		 3
6		 2
8		 3
4		 2
4		 3
2		 2
4		 3
8/7
Wisconsin
Arkansas		 11-1
10-3		 12
10		 15
16		 5
17		 10
16		 7
16		 15
11		 9
11		 6/5
12/13
West Virginia
Georgia Tech		 10-2
9-4		 20
31		 12
31		 13
31		 11
28		 11
36		 9
35		 16
27		 13/12
27/25T
Penn State
Tennessee		 8-4
9-3		 32
9		 27
13		 27
16		 27
15		 25
17		 23
10		 20
14		 30/31
17/18
Auburn
Nebraska		 10-2
9-4		 16
39		 9
26		 14
29		 9
26		 18
27		 13
30		 10
28		 10
22
Miami (F.)
Nevada		 6-6
8-4		 57
58		 63
52		 41
47		 66
52		 64
47		 57
50		 65
55		 Not
Rated
Virginia Tech
Georgia		 10-2
8-4		 29
21		 18
24		 6
28		 17
29		 15
34		 18
29		 19
25		 14
26/29
Iowa
Texas		 6-6
9-3		 59
37		 51
20		 56
22		 60
20		 56
20		 46
19		 54
21		 NR
18/16
Boston College
Navy		 9-3
9-3		 40
45		 25
43		 30
37		 22
42		 24
38		 25
43		 23
41		 23
33/32T
Purdue
Maryland		 8-5
8-4		 44
35		 44
41		 35
28		 45
35		 46
45		 53
48		 45
31		   NR
31T/34
Minnesota
Texas Tech		 6-6
7-5		 38
46		 46
47		 48
38		 47
49		 40
48		 37
44		   43
50		 Not
Rated
Houston
South Carolina		 10-3
7-5		 64
25		 42
29		 34
29		 31
34		 42
30		 51
27		 42
30		 29/27
34/32T
Oregon State
Missouri		 9-4
8-4		 15
51		 19
40		 26
42		 19
39		 19
43		 17
39		 18
44		 24/25T
NR
Clemson
Kentucky		 8-4
7-5		 36
30		   34
30		 30
44		 33
36		 37
39		 24
42		 35
36		 NR/30
NR
Rutgers
Kansas St		 10-2
7-5		 22
54		 10
49		 15
54		 15
56		 14
58		 16
55		 12
60		 16/17
NR
Texas A&M
California		 9-3
9-3		 34
7		 23
14		 18
19		 24
12		 26
12		 34
7		 29
13		 21
20/19
Alabama
Oklahoma St		 6-6
6-6		 55
50		 48
56		 55
45		 59
62		 57
51		 45
49		 62
58		 Not
Rated
Florida St
UCLA		 6-6
7-5		 62
3		 54
21		 49
24		 54
23		 63
23		 52
20		 56
24		 NR
35/NR
Middle Tenn. St
Central Mich		 7-5
9-4		 91
70		 66
50		 85
51		 65
43		 65
44		 74
59		 57
46		 Not
Rated
Arizona St
Hawaii		 7-5
10-3		 13
43		 35
36		 33
32		 37
32		 28
29		 26
28		 32
39		 NR
28
Utah
Tulsa		 7-5
8-4		 71
84		 62
55		 61
72		 63
46		 49
50		 56
54		 64
47		 Not
Rated
San Jose St
New Mexico		 8-4
6-6		 63
73		 58
79		 67
65		 58
67		 60
72		 64
79		 59
79		 Not
Rated
East Carolina
South Florida		 7-5
8-4		 74
23		 64
38		 68
27		 61
41		 54
33		 60
41		 51
38		 NR
31T/NR
Troy St
Rice		 7-5
7-5		 92
72		 76
59		 82
66		 71
53		 76
59		 91
61		 67
51		 Not
Rated
Oregon
BYU		 7-5
10-2		 18
33		 28
22		 43
25		 30
21		 31
10		 22
21		 26
22		 NR
19/20
Northern Illinois
TCU		 7-5
10-2		 78
48		 75
32		 60
21		 68
25		 67
22		 78
33		 68
37		 NR
25/24

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