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Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 2005 college football season:
| Ranking | Team | Rating |
Record |
AP |
USA/ESPN Today | Bowl Game |
| 1 | TEXAS | 126.8699 | 13-0 | 1 | 1 | Beat USC 41-38 |
| 2 | USC | 117.5255 | 12-1 | 2 | 2 | Lost to Texas |
| 3 | OHIO STATE | 89.1086 | 10-2 | 4 | 4 | Beat Notre Dame 34-20 |
| 4 | PENN STATE | 74.1547 | 11-1 | 3 | 3 | Beat Florida State 26-23 |
| 5 | VIRGINIA TECH | 67.1254 | 11-2 | 7 | 7 | Beat Louisville 35-24 |
| 6 | UCLA | 66.2601 | 10-2 | 16 | 13 | Beat Northwestern 50-38 |
| 7 | MICHIGAN | 65.7725 | 7-5 | 28 | 28 | Lost to Nebraska |
| 8 | NOTRE DAME | 65.7034 | 9-3 | 9 | 11 | Lost to Ohio State |
| 9 | OKLAHOMA | 64.4891 | 8-4 | 22 | 22 | Beat Oregon 17-14 |
| 10 | OREGON | 63.8169 | 10-2 | 12T | 12 | Lost to Oklahoma |
| 11 | NORTHWESTERN | 63.0555 | 7-5 | 37T | NR | Lost to UCLA |
| 12 | LSU | 62.6701 | 11-2 | 6 | 5 | Beat Miami (F) 40-3 |
| 13 | MIAMI (F) | 61.9486 | 9-3 | 17 | 18 | Lost to LSU |
| 14 | WISCONSIN | 60.7800 | 10-3 | 15 | 15 | Beat Auburn 24-10 |
| 15 | WEST VIRGINIA | 60.3767 | 11-1 | 5 | 6 | Beat Georgia 38-35 |
| 16 | FLORIDA | 60.2828 | 9-3 | 12T | 16 | Beat Iowa 31-24 |
| 17 | IOWA | 59.6828 | 7-5 | 31 | 31 | Lost to Florida |
| 18 | GEORGIA | 59.6815 | 10-3 | 10 | 10 | Lost to West Virgnia |
| 19 | ALABAMA | 59.6453 | 10-2 | 8 | 8 | Beat Texas Tech 13-10 |
| 20 | TEXAS TECH | 58.9730 | 9-3 | 20 | 19 | Lost to Alabama |
| 21 | NEBRASKA | 58.9420 | 8-4 | 24 | 24 | Beat Michigan 32-28 |
| 22 | AUBURN | 58.5488 | 9-3 | 14 | 14 | Lost to Wisconsin |
| 23 | PURDUE | 58.4731 | ||||
| 24 | BOSTON COLLEGE | 58.3016 | ||||
| 25 | MINNESOTA | 57.9626 | ||||
| 26 | TCU | 57.6241 | ||||
| 27 | LOUISVILLE | 57.4575 | ||||
| 28 | MICHIGAN STATE | 56.2194 | ||||
| 29 | VIRGINIA | 55.8663 | ||||
| 30 | FLORIDA STATE | 55.6134 | ||||
| 31 | ARIZONA STATE | 54.9462 | ||||
| 32 | KANSAS | 54.3548 | ||||
| 33 | CALIFORNIA | 53.7594 | ||||
| 34 | CLEMSON | 53.4216 | ||||
| 35 | IOWASTATE | 53.1472 | ||||
| 36 | NORTH CAROLINA | 52.6214 | ||||
| 37 | GEORGIA TECH | 52.6142 | ||||
| 38 | COLORADO | 52.5772 | ||||
| 39 | NORTH CAROLINA STATE | 52.4388 | ||||
| 40 | STANFORD | 52.4331 | ||||
| 41 | MARYLAND | 51.1269 | ||||
| 42 | MISSOURI | 50.8543 | ||||
| 43 | BAYLOR | 50.4955 | ||||
| 44 | SOUTH CAROLINA | 50.1821 | ||||
| 45 | KANSAS STATE | 50.1693 | ||||
| 46 | TEXAS A+M | 49.6475 | ||||
| 47 | ARIZONA | 48.1364 | ||||
| 48 | WAKE FOREST | 48.0065 | ||||
| 49 | OREGON STATE | 47.0313 | ||||
| 50 | OKLAHOMA STATE | 46.8453 | ||||
| 51 | UTAH | 46.5283 | ||||
| 52 | INDIANA | 45.5587 | ||||
| 53 | WASHINGTON STATE | 45.3338 | ||||
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