Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 2001 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record AP ESPN/USA Today Bowl Game Results
1 MIAMI (F) 125.6768 12-0 1 1 Beat Nebraska 37-14
2 FLORIDA 74.4306 10-2 3 3 Beat Maryland 56-23
3 TEXAS 73.5066 11-2 5 5 Beat Washington 47-43
4 LSU 69.9081 10-3 7 8 Beat Illinois 47-34
5 TENNESSEE 69.2872 11-2 4 4 Beat Michigan 45-17
6 SYRACUSE 68.8312 10-3 14 14 Beat Kansas State 26-3
7 NEBRASKA 68.7071 11-2 8 7 Lost to Miami (F)
8 OREGON 68.0244 11-1 2 2 Beat Colorado 38-16
9 OKLAHOMA 67.9425 11-2 6 6 Beat Arkansas 10-3
10 COLORADO 67.3427 10-3 9 9 Lost to Oregon
11 MARYLAND 66.9025 10-2 11 10 Lost to Florida
12 FLORIDA STATE 64.2587 8-4 15 15 Beat Virginia Tech 30-17
13 ILLINOIS 62.1177 10-2 12 12 Lost to LSU
14 BOSTON COLLEGE 59.2544 9-4 21 23 Beat Georgia 20-16
15 GEORGIA 58.9725 8-4 22 25 Lost to Boston College
16 GEORGIA TECH 57.8398 8-5 24 26 Beat Stanford 24-14
17 ARKANSAS 57.3458 7-5 33 33 Lost to Oklahoma
18 STANFORD 57.1561 9-3 16 17 Lost to Georgia Tech
19 NORTH CAROLINA 56.5063 8-5 30 27 Beat Auburn 16-10
20 KANSAS STATE 56.0080       Lost to Syracuse
21 AUBURN 55.5567       Lost to North Carolina
22 WASHINGTON STATE 55.0917        
23 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 55.0087        
24 WASHINGTON 54.8560        
25 ALABAMA 54.2563        
26 SOUTH CAROLINA 54.2178        
27 CLEMSON 54.1664        
28 WAKE FOREST 53.1204        
29 UCLA 53.0511        
30 PITTSBURGH 52.9031        
31 IOWA STATE 51.9485        
32 MICHIGAN 51.5042        
33 MISSISSIPPI 51.0071        
34 OHIO STATE 50.6270        
35 VIRGINIA 50.4408        
36 IOWA 50.1791        
37 NOTRE DAME 50.1432        
38 VIRGINIA TECH 50.1145        
39 TEXAS A+M 49.8711        
40 MICHIGAN STATE 49.8600        
41 TEXAS TECH 49.5094        
42 PENN STATE 49.1711        
43 INDIANA 48.6988        
44 PURDUE 47.2893        
45 OKLAHOMA STATE 47.1002        
46 FRESNO STATE 46.8288        
47 OREGON STATE 46.2889        
48 MINNESOTA 45.2961        
49 WISCONSIN 44.6123        
50 USC 44.5187        
51 TOLEDO 43.4956        
52 MARSHALL 42.7991        
53 BOISE STATE 42.6485        
54 MISSISSIPPI STATE 42.1443        
55 MISSOURI 42.1089        
56 LOUISIANA TECH 42.0160        
57 BGU 41.8963        
58 HAWAII 41.6381        
59 KANSAS 41.3503        
60 ARIZONA 40.6231        
61 UTAH 40.5166        
62 LOUISVILLE 40.3786        
63 TROY STATE 39.9745        
64 ARIZONA STATE 39.7734        
65 BYU 39.6949        
66 NORTHWESTERN 39.4980        
67 KENT STATE 38.0265        
68 SOUTH FLORIDA 37.6325        
69 MIAMI (O) 37.3427        
70 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 36.8246        
71 EAST CAROLINA 36.5942        
72 TEMPLE 35.9918        
73 KENTUCKY 35.4249        
74 BALL STATE 35.4245        
75 WEST VIRGINIA 35.0427        
76 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 34.9054        
77 ALABAMA (BIRMINGHAM) 34.7923        
78 RICE 34.4398        
79 CINCINNATI 34.0650        
80 MEMPHIS STATE 33.7883        
81 WESTERN MICHIGAN 33.7844        
82 TCU 32.9908        
83 COLORADO STATE 32.8060        
84 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE 31.4192        
85 CENTRAL FLORIDA 31.1623        
86 BAYLOR 30.9168        
87 NEW MEXICO 30.6402        
88 AIR FORCE 30.2368        
89 SMU 29.2765        
90 UNLV 28.0839        
91 VANDERBILT 27.8623        
92 AKRON 26.1531        
93 CALIFORNIA 25.9599        
94 UTAH STATE 25.5203        
95 UNRENO 23.1053        
96 SAN JOSE STATE 22.7267        
97 DUKE 21.9466        
98 NORTH TEXAS STATE 21.1291        
99 SAN DIEGO STATE 18.5520        
100 NEW MEXICO STATE 17.3481        
101 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 15.8436        
102 WYOMING 13.5645        
103 BUFFALO 12.2334        
104 OHIOU 12.1503        
105 TULANE 11.2715        
106 ARMY 10.2745        
107 RUTGERS 8.7629        
108 IDAHO 7.4338        
109 CONNECTICUT 7.0261        
110 EASTERN MICHIGAN 6.7948        
111 LA_LAFAYETTE 6.1870        
112 LA_MONROE 6.0180        
113 NAVY 5.1138        
114 ARKANSAS STATE 1.1307        
115 HOUSTON -5.7138        
116 UTEP -10.3018        
117 TULSA -15.8439        

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