Final OAF ranking (& ratings) for the 2002 college football season:

Rank Team Name Rating Record AP ESPN/USA Today Bowl Game Results
1 OHIO STATE 116.2884 14-0 1 1 Beat Miami (F) 31-24
2 MIAMI (F) 115.6047 12-1 2 2 Lost to Ohio State
3 GEORGIA 91.5874 13-1 3 3 Beat Florida State 26-13
4 USC 88.1917 12-2 4 4 Beat Iowa 38-17
5 OKLAHOMA 87.6763 12-2 5 5 Beat Washington State 34-14
6 KANSAS STATE 86.0454 11-2 7 6 Beat Arizona State 34-27
7 ALABAMA 82.1540 10-3 11 Probation No Bowl Game
8 AUBURN 81.6746 9-4 14 16 Beat Penn State 13-9
9 TEXAS 80.0053 11-2 6 7 Beat LSU 35-20
10 TEXAS TECH 78.7488 9-5 27 28 Beat Clemson 55-15
11 IOWA 76.4377 11-2 8 8 Lost to USC
12 FLORIDA STATE 75.4727 9-5 21 23 Lost to Georgia
13 MARYLAND 75.1060 11-3 13 13 Beat Tennessee 30-3
14 WASHINGTON STATE 75.0915 10-3 10 10 Lost to Oklahoma
15 MICHIGAN 74.6524 10-3 9 9 Beat Florida 38-30
16 FLORIDA 73.8278 8-5 26 24 Lost to Michigan
17 TENNESSEE 72.8621 8-5 NR NR Lost to Maryland
18 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 72.1900 11-3 12 11 Beat Notre Dame 28-6
19 COLORADO 72.1436 9-5 20 21 Lost to Wisconsin
20 PENN STATE 71.7231 9-4 16 15 Lost to Auburn
21 BOISE STATE 70.0074 12-1 15 12 Beat Iowa State 34-16
22 LSU 69.6857 7-5 31 30 Lost to Texas
23 NOTRE DAME 69.0863 10-3 17 17 Lost to North Carolina State
24 MISSISSIPPI 68.6702       Beat Nebraska 27-23
25 ARKANSAS 67.5901       Lost to Minnesota
26 SOUTHERN FLORIDA 66.6734        
27 PITTSBURGH 66.5739        
28 BOSTON COLLEGE 66.4484        
29 OKLAHOMA STATE 66.4338        
30 VIRGINIA 64.4970        
31 WEST VIRGINIA 63.8133        
32 KENTUCKY 63.6240        
33 VIRGINIA TECH 63.4220        
34 IOWA STATE 62.8681        
35 CLEMSON 62.4764        
36 TEXAS A+M 61.9085        
37 WISCONSIN 60.7034        
38 MINNESOTA 59.4185        
39 MISSOURI 59.2395        
40 NEBRASKA 58.9950        
41 GEORGIA TECH 58.6870        
42 WAKE FOREST 58.5689        
43 SOUTH CAROLINA 58.3532        
44 PURDUE 55.7220        
45 WASHINGTON 55.1012        
46 UCLA 53.9979        
47 ARIZONA STATE 53.3854        
48 BGU 52.7285        
49 FRESNO STATE 52.6152        
50 OREGON STATE 52.3635        
51 NORTHERN ILLINOIS 51.8270        
52 MARSHALL 51.6963        
53 OREGON 51.0560        
54 ILLINOIS 50.7385        
55 TOLEDO 50.0720        
56 CALIFORNIA 49.7005        
57 NORTH CAROLINA 48.8920        
58 SYRACUSE 47.6863        
59 NORTH TEXAS STATE 46.1407        
60 TCU 45.9483        
61 COLORADO STATE 45.2646        
62 CENTRAL FLORIDA 44.6676        
63 ARIZONA 44.5926        
64 CONNECTICUT 44.0712        
65 CINCINNATI 43.9755        
66 MIAMI (O) 43.9017        
67 TEMPLE 41.8701        
68 HAWAII 41.0439        
69 STANFORD 40.5049        
70 BALL STATE 40.0254        
71 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 39.1869        
72 LOUISVILLE 39.0679        
73 VANDERBILT 38.7907        
74 MICHIGAN STATE 37.9073        
75 MISSISSIPPI STATE 37.8338        
76 EAST CAROLINA 36.2202        
77 UNLV 36.1745        
78 SAN JOSE STATE 35.6721        
79 AIR FORCE 35.5450        
80 TULANE 34.8709        
81 HOUSTON 34.5579        
82 MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE 33.7615        
83 UTAH 33.7045        
84 SAN DIEGO STATE 33.5344        
85 NEW MEXICO 33.3168        
86 NEW MEXICO STATE 32.9161        
87 ARKANSAS STATE 32.2193        
88 WESTERN MICHIGAN 32.0390        
89 BYU 31.9991        
90 NORTHWESTERN 31.9684        
91 UTAH STATE 31.9307        
92 DUKE 31.6234        
93 UNRENO 31.5818        
94 ALABAMA (BIRMINGHAM) 31.4540        
95 LA_MONROE 30.8622        
96 LA_LAFAYETTE 30.6722        
97 INDIANA 29.9429        
98 TROY STATE 29.4867        
99 OHIOU 28.4108        
100 IDAHO 27.5241        
101 BAYLOR 25.3228        
102 WYOMING 24.1260        
103 KANSAS 23.1537        
104 MEMPHIS STATE 21.6199        
105 LOUISIANA TECH 21.4396        
106 AKRON 20.2564        
107 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 18.8725        
108 RICE 17.6748        
109 SMU 15.5498        
110 RUTGERS 10.8900        
111 EASTERN MICHIGAN 8.1701        
112 NAVY 7.7235        
113 TULSA 2.1428        
114 UTEP 1.6453        
115 BUFFALO -0.0347        
116 KENT STATE -2.9597        
117 ARMY -13.0204        

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