October 18, 2004
The first Bowl Championship Series rankings, released Monday, Oct. 16 (full PDF of rankings available to right):
Rk Team BCS Avg ================================== 1. Southern California .9912 2. Miami (FL) .9187 3. Oklahoma .9161 4. Auburn .9036 5. Florida State .8072 6. Wisconsin .7255 7. Utah .7251 8. California .6733 9. Tennessee .6331 10. Georgia .6090 11. Texas .6027 12. Purdue .5248 13. Michigan .5064 14. Boise State .4309 15. Virginia .4101 16. Texas A&M .4067 17. Louisville .3340 18. Arizona State .3250 19. Louisiana State .2819 20. West Virginia .2748 21. Oklahoma State .2255 22. Florida .1900 23. Notre Dame .1209 24. UAB .1192 25. Virginia Tech .0951
EXPLANATION:
Team percentages are derived by dividing a team's actual voting points by a maximum 1625 possible points in the AP Poll and 1525 possible points in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll.
Six computer rankings calculated in inverse points order (25 for #1, 24 for #2, etc.) are used to determine the overall computer component. The best and worst ranking for each team is dropped, and the remaining four are added and divided by 100 (the maximum possible points) to produce a Computer Rankings Percentage. The six computer ranking providers are Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, Jeff Sagarin, and Peter Wolfe. Each computer ranking accounts for schedule strength in its formula. Their individual weekly rankings of all teams may be found at www.BCSfootball.org.
The BCS Average is calculated by averaging the percent totals of the Associated Press, USA Today/ESPN Coaches, and Computer polls.