K-RANK 2004

This is an experimental Division I-A college football ranking system that operates on the following principles:

• At its core, K-RANK determines a team's schedule strength - but six levels deep (opponent's opponent's opponent's...)
• K-RANK has 'strength of victory' and 'strength of defeat' algorithms, and combines them for the final K-RANK.
• Points scored and margin of victory don't matter. Only wins and losses matter.
• Game location (home or away) doesn't matter.
• Only games between Division I-A teams matter. Games against Division I-AA don't count (not even losses.)
• Games from previous years don't count. Neither do games scheduled later this year.
• It doesn't matter when you play a team. (If they're undefeated when you beat 'em, but then drop to .500 - they're a .500 team to you.)
• It doesn't matter what conference a team is in. (Conference is listed below for convenience.)

Through games of January 4, 2005

rank	team	wins	loss	K%	conf	9/11	9/18	9/25	10/2	10/9	10/16	10/23	10/30	11/6	11/13	11/20	11/27	12/4	12/25	12/31	1/4
1	Southern Cal	13	0	1.000	Pacific-10	3	2	1	5	3	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1
2	Oklahoma	12	1	.985	Big 12	22	19	28	12	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
3	Auburn	12	0	.977	SEC	3	3	8	8	2	2	3	3	6	4	4	4	3	3	4	3
4	Texas	11	1	.974	Big 12	3	11	6	10	15	12	13	7	3	3	6	3	4	5	3	4
5	Utah	12	0	.967	Mountain West	3	4	2	2	6	5	6	6	5	5	2	6	6	6	7	5
6	Boise St	11	1	.960	WAC	22	15	9	6	14	11	12	8	9	8	5	5	5	4	5	6
7	Louisville	11	1	.957	Conference USA	22	22	26	27	21	22	22	21	17	16	13	10	8	8	6	7
8	Iowa	10	2	.950	Big Ten	22	30	65	44	35	25	21	19	14	11	8	8	9	9	9	8
9	California	10	2	.945	Pacific-10	22	10	30	23	24	20	18	12	10	9	9	7	7	7	8	9
10	Georgia	9	2	.945	SEC	16	13	27	11	17	16	14	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	10
11	Tennessee	10	3	.934	SEC	22	26	7	13	8	6	5	4	12	14	14	12	14	14	15	11
12	LSU	9	3	.933	SEC	22	25	18	26	22	21	17	14	16	13	11	9	10	10	10	12
13	Virginia Tech	9	3	.927	ACC	22	45	69	45	36	34	29	26	22	24	21	16	12	12	11	13
14	Arizona St	9	3	.924	Pacific-10	22	1	3	1	4	9	7	10	7	7	7	17	16	16	14	14
15	Michigan	9	3	.914	Big Ten	107	68	20	14	7	10	8	5	8	6	10	13	13	13	13	15
16	Miami FL	9	3	.910	ACC	22	7	5	4	11	8	9	13	21	18	17	14	18	18	17	16
17	Wisconsin	9	3	.905	Big Ten	22	45	24	17	9	4	4	9	4	10	16	15	15	15	16	17
18	Navy	8	2	.901	IA Independents	22	45	50	28	26	33	26	24	33	29	28	27	26	26	20	18
19	Florida St	9	3	.901	ACC	22	40	25	18	12	7	10	18	18	15	26	19	19	20	24	19
20	Bowling Green	8	3	.900	Mid-American	22	45	83	67	56	46	31	25	23	23	22	22	21	19	19	20
21	Fresno St	8	3	.899	WAC	22	30	39	52	66	52	53	40	34	27	27	25	24	22	22	21
22	Texas Tech	8	4	.891	Big 12	107	67	13	53	33	37	43	28	26	31	30	26	27	27	21	22
23	Oregon St	7	5	.889	Pacific-10	22	81	66	73	70	59	42	38	32	26	25	24	25	25	25	23
24	Virginia	8	4	.884	ACC	22	16	4	15	13	17	16	16	13	17	15	18	17	17	26	24
25	Boston College	8	3	.879	Big East	3	5	12	31	39	53	34	29	27	25	24	33	34	32	27	25
26	Northern Illinois	8	3	.875	Mid-American	22	105	81	69	64	56	46	35	29	39	37	39	37	34	30	26
27	Ohio State	8	4	.871	Big Ten	3	17	17	36	46	58	45	30	25	40	35	35	35	33	28	27
28	Texas A&M	7	5	.870	Big 12	22	26	29	21	18	14	11	20	24	22	23	20	20	21	18	28
29	West Virginia	7	4	.868	Big East	22	9	21	42	38	24	20	15	15	21	20	23	23	24	23	29
30	Memphis	7	4	.859	Conference USA	22	30	44	30	28	23	44	36	41	30	29	28	29	38	33	30
31	Pittsburgh	7	4	.859	Big East	22	72	54	61	57	48	33	33	46	42	40	37	31	30	29	31
32	Hawai`i	8	4	.858	WAC	22	45	61	55	49	57	47	50	40	51	45	42	39	37	32	32
33	Oklahoma St	7	5	.856	Big 12	3	8	21	16	10	18	15	17	20	20	19	21	22	23	31	33
34	UTEP	7	4	.852	WAC	22	45	50	41	32	30	23	22	19	19	18	29	28	28	35	34
35	Connecticut	7	4	.848	Big East	22	45	64	48	37	45	30	47	35	50	47	45	43	41	34	35
36	Colorado	8	5	.841	Big 12	1	6	18	29	34	36	40	58	53	41	43	40	41	40	36	36
37	North Texas	7	4	.837	Sun Belt	22	45	79	77	76	66	65	56	45	34	31	30	30	45	38	37
38	Purdue	7	5	.836	Big Ten	3	12	10	3	5	13	19	31	36	32	32	32	33	31	37	38
39	Toledo	9	4	.833	Mid-American	22	91	82	71	59	49	39	41	54	44	44	36	32	29	40	39
40	Florida	7	5	.832	SEC	16	40	31	22	43	29	50	53	49	38	33	34	38	36	39	40
41	Georgia Tech	5	5	.831	ACC	13	69	63	68	51	47	32	43	37	28	39	44	45	42	41	41
42	North Carolina	5	6	.828	ACC	22	38	45	56	44	51	37	37	43	36	38	38	36	35	42	42
43	New Mexico	7	5	.824	Mountain West	20	107	74	87	94	84	80	74	62	55	48	43	40	39	44	43
44	Louisiana Tech	6	6	.823	WAC	22	30	34	38	40	27	35	34	58	49	50	46	47	46	45	44
45	Arkansas	5	6	.821	SEC	22	21	14	39	45	43	57	48	57	52	49	51	49	48	43	45
46	South Carolina	6	5	.802	SEC	22	45	15	7	30	32	28	39	31	48	58	53	53	50	47	46
47	Iowa St	6	5	.799	Big 12	22	72	68	60	65	70	62	64	56	45	41	55	54	51	46	47
48	Wyoming	6	5	.795	Mountain West	101	72	54	46	27	50	66	62	51	54	63	57	57	53	48	48
49	Southern Miss	7	5	.792	Conference USA	22	39	40	24	23	28	24	23	28	37	52	50	55	54	51	49
50	Syracuse	6	5	.786	Big East	22	26	34	20	31	44	51	51	39	68	61	56	56	52	49	50
51	Minnesota	6	5	.783	Big Ten	22	26	16	9	16	35	25	54	60	67	64	59	59	57	50	51
52	Miami OH	7	5	.782	Mid-American	117	112	89	103	87	77	67	55	42	35	34	31	42	43	53	52
53	Clemson	6	5	.781	ACC	16	99	98	82	75	64	52	57	44	69	62	58	58	56	52	53
54	UCLA	6	6	.781	Pacific-10	22	30	41	34	29	38	36	32	52	43	42	41	44	55	56	54
55	Alabama	5	6	.777	SEC	3	13	36	62	52	39	48	44	38	47	51	47	46	44	55	55
56	Cincinnati	7	5	.777	Conference USA	22	86	75	86	107	96	85	77	72	64	55	61	61	59	57	56
57	Notre Dame	6	6	.777	IA Independents	20	23	11	47	20	19	38	42	30	46	46	48	48	47	54	57
58	Akron	6	5	.771	Mid-American	109	96	105	114	104	97	82	75	69	57	65	60	60	58	59	58
59	Alabama-Birmingham	7	5	.769	Conference USA	22	72	33	19	19	15	27	27	47	33	36	49	50	61	60	59
60	Troy St	6	5	.767	Sun Belt	3	44	90	72	60	83	90	79	74	62	56	52	51	49	58	60
61	Brigham Young	5	6	.766	Mountain West	13	24	58	50	85	75	68	65	59	73	67	62	62	60	62	61
62	Air Force	4	6	.760	Mountain West	22	45	50	43	42	41	61	72	66	81	71	65	64	62	64	62
63	Rutgers	4	6	.753	Big East	16	30	31	49	41	31	41	46	55	53	54	66	66	63	61	63
64	Northwestern	6	6	.753	Big Ten	22	84	86	66	50	60	60	59	48	56	53	64	65	64	63	64
65	Washington St	5	6	.750	Pacific-10	13	20	23	33	62	65	81	84	81	79	70	68	69	68	66	65
66	Oregon	5	6	.749	Pacific-10	22	92	85	83	73	61	54	45	50	60	66	63	63	65	65	66
67	Middle Tenn St	5	5	.745	Sun Belt	22	45	72	80	74	80	70	63	78	63	72	67	67	67	68	67
68	Marshall	6	6	.744	Mid-American	22	103	96	84	77	71	64	52	61	65	57	54	52	69	69	68
69	North Carolina St	4	6	.740	ACC	22	45	41	35	58	54	55	68	80	82	73	70	70	70	70	69
70	Maryland	5	6	.738	ACC	22	45	38	40	55	62	76	69	73	71	68	69	68	66	67	70
71	Nebraska	4	6	.733	Big 12	22	40	47	32	48	40	59	49	63	66	60	71	71	71	71	71
72	Mississippi	4	7	.714	SEC	22	45	104	85	63	68	73	71	67	76	79	72	73	73	72	72
73	New Mexico St	3	6	.711	Sun Belt	109	70	101	107	101	87	95	82	75	61	77	75	72	72	73	73
74	TCU	5	6	.705	Conference USA	22	43	76	70	54	63	63	76	68	70	59	76	77	78	76	74
75	Stanford	4	7	.704	Pacific-10	1	18	37	25	47	26	49	60	70	77	74	74	74	74	77	75
76	UL-Monroe	3	6	.703	Sun Belt	22	87	111	112	103	93	88	91	84	87	85	81	76	79	78	76
77	Missouri	5	6	.703	Big 12	22	85	57	37	25	42	56	67	82	74	82	78	75	75	74	77
78	Kansas	4	7	.696	Big 12	22	71	94	96	80	67	77	83	86	86	80	80	78	76	75	78
79	Colorado St	3	7	.695	Mountain West	22	45	50	94	91	85	75	88	85	78	89	82	79	77	80	79
80	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.686	Mid-American	22	110	91	104	97	81	78	81	76	83	87	86	80	81	82	80
81	Kansas St	3	7	.684	Big 12	22	45	46	63	82	76	69	80	77	80	83	83	81	80	79	81
82	Penn St	4	7	.684	Big Ten	22	45	67	59	69	69	79	87	92	88	84	87	82	82	81	82
83	Kent St	4	6	.679	Mid-American	22	87	114	116	116	115	112	107	97	90	86	85	84	83	83	83
84	Arizona	2	8	.669	Pacific-10	22	45	77	58	72	92	94	101	91	91	88	84	83	84	84	84
85	Tulane	4	6	.662	Conference USA	101	72	80	74	89	95	86	94	88	84	81	77	87	88	86	85
86	Michigan St	5	7	.661	Big Ten	22	94	60	91	71	55	58	61	71	59	75	73	86	85	85	86
87	San Diego St	3	7	.656	Mountain West	22	83	56	64	68	88	101	100	102	93	90	88	85	87	87	87
88	Wake Forest	3	7	.654	ACC	101	93	48	75	84	72	74	73	64	75	76	89	88	86	88	88
89	Mississippi St	3	7	.628	SEC	22	45	69	93	90	82	72	66	79	72	78	91	90	90	89	89
90	South Florida	3	7	.624	Conference USA	22	72	49	51	53	73	71	70	65	58	69	79	91	91	90	90
91	Ohio U.	3	7	.623	Mid-American	22	114	92	81	88	98	93	105	95	98	92	90	89	89	91	91
92	Baylor	2	8	.603	Big 12	22	82	62	54	67	74	92	85	90	92	91	93	92	92	92	92
93	Nevada	4	7	.598	WAC	22	72	87	105	109	104	96	86	83	89	94	97	93	93	93	93
94	Houston	3	8	.581	Conference USA	22	45	77	89	79	79	97	93	87	94	93	92	94	96	94	94
95	SMU	3	8	.570	WAC	115	115	108	97	105	111	109	111	104	95	95	96	96	94	96	95
96	Illinois	2	8	.565	Big Ten	101	72	69	57	78	86	91	102	94	85	98	94	95	95	95	96
97	Central Michigan	3	7	.539	Mid-American	109	112	102	92	95	100	102	89	98	110	102	99	100	99	97	97
98	UL-Lafayette	2	7	.538	Sun Belt	22	101	84	76	99	109	103	92	93	96	104	100	97	100	98	98
99	Tulsa	3	8	.535	WAC	22	104	99	98	81	89	104	99	110	111	101	101	99	98	99	99
100	Kentucky	2	9	.532	SEC	22	30	59	79	100	105	107	112	109	101	97	98	98	97	100	100
101	Rice	3	8	.512	WAC	22	30	41	65	61	78	84	96	101	102	96	95	104	103	102	101
102	Utah St	3	8	.506	Sun Belt	22	45	73	90	96	107	100	103	106	112	106	103	102	104	103	102
103	Temple	1	9	.503	Big East	22	87	103	101	108	110	110	106	105	99	99	102	101	101	101	103
104	Duke	1	9	.495	ACC	22	108	113	95	83	102	98	108	107	100	103	104	103	102	104	104
105	Vanderbilt	1	9	.484	SEC	101	108	110	88	86	99	87	90	96	105	105	105	105	105	105	105
106	Arkansas St	3	8	.455	Sun Belt	109	111	106	110	112	106	111	109	114	107	109	106	106	107	106	106
107	Indiana	3	8	.445	Big Ten	22	72	95	102	111	101	105	95	103	106	108	107	107	106	107	107
108	UNLV	2	9	.437	Mountain West	22	96	112	108	93	108	106	98	99	109	112	109	108	108	108	108
109	Ball St	2	9	.418	Mid-American	22	100	97	99	110	112	114	113	112	103	111	110	109	109	109	109
110	Idaho	3	9	.398	Sun Belt	109	116	115	113	115	113	113	114	111	114	114	112	110	110	111	110
111	East Carolina	2	9	.388	Conference USA	114	95	107	109	106	90	89	78	89	97	100	111	112	111	110	111
112	Army	2	9	.364	Conference USA	22	101	109	111	98	94	83	97	100	108	107	108	113	114	113	112
113	Washington	1	10	.364	Pacific-10	22	87	93	100	92	103	108	110	113	113	113	113	111	112	112	113
114	San José St	1	9	.333	WAC	22	45	100	78	102	91	99	104	108	104	110	114	114	113	114	114
115	Buffalo	2	9	.315	Mid-American	116	117	117	117	117	117	117	115	116	115	115	115	115	115	115	115
116	Western Michigan	0	10	.216	Mid-American	101	105	116	106	113	114	115	116	115	116	116	116	116	116	116	116
117	Central Florida	0	11	.000	Mid-American	22	96	88	115	114	116	116	117	117	117	117	117	117	117	117	117

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The K-RANK system is designed by Kari Chisholm.

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