K-RANK

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

K-RANK	team	W	L	K%	conference	9/17	9/24	10/1	10/8	10/15	10/22	10/29	11/5	11/12	11/19	11/26	12/3	12/31	1/2	1/3	1/4
1	Texas	13	0	1.0000	Big 12	6	13	12	10	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1
2	Southern Cal	12	1	.9811	Pac 10	42	18	5	7	4	6	7	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2
3	Penn State	11	1	.9692	Big 10	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	6	3	3
4	Ohio State	10	2	.9620	Big 10	28	18	17	19	15	13	9	9	5	4	6	4	7	5	6	4
5	TCU	11	1	.9615	Mt West	22	24	19	16	12	9	8	4	4	5	5	5	3	4	5	5
6	Virginia Tech	11	2	.9601	ACC	17	3	3	2	6	5	3	5	6	6	4	7	5	3	4	6
7	West Virginia	10	1	.9546	Big East	12	10	18	15	10	12	18	16	12	13	13	9	9	7	7	7
8	LSU	10	2	.9455	SEC	24	30	27	22	18	14	14	17	11	9	7	12	8	8	8	8
9	Alabama	10	2	.9452	SEC	17	20	4	4	7	4	5	6	7	10	10	10	12	9	9	9
10	Georgia	10	3	.9391	SEC	17	5	6	5	5	7	10	14	15	14	9	6	6	10	10	10
11	Oregon	9	2	.9381	Pac 10	42	46	24	11	11	10	11	10	9	7	8	8	11	12	12	11
12	UCLA	10	2	.9374	Pac 10	13	23	13	9	8	8	6	13	10	8	12	15	10	11	11	12
13	Florida	9	3	.9253	SEC	14	20	10	13	19	19	16	12	23	22	16	17	20	13	13	13
14	Wisconsin	10	3	.9232	Big 10	17	6	2	8	2	3	4	8	27	21	17	19	21	14	14	14
15	Oklahoma	8	4	.9225	Big 12	95	73	45	42	29	27	20	25	19	23	20	20	15	16	16	15
16	Notre Dame	9	3	.9216	Independents	9	14	11	18	23	21	23	19	13	15	14	13	13	15	15	16
17	Miami FL	9	3	.9157	ACC	23	15	9	12	14	16	17	7	8	12	11	11	18	17	17	17
18	Boston College	9	3	.9137	ACC	42	22	23	14	9	11	15	32	29	19	22	21	19	18	18	18
19	Texas Tech	7	3	.9112	Big 12	42	46	30	21	16	18	19	15	24	18	19	18	16	19	19	19
20	Louisville	9	3	.9104	Big East	28	44	35	24	41	30	28	22	17	17	18	16	17	20	20	20
21	Auburn	8	3	.9065	SEC	28	43	26	30	25	34	25	24	16	11	15	14	14	21	21	21
22	Toledo	8	3	.8863	Mid-American	42	37	36	27	22	24	31	30	28	37	30	30	24	24	24	22
23	Nevada	9	3	.8854	WAC	34	81	75	59	52	44	58	49	49	42	34	29	22	22	22	23
24	California	7	4	.8846	Pac 10	8	16	21	23	38	35	33	35	39	34	32	28	23	23	23	24
25	Arizona St	7	5	.8746	Pac 10	9	11	29	44	34	42	34	34	34	36	33	34	25	25	25	25
26	Nebraska	7	4	.8715	Big 12	25	33	20	20	17	28	36	57	52	46	37	38	27	27	27	26
27	Stanford	5	5	.8707	Pac 10	42	46	40	29	26	22	24	27	25	26	35	32	26	26	26	27
28	Boise St	8	4	.8674	WAC	89	84	59	46	35	33	30	31	33	29	23	22	28	29	28	28
29	Louisiana Tech	7	4	.8637	WAC	42	46	60	52	71	62	55	39	42	38	42	39	34	33	32	29
30	Northwestern	7	5	.8636	Big 10	40	58	56	47	39	29	37	33	35	33	27	27	32	32	31	30
31	Tulsa	9	4	.8635	C-USA	104	77	95	76	70	49	44	54	46	45	40	36	30	30	29	31
32	Clemson	8	4	.8631	ACC	21	60	90	77	63	50	64	61	55	44	38	40	31	31	30	32
33	Fresno St	7	5	.8565	WAC	42	61	37	32	24	25	21	20	14	16	21	24	35	34	33	33
34	Navy	8	4	.8517	Independents	107	87	77	55	42	39	49	42	54	48	46	43	39	35	35	34
35	Miami OH	7	4	.8508	Mid-American	111	104	80	100	80	63	54	44	44	51	45	45	40	38	37	35
36	Michigan	7	5	.8495	Big 10	40	82	49	71	55	41	29	29	26	27	25	25	37	36	34	36
37	Minnesota	7	5	.8489	Big 10	14	4	8	3	21	23	32	28	20	30	28	26	38	37	36	37
38	South Carolina	7	5	.8471	SEC	42	37	52	39	30	31	26	23	22	31	24	23	36	39	38	38
39	Florida St	7	5	.8441	ACC	5	8	7	6	13	15	12	26	37	35	43	37	29	28	39	39
40	Kansas	6	5	.8409	Big 12	42	46	32	41	56	74	61	52	58	53	48	47	41	40	40	40
41	Western Michigan	6	4	.8347	Mid-American	42	46	72	88	78	72	67	51	41	41	50	49	43	42	41	41
42	Iowa	6	5	.8322	Big 10	42	69	54	49	43	59	48	59	48	40	36	35	33	44	44	42
43	Colorado	7	6	.8312	Big 12	42	44	25	17	20	17	13	11	21	20	29	33	44	43	43	43
44	Georgia Tech	7	5	.8310	ACC	2	9	14	36	31	38	27	21	32	24	31	31	42	41	42	44
45	Virginia	7	5	.8289	ACC	28	28	42	51	32	52	51	41	36	43	51	50	45	45	45	45
46	UTEP	7	4	.8273	C-USA	42	11	34	38	27	20	22	18	18	25	41	41	46	46	46	46
47	Missouri	7	5	.8202	Big 12	42	57	65	53	37	26	40	46	45	57	53	51	47	47	47	47
48	Iowa St	6	5	.8192	Big 12	34	37	28	43	57	56	53	47	40	39	47	46	48	48	48	48
49	North Carolina St	6	5	.8137	ACC	42	89	69	58	68	86	80	68	76	63	55	56	49	49	49	49
50	Central Florida	8	5	.8087	C-USA	111	93	82	63	74	57	46	36	30	32	26	42	50	50	50	50
51	Northern Illinois	6	5	.8039	Mid-American	108	116	108	95	83	71	87	77	65	56	49	52	53	51	51	51
52	Rutgers	6	5	.8039	Big East	80	69	58	64	51	43	35	45	56	49	44	44	51	52	52	52
53	Southern Miss	6	5	.8008	C-USA	42	46	33	57	44	36	47	38	38	71	65	60	55	54	53	53
54	Bowling Green	6	5	.7989	Mid-American	89	103	81	65	50	66	81	70	60	50	58	57	56	55	54	54
55	Maryland	5	6	.7969	ACC	96	76	70	48	36	40	45	43	43	47	60	64	54	53	55	55
56	Tennessee	5	6	.7945	SEC	34	42	22	26	28	32	42	50	51	69	56	55	52	56	56	56
57	Central Michigan	6	5	.7925	Mid-American	34	100	85	73	73	65	52	73	78	73	67	67	59	57	57	57
58	Texas A&M	4	6	.7914	Big 12	77	66	50	60	47	37	50	53	61	55	57	58	57	58	58	58
59	Baylor	4	6	.7904	Big 12	16	31	41	33	40	53	69	66	77	75	70	66	58	61	61	59
60	New Mexico	6	5	.7891	Mt West	3	16	63	79	61	47	65	55	47	67	63	62	63	60	60	60
61	Utah	7	5	.7886	Mt West	88	25	73	83	104	90	83	71	79	74	68	70	62	59	59	61
62	South Florida	5	6	.7841	Big East	42	27	31	28	67	54	43	37	31	28	39	48	64	63	62	62
63	North Carolina	5	6	.7827	ACC	102	93	71	80	75	58	60	40	57	52	59	65	61	62	63	63
64	Purdue	5	6	.7826	Big 10	28	29	55	68	91	96	98	89	75	66	62	59	60	64	64	64
65	Michigan St	5	6	.7824	Big 10	4	2	16	25	45	51	41	64	66	72	66	61	66	65	65	65
66	Louisiana-Monroe	5	5	.7776	Sun Belt	102	79	61	82	69	61	56	74	63	54	73	72	68	67	67	66
67	Oregon St	4	6	.7765	Pac 10	42	78	67	56	46	45	74	63	70	70	71	71	67	66	66	67
68	Pittsburgh	4	6	.7751	Big East	116	107	105	104	94	81	77	85	72	60	72	68	65	69	68	68
69	Brigham Young	5	6	.7733	Mt West	80	92	103	89	72	83	78	65	53	59	52	53	70	68	69	69
70	Memphis	6	5	.7647	C-USA	80	106	91	102	87	69	62	76	82	77	76	76	71	70	70	70
71	Arkansas	3	7	.7617	SEC	42	46	68	61	62	73	68	72	69	61	69	69	69	71	71	71
72	Kansas St	5	6	.7594	Big 12	42	32	38	34	33	46	59	69	80	76	74	73	72	73	73	72
73	Washington St	3	7	.7556	Pac 10	25	33	44	50	48	60	71	87	85	78	75	75	73	72	72	73
74	Louisiana-Lafayette	5	5	.7544	Sun Belt	109	91	98	110	114	110	103	97	87	80	77	78	75	74	74	74
75	Connecticut	4	6	.7501	Big East	42	61	43	40	53	67	57	60	73	62	64	74	74	75	75	75
76	Colorado St	6	6	.7448	Mt West	42	68	51	31	66	55	39	48	68	58	54	54	76	76	76	76
77	Vanderbilt	4	6	.7360	SEC	6	26	48	62	54	75	70	67	86	81	79	79	77	77	77	77
78	East Carolina	5	6	.7344	C-USA	89	97	99	87	76	85	92	88	94	88	83	82	78	78	78	78
79	Houston	5	6	.7311	C-USA	42	69	62	45	64	48	38	56	50	65	61	63	80	79	79	79
80	Cincinnati	3	7	.7262	Big East	34	36	66	98	82	84	73	62	59	64	80	80	79	81	81	80
81	Hawai`i	5	7	.7211	WAC	42	46	87	86	84	76	79	86	74	68	85	81	81	80	80	81
82	Oklahoma St	3	7	.6951	Big 12	42	37	39	54	65	77	82	75	64	79	86	84	83	83	83	82
83	Akron	7	6	.6940	Mid-American	42	61	88	69	90	99	89	102	92	83	78	77	82	82	82	83
84	Army	3	7	.6873	Independents	89	74	100	107	110	108	105	100	95	85	81	89	87	85	84	84
85	Wake Forest	4	7	.6831	ACC	34	98	89	84	97	89	84	95	98	90	87	86	85	84	85	85
86	Indiana	3	7	.6813	Big 10	25	33	47	37	49	64	75	84	81	95	88	85	86	87	86	86
87	Ohio U.	4	7	.6805	Mid-American	96	83	64	74	86	79	76	81	71	84	89	88	88	88	88	87
88	Ball St	4	7	.6802	Mid-American	117	117	110	101	95	104	104	98	84	94	90	87	84	86	87	88
89	Alabama-Birmingham	4	6	.6762	C-USA	80	61	46	72	88	94	88	80	83	82	92	90	89	89	89	89
90	Arkansas St	5	6	.6701	Sun Belt	89	72	101	94	81	68	66	79	67	86	82	83	90	90	90	90
91	SMU	5	6	.6651	C-USA	79	99	109	106	109	112	110	107	103	100	97	93	91	91	91	91
92	San Diego St	5	7	.6624	Mt West	113	108	94	112	103	106	108	103	96	89	84	94	92	92	92	92
93	Air Force	4	7	.6564	Mt West	78	88	106	109	105	100	106	109	105	98	94	91	93	93	93	93
94	Wyoming	4	7	.6550	Mt West	9	7	15	35	58	78	72	82	93	103	93	92	95	94	94	94
95	Florida Int'l	3	6	.6506	Sun Belt	42	96	96	75	96	103	99	96	104	101	99	97	94	95	95	95
96	Eastern Michigan	4	7	.6487	Mid-American	105	95	79	92	100	101	96	99	100	102	98	98	97	96	96	96
97	Marshall	3	7	.6481	C-USA	42	89	78	66	59	70	63	58	62	87	95	96	98	97	97	97
98	Mississippi St	2	8	.6321	SEC	80	67	74	70	60	80	93	92	89	99	96	95	96	99	99	98
99	Arizona	2	8	.6253	Pac 10	99	85	92	105	107	102	97	90	99	96	100	99	99	98	98	99
100	Kentucky	2	8	.5999	SEC	42	75	86	96	93	98	90	91	88	92	101	100	100	100	100	100
101	Mississippi	2	8	.5942	SEC	42	79	93	93	89	82	85	78	91	91	102	102	101	102	102	101
102	Middle Tennessee St	4	7	.5879	Sun Belt	114	110	97	81	77	97	86	83	90	97	91	104	103	103	103	102
103	Washington	2	9	.5845	Pac 10	100	108	107	103	102	93	102	108	102	105	103	101	102	101	101	103
104	Troy	3	7	.5814	Sun Belt	105	112	104	90	101	88	100	93	97	93	104	103	104	104	104	104
105	Utah St	3	8	.5659	WAC	87	59	102	85	98	92	91	94	101	104	105	105	105	105	105	105
106	Illinois	2	9	.5459	Big 10	28	37	84	91	92	95	101	105	108	107	106	106	106	106	106	106
107	San José St	2	8	.5018	WAC	80	111	111	116	112	116	117	117	115	109	107	107	107	107	107	107
108	UNLV	2	9	.4398	Mt West	89	114	117	114	113	115	113	112	113	115	109	109	109	108	108	108
109	Syracuse	1	10	.4243	Big East	42	46	76	78	99	107	109	106	107	106	108	108	108	109	109	109
110	Duke	0	10	.4024	ACC	100	101	112	108	108	109	111	113	114	114	110	110	110	110	110	110
111	Rice	1	10	.3954	C-USA	42	46	57	99	106	105	107	111	109	108	111	111	111	111	111	111
112	North Texas	2	9	.3858	Sun Belt	98	86	83	97	85	91	95	104	110	111	113	113	112	112	112	112
113	Florida Atlantic	2	9	.3653	Sun Belt	42	105	114	111	115	117	114	115	112	110	114	114	113	113	113	113
114	Tulane	1	9	.3641	C-USA	86	65	53	67	79	87	94	101	106	113	112	112	114	114	114	114
115	Idaho	2	9	.3601	WAC	119	119	119	118	116	114	112	110	111	112	115	115	115	115	115	115
116	Temple	0	11	.3520	Independents	115	118	118	119	117	118	118	118	116	116	116	116	116	116	116	116
117	Buffalo	1	10	.2565	Mid-American	118	113	113	117	119	119	119	119	118	118	117	117	117	117	117	117
118	Kent St	0	10	.2350	Mid-American	110	115	115	113	111	113	115	116	119	117	118	118	118	118	118	118
119	New Mexico St	0	12	.0000	WAC	42	102	116	115	118	111	116	114	117	119	119	119	119	119	119	119

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The K-RANK system is designed by Kari Chisholm.

View the 2003 and 2004 end-of-season rankings. Compare our rankings to other systems on Kenneth Massey's website.