![]() | Bowl Championship Series 2001-2002 Final Standings (BCS Standings are final as of Dec. 9) | ![]() |
| Team | USA Today/ ESPN | AP | Poll Avg. | Anderson & Hester | Atlanta/ Colley | Richard Billingsley | Kenneth Massey | David Rothman | Jeff Sagarin | Scripps- Howard | Peter Wolfe | Computer Avg. | Schedule Strength | Schedule Rank | Losses | Sub Total | Quality Wins | Total | |||||||
| 1 | Miami | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 18 | 0.72 | 0 | 2.72 | 0.1 | 2.62 | ||||||
| 2 | Nebraska | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.17 | 14 | 0.56 | 1 | 7.73 | 0.5 | 7.23 | ||||||
| 3 | Colorado | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4.50 | 2 | 0.08 | 2 | 9.58 | 2.3 | 7.28 | ||||||
| 4 | Oregon | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4.83 | 31 | 1.24 | 1 | 9.07 | 0.4 | 8.67 | ||||||
| 5 | Florida | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5.83 | 19 | 0.76 | 2 | 13.59 | 0.5 | 13.09 | ||||||
| 6 | Tennessee | 8 | 8 | 8.0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6.17 | 3 | 0.12 | 2 | 16.29 | 1.6 | 14.69 | ||||||
| 7 | Texas | 9 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6.67 | 33 | 1.32 | 2 | 18.99 | 1.2 | 17.79 | ||||||
| 8 | Illinois | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9.83 | 37 | 1.48 | 1 | 19.31 | 19.31 | |||||||
| 9 | Stanford | 11 | 11 | 11.0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7.83 | 22 | 0.88 | 2 | 21.71 | 1.3 | 20.41 | ||||||
| 10 | Maryland | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11.17 | 78 | 3.12 | 1 | 21.29 | 21.29 | |||||||
| 11 | Oklahoma | 10 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 9.00 | 36 | 1.44 | 2 | 22.44 | 0.9 | 21.54 | ||||||
| 12 | Washington St. | 13 | 13 | 13.0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10.83 | 42 | 1.68 | 2 | 27.51 | 0.6 | 26.91 | ||||||
| 13 | LSU | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 13.33 | 10 | 0.40 | 3 | 28.73 | 1.0 | 27.73 | ||||||
| 14 | South Carolina | 14 | 14 | 14.0 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 19.17 | 40 | 1.60 | 3 | 37.77 | 37.77 | |||||||
| 15 | Washington | 20 | 21 | 20.5 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 14.83 | 21 | 0.84 | 3 | 39.17 | 1.0 | 38.17 |
| College Football on ESPN.com OTHER RANKINGS: Associated Press USA Today/ESPN The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame is responsible for the weekly tabulation and release of the Bowl Championship Series Standings. EXPLANATION: Poll Average - Average of USA Today/ESPN Coaches and AP Media Polls. Others receiving votes calculated in order received. Computer Average - Average of Anderson & Hester, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Colley Matrix, Richard Billinglsey, Kenneth Massey, David Rothman, Jeff Sagarin's USA Today, Matthews/Scripps-Howard, and the Peter Wolfe rankings. The computer rankings will be determined by averaging six rankings. The highest and the lowest will be disregarded. Schedule Rank - Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division I-A teams of actual games played divided by 25. This component is calculated by determining the cumulative won/loss records of the team's opponent (66.6 percent) and the cumulative won/loss records of the teams' opponents opponents (33.3 percent). Losses - One point for each loss during the season. Quality Win Component - The quality win component will reward to varying degrees teams that defeat opponents ranked among the top 15 in the weekly standings. The bonus point scale will range from a high of 1.5 for a win over the top-ranked team to a low of 0.1 for a victory over the 15th-ranked BCS team. The final BCS standings will determine final quality win points. If a team registers a victory over a team more than once during the regular season, quality points will be awarded just once. Quiality win points are deducted from the team score. |