Entropy System 2002 Pre-season Ratings

Note: These rankings are not neccesarily identical to those I actually posted before the 2002 season. I have subsequently altered my algorithms, and here I show retrospectively what my current methods would have said for the season...

rank team power
1 Miami 100.93
2 Florida State 99.34
3 Florida 95.91
4 Oklahoma 94.67
5 Nebraska 94.13
6 Washington 90.42
7 Texas 90.37
8 Michigan 90.14
9 Tennessee 89.56
10 Kansas State 88.14
11 Oregon 87.22
12 Notre Dame 86.64
13 Virginia Tech 86.30
14 Colorado 86.22
15 Georgia 84.60
16 Texas A&M 84.37
17 Alabama 83.57
18 UCLA 82.97
19 Boston College 82.92
20 Purdue 82.05
21 Auburn 82.04
22 L.S.U. 81.34
23 Ohio State 81.33
24 Texas Tech 81.32
25 Washington State 81.06
26 Syracuse 80.54
27 Georgia Tech 80.17
28 Oregon State 79.76
29 Louisville 79.69
30 Southern Cal 78.60
31 Michigan State 78.53
32 Wisconsin 78.38
33 Clemson 78.24
34 Arizona 78.06
35 Ole Miss 77.49
36 Illinois 77.37
37 Stanford 77.25
38 Iowa State 77.00
39 Penn State 76.80
40 Virginia 76.27
41 Maryland 76.07
42 Marshall 75.81
43 Mississippi State 75.54
44 North Carolina State 75.40
45 Southern Miss 75.28
46 North Carolina 74.89
47 Arkansas 74.77
48 South Carolina 74.50
49 Fresno State 74.39
50 Colorado State 74.36
51 Pittsburgh 73.79
52 Utah 73.27
53 Boise State 73.06
54 Arizona State 73.06
55 B.Y.U. 72.31
56 Iowa 72.06
57 Minnesota 70.65
58 West Virginia 70.39
59 East Carolina 70.30
60 Oklahoma State 69.97
61 Missouri 69.64
62 T.C.U. 69.42
63 Cincinnati 69.18
64 Toledo 68.93
65 Northwestern 68.90
66 California 68.54
67 Indiana 68.08
68 Wake Forest 67.00
69 Miami of Ohio 66.26
70 New Mexico 65.49
71 Kansas 65.31
72 Kentucky 65.01
73 Air Force 64.73
74 UNLV 64.55
75 Memphis 64.52
76 Hawaii 64.34
77 Central Florida 62.83
78 Bowling Green 62.74
79 Louisiana Tech 62.74
80 Baylor 62.62
81 Northern Illinois 62.39
82 Temple 62.32
83 South Florida 61.75
84 U.A.B. 60.97
85 Western Michigan 60.77
86 Troy State 59.86
87 Tulane 59.51
88 Wyoming 59.48
89 Ball State 59.31
90 Vanderbilt 59.23
91 Rice 59.23
92 San Diego State 59.05
93 UTEP 58.20
94 Nevada 57.35
95 Idaho 57.14
96 North Texas 56.58
97 Utah State 56.08
98 S.M.U. 55.48
99 Middle Tennessee St. 55.16
100 Central Michigan 55.09
101 Tulsa 55.00
102 Rutgers 54.97
103 Akron 54.27
104 San Jose State 53.96
105 Duke 53.57
106 Ohio 52.98
107 Kent State 51.83
108 Houston 49.16
109 Army 47.90
110 New Mexico State 47.26
111 Connecticut 46.23
112 Navy 44.25
113 Eastern Michigan 44.12
114 Arkansas State 43.24
115 Louisiana-Monroe 42.05
116 Louisiana-Lafayette 41.73
117 Buffalo 35.47

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