Entropy System 2004 Pre-season Ratings

Note: These rankings are not neccesarily identical to those I actually posted before the 2004 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 Oklahoma 97.27
2 Georgia 95.13
3 Southern Cal 94.85
4 Florida State 94.43
5 Miami 92.54
6 L.S.U. 90.45
7 Texas 90.27
8 Ohio State 89.44
9 Michigan 89.14
10 Auburn 87.62
11 Kansas State 87.12
12 Florida 86.75
13 Nebraska 86.68
14 Notre Dame 85.70
15 Clemson 84.32
16 Alabama 84.30
17 Colorado 83.33
18 North Carolina State 83.31
19 Purdue 83.07
20 Iowa 82.79
21 Texas Tech 82.61
22 Virginia 82.58
23 West Virginia 82.28
24 Oregon 82.06
25 Tennessee 81.64
26 Wisconsin 81.24
27 Miami of Ohio 81.14
28 Virginia Tech 80.91
29 Georgia Tech 80.88
30 California 80.36
31 UCLA 80.36
32 Oregon State 78.98
33 Utah 78.83
34 Maryland 78.35
35 Boston College 78.30
36 Penn State 78.15
37 South Carolina 77.95
38 Oklahoma State 77.61
39 Texas A&M 77.49
40 Minnesota 77.11
41 Arizona State 76.73
42 Ole Miss 76.59
43 Washington 76.49
44 Marshall 76.02
45 Louisville 75.83
46 Washington State 75.49
47 Southern Miss 75.43
48 Bowling Green 75.42
49 Wake Forest 75.38
50 Northwestern 75.16
51 Michigan State 75.13
52 T.C.U. 74.91
53 Boise State 74.82
54 Missouri 74.51
55 Fresno State 74.08
56 Toledo 73.44
57 Colorado State 73.23
58 Arkansas 73.12
59 Pittsburgh 72.24
60 North Carolina 72.19
61 Northern Illinois 71.92
62 Arizona 71.87
63 Cincinnati 70.87
64 Stanford 70.27
65 Kentucky 70.11
66 San Diego State 69.87
67 Hawaii 68.74
68 Illinois 67.96
69 Syracuse 67.48
70 South Florida 67.10
71 Iowa State 67.06
72 Vanderbilt 66.76
73 Memphis 66.73
74 North Texas 65.63
75 UNLV 65.39
76 Indiana 65.22
77 New Mexico 65.17
78 Duke 65.12
79 Nevada 64.56
80 Mississippi State 64.48
81 Tulane 64.47
82 Connecticut 64.26
83 B.Y.U. 64.25
84 Kansas 63.85
85 Houston 63.11
86 Louisiana Tech 62.12
87 Rice 61.32
88 Wyoming 61.23
89 U.A.B. 61.14
90 Tulsa 60.80
91 Rutgers 60.51
92 Central Florida 59.51
93 Navy 58.78
94 Troy State 58.39
95 Air Force 57.40
96 Baylor 57.21
97 Western Michigan 57.21
98 Ball State 56.41
99 Akron 56.11
100 Temple 56.11
101 New Mexico State 54.63
102 East Carolina 53.67
103 Kent State 53.13
104 Utah State 52.25
105 Central Michigan 51.49
106 Ohio 51.24
107 S.M.U. 51.24
108 Army 50.19
109 Louisiana-Lafayette 50.05
110 Middle Tennessee St. 49.52
111 San Jose State 49.40
112 Eastern Michigan 49.01
113 Louisiana-Monroe 47.28
114 Arkansas State 46.31
115 UTEP 46.21
116 Florida Atlantic 44.63
117 Idaho 41.94
118 Buffalo 40.67

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