Final BCS Rankings

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

The Bowl Championship Series rankings were used for the first time during the 1998 season to determine BCS bowl match-ups and revised slightly for the 1999 season. The final rankings were released Dec. 3, 2000. Note that S-rank refers to schedule rank and L refers to games lost.

——Polls—— Computer Rankings
APESPNAvg.Bill.D.I.K.M.NYTD.R.Sag.S.H.S.T.Avg.Sched.S-rankLTotal
1Oklahoma111.0132313211.86110.4403.30
2Florida St.333.0211121131.2920.0815.37
3Miami-FL222.0323232342.5730.1215.69
4Washington444.010115548425.4360.24110.67
5Va. Tech565.5554475765.14140.56112.20
6Oregon St.655.5798857556.50421.68114.68
7Florida777.0447696675.7110.04214.75
8Nebraska898.561361064897.00180.72218.22
9Kansas St.91110.0812111289111210.14291.16324.30
10Oregon1189.51217141511149811.86240.96224.32
11Notre Dame101010.014151581216101012.07251.00225.07
12Texas121212.0116911101012159.86843.36227.22
13Ga. Tech171516.098107141113119.86441.76229.62
14TCU161314.516712201512142013.71953.80133.01
15Clemson131614.5132113191315151314.43562.24233.17
Explanation Key
Poll Average—The average of the Associated Press media poll and the USA Today/ESPN coaches' poll. Others receiving votes are calculated in order received.
Computer Average—The average of Richard Billingsley (Bill.), Dunkel Index (D.I.), Kenneth Massey (K.M.), The New York Times (NYT), David Rothman (D.R.), Jeff Sagarin's rankings (Sag.), Matthews/Scrippts-Howard (S.H.) and The Anderson & Hester/Seattle Times rankings (S.T.). The computer component will be determined by averaging the seven highest computer rankings. The lowest computer rankings will be disregarded.
Schedule Rank—Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division I-A teams divided by 25. This component is calculated by determining the cumulative won/loss records of the team's opponents (66.6 percent) and the cumulative won/loss record of the team's opponents' opponents (33.3 percent).
Losses—One point for each loss during the season.

2000-2001 Bowl Games2000–2001 SeasonNational Championship Game
2000–2001 College Football Season
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