Jason Rennie's 2005 College Football Rankings

Bowl Games
Conferences
Home Field Bias: 0.1322

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	SOS	Division
1	Texas	2.9674	12-0	0.3903	NCAA Division I-A
2	Southern Cal	2.8399	12-0	0.5242	NCAA Division I-A
3	Penn State	2.1514	10-1	0.7946	NCAA Division I-A
4	Ohio State	1.9914	9-2	0.9535	NCAA Division I-A
5	Oregon	1.8549	9-1	0.4508	NCAA Division I-A
6	Notre Dame	1.7174	9-2	0.4290	NCAA Division I-A
7	LSU	1.5608	9-2	0.2126	NCAA Division I-A
8	UCLA	1.5081	9-2	0.3649	NCAA Division I-A
9	Virginia Tech	1.4333	10-2	0.4043	NCAA Division I-A
10	Wisconsin	1.4005	9-3	0.5591	NCAA Division I-A
11	Auburn	1.3916	8-2	0.2843	NCAA Division I-A
12	Michigan	1.3718	7-4	1.0267	NCAA Division I-A
13	Miami FL	1.3180	9-2	0.3811	NCAA Division I-A
14	Georgia	1.3151	10-2	0.3117	NCAA Division I-A
15	Northwestern	1.3039	7-4	0.9044	NCAA Division I-A
16	Texas Tech	1.2963	7-2	0.4430	NCAA Division I-A
17	West Virginia	1.2202	9-1	0.0844	NCAA Division I-A
18	Minnesota	1.1349	7-4	0.7631	NCAA Division I-A
19	Alabama	1.1321	9-2	-0.0050	NCAA Division I-A
20	TCU	1.1158	10-1	-0.2339	NCAA Division I-A
21	Iowa	1.1004	6-4	0.8656	NCAA Division I-A
22	Georgia Tech	0.9687	7-4	0.6074	NCAA Division I-A
23	Boston College	0.9668	8-3	0.4251	NCAA Division I-A
24	Oklahoma	0.9505	7-4	0.8146	NCAA Division I-A
25	Florida	0.9427	8-3	0.3649	NCAA Division I-A
26	Arizona St	0.8630	6-5	0.7371	NCAA Division I-A
27	Clemson	0.8495	7-4	0.3485	NCAA Division I-A
28	Stanford	0.8284	5-5	0.9909	NCAA Division I-A
29	Florida St	0.8001	7-4	0.4354	NCAA Division I-A
30	Louisville	0.7299	9-2	-0.1559	NCAA Division I-A
31	California	0.7279	6-4	0.3936	NCAA Division I-A
32	Colorado	0.7256	7-5	0.6139	NCAA Division I-A
33	South Carolina	0.6992	7-4	0.3475	NCAA Division I-A
34	Purdue	0.6541	5-6	0.8656	NCAA Division I-A
35	Nebraska	0.6086	6-4	0.5002	NCAA Division I-A
36	North Carolina	0.5952	5-6	0.6544	NCAA Division I-A
37	Michigan St	0.5893	5-6	0.6803	NCAA Division I-A
38	Kansas	0.5295	5-5	0.5637	NCAA Division I-A
39	Iowa St	0.4505	6-4	0.3415	NCAA Division I-A
40	Virginia	0.4497	6-5	0.2573	NCAA Division I-A
41	North Carolina St	0.4001	5-5	0.4807	NCAA Division I-A
42	Maryland	0.3951	5-6	0.5332	NCAA Division I-A
43	South Florida	0.3685	5-5	0.3920	NCAA Division I-A
44	Missouri	0.3158	6-5	0.2231	NCAA Division I-A
45	Texas A&M	0.2832	4-6	0.7213	NCAA Division I-A
46	Oregon St	0.2357	4-6	0.6181	NCAA Division I-A
47	Indiana	0.2319	3-7	0.8184	NCAA Division I-A
48	Vanderbilt	0.2133	4-6	0.2001	NCAA Division I-A
49	Boise St	0.1953	8-3	-0.5495	NCAA Division I-A
50	Tennessee	0.1943	5-6	0.4938	NCAA Division I-A
51	Tulsa	0.1680	8-4	-0.4112	NCAA Division I-A
52	Baylor	0.1462	4-6	0.6140	NCAA Division I-A
53	Colorado St	0.1304	6-5	0.0325	NCAA Division I-A
54	Fresno St	0.1286	7-4	-0.2152	NCAA Division I-A
55	Rutgers	0.1079	6-4	-0.1658	NCAA Division I-A
56	Northern Illinois	0.1024	6-5	-0.1898	NCAA Division I-A
57	Brigham Young	0.0775	5-5	0.1211	NCAA Division I-A
58	Wake Forest	0.0613	4-7	0.4778	NCAA Division I-A
59	Kansas St	0.0594	5-6	0.0999	NCAA Division I-A
60	Central Michigan	-0.0232	6-5	-0.0418	NCAA Division I-A
61	Washington St	-0.0235	3-7	0.6830	NCAA Division I-A
62	Toledo	-0.0564	7-3	-0.5338	NCAA Division I-A
63	Pittsburgh	-0.0622	4-6	0.2388	NCAA Division I-A
64	Nevada	-0.1084	8-3	-0.7286	NCAA Division I-A
65	Central Florida	-0.1192	8-4	-0.4777	NCAA Division I-A
66	Illinois	-0.1304	2-9	0.8553	NCAA Division I-A
67	Utah	-0.1688	6-5	-0.1907	NCAA Division I-A
68	Navy	-0.2074	7-4	-0.5846	NCAA Division I-A
69	Louisiana Tech	-0.2097	7-4	-0.6653	NCAA Division I-A
70	New Mexico	-0.2193	6-5	-0.3365	NCAA Division I-A
71	Miami OH	-0.2466	7-4	-0.6020	NCAA Division I-A
72	Western Michigan	-0.2550	6-4	-0.7008	NCAA Division I-A
73	Arizona	-0.2680	2-8	0.9108	NCAA Division I-A
74	Memphis	-0.2789	5-5	-0.3700	NCAA Division I-A
75	Southern Miss	-0.2857	5-5	-0.2675	NCAA Division I-A
76	UTEP	-0.2987	7-3	-0.8445	NCAA Division I-A
77	Arkansas	-0.3357	3-7	0.6602	NCAA Division I-A
78	Akron	-0.3705	7-5	-0.6261	NCAA Division I-A
79	Oklahoma St	-0.3824	3-7	0.4505	NCAA Division I-A
80	Ball St	-0.4135	4-7	0.1358	NCAA Division I-A
81	Connecticut	-0.4382	4-6	-0.0438	NCAA Division I-A
82	Cincinnati	-0.4494	3-7	0.2334	NCAA Division I-A
83	SMU	-0.5106	5-6	-0.3715	NCAA Division I-A
84	San Diego St	-0.5139	5-7	0.0525	NCAA Division I-A
85	Bowling Green	-0.5235	6-5	-0.5579	NCAA Division I-A
86	Kentucky	-0.5654	2-8	0.4332	NCAA Division I-A
87	East Carolina	-0.5702	5-6	-0.3212	NCAA Division I-A
88	Houston	-0.5892	5-5	-0.2999	NCAA Division I-A
89	Hawai`i	-0.6083	5-7	-0.1737	NCAA Division I-A
90	Air Force	-0.6232	4-7	-0.2161	NCAA Division I-A
91	Army	-0.6326	3-7	0.0443	NCAA Division I-A
92	Wyoming	-0.6344	4-7	-0.1707	NCAA Division I-A
93	Ohio U.	-0.8062	4-7	-0.2890	NCAA Division I-A
94	Marshall	-0.8944	3-7	-0.2626	NCAA Division I-A
95	Washington	-0.8960	2-9	0.6979	NCAA Division I-A
96	Alabama-Birmingham	-0.9397	4-6	-0.5087	NCAA Division I-A
97	Eastern Michigan	-0.9582	4-7	-0.4870	NCAA Division I-A
98	Mississippi St	-1.0208	2-8	0.2710	NCAA Division I-A
99	Mississippi	-1.0261	2-8	0.2318	NCAA Division I-A
100	Louisiana-Monroe	-1.1643	5-5	-1.0379	NCAA Division I-A
101	Louisiana-Lafayette	-1.1673	5-5	-0.8831	NCAA Division I-A
102	Utah St	-1.1978	3-8	-0.5397	NCAA Division I-A
103	UNLV	-1.2213	2-9	-0.2757	NCAA Division I-A
104	Arkansas St	-1.2349	5-5	-1.1353	NCAA Division I-A
105	Syracuse	-1.3321	1-10	0.2807	NCAA Division I-A
106	Duke	-1.3555	0-10	0.6359	NCAA Division I-A
107	Temple	-1.3651	0-11	0.4346	NCAA Division I-A
108	Rice	-1.3917	1-10	0.0386	NCAA Division I-A
109	Middle Tennessee St	-1.5060	4-7	-0.8189	NCAA Division I-A
110	San Jos� St	-1.5116	2-8	-0.6009	NCAA Division I-A
111	Idaho	-1.6842	2-9	-0.6547	NCAA Division I-A
112	Florida Int'l	-1.7043	3-6	-0.9810	NCAA Division I-A
113	Troy	-1.7247	3-7	-1.0089	NCAA Division I-A
114	Tulane	-1.7769	1-9	-0.4489	NCAA Division I-A
115	Buffalo	-2.0177	1-10	-0.6437	NCAA Division I-A
116	Florida Atlantic	-2.0565	2-9	-0.6989	NCAA Division I-A
117	North Texas	-2.1238	2-9	-0.7442	NCAA Division I-A
118	New Mexico St	-2.6738	0-12	-0.2723	NCAA Division I-A
119	Kent St	-2.9954	0-10	-0.3900	NCAA Division I-A

Scores and division information taken from Peter R. Wolfe. All teams are used to calculate ratings, only Division I-A teams are shown. Bowl games are not used to calculate rankings. This model correctly predicts 19 of the 28 bowl games. Bassett correctly predicts 17 of 29.

Kenneth Massey maintains a College Football Ranking Comparison

The model only uses win/loss information. It ignores scores, but uses home/away information. Here's a writeup of the algorithm: