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2000 Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

2000 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from James Howell's historical college football score archive.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
10-0.132Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)ACC1–01.00010Beat BYU 29–3
2-1-0.113USCPAC1–01.00010Beat Penn State 29–5
3-2-0.085Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)B121–01.00010Beat New Mexico 24–3
4-3-0.075Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)B121–01.00010Beat Iowa 27–7
5-40.154Air Force (AIR FORCE)MWC0–00.000100BYE
6-50.154Akron (AKRON)MAC0–00.000100BYE
7-60.154Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–00.000100BYE
8-70.154Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC0–00.000100BYE
9-80.154Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC0–00.000100BYE
10-90.154Arkansas (ARKANSAS)SEC0–00.000100BYE
11-100.154Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)IND BW0–00.000100BYE
12-110.154Army (ARMY)USA0–00.000100BYE
13-120.154Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.000100BYE
14-130.154Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC0–00.000100BYE
15-140.154Baylor (BAYLOR)B120–00.000100BYE
16-150.154Boise State (BOISE STATE)IND BW0–00.000100BYE
17-160.154Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND BE0–00.000100BYE
18-170.154Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC0–00.000100BYE
19-180.154Buffalo (BUFFALO)MAC0–00.000100BYE
20-190.154California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.000100BYE
21-200.154UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)IND FBSI0–00.000100BYE
22-210.154Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC0–00.000100BYE
23-220.154Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)USA0–00.000100BYE
24-230.154Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–00.000100BYE
25-240.154Colorado (COLORADO)B120–00.000100BYE
26-250.154Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)MWC0–00.000100BYE
27-260.154UConn (CONNECTICUT)IND FBSI0–00.000100BYE
28-270.154Duke (DUKE)ACC0–00.000100BYE
29-280.154East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)USA0–00.000100BYE
30-290.154Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–00.000100BYE
31-300.154Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–00.000100BYE
32-310.154Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND WAC0–00.000100BYE
33-320.154Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–00.000100BYE
34-330.154Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC0–00.000100BYE
35-340.154Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC0–00.000100BYE
36-350.154Houston (HOUSTON)USA0–00.000100BYE
37-360.154Idaho (IDAHO)IND BW0–00.000100BYE
38-370.154Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.000100BYE
39-380.154Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.000100BYE
40-390.154Iowa State (IOWA STATE)B120–00.000100BYE
41-400.154Kansas (KANSAS)B120–00.000100BYE
42-410.154Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–00.000100BYE
43-420.154Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–00.000100BYE
44-430.154Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–00.000100BYE
45-440.154UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)IND FBSI0–00.000100BYE
46-450.154Louisville (LOUISVILLE)USA0–00.000100BYE
47-460.154LSUSEC0–00.000100BYE
48-470.154Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC0–00.000100BYE
49-480.154Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–00.000100BYE
50-490.154Memphis (MEMPHIS)USA0–00.000100BYE
51-500.154Miami (MIAMI)IND BE0–00.000100BYE
52-510.154Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC0–00.000100BYE
53-520.154Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.000100BYE
54-530.154Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–00.000100BYE
55-540.154Middle Tennessee (MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE)IND FBSI0–00.000100BYE
56-550.154Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.000100BYE
57-560.154Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC0–00.000100BYE
58-570.154Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–00.000100BYE
59-580.154Missouri (MISSOURI)B120–00.000100BYE
60-590.154Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.000100BYE
61-600.154Nebraska (NEBRASKA)B120–00.000100BYE
62-610.154Nevada (NEVADA)IND WAC0–00.000100BYE
63-620.154New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BW0–00.000100BYE
64-630.154North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–00.000100BYE
65-640.154NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC0–00.000100BYE
66-650.154North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND BW0–00.000100BYE
67-660.154Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)MAC0–00.000100BYE
68-670.154Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.000100BYE
69-680.154Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.000100BYE
70-690.154Ohio (OHIO)MAC0–00.000100BYE
71-700.154Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.000100BYE
72-710.154Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)B120–00.000100BYE
73-720.154Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)B120–00.000100BYE
74-730.154Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.000100BYE
75-740.154Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.000100BYE
76-750.154Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND BE0–00.000100BYE
77-760.154Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.000100BYE
78-770.154Rice (RICE)IND WAC0–00.000100BYE
79-780.154Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND BE0–00.000100BYE
80-790.154San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)MWC0–00.000100BYE
81-800.154San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND WAC0–00.000100BYE
82-810.154SMUIND WAC0–00.000100BYE
83-820.154South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)SEC0–00.000100BYE
84-830.154South Florida (SOUTH FLORIDA)IND FBSI0–00.000100BYE
85-840.154Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)USA0–00.000100BYE
86-850.154Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–00.000100BYE
87-860.154Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND BE0–00.000100BYE
88-870.154TCUIND WAC0–00.000100BYE
89-880.154Temple (TEMPLE)IND BE0–00.000100BYE
90-890.154Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–00.000100BYE
91-900.154Texas (TEXAS)B120–00.000100BYE
92-910.154Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)B120–00.000100BYE
93-920.154Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC0–00.000100BYE
94-930.154Tulane (TULANE)USA0–00.000100BYE
95-940.154Tulsa (TULSA)IND WAC0–00.000100BYE
96-950.154UABUSA0–00.000100BYE
97-960.154UCLAPAC0–00.000100BYE
98-970.154UNLVMWC0–00.000100BYE
99-980.154Utah (UTAH)MWC0–00.000100BYE
100-990.154Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND BW0–00.000100BYE
101-1000.154UTEPIND WAC0–00.000100BYE
102-1010.154Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–00.000100BYE
103-1020.154Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–00.000100BYE
104-1030.154Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND BE0–00.000100BYE
105-1040.154Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–00.000100BYE
106-1050.154Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.000100BYE
107-1060.154Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.000100BYE
108-1070.154West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND BE0–00.000100BYE
109-1080.154Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–00.000100BYE
110-1090.154Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B100–00.000100BYE
111-1100.154Wyoming (WYOMING)MWC0–00.000100BYE
112-1111.070Iowa (IOWA)B100–10.00060Lost to Kansas State 7–27
113-1121.111New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)MWC0–10.00060Lost to Texas Tech 3–24
114-1131.234Penn State (PENN STATE)B100–10.00060Lost to USC 5–29
115-1141.316BYUMWC0–10.00060Lost to Florida State 3–29
116-1151.702Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND FBSI1–01.00010Beat Mississippi Valley State 63–10

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