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2000 Week 3 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
1210.696West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND BE1–01.0001+1BYE
240.700Nebraska (NEBRASKA)B122–01.0001+2Beat Notre Dame 27–24
3250.752Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC1–01.0001+1BYE
4510.790Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B101–01.0001+1Beat Marshall 34–24
5280.809Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–01.0001+2Beat Oregon 27–23
6480.818Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC1–01.0001+1Beat Temple 17–10
7-50.832Purdue (PURDUE)B102–01.0001+1Beat Kent State 45–10
8-50.851Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)B122–01.0001+1Beat Arkansas State 45–7
9-20.912Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–01.0001+1Beat Rice 38–7
10130.982Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–01.0001+1Beat Duke 38–5
1141.006Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND BE2–01.0001+1Beat East Carolina 45–28
12-31.020Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–01.0001+1Beat Arizona 27–17
13-31.025South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Georgia 21–10
14-31.048Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)ACC2–01.0001+2Beat Georgia Tech 26–21
1521.086Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat Miami 34–29
16201.105Iowa State (IOWA STATE)B122–01.0001+1Beat UNLV 37–22
17461.114Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat Missouri 62–9
1891.119Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Ole Miss 35–27
19251.128Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC2–01.0001+1Beat Eastern Michigan 34–17
20151.156UCLAPAC2–01.0001+1Beat Fresno State 24–21
21371.166Texas (TEXAS)B121–01.00010Beat Louisiana 52–10
22-31.181Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)B123–01.0001+1Beat North Texas 13–7
23161.185Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)USA2–01.0001+1Beat Syracuse 12–10
24-41.203Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–01.00010Beat Middle Tennessee 55–0
25-171.232Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)B122–01.0001+1BYE
26-141.255Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–01.00010Beat San Diego State 49–13
27131.269Louisville (LOUISVILLE)USA2–01.0001+1Beat Grambling State 52–0
28291.269TCUIND WAC1–01.00010Beat Nevada 41–10
29-81.363North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–01.00010Beat Wake Forest 35–14
30-121.368Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND BE2–01.00010Beat Bowling Green 34–16
31-151.406USCPAC2–01.0001+1Beat Colorado 17–14
3201.438Baylor (BAYLOR)B121–01.00010BYE
33231.467Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)B121–01.00010Beat Tulsa 36–26
3441.514NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC2–01.00010Beat Indiana 41–38
35-111.528Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC2–01.0001+1Beat Weber State 51–0
3671.532Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC1–01.00010BYE
37141.532California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–01.00010Beat Utah 24–21
3881.532Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC1–01.00010BYE
3981.537LSUSEC2–01.00010Beat Houston 28–13
40321.542Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND BE2–01.00010Beat Buffalo 59–0
4181.584Air Force (AIR FORCE)MWC2–01.0001+1Beat BYU 31–23
42321.667Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–10.50047+1Beat South Florida 27–9
43-141.674Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI1–10.50047+1Lost to Nebraska 24–27
44-191.683Boise State (BOISE STATE)IND BW2–01.00010Beat Northern Iowa 42–17
45-41.702Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)MWC2–01.00010Beat East Tennessee State 41–7
46-41.803Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC1–10.50047+1Lost to Florida State 21–26
47281.833Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC2–01.00010Beat New Mexico 28–20
48301.840Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–10.50047+1Beat Minnesota 23–17
49131.843Arkansas (ARKANSAS)SEC1–01.00010BYE
50-131.910Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC1–10.50047+1Lost to Miami (OH) 17–34
51-501.980Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND BE1–10.500470Lost to Cincinnati 10–12
52552.066San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND WAC1–10.50047+1Beat Stanford 40–27
53582.081UTEPIND WAC1–10.50047+1Beat SMU 37–20
5452.153UABUSA1–01.00010Beat Tennessee Chattanooga 20–15
55-412.289Oregon (OREGON)PAC1–10.500470Lost to Wisconsin 23–27
56-432.335Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–10.500470Lost to Auburn 27–35
57-532.344East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)USA1–10.500470Lost to Virginia Tech 28–45
58342.378Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND BE1–10.500470Beat Army 55–17
59252.415Memphis (MEMPHIS)USA1–10.500470Beat UL Monroe 28–0
60192.486Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC1–10.500470Beat Vanderbilt 28–10
61-272.514Temple (TEMPLE)IND BE1–10.500470Lost to Maryland 10–17
62-362.517Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC1–10.500470Lost to Ohio State 17–27
63182.624Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC1–10.500470Beat Iowa 27–21
64-112.742Indiana (INDIANA)B100–10.000830Lost to NC State 38–41
6532.742Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)USA0–10.000830BYE
6652.762Colorado (COLORADO)B120–20.000830Lost to USC 14–17
67222.785BYUMWC1–20.33380+1Lost to Air Force 23–31
68-202.792Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC1–10.500470Lost to Michigan State 24–34
69-192.829Miami (MIAMI)IND BE1–10.500470Lost to Washington 29–34
70-252.875Rice (RICE)IND WAC1–10.500470Lost to Michigan 7–38
71192.926Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)MAC1–10.500470Beat Illinois State 52–0
72232.939Penn State (PENN STATE)B101–20.33380+1Beat Louisiana Tech 67–7
73392.997Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC1–10.500470Beat Akron 17–7
7483.009North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)IND BW0–20.000830Lost to Texas Tech 7–13
75-103.163Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC1–10.500470Lost to South Carolina 10–21
76-163.234UNLVMWC0–10.000830Lost to Iowa State 22–37
77143.248New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)MWC0–30.000830Lost to Oregon State 20–28
78183.255Tulsa (TULSA)IND WAC0–20.000830Lost to Oklahoma State 26–36
7963.265Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)B121–10.50047-1Beat Wyoming 51–3
80-753.289Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–10.50047-1Lost to Ohio 17–23
81163.353Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND BW1–10.500470Beat Southern Utah 30–14
82233.357Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND WAC0–20.000830Lost to UCLA 21–24
83-163.419San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)MWC0–20.000830Lost to Illinois 13–49
84-83.542Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)IND BW0–20.000830Lost to Oklahoma 7–45
85-213.563Missouri (MISSOURI)B121–10.500470Lost to Clemson 9–62
86-553.613Stanford (STANFORD)PAC1–10.50047-1Lost to San José State 27–40
87-573.659SMUIND WAC1–10.50047-1Lost to UTEP 20–37
88183.706Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC0–20.000830Lost to Pittsburgh 16–34
8993.809Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–20.000830Lost to Purdue 10–45
90143.891New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND BW0–10.000830BYE
91-144.094UConn (CONNECTICUT)IND FBSI1–10.50047-1Beat Colgate 37–7
92-314.115South Florida (SOUTH FLORIDA)IND FBSI1–10.50047-1Lost to Kentucky 9–27
93-234.249UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)IND FBSI1–10.50047-1Beat Northwestern State 19–7
9474.342Middle Tennessee (MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE)IND FBSI0–20.000830Lost to Florida 0–55
95194.830Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC1–10.50047-2Beat Richmond 34–6
96-104.855Utah (UTAH)MWC0–20.00083-1Lost to California 21–24
97-314.875Houston (HOUSTON)USA0–20.00083-1Lost to LSU 13–28
98-294.937Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–20.00083-1Lost to Alabama 10–28
99-65.039Iowa (IOWA)B100–20.00083-1Lost to Western Michigan 21–27
10005.306Akron (AKRON)MAC0–20.00083-1Lost to Central Michigan 7–17
101-285.409Army (ARMY)USA0–20.00083-1Lost to Boston College 17–55
10265.734Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND FBSI1–20.33380-2Lost to Penn State 7–67
103-15.737Nevada (NEVADA)IND WAC0–20.00083-1Lost to TCU 10–41
104-165.778Wyoming (WYOMING)MWC0–20.00083-1Lost to Texas A&M 3–51
10555.962Duke (DUKE)ACC0–20.00083-1Lost to Northwestern 5–38
106-266.844Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–10.00083-1BYE
10766.865Buffalo (BUFFALO)MAC0–20.00083-1Lost to Rutgers 0–59
108-256.968Kansas (KANSAS)B120–10.00083-1BYE
109-226.968Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–10.00083-1BYE
110-77.583Tulane (TULANE)USA0–10.00083-1BYE
111-27.726UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)IND FBSI0–20.00083-2Lost to Memphis 0–28
11237.891Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–20.000830Lost to North Carolina 14–35
113-198.014Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC0–20.000830Lost to Western Illinois 14–24
114-158.014Idaho (IDAHO)IND BW0–20.000830Lost to Montana 38–45
11518.383Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)IND FBSI0–20.000830Lost to Texas 10–52
116-6413.162Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC0–10.000830Lost to Portland State 20–45

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