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2001 Week 1 College Football Team Rankings

2001 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from official ESPN scores.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
10-0.196BYUMWC1–01.00010Beat Tulane 70–35
2-1-0.065Louisville (LOUISVILLE)USA1–01.00010Beat New Mexico State 45–24
3-20.037Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)B121–01.00010Beat North Carolina 10–0
4-30.047Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B101–01.00010Beat Virginia 26–17
5-40.075Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC1–01.00010Beat Syracuse 13–7
6-50.112Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND WAC1–01.00010Beat Colorado 24–22
7-60.203Air Force (AIR FORCE)MWC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Akron (AKRON)MAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Arkansas (ARKANSAS)SEC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)SUN0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Army (ARMY)USA0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Auburn (AUBURN)SEC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Baylor (BAYLOR)B120–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Boise State (BOISE STATE)IND WAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)IND BE0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Buffalo (BUFFALO)MAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203California (CALIFORNIA)PAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)IND FBSI0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)USA0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)MWC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203UConn (CONNECTICUT)IND FBSI0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Duke (DUKE)ACC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)USA0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Florida (FLORIDA)SEC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)ACC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Houston (HOUSTON)USA0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Idaho (IDAHO)SUN0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Illinois (ILLINOIS)B100–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Indiana (INDIANA)B100–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Iowa (IOWA)B100–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Iowa State (IOWA STATE)B120–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Kansas (KANSAS)B120–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)B120–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)SUN0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)SUN0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND WAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203LSUSEC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Marshall (MARSHALL)MAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Memphis (MEMPHIS)USA0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Miami (MIAMI)IND BE0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Michigan (MICHIGAN)B100–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B100–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Middle Tennessee (MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE)SUN0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B100–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Missouri (MISSOURI)B120–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Nebraska (NEBRASKA)B120–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Nevada (NEVADA)IND WAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)MWC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)SUN0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)MAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B100–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Ohio (OHIO)MAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B100–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)B120–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Oregon (OREGON)PAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Penn State (PENN STATE)B100–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND BE0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Purdue (PURDUE)B100–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Rice (RICE)IND WAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND BE0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)MWC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND WAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203SMUIND WAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)SEC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203South Florida (SOUTH FLORIDA)IND FBSI0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)USA0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203TCUUSA0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Temple (TEMPLE)IND BE0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Texas (TEXAS)B120–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)B120–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)B120–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Troy (TROY)IND FBSI0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Tulsa (TULSA)IND WAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203UABUSA0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203UCLAPAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203UNLVMWC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203USCPAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Utah (UTAH)MWC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND FBSI0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203UTEPIND WAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)IND BE0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND BE0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–00.00070BYE
7-60.203Wyoming (WYOMING)MWC0–00.00070BYE
112-1110.359Colorado (COLORADO)B120–10.00070Lost to Fresno State 22–24
113-1120.522Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND BE0–10.00070Lost to Georgia Tech 7–13
114-1130.644Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC0–10.00070Lost to Wisconsin 17–26
115-1140.685North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–10.00070Lost to Oklahoma 0–10
116-1151.132New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)SUN0–10.00070Lost to Louisville 24–45
117-1161.702Tulane (TULANE)USA0–10.00070Lost to BYU 35–70

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