the 2001 Season

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In 2001, we get Version C, new and improved(?) with Quality Win Component. In December 2001, Version C gave us the Official Ranking which looked like...

Version C: 2001
Rank	Team	AP	Coach	Poll Avg	Comp Avg	SoS	SoS Rank	Loss	Sub-Tot	Q-Win	Total
1	Miami (FL)	1	1	1	1	18	0.72	0	2.72	-0.1	2.62
2	Nebraska	4	4	4	2.17	14	0.56	1	7.73	-0.5	7.23
3	Colorado	3	3	3	4.5	2	0.08	2	9.58	-2.3	7.28
4	Oregon	2	2	2	4.83	31	1.24	1	9.07	-0.4	8.67
5	Florida	5	5	5	5.83	19	0.76	2	13.59	-0.5	13.09
6	Tennessee	8	8	8	6.17	3	0.12	2	16.29	-1.6	14.69
7	Texas	9	9	9	6.67	33	1.32	2	18.99	-1.2	17.79
8	Illinois	7	7	7	9.83	37	1.48	1	19.31		19.31
9	Stanford	11	11	11	7.83	22	0.88	2	21.71	-1.3	20.41
10	Maryland	6	6	6	11.17	78	3.12	1	21.29		21.29
11	Oklahoma	10	10	10	9	36	1.44	2	22.44	-0.9	21.54
12	Wash. State	13	13	13	10.83	42	1.68	2	27.51	-0.6	26.91
13	LSU	12	12	12	13.33	10	0.4	3	28.73	-1.0	27.73
14	South Carolina	14	14	14	19.17	40	1.6	3	37.77		37.77
15	Washington	21	20	20.5	14.83	21	0.84	3	39.17	-1.0	38.17

Ah, 2001. Good times. Here's what Version A & Version B said about it:

Version A: 2001
Rank	Team	AP	Coach	Poll Avg	A&H	JS	NYT	Comp Avg	SoS	SoS Rank	Loss	Total
1	Miami (FL)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	18	0.72	0	2.72
2	Nebraska	4	4	4	2	3	3.75	2.92	14	0.56	1	8.48
3	Colorado	3	3	3	4	5	4	4.33	2	0.08	2	9.41
4	Oregon	2	2	2	3	7	7.5	5.83	31	1.24	1	10.07
5	Florida	5	5	5	3	2	2	2.33	19	0.76	2	10.09
7	Texas	9	9	9	5.25	4	3	4.08	33	1.32	2	16.40
6	Tennessee	8	8	8	5	8	9.75	7.58	3	0.12	2	17.70
8	Illinois	7	7	7	7	12	14.25	11.08	37	1.48	1	20.56
11	Oklahoma	10	10	10	10	6	6	7.33	36	1.44	2	20.77
9	Stanford	11	11	11	6	9	11.25	8.75	22	0.88	2	22.63
10	Maryland	6	6	6	14	11	15	13.33	78	3.12	1	23.45
13	LSU	12	12	12	11	14.25	8	11.08	10	0.40	3	26.48
12	Wash. State	13	13	13	12	10	16.5	12.83	42	1.68	2	29.51
14	South Carolina	14	14	14	20	23	26	23	40	1.60	3	41.60
15	Washington	21	20	20.5	13	25	28.5	22.17	21	0.84	3	46.51

Version B: 2001
Rank	Team	AP	Coach	Poll Avg	Comp Avg	SoS	SoS Rank	Loss	Total
1	Miami (FL)	1	1	1	1	18	0.72	0	2.72
2	Nebraska	4	4	4	2.71	14	0.56	1	8.27
3	Colorado	3	3	3	4.29	2	0.08	2	9.37
4	Oregon	2	2	2	5.57	31	1.24	1	9.81
5	Florida	5	5	5	4	19	0.76	2	11.76
7	Texas	9	9	9	4.86	33	1.32	2	17.18
6	Tennessee	8	8	8	7.71	3	0.12	2	17.83
8	Illinois	7	7	7	11.14	37	1.48	1	20.62
11	Oklahoma	10	10	10	7.43	36	1.44	2	20.87
10	Maryland	6	6	6	11.43	78	3.12	1	21.55
9	Stanford	11	11	11	10.14	22	0.88	2	24.02
13	LSU	12	12	12	11.43	10	0.40	3	26.83
12	Wash. State	13	13	13	11.71	42	1.68	2	28.39
14	South Carolina	14	14	14	20.71	40	1.60	3	39.31
15	Washington	21	20	20.5	18.29	21	0.84	3	42.63

Not much difference - all three, A, B, & C have the same top 5, and all three chose controversial Nebraska to face Miami. Onto Version D. Remember, the only real change between C & D was from using the Top 15 to the Top 10...

Version D: 2001
Rank	Team	AP	Coach	Poll Avg	Comp Avg	SoS	SoS Rank	Loss	Sub-Tot	Q-Win	Total
1	Miami (FL)	1	1	1	1	18	0.72	0	2.72		2.72
3	Colorado	3	3	3	4	2	0.08	2	9.08	-1.2	7.88
2	Nebraska	4	4	4	2.33	14	0.56	1	7.89		7.89
4	Oregon	2	2	2	4.17	31	1.24	1	8.41		8.41
5	Florida	5	5	5	5.33	19	0.76	2	13.09		13.09
6	Tennessee	8	8	8	5.83	3	0.12	2	15.95	-0.6	15.35
7	Texas	9	9	9	6.5	33	1.32	2	18.82	-0.7	18.12
8	Illinois	7	7	7	9.17	37	1.48	1	18.65		18.65
10	Maryland	6	6	6	10.17	78	3.12	1	20.29		20.29
9	Stanford	11	11	11	7.67	22	0.88	2	21.55	-0.8	20.75
11	Oklahoma	10	10	10	8.5	36	1.44	2	21.94	-0.3	21.64
12	Wash. State	13	13	13	10.5	42	1.68	2	27.18	-0.1	27.08
13	LSU	12	12	12	12.33	10	0.40	3	27.73	-0.5	27.23
14	South Carolina	14	14	14	19.17	40	1.60	3	37.77		37.77
15	Washington	21	20	20.5	15.33	21	0.84	3	39.67		39.67

...but it's enough to put Colorado into the National Championship game. By .01 points over Nebraska. Yikes.

But wait! There's more! I give you Version E.

Version E: 2001
Rank	Team	AP	Votes	AP%	Coach	Votes	Coach%	Comp%	Total
1	Miami (FL)	1	1800	1.0000	1	1500	1.0000	1.000	1.0000
4	Oregon	2	1698	0.9433	2	1398	0.9320	0.880	0.9184
2	Nebraska	4	1556	0.8644	4	1334	0.8893	0.950	0.9013
3	Colorado	3	1649	0.9161	3	1337	0.8913	0.870	0.8925
5	Florida	5	1396	0.7756	5	1184	0.7893	0.760	0.7750
6	Tennessee	8	1309	0.7272	8	1105	0.7367	0.810	0.7580
8	Illinois	7	1381	0.7672	7	1145	0.7633	0.670	0.7335
10	Maryland	6	1384	0.7689	6	1167	0.7780	0.620	0.7223
7	Texas	9	1226	0.6811	9	1034	0.6893	0.720	0.6968
11	Oklahoma	10	1222	0.6789	10	936	0.6240	0.650	0.6510
9	Stanford	11	1088	0.6044	11	889	0.5927	0.740	0.6457
12	Wash. State	13	897	0.4983	13	764	0.5093	0.600	0.5359
13	LSU	12	1006	0.5589	12	778	0.5187	0.490	0.5225
14	South Carolina	14	742	0.4122	14	660	0.4400	0.290	0.3807
15	Washington	21	502	0.2789	20	393	0.2620	0.480	0.3403

This time it's Oregon who gets to the big game by virtue of their two #2 rankings in the polls.

So what've we got? Depending on who you thought deserved to face Miami, there's a version for you. Most people would probably be in favor of either Oregon or Colorado over Nebraska, thinking about what was said and written about back then. So it seems that the later versions might be finally be starting to get things right... More on this development as it unfolds...

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