the 2002 Season

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Pardon me while I breeze through this one... Ohio State and Miami roll.

Version D, the Official Rankings in December 2002

Version D: 2002
Rank	Team	AP	Coach	Poll Avg	Comp Avg	SoS	SoS Rank	Loss	Sub-Tot	Q-Win	Total
1	Miami (FL)	1	1	1	1.17	19	0.76	0	2.93		2.93
2	Ohio State	2	2	2	1.67	20	0.80	0	4.47	-0.5	3.97
3	Georgia	4	4	4	3.17	5	0.20	1	8.37		8.37
4	USC	5	5	5	3.67	1	0.04	2	10.71	-0.2	10.51
5	Iowa	3	3	3	4.83	49	1.96	1	10.79		10.79
6	Wash. State	7	7	7	7	21	0.84	2	16.84	-0.7	16.14
7	Oklahoma	8	8	8	6.33	14	0.56	2	16.89	-0.1	16.79
8	Kansas State	6	6	6	10.67	54	2.16	2	20.83	-0.7	20.13
9	Notre Dame	11	12	11.5	6.83	15	0.60	2	20.93		20.93
10	Texas	9	9	9	9.5	22	0.88	2	21.38	-0.3	21.08
11	Michigan	12	11	11.5	9.33	2	0.08	3	23.91		23.91
12	Penn State	10	10	10	13.33	16	0.64	3	26.97		26.97
13	Colorado	14	14	14	15.17	10	0.40	4	33.57	-0.3	33.27
14	Florida State	16	16	16	13.83	3	0.12	4	33.95		33.95
15	West Virginia	15	13	14	17.33	41	1.64	3	35.97		35.97

Version A: 2002
Rank	Team	AP	Coach	Poll Avg	A&H	JS	NYT	Comp Avg	SoS	SoS Rank	Loss	Total
1	Miami (FL)	1	1	1	1.5	1	1	1.17	19	0.76	0	2.93
2	Ohio State	2	2	2	1	2	2.25	1.75	20	0.80	0	4.55
3	Georgia	4	4	4	3	3	4	3.33	5	0.20	1	8.53
4	USC	5	5	5	4.5	4	2	3.5	1	0.04	2	10.54
5	Iowa	3	3	3	4	5	5	4.67	49	1.96	1	10.63
7	Oklahoma	8	8	8	7	8	6	7	14	0.56	2	17.56
6	Wash. State	7	7	7	8	6	10	8	21	0.84	2	17.84
9	Notre Dame	11	12	11.5	6	7	9.75	7.58	15	0.60	2	21.68
8	Kansas State	6	6	6	15	12	8	11.67	54	2.16	2	21.83
10	Texas	9	9	9	10	9	12	10.33	22	0.88	2	22.21
11	Michigan	12	11	11.5	9	10	9	9.33	2	0.08	3	23.91
12	Penn State	10	10	10	12	16	11	13	16	0.64	3	26.64
13	Colorado	14	14	14	14	14	17	15	10	0.40	4	33.4
14	Florida State	16	16	16	13	13	19	15	3	0.12	4	35.12
15	West Virginia	15	13	14	19	19	16	18	41	1.64	3	36.64

Version B: 2002
Rank	Team	AP	Coach	Poll Avg	Comp Avg	SoS	SoS Rank	Loss	Total
1	Miami (FL)	1	1	1	1.29	19	0.76	0	3.05
2	Ohio State	2	2	2	2.29	20	0.80	0	5.09
3	Georgia	4	4	4	3.71	5	0.20	1	8.91
4	USC	5	5	5	2.86	1	0.04	2	9.90
5	Iowa	3	3	3	5.43	49	1.96	1	11.39
7	Oklahoma	8	8	8	5.71	14	0.56	2	16.27
6	Wash. State	7	7	7	7.43	21	0.84	2	17.27
8	Kansas State	6	6	6	7.29	54	2.16	2	17.45
10	Texas	9	9	9	9.14	22	0.88	2	21.02
9	Notre Dame	11	12	11.5	8.93	15	0.60	2	23.03
12	Penn State	10	10	10	12.14	16	0.64	3	25.78
11	Michigan	12	11	11.5	11.71	2	0.08	3	26.29
13	Colorado	14	14	14	15	10	0.40	4	33.4
14	Florida State	16	16	16	13.86	3	0.12	4	33.98
15	West Virginia	15	13	14	18.29	41	1.64	3	36.93

Version C: 2002
Rank	Team	AP	Coach	Poll Avg	Comp Avg	SoS	SoS Rank	Loss	Sub-Tot	Q-Win	Total
1	Miami (FL)	1	1	1	1.33	19	0.76	0	3.09	-0.4	2.69
2	Ohio State	2	2	2	1.83	20	0.80	0	4.63	-1.8	2.83
3	Georgia	4	4	4	3.17	5	0.20	1	8.37		8.37
4	USC	5	5	5	3.83	1	0.04	2	10.87	-0.8	10.07
5	Iowa	3	3	3	5.83	49	1.96	1	11.79	-0.9	10.89
6	Wash. State	7	7	7	7.33	21	0.84	2	17.17	-1.2	15.97
7	Oklahoma	8	8	8	6.5	14	0.56	2	17.06	-0.9	16.16
8	Kansas State	6	6	6	10.17	54	2.16	2	20.33	-1.2	19.13
10	Texas	9	9	9	9.33	22	0.88	2	21.21	-0.8	20.41
9	Notre Dame	11	12	11.5	7.5	15	0.60	2	21.6	-0.8	20.8
11	Michigan	12	11	11.5	11.17	2	0.08	3	25.75	-0.4	25.35
12	Penn State	10	10	10	13.83	16	0.64	3	27.47		27.47
13	Colorado	14	14	14	15	10	0.40	4	33.4	-0.8	32.6
14	Florida State	16	16	16	12.83	3	0.12	4	32.95		32.95
15	West Virginia	15	13	14	19.33	41	1.64	3	37.97		37.97

Version E: 2002
Rank	Team	AP	Votes	AP%	Coach	Votes	Coach%	Comp%	Total
1	Miami (FL)	1	1850	1.0000	1	1525	1.0000	0.990	0.9967
2	Ohio State	2	1773	0.9584	2	1463	0.9593	0.970	0.9626
3	Georgia	4	1627	0.8795	4	1337	0.8767	0.920	0.8921
5	Iowa	3	1678	0.9070	3	1381	0.9056	0.840	0.8842
4	USC	5	1559	0.8427	5	1283	0.8413	0.870	0.8513
6	Wash. State	7	1388	0.7503	7	1141	0.7482	0.760	0.7528
7	Oklahoma	8	1371	0.7411	8	1088	0.7134	0.760	0.7382
8	Kansas State	6	1397	0.7551	6	1187	0.7784	0.580	0.7045
10	Texas	9	1297	0.7011	9	1074	0.7043	0.650	0.6851
9	Notre Dame	11	1104	0.5968	12	844	0.5534	0.770	0.6401
11	Michigan	12	1061	0.5735	11	917	0.6013	0.660	0.6116
12	Penn State	10	1107	0.5984	10	921	0.6039	0.470	0.5574
13	Colorado	14	758	0.4097	14	641	0.4203	0.440	0.4234
14	Florida State	16	661	0.3573	16	562	0.3685	0.520	0.4153
15	West Virginia	15	706	0.3816	13	651	0.4269	0.310	0.3728

We now return to our regularly scheduled controversy.

What's that? You've noticed all the decimals in Version A's computer polls and wondered what it would have looked like if the "Standard Deviation" rule hadn't been in effect? Good question - I suppose now is as good a time as any to look.

● For 1998-2000, it wouldn't have made a single difference in any of the top 15 BCS rankings. Not a single one. Sorry.

● In 2001, Oklahoma & Illinois would have switched spots to #8 & #9, respectively. At the same time, Maryland and Stanford would have switched spots to #10 & #11, respectively. No big deal, really.

● In 2002, we get a little more of an effect. Iowa and USC would have switched spots to be #4 & #5, respectively, as would have Oklahoma & Washington State (#6 & #7) and Texas & Notre Dame (#9 & #10). Interesting, but not earth shattering and certainly not anything that would have affected which teams went to which BCS bowls. Again, sorry to disappoint.

But wait'll we get to 2003...

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