the 2005 Season

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2005 was another year in which the BCS worked perfectly, pitting undefeated Texas and undefeated USC in the Rose Bowl. Classic game. Here's the Official rankings as well as all the other versions.

Version E-2: 2005
Rank	Team	Har	Votes	Har%	Coach	Votes	Coach%	Comp%	Total
1	USC	1	2811	0.9950	1	1543	0.9955	0.970	0.9868
2	Texas	2	2726	0.9650	2	1495	0.9645	0.990	0.9732
3	Penn State	3	2592	0.9175	3	1424	0.9187	0.920	0.9187
4	Ohio State	4	2398	0.8488	4	1300	0.8387	0.880	0.8559
5	Oregon	6	2205	0.7805	5	1234	0.7961	0.820	0.7989
6	Notre Dame	5	2295	0.8124	6	1219	0.7865	0.600	0.7329
7	Georgia	8	2053	0.7267	8	1097	0.7077	0.720	0.7182
8	Miami (FL)	9	1942	0.6874	9	1075	0.6935	0.730	0.7037
9	Auburn	7	2085	0.7381	7	1141	0.7361	0.550	0.6747
10	Virginia Tech	11	1719	0.6085	12	955	0.6161	0.790	0.6715
11	West Virginia	12	1673	0.5922	11	959	0.6187	0.710	0.64030
12	LSU	10	1812	0.6414	10	1002	0.6465	0.600	0.6293
13	Alabama	13	1451	0.5136	13	787	0.50770	0.340	0.4538
14	TCU	14	1328	0.4701	14	734	0.4735	0.390	0.4445
15	Texas Tech	15	1147	0.4060	15	636	0.4103	0.470	0.4288

Version A: 2005
Rank	Team	Poll Avg	Lo Comp	Hi Comp	SoS Pts	Loss	Lo-Tot	Hi-Tot
1	USC	1	1.17	1.75	0.8	0	2.97	3.55
2	Texas	2	1.17	1.75	0.36	0	3.53	4.11
3	Penn State	3	2.33	3.5	0.20	1	6.53	7.70
4	Ohio State	4	3	4.67	0.12	2	9.12	10.79
5	Oregon	5.5	3.67	5.83	1.80	1	11.97	14.13
6	Notre Dame	5.5	5.67	9.92	1.64	2	14.81	19.06
7	Georgia	8	4.33	10.5	0.68	2	15.01	21.18
8	Miami (FL)	9	5	8.75	1.52	2	17.52	21.27
10	Virginia Tech	12	4.33	7.58	0.76	2	19.09	22.34
9	Auburn	7	9.67	16.92	1.44	2	20.11	27.36
12	LSU	10	7	13.42	1.60	2	20.60	27.02
11	West Virginia	11	7	12.83	2.44	1	21.44	27.27
14	TCU	14	9	22.17	2.76	1	26.76	39.93
16	UCLA	17	7.67	16.92	2.56	2	29.23	38.48
13	Alabama	13	12.33	22.17	1.96	2	29.29	39.13
20	Michigan	20.5	6.33	16.33	0.04	4	30.87	40.87
15	Texas Tech	16.5	9.67	17.5	2.72	2	30.89	38.72
18	Wisconsin	20.5	7.67	16.33	1.56	3	32.73	41.39
17	Florida	17	13.67	25.67	0.60	3	34.27	46.27
21	Boston College	19	15	25.67	1.12	3	38.12	48.79
19	Louisville	15.5	17	31.5	3.64	2	38.14	52.64
23	Oklahoma	26	10.33	21	0.08	4	40.41	51.08
24	Georgia Tech	24	15.67	27.42	0.32	4	43.99	55.74
25	Northwestern	30	11	21.58	0.28	4	45.28	55.86
22	Florida State	22	17.67	33.25	2.04	4	45.71	61.29

Version B: 2005
Rank	Team	Poll Avg	Lo Comp	Hi Comp	SoS Pts	Loss	Lo-Tot	Hi-Tot
1	USC	1	1.43	1.57	0.8	0	3.23	3.37
2	Texas	2	1.26	1.43	0.36	0	3.65	3.79
3	Penn State	3	2.86	3.71	0.20	1	7.06	7.91
4	Ohio State	4	3.29	4.43	0.12	2	9.41	10.55
5	Oregon	5.5	6.43	8.29	1.80	1	14.73	16.59
6	Notre Dame	5.5	7.71	9.57	1.64	2	16.85	18.71
7	Georgia	8	6.43	8	0.68	2	17.11	18.68
8	Miami (FL)	9	5.71	6.71	1.52	2	18.23	19.23
9	Auburn	7	8	10	1.44	2	18.44	20.44
10	Virginia Tech	12	5.57	6.86	0.76	2	20.33	21.62
12	LSU	10	9.86	12.14	1.60	2	23.46	25.74
11	West Virginia	11	9.29	11	2.44	1	23.73	25.44
13	Alabama	13	15	17.71	1.96	2	31.96	34.67
20	Michigan	20.5	9.43	12.43	0.04	4	33.97	36.97
14	TCU	14	16.57	20.57	2.76	1	34.33	38.33
15	Texas Tech	16.5	13.43	16	2.72	2	34.65	37.22
16	UCLA	17	16	20.86	2.56	2	37.56	42.42
17	Florida	17	17.29	20.57	0.60	3	37.89	41.17
18	Wisconsin	20.5	13.14	17	1.56	3	38.20	42.06
21	Boston College	19	17.14	20.14	1.12	3	40.26	43.26
19	Louisville	15.5	21.29	25.29	3.64	2	42.43	46.43
24	Georgia Tech	24	18.71	22.14	0.32	4	47.03	50.46
23	Oklahoma	26	18.29	22.14	0.08	4	48.37	52.22
25	Northwestern	30	16.86	22.57	0.28	4	51.14	56.85
22	Florida State	22	23.29	27.57	2.04	4	51.33	55.61

Version C: 2005
Rank	Team	Poll Avg	Comp Avg	SoS Pts	Loss	Sub	Q-Win	Total
1	USC	1	1.83	0.80	0	3.63	-2.1	1.53
2	Texas	2	1.17	0.36	0	3.53	-1.4	2.13
3	Penn State	3	3	0.20	1	7.2	-1.2	6.00
4	Ohio State	4	4	0.12	2	10.12		10.12
5	Oregon	5.5	6.33	1.80	1	14.63		14.63
7	Georgia	8	8.67	0.68	2	19.35	-0.4	18.95
6	Notre Dame	5.5	10	1.64	2	19.14		19.14
8	Miami (FL)	9	7.33	1.52	2	19.85	-0.7	19.15
10	Virginia Tech	12	5.83	0.76	2	20.59	-0.5	20.09
9	Auburn	7	11.5	1.44	2	21.94	-1.2	20.74
11	West Virginia	11	9.67	2.44	1	24.11		24.11
12	LSU	10	11.83	1.60	2	25.43	-0.9	24.53
13	Alabama	13	18.17	1.96	2	35.13		35.13
15	Texas Tech	16.5	14.83	2.72	2	36.05		36.05
14	TCU	14	19	2.76	1	36.76		36.76
20	Michigan	20.5	14	0.04	4	38.54	-1.3	37.24
16	UCLA	17	17.67	2.56	2	39.23		39.23
18	Wisconsin	20.5	15	1.56	3	40.06		40.06
17	Florida	17	20.5	0.60	3	41.1	-0.9	40.2
21	Boston College	19	20.67	1.12	3	43.79		43.79
19	Louisville	15.5	26.17	3.64	2	47.31		47.31
24	Georgia Tech	24	23.5	0.32	4	51.82	-1.4	50.42
23	Oklahoma	26	21.33	0.08	4	51.41		51.41
22	Florida State	22	27	2.04	4	55.04	-1.5	53.54
25	Northwestern	30	19.83	0.28	4	54.11		54.11

Version D: 2005
Rank	Team	Poll Avg	Lo Comp	Hi Comp	SoS Pts	Loss	Lo-Sub	Hi-Sub	Hi-QW	Lo-QW	Lo-Tot	Hi-Tot
1	USC	1	1.5	1.67	0.80	0	3.30	3.47	-1.1	-0.7	2.20	2.77
2	Texas	2	1.17	1.33	0.36	0	3.53	3.69	-0.7	-0.7	2.83	2.99
3	Penn State	3	2.67	3	0.20	1	6.87	7.20	-0.7	-0.7	6.17	6.50
4	Ohio State	4	3.5	4.83	0.12	2	9.62	10.95			9.62	10.95
5	Oregon	5.5	4.67	6.33	1.80	1	12.97	14.63			12.97	14.63
6	Notre Dame	5.5	8.83	11	1.64	2	17.97	20.14			17.97	20.14
7	Georgia	8	6.17	8	0.68	2	16.85	18.68			16.85	18.68
8	Miami (FL)	9	6.33	7.67	1.52	2	18.85	20.19	-0.4	0.0	18.45	20.19
9	Auburn	7	9.17	11.5	1.44	2	19.61	21.94	-0.5	-0.4	19.11	21.54
10	Virginia Tech	12	5.17	6.67	0.76	2	19.93	21.43	-0.2	0.0	19.73	21.43
11	West Virginia	11	6.83	8.67	2.44	1	21.27	23.11			21.27	23.11
12	LSU	10	8.5	10.83	1.60	2	22.10	24.43	-0.4	0.0	21.7	24.43
13	Alabama	13	14	17.17	1.96	2	30.96	34.13			30.96	34.13
14	TCU	14	13	17.33	2.76	1	30.76	35.09			30.76	35.09
15	Texas Tech	16.5	11.67	14.33	2.72	2	32.89	35.55			32.89	35.55
16	UCLA	17	12.5	16.33	2.56	2	34.06	37.89			34.06	37.89
17	Florida	17	17	20.83	0.60	3	37.6	41.43	-0.5	-0.4	37.1	41.03
18	Wisconsin	20.5	12.5	16.17	1.56	3	37.56	41.23			37.56	41.23
19	Louisville	15.5	19.83	24.5	3.64	2	40.97	45.64			40.97	45.64
20	Michigan	20.5	12.33	15.83	0.04	4	36.87	40.37	-0.8	-0.8	36.07	39.57
21	Boston College	19	17.33	21	1.12	3	40.45	44.12			40.45	44.12
22	Florida State	22	22.67	27.67	2.04	4	50.71	55.71	-0.7	-0.1	50.01	55.61
23	Oklahoma	26	16	20.5	0.08	4	46.08	50.58			46.08	50.58
24	Georgia Tech	24	19.17	23.17	0.32	4	47.49	51.49	-0.7	-0.1	46.79	51.39
25	Northwestern	30	16.17	20.17	0.28	4	50.45	54.45			50.45	54.45

All versions had USC #1 and Texas #2 by a wide margin. It was a great season, and if there was one year that the BCS was made for and worked flawlessly during it was 2005.

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