The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, Inc. 22 Maple Avenue, Morristown, NJ 07960 FOR RELEASE: Embargoed Until 6:00 PM ET, November 24, 2003 CONTACT: Rick Walls, NFF Director of Operations or Matt Sweeney, Special Projects Coordinator 973-829-1933 2003 BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES STANDINGS (Games Through Nov . 22, 2003) USA Today/ Poll Anderson Colley New York Comp. Schedule Schedule Loss Sub- Quality AP ESPN Avg. & Hester Billingsley Matrix Massey Times Sagarin Wolfe Avg. Strength Rank Record total Win Total 1. Oklahoma 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.00 10 0.40 0 2.40 - 0.5 1.90 2. Southern California 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 2 2 2.33 39 1.56 1 6.89 6.89 3. Louisiana State 3 3 3 2 3 4 2 9 3 4 3.00 61 2.44 1 9.44 - 0.4 9.04 4. Michigan 4 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 3 4.33 13 0.52 2 10.85 - 0.6 10.25 5. Ohio State 8 7 7.5 6 5 3 4 6 7 5 4.83 6 0.24 2 14.57 14.57 6. Texas 6 6 6 4 10 9 6 2 9 9 6.50 12 0.48 2 14.98 14.98 7. Georgia 5 5 5 8 9 8 7 7.5 6 6 7.08 32 1.28 2 15.36 - 0.3 15.06 8. Tennessee 7 8 7.5 7 6 7 8 7.5 8 8 7.25 33 1.32 2 18.07 - 0.1 17.97 9. Florida State 9 9 9 10 11 6 9 10 14 14 10.00 19 0.76 2 21.76 21.76 10. Miami (FL) 10 10 10 9 7 10 11 11 13 11 9.83 14 0.56 2 22.39 - 0.2 22.19 11. Florida 11 11 11 18 8 17 13 5 11 10 10.67 9 0.36 3 25.03 - 1.2 23.83 12. Iowa 13 12 12.5 15 14 14 12 16 12 12 13.17 15 0.60 3 29.27 - 0.7 28.57 13. Miami (OH) 15 16 15.5 11 13 11 10 21 4 7 9.33 72 2.88 1 28.71 28.71 14. Purdue 12 13 12.5 14 15 15 14 17 15 17 15.00 37 1.48 3 31.98 31.98 15. Washington State 16 14 15 17 17 16 16 20 16 19 16.83 38 1.52 3 36.35 36.35 16. Kansas State 14 15 14.5 20 27 18 18 12 20 20 18.00 36 1.44 3 36.94 36.94 17. Texas Christian 19 17 18 12 12 12 19 38 22 15 15.33 83 3.32 1 37.65 37.65 18. Mississippi 17 19 18 23 20 23 21 19 21 22 21.00 48 1.92 3 43.92 43.92 19. Boise State 18 18 18 28 18 24 24 39 17 16 21.17 108 4.32 1 44.49 44.49 20. Bowling Green 22 25 23.5 25 21 19 22 35 10 13 18.33 73 2.92 2 46.75 46.75 21. Oklahoma State 23 24 23.5 22 29 20 17 18 19 21 19.50 53 2.12 3 48.12 48.12 22. Utah 29 27 28 13 22 13 15 34 18 18 16.50 54 2.16 2 48.66 48.66 23. Nebraska 25 23 24 19 31 21 20 27 23 24 22.33 40 1.60 3 50.93 50.93 24. Arkansas 26 29.5 27.75 16 25 22 23 15 24 23 20.50 30 1.20 3 52.45 - 0.5 51.95 25. Pittsburgh 20 21 20.5 26 19 29 34 24 39 32 27.33 64 2.56 3 53.39 53.39 EXPLANATION: Poll Average – Average of the AP Media Poll and USA Today/ESPN Coaches Poll. Others receiving votes calculated in order received. Computer Average – Average of Anderson & Hester, Richard Billingsley, Colley Matrix, Kenneth Massey, New York Times, Jeff Sagarin’s USA Today, and the Peter Wolfe rankings. The computer component will be determined by averaging six of the seven rankings. The lowest (worst) computer ranking will be disregarded. Schedule Rank – Rank of schedule strength compared to other Division I-A teams of actual games played divided by 25. This component is calculated by determining the cumulative won/loss records of the team’s opponent (66 2/3 percent) and the cumulative won/loss records of the team’s opponents’ opponents (33 1/3 percent). Losses – One point for each loss during the season. Quality Win Component - The quality win component will reward to varying degrees teams that defeat opponents ranked among the top 10 in the weekly standings. The bonus point scale will range from a high of 1.0 for a win over the top ranked team to a low of 0.1 for a victory over the 10th-ranked BCS team. If a team registers a victory over a team more than once during the regular season, quality points will be awarded just once. Quality win points are based on the standings determined by the subtotal. The final standings are reconfigured to reflect the quality win point deduction. The BCS Standings at the end of the season will determine final quality win points. Notes: 1. Teams on NCAA probation (i.e. not eligible for postseason competition) are not listed in the BCS Standings. Teams with victories over teams on probation will receive appropriate quality win points. 2. The Nokia Sugar Bowl on January 4, 2004, will host the BCS National Championship Game and determine which team will be presented The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame’s MacArthur Trophy, awarded to college football’s National Champion since 1959, as well as the ADT National Championship Trophy on behalf of the American Football Coaches Association. www.footballfoundation.com .