2003 FINAL POLLS

2003 AP POLL
Final Rankings
January 5, 2004
No.
School (First Place Votes)
Record
Points
Prev
1 Southern California (48)
12-1
1608
1
2 Louisiana State (17)
13-1
1576
2
3 Oklahoma
12-2
1476
3
4 Ohio State
11-2
1411
7
5 Miami FL
11-2
1329
10
6 Michigan
10-3
1281
4
7 Georgia
11-3
1255
11
8 Iowa
10-3
1107
13
9 Washington State
10-3
1060
15
10 Miami OH
13-1
932
14
11 Florida State
10-3
905
9
12 Texas
10-3
887
5
13 Mississippi
10-3
845
16
14 Kansas State
11-4
833
8
15 Tennessee
10-3
695
6
16 Boise State
13-1
645
18
17 Maryland
10-3
564
23
18 Purdue
9-4
526
12
19 Nebraska
10-3
520
22
20 Minnesota
10-3
368
24
21 Utah
10-2
308
25
22 Clemson
9-4
230
NR
23 Bowling Green
11-3
189
NR
24 Florida
8-5
165
17
25 TCU
11-2
126
19
Others Receiving Votes: Oklahoma State 109, Arkansas 73, Virginia 36, Northern Illinois 30, Auburn 8, Oregon State 8, Pittsburgh 7, North Carolina State 7, West Virginia 4, Connecticut 2.

 

 

2003 COACHES POLL
Final Rankings
January 5, 2004
No.
School (First Place Votes)
Record
Points
Prev
1 Louisiana State (60) 13-1 1,572 2
2 Southern California (3) 12-1 1,514 1
3 Oklahoma 12-2 1,429 3
4 Ohio State 11-2 1,370 6
5 Miami FL 11-2 1,306 9
6 Georgia 11-3 1,183 11
7 Michigan 10-3 1,140 4
8 Iowa 10-3 1,119 12
9 Washington State 10-3 983 14
10 Florida State 10-3 929 8
11 Texas 10-3 894 5
12 Miami OH 13-1 800 15
13 Kansas State 11-4 746 10
14 Mississippi 10-3 730 18
15 Boise State 13-1 704 16
16 Tennessee 10-3 684 7
17 Minnesota 10-3 553 20
18 Nebraska 10-3 532 21
19 Purdue 9-4 510 13
20 Maryland 10-3 462 24
21 Utah 10-2 327 25
22 Clemson 9-4 219 NR
23 Bowling Green 11-3 170 NR
24 TCU 11-2 145 19
25 Florida 8-5 124 17
Others Receiving Votes: Northern Illinois 80, Arkansas 74, Oklahoma State 63, Auburn 20, North Carolina State 17, Oregon State 15, West Virginia 14, Southern Miss 12, Fresno State 6, Hawai'i 6, Pittsburgh 5, Texas Tech 4, Virginia 3, Marshall 3, Boston College 2, California 1, Connecticut 1, Memphis 1, Michigan State 1, Missouri 1, North Texas 1.

 

The USA TODAY/ESPN Board of Coaches is made up of 63 head coaches at Division I-A institutions. All are members of the American Football Coaches Association. This season’s board: Barry Alvarez, Wisconsin; Chuck Amato, North Carolina State; Tom Amstutz, Toledo; Gary Barnett, Colorado; Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech; Mike Bellotti, Oregon; Jack Bicknell, Louisiana Tech; Bobby Bowden, Florida State; Tommy Bowden, Clemson; Jeff Bower, Southern Mississippi; Gregg Brandon, Bowling Green; Mack Brown, Texas; Watson Brown, Alabama-Birmingham; Lloyd Carr, Michigan; Larry Coker, Miami (Fla.); Gary Crowton, Brigham Young; David Cutcliffe, Mississippi; Gary Darnell, Western Michigan; Darrell Dickey, North Texas; Bill Doba, Washington State; Randy Edsall, Connecticut; Dennis Franchione, Texas A&M; Ralph Friedgen, Maryland; Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee; Joe Glenn, Wyoming; Jim Grobe, Wake Forest; Al Groh, Virginia; Walt Harris, Pittsburgh; Dan Hawkins, Boise State; Pat Hill, Fresno State; Terry Hoeppner, Miami (Ohio); Lou Holtz, South Carolina; Dirk Koetter, Arizona State; Jim Leavitt, South Florida; Rocky Long, New Mexico; Sonny Lubick, Colorado State; Dan McCarney, Iowa State; Andy McCollum, Middle Tennessee; Glen Mason, Minnesota; Gary Nord, Texas-El Paso; Joe Novak, Northern Illinois; Tom O’Brien, Boston College; Lee Owens, Akron; Joe Paterno, Penn State; Gary Patterson, TCU; Bob Petrino, Louisville; Gary Pinkel, Missouri; Bob Pruett, Marshall; Mark Richt, Georgia; Mike Riley, Oregon State; Steve Roberts, Arkansas State; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Nick Saban, LSU; John L. Smith, Michigan State; Frank Solich, Nebraska; Bob Stoops, Oklahoma; Jeff Tedford, California; Chris Tormey, Nevada; Jim Tressel, Ohio State; Tommy Tuberville, Auburn; Ron Turner, Illinois; Charlie Weatherbie, Louisiana-Monroe; Tyrone Willingham, Notre Dame.

The AFCA prohibits coaches from voting for schools on major NCAA probation, making Alabama ineligible to receive votes.

 

2003 BCS POLL - Final Rankings
Bowl Championship Series Rankings
December 7, 2003
    POLLS   COMPUTER RANKINGS   SOS            
Rank Team AP COACH POLL
AVG
  A&H RB CM KM NYT JS PW COMP
AVG
  RANK PTS   LOSS   Sub
Total
  QW   Total
1 Oklahoma 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 5 1 1 1.17 11 0.44 1 5.61 -0.5 5.11
2 Louisiana State 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 1.83 29 1.16 1 5.99 5.99
3 Southern Cal 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 1 4 3 2.67 37 1.48 1 6.15 6.15
4 Michigan 4 4 4 7 4 6 5 3 5 5 4.67 14 0.56 2 11.23 -0.6 10.63
5 Ohio State 7 6 6.5 6 6 4 4 8 6 7 5.50 7 0.28 2 14.28 14.28
6 Texas 5 5 5 5 9 8 7 4 8 10 6.83 20 0.80 2 14.63 -0.1 14.53
7 Florida State 9 8 8.5 8 8 5 8 7 7 6 6.83 15 0.60 2 17.93 17.93
8 Tennessee 6 7 6.5 10 7 10 11 9 10 11 9.50 46 1.84 2 19.84 -0.2 19.64
9 Miami FL 10 9 9.5 9 5 7 9 10 11 9 8.17 13 0.52 2 20.19 -0.4 19.79
10 Kansas State 8 10 9 16 12 12 12 6 13 13 11.33 10 0.40 3 23.73 -1.0 22.73
11 Miami OH 14 15 14.5 4 10 9 6 22 3 4 6.00 68 2.72 1 24.22 24.22
12 Georgia 11 11 11 12 11 11 10 12 9 8 10.17 18 0.72 3 24.89 -0.3 24.59
13 Iowa 13 12 12.5 14 16 15 13 15 12 12 13.50 16 0.64 3 29.64 -0.7 28.94
14 Purdue 12 13 12.5 15 17 17 14 18 15 17 15.83 40 1.60 3 32.93 32.93
15 Florida 17 17 17 24 14 23 15 13 16 18 16.50 5 0.20 4 37.70 -0.9 36.80
16 Washington St. 15 14 14.5 18 19 19 22 21 21 21 19.83 44 1.76 3 39.09 39.09
17 Boise State 18 16 17 21 13 16 21 34 17 16 17.33 105 4.20 1 39.53 39.53
18 TCU 19 19 19 11 15 13 24 39 22 15 16.67 95 3.80 1 40.47 40.47
19 Mississippi 16 18 17 23 20 24 20 17 24 24 21.33 70 2.80 3 44.13 44.13
20 Nebraska 22 21 21.5 17 29 18 18 19.5 18 20 18.42 32 1.28 3 44.20 44.20
21 Oklahoma State 21 22 21.5 19 25 21 16 16 20 22 19.00 58 2.32 3 45.82 -0.1 45.72
22 Utah 25 25 25 13 21 14 17 33 19 19 17.17 59 2.36 2 46.53 46.53
23 Maryland 23 24 23.5 25 31 20 23 11 23 23 20.83 56 2.24 3 49.57 49.57
24 Bowling Green 26 30 28 29 26 22 19 36 14 14 20.67 36 1.44 3 53.11 53.11
25 Minnesota 24 20 22 27 24 28 28 28 32 28 27.17 83 3.32 3 55.49 55.49

 

The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fameis responsible for the weekly tabulation and release of the Bowl Championship Series Standings.

EXPLANATION:
Poll Average
- Average of ESPN/USA Today Coaches and AP Media Polls. 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 (66.6 percent) and the cumulative won/loss records of the teams' opponents opponents (33.3 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 points for a win over the top ranked team to a low of 0.1 for a victory over the 10th-ranked BCS team. The BCS Standings at the end of the season will determine final quality win points. 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.

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.