2009 NCAA Division I Football Rankings: Week 16 (Dec 12)
Mathematically-derived, based on regular-season game scores. Includes all teams that have played at least two Division I teams this season. Compare with the AP and USA Today polls and the BCS Standings.
Computed Ranks for Week: 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 . 15
(Click on a column header to sort by that column. Color coding: Big 12 Pac-10 ACC SEC LSU Most over-rated Most under-rated )
| Scores and Standings |
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| High | Low | Last | +/- | Rank | Team | W-L-T | Div | Conf | Off | Def | Strength |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Alabama | 12-0-0 | Western | SEC | 57.8 | 42.2 | 100.0 |
| 1 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Texas | 13-0-0 | Southern | Big_12 | 64.6 | 34.7 | 99.4 |
| 1 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Florida | 12-1-0 | Eastern | SEC | 56.3 | 40.4 | 96.7 |
| 1 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Virginia Tech | 9-3-0 | Coastal | ACC | 59.5 | 35.6 | 95.1 |
| 3 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 5 | TCU | 11-0-0 | Mountain_West | 59.3 | 35.3 | 94.5 | |
| 4 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 6 | Oregon | 10-2-0 | Pac-10 | 63.0 | 28.8 | 91.8 | |
| 7 | 41 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Oklahoma | 7-5-0 | Southern | Big_12 | 52.3 | 38.8 | 91.1 |
| 4 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 8 | Georgia Tech | 11-2-0 | Coastal | ACC | 64.0 | 26.9 | 90.9 |
| 9 | 123 | 9 | 0 | 9 | Arkansas | 6-5-0 | Western | SEC | 64.9 | 26.1 | 90.9 |
| 1 | 22 | 10 | 0 | 10 | Boise State | 13-0-0 | WAC | 61.4 | 28.2 | 89.6 | |
| 2 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 11 | Miami (Fla.) | 8-3-0 | Coastal | ACC | 59.6 | 29.7 | 89.3 |
| 4 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 12 | Cincinnati | 11-0-0 | Big_East | 61.6 | 27.3 | 88.9 | |
| 8 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 13 | Ohio State | 10-2-0 | Big_Ten | 52.0 | 36.4 | 88.3 | |
| 7 | 37 | 14 | 0 | 14 | Clemson | 8-5-0 | Atlantic | ACC | 57.5 | 30.8 | 88.3 |
| 12 | 76 | 15 | 0 | 15 | Texas Tech | 7-4-0 | Southern | Big_12 | 59.3 | 28.8 | 88.1 |
| 11 | 48 | 16 | 0 | 16 | LSU | 9-3-0 | Western | SEC | 52.1 | 36.0 | 88.1 |
| 14 | 55 | 17 | 0 | 17 | Mississippi | 7-4-0 | Western | SEC | 55.4 | 32.2 | 87.6 |
| 3 | 34 | 18 | 0 | 18 | Nebraska | 9-4-0 | Northern | Big_12 | 47.7 | 39.5 | 87.1 |
| 13 | 46 | 19 | 0 | 19 | Stanford | 8-4-0 | Pac-10 | 62.6 | 24.3 | 86.9 | |
| 13 | 53 | 20 | 0 | 20 | Penn State | 9-2-0 | Big_Ten | 51.0 | 35.7 | 86.7 | |
| 3 | 37 | 21 | 0 | 21 | Pittsburgh | 8-3-0 | Big_East | 57.7 | 28.8 | 86.5 | |
| 15 | 45 | 22 | 0 | 22 | Tennessee | 7-5-0 | Eastern | SEC | 56.4 | 29.5 | 85.9 |
| 20 | 69 | 23 | 0 | 23 | Oregon State | 7-4-0 | Pac-10 | 58.1 | 27.7 | 85.8 | |
| 7 | 32 | 24 | 0 | 24 | Auburn | 7-5-0 | Western | SEC | 59.3 | 26.2 | 85.5 |
| 10 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 25 | Arizona | 8-4-0 | Pac-10 | 56.1 | 28.3 | 84.4 | |
| 21 | 66 | 26 | 0 | 26 | North Carolina | 6-4-0 | Coastal | ACC | 47.0 | 36.6 | 83.6 |
| 1 | 38 | 27 | 0 | 27 | Iowa | 9-2-0 | Big_Ten | 49.1 | 34.3 | 83.4 | |
| 10 | 32 | 28 | 0 | 28 | USC | 8-4-0 | Pac-10 | 51.9 | 31.1 | 83.0 | |
| 21 | 92 | 29 | 0 | 29 | Oklahoma State | 8-3-0 | Southern | Big_12 | 52.8 | 30.1 | 82.9 |
| 30 | 99 | 30 | 0 | 30 | South Carolina | 6-5-0 | Eastern | SEC | 48.3 | 33.8 | 82.1 |
| 31 | 106 | 31 | 0 | 31 | Georgia | 7-5-0 | Eastern | SEC | 56.2 | 25.8 | 81.9 |
| 18 | 46 | 32 | 0 | 32 | West Virginia | 8-3-0 | Big_East | 51.5 | 30.1 | 81.6 | |
| 15 | 58 | 33 | 0 | 33 | Notre Dame | 6-6-0 | Independent | 54.5 | 26.7 | 81.2 | |
| 27 | 51 | 35 | 1 | 34 | Connecticut | 6-5-0 | Big_East | 57.5 | 23.3 | 80.8 | |
| 21 | 54 | 34 | -1 | 35 | Wisconsin | 9-3-0 | Big_Ten | 54.8 | 26.1 | 80.8 | |
| 36 | 71 | 36 | 0 | 36 | Mississippi State | 4-7-0 | Western | SEC | 53.2 | 27.4 | 80.7 |
| 28 | 66 | 37 | 0 | 37 | Kentucky | 7-5-0 | Eastern | SEC | 54.5 | 26.0 | 80.5 |
| 37 | 84 | 38 | 0 | 38 | Texas A&M | 6-6-0 | Southern | Big_12 | 58.8 | 21.5 | 80.3 |
| 25 | 65 | 39 | 0 | 39 | Boston College | 7-4-0 | Atlantic | ACC | 49.6 | 30.2 | 79.8 |
| 9 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 40 | Florida State | 6-6-0 | Atlantic | ACC | 58.7 | 21.1 | 79.8 |
| 14 | 71 | 41 | 0 | 41 | Missouri | 8-4-0 | Northern | Big_12 | 53.7 | 26.1 | 79.8 |
| 11 | 58 | 42 | 0 | 42 | Brigham Young | 10-2-0 | Mountain_West | 53.9 | 25.3 | 79.2 | |
| 16 | 70 | 43 | 0 | 43 | Washington | 5-7-0 | Pac-10 | 52.6 | 26.2 | 78.9 | |
| 13 | 63 | 44 | 0 | 44 | California | 7-4-0 | Pac-10 | 52.6 | 26.2 | 78.8 | |
| 30 | 75 | 45 | 0 | 45 | Houston | 10-3-0 | USA | 60.8 | 17.9 | 78.7 | |
| 45 | 120 | 46 | 0 | 46 | Nevada | 8-4-0 | WAC | 57.9 | 20.5 | 78.3 | |
| 21 | 47 | 47 | 0 | 47 | UCLA | 6-6-0 | Pac-10 | 47.2 | 31.2 | 78.3 | |
| 39 | 73 | 48 | 0 | 48 | Utah | 9-3-0 | Mountain_West | 51.0 | 27.0 | 78.1 | |
| 33 | 58 | 49 | 0 | 49 | Central Michigan | 11-2-0 | West | Mid-American | 50.5 | 26.9 | 77.4 |
| 49 | 90 | 50 | 0 | 50 | East Carolina | 8-4-0 | USA | 50.3 | 26.9 | 77.2 | |
| 19 | 62 | 51 | 0 | 51 | Wake Forest | 4-7-0 | Atlantic | ACC | 50.5 | 26.2 | 76.7 |
| 40 | 64 | 52 | 0 | 52 | Arizona State | 4-8-0 | Pac-10 | 46.1 | 30.3 | 76.4 | |
| 42 | 82 | 53 | 0 | 53 | Rutgers | 7-4-0 | Big_East | 48.2 | 28.2 | 76.4 | |
| 37 | 57 | 54 | 0 | 54 | Michigan State | 5-6-0 | Big_Ten | 53.4 | 22.7 | 76.1 | |
| 48 | 107 | 55 | 0 | 55 | Air Force | 7-5-0 | Mountain_West | 46.2 | 29.8 | 76.0 | |
| 1 | 57 | 56 | 0 | 56 | Kansas | 4-7-0 | Northern | Big_12 | 54.8 | 21.1 | 75.9 |
| 17 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 57 | Navy | 8-4-0 | Independent | 48.0 | 27.3 | 75.3 | |
| 14 | 60 | 58 | 0 | 58 | South Florida | 7-5-0 | Big_East | 46.6 | 28.7 | 75.2 | |
| 29 | 108 | 59 | 0 | 59 | Virginia | 3-8-0 | Coastal | ACC | 47.3 | 27.6 | 74.9 |
| 20 | 62 | 60 | 0 | 60 | Fresno State | 8-4-0 | WAC | 53.8 | 20.2 | 74.1 | |
| 32 | 91 | 61 | 0 | 61 | UCF | 7-4-0 | USA | 45.2 | 28.9 | 74.1 | |
| 57 | 105 | 62 | 0 | 62 | Kansas State | 5-6-0 | Northern | Big_12 | 47.2 | 26.6 | 73.7 |
| 51 | 93 | 63 | 0 | 63 | Minnesota | 5-6-0 | Big_Ten | 49.3 | 24.3 | 73.6 | |
| 8 | 67 | 64 | 0 | 64 | Purdue | 5-7-0 | Big_Ten | 51.0 | 22.5 | 73.4 | |
| 25 | 69 | 65 | 0 | 65 | Southern Mississippi | 7-5-0 | USA | 52.4 | 20.6 | 73.0 | |
| 9 | 70 | 66 | 0 | 66 | Duke | 4-6-0 | Coastal | ACC | 50.1 | 22.1 | 72.2 |
| 44 | 95 | 68 | 1 | 67 | Middle Tennessee | 9-3-0 | Sun_Belt | 48.8 | 23.1 | 71.9 | |
| 64 | 103 | 67 | -1 | 68 | Troy | 9-3-0 | Sun_Belt | 51.9 | 20.0 | 71.9 | |
| 64 | 94 | 69 | 0 | 69 | Louisiana Tech | 4-8-0 | WAC | 49.5 | 22.1 | 71.6 | |
| 54 | 106 | 70 | 0 | 70 | Iowa State | 5-6-0 | Northern | Big_12 | 46.0 | 25.4 | 71.4 |
| 64 | 91 | 71 | 0 | 71 | Temple | 9-2-0 | East | Mid-American | 50.2 | 21.0 | 71.2 |
| 25 | 109 | 72 | 0 | 72 | North Carolina State | 4-7-0 | Atlantic | ACC | 53.9 | 16.8 | 70.8 |
| 24 | 74 | 73 | 0 | 73 | Michigan | 4-7-0 | Big_Ten | 50.9 | 19.7 | 70.6 | |
| 32 | 77 | 74 | 0 | 74 | Jacksonville State | 0-2-0 | 37.0 | 33.4 | 70.3 | ||
| 35 | 80 | 75 | 0 | 75 | Baylor | 4-8-0 | Southern | Big_12 | 46.0 | 23.9 | 69.9 |
| 57 | 109 | 76 | 0 | 76 | Northwestern | 7-4-0 | Big_Ten | 46.2 | 23.4 | 69.6 | |
| 32 | 78 | 78 | 1 | 77 | Northern Illinois | 6-5-0 | West | Mid-American | 46.7 | 22.8 | 69.5 |
| 65 | 105 | 77 | -1 | 78 | Colorado | 3-9-0 | Northern | Big_12 | 47.6 | 21.9 | 69.5 |
| 47 | 87 | 79 | 0 | 79 | Ohio | 9-4-0 | East | Mid-American | 45.4 | 23.6 | 69.0 |
| 61 | 96 | 80 | 0 | 80 | Vanderbilt | 1-10-0 | Eastern | SEC | 41.9 | 26.6 | 68.6 |
| 76 | 121 | 81 | 0 | 81 | Illinois | 2-9-0 | Big_Ten | 47.4 | 20.6 | 68.0 | |
| 26 | 90 | 82 | 0 | 82 | Bowling Green | 7-5-0 | East | Mid-American | 47.9 | 20.0 | 67.9 |
| 81 | 120 | 83 | 0 | 83 | Maryland | 1-10-0 | Atlantic | ACC | 46.0 | 21.9 | 67.9 |
| 70 | 101 | 84 | 0 | 84 | Syracuse | 3-8-0 | Big_East | 45.6 | 21.9 | 67.4 | |
| 72 | 94 | 85 | 0 | 85 | Marshall | 5-6-0 | USA | 42.8 | 24.2 | 67.0 | |
| 52 | 91 | 86 | 0 | 86 | Indiana | 4-8-0 | Big_Ten | 48.5 | 18.1 | 66.7 | |
| 43 | 90 | 87 | 0 | 87 | Louisville | 3-8-0 | Big_East | 42.6 | 23.7 | 66.4 | |
| 33 | 98 | 88 | 0 | 88 | Tulsa | 4-7-0 | USA | 46.5 | 19.8 | 66.3 | |
| 35 | 112 | 89 | 0 | 89 | Southern Methodist | 6-5-0 | USA | 48.0 | 17.6 | 65.5 | |
| 89 | 92 | 90 | 0 | 90 | Northern Arizona | 0-2-0 | 45.7 | 19.7 | 65.5 | ||
| 42 | 117 | 91 | 0 | 91 | UAB | 5-7-0 | USA | 48.0 | 16.6 | 64.6 | |
| 47 | 109 | 92 | 0 | 92 | Buffalo | 5-7-0 | East | Mid-American | 43.9 | 20.6 | 64.4 |
| 68 | 102 | 93 | 0 | 93 | Idaho | 7-5-0 | WAC | 52.3 | 11.9 | 64.1 | |
| 50 | 103 | 94 | 0 | 94 | Texas-El Paso | 4-8-0 | USA | 48.9 | 14.9 | 63.9 | |
| 86 | 111 | 96 | 1 | 95 | Utah State | 4-8-0 | WAC | 48.6 | 15.1 | 63.7 | |
| 61 | 102 | 95 | -1 | 96 | Central Arkansas | 1-1-0 | 37.6 | 26.0 | 63.6 | ||
| 46 | 111 | 97 | 0 | 97 | Hawaii | 6-7-0 | WAC | 43.1 | 19.0 | 62.1 | |
| 52 | 122 | 98 | 0 | 98 | Wyoming | 6-6-0 | Mountain_West | 38.7 | 23.1 | 61.8 | |
| 68 | 102 | 99 | 0 | 99 | Colorado State | 3-9-0 | Mountain_West | 42.7 | 18.8 | 61.5 | |
| 60 | 116 | 100 | 0 | 100 | Louisiana-Monroe | 6-6-0 | Sun_Belt | 42.5 | 18.7 | 61.2 | |
| 33 | 116 | 101 | 0 | 101 | UNLV | 4-7-0 | Mountain_West | 46.8 | 14.3 | 61.2 | |
| 55 | 114 | 102 | 0 | 102 | San Diego State | 4-8-0 | Mountain_West | 44.1 | 16.0 | 60.1 | |
| 98 | 124 | 103 | 0 | 103 | Florida Atlantic | 5-7-0 | Sun_Belt | 47.7 | 11.9 | 59.7 | |
| 90 | 118 | 104 | 0 | 104 | Kent State | 5-7-0 | East | Mid-American | 39.5 | 20.2 | 59.7 |
| 56 | 105 | 105 | 0 | 105 | Arkansas State | 3-8-0 | Sun_Belt | 39.2 | 20.3 | 59.5 | |
| 73 | 106 | 106 | 0 | 106 | Western Michigan | 4-7-0 | West | Mid-American | 43.2 | 15.9 | 59.1 |
| 107 | 110 | 107 | 0 | 107 | Eastern Kentucky | 0-2-0 | 34.6 | 23.5 | 58.1 | ||
| 41 | 112 | 108 | 0 | 108 | Toledo | 5-7-0 | West | Mid-American | 50.2 | 7.9 | 58.1 |
| 69 | 114 | 109 | 0 | 109 | Florida International | 3-9-0 | Sun_Belt | 43.5 | 14.3 | 57.8 | |
| 78 | 114 | 110 | 0 | 110 | La.-Lafayette | 5-6-0 | Sun_Belt | 41.1 | 16.6 | 57.8 | |
| 34 | 115 | 113 | 2 | 111 | Army | 4-7-0 | Independent | 35.9 | 21.9 | 57.8 | |
| 71 | 118 | 111 | -1 | 112 | Weber State | 0-2-0 | 43.5 | 14.2 | 57.7 | ||
| 84 | 123 | 112 | -1 | 113 | Memphis | 1-10-0 | USA | 43.2 | 14.3 | 57.6 | |
| 49 | 119 | 114 | 0 | 114 | North Texas | 2-10-0 | Sun_Belt | 46.5 | 9.7 | 56.2 | |
| 75 | 120 | 115 | 0 | 115 | Ball State | 2-9-0 | West | Mid-American | 38.2 | 17.9 | 56.1 |
| 89 | 116 | 116 | 0 | 116 | UC Davis | 0-2-0 | 32.2 | 23.1 | 55.4 | ||
| 85 | 118 | 117 | 0 | 117 | Washington State | 1-11-0 | Pac-10 | 38.5 | 16.0 | 54.4 | |
| 93 | 120 | 118 | 0 | 118 | Akron | 2-9-0 | East | Mid-American | 39.2 | 15.0 | 54.1 |
| 43 | 122 | 119 | 0 | 119 | Miami (Ohio) | 1-11-0 | East | Mid-American | 37.0 | 16.7 | 53.7 |
| 83 | 120 | 120 | 0 | 120 | San Jose State | 2-10-0 | WAC | 34.9 | 18.3 | 53.2 | |
| 105 | 130 | 121 | 0 | 121 | New Mexico | 1-11-0 | Mountain_West | 39.5 | 12.7 | 52.2 | |
| 89 | 130 | 122 | 0 | 122 | Rice | 2-10-0 | USA | 40.7 | 10.3 | 51.1 | |
| 102 | 123 | 123 | 0 | 123 | Charleston Southern | 0-2-0 | 36.0 | 14.9 | 51.0 | ||
| 88 | 129 | 124 | 0 | 124 | Tulane | 2-9-0 | USA | 35.3 | 14.4 | 49.7 | |
| 97 | 131 | 125 | 0 | 125 | Western Kentucky | 0-12-0 | Independent | 40.9 | 8.2 | 49.2 | |
| 126 | 132 | 126 | 0 | 126 | Furman | 0-2-0 | 47.6 | 1.5 | 49.1 | ||
| 90 | 128 | 127 | 0 | 127 | Idaho State | 0-2-0 | 36.1 | 12.7 | 48.8 | ||
| 100 | 130 | 128 | 0 | 128 | New Mexico State | 2-10-0 | WAC | 30.3 | 17.8 | 48.1 | |
| 120 | 130 | 129 | 0 | 129 | Coastal Carolina | 0-2-0 | 27.0 | 20.5 | 47.5 | ||
| 118 | 131 | 130 | 0 | 130 | Cal Poly | 0-2-0 | 30.5 | 16.7 | 47.1 | ||
| 110 | 132 | 131 | 0 | 131 | Wofford | 0-2-0 | 37.9 | 8.7 | 46.5 | ||
| 63 | 132 | 132 | 0 | 132 | Eastern Michigan | 0-12-0 | West | Mid-American | 36.3 | 9.9 | 46.3 |
| 127 | 133 | 133 | 0 | 133 | Southern Utah | 0-2-0 | 42.0 | 2.4 | 44.4 | ||
| 134 | 134 | 134 | 0 | 134 | Tennessee Tech | 0-2-0 | 29.7 | 13.2 | 42.8 | ||
| 110 | 136 | 135 | 0 | 135 | Alcorn State | 0-2-0 | 23.7 | 16.4 | 40.2 | ||
| 123 | 136 | 136 | 0 | 136 | Northwestern State | 0-2-0 | 30.9 | 8.4 | 39.3 | ||
| 127 | 137 | 137 | 0 | 137 | Nicholls State | 0-2-0 | 32.5 | 6.3 | 38.8 | ||
| 132 | 139 | 138 | 0 | 138 | Gardner-Webb | 0-2-0 | 27.2 | 7.4 | 34.6 | ||
| 132 | 139 | 139 | 0 | 139 | Texas Southern | 0-2-0 | 23.4 | 10.3 | 33.8 |