2006
Program Rankings |
1 to 10
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26-39 |
40-59
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80-99
Conf. Team Rankings
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Conf. Category Rankings |
Attendance
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Bad Losses
Conference
Winning % |
Total Wins
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Draft |
APR |
Elite Wins
|
Quality Wins
Quick
Explanation of Scores
- Attendance:
Home attendance average over the last three years divided by
10,000. Avg. Score: 4.35
- APR: The most recently released Academic Performance
Rate. Avg. Score: 5.45
- Quality Wins: Wins over D-I teams that finished with
a winning record. Avg. Score: 5.45
- Total Wins: Wins over D-I teams. Avg. Score:
17.02
- Players Drafted: Number of players drafted
divided by two. Avg. Score: 2.95
- Conference Win %: Conference winning percentage
times 10. Avg. Score: 4.97
- Elite Wins: Wins over D-I teams that finished with
two losses or fewer, or on the road over teams that finished
with three losses or fewer. Add an additional 0.5 for an Elite Win
over a two-loss team
on the road. Avg. Score: 0.82
- Bad Losses: Losses to teams that finished with
four wins or fewer, or any loss to a non-D-I team. Subtract
each loss from the overall total. Subtract an additional 0.5
for each bad loss at home. Avg. Score: 1.2
100. Arizona
Score:
17.97
2005 Ranking: 91
2004 Ranking: 88
2003 Ranking: 68
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
4.88 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
1.5 |
2.08 |
17.97 |
Program Analysis:
Mike Stoops has yet
to set the world on fire as he needs a big season to stop the program's
slide further into the abyss. Arizona hasn't had a winning season since
1998 when it went 12-1, and it needs to start winning more Pac 10 games
to get out of the 100s. The APR score shouldn't be so low. the Bad Loss
came at home last season to Washington a week after blowing out unbeaten
UCLA 52-14.
101 Illinois
Score:
17.83
2005 Ranking: 84
2004 Ranking: 64
2003 Ranking:
52
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
4.91 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0.42 |
17.83 |
Program Analysis:
That sound you heard was Illinois crashing. Simply put, Ron Zook has to
get more wins out of this team. After winning the Big Ten title in 2001,
the Illini have won an appalling four D-I games over the last three
seasons. Considering Memorial Stadium holds almost 70,000 people, the
Attendance Score is embarrassingly low. The APR could stand to be better
considering the school's solid academic standing.
102. UL Lafayette
Score:
17.77
2005 Ranking: 105
2004 Ranking: 100
2003 Ranking:
114
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.77 |
2 |
3 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
5.50 |
17.77 |
Program Analysis: The
Ragin' Cajuns made a little bit of a rise after their first winning
season since 1995, and now it should make a huge leap as it enters 2006
as one of the Sun Belt's best teams. Expect the conference winning
percentage to go up next year, and for ULL to make its first move out of
the 100s.
103. Indiana
Score:
17.68
2005 Ranking: 103
2004 Ranking: 93
2003 Ranking:
89
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
3.43 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1.25 |
17.68 |
Program Analysis:
Terry Hoeppner believes he can make Indiana football relevant, but it'll
be next to impossible to bust off the two-year rut at No. 103 without
more conference wins. More fans in the stands would help, but getting
wins over any and all mediocre teams the Hoosiers play will be a must to
get up into the 90s. The lack of wins go hand in hand with the mere two
players drafted from 2003 to 2005.
104. Vanderbilt
Score:
17.18
2005 Ranking: 107 2004 Ranking: 106
2003 Ranking: 94
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
3.09 |
8 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
3.5 |
2.08 |
17.18 |
Program Analysis:
The Commodores have
won nine games over the last three seasons, but only six came against
D-I teams. Last year's shocking 5-6 season helped a little bit, but it
wasn't nearly enough to move the overall score up much. The Conference
Score will always be awful unless something shocking happens to the rest
of the SEC, but the APR will always be strong.
105. Army
Score:
17.09
2005 Ranking: 115
2004 Ranking: 109
2003 Ranking: 105
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
3.12 |
9 |
0 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
3.5 |
1.47 |
17.09 |
Program Analysis:
Slowly, Bobby Ross has his Black Knights moving up. The 0-13 2003 season
won't count next year meaning the Conference Score will instantly
improve by leaps and bounds in 2007. There won't ever be a Draft Score,
but the APR helps things out in a big way.
106. Western Michigan
Score:
17.04
2005 Ranking: 100
2004 Ranking: 80
2003 Ranking:
67
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.79 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
3.75 |
17.04 |
Program Analysis:
Head coach Bill Cubit made an immediate impact on the Broncos with a 7-4
season following up a 1-10 2004. It'll be a bit tougher this year to
improve without top receiver targets Greg Jennings and Tony Scheffler,
but the program is definitely on the rise. The Attendance and APR scores
have to improve or there will be a hard ceiling on how high WMU can go.
107. Ohio
Score:
16.16
2005 Ranking: 109
2004 Ranking: 110
2003 Ranking:
88
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.66 |
6 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2.50 |
16.16 |
Program Analysis:
Frank Solich's first season wasn't bad, but it wasn't an improvement on
the 2004 campaign. After hovering well into the 100s over the last few
years, things could change in a big hurry next season when the awful
2-10 2003 campaign, and the two Bad Losses to Iowa State and Buffalo,
won't count. The Bobcats have to start winning more MAC games.
108. MTSU
Score:
15.84
2005 Ranking: 104
2004 Ranking: 92
2003 Ranking:
83
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.30 |
1 |
1 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
5.5 |
4.55 |
15.84 |
Program Analysis: The
Blue Raiders haven't been truly awful over the last few years, but they
weren't good enough to keep former head coach Andy McCollum on the job.
Rick Stockstill has to get the program to start winning more Sun Belt
games, and he has to show his players where the classrooms are after a
horrible APR. Four points of the Bad Loss score came from 2003 and won't
count next year.
109. East Carolina
Score:
15.14
2005 Ranking: 95
2004 Ranking: 78
2003 Ranking: 58
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
3.22 |
3 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
2.5 |
2.92 |
15.14 |
Program Analysis:
Skip Holtz stopped the halt in his first year on the job, and now he
needs a great season to make a huge jump next year when the 1-11 2003
season won't count. The APR could stand to be better, but the conference
winning percentage will go nowhere but up. A few Quality Wins,
especially in Conference USA play, would do wonders for the overall
score.
110. Kent State
Score:
14.84
2005 Ranking: 94
2004 Ranking: 94
2003 Ranking: 107
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.00 |
4 |
0 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
2.5 |
3.33 |
14.84 |
Program Analysis: A
horrendous 1-10 season without a win over a D-I team caused a major
fall, and things will only get worse unless the team wins at least five
games this year. The offense only scored 40 points over the final five
games against teams like Buffalo and Western Michigan; that can't happen
again or the conference win percentage will go into the tank.
111. Eastern Michigan
Score:
14.28
2005 Ranking: 111
2004 Ranking: 116
2003 Ranking: 117
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.03 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
5.5 |
3.75 |
14.28 |
Program Analysis: It
hasn't exactly been a meteoric rise, but EMU will take a second straight
111th spot after finishing dead last in the Program Rankings in 2003.
Two straight four win seasons have helped, but there need to be more MAC
wins. The APR might stink, but there weren't any Bad Losses last
season.
112. UL Monroe
Score:
13.85
2005 Ranking: 116
2004 Ranking: 113
2003 Ranking: 113
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.35 |
4 |
1 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
5.00 |
13.85 |
Program Analysis: The
Indians, now the Warhawks, should quickly up from the land of the dregs
as long as 2006 isn't a total disaster. The 2003 1-11 season, which
contributed a whopping seven points to the Bad Loss score, gets taken
off the books meaning ULM has the potential to quickly rise up into the
90s with a second straight decent year.
113. Utah State
Score:
13.84
2005 Ranking: 102
2004 Ranking: 97
2003 Ranking: 95
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.51 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3.33 |
13.84 |
Program Analysis: If
nothing else, the Aggies have been consistent with three wins in each of
the last three seasons. Now there must be more WAC wins, especially over
the lousy teams like last year's 2-9 Idaho squad. On the plus side, 2003
Bad Losses to New Mexico State and Idaho go away next year.
114. Idaho
Score:
12.64
2005 Ranking: 114
2004 Ranking: 114
2003 Ranking:
106
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.46 |
6 |
1 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
6.5 |
3.18 |
12.64 |
Program Analysis:
Dennis Erickson can't do much worse than his predecessors. The Vandals'
biggest issue was with Bad Losses thanks to defeats at UNLV, Washington
and San Jose State last year killing the team's overall score. On the
plus side, an awful 2-9 2003 season, with 2.5 of the Bad Loss score
coming in losses to Eastern Washington and Montana, getting wiped away.
115. New Mexico State
Score:
11.25
2005 Ranking: 87
2004 Ranking: 86
2003 Ranking: 80
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.56 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
1.5 |
6.5 |
3.18 |
11.25 |
Program Analysis: An
0-12 season is going to drop you like a rock. A decent 5-6 season in
2004 saved the Aggies from falling further, but Hal Mumme had better
come up with some victories in a big hurry or things will get uglier.
The biggest problem were the Bad Losses with four points of the score
coming last year with home losses to Utah State and Idaho stinging the
most.
116. Florida International
Score:
7.83
2005 Ranking: NA
2004 Ranking: NA
2003 Ranking:
NA
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.55 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3.53 |
7.08 |
Program Analysis: FIU
only gets two years of stats on the board, but was helped immensely by
its solid early performances in Sun Belt play and a not-that-bad APR
score. The Bad Losses, primarily defeats to D-IAA teams McNeese State,
Georgia Southern and Western Kentucky in 2004, kept the program from
getting out of the bottom five.
117. San Jose State
Score:
6.22
2005 Ranking: 110
2004 Ranking: 98
2003 Ranking: 90
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.14 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
2.08 |
6.22 |
Program Analysis:
Dick Tomey appears to have things looking a bit better in his second
year after closing out the 2003 season with two wins. Getting people to
show up at Spartan Stadium will be an issue until the team puts more
wins on the board. The APR Score shows how far the program has to go in
the classroom, as well.
118. Temple
Score:
4.55
2005 Ranking: 113
2004 Ranking: 96
2003 Ranking:
102
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.78 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2.5 |
0.77 |
4.55 |
Program Analysis:
Saved by the Draft Score after sending Rian Wallace to the NFL in 2005
and Dan Klecko and Dave Yovanovits in 2003, Temple narrowly avoided the
basement. The abysmal APR didn't do anything to help the pitiful win
total beating Syracuse in 2004 and MTSU in 2003 (along with D-IAAs
Florida A&M). It might take a major effort to avoid the 119th spot next
year.
119. Buffalo
Score:
4.18
2005 Ranking: 117 (out of 117)
2004 Ranking: 117
2003 Ranking: 116
|
Attendance Score |
APR Score |
Draft |
Wins |
Quality Wins |
Elite Wins |
Bad Losses |
Conf. |
TOTAL |
|
1.02 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
3.5 |
1.67 |
4.18 |
Program Analysis:
For the third
straight year, Buffalo is at the bottom of the list. Four wins in three
seasons makes it hard to move out of the cellar, but it's not just on
the field that UB has a problem with the horrible APR score. New head
coach Turner Gill has to get his players into the classroom, but the
score will only go up with a few wins.