The McComas Power Index for 2001 NCAA Football. These ratings were lasted updated on June 16, 2011, 5:56 p.m.
| Rank | Team | W | L | T | MPI | Sched (Rk) | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.9554 | 0.5719 (16) | Big East |
| 2 | Nebraska | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.8573 | 0.5807 (12) | Big 12 |
| 3 | Oregon | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.8394 | 0.5412 (32) | Pac 10 |
| 4 | Florida | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.8254 | 0.5652 (19) | SEC |
| 5 | Oklahoma | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.8137 | 0.5232 (49) | Big 12 |
| 6 | Colorado | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0.8113 | 0.6069 (5) | Big 12 |
| 7 | Marshall | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.7881 | 0.4330 (98) | MAC |
| 8 | Texas | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.7839 | 0.5496 (29) | Big 12 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.7801 | 0.6003 (7) | SEC |
| 10 | Illinois | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.7734 | 0.5407 (33) | Big Ten |
| 11 | Louisville | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0.7709 | 0.4546 (87) | CUSA |
| 12 | Syracuse | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0.7701 | 0.5642 (21) | Big East |
| 13 | Brigham Young | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0.7688 | 0.4422 (93) | MWC |
| 14 | Maryland | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.7676 | 0.5179 (54) | ACC |
| 15 | Washington State | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.7622 | 0.4772 (77) | Pac 10 |
| 16 | Louisiana State | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0.7490 | 0.5769 (13) | SEC |
| 17 | Toledo | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0.7454 | 0.4217 (103) | MAC |
| 18 | Fresno State | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0.7267 | 0.4924 (69) | WAC |
| 19 | South Carolina | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.7068 | 0.5125 (58) | SEC |
| 20 | Michigan | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6983 | 0.5888 (9) | Big Ten |
| 21 | Stanford | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.6880 | 0.5467 (30) | Pac 10 |
| 22 | Hawaii | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.6778 | 0.4248 (102) | WAC |
| 23 | Florida State | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6699 | 0.6097 (3) | ACC |
| 24 | Washington | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6615 | 0.5643 (20) | Pac 10 |
| 25 | Boston College | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6531 | 0.4964 (68) | Big East |
| 26 | Bowling Green State | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.6525 | 0.4675 (80) | MAC |
| 27 | Texas A&M | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6383 | 0.5103 (60) | Big 12 |
| 28 | North Carolina | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0.6359 | 0.5808 (11) | ACC |
| 29 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6329 | 0.5149 (57) | Big East |
| 30 | UCLA | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.6305 | 0.5567 (26) | Pac 10 |
| 31 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0.6300 | 0.5102 (61) | ACC |
| 32 | South Florida | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.6282 | 0.3062 (117) | Independent |
| 33 | Georgia | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6182 | 0.5233 (48) | SEC |
| 34 | Boise State | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6133 | 0.4544 (88) | WAC |
| 35 | Utah | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.6066 | 0.5174 (55) | MWC |
| 36 | Middle Tennessee State | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.5965 | 0.3667 (114) | Sun Belt |
| 37 | Arkansas | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5932 | 0.5630 (22) | SEC |
| 38 | Ohio State | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5886 | 0.5376 (38) | Big Ten |
| 39 | Alabama | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5878 | 0.5519 (28) | SEC |
| 40 | Clemson | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5874 | 0.5207 (50) | ACC |
| 41 | Auburn | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5765 | 0.5882 (10) | SEC |
| 42 | Michigan State | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5753 | 0.5110 (59) | Big Ten |
| 43 | Iowa | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5739 | 0.5379 (37) | Big Ten |
| 44 | Miami (Ohio) | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5705 | 0.5234 (47) | MAC |
| 45 | Iowa State | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5628 | 0.4848 (72) | Big 12 |
| 46 | Texas Tech | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5626 | 0.5259 (43) | Big 12 |
| 47 | Mississippi | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.5590 | 0.4426 (92) | SEC |
| 48 | Troy | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.5555 | 0.3806 (112) | Independent |
| 49 | North Carolina State | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5540 | 0.5090 (64) | ACC |
| 50 | Colorado State | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5533 | 0.5293 (40) | MWC |
| 51 | Rice | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.5497 | 0.4064 (108) | WAC |
| 52 | Cincinnati | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5481 | 0.4394 (96) | CUSA |
| 53 | Wake Forest | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.5428 | 0.5095 (62) | ACC |
| 54 | Purdue | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.5394 | 0.5630 (23) | Big Ten |
| 55 | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5372 | 0.4516 (89) | WAC |
| 56 | Texas Christian | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.5362 | 0.4460 (91) | CUSA |
| 57 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.5361 | 0.5094 (63) | Big East |
| 58 | East Carolina | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.5348 | 0.5188 (53) | CUSA |
| 59 | Kansas State | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.5326 | 0.6141 (2) | Big 12 |
| 60 | New Mexico | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.5319 | 0.4484 (90) | MWC |
| 61 | Kent | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.5317 | 0.4360 (97) | MAC |
| 62 | Penn State | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.5273 | 0.5982 (8) | Big Ten |
| 63 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.5239 | 0.4998 (66) | MAC |
| 64 | Southern Mississippi | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.5232 | 0.4638 (83) | CUSA |
| 65 | Southern California | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.4997 | 0.5254 (44) | Pac 10 |
| 66 | Central Florida | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.4925 | 0.4267 (99) | Independent |
| 67 | Indiana | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4765 | 0.5386 (36) | Big Ten |
| 68 | Wisconsin | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.4732 | 0.5663 (17) | Big Ten |
| 69 | Alabama-Birmingham | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.4725 | 0.4130 (105) | CUSA |
| 70 | Oregon State | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4624 | 0.5168 (56) | Pac 10 |
| 71 | Air Force | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.4583 | 0.4418 (94) | MWC |
| 72 | Virginia | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.4483 | 0.5237 (46) | ACC |
| 73 | Notre Dame | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4474 | 0.5719 (15) | Independent |
| 74 | Ball State | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4462 | 0.4026 (109) | MAC |
| 75 | Western Michigan | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4347 | 0.4774 (75) | MAC |
| 76 | Memphis | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4331 | 0.4632 (84) | CUSA |
| 77 | Minnesota | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.4322 | 0.5190 (52) | Big Ten |
| 78 | Arizona | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0.4296 | 0.4976 (67) | Pac 10 |
| 79 | New Mexico State | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.4278 | 0.4251 (101) | Sun Belt |
| 80 | Missouri | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.4266 | 0.5428 (31) | Big 12 |
| 81 | Oklahoma State | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.4223 | 0.5550 (27) | Big 12 |
| 82 | Utah State | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.4127 | 0.4864 (71) | Independent |
| 83 | Nevada-Las Vegas | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.3956 | 0.4736 (78) | MWC |
| 84 | Arizona State | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.3796 | 0.5407 (34) | Pac 10 |
| 85 | Akron | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.3744 | 0.4835 (74) | MAC |
| 86 | North Texas | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.3728 | 0.4645 (82) | Sun Belt |
| 87 | Northwestern | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.3702 | 0.5261 (42) | Big Ten |
| 88 | Southern Methodist | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.3664 | 0.4773 (76) | WAC |
| 89 | Temple | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0.3579 | 0.5337 (39) | Big East |
| 90 | Mississippi State | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.3413 | 0.6089 (4) | SEC |
| 91 | Kansas | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.3267 | 0.5727 (14) | Big 12 |
| 92 | West Virginia | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.3238 | 0.5583 (24) | Big East |
| 93 | Baylor | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.3215 | 0.5388 (35) | Big 12 |
| 94 | San Diego State | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.3138 | 0.4574 (86) | MWC |
| 95 | Tulane | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.3078 | 0.4868 (70) | CUSA |
| 96 | Central Michigan | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.3051 | 0.4407 (95) | MAC |
| 97 | San Jose State | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.2886 | 0.5046 (65) | WAC |
| 98 | Nevada | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.2647 | 0.5279 (41) | WAC |
| 99 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.2598 | 0.5202 (51) | SEC |
| 100 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.2473 | 0.3515 (115) | Sun Belt |
| 101 | Buffalo | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.2356 | 0.3949 (110) | MAC |
| 102 | Army | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0.2342 | 0.4107 (107) | CUSA |
| 103 | Connecticut | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.2203 | 0.3947 (111) | Independent |
| 104 | Kentucky | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.2190 | 0.6052 (6) | SEC |
| 105 | Texas-El Paso | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.2057 | 0.4265 (100) | WAC |
| 106 | Arkansas State | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.2035 | 0.3256 (116) | Sun Belt |
| 107 | California | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.2032 | 0.6201 (1) | Pac 10 |
| 108 | Wyoming | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.1945 | 0.4664 (81) | MWC |
| 109 | Ohio | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.1833 | 0.5244 (45) | MAC |
| 110 | Rutgers | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.1816 | 0.4626 (85) | Big East |
| 111 | Eastern Michigan | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.1777 | 0.3798 (113) | MAC |
| 112 | Louisiana-Monroe | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.1709 | 0.4125 (106) | Sun Belt |
| 113 | Tulsa | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.1496 | 0.4846 (73) | WAC |
| 114 | Idaho | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0.1435 | 0.4190 (104) | Sun Belt |
| 115 | Houston | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.1380 | 0.5657 (18) | CUSA |
| 116 | Duke | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0.1284 | 0.5582 (25) | ACC |
| 117 | Navy | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0756 | 0.4678 (79) | Independent |