Team Rating Score Effect W- L --------------- ------ ------- ------ ----- Southern Cal 859.6 LOSS 17-21 9- 3 Division I FBS Michigan 858.6 LOSS 27-30 9- 3 Division I FBS Iowa 841.0 LOSS 16-40 8- 4 Division I FBS Minnesota 800.6 LOSS 6-24 7- 5 Division I FBS Penn State 793.3 LOSS 10-37 6- 6 Division I FBS >> Nebraska 796.4 << 7- 5 Division I FBS Cincinnati 796.5 WIN 20-17 ++ 7- 5 Division I FBS Northwestern 796.0 WIN 28-21 + 6- 6 Division I FBS UCLA 755.7 WIN 28-21 + 3- 9 Division I FBS Michigan St. 747.2 WIN 38-27 + 4- 8 Division I FBS Maryland 727.5 WIN 34-31 + 4- 8 Division I FBS Akron 646.5 WIN 68-0 - 5- 7 Division I FBS Houston Chr. 500.8 WIN 59-7 -- 2-10 Division I FCS
"Effect" ranges from "---", a game that caused a large decrease in the team rating, to "+++", a game that produced a large increase in rating.
Note that wins over very weak teams may actually hurt a team's rating (the opposite is true for losses to very good teams).