We use the Random Walkers to rank all 120 Football Bowl Subdivision teams, plus the extra made-up "team" representing their collective Football Championship Subdivision opponents. The "votes" in the Random Walker (RW) system are all essentially first-place votes, teams with more votes ranked more highly. The Random Walker with First & Last (RWFL) system is a combination of "first-place" and "last-place" votes. We have determined that our bias parameter p=0.75 has nice properties for RWFL (near the minimum crossing probability when compared against round-robin standings), so we use p=0.75 for both RW and RWFL and are happy that this is coincidentally the same primary value we have used in the past for the RW rankings.

2007-2008 Random Walker Rankings (p=0.75)
Games Through Monday January 7th
RW RWFL
RankTeam (Wins-Losses)% of Total Votes Team (Wins-Losses)%(First)-%(Last)
1LSU (12-2)2.2523LSU (12-2)1.9879
2Georgia (11-2)2.0263Georgia (11-2)1.7561
3Southern Cal (11-2)1.9431Missouri (12-2)1.6295
4Missouri (12-2)1.9416Southern Cal (11-2)1.6106
5West Virginia (11-2)1.8734West Virginia (11-2)1.5474
6Kansas (12-1)1.7959Kansas (12-1)1.4581
7Oklahoma (11-3)1.7413Oklahoma (11-3)1.3454
8Arizona St (10-3)1.5982Arizona St (10-3)1.2942
9Oregon (9-4)1.5970Tennessee (10-4)1.2543
10Tennessee (10-4)1.5950Oregon (9-4)1.2338
11Virginia Tech (11-3)1.5429Virginia Tech (11-3)1.2159
12Florida (9-4)1.4955Florida (9-4)1.1833
13Ohio State (11-2)1.4924Ohio State (11-2)1.1162
14Brigham Young (11-2)1.4796Brigham Young (11-2)1.1111
15Boston College (11-3)1.4234Boston College (11-3)1.0653
16Texas (10-3)1.4169Oregon St (9-4)1.0452
17Oregon St (9-4)1.4168Auburn (9-4)1.0387
18Auburn (9-4)1.4000Texas (10-3)1.0132
19Cincinnati (10-3)1.3487South Florida (9-4)0.9408
20South Florida (9-4)1.3448Cincinnati (10-3)0.9181
21Hawai`i (12-1)1.2731Hawai`i (12-1)0.8512
22Kentucky (8-5)1.2689Kentucky (8-5)0.8377
23Michigan (9-4)1.2053Clemson (9-4)0.7399
24Arkansas (8-5)1.2033Arkansas (8-5)0.7068
25Illinois (9-4)1.1710Mississippi St (8-5)0.7019
26Mississippi St (8-5)1.1555Illinois (9-4)0.6972
27Clemson (9-4)1.1477Michigan (9-4)0.6761
28Texas Tech (9-4)1.1173Wake Forest (9-4)0.6624
29Virginia (9-4)1.1065Virginia (9-4)0.6541
30California (7-6)1.0892Connecticut (9-4)0.5980
31UCLA (6-7)1.0872California (7-6)0.5775
32Wake Forest (9-4)1.0717Texas Tech (9-4)0.5764
33Connecticut (9-4)1.0609Utah (9-4)0.5597
34Utah (9-4)1.0582Penn State (9-4)0.5307
35South Carolina (6-6)1.0545South Carolina (6-6)0.5288
36Alabama (7-6)1.0347Alabama (7-6)0.5184
37Penn State (9-4)1.0000UCLA (6-7)0.5139
38Wisconsin (9-4)0.9956Wisconsin (9-4)0.4945
39Texas A&M (7-6)0.9600Texas A&M (7-6)0.4301
40Florida St (7-6)0.9367Florida St (7-6)0.4258
41Central Florida (10-4)0.9197Oklahoma St (7-6)0.4117
42Oklahoma St (7-6)0.9139Central Florida (10-4)0.4003
43Air Force (9-4)0.8956Air Force (9-4)0.3813
44Tulsa (10-4)0.8906Rutgers (8-5)0.3431
45Rutgers (8-5)0.8819Boise St (10-3)0.3388
46Boise St (10-3)0.8674Troy (8-4)0.3015
47Arizona (5-7)0.8653New Mexico (9-4)0.2775
48Colorado (6-7)0.8643Tulsa (10-4)0.2748
49New Mexico (9-4)0.8552Fresno St (9-4)0.2706
50Louisville (6-6)0.8526Arizona (5-7)0.2339
51Troy (8-4)0.8515Louisville (6-6)0.2129
52Fresno St (9-4)0.8093Georgia Tech (7-6)0.2105
53East Carolina (8-5)0.8020TCU (8-5)0.2032
54Michigan St (7-6)0.7930Michigan St (7-6)0.1928
55Maryland (6-7)0.7830Colorado (6-7)0.1791
56TCU (8-5)0.7791East Carolina (8-5)0.1622
57Georgia Tech (7-6)0.7715Maryland (6-7)0.1500
58Stanford (4-8)0.7672Nebraska (5-7)0.1450
59Nebraska (5-7)0.7607Purdue (8-5)0.1417
60Pittsburgh (5-7)0.7577Washington St (5-7)0.0949
61Washington St (5-7)0.7466Vanderbilt (5-7)0.0877
62Purdue (8-5)0.7296Florida Atlantic (8-5)0.0461
63Kansas St (5-7)0.7179Pittsburgh (5-7)-0.0029
64Vanderbilt (5-7)0.6983North Carolina St (5-7)-0.0115
65Florida Atlantic (8-5)0.6981Washington (4-9)-0.0291
66Washington (4-9)0.6934Stanford (4-8)-0.0300
67North Carolina St (5-7)0.6659Kansas St (5-7)-0.0519
68Navy (8-5)0.6566Indiana (7-6)-0.0615
69Miami FL (5-7)0.6366Miami FL (5-7)-0.1197
70Iowa (6-6)0.6197Navy (8-5)-0.1280
71Indiana (7-6)0.6188Houston (8-5)-0.1309
72Northwestern (6-6)0.5863Bowling Green (8-5)-0.2087
73Houston (8-5)0.5853Mississippi (3-9)-0.2346
74Louisiana-Monroe (6-6)0.5834Northwestern (6-6)-0.2449
75Wyoming (5-7)0.5816Wyoming (5-7)-0.2580
76Southern Miss (7-6)0.5698Ball St (7-6)-0.2581
77Mississippi (3-9)0.5664Iowa (6-6)-0.2654
78Bowling Green (8-5)0.5597Central Michigan (8-6)-0.3005
79Central Michigan (8-6)0.5547Southern Miss (7-6)-0.3037
80Iowa St (3-9)0.5478North Carolina (4-8)-0.3080
81Ball St (7-6)0.5354San Diego St (4-8)-0.3499
82Notre Dame (3-9)0.5339Louisiana-Monroe (6-6)-0.3899
83North Carolina (4-8)0.5226Notre Dame (3-9)-0.4118
84Western Kentucky (7-5)0.5046Louisiana Tech (5-7)-0.4308
85San Diego St (4-8)0.4940Nevada (6-7)-0.4682
86Middle Tennessee St (5-7)0.4937Memphis (7-6)-0.4684
87Louisiana Tech (5-7)0.4760Western Kentucky (7-5)-0.4759
88Memphis (7-6)0.4598San Jose St (5-7)-0.4997
89Western Michigan (5-7)0.4586Middle Tennessee St (5-7)-0.5220
90Miami OH (6-7)0.4560Baylor (3-9)-0.6009
91Baylor (3-9)0.4465Western Michigan (5-7)-0.6313
92San Jose St (5-7)0.4452Arkansas St (5-7)-0.6354
93Ohio U. (6-6)0.4442Miami OH (6-7)-0.6562
94Nevada (6-7)0.4415Ohio U. (6-6)-0.6981
95Syracuse (2-10)0.4346Toledo (5-7)-0.7011
96Arkansas St (5-7)0.4276Colorado St (3-9)-0.7056
97UTEP (4-8)0.4270Buffalo (5-7)-0.7428
98Toledo (5-7)0.4107Iowa St (3-9)-0.8054
99Colorado St (3-9)0.3992Syracuse (2-10)-0.8224
100Marshall (3-9)0.3963Army (3-9)-0.8828
101UNLV (2-10)0.3843Akron (4-8)-0.9161
102Tulane (4-8)0.3828Eastern Michigan (4-8)-0.9278
103Buffalo (5-7)0.3803Tulane (4-8)-0.9419
104Akron (4-8)0.3632New Mexico St (4-9)-0.9701
105Army (3-9)0.3532Marshall (3-9)-0.9802
106Eastern Michigan (4-8)0.3524UTEP (4-8)-0.9878
107New Mexico St (4-9)0.3514UNLV (2-10)-0.9957
108Duke (1-11)0.3455Temple (4-8)-1.0631
109Louisiana-Lafayette (3-9)0.3399Duke (1-11)-1.0957
110FCS teams (XXX-XXX)0.3255Louisiana-Lafayette (3-9)-1.2052
111Rice (3-9)0.3234Alabama-Birmingham (2-10)-1.2501
112Temple (4-8)0.3207Utah St (2-10)-1.3008
113Kent St (3-9)0.3189Rice (3-9)-1.3921
114North Texas (2-10)0.3186FCS teams (XXX-XXX)-1.4650
115Utah St (2-10)0.3098Minnesota (1-11)-1.5050
116Minnesota (1-11)0.3050Kent St (3-9)-1.5118
117Alabama-Birmingham (2-10)0.3011Florida Int'l (1-11)-1.6862
118Florida Int'l (1-11)0.2873North Texas (2-10)-1.8350
119Idaho (1-11)0.2605Northern Illinois (2-10)-2.0080
120SMU (1-11)0.2305Idaho (1-11)-2.0944
121Northern Illinois (2-10)0.2178SMU (1-11)-2.1278


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