Final Score: 28.98. And it's not even close. Only three teams had seven wins over teams that finished with winning records; Florida had nine, and almost had 10 with Hawaii finishing at .500 after a bowl loss.

Final Score: 28.98. And it's not even close. Only three teams had seven wins over teams that finished with winning records; Florida had nine, and almost had 10 with Hawaii finishing at .500 after a bowl loss. The point differential score was No. 1 by a long shot, with Oklahoma finishing with a 3.73 score and Florida at 4.3. The great schedule, with the wins over all the good teams, doesn't even include Tennessee or Arkansas in the final score. This was the best team in the country that had the best season by a huge margin.

Final Score: 25.59. The Sooners managed to finish No. 2 because of its offense, that set the record for a season with 716 points, to be the difference by a razor-thin margin over Texas. Don't discount all the great wins over terrific TCU and Cincinnati teams, to go along with the wins over Texas Tech, Missouri and Nebraska.

Final Score: 25.59. The Sooners managed to finish No. 2 because of its offense, that set the record for a season with 716 points, to be the difference by a razor-thin margin over Texas. Don't discount all the great wins over terrific TCU and Cincinnati teams, to go along with the wins over Texas Tech, Missouri and Nebraska. Remember, at least theoretically, a team could still be No. 2 after losing the championship game.

Final Score: 25.24. It might not seem fair, but since these rankings are based on the seasons the teams had, and with Oklahoma winning the Big 12 title, Texas barely finishes in the No. 3 spot.

Final Score: 25.24. It might not seem fair, but since these rankings are based on the seasons the teams had, and with Oklahoma winning the Big 12 title, Texas barely finishes in the No. 3 spot. While the seven wins over bowl teams was impressive, also worthy of note are the Bad Wins ... there aren't any. The least impressive win on the board was against UTEP; that's not all that bad.

Final Score: 23.56. In the end, the Utes weren't even close to the top three, finishing well behind Texas in the final standings. The four Bad Wins, having one less Quality Win, and the Point Differential Score, the third lowest of anyone in the top ten and the third lowest in the top six, proved costly.

Final Score: 23.56. In the end, the Utes weren't even close to the top three, finishing well behind Texas in the final standings. The four Bad Wins, having one less Quality Win, and the Point Differential Score, the third lowest of anyone in the top ten and the third lowest in the top six, proved costly. Even so, there was a win over an Oregon State team that beat USC, and it's hard to argue against an unbeaten season with wins over TCU and Alabama.

Final Score: 23.13. The Trojans finished outside of the top four because they had only one Elite Win: Penn State. Otherwise, they were this close to getting past Utah but weren't even close to being in the top three, because there weren't enough wins over top teams.

Final Score: 23.13. The Trojans finished outside of the top four because they had only one Elite Win: Penn State. Otherwise, they were this close to getting past Utah but weren't even close to being in the top three, because there weren't enough wins over top teams. Playing in a conference with half the teams coming up with clunker seasons didn't help considering all the bowl teams Florida ended up facing.

Final Score: 21.42. The Broncos should probably be lower considering they lost to TCU by one in the Poinsettia Bowl, but they beat five bowl teams and came up with a great win at Oregon that put them just outside of top five.

Final Score: 21.42. The Broncos should probably be lower considering they lost to TCU by one in the Poinsettia Bowl, but they beat five bowl teams and came up with a great win at Oregon that put them just outside of top five. The Point Differential Score was tremendous thanks to a scoring defense that was the third best in America. Outside of a late rally from Nevada and the 37-32 win over the Ducks, no one else came close to beating Chris Petersen's club until the bowl game.

Final Score: 20.08. Remember, 'Bama was supposed to be good, and then next year, possibly 2010, was when it was supposed to be BCS Championship-caliber good. Of course, closing out with losses to Florida and Utah ended things with a thud, but this was still a breakthrough season with a dominant win at Georgia and nice wins over Clemson and Ole Miss.

Final Score: 20.08. Remember, 'Bama was supposed to be good, and then next year, possibly 2010, was when it was supposed to be BCS Championship-caliber good. Of course, closing out with losses to Florida and Utah ended things with a thud, but this was still a breakthrough season with a dominant win at Georgia and nice wins over Clemson and Ole Miss. However, there weren't all that many great wins considering most of the SEC was so mediocre, and the non-conference season, outside of the opener against Clemson, was hardly challenging.

Final Score: 19.50. One of the nation's most dominating defenses was the difference in a fantastic year. There was a 35-10 loss to Oklahoma, but the pass rush did a better job than anyone else of getting to Sam Bradford, and the 35 points allowed tied Texas for the fewest given up to the Sooners before the BCS Championship.

Final Score: 19.50. One of the nation's most dominating defenses was the difference in a fantastic year. There was a 35-10 loss to Oklahoma, but the pass rush did a better job than anyone else of getting to Sam Bradford, and the 35 points allowed tied Texas for the fewest given up to the Sooners before the BCS Championship. The other loss was at Utah, helped by a few missed kicks. There was a stretch of six games when TCU allowed seven points in five of the games (the OU loss was the other), including a 32-7 trashing of BYU. The 17-16 win over Boise State in the Poinsettia Bowl put a great cap on another great season for Gary Patterson's underappreciated program.

Final Score: 19.42. All the points and the slew of decent Big 12 wins, along with the season-changing victory over Texas, kept the Red Raiders in the top 10 despite the Cotton Bowl loss to Ole Miss.

Final Score: 19.42. All the points and the slew of decent Big 12 wins, along with the season-changing victory over Texas, kept the Red Raiders in the top 10 despite the Cotton Bowl loss to Ole Miss. It's Texas Tech, so there were plenty of non-conference cream-puffs (Eastern Washington, SMU and UMass), but there was a good win over Nevada. In conference play, Tech was able to get by Nebraska and Kansas from the North and throttled Oklahoma State from the South.

Final Score: 19.29. While this might seem sort of low for a team that was an Iowa field goal away from playing for the national title, Penn State only had one really impressive win, Ohio State, and two good wins over Oregon State and Michigan State, and there were several wins over lousy teams.

Final Score: 19.29. While this might seem sort of low for a team that was an Iowa field goal away from playing for the national title, Penn State only had one really impressive win, Ohio State, and two good wins over Oregon State and Michigan State, and there were several wins over lousy teams. Fattening up on Coastal Carolina, Syracuse, Michigan and Indiana helped the cause.

Final Score: 17.96. The Hokies were 103rd in the nation in total offense and the special teams were mediocre, for Virginia Tech, but the defense was fantastic throughout, including an ACC title win over Boston College and a Orange Bowl win over Cincinnati.

Final Score: 17.96. The Hokies were 103rd in the nation in total offense and the special teams were mediocre, for Virginia Tech, but the defense was fantastic throughout, including an ACC title win over Boston College and a Orange Bowl win over Cincinnati. It took a blocked punt for East Carolina to beat the Hokies in the opener, but they bounced back and beat Nebraska in Lincoln, Georgia Tech and North Carolina as part of the six wins over teams that ended up in bowls.

Final Score: 17.80. Dog the Buckeyes all you want for their big game failures, but over the last three years they've only lost to teams that ended up in the BCS. This year, there was a Beanie-less loss at USC, a 13-6 war against Penn State and the last-second classic to Texas in the Fiesta.

Final Score: 17.80. Dog the Buckeyes all you want for their big game failures, but over the last three years they've only lost to teams that ended up in the BCS. This year, there was a Beanie-less loss at USC, a 13-6 war against Penn State and the last-second classic to Texas in the Fiesta. Those three teams probably would've swept about 110 other teams in the nation. There was a blowout win over Michigan State and a nice comeback to beat Wisconsin, but there simply wasn't anything that impressive to hang the hat on.

Final Score: 17.42. This might seem ridiculously high, but Pitt beat seven teams that finished with winning records. Only Florida beat more, and only Oklahoma and Texas had as many. There might have been a loss to Bowling Green and a blowout against Rutgers, but the Panthers managed to beat Buffalo, the eventual MAC champion, Iowa, South Florida and West Virginia.

Final Score: 17.42. This might seem ridiculously high, but Pitt beat seven teams that finished with winning records. Only Florida beat more, and only Oklahoma and Texas had as many. There might have been a loss to Bowling Green and a blowout against Rutgers, but the Panthers managed to beat Buffalo, the eventual MAC champion, Iowa, South Florida and West Virginia. In all, Pitt beat five bowl winners.

Final Score: 16.92. The preseason No. 1 team wasn't all that impressive early, and Alabama came to Athens and blew the doors off the Dawgs. A blowout loss to Florida and a stunning inability to stop Georgia Tech soured the season overall, but 10-3 with a New Year's Day win over Michigan State is still impressive.

Final Score: 16.92. The preseason No. 1 team wasn't all that impressive early, and Alabama came to Athens and blew the doors off the Dawgs. A blowout loss to Florida and a stunning inability to stop Georgia Tech soured the season overall, but 10-3 with a New Year's Day win over Michigan State is still impressive. However, the best win this year was against the Spartans, and the second best was against a mediocre LSU. 'Dawg fans wanted more.

Final Score: 16.89. Former head coach Ed Orgeron set 'em up, and Houston Nutt came in and knocked 'em down. The Rebels lost to Wake Forest and Vanderbilt early on, and then, from out of nowhere, beat Florida only to lose to South Carolina and Alabama right after for a 3-4 start.

Final Score: 16.89. Former head coach Ed Orgeron set 'em up, and Houston Nutt came in and knocked 'em down. The Rebels lost to Wake Forest and Vanderbilt early on, and then, from out of nowhere, beat Florida only to lose to South Carolina and Alabama right after for a 3-4 start. And then the defense took over, the offense did just enough to get by, and the Rebels won their final six games, including blowouts over LSU and Mississippi State, before beating Texas Tech in the Cotton Bowl.

CFN Score: 16.81. This was a successful season by almost any standard, but for a program hoping to get into the BCS and play for the national title, it was a bit of a disappointment with losses to Oklahoma State and Texas mid-season and a loss to rival Kansas before getting blown out in the Big 12 Championship by Oklahoma.

CFN Score: 16.81. This was a successful season by almost any standard, but for a program hoping to get into the BCS and play for the national title, it was a bit of a disappointment with losses to Oklahoma State and Texas mid-season and a loss to rival Kansas before getting blown out in the Big 12 Championship by Oklahoma. There was a nice win over Nebraska, but that was it for the résumé, unless you count the lousy performance in the overtime Alamo Bowl win over Northwestern.

Final Score: 16.49. If it weren't for a turnover-filled meltdown in the Conference USA title game loss to East Carolina, Tulsa would've finished just outside of the top ten. The Golden Hurricane led the nation in total offense and blew away Ball State in the GMAC Bowl.

Final Score: 16.49. If it weren't for a turnover-filled meltdown in the Conference USA title game loss to East Carolina, Tulsa would've finished just outside of the top ten. The Golden Hurricane led the nation in total offense and blew away Ball State in the GMAC Bowl. Two of the losses (Arkansas and East Carolina) were close, but there was the 70-30 clunker against Houston that soured the mid-season. However, the score is this high because of the offensive numbers. The two best wins were over Ball State and Rice and there was only one game against a BCS conference team.

Final Score: 16.38. The all-timer of a season ended in total disaster. The 12-0 Cardinals marched up and down the field in the MAC title game against Buffalo, but they couldn't stop giving the ball away.

Final Score: 16.38. The all-timer of a season ended in total disaster. The 12-0 Cardinals marched up and down the field in the MAC title game against Buffalo, but they couldn't stop giving the ball away. Head coach Brady Hoke announced he was taking the San Diego State job, hardly a big-time move, and the team didn't show up in a lifeless 45-13 loss to Tulsa in the rain-soaked GMAC Bowl. However, because of all the wins and the great year from the offense, this was still a great season with victories over Navy, Indiana and Central Michigan.

CFN Score: 16.19. No one really paid attention to the Hawkeyes until it was too late. An early three-game losing streak took the team off the radar, but it won six of its final seven games with a win over Penn State that kept JoePa out of the national championship game.

CFN Score: 16.19. No one really paid attention to the Hawkeyes until it was too late. An early three-game losing streak took the team off the radar, but it won six of its final seven games with a win over Penn State that kept JoePa out of the national championship game. Shonn Greene led the way in dominant victories over Minnesota and South Carolina, winning by a combined score of 82 to 10 to close things out.

CFN Score: 16.16. While the 'Noles might not be back to their lofty, elite status, they turned in a great season with a young offense that looks like it could be something special and a defense that was camped out in everyone's backfield.

CFN Score: 16.16. While the 'Noles might not be back to their lofty, elite status, they turned in a great season with a young offense that looks like it could be something special and a defense that was camped out in everyone's backfield. Yes, two of the wins were over FCS teams, but six of the other wins were against bowl teams, including a decisive 30-20 win over Virginia Tech. FSU crushed Wisconsin in the Champs Sports Bowl.

Final Score: 16.09. In one of the greatest seasons in UC football history, there was a loss to Oklahoma, a bizarre 40-16 thumping from Connecticut and the Orange Bowl loss to Virginia Tech.

Final Score: 16.09. In one of the greatest seasons in UC football history, there was a loss to Oklahoma, a bizarre 40-16 thumping from Connecticut and the Orange Bowl loss to Virginia Tech. While the bowl loss might have ended things on a bitter note, considering the injury problems at quarterback and the lack of a running game, 11-3 is impressive.

Final Score: 15.72. Paul Johnson's first season was everything Yellow Jacket fans could've asked for, and more. The defense was terrific over the first half of the season, and then the offense took over in the second half, highlighted by wins over Florida State, Miami and Georgia before the 38-3 clunker to LSU in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.

Final Score: 15.72. Paul Johnson's first season was everything Yellow Jacket fans could've asked for, and more. The defense was terrific over the first half of the season, and then the offense took over in the second half, highlighted by wins over Florida State, Miami and Georgia before the 38-3 clunker to LSU in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. Seven games were decided by seven points or fewer.

Final Score: 15.41. You beat USC, you get ranked high. The Beavers played three BCS teams (Penn State, USC and Utah) and gave the Utes all they could handle in the loss. They kept on winning, tearing off a run of six straight wins before Jacquizz Rodgers got hurt and the run defense couldn't hold up against Oregon.

Final Score: 15.41. You beat USC, you get ranked high. The Beavers played three BCS teams (Penn State, USC and Utah) and gave the Utes all they could handle in the loss. They kept on winning, tearing off a run of six straight wins before Jacquizz Rodgers got hurt and the run defense couldn't hold up against Oregon. The 3-0 win over Pitt in the Sun Bowl might not have been pretty, but it was a win.

Final Score: 15.30. This was a far better season than it's being given credit for. The Ducks couldn't find a healthy quarterback early on, and it showed, needing two overtimes against Purdue and losing to Boise State.

Final Score: 15.30. This was a far better season than it's being given credit for. The Ducks couldn't find a healthy quarterback early on, and it showed, needing two overtimes against Purdue and losing to Boise State. But things started to get rolling as the season went on, and then the running attack became devastating, rumbling over Oregon State to ruin the Beavers' Rose Bowl dream and blowing through Oklahoma State in the Holiday Bowl.

Final Score: 15.28. If there just could've been any semblance of a consistent offense, BC would've been incredible. The defense was outstanding, leading the ACC in several categories, but Chris Crane couldn't fill in for Matt Ryan, and then he got hurt and the offense sputtered even more.

Final Score: 15.28. If there just could've been any semblance of a consistent offense, BC would've been incredible. The defense was outstanding, leading the ACC in several categories, but Chris Crane couldn't fill in for Matt Ryan, and then he got hurt and the offense sputtered even more. From losing a second straight ACC title game to Virginia Tech, to losing to a mediocre Vanderbilt team 16-14 in the Music City Bowl, to losing the head coach to an interview, things haven't been good since the end of November.