As a reference, I’m posting the closest to final rankings I have for the early years. When the GCR started, I only ranked the FBS teams and only through rivalry week (usually), because I didn’t have the ability to have “repeat” games in which two teams played more than once. Because of that, the Army/Navy game is not included nor the bowl games. Once I couldn’t continue, I stopped. Here are the rankings from top to bottom in 2013 (clearly a no-frills ranking system, ha)
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Rank | Team | W | L |
1 | Florida St | 13 | 0 |
2 | Stanford | 11 | 2 |
3 | Auburn | 12 | 1 |
4 | Michigan St | 12 | 1 |
5 | UCF | 11 | 1 |
6 | Baylor | 11 | 1 |
7 | Alabama | 11 | 1 |
8 | Ohio St | 12 | 1 |
9 | Oklahoma | 10 | 2 |
10 | South Carolina | 10 | 2 |
11 | Arizona St | 10 | 3 |
12 | Missouri | 11 | 2 |
13 | Oklahoma St | 10 | 2 |
14 | UCLA | 9 | 3 |
15 | Louisville | 11 | 1 |
16 | Oregon | 10 | 2 |
17 | N Illinois | 12 | 1 |
18 | Fresno St | 11 | 1 |
19 | Clemson | 10 | 2 |
20 | Wisconsin | 9 | 3 |
21 | Miami FL | 9 | 3 |
22 | LSU | 9 | 3 |
23 | Duke | 10 | 3 |
24 | Georgia | 8 | 4 |
25 | Notre Dame | 8 | 4 |
26 | Texas | 8 | 4 |
27 | Rice | 10 | 3 |
28 | Southern Cal | 9 | 4 |
29 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 4 |
30 | Texas A&M | 8 | 4 |
31 | Washington | 8 | 4 |
32 | Ball St | 10 | 2 |
33 | Iowa | 8 | 4 |
34 | Minnesota | 8 | 4 |
35 | Houston | 8 | 4 |
36 | BYU | 8 | 4 |
37 | East Carolina | 9 | 3 |
38 | Michigan | 7 | 5 |
39 | Mississippi | 7 | 5 |
40 | Bowling Green | 10 | 3 |
41 | Nebraska | 8 | 4 |
42 | Cincinnati | 9 | 3 |
43 | Boise St | 8 | 4 |
44 | Navy | 7 | 4 |
45 | North Texas | 8 | 4 |
46 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 4 |
47 | Penn St | 7 | 5 |
48 | Arizona | 7 | 5 |
49 | Boston College | 7 | 5 |
50 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 5 |
51 | Toledo | 7 | 5 |
52 | Buffalo | 8 | 4 |
53 | Texas Tech | 7 | 5 |
54 | Marshall | 9 | 4 |
55 | Kansas St | 7 | 5 |
56 | Louisiana | 8 | 4 |
57 | Washington St | 6 | 6 |
58 | W Kentucky | 8 | 4 |
59 | Mississippi St | 6 | 6 |
60 | Middle Tennessee | 8 | 4 |
61 | UTSA | 7 | 5 |
62 | Maryland | 7 | 5 |
63 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 6 |
64 | Arkansas St | 7 | 5 |
65 | UNC | 7 | 5 |
66 | Utah St | 8 | 5 |
67 | Tulane | 7 | 5 |
68 | Syracuse | 6 | 6 |
69 | San Diego St | 7 | 5 |
70 | Oregon St | 6 | 6 |
71 | Ohio | 7 | 5 |
72 | UNLV | 7 | 5 |
73 | ULM | 6 | 6 |
74 | FAU | 6 | 6 |
75 | San Jose St | 6 | 6 |
76 | Utah | 5 | 7 |
77 | Tennessee | 5 | 7 |
78 | Indiana | 5 | 7 |
79 | Rutgers | 6 | 6 |
80 | Troy | 6 | 6 |
81 | South Alabama | 6 | 6 |
82 | Northwestern | 5 | 7 |
83 | Florida | 4 | 8 |
84 | C Michigan | 6 | 6 |
85 | Old Dominion | 8 | 4 |
86 | Colorado St | 7 | 6 |
87 | Texas St | 6 | 6 |
88 | Akron | 5 | 7 |
89 | Wake Forest | 4 | 8 |
90 | TCU | 4 | 8 |
91 | SMU | 5 | 7 |
92 | Nevada | 4 | 8 |
93 | Colorado | 4 | 8 |
94 | Illinois | 4 | 8 |
95 | Wyoming | 5 | 7 |
96 | West Virginia | 4 | 8 |
97 | Kent St | 4 | 8 |
98 | Arkansas | 3 | 9 |
99 | NC St | 3 | 9 |
100 | Iowa St | 3 | 9 |
101 | Tulsa | 3 | 9 |
102 | Kansas | 3 | 9 |
103 | Memphis | 3 | 9 |
104 | UCONN | 3 | 9 |
105 | Virginia | 2 | 10 |
106 | South Florida | 2 | 10 |
107 | New Mexico | 3 | 9 |
108 | Army | 3 | 8 |
109 | Kentucky | 2 | 10 |
110 | Purdue | 1 | 11 |
111 | LA Tech | 4 | 8 |
112 | E Michigan | 2 | 10 |
113 | California | 1 | 11 |
114 | UAB | 2 | 10 |
115 | Temple | 2 | 10 |
116 | UTEP | 2 | 10 |
117 | Idaho | 1 | 11 |
118 | New Mexico St | 2 | 10 |
119 | Air Force | 2 | 10 |
120 | W Michigan | 1 | 11 |
121 | Hawaii | 1 | 11 |
122 | UMASS | 1 | 11 |
123 | Southern Miss | 1 | 11 |
124 | FIU | 1 | 11 |
125 | Miami OH | 0 | 12 |
126 | Georgia St | 0 | 12 |