Fortunately for him, the computer rankings are not used to determine the title.
It also uses several computer rankings, but the Times's is not among them.
He also became the youngest American to hold this rank since computer rankings were started in 1973.
It also has been a year of transition in the computer ranking.
And one factor in those computer rankings is margin of victory.
Were they good enough to be first in all the polls and computer rankings?
The Times's final computer ranking will be released after all the bowl games have been completed.
His computer ranking would not get him into a 42-man field.
That accounts for their No. 5 spot in the computer ranking.
Williams becomes the 10th player to reach No. 1 since the women's computer ranking began in 1975.