Not only does the Predictalator run every upcoming game 50,000 times, it plays every team against every other team to come up with the ultimate Power Rankings. The Predictalator is successful because it best accounts for actual matchups and team's abilities to exploit opponent's weaknesses, so the Power Rankings are not necessarily the best way to know who would win between two teams. They are, however, the best possible way to measure which teams have put together the most impressive seasons. The best team may not be favored against the second-best team, but it would be favored more significantly against the rest of the teams in the sport.
To build the college basketball Power Rankings below, we "played" every team against every other team 50,000 times each and ranked by overall winning percentage of those games. These Power Rankings are as of (2/19/2012) rosters and projected depth charts.
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| 1 | Kentucky Wildcats |
| 2 | Kansas Jayhawks |
| 3 | Syracuse Orange |
| 4 | Michigan State Spartans |
| 5 | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| 6 | Missouri Tigers |
| 7 | North Carolina Tar Heels |
| 8 | New Mexico Lobos |
| 9 | Wichita State Shockers |
| 10 | Duke Blue Devils |
| 11 | Georgetown Hoyas |
| 12 | Wisconsin Badgers |
| 13 | Indiana Hoosiers |
| 14 | Florida Gators |
| 15 | Saint Louis Billikens |
| 16 | Baylor Bears |
| 17 | California Golden Bears |
| 18 | Marquette Golden Eagles |
| 19 | Louisville Cardinals |
| 20 | Michigan Wolverines |
| 21 | Vanderbilt Commodores |
| 22 | Texas Longhorns |
| 23 | Virginia Cavaliers |
| 24 | UNLV Runnin' Rebels |
| 25 | Florida State Seminoles |
| 26 | Kansas State Wildcats |
| 27 | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| 28 | Iowa State Cyclones |
| 29 | Connecticut Huskies |
| 30 | Purdue Boilermakers |
| 31 | Creighton Bluejays |
| 32 | Gonzaga Bulldogs |
| 33 | Temple Owls |
| 34 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| 35 | Brigham Young Cougars |
| 36 | Arizona Wildcats |
| 37 | Cincinnati Bearcats |
| 38 | Belmont Bruins |
| 39 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| 40 | Miami (FL) Hurricanes |
| 41 | Memphis Tigers |
| 42 | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
| 43 | Northwestern Wildcats |
| 44 | North Carolina State Wolfpack |
| 45 | Harvard Crimson |
| 46 | Seton Hall Pirates |
| 47 | Saint Mary's Gaels |
| 48 | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| 49 | UCLA Bruins |
| 50 | La Salle Explorers |
| 51 | San Diego State Aztecs |
| 52 | Stanford Cardinal |
| 53 | Southern Miss Golden Eagles |
| 54 | Iona Gaels |
| 55 | Wyoming Cowboys |
| 56 | Xavier Musketeers |
| 57 | Pittsburgh Panthers |
| 58 | Tennessee Volunteers |
| 59 | Mississippi State Bulldogs |
| 60 | Long Beach State 49ers |
| 61 | Clemson Tigers |
| 62 | Saint Joseph's Hawks |
| 63 | Colorado Buffaloes |
| 64 | Washington Huskies |
| 65 | Virginia Commonwealth Rams |
| 66 | Virginia Tech Hokies |
| 67 | Oregon Ducks |
| 68 | Missouri State Bears |
| 69 | Drexel Dragons |
| 70 | Georgia State Panthers |
| 71 | South Dakota State Jackrabbits |
| 72 | Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders |
| 73 | Oregon State Beavers |
| 74 | LSU Tigers |
| 75 | Marshall Thundering Herd |
| 76 | South Florida Bulls |
| 77 | Northern Iowa Panthers |
| 78 | Akron Zips |
| 79 | Massachusetts Minutemen |
| 80 | St. Bonaventure Bonnies |
| 81 | Davidson Wildcats |
| 82 | Murray State Racers |
| 83 | Dayton Flyers |
| 84 | Buffalo Bulls |
| 85 | Oklahoma State Cowboys |
| 86 | Texas A&M Aggies |
| 87 | UCF Knights |
| 88 | Arkansas Razorbacks |
| 89 | Colorado State Rams |
| 90 | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| 91 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane |
| 92 | New Mexico State Aggies |
| 93 | Oral Roberts Golden Eagles |
| 94 | Oklahoma Sooners |
| 95 | Denver Pioneers |
| 96 | Wagner Seahawks |
| 97 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights |
| 98 | Old Dominion Monarchs |
| 99 | Mercer Bears |
| 100 | Nevada Wolf Pack |
| 101 | Villanova Wildcats |
| 102 | Providence Friars |
| 103 | Washington State Cougars |
| 104 | Lehigh Mountain Hawks |
| 105 | George Mason Patriots |
| 106 | Manhattan Jaspers |
| 107 | Texas-Arlington Mavericks |
| 108 | Montana Grizzlies |
| 109 | Cleveland State Vikings |
| 110 | Kent State Golden Flashes |
| 111 | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 112 | Richmond Spiders |
| 113 | Bucknell Bison |
| 114 | Mississippi Rebels |
| 115 | Penn State Nittany Lions |
| 116 | Illinois State Redbirds |
| 117 | Fairfield Stags |
| 118 | Evansville Aces |
| 119 | Duquesne Dukes |
| 120 | Detroit Titans |
| 121 | Loyola Marymount Lions |
| 122 | UAB Blazers |
| 123 | Princeton Tigers |
| 124 | Maryland Terrapins |
| 125 | Bowling Green Falcons |
| 126 | Boise State Broncos |
| 127 | UNC Asheville Bulldogs |
| 128 | Weber State Wildcats |
| 129 | UTEP Miners |
| 130 | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos |
| 131 | Vermont Catamounts |
| 132 | Ohio Bobcats |
| 133 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| 134 | Utah State Aggies |
| 135 | Pennsylvania Quakers |
| 136 | Lamar Cardinals |
| 137 | Charlotte 49ers |
| 138 | Delaware Fightin Blue Hens |
| 139 | Loyola (MD) Greyhounds |
| 140 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
| 141 | Milwaukee Panthers |
| 142 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
| 143 | San Francisco Dons |
| 144 | St. John's Red Storm |
| 145 | East Carolina Pirates |
| 146 | Stony Brook Seawolves |
| 147 | Butler Bulldogs |
| 148 | Robert Morris Colonials |
| 149 | Drake Bulldogs |
| 150 | South Carolina Upstate Spartans |
| 151 | TCU Horned Frogs |
| 152 | North Dakota State Bison |
| 153 | Rice Owls |
| 154 | North Texas Mean Green |
| 155 | Tulane Green Wave |
| 156 | Auburn Tigers |
| 157 | George Washington Colonials |
| 158 | Idaho Vandals |
| 159 | Quinnipiac Bobcats |
| 160 | Youngstown State Penguins |
| 161 | Columbia Lions |
| 162 | Yale Bulldogs |
| 163 | Charleston Cougars |
| 164 | East Tennessee State Buccaneers |
| 165 | Valparaiso Crusaders |
| 166 | DePaul Blue Demons |
| 167 | Long Island Blackbirds |
| 168 | Oakland Golden Grizzlies |
| 169 | Indiana State Sycamores |
| 170 | Fresno State Bulldogs |
| 171 | Charleston Southern Buccaneers |
| 172 | UTSA Roadrunners |
| 173 | Western Michigan Broncos |
| 174 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers |
| 175 | Air Force Falcons |
| 176 | Cal Poly Mustangs |
| 177 | Hawaii Warriors |
| 178 | Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans |
| 179 | Boston University Terriers |
| 180 | American University Eagles |
| 181 | Green Bay Phoenix |
| 182 | Cornell Big Red |
| 183 | Wofford Terriers |
| 184 | Northeastern Huskies |
| 185 | Florida Atlantic Owls |
| 186 | Cal State Fullerton Titans |
| 187 | Florida Gulf Coast Eagles |
| 188 | Tennessee State Tigers |
| 189 | Campbell Fighting Camels |
| 190 | Miami (OH) RedHawks |
| 191 | Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns |
| 192 | St. Francis (NY) Terriers |
| 193 | Savannah State Tigers |
| 194 | IUPUI Jaguars |
| 195 | Western Illinois Leathernecks |
| 196 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
| 197 | Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles |
| 198 | Lipscomb Bisons |
| 199 | Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks |
| 200 | Portland State Vikings |
| 201 | Southern Illinois Salukis |
| 202 | Toledo Rockets |
| 203 | Eastern Washington Eagles |
| 204 | North Florida Ospreys |
| 205 | Rider Broncs |
| 206 | Ball State Cardinals |
| 207 | Hofstra Pride |
| 208 | Siena Saints |
| 209 | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers |
| 210 | Albany Great Danes |
| 211 | Southern Methodist Mustangs |
| 212 | FIU Golden Panthers |
| 213 | Southeast Missouri State Redhawks |
| 214 | Niagara Purple Eagles |
| 215 | South Alabama Jaguars |
| 216 | Norfolk State Spartans |
| 217 | McNeese State Cowboys |
| 218 | Wright State Raiders |
| 219 | North Carolina Central Eagles |
| 220 | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs |
| 221 | Austin Peay Governors |
| 222 | Rhode Island Rams |
| 223 | Morehead State Eagles |
| 224 | Houston Cougars |
| 225 | Jacksonville Dolphins |
| 226 | Boston College Eagles |
| 227 | Delaware State Hornets |
| 228 | Southern Utah Thunderbirds |
| 229 | Lafayette Leopards |
| 230 | Arizona State Sun Devils |
| 231 | Central Connecticut State Blue Devils |
| 232 | San Diego Toreros |
| 233 | Arkansas State Red Wolves |
| 234 | Furman Paladins |
| 235 | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| 236 | Seattle Redhawks |
| 237 | Georgia Southern Eagles |
| 238 | North Carolina Wilmington Seahawks |
| 239 | Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils |
| 240 | Chattanooga Mocs |
| 241 | Holy Cross Crusaders |
| 242 | Appalachian State Mountaineers |
| 243 | Utah Valley University Wolverines |
| 244 | Sacred Heart Pioneers |
| 245 | Northwestern State Demons |
| 246 | Stetson Hatters |
| 247 | USC Trojans |
| 248 | High Point Panthers |
| 249 | Winthrop Eagles |
| 250 | UMKC Kangaroos |
| 251 | Presbyterian Blue Hose |
| 252 | Coppin State Eagles |
| 253 | Marist Red Foxes |
| 254 | Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs |
| 255 | Northern Colorado Bears |
| 256 | UC-Irvine Anteaters |
| 257 | Jacksonville State Gamecocks |
| 258 | Elon Phoenix |
| 259 | Pacific Tigers |
| 260 | Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners |
| 261 | Bradley Braves |
| 262 | James Madison Dukes |
| 263 | Fordham Rams |
| 264 | Eastern Kentucky Colonels |
| 265 | Santa Clara Broncos |
| 266 | Central Michigan Chippewas |
| 267 | Western Carolina Catamounts |
| 268 | Samford Bulldogs |
| 269 | Army Black Knights |
| 270 | San Jose State Spartans |
| 271 | Portland Pilots |
| 272 | IPFW Mastodons |
| 273 | Liberty Flames |
| 274 | South Dakota Coyotes |
| 275 | North Carolina Greensboro Spartans |
| 276 | Bethune-Cookman Wildcats |
| 277 | Sacramento State Hornets |
| 278 | Maine Black Bears |
| 279 | Texas State Bobcats |
| 280 | Troy Trojans |
| 281 | North Dakota Fighting Sioux |
| 282 | Sam Houston State Bearkats |
| 283 | New Hampshire Wildcats |
| 284 | California Riverside Highlanders |
| 285 | Morgan State Golden Bears |
| 286 | Virginia Military Keydets |
| 287 | Hampton Pirates |
| 288 | UIC Flames |
| 289 | Texas Southern Tigers |
| 290 | Pepperdine Waves |
| 291 | Eastern Illinois Panthers |
| 292 | Dartmouth Big Green |
| 293 | Eastern Michigan Eagles |
| 294 | North Carolina A&T Aggies |
| 295 | Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers |
| 296 | Monmouth Hawks |
| 297 | William & Mary Tribe |
| 298 | Cal State Northridge Matadors |
| 299 | NJIT Highlanders |
| 300 | Montana State Bobcats |
| 301 | Idaho State Bengals |
| 302 | St. Francis (PA) Red Flash |
| 303 | Texas-Pan American Broncs |
| 304 | Loyola (IL) Ramblers |
| 305 | Radford Highlanders |
| 306 | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders |
| 307 | Hartford Hawks |
| 308 | SIU Edwardsville Cougars |
| 309 | Saint Peter's Peacocks |
| 310 | Brown Bears |
| 311 | Florida A&M Rattlers |
| 312 | Howard Bison |
| 313 | Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks |
| 314 | Houston Baptist Huskies |
| 315 | Nebraska Omaha Mavericks |
| 316 | Southern University Jaguars |
| 317 | Colgate Raiders |
| 318 | Kennesaw State Owls |
| 319 | Canisius Golden Griffins |
| 320 | Alabama State Hornets |
| 321 | Utah Runnin' Utes |
| 322 | Navy Midshipmen |
| 323 | Southeastern Louisiana Lions |
| 324 | Citadel Bulldogs |
| 325 | Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks |
| 326 | UC Davis Aggies |
| 327 | Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks |
| 328 | Prairie View A&M Panthers |
| 329 | Nicholls Colonels |
| 330 | Longwood Lancers |
| 331 | Chicago State Cougars |
| 332 | Jackson State Tigers |
| 333 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions |
| 334 | Bryant Bulldogs |
| 335 | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks |
| 336 | Central Arkansas Bears |
| 337 | Fairleigh Dickinson Knights |
| 338 | Alabama A&M Bulldogs |
| 339 | Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers |
| 340 | Alcorn State Braves |
| 341 | South Carolina State Bulldogs |
| 342 | Northern Illinois Huskies |
| 343 | Binghamton Bearcats |
| 344 | Towson Tigers |
| 345 | Grambling State Tigers |