College Football Team Rankings (9/2/2012) @ PredictionMachine.com

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 using strength-of-schedule-adjusted statistics, 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 football 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 (9/2/2012) rosters and projected depth charts.

In addition to the college football Power Rankings, we have also included each team’s overall Offensive and Defensive rankings as well as Pass and Rush efficiency rankings relative to the league based on our strength-of-schedule-adjusted statistics and current rosters.

2012 College Football Team Rankings (9/2/2012)

Rank	Team	O-Rank	D-Rank	O-Pass Eff	O-Rush Eff	D-Pass Eff	D-Rush Eff
1	Alabama Tide	9	2	6	2	6	5
2	LSU Tigers	35	1	17	5	1	1
3	Georgia Bulldogs	14	3	7	34	2	4
4	USC Trojans	4	8	1	4	12	17
5	Oklahoma Sooners	1	24	3	10	7	32
6	Texas Longhorns	10	5	30	3	5	3
7	West Virginia Mountaineers	2	27	2	39	10	37
8	Oregon Ducks	3	57	4	1	25	38
9	Ohio State Buckeyes	18	12	28	8	11	11
10	Florida State Seminoles	32	4	9	48	3	2
11	Arkansas Razorbacks	17	26	5	11	21	58
12	South Carolina Gamecocks	31	7	34	22	4	13
13	Missouri Tigers	11	37	14	14	38	30
14	Tennessee Volunteers	23	20	16	85	20	18
15	Oklahoma State Cowboys	7	55	18	12	19	39
16	Notre Dame Irish	19	22	27	17	27	12
17	Nebraska Cornhuskers	26	23	22	16	35	14
18	Michigan Wolverines	37	9	26	18	23	41
19	Michigan State Spartans	51	10	40	40	15	15
20	Wisconsin Badgers	30	19	29	7	30	61
21	Texas A&M Aggies	13	69	52	13	54	21
22	Vanderbilt Commodores	44	18	63	27	16	10
23	Clemson Tigers	15	31	23	23	36	53
24	Florida Gators	72	6	49	42	9	6
25	Virginia Tech Hokies	39	13	15	44	22	19
26	Baylor Bears	8	80	12	9	48	80
27	UCF Knights	45	14	24	26	34	24
28	UCLA Bruins	21	53	11	24	24	50
29	Texas Tech Raiders	5	77	20	46	74	52
30	Kansas State Wildcats	33	25	45	20	32	22
31	Utah Utes	62	11	50	52	14	7
32	South Florida Bulls	25	42	35	37	40	20
33	Nevada Pack	12	54	19	32	37	84
34	Stanford Cardinal	29	34	32	21	69	9
35	TCU Horned Frogs	28	41	10	30	72	25
36	Louisville Cardinals	64	16	38	75	26	8
37	Brigham Young Cougars	48	21	51	69	29	23
38	North Carolina Tar Heels	16	85	13	28	65	46
39	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	34	35	25	6	33	85
40	Iowa State Cyclones	24	62	71	15	47	43
41	Oregon State Beavers	40	40	39	64	28	44
42	Washington Huskies	20	83	8	29	55	96
43	Auburn Tigers	63	29	73	19	31	33
44	Illinois Illini	69	17	89	54	18	29
45	Boise State Broncos	36	32	41	68	62	45
46	Washington State Cougars	6	96	21	104	96	72
47	California Bears	38	45	46	56	46	59
48	Ole Miss Rebels	73	33	78	41	17	48
49	Iowa Hawkeyes	49	49	33	55	63	36
50	Connecticut Huskies	67	30	81	79	49	16
51	Rutgers Knights	85	15	79	121	8	42
52	North Carolina State Wolfpack	47	56	70	99	13	82
53	Purdue Boilermakers	52	65	61	43	59	40
54	Mississippi State Bulldogs	74	38	53	47	42	56
55	Tulsa Hurricane	56	66	66	51	56	34
56	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	41	82	65	92	45	47
57	Virginia Cavaliers	59	43	59	74	61	54
58	Duke Devils	42	50	44	86	93	57
59	Ohio Bobcats	54	64	48	81	57	66
60	Bowling Green Falcons	60	59	55	93	43	77
61	Miami (FL) Hurricanes	75	48	42	45	67	65
62	Arizona Wildcats	22	104	43	38	107	75
63	Southern Methodist Mustangs	87	47	77	70	58	26
64	Cincinnati Bearcats	82	51	99	61	51	35
65	Wake Forest Deacons	65	61	58	97	64	62
66	Pittsburgh Panthers	79	46	106	58	44	51
67	Western Michigan Broncos	27	100	36	60	77	107
68	Northwestern Wildcats	46	70	56	71	97	74
69	Syracuse Orange	76	68	76	94	82	28
70	San Diego State Aztecs	55	79	60	62	83	89
71	Penn State Lions	102	36	85	101	41	49
72	Central Michigan Chippewas	66	73	54	73	89	60
73	Kansas Jayhawks	43	92	37	76	86	91
74	Boston College Eagles	107	39	82	91	66	27
75	Utah State Aggies	58	91	47	50	92	69
76	Army Black Knights	81	44	107	25	78	100
77	East Carolina Pirates	80	58	103	87	70	70
78	Miami (OH) Redhawks	78	67	69	109	75	68
79	Arizona State Devils	50	99	67	63	94	81
80	Minnesota Gophers	88	72	64	33	71	83
81	UTEP Miners	77	76	93	35	53	109
82	Kent State Flashes	118	28	115	98	39	31
83	Temple Owls	104	63	62	67	60	95
84	Florida International Panthers	101	74	98	100	50	64
85	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	86	71	111	103	80	63
86	Fresno State Bulldogs	57	106	31	88	105	110
87	Northern Illinois Huskies	71	94	72	72	81	92
88	Kentucky Wildcats	108	52	105	89	52	76
89	Marshall Herd	96	84	74	105	76	73
90	Navy Midshipmen	90	75	97	36	98	99
91	Maryland Terrapins	95	88	118	31	87	67
92	Southern Miss Eagles	93	90	102	84	73	78
93	Buffalo Bulls	92	78	108	53	101	71
94	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	97	81	100	102	84	86
95	Arkansas State Wolves	113	60	87	116	79	79
96	Louisiana-Lafayette Cajuns	68	112	57	106	106	87
97	Wyoming Cowboys	89	97	91	65	91	113
98	Toledo Rockets	61	108	68	77	111	94
99	Indiana Hoosiers	70	103	86	66	95	104
100	Colorado Buffaloes	91	110	88	90	102	114
101	Troy Trojans	83	115	80	110	112	93
102	Rice Owls	98	98	90	95	103	101
103	Ball State Cardinals	53	117	75	57	121	103
104	North Texas Green	117	86	83	108	104	90
105	Texas State Bobcats	105	107	101	82	68	108
106	Air Force Falcons	94	105	84	83	108	121
107	Eastern Michigan Eagles	106	95	92	59	99	106
108	Houston Cougars	84	111	113	78	90	120
109	Colorado State Rams	116	102	119	80	85	119
110	San Jose State Spartans	103	93	96	111	110	105
111	UNLV Rebels	109	109	114	49	118	102
112	Florida Atlantic Owls	122	87	124	113	88	55
113	New Mexico Lobos	111	116	94	107	117	112
114	Middle Tennessee Raiders	99	114	110	119	119	97
115	Tulane Wave	119	101	112	115	100	118
116	Hawaii Warriors	115	120	117	96	115	117
117	Idaho Vandals	112	118	109	118	114	98
118	South Alabama Jaguars	123	89	123	122	116	88
119	UAB Blazers	100	122	95	114	122	116
120	Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners	114	113	116	117	124	111
121	New Mexico State Aggies	110	124	104	112	113	123
122	Akron Zips	120	119	121	120	123	115
123	Massachusetts Minutemen	124	121	122	124	109	124
124	Memphis Tigers	121	123	120	123	120	122

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