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

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

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