College Football Team Rankings (9/17/2012) @ 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 (9/17/2012) 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 (9/17/2012)

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

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