College Football Team Rankings (9/23/2012) @ 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 (9/23/2012) 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 (9/23/2012)

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

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