College Football Team Rankings (9/30/2012) @ 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 (9/30/2012) 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 (9/30/2012)

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

College Rankings (9/30/2012)

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