College Football Team Rankings (10/7/2012) @ 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 (10/7/2012) 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 (10/7/2012)

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

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