College Football Team Rankings (10/21/2012) @ 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 (10/21/2012) 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 (10/21/2012)

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

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