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, 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 basketball 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 (1/29/2012) rosters and projected depth charts.
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| 1 | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| 2 | Kentucky Wildcats |
| 3 | Kansas Jayhawks |
| 4 | Missouri Tigers |
| 5 | North Carolina Tar Heels |
| 6 | Syracuse Orange |
| 7 | Michigan State Spartans |
| 8 | Wisconsin Badgers |
| 9 | Baylor Bears |
| 10 | Duke Blue Devils |
| 11 | Indiana Hoosiers |
| 12 | Florida State Seminoles |
| 13 | Marquette Golden Eagles |
| 14 | Florida Gators |
| 15 | Kansas State Wildcats |
| 16 | UNLV Runnin' Rebels |
| 17 | Wichita State Shockers |
| 18 | Alabama Crimson Tide |
| 19 | Vanderbilt Commodores |
| 20 | West Virginia Mountaineers |
| 21 | Georgetown Hoyas |
| 22 | Michigan Wolverines |
| 23 | Saint Louis Billikens |
| 24 | Connecticut Huskies |
| 25 | Virginia Cavaliers |
| 26 | Texas Longhorns |
| 27 | Temple Owls |
| 28 | California Golden Bears |
| 29 | Creighton Bluejays |
| 30 | Louisville Cardinals |
| 31 | New Mexico Lobos |
| 32 | Purdue Boilermakers |
| 33 | Illinois Fighting Illini |
| 34 | Long Beach State 49ers |
| 35 | Saint Mary's Gaels |
| 36 | Gonzaga Bulldogs |
| 37 | Iowa State Cyclones |
| 38 | UCLA Bruins |
| 39 | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
| 40 | Northwestern Wildcats |
| 41 | Miami (FL) Hurricanes |
| 42 | Brigham Young Cougars |
| 43 | Southern Miss Golden Eagles |
| 44 | Virginia Tech Hokies |
| 45 | San Diego State Aztecs |
| 46 | Xavier Musketeers |
| 47 | Cincinnati Bearcats |
| 48 | Memphis Tigers |
| 49 | Mississippi State Bulldogs |
| 50 | Arizona Wildcats |
| 51 | Seton Hall Pirates |
| 52 | Harvard Crimson |
| 53 | Dayton Flyers |
| 54 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish |
| 55 | Northern Iowa Panthers |
| 56 | Saint Joseph's Hawks |
| 57 | Pittsburgh Panthers |
| 58 | Belmont Bruins |
| 59 | Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders |
| 60 | Villanova Wildcats |
| 61 | Akron Zips |
| 62 | Oklahoma Sooners |
| 63 | Murray State Racers |
| 64 | Stanford Cardinal |
| 65 | Missouri State Bears |
| 66 | North Carolina State Wolfpack |
| 67 | Washington Huskies |
| 68 | Oral Roberts Golden Eagles |
| 69 | LSU Tigers |
| 70 | Marshall Thundering Herd |
| 71 | Wyoming Cowboys |
| 72 | La Salle Explorers |
| 73 | Colorado State Rams |
| 74 | Cleveland State Vikings |
| 75 | Colorado Buffaloes |
| 76 | Oregon State Beavers |
| 77 | Mississippi Rebels |
| 78 | St. Bonaventure Bonnies |
| 79 | Iona Gaels |
| 80 | Virginia Commonwealth Rams |
| 81 | South Florida Bulls |
| 82 | South Dakota State Jackrabbits |
| 83 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights |
| 84 | Drexel Dragons |
| 85 | Oregon Ducks |
| 86 | Tennessee Volunteers |
| 87 | Illinois State Redbirds |
| 88 | Nebraska Cornhuskers |
| 89 | Arkansas Razorbacks |
| 90 | Oklahoma State Cowboys |
| 91 | Iowa Hawkeyes |
| 92 | Texas A&M Aggies |
| 93 | Buffalo Bulls |
| 94 | Evansville Aces |
| 95 | Georgia Bulldogs |
| 96 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane |
| 97 | Milwaukee Panthers |
| 98 | Duquesne Dukes |
| 99 | UCF Knights |
| 100 | Drake Bulldogs |
| 101 | Richmond Spiders |
| 102 | St. John's Red Storm |
| 103 | Washington State Cougars |
| 104 | New Orleans Privateers |
| 105 | Davidson Wildcats |
| 106 | Princeton Tigers |
| 107 | New Mexico State Aggies |
| 108 | Massachusetts Minutemen |
| 109 | Denver Pioneers |
| 110 | USC Trojans |
| 111 | Penn State Nittany Lions |
| 112 | Loyola Marymount Lions |
| 113 | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets |
| 114 | Charlotte 49ers |
| 115 | Providence Friars |
| 116 | Clemson Tigers |
| 117 | Mercer Bears |
| 118 | Old Dominion Monarchs |
| 119 | Ohio Bobcats |
| 120 | Florida Atlantic Owls |
| 121 | Bucknell Bison |
| 122 | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| 123 | Kent State Golden Flashes |
| 124 | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos |
| 125 | Butler Bulldogs |
| 126 | Utah State Aggies |
| 127 | Pennsylvania Quakers |
| 128 | Bowling Green Falcons |
| 129 | Indiana State Sycamores |
| 130 | Western Michigan Broncos |
| 131 | Cal Poly Mustangs |
| 132 | UTEP Miners |
| 133 | Wagner Seahawks |
| 134 | UAB Blazers |
| 135 | Maryland Terrapins |
| 136 | George Washington Colonials |
| 137 | Oakland Golden Grizzlies |
| 138 | Nevada Wolf Pack |
| 139 | Valparaiso Crusaders |
| 140 | Fresno State Bulldogs |
| 141 | East Carolina Pirates |
| 142 | Lamar Cardinals |
| 143 | Miami (OH) RedHawks |
| 144 | Montana Grizzlies |
| 145 | Green Bay Phoenix |
| 146 | Rice Owls |
| 147 | Detroit Titans |
| 148 | Georgia State Panthers |
| 149 | Boise State Broncos |
| 150 | DePaul Blue Demons |
| 151 | Idaho Vandals |
| 152 | Austin Peay Governors |
| 153 | George Mason Patriots |
| 154 | Manhattan Jaspers |
| 155 | Fairfield Stags |
| 156 | East Tennessee State Buccaneers |
| 157 | Lehigh Mountain Hawks |
| 158 | South Carolina Upstate Spartans |
| 159 | North Dakota State Bison |
| 160 | UNC Asheville Bulldogs |
| 161 | Cornell Big Red |
| 162 | Texas-Arlington Mavericks |
| 163 | Arkansas-Little Rock Trojans |
| 164 | North Florida Ospreys |
| 165 | Southern Illinois Salukis |
| 166 | Loyola (MD) Greyhounds |
| 167 | Bradley Braves |
| 168 | Youngstown State Penguins |
| 169 | TCU Horned Frogs |
| 170 | Northeastern Huskies |
| 171 | Lipscomb Bisons |
| 172 | Auburn Tigers |
| 173 | San Francisco Dons |
| 174 | Eastern Washington Eagles |
| 175 | Charleston Cougars |
| 176 | Wake Forest Demon Deacons |
| 177 | Southern Methodist Mustangs |
| 178 | Robert Morris Colonials |
| 179 | Weber State Wildcats |
| 180 | Arizona State Sun Devils |
| 181 | UTSA Roadrunners |
| 182 | Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils |
| 183 | Charleston Southern Buccaneers |
| 184 | Long Island Blackbirds |
| 185 | Hofstra Pride |
| 186 | Portland Pilots |
| 187 | Western Illinois Leathernecks |
| 188 | Air Force Falcons |
| 189 | Rhode Island Rams |
| 190 | Wofford Terriers |
| 191 | Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns |
| 192 | Delaware Fightin Blue Hens |
| 193 | Jacksonville Dolphins |
| 194 | Wright State Raiders |
| 195 | North Texas Mean Green |
| 196 | Morehead State Eagles |
| 197 | FIU Golden Panthers |
| 198 | Florida Gulf Coast Eagles |
| 199 | North Carolina Wilmington Seahawks |
| 200 | San Diego Toreros |
| 201 | Norfolk State Spartans |
| 202 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers |
| 203 | Texas Tech Red Raiders |
| 204 | Rider Broncs |
| 205 | UC-Irvine Anteaters |
| 206 | Appalachian State Mountaineers |
| 207 | Arkansas State Red Wolves |
| 208 | Stony Brook Seawolves |
| 209 | Houston Cougars |
| 210 | Siena Saints |
| 211 | Morgan State Golden Bears |
| 212 | South Alabama Jaguars |
| 213 | Savannah State Tigers |
| 214 | North Dakota |
| 215 | Niagara Purple Eagles |
| 216 | Stetson Hatters |
| 217 | Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles |
| 218 | IUPUI Jaguars |
| 219 | Vermont Catamounts |
| 220 | Central Michigan Chippewas |
| 221 | Hawaii Warriors |
| 222 | Tulane Green Wave |
| 223 | Boston University Terriers |
| 224 | Troy Trojans |
| 225 | Portland State Vikings |
| 226 | Ball State Cardinals |
| 227 | Columbia Lions |
| 228 | Pepperdine Waves |
| 229 | Seattle Redhawks |
| 230 | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs |
| 231 | Northwestern State Demons |
| 232 | Santa Clara Broncos |
| 233 | Western Carolina Catamounts |
| 234 | Tennessee State Tigers |
| 235 | Northern Colorado Bears |
| 236 | North Carolina A&T Aggies |
| 237 | Western Kentucky Hilltoppers |
| 238 | Yale Bulldogs |
| 239 | North Carolina Greensboro Spartans |
| 240 | Southern Utah Thunderbirds |
| 241 | Campbell Fighting Camels |
| 242 | Furman Paladins |
| 243 | Jacksonville State Gamecocks |
| 244 | Boston College Eagles |
| 245 | Coppin State Eagles |
| 246 | UMKC Kangaroos |
| 247 | Chattanooga Mocs |
| 248 | Texas Southern Tigers |
| 249 | Georgia Southern Eagles |
| 250 | James Madison Dukes |
| 251 | Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs |
| 252 | Quinnipiac Bobcats |
| 253 | Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks |
| 254 | Utah Valley University Wolverines |
| 255 | Winthrop Eagles |
| 256 | UIC Flames |
| 257 | North Carolina Central Eagles |
| 258 | California Riverside Highlanders |
| 259 | Cal State Fullerton Titans |
| 260 | Central Connecticut State Blue Devils |
| 261 | McNeese State Cowboys |
| 262 | American University Eagles |
| 263 | Eastern Michigan Eagles |
| 264 | Fordham Rams |
| 265 | Pacific Tigers |
| 266 | San Jose State Spartans |
| 267 | Idaho State Bengals |
| 268 | Sam Houston State Bearkats |
| 269 | South Dakota Coyotes |
| 270 | Elon Phoenix |
| 271 | St. Francis (NY) Terriers |
| 272 | Holy Cross Crusaders |
| 273 | IPFW Mastodons |
| 274 | Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners |
| 275 | Kennesaw State Owls |
| 276 | Lafayette Leopards |
| 277 | Toledo Rockets |
| 278 | Monmouth Hawks |
| 279 | Sacred Heart Pioneers |
| 280 | Bethune-Cookman Wildcats |
| 281 | Samford Bulldogs |
| 282 | Eastern Kentucky Colonels |
| 283 | Saint Peter's Peacocks |
| 284 | High Point Panthers |
| 285 | Utah Runnin' Utes |
| 286 | Albany Great Danes |
| 287 | Texas-Pan American Broncs |
| 288 | Loyola (IL) Ramblers |
| 289 | Presbyterian Blue Hose |
| 290 | Virginia Military Keydets |
| 291 | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islanders |
| 292 | Cal State Northridge Matadors |
| 293 | Maine Black Bears |
| 294 | Texas State Bobcats |
| 295 | Chicago State Cougars |
| 296 | Montana State Bobcats |
| 297 | Southeast Missouri State Redhawks |
| 298 | Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks |
| 299 | Delaware State Hornets |
| 300 | NJIT Highlanders |
| 301 | Radford Highlanders |
| 302 | Marist Red Foxes |
| 303 | Howard Bison |
| 304 | Dartmouth Big Green |
| 305 | Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers |
| 306 | Sacramento State Hornets |
| 307 | William & Mary Tribe |
| 308 | Jackson State Tigers |
| 309 | Liberty Flames |
| 310 | Eastern Illinois Panthers |
| 311 | Central Arkansas Bears |
| 312 | Maryland-Eastern Shore Hawks |
| 313 | St. Francis (PA) Red Flash |
| 314 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions |
| 315 | Houston Baptist Huskies |
| 316 | Florida A&M Rattlers |
| 317 | Hampton Pirates |
| 318 | SIU Edwardsville Cougars |
| 319 | Nebraska Omaha Mavericks |
| 320 | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks |
| 321 | Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks |
| 322 | Fairleigh Dickinson Knights |
| 323 | New Hampshire Wildcats |
| 324 | Citadel Bulldogs |
| 325 | Prairie View A&M Panthers |
| 326 | South Carolina State Bulldogs |
| 327 | Army Black Knights |
| 328 | Bryant Bulldogs |
| 329 | UC Davis Aggies |
| 330 | Brown Bears |
| 331 | Canisius Golden Griffins |
| 332 | Navy Midshipmen |
| 333 | Towson Tigers |
| 334 | Hartford Hawks |
| 335 | Alabama State Hornets |
| 336 | Colgate Raiders |
| 337 | Longwood Lancers |
| 338 | Alabama A&M Bulldogs |
| 339 | Southeastern Louisiana Lions |
| 340 | Northern Illinois Huskies |
| 341 | Nicholls Colonels |
| 342 | Alcorn State Braves |
| 343 | Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers |
| 344 | Southern University Jaguars |
| 345 | Centenary Gentlemen |
| 346 | Binghamton Bearcats |
| 347 | Grambling State Tigers |