College Football Team Rankings (12/2/2012) @ 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 (12/2/2012) 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 (12/2/2012)

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

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