Roll Tide! Alabama Still on Top

Pre-season NCAA football power rankings

By Ryan Fowler, WhatIfSports.com

UPDATED: August 30th, 2010

WhatIfSports.com utilizes its NCAA football simulation to present the most comprehensive and unbiased ranking of all 120 FBS teams. We simulated thousands of games and used those winning percentages to evaluate every team. All 120 teams are ranked below with their average points for and against from the simulated games. Simulations are based on updated rosters and depth charts so significant week-to-week changes may occur once the regular season kicks off.

Teams Ranked by Winning Percentage
(everyone plays everyone 100 times)

	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
1.	Alabama Crimson Tide	94.7	41.2	12.2
2.	Ohio State Buckeyes	91.2	39.5	14.0
3.	Texas Longhorns	89.4	36.2	13.2
4.	Florida Gators	86.6	39.4	18.2
5.	TCU Horned Frogs	85.7	41.2	19.8
6.	Virginia Tech Hokies	84.6	41.7	22.5
7.	Boise State Broncos	83.4	43.7	24.3
8.	Miami (FL) Hurricanes	82.9	39.3	22.7
9.	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	82.6	42.4	24.3
10.	Iowa Hawkeyes	82.4	32.1	14.8
11.	Pittsburgh Panthers	82.3	40.5	22.1
12.	Auburn Tigers	82.1	38.9	21.7
13.	Oregon Ducks	80.4	35.2	17.5
14.	Florida State Seminoles	80.3	41.4	26.8
15.	Penn State Nittany Lions	80.2	35.8	18.4
16.	Arkansas Razorbacks	80.0	42.6	28.1
17.	Wisconsin Badgers	79.3	38.4	23.5
18.	Cincinnati Bearcats	78.8	40.4	25.4
19.	LSU Tigers	78.7	31.5	16.5
20.	Oklahoma Sooners	78.0	37.6	23.0
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
21.	Oregon State Beavers	77.7	36.0	22.3
22.	Clemson Tigers	76.1	33.4	18.6
23.	West Virginia Mountaineers	75.9	35.9	21.3
24.	Arizona Wildcats	75.6	35.2	21.1
25.	Connecticut Huskies	75.6	37.4	24.2
26.	Georgia Bulldogs	75.0	35.5	22.7
27.	Utah Utes	74.5	34.8	21.9
28.	Nebraska Cornhuskers	74.2	31.2	18.4
29.	California Golden Bears	74.1	37.5	25.0
30.	North Carolina Tar Heels	73.8	28.5	16.1
31.	South Carolina Gamecocks	72.8	32.5	20.6
32.	Texas Tech Red Raiders	72.0	35.5	24.9
33.	Stanford Cardinal	71.6	38.3	27.1
34.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	71.6	36.0	26.5
35.	Texas A&M Aggies	68.6	36.5	27.0
36.	USC Trojans	68.4	34.1	25.3
37.	Houston Cougars	67.4	41.2	32.6
38.	UCLA Bruins	67.0	31.9	23.2
39.	Michigan State Spartans	65.8	37.1	28.9
40.	Temple Owls	64.6	31.1	23.3
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
41.	Missouri Tigers	62.2	33.1	26.7
42.	Mississippi Rebels	61.7	30.2	23.2
43.	Idaho Vandals	61.4	39.0	33.9
44.	Nevada Wolf Pack	61.0	37.4	31.6
45.	Air Force Falcons	60.8	29.6	24.2
46.	Fresno State Bulldogs	59.2	34.1	28.5
47.	Northwestern Wildcats	58.3	29.5	24.6
48.	Syracuse Orange	56.5	29.7	25.6
49.	Purdue Boilermakers	56.5	29.3	26.2
50.	Tennessee Volunteers	56.2	26.3	24.0
51.	Brigham Young Cougars	55.4	28.5	25.4
52.	South Florida Bulls	55.3	30.5	28.1
53.	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	52.6	32.9	31.5
54.	Boston College Eagles	51.6	24.2	23.2
55.	Colorado Buffaloes	50.8	27.0	26.8
56.	Oklahoma State Cowboys	50.4	26.3	25.9
57.	Virginia Cavaliers	50.1	24.0	24.4
58.	Ohio Bobcats	49.7	25.2	24.8
59.	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	49.0	25.4	25.3
60.	Southern Methodist Mustangs	48.5	29.6	30.0
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
61.	Troy Trojans	46.5	28.9	30.5
62.	Kentucky Wildcats	46.5	25.4	26.7
63.	UCF Knights	46.3	25.8	27.8
64.	Northern Illinois Huskies	45.6	25.7	27.7
65.	Kansas State Wildcats	45.6	24.6	26.7
66.	Hawaii Warriors	45.5	30.4	32.0
67.	Marshall Thundering Herd	45.4	25.9	28.5
68.	North Carolina State Wolfpack	45.4	26.9	29.1
69.	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	45.2	27.0	29.3
70.	Baylor Bears	44.7	27.2	30.0
71.	Illinois Fighting Illini	44.6	25.6	27.8
72.	Maryland Terrapins	44.4	26.3	29.9
73.	Wyoming Cowboys	43.7	25.0	27.9
74.	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	42.8	25.6	27.9
75.	Duke Blue Devils	42.3	26.2	29.6
76.	Louisville Cardinals	41.9	24.6	28.0
77.	Arizona State Sun Devils	41.9	20.6	24.7
78.	Central Michigan Chippewas	41.4	23.3	26.6
79.	Mississippi State Bulldogs	41.4	24.9	28.4
80.	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	40.7	25.4	29.7
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
81.	Navy Midshipmen	39.5	24.5	28.6
82.	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	39.3	22.9	28.2
83.	Florida Atlantic Owls	35.0	28.1	36.4
84.	Utah State Aggies	34.2	24.7	32.7
85.	Michigan Wolverines	33.3	23.5	31.8
86.	Iowa State Cyclones	32.7	23.3	31.2
87.	Indiana Hoosiers	32.3	23.4	30.9
88.	Kansas Jayhawks	32.2	24.0	32.9
89.	Washington Huskies	31.8	23.6	32.5
90.	Buffalo Bulls	31.7	20.8	29.6
91.	East Carolina Pirates	31.7	22.9	31.3
92.	UAB Blazers	31.6	26.2	35.4
93.	Toledo Rockets	31.5	23.2	33.5
94.	Minnesota Golden Gophers	29.9	19.7	29.3
95.	San Diego State Aztecs	26.6	19.5	29.8
96.	Vanderbilt Commodores	25.8	17.7	30.2
97.	Kent State Golden Flashes	25.4	17.8	29.8
98.	UTEP Miners	25.4	22.4	35.4
99.	UNLV Rebels	23.0	20.4	34.4
100.	Tulane Green Wave	21.0	20.8	35.9
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
101.	Army Black Knights	20.9	15.8	30.5
102.	North Texas Mean Green	19.6	18.3	35.4
103.	Washington State Cougars	19.2	16.9	33.4
104.	Akron Zips	18.8	17.1	33.7
105.	New Mexico Lobos	18.8	15.9	33.4
106.	Rice Owls	18.4	19.9	36.2
107.	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	18.3	16.1	34.0
108.	Arkansas State Red Wolves	17.8	16.2	33.8
109.	Colorado State Rams	17.8	14.6	32.7
110.	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	17.6	20.9	38.5
111.	San Jose State Spartans	17.5	16.8	35.4
112.	Western Michigan Broncos	16.0	15.9	34.6
113.	Bowling Green Falcons	15.8	16.0	33.4
114.	Ball State Cardinals	12.6	14.1	35.6
115.	Memphis Tigers	11.9	16.2	38.3
116.	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	6.5	11.8	40.7
117.	Eastern Michigan Eagles	6.3	11.6	39.8
118.	Miami (OH) RedHawks	5.6	10.0	38.1
119.	Florida International Golden Panthers	5.5	11.5	39.9
120.	New Mexico State Aggies	5.2	9.6	40.8

Ryan Fowler is the Content Manager for Whatifsports.com. He can be reached at rfowler@whatifsports.com.

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