NCAA Power Rankings: Gators up, Tigers down

NCAA football Week 7 power rankings

By Jake Westrich - WhatIfSports.com

October 8, 2012

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WhatIfSports.com utilizes its NCAA football simulation to present the most comprehensive and unbiased ranking of all 124 FBS teams. We simulated thousands of games and used those winning percentages to evaluate every team. All 124 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	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
1.	Alabama Crimson Tide	-	85.9	32.2	15.9
2.	USC Trojans	+1	84.3	34.4	19.9
3.	Oregon Ducks	+2	80.6	31.5	18.2
4.	West Virginia Mountaineers	+3	79.0	32.6	21.2
5.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	+8	77.4	29.6	18.7
6.	Florida Gators	+13	76.7	26.5	15.9
7.	Ohio State Buckeyes	+1	76.5	29.2	18.5
8.	Oklahoma Sooners	+2	75.1	30.2	20.2
9.	South Carolina Gamecocks	-	75.0	27.5	17.0
10.	Florida State Seminoles	-4	74.0	28.3	18.5
11.	Texas Longhorns	+1	73.5	26.9	17.4
12.	LSU Tigers	-8	72.0	26.0	17.1
13.	Kansas State Wildcats	+13	71.4	27.5	19.6
14.	Georgia Bulldogs	-12	70.6	27.8	19.4
15.	Nebraska Cornhuskers	+7	70.3	28.4	20.7
16.	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-	69.6	29.7	21.8
17.	Clemson Tigers	-6	69.5	30.0	21.4
18.	Michigan Wolverines	-3	69.5	27.0	18.9
19.	Michigan State Spartans	-2	68.5	26.3	19.4
20.	Stanford Cardinal	-2	67.7	26.6	20.2
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
21.	Texas A&M Aggies	-1	67.4	27.6	21.0
22.	Cincinnati Bearcats	-1	67.2	26.6	19.6
23.	Boise State Broncos	+5	65.4	29.1	22.7
24.	Louisville Cardinals	-	65.2	26.8	20.8
25.	Mississippi State Bulldogs	+4	65.1	25.6	20.0
26.	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	-1	64.5	25.4	19.7
27.	Oregon State Beavers	+7	64.3	28.4	22.4
28.	North Carolina State Wolfpack	+17	64.3	26.2	20.6
29.	Texas Tech Red Raiders	+7	64.2	30.6	25.1
30.	North Carolina Tar Heels	-	63.5	27.2	21.5
31.	Arizona State Sun Devils	-	63.1	27.1	21.6
32.	Tennessee Volunteers	+1	63.1	25.1	20.0
33.	Purdue Boilermakers	+6	62.3	26.0	21.6
34.	Iowa State Cyclones	+14	62.2	26.5	22.0
35.	Washington Huskies	-8	62.1	27.2	22.9
36.	Wisconsin Badgers	+2	62.0	26.3	21.6
37.	Virginia Tech Hokies	-14	62.0	25.9	21.1
38.	TCU Horned Frogs	-24	62.0	26.0	21.4
39.	Arizona Wildcats	+8	61.7	27.9	23.4
40.	Penn State Nittany Lions	-	61.4	25.1	20.8
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
41.	Baylor Bears	+5	61.0	27.1	22.8
42.	Arkansas Razorbacks	+11	60.3	26.8	23.1
43.	Vanderbilt Commodores	-1	60.2	23.7	19.8
44.	Miami (FL) Hurricanes	-7	60.0	26.2	22.9
45.	Northwestern Wildcats	-1	58.3	26.5	22.8
46.	Brigham Young Cougars	-5	58.1	25.1	21.3
47.	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	+5	57.7	26.8	23.5
48.	Duke Blue Devils	+23	57.4	27.5	24.8
49.	Utah Utes	+1	57.2	23.3	20.5
50.	California Golden Bears	+11	57.2	24.7	22.5
51.	South Florida Bulls	+3	57.1	24.9	22.9
52.	Auburn Tigers	-3	56.9	24.0	21.7
53.	Missouri Tigers	-18	56.6	22.9	20.4
54.	Pittsburgh Panthers	+3	56.6	26.2	23.3
55.	UCLA Bruins	-23	56.6	24.6	21.9
56.	Iowa Hawkeyes	-	55.7	25.1	22.6
57.	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	+2	55.6	28.3	26.1
58.	UCF Knights	+5	54.9	25.4	24.0
59.	Nevada Wolf Pack	-1	54.3	25.2	23.3
60.	Maryland Terrapins	+9	53.1	24.3	22.8
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
61.	Toledo Rockets	+3	52.6	26.3	25.4
62.	Virginia Cavaliers	-19	52.2	23.3	22.2
63.	Washington State Cougars	-12	52.2	25.6	24.6
64.	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	-2	52.0	25.9	25.0
65.	Syracuse Orange	-5	51.7	24.6	23.7
66.	Connecticut Huskies	+1	51.7	21.1	20.6
67.	Ohio Bobcats	-1	50.7	24.3	24.0
68.	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	-13	50.2	23.1	23.3
69.	Fresno State Bulldogs	-4	49.7	25.9	25.7
70.	Temple Owls	+10	49.1	22.3	22.8
71.	Illinois Fighting Illini	-1	48.3	20.9	21.7
72.	Mississippi Rebels	+7	48.1	21.7	22.3
73.	Marshall Thundering Herd	+1	47.4	24.5	26.0
74.	Utah State Aggies	-1	46.8	24.3	25.6
75.	Northern Illinois Huskies	-3	46.1	23.2	24.7
76.	Western Michigan Broncos	-	46.1	25.4	26.6
77.	Minnesota Golden Gophers	-	46.1	22.3	23.4
78.	Indiana Hoosiers	+6	44.5	23.9	25.4
79.	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	-4	43.7	24.5	26.5
80.	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	+5	43.3	24.4	27.2
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
81.	Miami (OH) RedHawks	+11	42.7	22.2	24.9
82.	Kentucky Wildcats	+5	42.7	18.5	21.3
83.	Kansas Jayhawks	-2	42.7	23.6	26.1
84.	Houston Cougars	-6	42.6	24.8	27.4
85.	Southern Methodist Mustangs	-2	42.2	23.0	26.0
86.	Boston College Eagles	-18	42.0	21.8	24.6
87.	Colorado Buffaloes	+2	40.4	21.6	25.4
88.	Arkansas State Red Wolves	-6	40.0	23.4	26.8
89.	San Jose State Spartans	-1	39.9	24.6	28.4
90.	Ball State Cardinals	-	39.1	23.1	27.0
91.	Navy Midshipmen	+6	38.0	21.2	26.0
92.	Wyoming Cowboys	-6	37.7	20.6	25.5
93.	Bowling Green Falcons	-2	37.4	21.1	26.0
94.	FIU Golden Panthers	-	37.0	22.1	27.0
95.	Air Force Falcons	-2	36.1	21.7	26.9
96.	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	+3	36.1	21.5	26.4
97.	Central Michigan Chippewas	+3	35.5	22.6	28.6
98.	East Carolina Pirates	-2	34.3	21.5	27.0
99.	San Diego State Aztecs	-1	32.6	19.8	26.2
100.	Kent State Golden Flashes	+3	30.1	15.9	23.2
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
101.	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	+1	30.0	18.4	25.8
102.	Troy Trojans	+4	29.9	21.6	29.4
103.	Army Black Knights	-2	29.5	19.0	26.8
104.	Rice Owls	-9	28.6	20.2	27.9
105.	North Texas Mean Green	+2	28.0	20.3	29.1
106.	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	-1	27.4	22.0	30.3
107.	UTEP Miners	-3	26.9	18.7	27.9
108.	UNLV Rebels	+2	26.5	19.1	28.1
109.	Buffalo Bulls	+2	26.0	17.8	27.5
110.	Eastern Michigan Eagles	+4	25.7	16.7	26.9
111.	Colorado State Rams	-3	25.6	17.5	26.5
112.	UAB Blazers	-	24.1	19.6	30.0
113.	Idaho Vandals	+8	23.4	18.7	30.0
114.	Hawaii Warriors	-5	22.2	16.5	27.7
115.	New Mexico Lobos	+5	21.9	18.1	29.7
116.	Memphis Tigers	+3	21.9	18.2	30.1
117.	Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners	-1	19.5	18.5	31.3
118.	New Mexico State Aggies	-5	19.0	18.7	31.0
119.	Tulane Green Wave	-4	18.5	15.3	28.8
120.	Florida Atlantic Owls	-3	18.4	16.2	29.7
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
121.	Akron Zips	-3	17.7	16.1	30.1
122.	Massachusetts Minutemen	+1	15.6	14.7	29.9
123.	Texas State Bobcats	-1	15.3	15.7	31.3
124.	South Alabama Jaguars	-	11.9	15.2	32.3

Jake Westrich is the digital content coordinator for WhatIfSports.com. He can be reached at jwestrich@whatifsports.com.

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