NCAA Power Rankings: SEC rules the roost

NCAA football Week 14 power rankings

By Jake Westrich - WhatIfSports.com

November 26, 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	+1	84.1	30.7	17.0
2.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-1	81.8	30.7	17.4
3.	Georgia Bulldogs	+2	77.1	29.5	18.1
4.	LSU Tigers	-	77.0	27.0	16.1
5.	Oregon Ducks	+2	75.7	29.4	18.9
6.	Florida Gators	+7	74.9	26.6	16.9
7.	Texas A&M Aggies	-1	74.7	29.7	20.0
8.	Ohio State Buckeyes	-	74.5	28.8	18.6
9.	South Carolina Gamecocks	+5	73.2	26.1	17.2
10.	Oklahoma Sooners	-1	73.2	30.6	21.3
11.	Florida State Seminoles	-8	72.0	27.7	19.1
12.	Stanford Cardinal	+3	71.6	27.0	18.3
13.	Nebraska Cornhuskers	+3	71.4	28.6	20.6
14.	Clemson Tigers	-4	71.4	29.5	20.8
15.	Texas Longhorns	-4	70.9	26.6	18.5
16.	Kansas State Wildcats	-4	70.2	27.8	18.9
17.	TCU Horned Frogs	+3	68.5	27.8	20.8
18.	Oregon State Beavers	-	68.2	27.6	20.6
19.	UCLA Bruins	-2	67.0	26.8	20.5
20.	Michigan Wolverines	-1	66.6	26.4	20.0
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
21.	Texas Tech Red Raiders	+4	66.4	29.7	23.5
22.	Oklahoma State Cowboys	+8	65.8	27.4	21.3
23.	Boise State Broncos	+3	65.1	27.7	22.1
24.	Penn State Nittany Lions	-2	64.9	26.1	20.4
25.	Northwestern Wildcats	+2	64.7	27.1	21.6
26.	USC Trojans	-3	64.4	27.8	22.2
27.	Iowa State Cyclones	+5	63.6	26.7	21.4
28.	West Virginia Mountaineers	+3	63.4	29.3	24.1
29.	Vanderbilt Commodores	+4	63.1	23.4	19.0
30.	Mississippi State Bulldogs	-6	63.1	26.2	21.1
31.	Louisville Cardinals	-3	62.2	25.7	21.4
32.	Mississippi Rebels	+10	62.0	24.8	20.1
33.	Arizona Wildcats	-4	61.8	28.7	24.0
34.	Miami (FL) Hurricanes	+2	61.7	27.0	23.0
35.	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	-14	61.5	24.8	20.6
36.	Wisconsin Badgers	+1	61.3	24.7	20.1
37.	North Carolina Tar Heels	-3	61.2	27.9	23.9
38.	Cincinnati Bearcats	-	60.9	25.5	21.1
39.	Virginia Tech Hokies	+5	59.9	25.5	22.0
40.	Michigan State Spartans	+7	59.9	24.5	20.7
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
41.	Arizona State Sun Devils	-1	59.4	26.5	22.8
42.	Baylor Bears	-7	59.2	27.6	24.3
43.	Syracuse Orange	-	59.1	26.5	23.1
44.	Washington Huskies	-3	58.0	26.3	23.2
45.	Purdue Boilermakers	+3	57.6	25.0	22.1
46.	Missouri Tigers	-	56.5	23.0	20.8
47.	Utah State Aggies	+8	56.4	26.7	24.6
48.	Utah Utes	+2	56.4	23.0	21.2
49.	North Carolina State Wolfpack	-10	56.0	23.5	21.9
50.	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	+2	55.5	26.4	24.2
51.	Arkansas Razorbacks	-	55.4	25.8	23.4
52.	Pittsburgh Panthers	+10	55.3	25.3	24.0
53.	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	-8	55.1	28.2	26.5
54.	Brigham Young Cougars	-1	54.9	24.7	22.3
55.	Virginia Cavaliers	-1	54.3	24.0	22.0
56.	Indiana Hoosiers	-7	54.2	26.2	24.9
57.	Tennessee Volunteers	+3	53.9	23.7	22.4
58.	UCF Knights	-2	53.8	25.8	24.2
59.	San Jose State Spartans	+7	53.4	27.4	26.6
60.	Duke Blue Devils	-3	53.3	26.9	25.6
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
61.	Iowa Hawkeyes	-	52.7	24.1	22.8
62.	San Diego State Aztecs	-3	52.3	24.9	23.6
63.	Connecticut Huskies	-	51.9	21.7	21.1
64.	Temple Owls	+6	50.6	23.0	22.4
65.	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	-7	50.5	26.2	25.5
66.	Toledo Rockets	+7	50.4	25.8	25.5
67.	Maryland Terrapins	-	50.3	24.0	23.8
68.	Northern Illinois Huskies	+1	50.2	24.2	23.8
69.	Minnesota Golden Gophers	-4	50.1	23.8	23.4
70.	Ball State Cardinals	+2	49.2	25.6	25.9
71.	Kent State Golden Flashes	-3	49.2	22.0	21.7
72.	Fresno State Bulldogs	-1	48.9	26.0	25.9
73.	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	-9	48.3	23.1	23.2
74.	California Golden Bears	+1	47.2	22.2	23.4
75.	Arkansas State Red Wolves	-1	46.8	25.4	26.1
76.	Nevada Wolf Pack	-	46.7	23.9	25.1
77.	Ohio Bobcats	+3	45.7	23.6	25.4
78.	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	-1	45.2	23.9	25.8
79.	East Carolina Pirates	+2	44.5	24.6	25.9
80.	Auburn Tigers	-1	44.4	20.5	22.2
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
81.	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	+2	44.2	25.0	27.5
82.	Kansas Jayhawks	-4	44.0	23.4	25.4
83.	Washington State Cougars	+3	43.5	23.3	25.7
84.	South Florida Bulls	+4	43.3	22.8	25.4
85.	Boston College Eagles	-	43.1	22.6	24.9
86.	Bowling Green Falcons	-4	42.7	22.9	25.4
87.	Colorado Buffaloes	+8	42.7	22.1	25.0
88.	Illinois Fighting Illini	+1	42.3	19.6	22.7
89.	Southern Methodist Mustangs	+13	41.3	24.2	27.7
90.	Kentucky Wildcats	-	40.8	18.4	22.0
91.	Houston Cougars	-4	40.4	24.5	27.8
92.	Navy Midshipmen	-1	38.8	21.8	25.5
93.	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	+7	37.9	24.0	28.3
94.	Marshall Thundering Herd	-1	37.8	22.5	27.1
95.	Miami (OH) RedHawks	+4	37.4	21.2	26.1
96.	Central Michigan Chippewas	-4	36.1	22.9	27.9
97.	Western Michigan Broncos	-3	35.9	22.8	28.0
98.	Troy Trojans	-14	35.8	24.3	30.0
99.	Wyoming Cowboys	-2	35.2	20.9	26.5
100.	Rice Owls	-2	34.9	22.1	27.5
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
101.	Air Force Falcons	-	34.9	20.5	25.6
102.	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	-6	34.7	20.9	26.2
103.	Buffalo Bulls	-	34.2	20.3	26.6
104.	FIU Golden Panthers	-	30.9	20.7	27.6
105.	UTEP Miners	-	30.4	19.9	27.6
106.	Colorado State Rams	+1	28.2	17.8	26.0
107.	Memphis Tigers	+1	26.8	19.6	28.7
108.	North Texas Mean Green	-2	26.6	19.9	29.0
109.	Tulane Green Wave	+3	25.9	17.8	27.8
110.	Army Black Knights	-1	25.1	19.2	28.8
111.	Florida Atlantic Owls	+3	24.4	17.4	28.2
112.	Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners	+7	24.0	19.8	30.8
113.	New Mexico Lobos	-	23.4	18.5	28.9
114.	Eastern Michigan Eagles	+1	23.1	16.0	26.5
115.	UNLV Rebels	-5	22.8	17.9	28.4
116.	Idaho Vandals	+1	21.3	18.0	30.0
117.	New Mexico State Aggies	-1	20.9	18.7	30.6
118.	Hawaii Warriors	+4	20.4	16.5	28.2
119.	UAB Blazers	+1	19.6	17.4	30.4
120.	Akron Zips	+1	19.4	16.2	29.4
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
121.	Texas State Bobcats	-3	19.0	17.0	29.3
122.	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	-11	18.7	17.1	29.7
123.	South Alabama Jaguars	-	17.8	16.1	29.8
124.	Massachusetts Minutemen	-	15.8	14.9	30.0

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

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