College Football Power Rankings: Pre-Season

WhatIfSports simulated every possible matchup in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) 100 times, and used the winning percentages from those 700,000+ games to deterministically evaluate all teams to come up with the best possible ranking of how every team compares to every other team. The inputs to the simulations are based on a rigorous analysis of each team that first considers strength-of-schedule-adjusted team and player ratings from 2007 and then makes modifications for 2008 based on returning starters (who, where and how many), expected progression of returning players in new roles, depth at each position and incoming recruits and transfers.

Team	Win Pct	PF/G	PA/G
1.	Ohio State Buckeyes	98.9%	48.9	7.6
2.	Georgia Bulldogs	97.7%	45.5	10.3
3.	Oklahoma Sooners	94.8%	48.2	18.2
4.	LSU Tigers	94.6%	42.6	11.5
5.	USC Trojans	94.0%	41.2	10.6
6.	W. Virginia Mountaineers	91.5%	41.6	17.8
7.	Clemson Tigers	89.1%	36.6	14.5
8.	Florida Gators	86.1%	39.2	18.7
9.	Missouri Tigers	86.0%	41.7	22.6
10.	Wisconsin Badgers	84.5%	34.7	16.4

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Oregon Ducks

66.6%

28.7

20.7

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