NCAA Football Preseason Power Rankings from Whatifsports.com

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.	Oregon Ducks	93.8	43.6	17.4
2.	Stanford Cardinal	91.3	40.9	18.0
3.	Alabama Crimson Tide	89.8	36.1	15.2
4.	Boise State Broncos	88.9	41.2	20.3
5.	Oklahoma Sooners	86.0	39.6	21.2
6.	Wisconsin Badgers	85.8	37.7	18.4
7.	Florida State Seminoles	83.5	37.4	20.0
8.	TCU Horned Frogs	82.9	36.2	19.7
9.	Oklahoma State Cowboys	82.3	40.3	23.8
10.	LSU Tigers	81.2	33.8	18.2
11.	South Carolina Gamecocks	79.1	35.6	20.5
12.	Ohio State Buckeyes	79.0	32.0	17.2
13.	Georgia Bulldogs	78.7	35.3	20.8
14.	West Virginia Mountaineers	78.5	32.7	18.7
15.	Texas A&M Aggies	78.0	36.5	22.4
16.	Arkansas Razorbacks	76.4	34.5	21.3
17.	Arizona Wildcats	76.3	30.3	18.4
18.	Nebraska Cornhuskers	75.6	29.3	16.5
19.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	74.9	33.8	21.7
20.	Utah Utes	74.4	33.5	22.2
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
21.	Pittsburgh Panthers	74.3	32.9	22.0
22.	USC Trojans	74.1	33.8	22.7
23.	Virginia Tech Hokies	73.0	32.4	21.0
24.	Michigan State Spartans	73.0	33.8	21.9
25.	Mississippi State Bulldogs	72.9	32.4	21.1
26.	Penn State Nittany Lions	72.6	31.2	20.7
27.	Florida Gators	69.3	28.5	19.0
28.	Missouri Tigers	68.8	29.0	20.6
29.	San Diego State Aztecs	67.6	31.9	23.9
30.	Clemson Tigers	67.0	29.0	20.6
31.	Arizona State Sun Devils	66.2	29.4	21.8
32.	Northern Illinois Huskies	66.1	32.6	25.5
33.	Texas Longhorns	65.9	28.4	21.0
34.	North Carolina Tar Heels	65.2	28.4	21.6
35.	Maryland Terrapins	64.9	28.7	21.6
36.	Miami (FL) Hurricanes	64.2	28.4	21.5
37.	Auburn Tigers	64.0	29.4	22.5
38.	North Carolina State Wolfpack	62.0	30.1	24.6
39.	Southern Methodist Mustangs	61.9	32.5	27.2
40.	Michigan Wolverines	61.5	32.0	26.9
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
41.	Iowa Hawkeyes	60.6	26.9	22.1
42.	Cincinnati Bearcats	60.5	31.3	26.4
43.	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	60.0	33.8	29.5
44.	California Golden Bears	59.7	24.7	20.5
45.	Syracuse Orange	59.4	27.2	23.0
46.	Hawaii Warriors	58.9	33.6	29.3
47.	Baylor Bears	58.5	31.5	27.5
48.	UCF Knights	57.9	30.4	27.2
49.	Tennessee Volunteers	57.7	26.4	22.7
50.	Boston College Eagles	56.6	24.2	21.2
51.	South Florida Bulls	56.4	26.8	23.4
52.	Northwestern Wildcats	55.2	28.0	25.3
53.	Connecticut Huskies	54.4	25.6	23.9
54.	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	54.3	25.7	23.8
55.	Texas Tech Red Raiders	53.3	27.5	26.2
56.	Oregon State Beavers	53.2	25.4	23.9
57.	Brigham Young Cougars	52.5	27.3	25.4
58.	Nevada Wolf Pack	52.5	30.3	28.8
59.	Washington Huskies	52.3	24.9	23.5
60.	Houston Cougars	51.5	30.7	31.1
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
61.	Illinois Fighting Illini	51.0	25.1	24.6
62.	Air Force Falcons	50.6	24.9	24.2
63.	Temple Owls	50.5	26.1	25.6
64.	Purdue Boilermakers	50.3	24.0	23.8
65.	Kansas State Wildcats	49.5	26.7	26.3
66.	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	48.2	31.0	31.2
67.	UCLA Bruins	47.9	24.6	25.6
68.	Louisville Cardinals	47.2	23.6	24.5
69.	Navy Midshipmen	47.1	24.5	25.6
70.	Fresno State Bulldogs	46.6	27.8	29.3
71.	Kentucky Wildcats	46.4	22.3	23.5
72.	Ohio Bobcats	46.0	23.4	24.6
73.	Mississippi Rebels	46.0	26.9	28.1
74.	Colorado Buffaloes	45.2	25.0	26.7
75.	Toledo Rockets	44.3	27.2	29.1
76.	Troy Trojans	44.2	27.0	29.8
77.	Duke Blue Devils	41.6	25.0	29.0
78.	Virginia Cavaliers	39.9	21.5	25.8
79.	Western Michigan Broncos	38.8	25.6	30.5
80.	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	38.7	21.9	27.2
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
81.	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	38.3	23.6	28.8
82.	East Carolina Pirates	38.1	25.9	30.8
83.	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	37.4	25.2	30.5
84.	Central Michigan Chippewas	37.2	21.9	27.5
85.	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	35.5	22.3	28.3
86.	Miami (OH) RedHawks	35.3	20.9	27.5
87.	Washington State Cougars	34.2	24.0	30.6
88.	Vanderbilt Commodores	34.2	20.2	27.4
89.	Iowa State Cyclones	31.7	19.6	28.3
90.	FIU Golden Panthers	31.6	23.3	31.1
91.	Indiana Hoosiers	31.4	24.3	32.0
92.	Arkansas State Red Wolves	31.4	23.2	31.6
93.	Kent State Golden Flashes	30.6	17.5	26.4
94.	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	30.2	20.3	29.1
95.	Idaho Vandals	28.2	20.9	30.7
96.	Utah State Aggies	28.1	21.5	31.6
97.	Army Black Knights	27.8	18.1	28.0
98.	UAB Blazers	27.4	23.2	33.2
99.	Minnesota Golden Gophers	25.5	18.2	29.9
100.	Marshall Thundering Herd	25.3	17.1	29.7
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
101.	Colorado State Rams	25.0	19.9	31.6
102.	Buffalo Bulls	25.0	17.7	29.6
103.	Tulane Green Wave	22.7	18.0	30.7
104.	UTEP Miners	21.2	18.0	31.9
105.	North Texas Mean Green	21.0	19.5	33.7
106.	Rice Owls	20.5	19.3	34.7
107.	Kansas Jayhawks	20.2	18.3	32.6
108.	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	18.8	16.8	32.4
109.	Wyoming Cowboys	18.5	14.1	30.9
110.	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	18.2	18.4	34.2
111.	San Jose State Spartans	17.5	16.4	33.2
112.	Bowling Green Falcons	16.5	14.6	32.0
113.	Florida Atlantic Owls	14.8	15.8	34.4
114.	UNLV Rebels	13.2	15.1	34.9
115.	New Mexico Lobos	12.0	13.1	33.9
116.	Ball State Cardinals	10.9	12.5	34.4
117.	Akron Zips	10.3	12.9	35.2
118.	Eastern Michigan Eagles	7.2	11.9	37.0
119.	Memphis Tigers	5.4	10.9	38.3
120.	New Mexico State Aggies	5.2	9.9	38.6