2011 College Football Week 4 Power Rankings: LSU Defense Strikes Again

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	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
1.	Stanford Cardinal	-	90.3	40.7	18.6
2.	Alabama Crimson Tide	+1	90.2	36.3	14.8
3.	Oregon Ducks	-1	88.5	41.4	19.2
4.	Boise State Broncos	-	88.2	41.1	20.4
5.	Oklahoma Sooners	-	87.9	39.3	19.8
6.	Wisconsin Badgers	-	87.1	37.2	17.5
7.	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-	85.8	41.1	23.4
8.	LSU Tigers	+1	85.1	34.3	16.5
9.	TCU Horned Frogs	+1	81.4	35.9	20.4
10.	Texas A&M Aggies	+2	81.3	37.1	22.1
11.	Florida State Seminoles	-3	80.5	34.6	19.5
12.	Arkansas Razorbacks	+2	77.6	34.6	21.2
13.	West Virginia Mountaineers	-2	77.5	32.8	19.4
14.	Georgia Bulldogs	+3	76.9	34.2	21.7
15.	USC Trojans	+4	76.8	34.7	22.0
16.	South Carolina Gamecocks	-3	76.8	33.8	21.2
17.	Nebraska Cornhuskers	+1	75.2	29.0	17.3
18.	Pittsburgh Panthers	+5	73.8	32.0	20.7
19.	Michigan State Spartans	+1	72.4	33.2	22.7
20.	Virginia Tech Hokies	-4	72.0	31.7	20.7
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
21.	Arizona Wildcats	+5	71.2	30.2	20.9
22.	Florida Gators	+3	71.1	29.2	19.3
23.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	+1	70.0	31.1	21.9
24.	Utah Utes	+4	69.9	32.1	23.3
25.	Arizona State Sun Devils	-3	69.7	30.4	21.2
26.	Clemson Tigers	+4	69.7	30.3	21.1
27.	Mississippi State Bulldogs	-6	69.1	30.8	22.1
28.	Texas Longhorns	+3	68.8	29.4	21.1
29.	Ohio State Buckeyes	-14	68.7	27.6	19.1
30.	Missouri Tigers	-1	68.5	29.1	21.0
31.	South Florida Bulls	+16	67.4	30.3	22.0
32.	Penn State Nittany Lions	-5	67.3	29.1	20.9
33.	Maryland Terrapins	-	66.9	29.6	21.7
34.	Miami (FL) Hurricanes	+3	66.1	28.9	21.2
35.	Baylor Bears	-3	66.0	33.9	26.6
36.	Iowa Hawkeyes	+7	65.7	28.6	21.9
37.	North Carolina Tar Heels	-2	64.6	28.9	21.7
38.	Auburn Tigers	-4	64.5	29.8	23.4
39.	Tennessee Volunteers	-3	63.3	28.0	22.0
40.	Southern Methodist Mustangs	-2	62.1	32.7	27.0
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
41.	San Diego State Aztecs	-	61.5	29.4	24.1
42.	Michigan Wolverines	-3	61.3	32.0	27.0
43.	North Carolina State Wolfpack	+2	60.0	30.0	25.5
44.	Northern Illinois Huskies	+2	59.5	31.5	27.3
45.	Cincinnati Bearcats	-5	58.8	30.9	26.9
46.	Syracuse Orange	-2	58.2	27.2	23.8
47.	California Golden Bears	+3	56.8	24.6	21.5
48.	Texas Tech Red Raiders	+6	56.6	28.2	25.5
49.	UCF Knights	-1	56.5	30.1	27.0
50.	Hawaii Warriors	-1	56.4	32.2	29.3
51.	Washington Huskies	-	56.4	26.4	23.6
52.	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	+1	54.4	25.9	23.9
53.	Oregon State Beavers	+2	53.6	25.3	23.9
54.	Illinois Fighting Illini	+10	53.2	25.7	24.1
55.	Brigham Young Cougars	+5	53.1	27.0	25.4
56.	Northwestern Wildcats	-14	52.3	26.8	25.6
57.	Colorado Buffaloes	+6	51.8	27.4	26.5
58.	Temple Owls	-	51.6	26.4	25.7
59.	Kansas State Wildcats	+3	51.1	26.5	25.8
60.	Boston College Eagles	-8	50.9	23.7	23.1
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
61.	Toledo Rockets	-4	50.8	29.0	27.8
62.	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	+4	50.4	30.1	29.9
63.	Ohio Bobcats	+9	49.2	25.0	24.9
64.	Air Force Falcons	+7	48.5	24.3	24.2
65.	Navy Midshipmen	+3	47.8	25.0	25.7
66.	Kentucky Wildcats	+10	47.6	22.2	23.3
67.	Houston Cougars	+2	47.6	30.0	31.3
68.	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	-9	47.6	30.4	31.3
69.	UCLA Bruins	-8	47.5	24.7	25.9
70.	Louisville Cardinals	+3	47.1	23.2	24.7
71.	Fresno State Bulldogs	-1	46.9	28.0	28.8
72.	East Carolina Pirates	-5	46.6	28.4	29.3
73.	Purdue Boilermakers	+1	46.2	24.2	25.4
74.	Connecticut Huskies	-9	45.4	22.6	24.9
75.	Troy Trojans	+2	43.0	26.6	29.3
76.	Mississippi Rebels	-1	42.2	25.7	28.5
77.	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	+3	42.1	24.4	27.8
78.	Duke Blue Devils	+6	40.9	25.1	28.6
79.	Virginia Cavaliers	-1	40.7	21.1	25.4
80.	Iowa State Cyclones	+1	40.1	22.3	25.9
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
81.	Western Michigan Broncos	-2	38.8	25.6	30.4
82.	Vanderbilt Commodores	+8	38.8	20.4	25.3
83.	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	+5	38.3	23.8	28.5
84.	FIU Golden Panthers	-2	37.6	24.0	29.0
85.	Nevada Wolf Pack	-29	37.2	24.9	29.8
86.	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	+3	36.1	25.2	31.0
87.	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	-4	36.0	21.8	27.1
88.	Washington State Cougars	-1	35.4	24.3	30.6
89.	Central Michigan Chippewas	-4	34.7	21.9	28.9
90.	Miami (OH) RedHawks	-4	34.6	20.2	27.5
91.	Tulane Green Wave	+13	33.1	22.2	30.3
92.	Army Black Knights	-1	32.8	18.7	26.0
93.	Kent State Golden Flashes	+4	31.4	17.8	26.6
94.	Indiana Hoosiers	-2	30.9	24.4	32.0
95.	Utah State Aggies	-	30.6	22.4	31.2
96.	Arkansas State Red Wolves	-3	29.8	22.8	31.7
97.	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	-3	29.5	20.4	29.1
98.	Marshall Thundering Herd	-2	29.4	19.5	29.0
99.	Minnesota Golden Gophers	+2	27.9	19.6	29.6
100.	Rice Owls	-1	26.5	21.6	33.4
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
101.	Colorado State Rams	+1	23.2	19.2	31.7
102.	Kansas Jayhawks	-2	23.0	20.0	32.0
103.	Idaho Vandals	+4	22.8	18.5	31.6
104.	UAB Blazers	-6	22.2	19.9	33.1
105.	Buffalo Bulls	-2	21.8	17.1	30.2
106.	UTEP Miners	-1	21.1	17.8	32.0
107.	North Texas Mean Green	-1	19.8	19.5	33.8
108.	Wyoming Cowboys	+4	19.0	15.5	30.4
109.	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	+2	18.3	16.5	32.4
110.	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	-	17.4	18.4	35.2
111.	Bowling Green Falcons	-3	17.4	16.5	32.5
112.	San Jose State Spartans	-3	16.9	16.2	32.5
113.	Florida Atlantic Owls	-	14.5	15.9	34.2
114.	UNLV Rebels	-	14.2	16.3	34.5
115.	Akron Zips	-	11.2	13.4	34.4
116.	Ball State Cardinals	+1	10.4	12.5	34.1
117.	New Mexico Lobos	-1	10.4	13.2	34.1
118.	Eastern Michigan Eagles	-	7.2	12.1	37.8
119.	New Mexico State Aggies	-	7.1	12.1	37.8
120.	Memphis Tigers	-	4.5	10.8	38.6