2011 College Football Week 6 Power Rankings: Alabama the Team to Beat

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.	Alabama Crimson Tide	+1	90.5	37.5	14.8
2.	Stanford Cardinal	+1	90.0	40.9	19.3
3.	Oregon Ducks	-2	89.9	41.2	19.8
4.	Wisconsin Badgers	+2	88.6	39.1	17.3
5.	Boise State Broncos	-1	88.2	41.4	20.4
6.	LSU Tigers	-1	87.8	35.7	16.1
7.	Oklahoma Sooners	-	85.6	38.8	19.7
8.	Oklahoma State Cowboys	-	83.4	40.8	23.6
9.	Arkansas Razorbacks	+5	80.0	36.4	21.3
10.	TCU Horned Frogs	-1	79.7	36.1	21.8
11.	Florida State Seminoles	+1	79.0	34.0	20.6
12.	Clemson Tigers	+5	77.5	32.7	19.8
13.	Georgia Bulldogs	-2	76.9	34.5	21.1
14.	West Virginia Mountaineers	+4	75.2	32.7	20.5
15.	South Carolina Gamecocks	+1	74.4	32.7	20.9
16.	Michigan State Spartans	+4	74.2	33.4	22.3
17.	Florida Gators	+2	73.9	30.2	18.7
18.	Texas A&M Aggies	-8	73.4	34.4	23.4
19.	Arizona State Sun Devils	+6	73.0	31.1	21.1
20.	USC Trojans	+2	72.1	33.0	22.7
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
21.	Virginia Tech Hokies	-6	71.5	30.9	20.7
22.	Nebraska Cornhuskers	-9	71.2	28.5	18.7
23.	Pittsburgh Panthers	-	70.8	30.9	21.2
24.	Texas Longhorns	+4	69.9	29.3	20.8
25.	Missouri Tigers	+6	69.8	29.4	20.1
26.	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	-2	69.3	30.8	21.8
27.	Utah Utes	-6	69.2	31.3	23.1
28.	Auburn Tigers	+12	68.5	30.2	22.2
29.	Arizona Wildcats	-3	68.5	30.3	23.0
30.	Penn State Nittany Lions	-	67.8	28.5	20.8
31.	Iowa Hawkeyes	-2	67.6	30.0	21.8
32.	Ohio State Buckeyes	+1	67.0	26.7	19.4
33.	Miami (FL) Hurricanes	+1	66.0	28.9	21.6
34.	South Florida Bulls	-7	65.7	29.9	23.1
35.	Mississippi State Bulldogs	-3	65.4	29.6	22.5
36.	North Carolina Tar Heels	+3	64.9	28.4	21.9
37.	Southern Methodist Mustangs	+1	64.9	33.6	26.8
38.	Tennessee Volunteers	-2	64.8	28.3	21.9
39.	Michigan Wolverines	-2	64.6	32.4	25.4
40.	Baylor Bears	-5	64.4	33.3	26.8
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
41.	Cincinnati Bearcats	-	61.7	31.5	26.2
42.	Washington Huskies	+8	59.9	27.7	23.4
43.	San Diego State Aztecs	-	59.7	29.5	25.3
44.	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	+3	59.2	27.5	23.2
45.	Northern Illinois Huskies	-3	58.6	31.7	28.3
46.	Syracuse Orange	+3	58.6	27.1	23.4
47.	California Golden Bears	-1	58.2	25.3	21.4
48.	Maryland Terrapins	-4	57.2	25.9	22.9
49.	Hawaii Warriors	-1	56.7	32.1	29.3
50.	UCF Knights	+2	53.9	29.4	27.2
51.	Kansas State Wildcats	+6	53.5	27.1	24.9
52.	Brigham Young Cougars	+4	53.3	27.0	25.2
53.	Texas Tech Red Raiders	+1	53.2	27.8	26.2
54.	Temple Owls	-1	53.0	26.3	24.7
55.	Illinois Fighting Illini	-	52.6	25.7	24.3
56.	Toledo Rockets	+6	51.9	29.0	27.4
57.	North Carolina State Wolfpack	-12	51.7	27.8	26.5
58.	Northwestern Wildcats	-7	51.6	26.9	26.2
59.	Oregon State Beavers	-1	51.4	25.4	24.9
60.	UCLA Bruins	-	50.5	25.9	25.5
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
61.	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	+2	50.4	30.2	29.9
62.	Air Force Falcons	+3	50.3	24.8	24.9
63.	Colorado Buffaloes	-2	49.5	27.2	27.1
64.	Boston College Eagles	-5	49.2	23.2	23.6
65.	Navy Midshipmen	+3	49.0	25.3	25.6
66.	Houston Cougars	-2	48.3	30.7	31.6
67.	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	-	48.0	30.5	31.1
68.	East Carolina Pirates	-2	47.6	28.7	29.1
69.	Purdue Boilermakers	+1	46.5	24.3	25.7
70.	Fresno State Bulldogs	-1	45.7	26.6	29.3
71.	Ohio Bobcats	+1	45.5	24.4	25.9
72.	Duke Blue Devils	+2	45.5	25.7	28.7
73.	Mississippi Rebels	+2	44.7	26.3	28.3
74.	Kentucky Wildcats	-3	44.7	21.9	24.2
75.	Louisville Cardinals	-2	44.1	22.2	25.2
76.	Troy Trojans	-	43.3	26.5	29.7
77.	Connecticut Huskies	-	42.8	21.8	25.3
78.	Western Michigan Broncos	+4	42.4	26.6	30.2
79.	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	-	40.4	24.0	28.5
80.	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	+3	40.1	23.0	27.6
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
81.	Virginia Cavaliers	+3	39.7	21.6	25.4
82.	Iowa State Cyclones	-1	39.5	22.8	27.0
83.	Vanderbilt Commodores	-3	39.5	20.5	25.0
84.	Central Michigan Chippewas	+4	38.8	23.5	28.4
85.	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	-	37.7	25.0	30.7
86.	FIU Golden Panthers	+1	37.6	23.9	29.1
87.	Washington State Cougars	+2	37.5	24.8	30.8
88.	Nevada Wolf Pack	-10	37.4	24.4	29.8
89.	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	-3	37.3	23.7	29.1
90.	Army Black Knights	+1	33.1	19.7	26.9
91.	Tulane Green Wave	-1	32.0	22.1	30.3
92.	Marshall Thundering Herd	+1	30.6	20.0	29.1
93.	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	+1	30.2	20.5	29.6
94.	Kent State Golden Flashes	+1	30.0	17.7	26.7
95.	Arkansas State Red Wolves	-3	29.5	23.0	32.0
96.	Indiana Hoosiers	-	28.5	22.2	31.6
97.	Kansas Jayhawks	+7	28.4	21.9	31.7
98.	Miami (OH) RedHawks	-1	27.4	19.6	29.7
99.	Bowling Green Falcons	+1	27.3	19.5	30.5
100.	Utah State Aggies	-2	26.4	21.2	31.9
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
101.	North Texas Mean Green	-2	25.2	21.8	33.2
102.	Rice Owls	-1	24.1	21.5	33.5
103.	Buffalo Bulls	-	23.7	17.6	29.7
104.	Colorado State Rams	-2	22.7	19.7	32.2
105.	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	+1	21.4	18.7	31.7
106.	UAB Blazers	+3	21.2	19.8	33.7
107.	UTEP Miners	+1	20.7	18.1	31.9
108.	Minnesota Golden Gophers	-3	20.2	16.8	30.0
109.	Wyoming Cowboys	+2	19.9	15.4	30.1
110.	Idaho Vandals	-3	19.1	18.3	32.3
111.	Ball State Cardinals	+1	18.9	16.8	32.0
112.	San Jose State Spartans	+1	17.4	16.8	33.0
113.	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	-3	16.5	18.8	34.9
114.	Florida Atlantic Owls	-	14.4	15.9	34.7
115.	UNLV Rebels	-	13.0	15.4	34.6
116.	New Mexico State Aggies	+3	10.5	13.8	36.3
117.	Akron Zips	-	10.3	13.3	34.8
118.	New Mexico Lobos	-2	9.4	12.9	35.1
119.	Eastern Michigan Eagles	-1	8.5	13.1	37.3
120.	Memphis Tigers	-	4.4	10.4	38.0