Bryan Wilson Empirical Ratings
College Football Ratings
NOTE: The "Rk Points" Column provides a predictive value for each team in future games. To make a game prediction, subtract the values of the two teams involved to predict winner and margin of victory. Add 3.4 points to the home team, if there is one.

You can estimate chances of an upset by finding the point difference in this table:


PREVIOUS YEAR RANKINGS

Note: Conference affiliations and conference records on rankings before 2014 may be wrong because they were generated after-the-fact using conference standings in the 2014 season.
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2012 Postseason
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2010 Postseason
2009 Postseason
2008 Postseason
2007 Postseason
2006 Postseason
2005 Postseason

Archived Rankings by Week (2015-2019)

SYSTEM RANKINGS

2012 Postseason

Rank Team Conf Record Conf Record Rk Points
1 Alabama SEC-W 13 - 1 8 - 1 34.74
2 Texas A&M SEC-W 11 - 2 6 - 2 31.29
3 Oregon PAC12-N 12 - 1 8 - 1 28.04
4 Georgia SEC-E 12 - 2 7 - 2 26.22
5 Florida SEC-E 11 - 2 7 - 1 23.53
6 Notre Dame IND 12 - 1 1 - 0 22.29
7 South Carolina SEC-E 11 - 2 6 - 2 21.73
8 LSU SEC-W 10 - 3 6 - 2 20.93
9 Florida St ACC-A 12 - 2 7 - 1 20.11
10 Kansas St BIG12 11 - 2 8 - 1 19.99
11 Stanford PAC12-N 12 - 2 9 - 1 19.79
12 Clemson ACC-A 11 - 2 6 - 1 18.28
13 Oklahoma BIG12 10 - 3 8 - 1 17.59
14 Ohio St BIG10-E 12 - 0 8 - 0 16.35
15 Oklahoma St BIG12 8 - 5 5 - 4 15.38
16 Vanderbilt SEC-E 9 - 4 5 - 3 14.08
17 Mississippi SEC-W 7 - 6 3 - 5 13.59
18 Utah St MWC-M 11 - 2 3 - 0 13.42
19 Oregon St PAC12-N 9 - 4 6 - 3 13.38
20 Michigan BIG10-E 8 - 5 6 - 2 12.28
21 Baylor BIG12 8 - 5 4 - 5 12.21
22 Wisconsin BIG10-W 8 - 6 5 - 4 11.99
23 Nebraska BIG10-W 10 - 4 7 - 2 11.25
24 Northwestern BIG10-W 10 - 3 5 - 3 11.1
25 BYU IND 8 - 5 1 - 1 10.82
26 Texas BIG12 9 - 4 5 - 4 10.81
27 San Jose St MWC-W 11 - 2 2 - 1 10.4
28 Penn St BIG10-E 8 - 4 6 - 2 10.3
29 Syracuse ACC-A 8 - 5 2 - 0 9.89
30 Arkansas St SUN 10 - 3 4 - 0 9.78
31 Arizona St PAC12-S 8 - 5 5 - 4 9.46
32 Cincinnati AAC-E 10 - 3 3 - 0 9.3
33 N Illinois MAC-W 12 - 2 9 - 0 9.17
34 UCLA PAC12-S 9 - 5 6 - 4 8.63
35 Louisville ACC-A 11 - 2 2 - 1 8.62
36 Boise St MWC-M 11 - 2 7 - 1 8.12
37 USC PAC12-S 7 - 6 5 - 4 8
38 Tulsa AAC-W 11 - 3 4 - 1 7.98
39 UCF AAC-E 10 - 4 3 - 2 7.55
40 Georgia Tech ACC-C 7 - 7 4 - 4 7.36
41 Missouri SEC-E 5 - 7 2 - 6 7.34
42 Mississippi St SEC-W 8 - 5 4 - 4 7.32
43 Michigan St BIG10-E 7 - 6 3 - 5 6.89
44 TCU BIG12 7 - 6 4 - 5 6.38
45 North Carolina ACC-C 8 - 4 4 - 4 6.16
46 Pittsburgh ACC-C 6 - 7 1 - 2 5.94
47 Miami FL ACC-C 7 - 5 5 - 3 4.87
48 Arizona PAC12-S 8 - 5 4 - 5 4.25
49 Rutgers BIG10-E 9 - 4 0 - 0 4.18
50 Fresno St MWC-W 9 - 4 7 - 1 4.12
51 Louisiana Tech CUSA-W 9 - 3 2 - 0 3.8
52 Kent MAC-E 11 - 3 8 - 1 3.67
53 Virginia Tech ACC-C 7 - 6 4 - 5 3.5
54 SMU AAC-W 7 - 6 3 - 2 3.49
55 Texas Tech BIG12 8 - 5 4 - 5 3.27
56 Tennessee SEC-E 5 - 7 1 - 7 2.92
57 Washington PAC12-N 7 - 6 5 - 4 2.77
58 West Virginia BIG12 7 - 6 4 - 5 2.64
59 San Diego St MWC-W 9 - 4 7 - 2 2.59
60 ULL SUN 9 - 4 3 - 1 2.33
61 Arkansas SEC-W 4 - 8 2 - 6 1.59
62 Iowa St BIG12 6 - 7 3 - 6 0.69
63 Ball St MAC-W 9 - 4 6 - 2 -0.29
64 NC State ACC-A 7 - 6 3 - 4 -1.02
65 Bowling Green MAC-E 8 - 5 6 - 2 -1.96
66 Toledo MAC-W 9 - 4 6 - 2 -2.34
67 Utah PAC12-S 5 - 7 3 - 6 -2.37
68 Rice CUSA-W 7 - 6 3 - 2 -2.8
69 ULM SUN 8 - 5 1 - 2 -3.45
70 Duke ACC-C 6 - 7 3 - 5 -4.54
71 Auburn SEC-W 3 - 9 0 - 8 -4.7
72 Navy AAC-W 8 - 5 1 - 0 -4.9
73 MTSU CUSA-E 8 - 4 4 - 0 -5.09
74 East Carolina AAC-E 8 - 5 3 - 2 -5.79
75 Connecticut AAC-E 5 - 7 0 - 3 -6.5
76 Iowa BIG10-W 4 - 8 2 - 6 -6.51
77 Purdue BIG10-W 6 - 7 3 - 5 -6.64
78 Minnesota BIG10-W 6 - 7 2 - 6 -6.69
79 Nevada MWC-W 7 - 6 4 - 4 -6.9
80 Ohio MAC-E 9 - 4 4 - 4 -7.02
81 California PAC12-N 3 - 9 2 - 7 -7.29
82 W Kentucky CUSA-E 7 - 6 3 - 2 -7.57
83 Troy SUN 5 - 7 1 - 2 -7.73
84 Virginia ACC-C 4 - 8 2 - 5 -8.18
85 Maryland BIG10-E 4 - 8 0 - 0 -9.26
86 Indiana BIG10-E 4 - 8 2 - 6 -9.27
87 South Florida AAC-E 3 - 9 1 - 2 -9.68
88 Houston AAC-W 5 - 7 1 - 3 -9.84
89 Temple AAC-E 4 - 7 2 - 1 -10.18
90 C Michigan MAC-W 7 - 6 4 - 4 -11
91 Wake Forest ACC-A 5 - 7 3 - 4 -11.59
92 Memphis AAC-W 4 - 8 1 - 3 -11.62
93 Washington St PAC12-N 3 - 9 1 - 8 -11.65
94 Marshall CUSA-E 5 - 7 2 - 1 -11.67
95 Kentucky SEC-E 2 - 10 0 - 8 -11.91
96 UT San Antonio CUSA-W 8 - 4 0 - 2 -12.3
97 North Texas CUSA-W 4 - 8 1 - 2 -12.8
98 Florida Intl CUSA-E 3 - 9 1 - 2 -13.03
99 Boston College ACC-A 2 - 10 0 - 7 -13.04
100 Wyoming MWC-M 4 - 8 3 - 5 -13.36
101 Air Force MWC-M 6 - 7 5 - 3 -13.72
102 FL Atlantic CUSA-E 3 - 9 1 - 3 -14.46
103 Texas St SUN 4 - 8 2 - 0 -14.47
104 Colorado St MWC-M 4 - 8 3 - 7 -14.55
105 UTEP CUSA-W 3 - 9 1 - 1 -14.64
106 W Michigan MAC-W 4 - 8 2 - 6 -14.68
107 Buffalo MAC-E 4 - 8 3 - 5 -14.81
108 Kansas BIG12 1 - 11 0 - 9 -14.9
109 Miami OH MAC-E 4 - 8 3 - 5 -17.59
110 Army IND 2 - 10 0 - 1 -17.93
111 Alabama Birmingham CUSA-E 3 - 9 2 - 0 -19.16
112 Illinois BIG10-W 2 - 10 0 - 8 -19.41
113 New Mexico MWC-M 4 - 9 1 - 7 -19.76
114 E Michigan MAC-W 2 - 10 1 - 7 -19.96
115 Tulane AAC-W 2 - 10 1 - 4 -20.41
116 UNLV MWC-W 2 - 11 2 - 7 -21.58
117 Colorado PAC12-S 1 - 11 1 - 8 -21.8
118 Hawaii MWC-W 3 - 9 1 - 7 -21.86
119 South Alabama SUN 2 - 11 0 - 4 -22.78
120 Idaho SUN 1 - 11 1 - 1 -24.51
121 Southern Miss CUSA-W 0 - 12 0 - 5 -24.57
122 Akron MAC-E 1 - 11 0 - 8 -24.84
123 Massachusetts MAC-E 1 - 11 1 - 7 -30.28
124 New Mexico St SUN 1 - 11 0 - 2 -30.36