CFB Power Ratings

By Beyond the Bets 10/1/12

Throughout the college football season, we’ll be providing our college football power ratings, sorted by conference.

Our power ratings, to be used primarily for conference play, will give you an idea of how much better we think each team is relative to other opponents in a specific league.

Most public power ratings are sorted top to bottom numerically, with the top team (Alabama) given an arbitrary “top” number and the bottom team (South Alabama) listed far behind.

Our power ratings, to be used primarily for conference play, will give you an idea of how much better we think each team is relative to other opponents in a specific league.

You’ll agree with some teams and disagree on others. That’s expected and is unavoidable, as all of us have plenty of opinions but little on-field data to support them.

NOTE: As a quick explainer, you’ll notice that Alabama is listed as the top team in the SEC, followed by LSU (-4) and Georgia (-8). On a neutral field, we think Alabama is four points better than the Tigers and 8 points better than the Bulldogs.

SEC
Alabama
LSU -4
Georgia -8
South Carolina -12
Florida -12
Texas A&M -15
Tennessee -16
Mississippi State -17
Missouri -18
Auburn -20
Arkansas -25
Ole Miss -25
Vanderbilt -26
Kentucky -34

BIG 12
Texas
West Virginia -1
Oklahoma -1
Kansas State -5
Oklahoma State -7
TCU -8
Baylor -8
Texas Tech -12
Iowa State -18
Kansas -27

BIG TEN
Ohio State
Michigan -4
Michigan State -5
Nebraska -5
Wisconsin -10
Purdue -11
Northwestern -11
Penn State -13
Iowa -15
Illinois -18
Minnesota -18
Indiana -27

BIG EAST
Louisville
Rutgers -1
Cincinnati -4
USF -7
Pittsburgh -9
UConn -11
Syracuse -13
Temple -17

ACC
Florida State
Clemson -10
North Carolina -12
Virginia Tech -13
North Carolina State -14
Georgia Tech -15
Miami -15
Virginia -18
Boston College -18
Maryland -21
Duke -21
Wake Forest -22

PAC-12
Oregon
USC -3
Stanford -11
Oregon State -11
UCLA -14
Washington -15
Arizona -17
Arizona State -17
Utah -19
California -22
Washington State -26
Colorado -34