The SportsRatings 2015 College Football Preview ranks all 128 teams who play a majority FBS (Division I-A) schedule. The rankings predict how good the teams should be, before taking schedule into account; then, the previews indicate how well a team should do given their schedule.
Odds for winning each scheduled game are given for every team. Two projected records are presented, one based simply on which games a team is favored to win (straight up), plus an aggregate projection (cumulative) that alows for the uncertainty across a season. The expectation for the team's season lies somewhere within the range of the two values. We also show a team's odds of reaching a bowl game and our odds for reaching the 4-team post-season College Football Playoff.
These ratings are computed based on our own formulas and heuristics, with no subjective interpretation other than that which naturally goes into the formulas themselves. The raw NCAA data comes from a variety of sources, mainly Phil Steele's preview magazine and cfbstats, as well as the NCAA's less-useful official site. Schedule listings are adapted from James Howell's site. Team helmet .gifs are from The Helmet Project.
2015 SportsRatings Pre-season Top 128
1. Ohio State Buckeyes
2. Georgia Bulldogs
3. TCU Horned Frogs
4. Baylor Bears
5. Oregon Ducks
6. Alabama Crimson Tide
7. Tennessee Volunteers
8. LSU Tigers
9. Mississippi Rebels
10. Oklahoma Sooners
11. USC Trojans
12. Arkansas Razorbacks
13. Mississippi State Bulldogs
14. Auburn Tigers
15. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
16. Texas A&M Aggies
17. UCLA Bruins
18. Michigan State Spartans
19. Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
20. Virginia Tech Hokies
21. Stanford Cardinal
22. Florida State Seminoles
23. Arizona Wildcats
24. California Golden Bears
25. Arizona State Sun Devils
26. Clemson Tigers
27. West Virginia Mountaineers
28. Florida Gators
29. Missouri Tigers
30. Boise State Broncos
31. Utah Utes
32. Penn State Nittany Lions
33. Kentucky Wildcats
34. Temple Owls
35. Michigan Wolverines
36. Nebraska Cornhuskers
37. Wisconsin Badgers
38. Minnesota Golden Gophers
39. Oklahoma State Cowboys
40. North Carolina Tar Heels
41. South Carolina Gamecocks
42. Miami Hurricanes
43. Texas Tech Red Raiders
44. Texas Longhorns
45. NC State Wolfpack
46. Kansas State Wildcats
47. Pittsburgh Panthers
48. Marshall Thundering Herd
49. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
50. Cincinnati Bearcats
51. Memphis Tigers
52. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
53. Appalachian State Mountaineers
54. Louisville Cardinals
55. Toledo Rockets
56. Colorado Buffaloes
57. Duke Blue Devils
58. Western Michigan Broncos
59. Virginia Cavaliers
60. Northwestern Wildcats
61. Georgia Southern Eagles
62. Iowa Hawkeyes
63. Washington State Cougars
64. Boston College Eagles
65. San Diego State Aztecs
66. Maryland Terrapins
67. Arkansas State Red Wolves
68. Rutgers Scarlet Knights
69. Vanderbilt Commodores
70. BYU Cougars
71. Massachusetts Minutemen
72. Ohio Bobcats
73. Purdue Boilermakers
74. Iowa State Cyclones
75. Utah State Aggies
76. Northern Illinois Huskies
77. MTSU Blue Raiders
78. Houston Cougars
79. Washington Huskies
80. East Carolina Pirates
81. Illinois Fighting Illini
82. Colorado State Rams
83. Navy Midshipmen
84. Indiana Hoosiers
85. Wake Forest Demon Deacons
86. Syracuse Orange
87. San Jose State Spartans
88. Nevada Wolf Pack
89. Kent State Golden Flashes
90. Ball State Cardinals
91. UCF Knights
92. FIU Golden Panthers
93. Georgia State Panthers
94. Hawaii Rainbow Warriors
95. Southern Miss Golden Eagles
96. Tulane Green Wave
97. Air Force Falcons
98. Tulsa Golden Hurricane
99. South Florida Bulls
100. Rice Owls
101. Charlotte 49ers
102. Florida Atlantic Owls
103. Oregon State Beavers
104. New Mexico Lobos
105. UL-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
106. Fresno State Bulldogs
107. Texas State Bobcats
108. Central Michigan Chippewas
109. Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
110. Akron Zips
111. Bowling Green Falcons
112. Connecticut Huskies
113. South Alabama Jaguars
114. UTEP Miners
115. Miami Ohio Redhawks
116. New Mexico State Aggies
117. Old Dominion Monarchs
118. Army Black Knights
119. North Texas Mean Green
120. SMU Mustangs
121. Buffalo Bulls
122. Wyoming Cowboys
123. Troy Trojans
124. Kansas Jayhawks
125. UNLV Rebels
126. Idaho Vandals
127. UTSA Roadrunners
128. Eastern Michigan Eagles
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