August 25, 2014 - by Tom Federico
We’ve refined our college football preseason ratings algorithm with the benefit of an extra year’s worth of results, and fed all of the requisite 2014 input data into the model. After a few turns of the hand crank, the results are in.
Here are the official 2014 TeamRankings preseason college football team rankings and ratings, including the TR Preseason Top 25.
(Quick announcement though: Our picks for college football office pools and confidence pools, which gave our users up to a 10x edge over their opponents last year, are now available.)
Dear Hardcore Fan Of Team X, before you make a comment about where we’ve ranked your favorite team and call us a bunch of no good bleepety-bleeps, please keep a couple things in mind:
TR Rank AP Rank TR Delta Team Rating
1 1 0 Florida State Seminoles 27.7
2 3 +1 Oregon Ducks 26.2
3 2 -1 Alabama Crimson Tide 25.4
4 10 +6 Baylor Bears 19.2
5 4 -1 Oklahoma Sooners 18.5
6 6 0 Auburn Tigers 18.5
7 14 +7 Wisconsin Badgers 18.0
8 11 +3 Stanford Cardinal 17.5
9 7 -2 UCLA Bruins 16.7
10 13 +3 Louisiana State Tigers 16.4
11 15 +4 Southern California Trojans 15.9
12 12 0 Georgia Bulldogs 15.9
13 9 -4 South Carolina Gamecocks 15.5
14 8 -6 Michigan State Spartans 15.5
15 19 +4 Arizona State Sun Devils 15.0
16 21 +5 Texas A&M Aggies 14.6
17 20 +3 Kansas State Wildcats 14.3
18 5 -13 Ohio State Buckeyes 14.0
19 25 +6 Washington Huskies 12.9
20 16 -4 Clemson Tigers 12.5
21 18 -3 Mississippi Rebels 12.4
22 24 +2 Missouri Tigers 12.4
23 33 +10 Oklahoma State Cowboys 12.3
24 27 +3 Florida Gators 11.9
25 44 +19 Brigham Young Cougars 11.5
26 Utah Utes 11.2
27 Texas Christian Horned Frogs 11.0
28 Arizona Wildcats 11.0
29 Mississippi State Bulldogs 10.6
30 Iowa Hawkeyes 10.4
31 Oregon State Beavers 10.3
32 Michigan Wolverines 10.3
33 Texas Longhorns 10.2
34 23 -11 North Carolina Tar Heels 9.9
35 Boise State Broncos 9.6
36 17 -19 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 9.2
37 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 8.6
38 Central Florida Knights 6.6
39 22 -17 Nebraska Cornhuskers 6.5
40 Texas Tech Red Raiders 6.2
41 Arkansas Razorbacks 5.9
42 Houston Cougars 5.8
43 Penn State Nittany Lions 5.5
44 Louisville Cardinals 4.9
45 Washington State Cougars 4.9
46 Northwestern Wildcats 4.8
47 Miami Hurricanes 4.2
48 Navy Midshipmen 4.0
49 Virginia Tech Hokies 3.8
50 West Virginia Mountaineers 3.7
51 Iowa State Cyclones 3.5
52 Tennessee Volunteers 3.2
53 Utah State Aggies 3.1
54 Northern Illinois Huskies 2.9
55 Maryland Terrapins 2.9
56 Pittsburgh Panthers 2.3
57 Cincinnati Bearcats 1.8
58 Indiana Hoosiers 1.7
59 Vanderbilt Commodores 1.5
60 Duke Blue Devils 1.5
61 Toledo Rockets 1.5
62 Syracuse Orange 1.4
63 Bowling Green Falcons 0.8
64 Marshall Thundering Herd 0.6
65 Fresno State Bulldogs -0.2
66 Minnesota Golden Gophers -0.2
67 UL Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns -0.8
68 Nevada Wolf Pack -1.1
69 Rutgers Scarlet Knights -1.4
70 San Diego State Aztecs -2.0
71 Boston College Eagles -2.5
72 California Golden Bears -2.6
73 East Carolina Pirates -2.6
74 Illinois Fighting Illini -2.7
75 Kentucky Wildcats -3.4
76 North Carolina State Wolfpack -3.5
77 Temple Owls -4.1
78 Colorado State Rams -4.2
79 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers -4.4
80 Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners -4.7
81 Tulsa Golden Hurricane -4.7
82 Virginia Cavaliers -5.0
83 Southern Methodist Mustangs -5.3
84 Connecticut Huskies -5.3
85 South Florida Bulls -5.5
86 Colorado Buffaloes -5.6
87 San Jose State Spartans -6.1
88 Kent State Golden Flashes -6.5
89 Memphis Tigers -6.6
90 Rice Owls -6.6
91 Wake Forest Demon Deacons -6.6
92 North Texas Mean Green -6.7
93 Florida Atlantic Owls -6.7
94 Old Dominion Monarchs -7.4
95 Ball State Cardinals -7.4
96 Arkansas State Red Wolves -7.7
97 Buffalo Bulls -8.7
98 Central Michigan Chippewas -9.1
99 Tulane Green Wave -9.3
100 Kansas Jayhawks -9.9
101 Georgia Southern Eagles -10.4
102 South Alabama Jaguars -10.6
103 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors -11.3
104 UNLV Rebels -11.5
105 Ohio Bobcats -11.8
106 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders -12.0
107 UL Monroe Warhawks -12.1
108 Purdue Boilermakers -12.1
109 Air Force Falcons -12.2
110 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs -12.3
111 Army Black Knights -12.6
112 Wyoming Cowboys -12.7
113 Troy Trojans -13.9
114 New Mexico Lobos -14.3
115 Akron Zips -14.3
116 Appalachian State Mountaineers -14.4
117 Western Michigan Broncos -16.9
118 Texas El Paso Miners -17.5
119 Texas State Bobcats -17.8
120 Idaho Vandals -18.2
121 Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles -18.8
122 Alabama-Birmingham Blazers -21.6
123 Miami (Ohio) Redhawks -21.8
124 Florida International Golden Panthers -22.7
125 Massachusetts Minutemen -22.9
126 Eastern Michigan Eagles -24.4
127 Georgia State Panthers -24.8
128 New Mexico State Aggies -25.1
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