Brad’s College Football Season in Review- My Final Rankings
Posted by deaconcat08 on January 18, 2010
The college football season has come to a close, and it’s time to look back to see how I fared with my preseason predictions compared to the experts. This is the third season I’ve conducted an in-depth analysis of my preseason picks, and while I ended up being more accurate than the experts average in 2007, last year I was beaten soundly. The final outcome of my matchup with the experts this season is somewhat difficult to determine. I proved to be more accurate making intraconference picks; however, my full Divison 1-A rankins were worse (see below). Likewise, some of my surprise picks were dead-on and others were way-off. In regard to the bowl games, I predicted more bowls correctly, while Phil Steele had more correct bowl slots. You will see all the analysis on how my preseason predictions fared in the next several entries, but I thought I’d also offer my final ranking of the 120 Division 1-A college football teams. Please note this will also likely be my last college football entry for a while. It is time to turn to college bball season, as I will be debuting my Brad-ketology column this Thursday.
1. Boise State
2. Alabama
3. TCU
4. Texas
5. Florida
6. Cincinnati
7. Ohio State
8. Iowa
9. Penn State
10. Brigham Young
11. Central Michigan
12. Virginia Tech
13. Utah
14. Wisconsin
15. Pittsburgh
16. Oregon
17. Georgia Tech
18. Nebraska
19. Ole Miss
20. Texas Tech
21. Southern Cal
22. Rutgers
23. Navy
24. Middle Tennessee State
25. Oklahoma State
26. LSU
27. Miami-FL
28. Clemson
29. Troy
30. West Virginia
31. Houston
32. Oklahoma
33. Temple
34. Stanford
35. East Carolina
36. Arkansas
37. Connecticut
38. Auburn
39. Arizona
40. Georgia
41. Oregon State
42. Northwestern
43. California
44. Air Force
45. South Florida
46. North Carolina
47. Missouri
48. Boston College
49. Tennessee
50. Florida State
51. SMU
52. South Carolina
53. Idaho
54. Kentucky
55. UCLA
56. Wyoming
57. Iowa State
58. Marshall
59. Fresno State
60. Nevada
61. Ohio
62. Central Florida
63. Notre Dame
64. Kansas State
65. Bowling Green
66. Southern Miss
67. Northern Illinois
68. Texas A & M
69. Michigan State
70. Minnesota
71. Wake Forest
72. Mississipppi State
73. Kansas
74. Purdue
75. Washington
76. Michigan
77. NC State
78. Duke
79. Hawaii
80. Tulsa
81. Army
82. Western Michigan
83. UL-Monroe
84. Indiana
85. UNLV
86. Arizona State
87. Kent State
88. Baylor
89. Buffalo
90. Louisville
91. UAB
92. Syracuse
93. Virginia
94. UL-Lafayette
95. Colorado
96. Florida Atlantic
97. Illinois
98. Maryland
99. Vanderbilt
100. Toledo
101. San Diego State
102. Louisiana Tech
103. UTEP
104. Utah State
105. Colorado State
106. Akron
107. Arkansas State
108. Tulane
109. New Mexico State
110. Florida International
111. San Jose State
112. Memphis
113. North Texas
114. Washington State
115. Rice
116. Ball State
117. Miami-OH
118. New Mexico
119. Eastern Michigan
120. Western Kentucky
