The Sports Report Ranking System

The Sports Report Ranking System calculates the percentage of games that a team would win over time, based on past performance, were it to play an average schedule.

The Sports Report
The Leading Retrodictive College Football Ranking System

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Fifty most-talented teams for the 2009 season:
 1. Southern California (prediction based on talent alone 12-0)
       The most talent for the third consecutive season.
 2. Florida (12-0)
       Tremendous talent, especially on offensive line and receiver, making any QB look good.
 3. Texas (12-0)
       Classes of 2006 and 2007 are paying off.
 4. Georgia (11-1)
       Easy recruiting in Georgia.
 5. Louisiana State (10-2)
       A shoo-in with most of the top talent in the state.
 6. Ohio State (11-1)
       Finally recruiting at a high level in consecutive years.
 7. Notre Dame (12-0)
       Inexplicable how this team has lost so many games.
 8. Michigan (10-2)
       Still a power in the Big Ten.
 9. Oklahoma (10-2)
       Inconsistent classes the past 3 years.
10. Florida State (11-1)
       Decline of this dominating program more gradual than recent losses indicate.
11. Tennessee (10-2)
       Drops out of Top Ten for first time in 15 years. Had been most-talented for a decade.
12. Miami (Fla.) (10-2)
       Hard to believe the Hurricanes are this low.
13. Penn State (10-2)
       Remarkable consistency year-to-year.
14. Alabama (9-3)
       Perhaps the most overrated team, though improving.
15. Auburn (7-5)
       Schedule makes this an intriguing team to watch.
16. Pittsburgh (11-1)
       Returning to Beast of the East.
17. California (11-1)
       Second-best in the Pac-10.
18. Clemson (10-2)
       New coach inherits a lot of talent.
19. UCLA (9-3)
       Expectations should be higher as program returns to upper echelon of Pacific-10.
20. Mississippi (10-2)
       New coach continues to benefit from great classes of previous coach. Also benefits from easy schedule.
21. Nebraska
22. South Carolina
23. Texas A&M
24. Oklahoma State
25. North Carolina
26. Arizona
27. Illinois
28. Arizona State
29. Oregon
30. Washington
31. Virginia Tech
32. Arkansas
33. West Virginia
34. Mississippi State
35. Louisville
36. Texas Tech
37. Colorado
       Recruiting more like at Boise State. Need the record to do likewise.
38. Iowa
39. Stanford
40. Maryland
41. Georgia Tech
       Tough to recruit to a top engineering school. But coaching is worthy of any program.
42. Wisconsin
43. North Carolina State
44. Oregon State
45. Virginia
46. Missouri
47. Rutgers
       Needs to rebuild New Jersey pipeline.
48. Kentucky
49. Kansas State
50. Washington State

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