One of the perils of being a prep sports writer was almost never having fall Saturdays free. Enter, my new job; which allows me weekends off. One of the things I am most looking forward to with this new found freedom is the return of college football to my life. The man cave is set. Five screens. Sports package is added to the Dish account.

I. Am. Pumped. Even with my childhood favorite USC Trojans on the downswing hoping to right the ship under a coach I’m not confident in.

So with that in mind. I have put together an early draft of some power ratings of all 130 teams. From Alabama to UTEP.

Ratings are equalized to a point spread format. Subtracting the two numbers would give you a neutral-site point spread. Need to know home field advantage? Check out the work by Collin Wilson here.

1	Alabama	0.58
2	Clemson	1.65
3	Georgia	5.80
4	LSU	8.62
5	Oklahoma	9.44
6	Michigan	9.84
7	Ohio State	11.15
8	Florida	11.26
9	Auburn	12.55
10	Notre Dame	13.55
11	Texas A&M	14.09
12	Penn State	14.70
13	Oregon	15.49
14	Mississippi St	15.70
15	Washington	15.89
16	Michigan State	16.05
17	Wisconsin	17.26
18	Utah	17.45
19	Florida St	18.06
20	Missouri	18.08
21	Iowa	18.62
22	South Carolina	19.12
23	Texas	19.54
24	Miami	19.91
25	Tennessee	19.97
26	USC	20.92
27	Nebraska	21.18
28	Iowa St	21.21
29	Washington State	21.42
30	Virginia Tech	21.58
31	UCF	21.65
32	Minnesota	21.83
33	Stanford	21.93
34	Oklahoma St	22.08
35	Boise State	22.18
36	TCU	22.46
37	Baylor	22.80
38	Virginia	23.16
39	UCLA	23.49
40	Memphis	23.55
41	Cincinnati	23.75
42	Arizona State	24.48
43	Syracuse	24.75
44	Arizona	25.04
45	Ole Miss	25.33
46	Northwestern	25.42
47	Indiana	25.48
48	Kentucky	25.49
49	BYU	25.61
50	Appalachian State	25.77
51	Texas Tech	26.31
52	NC State	26.58
53	Purdue	27.12
54	Pittsburgh	27.44
55	West Virginia	27.59
56	California	28.24
57	Vanderbilt	28.27
58	Arkansas	28.56
59	Fresno State	28.93
60	Kansas St	29.07
61	Wake Forest	29.24
62	Utah State	29.45
63	Duke	29.48
64	North Carolina	29.72
65	Boston College	30.05
66	Maryland	30.60
67	San Diego State	30.77
68	Army	31.01
69	Colorado	31.21
70	Houston	31.99
71	Temple	32.34
72	Southern Miss	32.37
73	Western Michigan	32.48
74	Marshall	32.54
75	USF	33.22
76	FIU	33.22
77	Air Force	33.38
78	Toledo	33.98
79	Troy	34.10
80	Louisville	34.45
81	Florida Atlantic	34.65
82	SMU	34.86
83	Georgia Tech	34.95
84	Ohio	35.09
85	Arkansas State	35.21
86	Georgia Southern	35.33
87	Louisiana Tech	35.48
88	North Texas	35.49
89	Illinois	35.81
90	Northern Illinois	36.37
91	Tulane	36.63
92	Hawaii	36.79
93	Nevada	37.21
94	Oregon State	38.13
95	Wyoming	38.20
96	Tulsa	38.74
97	UL-Lafayette	39.16
98	Miami (OH)	39.53
99	UAB	39.90
100	Western Kentucky	40.36
101	Middle Tennessee	40.46
102	Rutgers	40.58
103	Eastern Michigan	40.84
104	Buffalo	40.94
105	UNLV	41.41
106	UL-Monroe	42.30
107	Kansas	42.55
108	Colorado State	43.59
109	East Carolina	43.81
110	Texas State	44.18
111	Ball State	44.27
112	Navy	44.48
113	Liberty	45.17
114	Kent State	45.41
115	Charlotte	46.88
116	Georgia State	46.94
117	Coastal Carolina	47.02
118	San Jose State	47.17
119	New Mexico	47.30
120	Central Michigan	48.86
121	Bowling Green	50.06
122	UTSA	50.16
123	Old Dominion	50.42
124	Akron	50.69
125	New Mexico St	50.86
126	Massachusetts	52.96
127	Rice	53.02
128	South Alabama	53.31
129	Connecticut	54.32
130	UTEP	55.74

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