College Football Rankings - 2016 Preseason

It's that time again! The first college football game is being played this weekend, with the first full weekend less than 2 weeks away. I have gone through my usual process of analyzing each team's current roster and adjusting each team's final ranking from last season based on returning talent relative to other teams and transfers. After weeks of research, here are my full preseason rankings, along with my picks to win each conference and my 4 playoff teams at the bottom of the post:

				Rec		ProjRec
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	SOS	MOV
1	2	Oklahoma	-27.98			11	1
2	3	Clemson	-27.06			11	1
3	1	Alabama	-22.55			9	3
4	5	Ole Miss	-21.47			9	3
5	16	LSU	-21.33			10	2
6	14	Tennessee	-19.87			10	2
7	6	Stanford	-19.53			9	3
8	12	Florida State	-19.46			9	3
9	7	Michigan	-18.54			10	2
10	10	Washington	-18.11			9	3
11	15	USC	-17.22			8	4
12	17	Boise State	-16.89			11	1
13	4	Ohio State	-16.43			9	3
14	9	Baylor	-15.77			9	3
15	11	North Carolina	-15.55			9	3
16	34	South Florida	-15.53			10	2
17	20	Houston	-15.24			10	2
18	8	Notre Dame	-15			9	3
19	53	Georgia Southern	-14.43			10	2
20	13	Mississippi State	-13.85			8	4
21	31	Toledo	-13.74			10	2
22	38	Louisville	-13.71			8	4
23	21	Western Kentucky	-13.38			10	2
24	19	TCU	-12.96			9	3
25	27	Brigham Young	-12.68			8	4
26	32	Oregon	-12.1			7	5
27	23	Michigan State	-11.82			8	4
28	58	Boston College	-11.6			8	4
29	35	West Virginia	-11.49			8	4
30	44	Nebraska	-11.41			9	3
31	48	Georgia Tech	-10.93			7	5
32	18	Navy	-10.55			9	3
33	30	Wisconsin	-10.49			7	5
34	37	Oklahoma State	-10.2			8	4
35	22	Arkansas	-9.879			7	5
36	45	Virginia Tech	-9.833			7	5
37	52	Washington State	-9.566			7	5
38	28	UCLA	-9.408			7	5
39	33	San Diego State	-9.396			10	2
40	25	California	-9.345			7	5
41	51	Western Michigan	-9.134			9	3
42	43	Appalachian State	-8.939			9	3
43	42	Georgia	-8.864			8	4
44	40	North Carolina State	-8.764			6	6
45	36	Iowa	-8.761			8	4
46	46	Temple	-8.451			10	2
47	29	Memphis	-8.167			8	4
48	57	Miami (FL)	-7.936			6	6
49	49	Pittsburgh	-7.824			7	5
50	24	Utah	-7.798			7	5
51	41	Texas A&M	-7.138			6	6
52	26	Bowling Green	-6.332			8	4
53	54	Southern Miss	-5.427			10	2
54	70	Syracuse	-5.26			5	7
55	50	Arizona State	-5.107			6	6
56	39	Florida	-5.008			7	5
57	56	Duke	-4.95			6	6
58	47	Auburn	-4.539			5	7
59	62	Northwestern	-4.101			6	6
60	68	Minnesota	-3.482			7	5
61	59	Penn State	-3.447			6	6
62	72	Northern Illinois	-3.173			8	4
63	55	Air Force	-3.156			9	3
64	69	Texas	-2.633			5	7
65	73	Illinois	-2.373			5	7
66	61	Texas Tech	-2.352			6	6
67	76	Central Michigan	-2.213			8	4
68	82	Wake Forest	-2.177			6	6
69	64	Utah State	-2.045			7	5
70	78	Virginia	-1.918			5	7
71	71	Middle Tennessee	-1.829			8	4
72	74	East Carolina	-1.219			6	6
73	80	Vanderbilt	-0.902			5	7
74	91	Maryland	-0.803			6	6
75	60	Arizona	-0.626			5	7
76	89	Connecticut	0.4764			6	6
77	67	Cincinnati	0.6207			6	6
78	86	Akron	0.9367			6	6
79	79	Kansas State	0.9668			5	7
80	81	Colorado	1.0603			4	8
81	77	Missouri	1.4382			5	7
82	75	Indiana	1.6946			5	7
83	85	New Mexico	1.8122			8	4
84	93	Kentucky	1.8736			5	7
85	65	Louisiana Tech	2.1647			7	5
86	66	Arkansas State	2.378			8	4
87	63	Marshall	2.786			7	5
88	95	Nevada	3.2552			7	5
89	88	Ohio	3.3335			7	5
90	90	Iowa State	3.9517			4	8
91	83	San Jose State	4.4141			6	6
92	92	Tulsa	5.1507			6	6
93	84	Colorado State	5.6237			6	6
94	99	Purdue	6.7225			4	8
95	96	Rutgers	7.2177			3	9
96	87	South Carolina	7.5585			4	8
97	101	Oregon State	8.1414			2	10
98	94	Troy	9.6771			6	6
99	98	UNLV	10.414			5	7
100	100	Georgia State	10.539			5	7
101	105	Florida International	12.421			5	7
102	97	Buffalo	13.082			4	8
103	107	Ball State	13.494			4	8
104	103	Louisiana-Lafayette	13.828			5	7
105	113	Southern Methodist	13.868			3	9
106	109	Wyoming	14.291			3	9
107	102	Florida Atlantic	14.748			5	7
108	118	UTSA	14.968			5	7
109	114	Miami (OH)	15.17			4	8
110	110	Kent State	15.249			3	9
111	121	Old Dominion	15.638			5	7
112	119	Hawaii	15.743			3	10
113	111	Army	17.513			4	8
114	106	Fresno State	17.829			2	10
115	108	South Alabama	18.307			3	9
116	104	Massachusetts	18.387			3	9
117	120	Louisiana-Monroe	19.206			3	9
118	112	Idaho	19.208			4	8
119	124	UTEP	19.637			5	7
120	116	Tulane	19.787			3	9
121	117	Rice	20.209			4	8
122	122	New Mexico State	21.348			2	10
123	125	UCF	21.961			2	10
124	115	Texas State	23.395			3	9
125	123	Eastern Michigan	23.994			2	10
126	127	Charlotte	25.488			3	9
127	126	Kansas	27.741			1	11
128	128	North Texas	34.689			1	11

Conference Champions

American - South Florida (champ), Houston (runner-up)
ACC - Clemson (champ), North Carolina (runner-up)
Big 12 - Oklahoma (champ), Baylor (runner-up)
Big 10 - Ohio State (champ), Nebraska (runner-up)
Conference USA - Western Kentucky (champ), Southern Miss (runner-up)
MAC - Toledo (champ), Bowling Green (runner-up)
MWC - Boise State (champ), San Diego State (runner-up)
Pac 12 - Stanford (champ), USC (runner-up)
SEC - LSU (champ), Tennessee (runner-up)
Sun Belt - Georgia Southern (champ), Appalachian State (runner-up)

Playoff Teams

Oklahoma
Clemson
LSU
Tennessee