College Football Preseason Rankings - 2018

It's finally time! Football is back! I took my final team rankings from last year to serve as the basis of this year's preseason rankings, then adjusted each team's rating based on roster changes since the end of last season. I then plugged each team's rating into their schedule for the season to come up with projected records and conference champs, which are in bold below:

				Rec		ProjRec
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	SOS	MOV
1	3	Alabama	-25.07			11	1
2	6	Clemson	-24.67			11	1
3	10	Washington	-23.09			11	1
4	2	Ohio State	-22.32			10	2
5	8	Auburn	-22.13			10	2
6	1	Penn State	-20.6			10	2
7	4	Wisconsin	-20.49			9	3
8	16	Michigan	-19.74			9	3
9	12	UCF	-18.8			11	1
10	52	Army	-17.72			10	2
11	5	Georgia	-17.51			10	2
12	26	Purdue	-16.89			9	3
13	29	Texas	-16.74			10	2
14	21	Mississippi State	-16.7			10	2
15	20	Stanford	-15.63			9	3
16	9	Notre Dame	-15.46			9	3
17	7	Oklahoma	-15.39			9	3
18	55	Appalachian State	-14.61			11	1
19	15	Miami	-14.57			9	3
20	19	Michigan State	-14.21			8	4
21	45	South Carolina	-14			9	3
22	30	Florida State	-12.79			8	4
23	53	Arizona	-12.73			10	2
24	23	Northwestern	-12.54			8	4
25	37	Fresno State	-12.52			10	2
26	25	Virginia Tech	-12.4			9	3
27	14	Iowa	-11.68			8	4
28	11	TCU	-11.56			8	4
29	17	Iowa State	-11.41			3	9
30	51	Georgia Tech	-10.46			7	5
31	35	Duke	-10.25			7	5
32	18	NC State	-10.13			8	4
33	42	Ohio	-10.08			10	2
34	66	Arkansas State	-9.863			10	2
35	88	Air Force	-9.081			9	3
36	76	Buffalo	-7.694			9	3
37	13	Oklahoma State	-7.55			8	4
38	31	Boston College	-7.505			6	6
39	36	Kansas State	-7.3			3	9
40	32	Florida Atlantic	-7.148			8	4
41	61	California	-6.7			8	4
42	46	West Virginia	-6.485			7	5
43	24	Wake Forest	-6.405			6	6
44	39	Utah	-6.148			7	5
45	41	Indiana	-6.101			8	4
46	44	Navy	-5.781			8	5
47	56	Arizona State	-5.656			7	5
48	49	Missouri	-5.405			7	5
49	27	LSU	-4.772			6	6
50	81	North Carolina	-4.705			6	6
51	77	Florida	-4.54			7	5
52	34	Boise State	-4.073			8	4
53	33	Memphis	-3.673			8	4
54	96	Middle Tennessee	-3.473			9	3
55	94	Akron	-3.267			7	5
56	22	Louisville	-2.871			6	6
57	40	Oregon	-2.734			7	5
58	48	Toledo	-2.51			8	4
59	59	Minnesota	-2.146			5	7
60	74	Maryland	-1.744			5	7
61	63	Syracuse	-1.609			5	7
62	102	BYU	-1.186			6	6
63	71	SMU	-0.745			6	6
64	83	Tulane	-0.561			7	5
65	28	USC	-0.082			5	7
66	62	Northern Illinois	-0.044			5	7
67	57	Texas A&M	-0.038			5	7
68	60	Pittsburgh	0.3718			4	8
69	65	Ole Miss	0.4018			5	7
70	87	North Texas	0.9545			9	3
71	82	Louisiana Tech	1.5039			8	4
72	50	San Diego State	1.8048			7	5
73	79	Western Michigan	2.1375			7	5
74	91	Miami (OH)	2.2198			6	6
75	101	UNLV	2.3908			7	5
76	72	Temple	2.4338			6	6
77	69	Nebraska	2.6554			4	8
78	103	UMass	2.6771			7	5
79	54	Troy	2.697			8	4
80	67	Kentucky	2.9598			4	8
81	89	Arkansas	3.163			5	7
82	38	South Florida	3.5367			7	5
83	43	Washington State	3.7621			5	7
84	68	Wyoming	4.8231			7	5
85	64	UCLA	4.8863			3	9
86	70	Marshall	4.9896			6	6
87	58	Houston	4.9973			6	6
88	90	Vanderbilt	5.0941			4	8
89	95	Baylor	5.1708			4	8
90	98	Tulsa	5.295			5	7
91	99	Nevada	5.3572			6	6
92	106	Louisiana Monroe	5.4753			7	5
93	47	Texas Tech	5.658			4	8
94	84	Colorado	6.1557			5	7
95	80	Eastern Michigan	6.9405			4	8
96	78	Virginia	7.5301			3	9
97	75	Utah State	7.5812			6	6
98	85	Central Michigan	8.2398			5	7
99	97	Tennessee	8.4245			4	8
100	73	Colorado State	8.4745			6	6
101	126	Charlotte	9.1857			5	7
102	104	UAB	10.358			6	6
103	116	Kansas	10.917			7	5
104	119	Old Dominion	10.976			5	7
105	112	Cincinnati	11.639			4	8
106	93	Southern Miss	12.503			5	7
107	109	New Mexico	12.669			4	8
108	115	Georgia Southern	13.038			5	7
109	123	Kent State	13.592			5	7
110	105	Florida Intl	13.89			4	8
111	108	Georgia State	14.61			4	8
112	92	UT San Antonio	14.827			4	8
113	114	Connecticut	15.128			3	9
114	86	Rutgers	15.294			2	10
115	120	Louisiana	15.664			4	8
116	128	Ball State	15.816			3	9
117	121	Coastal Carolina	15.861			3	9
118	100	New Mexico State	16.323			5	7
119	107	Illinois	16.555			7	5
120		Liberty	17.185			4	8
121	111	Bowling Green	17.602			2	10
122	125	Rice	17.831			4	9
123	129	UTEP	19.34			3	9
124	110	South Alabama	19.347			3	9
125	113	Western Kentucky	19.544			3	9
126	117	Oregon State	20.707			1	11
127	127	San Jose State	20.92			2	10
128	122	East Carolina	22.513			2	10
129	118	Hawaii	25.675			2	11
130	124	Texas State	26.639			2	10