Preseason Prediction Accuracy (2013)

This page ranks the accuracy of the preseason magazines' conference predictions for 2013, by comparing them to conference finish.

Lower scores indicate more accurate predictions; the lower the score, the closer the predictions were to the actual results. Magazines are sorted by total score for all conferences, with the best predictions (lowest total scores) at the top. The best prediction for each conference/division is highlighted in the list. For information on the scoring method, see the notes file.

Rank	Magazine (yellow=web, cyan=app)	Total Score	Amer. Athl.	ACC Atl.	ACC Coa.	B1G Lead.	B1G Leg.	Big 12	Conf USA East	Conf USA West	MAC East	MAC West	MWC West	MWC Mtn	PAC12 North	PAC12 South	SEC East	SEC West	Sun Belt
1	Phil Steele	119	3	11	8½	2	9	11	7½	14	8	4	4	7	2	2	13	10	3
2	Cap Heresy	120	15	9	10	2	13	13	5	13	8	2	2	6	2	0	10	7	3
3	College Football Poll	125	11	10	10	2	13	10	5	12	12	7	6	0	2	2	8	10	5
4	Gold Sheet	126	11	13	6	2	10	12	8	17	12	2	2	10	2	0	8	7	4
5	Compu-Picks	128	17	7	12	0	12	12	4	9	10	2	4	8	6	4	10	8	3
6	Wrathell's CPA Rankings	129	8	11	10	2	14	10	5	17	10	2	4	8	4	3	8	9	4
7t	Pick Six Previews	130	9	13	10	2	12	11	7	15	10	4	4	8	2	0	8	10	5
7t	GamePlan ^(*)	130	13	8	12	2	12	10	5	17	10	6	2	6	4	0	10	9	4
9t	Lindy's	132	11	11	10	2	11	9	6	19	10	2	4	8	2	3	10	9	5
9t	McIllece Sports	132	15	6	10	4	11	13½	7½	16	8	3	8	6	6	2	8	7	1
11	Arena Fanatic	134	17	13	10	4	12	10	4	19	8	2	0	8	2	3	8	6	8
12	compughterratings.com	135	13	11	10	2	12	10	6	19	12	2	4	8	4	3	8	9	2
13	Athlon	138	17	13	10	2	14	10	3	19	10	2	4	8	4	0	10	7	5
14	CNN / SI	139	10	13	8	4	10	11	5½	17	14	4	6	8	4	2	10	9	3½
15	Media Polls	139½	16	13	11	2	12	11	5	19	12	2	2	8	4	2	10	6	4½
16	CBS Sports	142	14	13	11½	2	14	9	5	19	12	4	6	8	2	2½	10	6	4
17	USA Today	142½	14	11	11	1	14	14	5½	14	10	4	6	10	1	3½	10	8	5½
18	Football Outsiders	146	15	8	11	2	8	11	8	19	8	4	6	8	4	8	12	10	4
19	College Football News	147½	21	13	11	5	9	10½	4	17	10	7	3½	8	3	2½	10	8	5
20	The Sporting News	148	20	11	12	4	14	6	6	19	10	2	2	8	4	4	10	10	6
21	College Football Matrix	155	21½	13	17	1	11	13½	3½	16	8	4½	3	8	2½	4	14	7	7½

^(*) GamePlan was located after the season.