Preseason Prediction Accuracy (2012-2014)

See "notes" following the table for more information on its contents.

Magazine	Rank	Total Score	2014	2013	2012
Phil Steele	1	390½	134½	119	137
Compu-Picks	2	404	144	128	132
Cap Heresy	3	406	139	120	147
CPA Rankings	4	414	143	129	142
Lindy's	5	416	145	132	139
Arena Fanatic	6	421½	145½	134	142
Athlon	7	423	151	138	134
GamePlan	8	424	147	130	147
compughterratings.com	9	425	149	135	141
McIllece Sports	10	427	136	132	159
Media Polls	11	434½	143	139½	152
The Sporting News	12	440	151	148	141
USA Today	13	441	137	142½	161½
College Football Matrix	14	456½	155½	155	146
Football Outsiders	15	457	166	146	145
College Football Poll	16	468	175	125	168

This page shows the accuracy of preseason magazines' conference predictions for the three-year span 2012-2014 ("the last three years" going into the 2015 season). In order to qualify for either table, a magazine must have been published for every year used in that table.

There is also a "2010-2014 (last five years)" table, a "2005-2014 (last ten years)" table, and a "1993-2014 (all-time)" table.

Tables with more years have the advantage of having a larger sample of data: a single unusually lucky or unlucky year has less impact on the standings. However, tables with fewer years have the advantage of including more magazines: several of the magazines available today were not published if one goes back far enough.

Notes:

Lower scores are "better." The lower the score, the closer the magazine's predictions were to the actual results.
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See the notes file for further information on the scoring process.