Preseason Prediction Accuracy (2010-2014)

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

Magazine	Rank	Total Score	2014	2013	2012	2011	2010
Phil Steele	1	664	134½	119	137	148	125½
Lindy's	2	682	145	132	139	151	115
GamePlan	3	692	147	130	147	147	121
Athlon	4	696	151	138	134	154	119
compughterratings.com	5	697	149	135	141	146	126
CPA Rankings	6	701	143	129	142	157	130
USA Today	7	707	137	142½	161½	158	108
The Sporting News	8	739	151	148	141	174	125
Football Outsiders	9	750½	166	146	145	141	152½
College Football Poll	10	795	175	125	168	179	148

This page shows the accuracy of preseason magazines' conference predictions for the five-year span 2010-2014 ("the last five 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 "2012-2014 (last three 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.