Alabama Tops IntPicks.com's College Football Top 100

Leading handicapping firm projects Crimson Tide to play Oregon for National Championship

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Aug 28, 2013, 08:00 ET

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fresh off its second national title in three years, the University of Alabama are the favorites to repeat as college football's champions, as the Crimson Tide debut at No. 1 in the premiere edition of the IntPicks.com College Football Top 100.

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Alabama is one of five Southeastern Conference schools to crack the Top 10, along with Georgia (#3), Texas A&M (#5), South Carolina (#7) and LSU (#10). The Pac 12 has two teams in the Top 10: Oregon (#2) and Stanford (#4).

In creating the rankings, IntPicks.com used the same simulation system it developed for its handicapping service to develop the IntelliRatings. All 125 NCAA Division I-A teams were given weighted rankings from 1 to 99 for their offenses, defenses, special teams and coaching staffs. Each teams' schedule was simulated 20,000 times, with the outcomes from the simulations leading to the teams' rating.

"Our simulations take into account every mundane detail that can impact the outcome of each match up, down to the expected weather conditions at game time," said Jesse Weston, president of IntPicks.com. "Just as we do with our sports picks through the season, we have our seasoned experts covering each team reality check the simulation results to ensure that they make sense in the real world," he added.

Below is the preseason Top 25. The complete Top 100 list is available at IntPicks.com

1. Alabama	98.96	6. Ohio St	93.18	11. Oklahoma St	88.97	16. Louisville	81.67	21. TCU	77.75
2. Oregon	97.56	7. S Carolina	91.78	12. Florida	88.83	17. Michigan	80.42	22. Northwestern	77.44
3. Georgia	95.06	8. Clemson	89.85	13. Florida St	88.04	18. Wisconsin	79.54	23. USC	77.17
4. Stanford	94.88	9. Notre Dame	89.63	14. Texas	86.37	19. Nebraska	78.41	24. Boise St	76.74
5. Texas A&M	94.67	10. LSU	89.07	15. Oklahoma	86.12	20. Oregon St	78.01	25. UCLA	74.16

The Top 100 will be updated regularly throughout the season, taking into consideration changes in performance and future roster changes. Updated rankings will be posted on IntPicks.com.

About IntPicks.com
Founded in 1995, IntPicks.com is a sports handicapping consulting service that combines a proprietary simulation system and an expert reality check process to make recommendations to its subscribers. After working with private clients for 17 years, Intpicks.com started making their selections available to public at the beginning of the 2012 season. The company became the fastest growing and the most accurate service during the 2012-13 season covering college football, NFL, NBA, college basketball and MLB. IntPicks.com helped its subscribers win more than $70,000 in net return (based on $500 per unit size) during just the college and pro football regular season. The company is the pioneer in the industry in terms of transparency and publishes all of their selections, win or lose, on their website.

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