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Note: These rankings are not neccesarily identical to those I actually posted before the 2007 season. I have subsequently altered my algorithms, and here I show retrospectively what my current methods would have said for the season...
| rank | team | power |
| 1 | Southern Cal | 79.75 |
| 2 | Texas | 73.23 |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 71.40 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 69.21 |
| 5 | Michigan | 67.85 |
| 6 | UCLA | 67.69 |
| 7 | L.S.U. | 67.45 |
| 8 | Ohio State | 67.02 |
| 9 | Louisville | 66.69 |
| 10 | California | 66.38 |
| 11 | West Virginia | 66.22 |
| 12 | Wisconsin | 66.20 |
| 13 | Penn State | 64.18 |
| 14 | Boston College | 64.01 |
| 15 | Miami | 64.01 |
| 16 | Oregon | 63.51 |
| 17 | Auburn | 63.37 |
| 18 | Florida State | 63.12 |
| 19 | Tennessee | 62.56 |
| 20 | Arkansas | 62.53 |
| 21 | Georgia | 61.40 |
| 22 | Alabama | 60.51 |
| 23 | Arizona State | 60.09 |
| 24 | Texas A&M | 59.88 |
| 25 | B.Y.U. | 59.79 |
| 26 | South Carolina | 59.59 |
| 27 | Purdue | 59.27 |
| 28 | Nebraska | 59.23 |
| 29 | Arizona | 58.91 |
| 30 | Iowa | 58.75 |
| 31 | Oregon State | 58.13 |
| 32 | Boise State | 58.07 |
| 33 | Georgia Tech | 57.81 |
| 34 | Missouri | 57.80 |
| 35 | T.C.U. | 57.74 |
| 36 | Texas Tech | 57.24 |
| 37 | Florida | 57.12 |
| 38 | Kansas State | 57.02 |
| 39 | Virginia | 56.86 |
| 40 | Washington State | 56.71 |
| 41 | Minnesota | 56.68 |
| 42 | Notre Dame | 56.41 |
| 43 | Oklahoma State | 56.19 |
| 44 | Rutgers | 56.11 |
| 45 | Wake Forest | 55.95 |
| 46 | Clemson | 55.50 |
| 47 | South Florida | 55.34 |
| 48 | Pittsburgh | 55.28 |
| 49 | Utah | 55.08 |
| 50 | Hawaii | 54.86 |
| 51 | Southern Miss | 54.12 |
| 52 | Maryland | 53.38 |
| 53 | North Carolina State | 52.33 |
| 54 | Washington | 51.95 |
| 55 | Kentucky | 51.85 |
| 56 | Colorado State | 51.23 |
| 57 | Vanderbilt | 50.99 |
| 58 | Colorado | 50.93 |
| 59 | New Mexico | 50.44 |
| 60 | Michigan State | 50.42 |
| 61 | Cincinnati | 49.77 |
| 62 | Fresno State | 49.45 |
| 63 | Mississippi State | 48.91 |
| 64 | Northwestern | 48.81 |
| 65 | Ole Miss | 48.61 |
| 66 | Navy | 48.39 |
| 67 | Air Force | 48.12 |
| 68 | Indiana | 47.31 |
| 69 | Wyoming | 47.12 |
| 70 | Houston | 47.07 |
| 71 | Marshall | 46.80 |
| 72 | Kansas | 46.78 |
| 73 | Syracuse | 46.71 |
| 74 | Central Michigan | 46.10 |
| 75 | Toledo | 45.95 |
| 76 | Illinois | 45.39 |
| 77 | Stanford | 45.18 |
| 78 | Tulsa | 45.01 |
| 79 | Western Michigan | 44.53 |
| 80 | Northern Illinois | 44.52 |
| 81 | East Carolina | 44.46 |
| 82 | Nevada | 44.28 |
| 83 | Miami (Ohio) | 44.02 |
| 84 | Connecticut | 43.59 |
| 85 | Iowa State | 42.94 |
| 86 | Memphis | 42.90 |
| 87 | North Carolina | 42.51 |
| 88 | Central Florida | 42.26 |
| 89 | San Jose State | 41.86 |
| 90 | Rice | 41.51 |
| 91 | San Diego State | 41.44 |
| 92 | S.M.U. | 40.69 |
| 93 | Ball State | 40.08 |
| 94 | Bowling Green | 38.58 |
| 95 | Troy | 38.31 |
| 96 | U.A.B. | 38.20 |
| 97 | Baylor | 38.02 |
| 98 | Ohio | 37.99 |
| 99 | Louisiana-Monroe | 37.14 |
| 100 | Middle Tennessee State | 36.92 |
| 101 | Tulane | 36.91 |
| 102 | Akron | 36.77 |
| 103 | New Mexico State | 36.52 |
| 104 | Kent State | 35.94 |
| 105 | UTEP | 35.58 |
| 106 | UNLV | 35.57 |
| 107 | Duke | 35.19 |
| 108 | Army | 35.16 |
| 109 | Louisiana Tech | 34.83 |
| 110 | Florida Atlantic | 33.08 |
| 111 | Eastern Michigan | 32.41 |
| 112 | Arkansas State | 30.28 |
| 113 | Temple | 29.64 |
| 114 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 29.57 |
| 115 | Idaho | 29.24 |
| 116 | North Texas | 28.72 |
| 117 | Buffalo | 26.57 |
| 118 | Utah State | 25.64 |
| 119 | Florida International | 20.81 |
| 120 | Western Kentucky | 20.00 |