ARGH 2004 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings as of August 29, 2004. Teams included are the 117 Division 1-A teams, the two teams in the process of moving to Division 1-A (Florida Atlantic and Florida International), and Florida A&M, who plays more than half their schedule against rated teams.

The estimated home field advantage for 2004 will be .582, or about 4.33 points for an average game. The power ratings represent the chance that the team in question has of beating an average Division 1-A team without regard to location.

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This WeekLast Week Team 2003 Record Power Rating
1 1 Oklahoma 0 - 0 0.887
2 2 Georgia 0 - 0 0.855
3 3 Southern California 1 - 0 0.828
4 4 Louisiana St. 0 - 0 0.814
5 5 Florida St. 0 - 0 0.800
6 6 Texas 0 - 0 0.800
7 7 Miami, Florida 0 - 0 0.795
8 9 Michigan 0 - 0 0.765
9 10 Ohio St. 0 - 0 0.745
10 8 Miami, Ohio 1 - 0 0.743
11 11 Auburn 0 - 0 0.729
12 12 Kansas St. 0 - 0 0.703
13 13 North Carolina St. 0 - 0 0.701
14 14 Clemson 0 - 0 0.699
15 15 Iowa 0 - 0 0.698
16 16 Bowling Green 0 - 0 0.697
17 17 Maryland 0 - 0 0.696
18 18 Virginia 0 - 0 0.695
19 19 Florida 0 - 0 0.683
20 20 Utah 0 - 0 0.683
21 21 California 0 - 0 0.681
22 22 Boise State 0 - 0 0.679
23 23 West Virginia 0 - 0 0.673
24 24 Purdue 0 - 0 0.672
25 25 Tennessee 0 - 0 0.668
26 26 Wisconsin 0 - 0 0.664
27 27 Notre Dame 0 - 0 0.662
28 28 Alabama 0 - 0 0.662
29 29 Texas Tech 0 - 0 0.662
30 30 Minnesota 0 - 0 0.661
31 31 Mississippi 0 - 0 0.644
32 32 Nebraska 0 - 0 0.641
33 33 Texas Christian 0 - 0 0.640
34 34 Oklahoma St. 0 - 0 0.635
35 35 Southern Mississippi 0 - 0 0.627
36 36 Oregon 0 - 0 0.625
37 37 Georgia Tech 0 - 0 0.621
38 38 Colorado 0 - 0 0.618
39 39 Oregon St. 0 - 0 0.611
40 40 Wake Forest 0 - 0 0.605
41 42 Memphis 0 - 0 0.599
42 43 Louisville 0 - 0 0.597
43 41 Virginia Tech 0 - 1 0.593
44 44 Arkansas 0 - 0 0.592
45 45 South Florida 0 - 0 0.592
46 46 Marshall 0 - 0 0.591
47 47 Fresno St. 0 - 0 0.591
48 48 Northern Illinois 0 - 0 0.590
49 49 South Carolina 0 - 0 0.588
50 50 Washington St. 0 - 0 0.587
51 51 Missouri 0 - 0 0.586
52 52 Boston College 0 - 0 0.585
53 53 Connecticut 0 - 0 0.583
54 54 Northwestern 0 - 0 0.578
55 55 North Texas 0 - 0 0.577
56 56 Pittsburgh 0 - 0 0.575
57 57 Michigan St. 0 - 0 0.573
58 58 UCLA 0 - 0 0.566
59 59 Toledo 0 - 0 0.560
60 60 Penn State 0 - 0 0.546
61 61 Hawaii 0 - 0 0.530
62 62 Colorado St. 0 - 0 0.529
63 63 Texas A&M 0 - 0 0.527
64 64 Cincinnati 0 - 0 0.519
65 65 Arizona St. 0 - 0 0.512
66 66 AL-Birmingham 0 - 0 0.509
67 67 Vanderbilt 0 - 0 0.503
68 68 Washington 0 - 0 0.498
69 69 Kentucky 0 - 0 0.488
70 70 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 - 0 0.484
71 71 New Mexico 0 - 0 0.484
72 72 Houston 0 - 0 0.481
73 73 Troy St. 0 - 0 0.473
74 74 San Diego St. 0 - 0 0.466
75 75 Tulsa 0 - 0 0.451
76 76 Tulane 0 - 0 0.450
77 77 Syracuse 0 - 0 0.442
78 78 Rutgers 0 - 0 0.439
79 79 North Carolina 0 - 0 0.425
80 80 Indiana 0 - 0 0.408
81 81 Duke 0 - 0 0.402
82 82 Louisiana Tech 0 - 0 0.402
83 83 Brigham Young 0 - 0 0.402
84 84 Kansas 0 - 0 0.397
85 85 Navy 0 - 0 0.388
86 86 Air Force 0 - 0 0.386
87 87 Akron 0 - 0 0.385
88 88 Stanford 0 - 0 0.382
89 89 Iowa St. 0 - 0 0.373
90 90 Illinois 0 - 0 0.367
91 91 Nevada 0 - 0 0.366
92 92 Kent 0 - 0 0.365
93 93 Arizona 0 - 0 0.360
94 94 Florida Atlantic* 0 - 0 0.359
95 95 Western Michigan 0 - 0 0.354
96 96 Rice 0 - 0 0.353
97 97 Temple 0 - 0 0.332
98 98 New Mexico St. 0 - 0 0.332
99 99 Florida International* 0 - 0 0.331
100 100 Wyoming 0 - 0 0.320
101 101 Baylor 0 - 0 0.319
102 102 Central Florida 0 - 0 0.314
103 103 Ohio 0 - 0 0.306
104 104 Ball St. 0 - 0 0.305
105 105 Mississippi St. 0 - 0 0.296
106 106 Utah St. 0 - 0 0.295
107 107 Middle Tennessee St. 0 - 0 0.282
108 108 Central Michigan 0 - 0 0.273
109 109 Arkansas St. 0 - 0 0.268
110 110 LA-Lafayette 0 - 0 0.265
111 111 East Carolina 0 - 0 0.245
112 112 Eastern Michigan 0 - 0 0.232
113 113 San Jose St. 0 - 0 0.216
114 114 Texas-El Paso 0 - 0 0.209
115 115 Florida A&M* 0 - 0 0.201
116 117 Wild Card U. 0 - 1 0.190
117 116 LA-Monroe 0 - 0 0.188
118 118 Buffalo 0 - 0 0.181
119 119 Idaho 0 - 0 0.176
120 120 Southern Methodist 0 - 0 0.166
121 121 Army 0 - 0 0.164

2004 preliminary preseason conference power ratings:

ConferenceRecord Power Rating
ACC 0-1 .639
SEC 0-0 .627
Big Ten 0-0 .607
Big Twelve 0-0 .596
Pac-10 1-0 .565
Independents 0-0 .525
Big East 0-0 .518
Conference USA 0-0.493
Mountain West 0-0.469
MAC 1-0 .421
WAC 0-0 .396
Sun Belt 0-0 .322

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