ARGH 2004 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings as of September 7, 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 is .584, or about 4.49 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 2004 Record Power Rating
1 1 Oklahoma 1 - 0 0.869
2 3 Southern California 1 - 0 0.829
3 2 Georgia 1 - 0 0.808
4 6 Texas 1 - 0 0.803
5 5 Florida St. 0 - 0 0.800
6 4 Louisiana St. 1 - 0 0.798
7 7 Miami, Florida 0 - 0 0.795
8 8 Michigan 1 - 0 0.770
9 9 Ohio St. 1 - 0 0.752
10 11 Auburn 1 - 0 0.715
11 14 Clemson 1 - 0 0.704
12 15 Iowa 1 - 0 0.700
13 17 Maryland 1 - 0 0.700
14 18 Virginia 1 - 0 0.698
15 20 Utah 1 - 0 0.692
16 21 California 1 - 0 0.692
17 24 Purdue 1 - 0 0.684
18 19 Florida 0 - 0 0.683
19 10 Miami, Ohio 1 - 1 0.682
20 30 Minnesota 1 - 0 0.681
21 13 North Carolina St. 1 - 0 0.681
22 25 Tennessee 1 - 0 0.679
23 16 Bowling Green 0 - 1 0.676
24 12 Kansas St. 1 - 0 0.675
25 22 Boise State 1 - 0 0.669
26 26 Wisconsin 1 - 0 0.666
27 23 West Virginia 1 - 0 0.663
28 28 Alabama 1 - 0 0.659
29 34 Oklahoma St. 1 - 0 0.657
30 29 Texas Tech 1 - 0 0.651
31 33 Texas Christian 1 - 0 0.649
32 41 Memphis 1 - 0 0.633
33 35 Southern Mississippi 0 - 0 0.627
34 38 Colorado 1 - 0 0.626
35 32 Nebraska 1 - 0 0.625
36 36 Oregon 0 - 0 0.625
37 42 Louisville 1 - 0 0.623
38 49 South Carolina 1 - 0 0.620
39 47 Fresno St. 1 - 0 0.618
40 27 Notre Dame 0 - 1 0.615
41 39 Oregon St. 0 - 1 0.609
42 37 Georgia Tech 1 - 0 0.609
43 31 Mississippi 0 - 1 0.606
44 50 Washington St. 1 - 0 0.604
45 44 Arkansas 1 - 0 0.603
46 43 Virginia Tech 0 - 1 0.594
47 52 Boston College 1 - 0 0.593
48 45 South Florida 0 - 0 0.592
49 40 Wake Forest 0 - 1 0.590
50 51 Missouri 1 - 0 0.589
51 48 Northern Illinois 0 - 1 0.579
52 53 Connecticut 1 - 0 0.576
53 56 Pittsburgh 0 - 0 0.575
54 60 Penn State 1 - 0 0.568
55 54 Northwestern 0 - 1 0.566
56 55 North Texas 0 - 1 0.560
57 46 Marshall 0 - 1 0.554
58 58 UCLA 0 - 1 0.541
59 57 Michigan St. 0 - 1 0.538
60 59 Toledo 0 - 1 0.537
61 66 AL-Birmingham 1 - 0 0.527
62 65 Arizona St. 1 - 0 0.521
63 62 Colorado St. 0 - 1 0.519
64 63 Texas A&M 0 - 1 0.514
65 73 Troy St. 1 - 0 0.513
66 64 Cincinnati 0 - 1 0.506
67 61 Hawaii 0 - 1 0.490
68 78 Rutgers 1 - 0 0.477
69 70 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 - 1 0.472
70 68 Washington 0 - 1 0.472
71 74 San Diego St. 1 - 0 0.471
72 67 Vanderbilt 0 - 1 0.470
73 71 New Mexico 0 - 1 0.468
74 69 Kentucky 0 - 1 0.465
75 72 Houston 0 - 1 0.450
76 83 Brigham Young 1 - 0 0.450
77 84 Kansas 1 - 0 0.443
78 80 Indiana 1 - 0 0.436
79 82 Louisiana Tech 1 - 0 0.432
80 79 North Carolina 1 - 0 0.432
81 77 Syracuse 0 - 1 0.430
82 85 Navy 1 - 0 0.424
83 75 Tulsa 0 - 1 0.415
84 94 Florida Atlantic* 1 - 0 0.410
85 88 Stanford 1 - 0 0.410
86 76 Tulane 0 - 1 0.405
87 89 Iowa St. 1 - 0 0.403
88 96 Rice 1 - 0 0.402
89 90 Illinois 1 - 0 0.395
90 93 Arizona 1 - 0 0.392
91 95 Western Michigan 1 - 0 0.387
92 86 Air Force 0 - 1 0.377
93 81 Duke 0 - 1 0.377
94 87 Akron 0 - 1 0.371
95 92 Kent 0 - 1 0.365
96 100 Wyoming 1 - 0 0.360
97 105 Mississippi St. 1 - 0 0.354
98 91 Nevada 0 - 1 0.349
99 103 Ohio 1 - 0 0.346
100 99 Florida International* 0 - 0 0.331
101 97 Temple 0 - 1 0.331
102 98 New Mexico St. 0 - 1 0.327
103 102 Central Florida 0 - 1 0.317
104 101 Baylor 0 - 1 0.310
105 110 LA-Lafayette 1 - 0 0.309
106 104 Ball St. 0 - 1 0.305
107 106 Utah St. 0 - 1 0.302
108 107 Middle Tennessee St. 0 - 0 0.282
109 109 Arkansas St. 0 - 1 0.274
110 112 Eastern Michigan 1 - 0 0.265
111 108 Central Michigan 0 - 1 0.262
112 111 East Carolina 0 - 1 0.260
113 114 Texas-El Paso 0 - 1 0.214
114 113 San Jose St. 0 - 1 0.211
115 117 LA-Monroe 0 - 1 0.207
116 115 Florida A&M* 0 - 1 0.199
117 119 Idaho 0 - 1 0.195
118 118 Buffalo 0 - 1 0.192
119 120 Southern Methodist 0 - 1 0.187
120 116 Wild Card U. 0 - 15 0.174
121 121 Army 0 - 0 0.164

2004 conference power ratings:

ConferenceRecord Power Rating
ACC 5-2 .635
SEC 7-2 .622
Big Ten 9-2 .614
Big Twelve 10-2 .597
Pac-10 6-3 .569
Big East 4-2 .521
Independents 1-1 .520
Conference USA 4-4.494
Mountain West 4-4.476
MAC 3-10 .417
WAC 3-5 .399
Sun Belt 3-6 .330

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