ARGH 2004 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings as of September 12, 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 .587, or about 4.56 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 2 Southern California 2 - 0 0.859
2 1 Oklahoma 2 - 0 0.858
3 4 Texas 2 - 0 0.834
4 6 Louisiana St. 2 - 0 0.812
5 7 Miami, Florida 1 - 0 0.800
6 3 Georgia 2 - 0 0.796
7 9 Ohio St. 2 - 0 0.781
8 5 Florida St. 0 - 1 0.756
9 10 Auburn 2 - 0 0.733
10 8 Michigan 1 - 1 0.727
11 15 Utah 2 - 0 0.718
12 14 Virginia 2 - 0 0.715
13 26 Wisconsin 2 - 0 0.709
14 12 Iowa 2 - 0 0.709
15 25 Boise State 2 - 0 0.707
16 13 Maryland 2 - 0 0.700
17 28 Alabama 2 - 0 0.699
18 39 Fresno St. 2 - 0 0.697
19 17 Purdue 2 - 0 0.696
20 34 Colorado 2 - 0 0.695
21 16 California 2 - 0 0.688
22 29 Oklahoma St. 2 - 0 0.687
23 27 West Virginia 2 - 0 0.687
24 21 North Carolina St. 1 - 0 0.680
25 22 Tennessee 1 - 0 0.675
26 18 Florida 1 - 0 0.668
27 31 Texas Christian 2 - 0 0.662
28 37 Louisville 2 - 0 0.661
29 46 Virginia Tech 1 - 1 0.659
30 20 Minnesota 2 - 0 0.656
31 42 Georgia Tech 2 - 0 0.656
32 47 Boston College 2 - 0 0.654
33 23 Bowling Green 1 - 1 0.649
34 40 Notre Dame 1 - 1 0.641
35 33 Southern Mississippi 1 - 0 0.640
36 11 Clemson 1 - 1 0.640
37 45 Arkansas 1 - 1 0.635
38 32 Memphis 2 - 0 0.634
39 38 South Carolina 1 - 1 0.634
40 65 Troy St. 2 - 0 0.615
41 30 Texas Tech 1 - 1 0.605
42 44 Washington St. 1 - 1 0.601
43 62 Arizona St. 2 - 0 0.596
44 50 Missouri 1 - 1 0.593
45 35 Nebraska 1 - 1 0.589
46 49 Wake Forest 1 - 1 0.587
47 19 Miami, Ohio 1 - 2 0.587
48 53 Pittsburgh 1 - 0 0.584
49 48 South Florida 1 - 0 0.581
50 52 Connecticut 2 - 0 0.580
51 24 Kansas St. 1 - 1 0.578
52 36 Oregon 0 - 1 0.576
53 66 Cincinnati 1 - 1 0.572
54 41 Oregon St. 0 - 2 0.564
55 58 UCLA 1 - 1 0.558
56 54 Penn State 1 - 1 0.554
57 57 Marshall 0 - 2 0.553
58 77 Kansas 2 - 0 0.548
59 64 Texas A&M 1 - 1 0.538
60 84 Florida Atlantic* 2 - 0 0.536
61 78 Indiana 2 - 0 0.534
62 51 Northern Illinois 1 - 1 0.527
63 61 AL-Birmingham 1 - 0 0.520
64 59 Michigan St. 1 - 1 0.511
65 73 New Mexico 1 - 1 0.510
66 43 Mississippi 0 - 2 0.508
67 85 Stanford 2 - 0 0.508
68 67 Hawaii 0 - 1 0.503
69 63 Colorado St. 0 - 2 0.499
70 55 Northwestern 0 - 2 0.496
71 56 North Texas 0 - 2 0.482
72 70 Washington 0 - 1 0.479
73 72 Vanderbilt 0 - 1 0.476
74 71 San Diego St. 1 - 0 0.469
75 79 Louisiana Tech 2 - 0 0.464
76 74 Kentucky 0 - 1 0.464
77 60 Toledo 0 - 2 0.441
78 82 Navy 2 - 0 0.440
79 87 Iowa St. 1 - 1 0.438
80 69 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 - 2 0.431
81 76 Brigham Young 1 - 1 0.426
82 75 Houston 0 - 2 0.417
83 80 North Carolina 1 - 1 0.411
84 88 Rice 1 - 0 0.408
85 81 Syracuse 1 - 1 0.402
86 86 Tulane 1 - 1 0.400
87 83 Tulsa 0 - 2 0.398
88 98 Nevada 1 - 1 0.395
89 89 Illinois 1 - 1 0.394
90 90 Arizona 1 - 1 0.386
91 95 Kent 1 - 1 0.386
92 68 Rutgers 1 - 1 0.385
93 96 Wyoming 1 - 1 0.374
94 91 Western Michigan 1 - 1 0.366
95 92 Air Force 1 - 1 0.364
96 100 Florida International* 1 - 0 0.360
97 97 Mississippi St. 1 - 1 0.351
98 99 Ohio 1 - 1 0.350
99 93 Duke 0 - 2 0.336
100 108 Middle Tennessee St. 1 - 0 0.331
101 107 Utah St. 1 - 1 0.327
102 101 Temple 0 - 2 0.326
103 102 New Mexico St. 0 - 2 0.319
104 105 LA-Lafayette 1 - 1 0.309
105 103 Central Florida 0 - 2 0.304
106 104 Baylor 1 - 1 0.297
107 94 Akron 0 - 2 0.292
108 109 Arkansas St. 0 - 2 0.290
109 113 Texas-El Paso 1 - 1 0.288
110 106 Ball St. 0 - 2 0.287
111 110 Eastern Michigan 1 - 1 0.261
112 112 East Carolina 0 - 2 0.256
113 111 Central Michigan 0 - 2 0.240
114 114 San Jose St. 0 - 1 0.223
115 115 LA-Monroe 0 - 1 0.210
116 121 Army 0 - 1 0.188
117 119 Southern Methodist 0 - 2 0.186
118 117 Idaho 0 - 2 0.184
119 116 Florida A&M* 0 - 2 0.179
120 118 Buffalo 0 - 2 0.178
121 120 Wild Card U. 1 - 27 0.148

2004 conference power ratings:

ConferenceRecord Power Rating
ACC 8-3 .631
SEC 9-3 .621
Big Ten 16-6 .615
Big Twelve 17-7 .605
Pac-10 11-7 .582
Independents 3-1 .541
Big East 9-4 .517
Conference USA 10-6.503
Mountain West 7-8.474
WAC 8-7 .427
MAC 6-21 .387
Sun Belt 6-9 .340

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