ARGH 2004 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings as of November 14, 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 .614, or about 5.82 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.

Click here to send me feedback.

This WeekLast Week Team 2004 Record Power Rating
1 1 Southern California 10 - 0 0.942
2 2 Oklahoma 10 - 0 0.923
3 3 Auburn 10 - 0 0.918
4 4 California 8 - 1 0.883
5 6 Texas 9 - 1 0.880
6 7 Utah 10 - 0 0.869
7 10 Florida St. 8 - 2 0.833
8 14 Miami, Florida 7 - 2 0.825
9 12 Arizona St. 8 - 2 0.820
10 13 Michigan 9 - 1 0.819
11 9 Boise State 9 - 0 0.803
12 8 Georgia 8 - 2 0.800
13 15 Louisville 7 - 1 0.797
14 11 Virginia 7 - 2 0.788
15 16 Virginia Tech 7 - 2 0.784
16 20 Louisiana St. 7 - 2 0.783
17 5 Wisconsin 9 - 1 0.782
18 19 Iowa 8 - 2 0.781
19 18 Texas A&M 7 - 3 0.774
20 17 Tennessee 7 - 2 0.757
21 22 Oklahoma St. 7 - 3 0.756
22 21 Purdue 6 - 4 0.751
23 30 Boston College 7 - 2 0.713
24 25 Texas Tech 6 - 4 0.706
25 24 Notre Dame 6 - 4 0.687
26 23 West Virginia 8 - 2 0.672
27 29 Texas-El Paso 7 - 2 0.672
28 26 Ohio St. 6 - 4 0.670
29 39 Florida 6 - 4 0.663
30 31 Bowling Green 8 - 2 0.662
31 36 UCLA 6 - 4 0.657
32 33 Arkansas 4 - 5 0.657
33 38 Oregon St. 5 - 5 0.649
34 43 Georgia Tech 6 - 3 0.645
35 44 Fresno St. 6 - 3 0.643
36 28 Alabama 6 - 4 0.641
37 42 Colorado 6 - 4 0.634
38 27 South Carolina 6 - 4 0.628
39 34 Minnesota 6 - 5 0.621
40 46 New Mexico 6 - 4 0.620
41 55 Michigan St. 5 - 5 0.609
42 52 North Carolina 5 - 5 0.597
43 32 Clemson 5 - 5 0.593
44 35 Oregon 5 - 5 0.591
45 37 Stanford 4 - 6 0.590
46 40 Northwestern 5 - 5 0.588
47 51 AL-Birmingham 6 - 3 0.583
48 47 Troy St. 6 - 4 0.579
49 50 Maryland 4 - 5 0.574
50 41 Brigham Young 5 - 5 0.568
51 49 North Carolina St. 4 - 6 0.568
52 48 Cincinnati 5 - 4 0.561
53 54 Missouri 4 - 5 0.560
54 45 Southern Mississippi 5 - 3 0.558
55 60 Memphis 6 - 3 0.554
56 69 Pittsburgh 6 - 3 0.548
57 58 Washington St. 4 - 6 0.541
58 61 Iowa St. 5 - 4 0.537
59 62 Miami, Ohio 7 - 3 0.537
60 64 Nebraska 5 - 5 0.526
61 57 Wyoming 6 - 4 0.521
62 53 Wake Forest 4 - 5 0.521
63 63 Kansas St. 4 - 6 0.519
64 68 Kansas 3 - 7 0.518
65 56 Syracuse 5 - 5 0.502
66 65 Connecticut 5 - 4 0.500
67 59 Northern Illinois 7 - 3 0.491
68 66 Marshall 5 - 5 0.484
69 72 Penn State 3 - 7 0.483
70 77 Toledo 7 - 3 0.481
71 75 Louisiana Tech 5 - 5 0.480
72 79 Colorado St. 4 - 6 0.472
73 71 Navy 7 - 2 0.471
74 70 Texas Christian 4 - 5 0.463
75 76 South Florida 4 - 4 0.447
76 67 Florida Atlantic* 6 - 3 0.446
77 83 New Mexico St. 5 - 5 0.437
78 81 North Texas 6 - 4 0.416
79 73 Mississippi 3 - 6 0.416
80 74 Air Force 4 - 6 0.409
81 78 Indiana 3 - 7 0.398
82 85 Rutgers 4 - 5 0.389
83 89 San Diego St. 3 - 7 0.388
84 82 Illinois 3 - 7 0.382
85 87 Baylor 3 - 7 0.375
86 90 Akron 6 - 4 0.369
87 80 Hawaii 4 - 5 0.361
88 93 Middle Tennessee St. 5 - 5 0.357
89 91 Tulane 4 - 5 0.356
90 98 Kent 4 - 6 0.354
91 86 Houston 3 - 7 0.353
92 94 Rice 3 - 7 0.332
93 104 Duke 2 - 8 0.325
94 97 Mississippi St. 3 - 6 0.321
95 92 Arizona 2 - 8 0.321
96 84 Nevada-Las Vegas 2 - 8 0.316
97 88 Nevada 5 - 5 0.310
98 95 LA-Monroe 4 - 6 0.299
99 102 LA-Lafayette 4 - 6 0.288
100 96 Vanderbilt 2 - 8 0.286
101 100 Tulsa 2 - 8 0.274
102 101 Ohio 4 - 7 0.273
103 112 Temple 2 - 8 0.271
104 99 Army 2 - 7 0.270
105 107 Arkansas St. 3 - 7 0.259
106 108 Kentucky 2 - 8 0.258
107 114 Southern Methodist 3 - 7 0.255
108 103 East Carolina 2 - 7 0.245
109 113 San Jose St. 2 - 7 0.231
110 110 Washington 1 - 9 0.226
111 106 Eastern Michigan 4 - 6 0.223
112 105 Central Michigan 3 - 7 0.209
113 111 Idaho 3 - 8 0.206
114 109 Utah St. 2 - 8 0.198
115 117 Ball St. 2 - 8 0.185
116 116 Florida A&M* 3 - 6 0.170
117 115 Florida International* 2 - 5 0.160
118 120 Buffalo 2 - 8 0.151
119 118 Western Michigan 1 - 9 0.141
120 119 Wild Card U. 6 - 47 0.138
121 121 Central Florida 0 - 10 0.103

2004 conference power ratings:

ConferenceRecord Power Rating
Big Twelve 28-8 .642
ACC 22-8 .641
Big Ten 24-9 .626
Pac-10 18-11 .622
SEC 23-10 .594
Independents 12-5 .579
Mountain West 16-16.520
Big East 19-12 .513
Conference USA 14-15.472
WAC 14-17 .436
MAC 10-31 .333
Sun Belt 12-27 .331

Return to ARGH main page