ARGH 2004 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings as of December 5, 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 .617, or about 6.12 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 Southern California 12 - 0 0.949
2 2 Oklahoma 12 - 0 0.942
3 3 Auburn 12 - 0 0.929
4 4 California 10 - 1 0.902
5 5 Texas 10 - 1 0.895
6 6 Utah 11 - 0 0.885
7 10 Virginia Tech 10 - 2 0.857
8 9 Louisville 10 - 1 0.845
9 8 Boise State 11 - 0 0.845
10 7 Miami, Florida 8 - 3 0.825
11 11 Louisiana St. 9 - 2 0.814
12 12 Georgia 9 - 2 0.811
13 14 Florida St. 8 - 3 0.801
14 13 Iowa 9 - 2 0.801
15 15 Virginia 8 - 3 0.796
16 16 Arizona St. 8 - 3 0.779
17 18 Texas A&M 7 - 4 0.772
18 17 Michigan 9 - 2 0.771
19 19 Purdue 7 - 4 0.754
20 20 Oklahoma St. 7 - 4 0.743
21 21 Texas Tech 7 - 4 0.742
22 22 Wisconsin 9 - 2 0.734
23 23 Tennessee 9 - 3 0.726
24 24 Florida 7 - 4 0.704
25 25 Ohio St. 7 - 4 0.696
26 26 Oregon St. 6 - 5 0.686
27 27 Fresno St. 8 - 3 0.676
28 28 Notre Dame 6 - 5 0.657
29 30 UCLA 6 - 5 0.652
30 33 West Virginia 8 - 3 0.646
31 31 Boston College 8 - 3 0.644
32 34 Texas-El Paso 8 - 3 0.643
33 32 New Mexico 7 - 4 0.640
34 35 Arkansas 5 - 6 0.634
35 29 Colorado 7 - 5 0.633
36 36 Alabama 6 - 5 0.631
37 38 Bowling Green 8 - 3 0.621
38 37 Clemson 6 - 5 0.621
39 39 North Carolina 6 - 5 0.617
40 40 Georgia Tech 6 - 5 0.617
41 41 Minnesota 6 - 5 0.604
42 47 Pittsburgh 8 - 3 0.601
43 42 North Carolina St. 5 - 6 0.601
44 43 Troy St. 7 - 4 0.595
45 44 South Carolina 6 - 5 0.587
46 45 Kansas 4 - 7 0.578
47 46 Memphis 8 - 3 0.562
48 48 Stanford 4 - 7 0.558
49 62 Navy 9 - 2 0.557
50 50 Northwestern 6 - 6 0.553
51 56 Syracuse 6 - 5 0.551
52 51 Iowa St. 6 - 5 0.551
53 54 Oregon 5 - 6 0.551
54 57 Brigham Young 5 - 6 0.548
55 55 Missouri 5 - 6 0.545
56 65 Toledo 9 - 3 0.542
57 53 AL-Birmingham 7 - 4 0.539
58 60 Maryland 5 - 6 0.535
59 58 Washington St. 5 - 6 0.533
60 49 Michigan St. 5 - 7 0.526
61 52 Miami, Ohio 8 - 4 0.523
62 61 Penn State 4 - 7 0.521
63 59 Cincinnati 6 - 5 0.519
64 63 Connecticut 7 - 4 0.516
65 66 Wyoming 6 - 5 0.511
66 68 Louisiana Tech 6 - 6 0.509
67 67 Nebraska 5 - 6 0.509
68 64 Southern Mississippi 6 - 5 0.504
69 69 Northern Illinois 8 - 3 0.504
70 70 Kansas St. 4 - 7 0.488
71 71 Florida Atlantic* 9 - 3 0.484
72 72 Marshall 6 - 5 0.475
73 73 Wake Forest 4 - 7 0.467
74 74 Air Force 5 - 6 0.451
75 79 Hawaii 7 - 5 0.446
76 76 North Texas 7 - 4 0.439
77 75 Texas Christian 5 - 6 0.437
78 77 Mississippi 4 - 7 0.435
79 78 Colorado St. 4 - 7 0.424
80 80 San Diego St. 4 - 7 0.402
81 81 New Mexico St. 5 - 6 0.395
82 82 Arizona 3 - 8 0.389
83 86 Baylor 3 - 8 0.365
84 85 Indiana 3 - 8 0.362
85 87 Kent 5 - 6 0.360
86 83 Tulane 5 - 6 0.348
87 88 Illinois 3 - 8 0.347
88 90 Middle Tennessee St. 5 - 6 0.346
89 91 Tulsa 4 - 8 0.345
90 89 Akron 6 - 5 0.344
91 92 Rutgers 4 - 7 0.336
92 84 South Florida 4 - 7 0.334
93 93 Houston 3 - 8 0.320
94 95 Rice 3 - 8 0.311
95 94 LA-Monroe 5 - 6 0.309
96 96 Nevada 5 - 7 0.305
97 98 Duke 2 - 9 0.301
98 99 Vanderbilt 2 - 9 0.293
99 97 Mississippi St. 3 - 8 0.293
100 100 Nevada-Las Vegas 2 - 9 0.277
101 101 Ohio 4 - 7 0.271
102 102 Kentucky 2 - 9 0.267
103 103 LA-Lafayette 4 - 7 0.265
104 104 Southern Methodist 3 - 8 0.258
105 106 Temple 2 - 9 0.253
106 105 Army 2 - 9 0.234
107 107 Utah St. 3 - 8 0.232
108 108 Arkansas St. 3 - 8 0.232
109 109 Washington 1 - 10 0.221
110 111 Central Michigan 4 - 7 0.212
111 113 San Jose St. 2 - 9 0.211
112 112 Eastern Michigan 4 - 7 0.211
113 110 East Carolina 2 - 9 0.207
114 114 Idaho 3 - 9 0.193
115 115 Ball St. 2 - 9 0.168
116 119 Florida International* 3 - 7 0.144
117 116 Wild Card U. 8 - 49 0.142
118 117 Florida A&M* 3 - 8 0.142
119 118 Buffalo 2 - 9 0.139
120 120 Western Michigan 1 - 10 0.139
121 121 Central Florida 0 - 11 0.090

2004 conference power ratings:

ConferenceRecord Power Rating
Big Twelve 28-8 .647
ACC 24-10 .640
Pac-10 20-11 .622
Independents 14-6 .607
Big Ten 24-11 .606
SEC 25-11 .594
Mountain West 16-16.517
Big East 22-13 .507
WAC 17-17 .455
Conference USA 14-19.441
Sun Belt 15-29 .330
MAC 10-32 .328

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