ARGH 2015 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2015 season as of January 3, 2016. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .551, or about 2.66 points for an average game. The power ratings represent the chance that the team in question has of beating an average FBS team without regard to location.

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Revised 1-3-15

This Week	Last Week	Team	2015 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	13 - 1	0.937	2
2	2	Clemson	14 - 0	0.913	36
3	3	Ohio St.	12 - 1	0.906	35
4	4	Oklahoma	11 - 2	0.865	30
5	6	Stanford	12 - 2	0.860	10
6	10	Michigan	10 - 3	0.842	13
7	5	Michigan St.	12 - 2	0.841	4
8	13	Mississippi	10 - 3	0.829	21
9	11	Houston	13 - 1	0.823	92
10	9	Notre Dame	10 - 3	0.805	8
11	7	Iowa	12 - 2	0.801	49
12	14	Wisconsin	10 - 3	0.800	56
13	19	Louisiana St.	9 - 3	0.797	5
14	8	Florida St.	10 - 3	0.795	48
15	16	Texas Christian	11 - 2	0.788	61
16	20	Utah	10 - 3	0.780	24
17	25	Tennessee	9 - 4	0.779	40
18	18	Navy	11 - 2	0.771	78
19	12	North Carolina	11 - 3	0.767	65
20	27	Mississippi St.	9 - 4	0.767	22
21	28	Georgia	10 - 3	0.761	55
22	24	Baylor	10 - 3	0.758	66
23	21	Southern California	8 - 6	0.753	1
24	15	Florida	10 - 4	0.753	14
25	31	Toledo	10 - 2	0.749	88
26	32	Western Kentucky	12 - 2	0.743	100
27	38	Arkansas	8 - 5	0.731	9
28	36	Washington	7 - 6	0.721	27
29	17	Northwestern	10 - 3	0.718	28
30	35	Appalachian St.	11 - 2	0.718	120
31	29	Oregon	9 - 4	0.718	17
32	22	Oklahoma St.	10 - 3	0.716	59
33	42	San Diego St.	11 - 3	0.711	113
34	39	California	8 - 5	0.711	12
35	30	Brigham Young	9 - 4	0.709	60
36	23	Memphis	9 - 4	0.701	64
37	34	UCLA	8 - 5	0.697	26
38	37	Texas A&M	8 - 5	0.694	31
39	26	Bowling Green	10 - 4	0.688	74
40	46	Boise State	9 - 4	0.682	98
41	33	Temple	10 - 4	0.676	80
42	43	West Virginia	8 - 5	0.671	50
43	47	Louisville	8 - 5	0.663	44
44	49	Washington St.	9 - 4	0.654	54
45	56	Auburn	7 - 6	0.654	6
46	41	Pittsburgh	8 - 5	0.650	34
47	40	South Florida	8 - 5	0.644	73
48	44	Penn State	7 - 6	0.635	16
49	50	Nebraska	6 - 7	0.627	18
50	63	Georgia Southern	9 - 4	0.618	107
51	51	Western Michigan	8 - 5	0.617	68
52	54	Marshall	10 - 3	0.616	128
53	45	Miami, Florida	8 - 5	0.615	43
54	48	North Carolina St.	7 - 6	0.605	63
55	53	Virginia Tech	7 - 6	0.592	58
56	52	Arizona St.	6 - 7	0.589	20
57	59	Duke	8 - 5	0.584	79
58	55	Texas Tech	7 - 6	0.580	47
59	61	Southern Mississippi	9 - 5	0.568	117
60	57	Air Force	8 - 6	0.568	85
61	69	Louisiana Tech	9 - 4	0.564	118
62	67	Arizona	7 - 6	0.564	52
63	66	Minnesota	6 - 7	0.564	11
64	58	Arkansas St.	9 - 4	0.557	116
65	60	Cincinnati	7 - 6	0.536	69
66	64	Indiana	6 - 7	0.534	45
67	68	Illinois	5 - 7	0.527	38
68	62	Northern Illinois	8 - 6	0.524	86
69	65	Central Michigan	7 - 6	0.521	83
70	71	Texas	5 - 7	0.517	23
71	70	Georgia Tech	3 - 9	0.513	25
72	72	Kansas St.	6 - 7	0.502	51
73	74	Middle Tennessee St.	7 - 6	0.500	103
74	73	Utah St.	6 - 7	0.498	70
75	75	Ohio	8 - 5	0.498	101
76	77	Missouri	5 - 7	0.481	42
77	78	Akron	8 - 5	0.481	111
78	76	East Carolina	5 - 7	0.466	72
79	79	Syracuse	4 - 8	0.458	39
80	81	Boston College	3 - 9	0.449	53
81	80	Colorado St.	7 - 6	0.445	109
82	82	Virginia	4 - 8	0.441	33
83	83	Maryland	3 - 9	0.435	3
84	88	Kentucky	5 - 7	0.432	67
85	87	Vanderbilt	4 - 8	0.431	19
86	86	New Mexico	7 - 6	0.430	110
87	84	Tulsa	6 - 7	0.430	82
88	93	San Jose St.	6 - 7	0.422	95
89	85	Connecticut	6 - 7	0.421	77
90	89	Rutgers	4 - 8	0.409	46
91	90	Colorado	4 - 9	0.409	57
92	94	Nevada	7 - 6	0.407	112
93	92	South Carolina	3 - 9	0.399	32
94	91	Iowa St.	3 - 9	0.397	29
95	95	Wake Forest	3 - 9	0.354	41
96	99	Troy St.	4 - 8	0.348	99
97	96	Buffalo	5 - 7	0.347	114
98	97	Georgia St.	6 - 7	0.337	121
99	98	Purdue	2 - 10	0.335	15
100	100	South Alabama	5 - 7	0.301	93
101	101	Nevada-Las Vegas	3 - 9	0.297	91
102	103	Oregon St.	2 - 10	0.280	7
103	102	Florida International	5 - 7	0.275	126
104	105	Idaho	4 - 8	0.268	102
105	106	LA-Lafayette	4 - 8	0.254	123
106	104	Ball St.	3 - 9	0.254	76
107	110	Fresno St.	3 - 9	0.248	71
108	107	Florida Atlantic	3 - 9	0.246	106
109	111	Rice	5 - 7	0.246	125
110	112	Old Dominion	5 - 7	0.240	124
111	108	Southern Methodist	2 - 10	0.237	62
112	109	Massachusetts	3 - 9	0.237	96
113	113	Texas St.	3 - 9	0.217	108
114	115	Texas-El Paso	5 - 7	0.214	127
115	116	New Mexico St.	3 - 9	0.208	104
116	114	Tulane	3 - 9	0.207	89
117	118	Texas-San Antonio	3 - 9	0.199	115
118	120	Kent	3 - 9	0.196	90
119	119	Miami, Ohio	3 - 9	0.195	97
120	117	Army	2 - 10	0.195	119
121	121	Hawaii	3 - 10	0.194	81
122	122	Wyoming	2 - 10	0.181	84
123	123	LA-Monroe	2 - 11	0.165	94
124	124	Eastern Michigan	1 - 11	0.135	105
125	125	Charlotte	2 - 10	0.115	122
126	127	North Texas	1 - 11	0.099	87
127	126	Wild Card U.	9 - 96	0.097	0
128	128	Kansas	0 - 12	0.090	37
129	129	Central Florida	0 - 12	0.072	75

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