ARGH 2021 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2021 season as of 1-5-22. Teams currently included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .556, or about 2.95 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 1-5-22

This Week	Last Week	Team	2021 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Georgia	13 - 1	0.939	18
2	4	Alabama	13 - 1	0.900	24
3	2	Michigan	12 - 2	0.880	7
4	6	Ohio St.	11 - 2	0.866	14
5	3	Cincinnati	13 - 1	0.865	60
6	7	Oklahoma St.	12 - 2	0.861	5
7	8	Baylor	12 - 2	0.851	15
8	5	Notre Dame	11 - 2	0.833	34
9	12	Oklahoma	11 - 2	0.808	31
10	10	Wisconsin	9 - 4	0.792	4
11	13	Clemson	10 - 3	0.789	42
12	14	Michigan St.	11 - 2	0.785	22
13	11	Mississippi	10 - 3	0.767	25
14	9	Pittsburgh	11 - 3	0.761	63
15	20	Louisiana	13 - 1	0.753	120
16	25	Houston	12 - 2	0.750	102
17	19	Purdue	9 - 4	0.744	10
18	26	Arkansas	9 - 4	0.739	20
19	17	Texas A&M	8 - 4	0.739	49
20	23	Wake Forest	11 - 3	0.736	51
21	18	North Carolina St.	9 - 3	0.735	61
22	16	Iowa	10 - 4	0.734	12
23	28	Minnesota	9 - 4	0.728	40
24	15	Utah	10 - 4	0.725	53
25	30	Kentucky	10 - 3	0.722	59
26	22	Penn State	7 - 6	0.706	8
27	34	San Diego St.	12 - 2	0.706	92
28	29	Iowa St.	7 - 6	0.706	16
29	21	Texas-San Antonio	12 - 2	0.704	108
30	32	Air Force	10 - 3	0.702	76
31	31	Boise State	7 - 5	0.698	33
32	24	Brigham Young	10 - 3	0.692	64
33	39	Kansas St.	8 - 5	0.686	30
34	35	Fresno St.	10 - 3	0.680	105
35	27	Appalachian St.	10 - 4	0.671	85
36	36	Auburn	6 - 7	0.659	6
37	40	Coastal Carolina	11 - 2	0.659	130
38	43	Army	9 - 4	0.653	72
39	33	Oregon	10 - 4	0.650	54
40	44	Utah St.	11 - 3	0.650	99
41	37	Tennessee	7 - 6	0.649	37
42	41	Miami, Florida	7 - 5	0.629	41
43	49	Texas	5 - 7	0.625	2
44	52	Western Kentucky	9 - 5	0.624	88
45	42	UCLA	8 - 4	0.618	75
46	38	Mississippi St.	7 - 6	0.618	28
47	47	Southern Methodist	8 - 4	0.614	80
48	53	AL-Birmingham	9 - 4	0.610	83
49	59	Liberty	8 - 5	0.603	98
50	58	Central Florida	9 - 4	0.603	95
51	50	West Virginia	6 - 7	0.598	11
52	66	Texas Tech	7 - 6	0.592	26
53	62	Maryland	7 - 6	0.591	23
54	45	Nevada	8 - 5	0.588	81
55	46	Louisiana St.	6 - 7	0.586	9
56	48	Arizona St.	8 - 5	0.582	91
57	51	Louisville	6 - 7	0.581	35
58	60	Nebraska	3 - 9	0.570	3
59	71	South Carolina	7 - 6	0.559	38
60	63	Central Michigan	9 - 4	0.558	116
61	56	Florida	6 - 7	0.554	44
62	64	East Carolina	7 - 5	0.553	67
63	57	Virginia	6 - 6	0.552	48
64	72	Western Michigan	8 - 5	0.545	87
65	55	Oregon St.	7 - 6	0.543	68
66	54	North Carolina	6 - 7	0.539	47
67	65	Marshall	7 - 6	0.535	101
68	68	Illinois	5 - 7	0.527	21
69	61	Washington St.	7 - 6	0.522	70
70	80	Georgia St.	8 - 5	0.509	93
71	73	Florida St.	5 - 7	0.506	45
72	79	Tulsa	7 - 6	0.505	65
73	70	Northern Illinois	9 - 5	0.503	90
74	77	Texas Christian	5 - 7	0.499	19
75	74	Missouri	6 - 7	0.499	39
76	78	Miami, Ohio	7 - 6	0.498	106
77	67	Toledo	7 - 6	0.493	128
78	75	Boston College	6 - 6	0.486	78
79	76	Syracuse	5 - 7	0.472	50
80	69	Virginia Tech	6 - 7	0.468	56
81	83	Memphis	6 - 6	0.463	86
82	86	Wyoming	7 - 6	0.454	109
83	81	Rutgers	5 - 8	0.445	29
84	91	Middle Tennessee	7 - 6	0.440	126
85	88	Navy	4 - 8	0.426	17
86	82	Eastern Michigan	7 - 6	0.424	118
87	84	Kent St.	7 - 7	0.417	94
88	92	Texas-El Paso	7 - 6	0.407	124
89	87	California	5 - 7	0.406	104
90	89	Southern California	4 - 8	0.395	58
91	90	North Texas	6 - 7	0.392	114
92	85	Ball St.	6 - 7	0.391	89
93	94	Hawaii	6 - 7	0.388	103
94	93	Old Dominion	6 - 7	0.387	117
95	97	Florida Atlantic	5 - 7	0.370	113
96	95	Georgia Tech	3 - 9	0.357	32
97	96	Washington	4 - 8	0.354	96
98	100	Tulane	2 - 10	0.350	27
99	99	Troy	5 - 7	0.350	107
100	98	Colorado	4 - 8	0.330	62
101	101	Indiana	2 - 10	0.330	1
102	103	San Jose St.	5 - 7	0.328	100
103	102	South Alabama	5 - 7	0.327	127
104	105	Buffalo	4 - 8	0.310	125
105	104	Stanford	3 - 9	0.304	43
106	106	Northwestern	3 - 9	0.302	36
107	107	Colorado St.	3 - 9	0.302	79
108	108	Louisiana Tech	3 - 9	0.282	97
109	109	Charlotte	5 - 7	0.282	129
110	110	LA-Monroe	4 - 8	0.278	73
111	112	Rice	4 - 8	0.274	69
112	111	South Florida	2 - 10	0.271	46
113	115	Kansas	2 - 10	0.259	13
114	113	Bowling Green	4 - 8	0.250	119
115	114	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 10	0.247	52
116	117	Texas St.	4 - 8	0.245	122
117	116	Georgia Southern	3 - 9	0.243	84
118	118	Duke	3 - 9	0.228	71
119	119	Ohio	3 - 9	0.224	123
120	120	Southern Mississippi	3 - 9	0.205	115
121	121	New Mexico	3 - 9	0.200	66
122	122	Temple	3 - 9	0.189	74
123	123	Arkansas St.	2 - 10	0.187	110
124	125	New Mexico St.	2 - 10	0.184	82
125	124	Vanderbilt	2 - 10	0.181	55
126	126	Arizona	1 - 11	0.171	57
127	127	Akron	2 - 10	0.145	112
128	128	Wild Card U.	12 - 105	0.113	0
129	129	Connecticut	1 - 11	0.111	77
130	130	Florida International	1 - 11	0.109	121
131	131	Massachusetts	1 - 11	0.091	111

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