ARGH 2018 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2018 season as of 8-26-18. Teams included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .562, or about 3.17 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 8-26-18

This WeekLast Week Team 2018 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Clemson 0 - 0 0.893 0
2 2 Michigan St. 0 - 0 0.866 0
3 3 Wisconsin 0 - 0 0.856 0
4 4 Alabama 0 - 0 0.836 0
5 5 Notre Dame 0 - 0 0.835 0
6 6 Ohio St. 0 - 0 0.834 0
7 7 Washington 0 - 0 0.820 0
8 8 Georgia 0 - 0 0.815 0
9 9 Penn State 0 - 0 0.790 0
10 10 Miami, Florida 0 - 0 0.778 0
11 11 Stanford 0 - 0 0.776 0
12 12 Michigan 0 - 0 0.773 0
13 13 Oklahoma 0 - 0 0.770 0
14 14 Auburn 0 - 0 0.766 0
15 15 Southern California 0 - 0 0.762 0
16 16 Boise State 0 - 0 0.753 0
17 17 Iowa 0 - 0 0.746 0
18 18 Mississippi St. 0 - 0 0.738 0
19 19 Northwestern 0 - 0 0.735 0
20 20 Central Florida 0 - 0 0.715 0
21 21 Boston College 0 - 0 0.695 0
22 22 Virginia Tech 0 - 0 0.694 0
23 23 Florida 0 - 0 0.680 0
24 24 South Carolina 0 - 0 0.679 0
25 25 Oklahoma St. 0 - 0 0.678 0
26 26 Florida St. 0 - 0 0.677 0
27 27 Duke 0 - 0 0.675 0
28 28 Missouri 0 - 0 0.669 0
29 29 Georgia Tech 0 - 0 0.662 0
30 30 Texas Christian 0 - 0 0.655 0
31 31 Texas 0 - 0 0.654 0
32 32 Texas A&M 0 - 0 0.654 0
33 33 Wake Forest 0 - 0 0.654 0
34 34 Louisiana St. 0 - 0 0.647 0
35 35 Purdue 0 - 0 0.646 0
36 36 Utah 0 - 0 0.629 0
37 37 Louisville 0 - 0 0.627 0
38 38 Texas Tech 0 - 0 0.626 0
39 39 North Carolina St. 0 - 0 0.623 0
40 40 West Virginia 0 - 0 0.622 0
41 41 San Diego St. 0 - 0 0.622 0
42 42 Memphis 0 - 0 0.613 0
43 43 Iowa St. 0 - 0 0.611 0
44 44 Oregon 0 - 0 0.611 0
45 45 Arizona 0 - 0 0.607 0
46 46 California 0 - 0 0.605 0
47 51 Wyoming 1 - 0 0.593 0
48 47 Fresno St. 0 - 0 0.589 0
49 48 Maryland 0 - 0 0.589 0
50 49 Kentucky 0 - 0 0.586 0
51 50 Arkansas 0 - 0 0.574 0
52 52 Syracuse 0 - 0 0.565 0
53 53 Nebraska 0 - 0 0.561 0
54 54 Minnesota 0 - 0 0.555 0
55 55 Arizona St. 0 - 0 0.553 0
56 56 Utah St. 0 - 0 0.548 0
57 57 North Texas 0 - 0 0.538 0
58 58 Florida Atlantic 0 - 0 0.533 0
59 59 Toledo 0 - 0 0.522 0
60 60 Washington St. 0 - 0 0.520 0
61 61 Pittsburgh 0 - 0 0.520 0
62 62 Mississippi 0 - 0 0.515 0
63 63 Marshall 0 - 0 0.514 0
64 64 Kansas St. 0 - 0 0.511 0
65 65 Troy 0 - 0 0.511 0
66 66 Louisiana Tech 0 - 0 0.509 0
67 67 Northern Illinois 0 - 0 0.508 0
68 68 Navy 0 - 0 0.507 0
69 69 Tulane 0 - 0 0.506 0
70 70 Western Michigan 0 - 0 0.505 0
71 71 UCLA 0 - 0 0.503 0
72 72 Army 0 - 0 0.502 0
73 73 North Carolina 0 - 0 0.501 0
74 74 Colorado 0 - 0 0.492 0
75 75 Tennessee 0 - 0 0.481 0
76 76 Ohio 0 - 0 0.480 0
77 77 South Florida 0 - 0 0.478 0
78 78 Indiana 0 - 0 0.470 0
79 79 Rutgers 0 - 0 0.468 0
80 80 Middle Tennessee 0 - 0 0.467 0
81 81 Southern Methodist 0 - 0 0.466 0
82 82 Temple 0 - 0 0.459 0
83 83 Miami, Ohio 0 - 0 0.456 0
84 84 Virginia 0 - 0 0.455 0
85 85 Nevada 0 - 0 0.448 0
86 86 Vanderbilt 0 - 0 0.444 0
87 87 Houston 0 - 0 0.442 0
88 88 Baylor 0 - 0 0.441 0
89 89 Illinois 0 - 0 0.429 0
90 90 Appalachian St. 0 - 0 0.428 0
91 91 Kansas 0 - 0 0.416 0
92 92 Tulsa 0 - 0 0.416 0
93 93 Old Dominion 0 - 0 0.413 0
94 94 Arkansas St. 0 - 0 0.411 0
95 95 Air Force 0 - 0 0.408 0
96 96 Buffalo 0 - 0 0.406 0
97 97 Brigham Young 0 - 0 0.403 0
98 98 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 - 0 0.402 0
99 99 LA-Monroe 0 - 0 0.397 0
100 100 Eastern Michigan 0 - 0 0.395 0
101 101 Akron 0 - 0 0.394 0
102 102 Cincinnati 0 - 0 0.385 0
103 103 AL-Birmingham 0 - 0 0.381 0
104 104 Georgia Southern 0 - 0 0.363 0
105 105 Southern Mississippi 0 - 0 0.359 0
106 108 Massachusetts 1 - 0 0.357 0
107 107 New Mexico St. 0 - 1 0.330 0
108 106 Colorado St. 0 - 1 0.329 0
109 109 Central Michigan 0 - 0 0.316 0
110 110 South Alabama 0 - 0 0.314 0
111 111 Oregon St. 0 - 0 0.306 0
112 112 Western Kentucky 0 - 0 0.301 0
113 113 Texas-San Antonio 0 - 0 0.290 0
114 114 Florida International 0 - 0 0.290 0
115 115 Charlotte 0 - 0 0.287 0
116 116 Bowling Green 0 - 0 0.285 0
117 117 Georgia St. 0 - 0 0.264 0
118 118 New Mexico 0 - 0 0.244 0
119 119 East 0 - 0 0.241 0
120 128 Hawaii 1 - 0 0.238 0
121 120 San Jose St. 0 - 0 0.235 0
122 121 Connecticut 0 - 0 0.232 0
123 130 Rice 1 - 0 0.221 0
124 122 Ball St. 0 - 0 0.216 0
125 123 Coastal Carolina 0 - 0 0.206 0
126 125 Wild Card U. 0 - 2 0.201 0
127 124 Louisiana 0 - 0 0.199 0
128 126 Liberty 0 - 0 0.190 0
129 127 Kent St. 0 - 0 0.190 0
130 129 Texas St. 0 - 0 0.175 0
131 131 Texas-El Paso 0 - 0 0.088 0

2018 conference power ratings:

Conference2018 Record Power Rating
Big Ten 0-0 .666
SEC 0-0 .649
ACC 0-0 .644
Pac-12 0-0 .599
Big Twelve 0-0 .599
AAC 0-0 .455
Mountain West 1-0.451
Independents 1-1 .436
MAC 0-0 .390
Conference USA 1-0.371
Sun Belt 0-0 .327

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