ARGH 2023 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2023 season after games of August 26. Teams currently included are the 133 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus Kennesaw State.

The estimated home field advantage is .554, or about 2.64 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 8-28-23

This WeekLast Week Team 2023 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Georgia 0 - 0 0.891 0
2 2 Michigan 0 - 0 0.821 0
3 3 Ohio St. 0 - 0 0.804 0
4 4 Alabama 0 - 0 0.794 0
5 5 Penn State 0 - 0 0.764 0
6 6 Texas 0 - 0 0.754 0
7 7 Clemson 0 - 0 0.753 0
8 8 Tennessee 0 - 0 0.747 0
9 9 Louisiana St. 0 - 0 0.740 0
10 10 Utah 0 - 0 0.731 0
11 12 Notre Dame 1 - 0 0.729 0
12 11 Florida St. 0 - 0 0.727 0
13 13 Oregon 0 - 0 0.719 0
14 14 Kansas St. 0 - 0 0.717 0
15 15 Southern California 1 - 0 0.712 0
16 16 Mississippi 0 - 0 0.707 0
17 17 Texas Christian 0 - 0 0.701 0
18 18 Oklahoma 0 - 0 0.684 0
19 19 Texas A&M 0 - 0 0.678 0
20 20 Texas Tech 0 - 0 0.675 0
21 21 Iowa 0 - 0 0.673 0
22 22 Washington 0 - 0 0.660 0
23 23 Mississippi St. 0 - 0 0.657 0
24 24 Oregon St. 0 - 0 0.656 0
25 25 Minnesota 0 - 0 0.639 0
26 26 Texas-San Antonio 0 - 0 0.638 0
27 27 North Carolina 0 - 0 0.635 0
28 28 Illinois 0 - 0 0.632 0
29 29 Arkansas 0 - 0 0.630 0
30 30 Wisconsin 0 - 0 0.628 0
31 31 Iowa St. 0 - 0 0.627 0
32 32 Central Florida 0 - 0 0.627 0
33 33 Baylor 0 - 0 0.626 0
34 34 Auburn 0 - 0 0.624 0
35 35 Kentucky 0 - 0 0.624 0
36 36 Tulane 0 - 0 0.619 0
37 37 Wake Forest 0 - 0 0.616 0
38 38 North Carolina St. 0 - 0 0.616 0
39 39 UCLA 0 - 0 0.610 0
40 40 Pittsburgh 0 - 0 0.609 0
41 41 Louisville 0 - 0 0.608 0
42 42 Michigan St. 0 - 0 0.608 0
43 43 South Carolina 0 - 0 0.606 0
44 44 Oklahoma St. 0 - 0 0.602 0
45 45 Florida 0 - 0 0.598 0
46 46 Missouri 0 - 0 0.595 0
47 47 Maryland 0 - 0 0.594 0
48 48 Boise State 0 - 0 0.588 0
49 49 Houston 0 - 0 0.578 0
50 50 Purdue 0 - 0 0.573 0
51 51 Miami, Florida 0 - 0 0.573 0
52 52 Kansas 0 - 0 0.568 0
53 53 South Alabama 0 - 0 0.567 0
54 54 Southern Methodist 0 - 0 0.565 0
55 55 Duke 0 - 0 0.563 0
56 56 Fresno St. 0 - 0 0.560 0
57 57 Cincinnati 0 - 0 0.554 0
58 58 Syracuse 0 - 0 0.554 0
59 59 Washington St. 0 - 0 0.553 0
60 60 Brigham Young 0 - 0 0.553 0
61 61 West Virginia 0 - 0 0.548 0
62 62 Air Force 0 - 0 0.546 0
63 63 Troy 0 - 0 0.545 0
64 64 Nebraska 0 - 0 0.516 0
65 65 East Carolina 0 - 0 0.516 0
66 66 James Madison 0 - 0 0.504 0
67 67 Army 0 - 0 0.501 0
68 68 Marshall 0 - 0 0.500 0
69 69 Memphis 0 - 0 0.495 0
70 70 California 0 - 0 0.492 0
71 71 Louisiana 0 - 0 0.491 0
72 72 Toledo 0 - 0 0.490 0
73 75 San Diego St. 1 - 0 0.490 0
74 73 Coastal Carolina 0 - 0 0.490 0
75 74 Appalachian St. 0 - 0 0.475 0
76 77 Vanderbilt 1 - 0 0.470 0
77 76 Rutgers 0 - 0 0.465 0
78 78 Western Kentucky 0 - 0 0.463 0
79 79 Arizona 0 - 0 0.456 0
80 80 Virginia 0 - 0 0.447 0
81 82 Arizona St. 0 - 0 0.443 0
82 83 Georgia Tech 0 - 0 0.442 0
83 81 Navy 0 - 1 0.434 0
84 84 Boston College 0 - 0 0.432 0
85 85 Virginia Tech 0 - 0 0.429 0
86 86 Florida Atlantic 0 - 0 0.429 0
87 87 Wyoming 0 - 0 0.428 0
88 89 Southern Mississippi 0 - 0 0.416 0
89 90 AL-Birmingham 0 - 0 0.412 0
90 88 Ohio 0 - 1 0.406 0
91 91 North Texas 0 - 0 0.403 0
92 92 Miami, Ohio 0 - 0 0.403 0
93 93 Indiana 0 - 0 0.396 0
94 94 Liberty 0 - 0 0.394 0
95 95 Middle Tennessee 0 - 0 0.389 0
96 96 Eastern Michigan 0 - 0 0.388 0
97 97 Georgia St. 0 - 0 0.386 0
98 98 Central Michigan 0 - 0 0.377 0
99 99 San Jose St. 0 - 1 0.377 0
100 100 Buffalo 0 - 0 0.370 0
101 101 Stanford 0 - 0 0.368 0
102 102 Utah St. 0 - 0 0.366 0
103 103 Tulsa 0 - 0 0.361 0
104 104 Georgia Southern 0 - 0 0.360 0
105 105 Rice 0 - 0 0.360 0
106 106 Ball St. 0 - 0 0.347 0
107 115 Louisiana Tech 1 - 0 0.342 0
108 107 Northern Illinois 0 - 0 0.339 0
109 108 Temple 0 - 0 0.336 0
110 109 Western Michigan 0 - 0 0.336 0
111 110 Connecticut 0 - 0 0.335 0
112 111 Colorado 0 - 0 0.334 0
113 113 Northwestern 0 - 0 0.325 0
114 114 South Florida 0 - 0 0.324 0
115 112 Texas-El Paso 0 - 1 0.322 0
116 116 Bowling Green 0 - 0 0.312 0
117 117 Nevada 0 - 0 0.311 0
118 118 Old Dominion 0 - 0 0.309 0
119 119 LA-Monroe 0 - 0 0.308 0
120 127 Jacksonville St. 1 - 0 0.302 0
121 121 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 - 0 0.301 0
122 122 Arkansas St. 0 - 0 0.296 0
123 123 Kent St. 0 - 0 0.295 0
124 124 Colorado St. 0 - 0 0.292 0
125 120 New Mexico St. 0 - 1 0.281 0
126 125 Hawaii 0 - 1 0.278 0
127 126 Texas St. 0 - 0 0.268 0
128 128 Sam Houston St. 0 - 0 0.246 0
129 133 Massachusetts 1 - 0 0.244 0
130 129 Florida International 0 - 1 0.239 0
131 130 Akron 0 - 0 0.239 0
132 131 Charlotte 0 - 0 0.226 0
133 132 New Mexico 0 - 0 0.199 0
134 134 Wild Card U. 0 - 0 0.181 0
135 135 Kennesaw St. 0 - 0 0.107 0

2023 conference power ratings:

Conference2023 Record Power Rating
SEC 1-0 .669
Big Twelve 0-0 .630
Big Ten 0-0 .603
ACC 0-0 .572
Pac-12 1-0 .561
Independents 2-0 .452
AAC 0-1 .437
Sun Belt 0-0 .423
Mountain West 1-2.395
MAC 0-1 .358
Conference USA 0-1.331

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