ARGH 2015 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2015 season as of September 8, 2015. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .561, or about 3.29 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 9-8-15

This WeekLast Week Team 2015 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Ohio St. 1 - 0 0.883 0
2 2 UCLA 1 - 0 0.847 0
3 5 Alabama 1 - 0 0.825 0
4 4 Texas Christian 1 - 0 0.820 0
5 3 Mississippi 1 - 0 0.808 0
6 7 Louisiana St. 0 - 0 0.806 0
7 8 Michigan St. 1 - 0 0.802 0
8 9 Southern California 1 - 0 0.801 0
9 12 Florida St. 1 - 0 0.784 0
10 10 Baylor 1 - 0 0.780 0
11 11 Georgia 1 - 0 0.779 0
12 6 Oregon 1 - 0 0.777 0
13 15 Auburn 1 - 0 0.774 0
14 13 Arkansas 1 - 0 0.772 0
15 14 Georgia Tech 1 - 0 0.752 0
16 23 Notre Dame 1 - 0 0.748 0
17 18 Utah 1 - 0 0.744 0
18 21 Tennessee 1 - 0 0.744 0
19 17 Missouri 1 - 0 0.739 0
20 25 Texas A&M 1 - 0 0.732 0
21 24 Boise State 1 - 0 0.726 0
22 16 Arizona St. 0 - 1 0.724 0
23 20 Arizona 1 - 0 0.714 0
24 22 Virginia Tech 0 - 1 0.707 0
25 27 Oklahoma 1 - 0 0.696 0
26 19 Stanford 0 - 1 0.691 0
27 28 Mississippi St. 1 - 0 0.688 0
28 35 West Virginia 1 - 0 0.675 0
29 26 Wisconsin 0 - 1 0.670 0
30 38 South Carolina 1 - 0 0.663 0
31 42 Temple 1 - 0 0.654 0
32 29 North Carolina 0 - 1 0.648 0
33 31 Minnesota 0 - 1 0.647 0
34 33 Louisville 0 - 1 0.643 0
35 34 Clemson 1 - 0 0.641 0
36 36 Kansas St. 1 - 0 0.637 0
37 30 Penn State 0 - 1 0.634 0
38 32 Nebraska 0 - 1 0.634 0
39 37 California 1 - 0 0.632 0
40 46 Brigham Young 1 - 0 0.630 0
41 40 North Carolina St. 1 - 0 0.628 0
42 44 Florida 1 - 0 0.618 0
43 45 Kentucky 1 - 0 0.614 0
44 43 Miami, Florida 1 - 0 0.605 0
45 39 Texas 0 - 1 0.599 0
46 48 Oklahoma St. 1 - 0 0.595 0
47 47 Cincinnati 1 - 0 0.593 0
48 53 Duke 1 - 0 0.593 0
49 41 Vanderbilt 0 - 1 0.592 0
50 51 Marshall 1 - 0 0.592 0
51 55 Western Kentucky 1 - 0 0.577 0
52 50 Memphis 1 - 0 0.571 0
53 49 Pittsburgh 1 - 0 0.557 0
54 52 Texas Tech 1 - 0 0.555 0
55 57 Illinois 1 - 0 0.553 0
56 69 Northwestern 1 - 0 0.547 0
57 54 Utah St. 1 - 0 0.545 0
58 56 Washington 0 - 1 0.541 0
59 59 Appalachian St. 1 - 0 0.528 0
60 61 Northern Illinois 1 - 0 0.519 0
61 62 Louisiana Tech 1 - 0 0.514 0
62 64 Middle Tennessee St. 1 - 0 0.508 0
63 67 Boston College 1 - 0 0.504 0
64 65 Western Michigan 0 - 1 0.503 0
65 63 Purdue 0 - 1 0.495 0
66 73 Rutgers 1 - 0 0.494 0
67 60 Central Florida 0 - 1 0.493 0
68 71 Michigan 0 - 1 0.491 0
69 74 Colorado St. 1 - 0 0.490 0
70 68 Indiana 1 - 0 0.484 0
71 75 Iowa 1 - 0 0.482 0
72 77 Navy 1 - 0 0.482 0
73 72 Arkansas St. 0 - 1 0.482 0
74 76 Maryland 1 - 0 0.482 0
75 70 Georgia Southern 0 - 1 0.478 0
76 58 Washington St. 0 - 1 0.471 0
77 78 Toledo 0 - 0 0.470 0
78 80 Wake Forest 1 - 0 0.467 0
79 79 Virginia 0 - 1 0.467 0
80 66 Colorado 0 - 1 0.464 0
81 82 Houston 1 - 0 0.458 0
82 81 Bowling Green 0 - 1 0.451 0
83 83 San Diego St. 1 - 0 0.443 0
84 84 Ohio 1 - 0 0.439 0
85 85 Syracuse 1 - 0 0.436 0
86 88 San Jose St. 1 - 0 0.429 0
87 90 Rice 1 - 0 0.429 0
88 91 Fresno St. 1 - 0 0.426 0
89 89 East Carolina 1 - 0 0.419 0
90 87 Ball St. 1 - 0 0.418 0
91 92 Nevada 1 - 0 0.416 0
92 93 New Mexico 1 - 0 0.412 0
93 94 Iowa St. 1 - 0 0.408 0
94 100 Florida International 1 - 0 0.406 0
95 95 Oregon St. 1 - 0 0.403 0
96 86 Tulane 0 - 1 0.396 0
97 98 Air Force 1 - 0 0.389 0
98 97 Texas St. 0 - 1 0.376 0
99 101 Old Dominion 1 - 0 0.371 0
100 99 LA-Lafayette 0 - 1 0.368 0
101 96 Florida Atlantic 0 - 1 0.356 0
102 102 Massachusetts 0 - 0 0.344 0
103 108 Hawaii 1 - 0 0.341 0
104 109 Tulsa 1 - 0 0.321 0
105 105 LA-Monroe 0 - 1 0.311 0
106 106 Texas-El Paso 0 - 1 0.308 0
107 103 North Texas 0 - 0 0.303 0
108 107 Southern Mississippi 0 - 1 0.301 0
109 114 South Florida 1 - 0 0.301 0
110 110 Akron 0 - 1 0.293 0
111 104 Kent 0 - 1 0.292 0
112 111 Central Michigan 0 - 1 0.282 0
113 113 Troy St. 0 - 1 0.265 0
114 118 Connecticut 1 - 0 0.265 0
115 121 Buffalo 1 - 0 0.264 0
116 120 South Alabama 1 - 0 0.260 0
117 116 New Mexico St. 0 - 1 0.247 0
118 112 Wyoming 0 - 1 0.246 0
119 119 Southern Methodist 0 - 1 0.244 0
120 126 Miami, Ohio 1 - 0 0.240 0
121 122 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 - 1 0.238 0
122 115 Kansas 0 - 1 0.236 0
123 117 Georgia St. 0 - 1 0.224 0
124 124 Idaho 0 - 1 0.202 0
125 123 Army 0 - 1 0.197 0
126 128 Texas-San Antonio 0 - 1 0.196 0
127 127 Eastern Michigan 0 - 1 0.190 0
128 125 Wild Card U. 4 - 42 0.151 0
129 129 Charlotte 1 - 0 0.123 0

2015 conference power ratings:

Conference2014 Record Power Rating
SEC 12-1 .725
Pac-12 7-5 .651
ACC 10-4 .602
Big Twelve 8-2 .600
Big Ten 8-6 .593
Independents 2-1 .525
AAC 9-3 .433
Mountain West 10-2.425
Conference USA 8-4.383
MAC 5-6 .362
Sun Belt 2-9 .340

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