ARGH 2015 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2015 season as of September 15, 2015. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .560, or about 3.22 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 9-14-15

This WeekLast Week Team 2015 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Ohio St. 2 - 0 0.882 0
2 2 UCLA 2 - 0 0.850 0
3 3 Alabama 2 - 0 0.840 0
4 4 Texas Christian 2 - 0 0.814 0
5 7 Michigan St. 2 - 0 0.808 0
6 8 Southern California 2 - 0 0.808 0
7 11 Georgia 2 - 0 0.806 0
8 6 Louisiana St. 1 - 0 0.799 0
9 5 Mississippi 2 - 0 0.795 0
10 16 Notre Dame 2 - 0 0.785 0
11 9 Florida St. 2 - 0 0.778 0
12 25 Oklahoma 2 - 0 0.759 0
13 17 Utah 2 - 0 0.757 0
14 19 Missouri 2 - 0 0.756 0
15 15 Georgia Tech 2 - 0 0.755 0
16 20 Texas A&M 2 - 0 0.749 0
17 10 Baylor 2 - 0 0.745 0
18 14 Arkansas 1 - 1 0.728 0
19 13 Auburn 2 - 0 0.728 0
20 12 Oregon 1 - 1 0.728 0
21 18 Tennessee 1 - 1 0.721 0
22 23 Arizona 2 - 0 0.715 0
23 31 Temple 2 - 0 0.706 0
24 40 Brigham Young 2 - 0 0.702 0
25 26 Stanford 1 - 1 0.701 0
26 29 Wisconsin 1 - 1 0.692 0
27 28 West Virginia 2 - 0 0.686 0
28 27 Mississippi St. 1 - 1 0.683 0
29 24 Virginia Tech 1 - 1 0.682 0
30 21 Boise State 1 - 1 0.681 0
31 35 Clemson 2 - 0 0.678 0
32 43 Kentucky 2 - 0 0.663 0
33 39 California 2 - 0 0.659 0
34 36 Kansas St. 2 - 0 0.655 0
35 22 Arizona St. 1 - 1 0.655 0
36 38 Nebraska 1 - 1 0.651 0
37 33 Minnesota 1 - 1 0.642 0
38 32 North Carolina 1 - 1 0.637 0
39 44 Miami, Florida 2 - 0 0.633 0
40 42 Florida 2 - 0 0.630 0
41 41 North Carolina St. 2 - 0 0.629 0
42 30 South Carolina 1 - 1 0.628 0
43 51 Western Kentucky 2 - 0 0.626 0
44 37 Penn State 1 - 1 0.623 0
45 48 Duke 2 - 0 0.616 0
46 46 Oklahoma St. 2 - 0 0.603 0
47 56 Northwestern 2 - 0 0.600 0
48 45 Texas 1 - 1 0.597 0
49 47 Cincinnati 1 - 1 0.588 0
50 53 Pittsburgh 2 - 0 0.588 0
51 52 Memphis 2 - 0 0.584 0
52 54 Texas Tech 2 - 0 0.583 0
53 58 Washington 1 - 1 0.579 0
54 55 Illinois 2 - 0 0.570 0
55 50 Marshall 1 - 1 0.557 0
56 34 Louisville 0 - 2 0.556 0
57 84 Ohio 2 - 0 0.552 0
58 68 Michigan 1 - 1 0.548 0
59 62 Middle Tennessee St. 1 - 1 0.543 0
60 49 Vanderbilt 0 - 2 0.543 0
61 60 Northern Illinois 2 - 0 0.540 0
62 80 Colorado 1 - 1 0.531 0
63 81 Houston 2 - 0 0.531 0
64 61 Louisiana Tech 1 - 1 0.526 0
65 63 Boston College 2 - 0 0.526 0
66 71 Iowa 2 - 0 0.525 0
67 77 Toledo 1 - 0 0.523 0
68 57 Utah St. 1 - 1 0.516 0
69 75 Georgia Southern 1 - 1 0.514 0
70 70 Indiana 2 - 0 0.514 0
71 69 Colorado St. 1 - 1 0.514 0
72 59 Appalachian St. 1 - 1 0.512 0
73 85 Syracuse 2 - 0 0.503 0
74 82 Bowling Green 1 - 1 0.503 0
75 65 Purdue 1 - 1 0.490 0
76 72 Navy 1 - 0 0.483 0
77 79 Virginia 0 - 2 0.472 0
78 64 Western Michigan 0 - 2 0.469 0
79 66 Rutgers 1 - 1 0.463 0
80 97 Air Force 2 - 0 0.462 0
81 76 Washington St. 1 - 1 0.459 0
82 74 Maryland 1 - 1 0.454 0
83 78 Wake Forest 1 - 1 0.453 0
84 87 Rice 1 - 1 0.447 0
85 73 Arkansas St. 0 - 2 0.443 0
86 67 Central Florida 0 - 2 0.431 0
87 83 San Diego St. 1 - 1 0.429 0
88 90 Ball St. 1 - 1 0.419 0
89 100 LA-Lafayette 1 - 1 0.415 0
90 104 Tulsa 2 - 0 0.412 0
91 89 East Carolina 1 - 1 0.410 0
92 92 New Mexico 1 - 1 0.409 0
93 99 Old Dominion 2 - 0 0.406 0
94 86 San Jose St. 1 - 1 0.402 0
95 98 Texas St. 1 - 1 0.400 0
96 94 Florida International 1 - 1 0.397 0
97 91 Nevada 1 - 1 0.395 0
98 88 Fresno St. 1 - 1 0.394 0
99 108 Southern Mississippi 1 - 1 0.389 0
100 103 Hawaii 1 - 1 0.388 0
101 93 Iowa St. 1 - 1 0.387 0
102 105 LA-Monroe 1 - 1 0.383 0
103 95 Oregon St. 1 - 1 0.376 0
104 109 South Florida 1 - 1 0.369 0
105 96 Tulane 0 - 2 0.353 0
106 102 Massachusetts 0 - 1 0.339 0
107 112 Central Michigan 1 - 1 0.328 0
108 101 Florida Atlantic 0 - 2 0.326 0
109 115 Buffalo 1 - 1 0.326 0
110 114 Connecticut 2 - 0 0.311 0
111 111 Kent 1 - 1 0.309 0
112 113 Troy St. 1 - 1 0.308 0
113 119 Southern Methodist 1 - 1 0.297 0
114 107 North Texas 0 - 1 0.292 0
115 106 Texas-El Paso 0 - 2 0.289 0
116 110 Akron 0 - 2 0.282 0
117 116 South Alabama 1 - 1 0.274 0
118 123 Georgia St. 1 - 1 0.270 0
119 121 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 - 2 0.251 0
120 127 Eastern Michigan 1 - 1 0.247 0
121 120 Miami, Ohio 1 - 1 0.243 0
122 124 Idaho 0 - 2 0.232 0
123 129 Charlotte 2 - 0 0.212 0
124 117 New Mexico St. 0 - 2 0.211 0
125 122 Kansas 0 - 2 0.208 0
126 126 Texas-San Antonio 0 - 2 0.202 0
127 118 Wyoming 0 - 2 0.191 0
128 125 Army 0 - 2 0.181 0
129 128 Wild Card U. 4 - 67 0.129 0

2015 conference power ratings:

Conference2014 Record Power Rating
SEC 18-3 .719
Pac-12 17-7 .651
ACC 20-6 .608
Big Ten 20-8 .604
Big Twelve 16-4 .604
Independents 4-2 .556
AAC 14-7 .456
Mountain West 10-12.419
Conference USA 11-12.401
MAC 12-12 .391
Sun Belt 7-13 .360

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