ARGH 2014 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2014 season as of September 15. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .579, or about 4.22 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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This WeekLast Week Team 2014 Record Power Rating SOS
1 2 Oklahoma 3 - 0 0.858 17
2 1 Florida St. 2 - 0 0.843 57
3 11 Texas A&M 3 - 0 0.834 15
4 5 UCLA 3 - 0 0.832 5
5 4 Oregon 3 - 0 0.820 75
6 6 Alabama 3 - 0 0.815 48
7 8 Mississippi 3 - 0 0.815 20
8 7 Auburn 2 - 0 0.803 27
9 13 Louisiana St. 3 - 0 0.795 71
10 12 Notre Dame 3 - 0 0.795 19
11 14 Brigham Young 3 - 0 0.793 14
12 10 Stanford 2 - 1 0.779 45
13 17 Mississippi St. 3 - 0 0.776 74
14 9 Georgia 1 - 1 0.772 2
15 18 South Carolina 2 - 1 0.771 1
16 15 Arizona 3 - 0 0.756 25
17 3 Southern California 2 - 1 0.755 8
18 23 Missouri 3 - 0 0.754 44
19 16 Ohio St. 2 - 1 0.751 28
20 24 Baylor 3 - 0 0.730 118
21 21 Arizona St. 3 - 0 0.719 102
22 33 Penn State 3 - 0 0.710 13
23 20 Michigan St. 1 - 1 0.704 41
24 38 Nebraska 3 - 0 0.702 97
25 27 Duke 3 - 0 0.692 122
26 28 Clemson 1 - 1 0.682 30
27 29 Oregon St. 2 - 0 0.673 87
28 22 Utah 2 - 0 0.672 58
29 40 Northern Illinois 3 - 0 0.670 115
30 39 Florida 2 - 0 0.667 64
31 36 Washington 3 - 0 0.667 109
32 48 Oklahoma St. 2 - 1 0.665 26
33 19 Virginia Tech 2 - 1 0.663 23
34 43 Pittsburgh 3 - 0 0.659 101
35 30 Louisville 2 - 1 0.655 73
36 26 Michigan 2 - 1 0.652 62
37 35 North Carolina 2 - 0 0.651 90
38 37 Wisconsin 1 - 1 0.651 40
39 46 Syracuse 2 - 0 0.647 82
40 61 East Carolina 2 - 1 0.636 18
41 42 Navy 2 - 1 0.628 29
42 41 Kansas St. 2 - 0 0.621 103
43 25 Central Florida 0 - 2 0.620 10
44 53 Marshall 3 - 0 0.619 128
45 54 Virginia 2 - 1 0.618 16
46 49 Tennessee 2 - 1 0.618 9
47 52 Miami, Florida 2 - 1 0.616 72
48 45 Georgia Tech 3 - 0 0.614 113
49 57 Texas Christian 2 - 0 0.608 81
50 58 West Virginia 2 - 1 0.605 31
51 51 Texas 1 - 2 0.604 3
52 34 Maryland 2 - 1 0.600 107
53 31 Texas-San Antonio 1 - 2 0.596 4
54 56 Boise State 2 - 1 0.596 22
55 32 Indiana 1 - 1 0.592 68
56 67 Arkansas 2 - 1 0.580 34
57 44 Houston 1 - 2 0.569 32
58 76 North Carolina St. 3 - 0 0.564 94
59 55 Nevada 2 - 1 0.553 55
60 66 Cincinnati 1 - 0 0.548 84
61 88 Louisiana Tech 2 - 1 0.548 12
62 50 Minnesota 2 - 1 0.547 83
63 59 Rutgers 2 - 1 0.543 70
64 60 Kentucky 2 - 1 0.539 96
65 65 California 2 - 0 0.524 51
66 68 Washington St. 1 - 2 0.520 47
67 72 Colorado St. 2 - 1 0.520 89
68 94 Boston College 2 - 1 0.517 35
69 74 Utah St. 2 - 1 0.507 106
70 69 Memphis 1 - 1 0.505 43
71 47 Iowa 2 - 1 0.500 120
72 63 LA-Lafayette 1 - 2 0.495 49
73 75 Northwestern 0 - 2 0.492 36
74 81 Bowling Green 2 - 1 0.489 114
75 62 Texas Tech 2 - 1 0.488 99
76 87 Middle Tennessee St. 2 - 1 0.482 111
77 71 Toledo 1 - 2 0.473 54
78 70 Illinois 2 - 1 0.470 79
79 79 San Jose St. 1 - 1 0.465 46
80 80 Rice 0 - 2 0.457 6
81 73 LA-Monroe 2 - 1 0.454 86
82 83 San Diego St. 1 - 1 0.446 91
83 64 Fresno St. 0 - 3 0.445 7
84 89 Old Dominion 2 - 1 0.441 124
85 86 Western Kentucky 1 - 2 0.437 61
86 78 Colorado 1 - 2 0.428 59
87 85 Arkansas St. 1 - 2 0.427 56
88 77 Central Michigan 2 - 1 0.426 117
89 84 North Texas 1 - 2 0.422 38
90 99 Texas St. 1 - 1 0.411 104
91 109 AL-Birmingham 2 - 1 0.409 110
92 110 Florida Atlantic 1 - 2 0.406 11
93 98 Georgia Southern 1 - 2 0.405 112
94 92 Akron 1 - 1 0.403 69
95 90 Wyoming 2 - 1 0.398 92
96 93 South Alabama 1 - 1 0.392 60
97 100 Iowa St. 1 - 2 0.389 93
98 102 Army 1 - 1 0.389 42
99 112 Texas-El Paso 2 - 1 0.388 119
100 104 Air Force 2 - 1 0.388 123
101 91 Tulsa 1 - 2 0.377 24
102 108 Purdue 1 - 2 0.371 37
103 96 Buffalo 1 - 2 0.369 98
104 97 Temple 1 - 1 0.365 53
105 107 Tulane 1 - 2 0.363 108
106 95 Vanderbilt 1 - 2 0.361 67
107 82 Ball St. 1 - 2 0.350 126
108 101 Kansas 1 - 1 0.347 66
109 111 Nevada-Las Vegas 1 - 2 0.343 39
110 103 Ohio 1 - 2 0.335 63
111 106 Wake Forest 1 - 2 0.334 85
112 117 Hawaii 1 - 2 0.324 78
113 105 South Florida 1 - 2 0.319 88
114 114 Connecticut 1 - 2 0.312 50
115 113 Appalachian St. 1 - 1 0.310 116
116 124 Western Michigan 1 - 1 0.301 100
117 122 Southern Mississippi 1 - 2 0.295 21
118 116 Southern Methodist 0 - 2 0.290 33
119 118 New Mexico St. 2 - 1 0.288 125
120 121 Florida International 1 - 2 0.266 121
121 123 New Mexico 0 - 2 0.258 65
122 119 Idaho 0 - 2 0.251 77
123 115 Kent 0 - 3 0.249 52
124 120 Troy St. 0 - 3 0.224 105
125 125 Eastern Michigan 1 - 2 0.208 95
126 126 Georgia St. 1 - 2 0.190 127
127 127 Massachusetts 0 - 3 0.181 80
128 128 Wild Card U. 5 - 77 0.167 0
129 129 Miami, Ohio 0 - 3 0.149 76

2014 conference power ratings:

Conference2014 Record Power Rating
SEC 27-2 .707
Pac-12 25-4 .679
Independents 9-2 .651
ACC 27-5 .625
Big Ten 23-13 .592
Big Twelve 18-7 .592
AAC 9-16 .446
Conference USA 17-17.444
Mountain West 14-15.437
MAC 13-22 .354
Sun Belt 9-16 .350

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