ARGH 2017 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2017 season. Teams included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus Liberty.

The estimated home field advantage is .556, or about 2.94 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 9-17-17

This WeekLast Week Team 2017 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Alabama 3 - 0 0.896 0
2 2 Clemson 3 - 0 0.872 0
3 3 Oklahoma 3 - 0 0.850 0
4 4 Wisconsin 3 - 0 0.828 0
5 6 Ohio St. 2 - 1 0.815 0
6 5 Penn State 3 - 0 0.814 0
7 7 Southern California 3 - 0 0.801 0
8 10 Michigan 3 - 0 0.799 0
9 9 Washington 3 - 0 0.795 0
10 8 Georgia 3 - 0 0.779 0
11 15 Oklahoma St. 3 - 0 0.772 0
12 12 Florida St. 0 - 1 0.754 0
13 23 Vanderbilt 3 - 0 0.744 0
14 19 Texas Christian 3 - 0 0.742 0
15 17 Washington St. 3 - 0 0.730 0
16 28 Kentucky 3 - 0 0.726 0
17 13 Auburn 2 - 1 0.720 0
18 18 Colorado 3 - 0 0.719 0
19 33 Minnesota 3 - 0 0.718 0
20 37 Mississippi St. 3 - 0 0.718 0
21 16 Louisville 2 - 1 0.709 0
22 11 Stanford 1 - 2 0.703 0
23 25 Iowa 3 - 0 0.698 0
24 22 Florida 1 - 1 0.694 0
25 21 Miami, Florida 1 - 0 0.693 0
26 26 Virginia Tech 3 - 0 0.689 0
27 31 Oregon 3 - 0 0.685 0
28 32 Notre Dame 2 - 1 0.679 0
29 42 San Diego St. 3 - 0 0.679 0
30 40 Wake Forest 3 - 0 0.679 0
31 30 South Florida 3 - 0 0.679 0
32 14 Louisiana St. 2 - 1 0.678 0
33 38 Houston 2 - 0 0.676 0
34 20 Tennessee 2 - 1 0.674 0
35 35 Memphis 2 - 0 0.655 0
36 36 Utah 3 - 0 0.652 0
37 24 South Carolina 2 - 1 0.643 0
38 29 North Carolina St. 2 - 1 0.641 0
39 44 Duke 3 - 0 0.641 0
40 27 Kansas St. 2 - 1 0.639 0
41 57 California 3 - 0 0.634 0
42 53 Boise State 2 - 1 0.618 0
43 34 UCLA 2 - 1 0.616 0
44 43 Toledo 3 - 0 0.611 0
45 39 Appalachian St. 2 - 1 0.609 0
46 47 Syracuse 2 - 1 0.602 0
47 48 Texas 1 - 2 0.595 0
48 46 Texas A&M 2 - 1 0.592 0
49 56 Colorado St. 2 - 2 0.591 0
50 49 Northwestern 2 - 1 0.590 0
51 45 Navy 2 - 0 0.589 0
52 76 Purdue 2 - 1 0.588 0
53 54 Arkansas 1 - 1 0.586 0
54 51 Georgia Tech 1 - 1 0.586 0
55 55 Maryland 2 - 0 0.583 0
56 52 Indiana 1 - 1 0.581 0
57 65 Arizona 2 - 1 0.576 0
58 61 Army 2 - 1 0.575 0
59 67 North Carolina 1 - 2 0.570 0
60 60 Troy 2 - 1 0.567 0
61 58 West Virginia 2 - 1 0.561 0
62 50 Mississippi 2 - 1 0.556 0
63 71 Texas Tech 2 - 0 0.553 0
64 86 Southern Mississippi 2 - 1 0.530 0
65 41 Nebraska 1 - 2 0.528 0
66 69 Southern Methodist 2 - 1 0.522 0
67 64 Eastern Michigan 2 - 0 0.516 0
68 82 Iowa St. 2 - 1 0.515 0
69 62 Michigan St. 2 - 0 0.514 0
70 63 Western Michigan 1 - 2 0.507 0
71 83 Air Force 1 - 1 0.506 0
72 80 Texas-San Antonio 2 - 0 0.503 0
73 66 Tulsa 1 - 2 0.502 0
74 72 Arizona St. 1 - 2 0.482 0
75 102 Northern Illinois 2 - 1 0.478 0
76 88 Ohio 2 - 1 0.475 0
77 77 Central Florida 1 - 0 0.470 0
78 59 Missouri 1 - 2 0.469 0
79 98 Louisiana Tech 2 - 1 0.468 0
80 68 Pittsburgh 1 - 2 0.466 0
81 75 Middle Tennessee 1 - 2 0.460 0
82 101 Marshall 2 - 1 0.458 0
83 99 Cincinnati 2 - 1 0.458 0
84 78 Boston College 1 - 2 0.458 0
85 79 Illinois 2 - 1 0.451 0
86 113 Rutgers 1 - 2 0.447 0
87 93 Arkansas St. 1 - 1 0.444 0
88 89 Fresno St. 1 - 2 0.443 0
89 70 Western Kentucky 1 - 2 0.443 0
90 100 Virginia 2 - 1 0.439 0
91 84 Tulane 1 - 2 0.434 0
92 87 Temple 2 - 1 0.432 0
93 73 Old Dominion 2 - 1 0.431 0
94 85 Central Michigan 2 - 1 0.422 0
95 90 New Mexico 1 - 2 0.412 0
96 92 New Mexico St. 1 - 2 0.411 0
97 74 Wyoming 1 - 2 0.406 0
98 97 Hawaii 2 - 1 0.406 0
99 115 Florida Atlantic 1 - 2 0.397 0
100 81 Brigham Young 1 - 3 0.395 0
101 112 Ball St. 2 - 1 0.390 0
102 94 Miami, Ohio 1 - 2 0.386 0
103 109 Liberty 3 - 0 0.386 0
104 103 Oregon St. 1 - 3 0.385 0
105 96 Utah St. 1 - 2 0.385 0
106 114 South Alabama 1 - 2 0.377 0
107 107 North Texas 1 - 2 0.377 0
108 126 Buffalo 1 - 2 0.375 0
109 91 Akron 1 - 2 0.372 0
110 95 Baylor 0 - 3 0.363 0
111 104 LA-Monroe 0 - 2 0.359 0
112 105 LA-Lafayette 1 - 2 0.339 0
113 106 Rice 1 - 2 0.325 0
114 108 Idaho 1 - 2 0.324 0
115 116 Nevada-Las Vegas 1 - 1 0.316 0
116 117 Florida International 1 - 1 0.314 0
117 110 Kent 1 - 2 0.313 0
118 130 AL-Birmingham 2 - 1 0.310 0
119 118 Connecticut 1 - 1 0.296 0
120 111 Georgia St. 0 - 2 0.295 0
121 119 Georgia Southern 0 - 2 0.292 0
122 121 Kansas 1 - 2 0.292 0
123 120 San Jose St. 1 - 3 0.290 0
124 125 Texas St. 1 - 2 0.274 0
125 127 Coastal Carolina 1 - 1 0.254 0
126 122 Nevada 0 - 3 0.240 0
127 124 Texas-El Paso 0 - 3 0.229 0
128 123 Bowling Green 0 - 3 0.225 0
129 131 Massachusetts 0 - 4 0.214 0
130 129 East Carolina 0 - 3 0.212 0
131 128 Charlotte 0 - 3 0.197 0
132 132 Wild Card U. 7 - 80 0.154 0

2017 conference power ratings:

Conference2017 Record Power Rating
SEC 26-6 .677
Pac-12 26-7 .648
Big Ten 29-8 .639
ACC 22-9 .629
Big Twelve 19-10 .588
AAC 18-10 .494
Independents 5-9 .466
Mountain West 15-19.441
MAC 18-17 .423
Conference USA 16-20.389
Sun Belt 9-18 .379

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