ARGH 2023 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2023 season after games of September 16. Teams currently included are the 133 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus Kennesaw State.

The estimated home field advantage is .557, or about 2.85 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 9-17-23

This Week	Last Week	Team	2023 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Georgia	3 - 0	0.847	90
2	3	Texas	3 - 0	0.832	1
3	2	Michigan	3 - 0	0.829	73
4	4	Ohio St.	3 - 0	0.808	91
5	9	Penn State	3 - 0	0.806	48
6	5	Notre Dame	4 - 0	0.798	97
7	6	Florida St.	3 - 0	0.792	16
8	15	Washington	3 - 0	0.782	25
9	11	Oklahoma	3 - 0	0.776	47
10	12	Mississippi	3 - 0	0.772	52
11	7	Utah	3 - 0	0.768	60
12	8	Alabama	2 - 1	0.763	9
13	23	North Carolina	3 - 0	0.757	4
14	17	Iowa	3 - 0	0.748	50
15	14	Oregon	3 - 0	0.739	121
16	10	Southern California	3 - 0	0.729	124
17	24	Oregon St.	3 - 0	0.724	100
18	21	Louisiana St.	2 - 1	0.724	13
19	19	UCLA	3 - 0	0.721	80
20	25	Miami, Florida	3 - 0	0.708	71
21	18	Central Florida	3 - 0	0.698	117
22	31	Duke	3 - 0	0.694	95
23	32	Louisville	3 - 0	0.691	85
24	22	Auburn	3 - 0	0.690	106
25	16	Kansas St.	2 - 1	0.685	63
26	26	Clemson	2 - 1	0.685	74
27	48	Syracuse	3 - 0	0.681	99
28	29	Texas A&M	2 - 1	0.673	49
29	13	Tennessee	2 - 1	0.672	68
30	42	Tulane	2 - 1	0.665	7
31	30	Washington St.	3 - 0	0.663	87
32	39	Texas Christian	2 - 1	0.662	54
33	37	Missouri	3 - 0	0.659	76
34	33	Kentucky	3 - 0	0.657	129
35	49	Air Force	3 - 0	0.656	126
36	43	Florida	2 - 1	0.650	19
37	61	Rutgers	3 - 0	0.648	75
38	51	Brigham Young	3 - 0	0.647	104
39	44	Maryland	3 - 0	0.645	128
40	35	Wake Forest	3 - 0	0.643	118
41	20	Minnesota	2 - 1	0.643	11
42	38	Kansas	3 - 0	0.630	108
43	52	Fresno St.	3 - 0	0.628	113
44	53	Southern Methodist	2 - 1	0.626	66
45	46	Wisconsin	2 - 1	0.620	55
46	59	Memphis	3 - 0	0.613	127
47	27	Mississippi St.	2 - 1	0.608	57
48	62	James Madison	3 - 0	0.602	110
49	28	Arkansas	2 - 1	0.597	103
50	65	West Virginia	2 - 1	0.596	31
51	67	South Alabama	2 - 1	0.592	62
52	36	Michigan St.	2 - 1	0.589	59
53	54	North Carolina St.	2 - 1	0.584	78
54	73	Colorado	3 - 0	0.583	15
55	40	Cincinnati	2 - 1	0.582	86
56	68	Coastal Carolina	2 - 1	0.574	77
57	66	Toledo	2 - 1	0.573	93
58	72	Army	2 - 1	0.568	101
59	57	South Carolina	1 - 2	0.563	5
60	56	Texas Tech	1 - 2	0.561	46
61	80	Liberty	3 - 0	0.560	123
62	47	Illinois	1 - 2	0.555	2
63	75	Ohio	3 - 1	0.551	102
64	63	California	2 - 1	0.549	88
65	76	Appalachian St.	2 - 1	0.548	56
66	58	Marshall	2 - 0	0.548	107
67	50	Iowa St.	1 - 2	0.542	38
68	81	Rice	2 - 1	0.527	24
69	55	Pittsburgh	1 - 2	0.527	67
70	34	Texas-San Antonio	1 - 2	0.526	39
71	41	Oklahoma St.	2 - 1	0.521	96
72	71	Wyoming	2 - 1	0.518	28
73	79	Arizona	2 - 1	0.518	109
74	60	Purdue	1 - 2	0.513	10
75	45	Houston	1 - 2	0.510	8
76	91	Miami, Ohio	2 - 1	0.506	20
77	69	Boise State	1 - 2	0.500	30
78	83	Louisiana	2 - 1	0.499	125
79	64	Baylor	1 - 2	0.499	64
80	86	Georgia St.	3 - 0	0.497	131
81	87	Nebraska	1 - 2	0.491	18
82	70	Western Kentucky	2 - 1	0.484	82
83	84	Georgia Southern	2 - 1	0.458	105
84	77	San Diego St.	2 - 2	0.457	33
85	85	Georgia Tech	1 - 2	0.456	23
86	100	Texas St.	2 - 1	0.451	81
87	74	Troy	1 - 2	0.450	61
88	89	Utah St.	1 - 2	0.445	34
89	90	Indiana	1 - 2	0.444	22
90	78	Vanderbilt	2 - 2	0.443	111
91	109	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 1	0.442	70
92	82	Virginia Tech	1 - 2	0.439	27
93	103	Eastern Michigan	2 - 1	0.425	112
94	92	Navy	1 - 2	0.412	32
95	96	Jacksonville St.	2 - 1	0.410	133
96	117	Temple	2 - 1	0.410	122
97	98	San Jose St.	1 - 3	0.409	29
98	113	Florida International	3 - 1	0.405	132
99	107	Middle Tennessee	1 - 2	0.397	26
100	94	Southern Mississippi	1 - 2	0.396	17
101	106	Northwestern	1 - 2	0.391	14
102	95	Louisiana Tech	2 - 2	0.391	120
103	108	Boston College	1 - 2	0.390	83
104	93	Florida Atlantic	1 - 2	0.390	72
105	99	Tulsa	1 - 2	0.384	12
106	97	LA-Monroe	2 - 1	0.384	58
107	88	East Carolina	0 - 3	0.384	3
108	112	Bowling Green	1 - 2	0.376	41
109	120	New Mexico St.	2 - 2	0.371	130
110	115	North Texas	1 - 2	0.369	69
111	110	Central Michigan	1 - 2	0.369	42
112	111	Old Dominion	1 - 2	0.368	40
113	119	Ball St.	1 - 2	0.367	35
114	101	AL-Birmingham	1 - 2	0.360	119
115	114	South Florida	1 - 2	0.358	44
116	105	Virginia	0 - 3	0.350	6
117	118	Western Michigan	1 - 2	0.340	36
118	102	Arizona St.	1 - 2	0.333	84
119	104	Stanford	1 - 2	0.311	89
120	122	Colorado St.	0 - 2	0.308	21
121	128	Kent St.	1 - 2	0.306	53
122	116	Northern Illinois	1 - 2	0.303	114
123	129	Massachusetts	1 - 3	0.290	37
124	124	New Mexico	1 - 2	0.288	92
125	125	Charlotte	1 - 2	0.287	98
126	131	Arkansas St.	1 - 2	0.284	45
127	121	Buffalo	0 - 3	0.267	79
128	123	Connecticut	0 - 3	0.266	43
129	130	Akron	1 - 2	0.263	94
130	126	Texas-El Paso	1 - 3	0.257	116
131	133	Sam Houston St.	0 - 2	0.255	51
132	127	Hawaii	1 - 3	0.249	115
133	132	Nevada	0 - 3	0.218	65
134	134	Kennesaw St.	1 - 2	0.203	134
135	135	Wild Card U.	6 - 98	0.134	0

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