ARGH 2015 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2015 season as of September 20, 2015. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .559, or about 3.20 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 9-20-15

This WeekLast Week Team 2015 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Ohio St. 3 - 0 0.886 10
2 2 UCLA 3 - 0 0.860 11
3 9 Mississippi 3 - 0 0.844 24
4 7 Georgia 3 - 0 0.833 17
5 8 Louisiana St. 2 - 0 0.818 6
6 10 Notre Dame 3 - 0 0.812 7
7 11 Florida St. 3 - 0 0.810 52
8 4 Texas Christian 3 - 0 0.799 89
9 3 Alabama 2 - 1 0.798 2
10 5 Michigan St. 3 - 0 0.798 20
11 13 Utah 3 - 0 0.781 22
12 16 Texas A&M 3 - 0 0.765 33
13 12 Oklahoma 3 - 0 0.763 32
14 6 Southern California 2 - 1 0.757 25
15 17 Baylor 2 - 0 0.751 101
16 14 Missouri 3 - 0 0.750 96
17 23 Temple 3 - 0 0.742 19
18 15 Georgia Tech 2 - 1 0.740 46
19 31 Clemson 3 - 0 0.735 71
20 25 Stanford 2 - 1 0.734 8
21 22 Arizona 3 - 0 0.718 115
22 24 Brigham Young 2 - 1 0.712 3
23 26 Wisconsin 2 - 1 0.712 40
24 30 Boise State 2 - 1 0.712 36
25 47 Northwestern 3 - 0 0.710 41
26 33 California 3 - 0 0.707 79
27 40 Florida 3 - 0 0.703 65
28 21 Tennessee 2 - 1 0.702 42
29 29 Virginia Tech 2 - 1 0.701 35
30 28 Mississippi St. 2 - 1 0.695 38
31 39 Miami, Florida 3 - 0 0.692 80
32 34 Kansas St. 3 - 0 0.690 114
33 20 Oregon 2 - 1 0.689 62
34 41 North Carolina St. 3 - 0 0.680 118
35 27 West Virginia 2 - 0 0.677 68
36 38 North Carolina 2 - 1 0.675 53
37 44 Penn State 2 - 1 0.674 23
38 19 Auburn 2 - 1 0.665 13
39 35 Arizona St. 2 - 1 0.657 57
40 52 Texas Tech 3 - 0 0.650 91
41 46 Oklahoma St. 3 - 0 0.645 123
42 51 Memphis 3 - 0 0.642 122
43 45 Duke 2 - 1 0.629 83
44 32 Kentucky 2 - 1 0.628 16
45 53 Washington 2 - 1 0.626 58
46 18 Arkansas 1 - 2 0.624 26
47 37 Minnesota 2 - 1 0.622 30
48 36 Nebraska 1 - 2 0.619 15
49 58 Michigan 2 - 1 0.619 27
50 43 Western Kentucky 2 - 1 0.591 31
51 66 Iowa 3 - 0 0.590 107
52 59 Middle Tennessee St. 2 - 1 0.588 78
53 49 Cincinnati 2 - 1 0.588 87
54 42 South Carolina 1 - 2 0.586 1
55 61 Northern Illinois 2 - 1 0.583 64
56 62 Colorado 2 - 1 0.579 34
57 54 Illinois 2 - 1 0.575 84
58 57 Ohio 3 - 0 0.575 121
59 70 Indiana 3 - 0 0.573 90
60 55 Marshall 2 - 1 0.573 109
61 65 Boston College 2 - 1 0.570 103
62 67 Toledo 2 - 0 0.570 66
63 48 Texas 1 - 2 0.568 5
64 60 Vanderbilt 1 - 2 0.568 29
65 73 Syracuse 3 - 0 0.562 116
66 50 Pittsburgh 2 - 1 0.550 94
67 76 Navy 2 - 0 0.533 111
68 69 Georgia Southern 2 - 1 0.524 99
69 80 Air Force 2 - 1 0.524 81
70 72 Appalachian St. 1 - 1 0.524 100
71 63 Houston 2 - 0 0.523 102
72 64 Louisiana Tech 1 - 2 0.502 55
73 56 Louisville 0 - 3 0.499 12
74 71 Colorado St. 1 - 2 0.497 69
75 85 Arkansas St. 1 - 2 0.484 50
76 77 Virginia 1 - 2 0.483 9
77 84 Rice 2 - 1 0.483 108
78 82 Maryland 2 - 1 0.482 105
79 74 Bowling Green 1 - 2 0.476 28
80 83 Wake Forest 2 - 1 0.473 119
81 90 Tulsa 2 - 1 0.465 43
82 68 Utah St. 1 - 2 0.465 45
83 78 Western Michigan 1 - 2 0.461 60
84 100 Hawaii 2 - 1 0.458 39
85 99 Southern Mississippi 2 - 1 0.451 74
86 81 Washington St. 2 - 1 0.446 125
87 79 Rutgers 1 - 2 0.445 73
88 75 Purdue 1 - 2 0.441 51
89 103 Oregon St. 2 - 1 0.440 88
90 88 Ball St. 2 - 1 0.439 113
91 96 Florida International 2 - 1 0.438 112
92 109 Buffalo 2 - 1 0.430 110
93 92 New Mexico 1 - 2 0.416 82
94 98 Fresno St. 1 - 2 0.412 18
95 89 LA-Lafayette 1 - 1 0.410 85
96 101 Iowa St. 1 - 2 0.395 61
97 97 Nevada 1 - 2 0.395 47
98 102 LA-Monroe 1 - 1 0.388 54
99 93 Old Dominion 2 - 1 0.386 120
100 87 San Diego St. 1 - 2 0.382 106
101 95 Texas St. 1 - 2 0.381 86
102 91 East Carolina 1 - 2 0.373 76
103 94 San Jose St. 1 - 2 0.371 95
104 104 South Florida 1 - 2 0.367 59
105 110 Connecticut 2 - 1 0.359 117
106 105 Tulane 1 - 2 0.359 48
107 117 South Alabama 2 - 1 0.350 93
108 106 Massachusetts 0 - 2 0.348 37
109 116 Akron 1 - 2 0.342 75
110 107 Central Michigan 1 - 2 0.342 104
111 113 Southern Methodist 1 - 2 0.333 21
112 111 Kent 1 - 2 0.328 72
113 112 Troy St. 1 - 2 0.327 56
114 86 Central Florida 0 - 3 0.325 77
115 115 Texas-El Paso 1 - 2 0.318 49
116 108 Florida Atlantic 0 - 3 0.299 44
117 118 Georgia St. 1 - 2 0.271 97
118 122 Idaho 1 - 2 0.266 63
119 114 North Texas 0 - 2 0.265 92
120 121 Miami, Ohio 1 - 2 0.264 67
121 119 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 - 3 0.260 4
122 120 Eastern Michigan 1 - 2 0.252 124
123 123 Charlotte 2 - 1 0.225 128
124 125 Kansas 0 - 2 0.218 70
125 124 New Mexico St. 0 - 3 0.208 98
126 126 Texas-San Antonio 0 - 3 0.195 14
127 128 Army 0 - 3 0.183 126
128 127 Wyoming 0 - 3 0.158 127
129 129 Wild Card U. 5 - 83 0.128 0

2015 conference power ratings:

Conference2014 Record Power Rating
SEC 23-4 .713
Pac-12 27-7 .666
ACC 27-9 .629
Big Ten 29-11 .625
Big Twelve 21-6 .616
Independents 5-4 .569
AAC 18-12 .467
Mountain West 12-22.419
MAC 17-18 .416
Conference USA 15-17.409
Sun Belt 11-17 .376

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