ARGH 2014 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2014 season as of September 22. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .580, or about 4.27 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 1 Oklahoma 4 - 0 0.862 18
2 6 Alabama 4 - 0 0.846 30
3 3 Texas A&M 4 - 0 0.838 58
4 4 UCLA 3 - 0 0.838 3
5 8 Auburn 3 - 0 0.836 14
6 2 Florida St. 3 - 0 0.833 43
7 5 Oregon 4 - 0 0.820 73
8 13 Mississippi St. 4 - 0 0.818 37
9 11 Brigham Young 4 - 0 0.815 13
10 7 Mississippi 3 - 0 0.812 24
11 10 Notre Dame 3 - 0 0.775 42
12 14 Georgia 2 - 1 0.766 15
13 12 Stanford 2 - 1 0.766 63
14 9 Louisiana St. 3 - 1 0.757 34
15 16 Arizona 4 - 0 0.756 36
16 15 South Carolina 3 - 1 0.755 2
17 17 Southern California 2 - 1 0.748 10
18 22 Penn State 4 - 0 0.743 62
19 19 Ohio St. 2 - 1 0.738 44
20 24 Nebraska 4 - 0 0.731 98
21 20 Baylor 3 - 0 0.728 119
22 25 Duke 4 - 0 0.727 126
23 28 Utah 3 - 0 0.724 64
24 21 Arizona St. 3 - 0 0.718 103
25 23 Michigan St. 2 - 1 0.695 85
26 27 Oregon St. 3 - 0 0.687 111
27 38 Wisconsin 2 - 1 0.684 55
28 48 Georgia Tech 4 - 0 0.682 76
29 35 Louisville 3 - 1 0.679 100
30 44 Marshall 4 - 0 0.678 127
31 18 Missouri 3 - 1 0.674 69
32 40 East Carolina 3 - 1 0.671 28
33 30 Florida 2 - 1 0.668 20
34 56 Arkansas 3 - 1 0.667 25
35 32 Oklahoma St. 2 - 1 0.667 22
36 31 Washington 4 - 0 0.661 125
37 52 Maryland 3 - 1 0.659 74
38 26 Clemson 1 - 2 0.649 12
39 58 North Carolina St. 4 - 0 0.647 109
40 54 Boise State 3 - 1 0.641 35
41 50 West Virginia 2 - 2 0.625 4
42 34 Pittsburgh 3 - 1 0.622 106
43 42 Kansas St. 2 - 1 0.621 60
44 55 Indiana 2 - 1 0.619 53
45 45 Virginia 2 - 2 0.617 5
46 33 Virginia Tech 2 - 2 0.617 17
47 46 Tennessee 2 - 1 0.615 11
48 51 Texas 1 - 2 0.614 1
49 49 Texas Christian 2 - 0 0.612 75
50 63 Rutgers 3 - 1 0.608 47
51 57 Houston 2 - 2 0.602 51
52 29 Northern Illinois 3 - 1 0.598 92
53 53 Texas-San Antonio 1 - 2 0.597 7
54 43 Central Florida 1 - 2 0.589 38
55 37 North Carolina 2 - 1 0.586 68
56 62 Minnesota 3 - 1 0.586 93
57 47 Miami, Florida 2 - 2 0.583 41
58 39 Syracuse 2 - 1 0.581 86
59 70 Memphis 2 - 1 0.579 49
60 36 Michigan 2 - 2 0.577 52
61 41 Navy 2 - 2 0.576 21
62 68 Boston College 3 - 1 0.557 83
63 59 Nevada 2 - 1 0.553 54
64 64 Kentucky 2 - 1 0.553 77
65 60 Cincinnati 2 - 0 0.551 112
66 71 Iowa 3 - 1 0.546 113
67 65 California 2 - 1 0.541 33
68 67 Colorado St. 2 - 1 0.524 82
69 93 Georgia Southern 2 - 2 0.519 81
70 84 Old Dominion 3 - 1 0.511 114
71 66 Washington St. 1 - 3 0.507 19
72 75 Texas Tech 2 - 1 0.501 84
73 78 Illinois 3 - 1 0.501 102
74 89 North Texas 2 - 2 0.486 107
75 61 Louisiana Tech 2 - 2 0.475 48
76 76 Middle Tennessee St. 2 - 2 0.475 78
77 73 Northwestern 1 - 2 0.467 87
78 87 Arkansas St. 2 - 2 0.464 70
79 81 LA-Monroe 2 - 1 0.461 80
80 69 Utah St. 2 - 2 0.461 95
81 104 Temple 2 - 1 0.458 104
82 74 Bowling Green 2 - 2 0.455 72
83 77 Toledo 2 - 2 0.453 108
84 83 Fresno St. 1 - 3 0.453 16
85 95 Wyoming 3 - 1 0.444 97
86 85 Western Kentucky 1 - 2 0.440 61
87 86 Colorado 2 - 2 0.440 88
88 79 San Jose St. 1 - 2 0.437 26
89 82 San Diego St. 1 - 2 0.424 71
90 72 LA-Lafayette 1 - 3 0.423 39
91 91 AL-Birmingham 2 - 1 0.422 94
92 97 Iowa St. 1 - 2 0.411 67
93 80 Rice 0 - 3 0.410 6
94 90 Texas St. 1 - 2 0.402 101
95 108 Kansas 2 - 1 0.399 90
96 100 Air Force 2 - 1 0.399 120
97 92 Florida Atlantic 1 - 3 0.393 8
98 99 Texas-El Paso 2 - 1 0.390 118
99 102 Purdue 2 - 2 0.390 105
100 111 Wake Forest 2 - 2 0.374 110
101 110 Ohio 2 - 2 0.373 96
102 101 Tulsa 1 - 2 0.370 29
103 103 Buffalo 2 - 2 0.370 123
104 106 Vanderbilt 1 - 3 0.368 23
105 113 South Florida 2 - 2 0.368 91
106 88 Central Michigan 2 - 2 0.368 116
107 94 Akron 1 - 2 0.367 56
108 98 Army 1 - 2 0.359 59
109 116 Western Michigan 2 - 1 0.354 122
110 96 South Alabama 1 - 2 0.354 45
111 117 Southern Mississippi 2 - 2 0.353 27
112 105 Tulane 1 - 3 0.344 66
113 115 Appalachian St. 1 - 2 0.321 115
114 107 Ball St. 1 - 3 0.319 121
115 109 Nevada-Las Vegas 1 - 3 0.313 31
116 112 Hawaii 1 - 3 0.311 79
117 114 Connecticut 1 - 3 0.300 50
118 121 New Mexico 1 - 2 0.293 99
119 118 Southern Methodist 0 - 3 0.273 9
120 119 New Mexico St. 2 - 2 0.272 128
121 120 Florida International 1 - 3 0.246 117
122 123 Kent 0 - 3 0.245 57
123 122 Idaho 0 - 3 0.231 89
124 125 Eastern Michigan 1 - 3 0.223 40
125 124 Troy St. 0 - 4 0.205 46
126 126 Georgia St. 1 - 3 0.198 124
127 127 Massachusetts 0 - 4 0.189 32
128 129 Miami, Ohio 0 - 4 0.168 65
129 128 Wild Card U. 6 - 87 0.159 0

2014 conference power ratings:

Conference2014 Record Power Rating
SEC 31-3 .712
Pac-12 29-4 .684
Independents 10-4 .631
ACC 32-10 .625
Big Ten 35-14 .610
Big Twelve 19-8 .604
AAC 15-18 .464
Conference USA 20-21.452
Mountain West 18-20.438
Sun Belt 10-23 .350
MAC 16-29 .345

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