ARGH 2018 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2018 season as of 9-23-18. Teams included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .563, or about 3.31 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 9-26-18

This Week	Last Week	Team	2018 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	4 - 0	0.892	14
2	3	Georgia	4 - 0	0.865	26
3	2	Clemson	4 - 0	0.858	56
4	5	Notre Dame	4 - 0	0.841	11
5	6	Oklahoma	4 - 0	0.836	20
6	4	Ohio St.	4 - 0	0.831	82
7	7	Penn State	4 - 0	0.822	63
8	8	Stanford	4 - 0	0.821	32
9	14	Louisiana St.	4 - 0	0.807	17
10	9	Duke	4 - 0	0.799	45
11	11	Michigan	3 - 1	0.799	15
12	12	Washington	3 - 1	0.789	21
13	13	Michigan St.	2 - 1	0.783	4
14	16	Auburn	3 - 1	0.779	23
15	19	Wisconsin	3 - 1	0.773	43
16	17	Miami, Florida	3 - 1	0.769	27
17	29	Kentucky	4 - 0	0.747	77
18	20	Boise State	2 - 1	0.730	28
19	24	Central Florida	3 - 0	0.730	116
20	34	South Carolina	2 - 1	0.719	9
21	10	Iowa	3 - 1	0.717	47
22	15	Mississippi St.	3 - 1	0.717	92
23	31	Texas	3 - 1	0.716	16
24	32	North Texas	4 - 0	0.713	118
25	26	Syracuse	4 - 0	0.705	109
26	43	Texas Tech	3 - 1	0.698	34
27	35	West Virginia	3 - 0	0.694	107
28	18	Oklahoma St.	3 - 1	0.688	62
29	23	Missouri	3 - 1	0.681	46
30	36	Florida	3 - 1	0.675	102
31	54	Maryland	3 - 1	0.671	25
32	42	North Carolina St.	3 - 0	0.666	113
33	21	Boston College	3 - 1	0.665	73
34	28	Texas A&M	2 - 2	0.662	18
35	33	California	3 - 0	0.659	89
36	51	Cincinnati	4 - 0	0.658	115
37	30	Arizona St.	2 - 2	0.652	3
38	56	Buffalo	4 - 0	0.650	114
39	41	Southern California	2 - 2	0.645	5
40	40	Indiana	3 - 1	0.644	19
41	46	San Diego St.	3 - 1	0.639	29
42	27	Texas Christian	2 - 2	0.638	24
43	39	Fresno St.	2 - 1	0.635	74
44	37	Utah	2 - 1	0.630	60
45	25	Minnesota	3 - 1	0.629	59
46	48	Utah St.	3 - 1	0.627	110
47	65	Virginia	3 - 1	0.618	65
48	38	Vanderbilt	2 - 2	0.617	8
49	22	Virginia Tech	2 - 1	0.615	106
50	59	Brigham Young	3 - 1	0.613	42
51	52	South Florida	4 - 0	0.612	125
52	57	Mississippi	3 - 1	0.609	36
53	50	Northwestern	1 - 2	0.608	12
54	44	Oregon	3 - 1	0.604	119
55	47	Washington St.	3 - 1	0.598	112
56	55	Army	2 - 2	0.593	10
57	58	Iowa St.	1 - 2	0.591	2
58	45	Colorado	3 - 0	0.591	121
59	53	Memphis	3 - 1	0.589	128
60	60	Troy	3 - 1	0.585	90
61	67	Houston	3 - 1	0.575	104
62	66	Toledo	2 - 1	0.569	86
63	72	Appalachian St.	2 - 1	0.562	95
64	69	Baylor	3 - 1	0.561	100
65	49	Wake Forest	2 - 2	0.556	33
66	62	Louisiana Tech	2 - 1	0.554	75
67	81	Purdue	1 - 3	0.547	13
68	71	Akron	2 - 1	0.531	50
69	76	Western Michigan	2 - 2	0.528	57
70	79	Arkansas St.	3 - 1	0.528	72
71	75	Eastern Michigan	2 - 2	0.527	40
72	83	Arizona	2 - 2	0.511	94
73	97	Temple	2 - 2	0.503	71
74	64	Marshall	2 - 1	0.498	111
75	94	Florida International	2 - 2	0.494	35
76	68	Florida Atlantic	2 - 2	0.494	37
77	84	Florida St.	2 - 2	0.491	70
78	80	Georgia Southern	2 - 1	0.490	79
79	61	Louisville	2 - 2	0.490	39
80	85	Hawaii	4 - 1	0.488	126
81	63	Georgia Tech	1 - 3	0.486	30
82	99	Coastal Carolina	3 - 1	0.486	93
83	73	Navy	2 - 2	0.474	85
84	88	AL-Birmingham	2 - 1	0.460	122
85	70	Pittsburgh	2 - 2	0.458	64
86	74	Nevada	2 - 2	0.458	80
87	77	Tennessee	2 - 2	0.449	117
88	86	Kansas	2 - 2	0.444	120
89	95	Middle Tennessee	1 - 2	0.440	31
90	93	Ohio	1 - 2	0.437	69
91	103	Southern Mississippi	2 - 1	0.437	129
92	87	Illinois	2 - 2	0.435	61
93	98	Wyoming	2 - 2	0.433	105
94	90	Air Force	1 - 2	0.433	66
95	78	Kansas St.	2 - 2	0.429	88
96	106	Southern Methodist	1 - 3	0.428	6
97	105	North Carolina	1 - 2	0.426	48
98	96	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 2	0.419	124
99	82	Nebraska	0 - 3	0.418	7
100	104	UCLA	0 - 3	0.406	1
101	89	Arkansas	1 - 3	0.403	55
102	100	LA-Monroe	2 - 2	0.403	68
103	102	New Mexico	2 - 1	0.401	98
104	91	Tulane	1 - 3	0.390	52
105	101	Tulsa	1 - 3	0.381	51
106	92	Northern Illinois	1 - 3	0.373	41
107	114	Massachusetts	2 - 3	0.368	99
108	113	Miami, Ohio	1 - 3	0.367	54
109	107	Ball St.	1 - 3	0.344	49
110	122	Old Dominion	1 - 3	0.337	84
111	110	Charlotte	2 - 2	0.325	123
112	117	East Carolina	1 - 2	0.325	101
113	109	Oregon St.	1 - 3	0.324	53
114	111	South Alabama	1 - 3	0.322	58
115	108	Rutgers	1 - 3	0.318	44
116	116	Liberty	1 - 2	0.315	83
117	124	Western Kentucky	1 - 3	0.314	76
118	115	Kent St.	1 - 3	0.308	38
119	120	Louisiana	1 - 2	0.292	97
120	119	Connecticut	1 - 3	0.291	22
121	123	Central Michigan	1 - 3	0.282	96
122	118	Bowling Green	1 - 3	0.272	78
123	126	Texas-San Antonio	1 - 3	0.259	87
124	112	Colorado St.	1 - 4	0.253	91
125	121	Georgia St.	1 - 3	0.251	81
126	125	Rice	1 - 3	0.243	103
127	128	New Mexico St.	1 - 4	0.210	108
128	129	San Jose St.	0 - 3	0.209	67
129	127	Texas St.	1 - 3	0.207	130
130	130	Wild Card U.	7 - 89	0.151	0
131	131	Texas-El Paso	0 - 4	0.091	127

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