ARGH 2006 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2006 season as of September 24, 2006. Teams included are the 119 Division 1-A teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .603, or about 4.98 points for an average game. The power ratings represent the chance that the team in question has of beating an average Division 1-A team without regard to location.

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This WeekLast Week Team 2006 Record Power Rating
1 2 Southern California 3 - 0 0.875
2 3 Ohio St. 4 - 0 0.874
3 1 Auburn 4 - 0 0.852
4 5 Florida 4 - 0 0.850
5 4 Michigan 4 - 0 0.849
6 8 Louisville 4 - 0 0.834
7 7 Texas 3 - 1 0.806
8 6 Louisiana St. 3 - 1 0.798
9 9 Virginia Tech 4 - 0 0.796
10 11 Georgia 4 - 0 0.773
11 14 West Virginia 4 - 0 0.771
12 16 Iowa 4 - 0 0.769
13 17 Notre Dame 3 - 1 0.759
14 18 Clemson 3 - 1 0.749
15 12 Texas Christian 3 - 0 0.748
16 13 Oregon 3 - 0 0.744
17 20 Oklahoma 3 - 1 0.740
18 33 Wake Forest 4 - 0 0.719
19 22 Boise State 4 - 0 0.718
20 27 Florida St. 3 - 1 0.716
21 26 Texas A&M 4 - 0 0.714
22 10 Boston College 3 - 1 0.713
23 28 Nebraska 3 - 1 0.711
24 21 Texas Tech 3 - 1 0.710
25 36 Missouri 4 - 0 0.705
26 15 Alabama 3 - 1 0.696
27 31 California 3 - 1 0.696
28 32 Tennessee 3 - 1 0.695
29 30 Rutgers 4 - 0 0.688
30 19 Wisconsin 3 - 1 0.674
31 34 Georgia Tech 3 - 1 0.660
32 37 Utah 3 - 1 0.656
33 23 Penn State 2 - 2 0.651
34 39 Washington St. 3 - 1 0.643
35 43 Arkansas 3 - 1 0.637
36 25 UCLA 2 - 1 0.636
37 38 Miami, Florida 1 - 2 0.630
38 29 Michigan St. 3 - 1 0.628
39 24 Arizona St. 3 - 1 0.622
40 35 Minnesota 2 - 2 0.620
41 55 Houston 4 - 0 0.608
42 44 Pittsburgh 3 - 1 0.608
43 53 South Carolina 3 - 1 0.597
44 46 Southern Mississippi 2 - 1 0.597
45 50 Tulsa 3 - 1 0.596
46 48 Brigham Young 2 - 2 0.594
47 60 Washington 3 - 1 0.584
48 52 Purdue 4 - 0 0.583
49 40 Oklahoma St. 3 - 1 0.577
50 41 Kansas St. 3 - 1 0.577
51 45 Iowa St. 2 - 2 0.566
52 59 Connecticut 2 - 1 0.559
53 56 Oregon St. 2 - 1 0.557
54 42 South Florida 3 - 1 0.556
55 54 Fresno St. 1 - 2 0.553
56 58 Kansas 3 - 1 0.545
57 49 Maryland 3 - 1 0.539
58 47 Navy 3 - 1 0.531
59 68 North Carolina St. 2 - 2 0.531
60 62 Western Michigan 3 - 1 0.528
61 69 Akron 2 - 2 0.516
62 66 Kentucky 2 - 2 0.515
63 64 Central Michigan 2 - 2 0.505
64 57 Arizona 2 - 2 0.500
65 67 Toledo 2 - 2 0.497
66 63 Hawaii 1 - 2 0.495
67 73 Northern Illinois 2 - 2 0.489
68 82 Vanderbilt 1 - 3 0.486
69 84 Syracuse 2 - 2 0.476
70 51 Texas-El Paso 1 - 2 0.475
71 87 Air Force 1 - 1 0.468
72 77 Nevada 2 - 2 0.464
73 70 Colorado St. 2 - 1 0.460
74 65 Ohio 2 - 2 0.460
75 96 Army 2 - 2 0.435
76 76 Cincinnati 1 - 3 0.431
77 61 Baylor 1 - 3 0.426
78 98 Southern Methodist 2 - 2 0.414
79 72 Indiana 2 - 2 0.410
80 86 Central Florida 1 - 2 0.410
81 97 New Mexico 2 - 2 0.409
82 88 Marshall 1 - 3 0.397
83 78 North Carolina 1 - 3 0.397
84 75 Virginia 1 - 3 0.392
85 71 Northwestern 2 - 2 0.386
86 79 Wyoming 1 - 3 0.384
87 89 Louisiana Tech 1 - 2 0.381
88 83 East Carolina 1 - 3 0.380
89 101 San Jose St. 2 - 1 0.371
90 93 Memphis 1 - 2 0.371
91 99 LA-Lafayette 1 - 2 0.370
92 85 Troy St. 1 - 3 0.368
93 114 Kent 2 - 2 0.363
94 91 Illinois 1 - 3 0.362
95 74 Bowling Green 2 - 2 0.362
96 81 AL-Birmingham 1 - 3 0.360
97 95 Nevada-Las Vegas 1 - 2 0.355
98 80 Middle Tennessee St. 2 - 2 0.350
99 107 Mississippi St. 1 - 3 0.349
100 103 Tulane 1 - 2 0.345
101 100 Mississippi 1 - 3 0.325
102 102 LA-Monroe 1 - 2 0.322
103 92 Stanford 0 - 4 0.315
104 90 San Diego St. 0 - 3 0.313
105 106 New Mexico St. 2 - 1 0.310
106 104 North Texas 1 - 3 0.308
107 94 Ball St. 1 - 3 0.298
108 108 Colorado 0 - 4 0.285
109 110 Rice 0 - 4 0.273
110 105 Arkansas St. 1 - 2 0.271
111 109 Idaho 1 - 3 0.257
112 115 Buffalo 1 - 3 0.255
113 111 Florida International 0 - 4 0.242
114 112 Miami, Ohio 0 - 4 0.233
115 117 Duke 0 - 3 0.222
116 113 Eastern Michigan 0 - 4 0.212
117 116 Florida Atlantic 0 - 4 0.194
118 118 Utah St. 0 - 4 0.181
119 119 Wild Card U. 6 - 58 0.178
120 120 Temple 0 - 4 0.127

2006 conference power ratings:

ConferenceEstimated Record Power Rating
SEC 22-6 .631
Big Ten 27-9 .619
Pac-10 19-7 .617
Big East 22-7 .615
Big Twelve 31-15 .613
ACC 19-9 .589
Independents 8-4 .575
Mountain West 12-14.487
Conference USA 14-21.436
WAC 12-15 .415
MAC 8-22 .373
Sun Belt 6-21 .303

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