ARGH 2017 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2017 season. Teams included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus Liberty.

The estimated home field advantage is .553, or about 2.77 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 9-24-17

This Week	Last Week	Team	2017 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	4 - 0	0.917	4
2	2	Clemson	4 - 0	0.888	14
3	8	Michigan	4 - 0	0.846	6
4	6	Penn State	4 - 0	0.843	79
5	10	Georgia	4 - 0	0.841	22
6	9	Washington	4 - 0	0.837	73
7	3	Oklahoma	4 - 0	0.833	49
8	4	Wisconsin	3 - 0	0.830	65
9	7	Southern California	4 - 0	0.821	9
10	14	Texas Christian	4 - 0	0.800	42
11	5	Ohio St.	3 - 1	0.794	17
12	30	Wake Forest	4 - 0	0.757	77
13	17	Auburn	3 - 1	0.747	62
14	26	Virginia Tech	4 - 0	0.740	124
15	28	Notre Dame	3 - 1	0.735	16
16	29	San Diego St.	4 - 0	0.734	40
17	15	Washington St.	4 - 0	0.730	127
18	21	Louisville	3 - 1	0.729	8
19	20	Mississippi St.	3 - 1	0.729	21
20	24	Florida	2 - 1	0.724	2
21	39	Duke	4 - 0	0.717	89
22	22	Stanford	2 - 2	0.714	7
23	11	Oklahoma St.	3 - 1	0.713	46
24	38	North Carolina St.	3 - 1	0.713	23
25	31	South Florida	4 - 0	0.712	128
26	19	Minnesota	3 - 0	0.709	80
27	25	Miami, Florida	2 - 0	0.701	88
28	16	Kentucky	3 - 1	0.695	26
29	32	Louisiana St.	3 - 1	0.695	54
30	36	Utah	4 - 0	0.690	115
31	23	Iowa	3 - 1	0.685	35
32	12	Florida St.	0 - 2	0.684	3
33	37	South Carolina	3 - 1	0.675	13
34	18	Colorado	3 - 1	0.660	70
35	27	Oregon	3 - 1	0.657	76
36	13	Vanderbilt	3 - 1	0.656	29
37	63	Texas Tech	3 - 0	0.645	61
38	34	Tennessee	3 - 1	0.642	81
39	51	Navy	3 - 0	0.639	69
40	35	Memphis	3 - 0	0.627	106
41	33	Houston	2 - 1	0.626	66
42	41	California	3 - 1	0.620	37
43	40	Kansas St.	2 - 1	0.616	114
44	56	Indiana	2 - 1	0.611	36
45	52	Purdue	2 - 2	0.607	5
46	48	Texas A&M	3 - 1	0.604	99
47	54	Georgia Tech	2 - 1	0.597	92
48	45	Appalachian St.	2 - 2	0.595	45
49	50	Northwestern	2 - 1	0.594	98
50	66	Southern Methodist	3 - 1	0.588	83
51	61	West Virginia	3 - 1	0.586	122
52	47	Texas	1 - 2	0.582	31
53	49	Colorado St.	2 - 2	0.582	27
54	60	Troy	3 - 1	0.577	103
55	43	UCLA	2 - 2	0.573	20
56	72	Texas-San Antonio	3 - 0	0.569	125
57	74	Arizona St.	2 - 2	0.569	10
58	77	Central Florida	2 - 0	0.565	74
59	42	Boise State	2 - 2	0.551	34
60	46	Syracuse	2 - 2	0.550	95
61	44	Toledo	3 - 1	0.547	113
62	62	Mississippi	2 - 1	0.546	91
63	65	Nebraska	2 - 2	0.542	55
64	53	Arkansas	1 - 2	0.541	38
65	55	Maryland	2 - 1	0.540	75
66	76	Ohio	3 - 1	0.540	111
67	57	Arizona	2 - 2	0.533	97
68	58	Army	2 - 2	0.533	63
69	71	Air Force	1 - 2	0.533	25
70	70	Western Michigan	2 - 2	0.533	64
71	59	North Carolina	1 - 3	0.527	12
72	90	Virginia	3 - 1	0.525	104
73	64	Southern Mississippi	2 - 1	0.519	93
74	68	Iowa St.	2 - 1	0.513	85
75	69	Michigan St.	2 - 1	0.513	56
76	91	Tulane	2 - 2	0.489	33
77	79	Louisiana Tech	2 - 2	0.486	41
78	75	Northern Illinois	2 - 1	0.480	94
79	82	Marshall	2 - 1	0.480	58
80	105	Utah St.	2 - 2	0.479	44
81	84	Boston College	1 - 3	0.472	1
82	83	Cincinnati	2 - 2	0.471	28
83	96	New Mexico St.	2 - 2	0.470	71
84	67	Eastern Michigan	2 - 1	0.469	109
85	89	Western Kentucky	2 - 2	0.465	117
86	85	Illinois	2 - 1	0.458	52
87	95	New Mexico	2 - 2	0.452	101
88	88	Fresno St.	1 - 2	0.450	11
89	102	Miami, Ohio	2 - 2	0.448	112
90	81	Middle Tennessee	2 - 2	0.447	43
91	86	Rutgers	1 - 3	0.437	53
92	97	Wyoming	2 - 2	0.433	78
93	73	Tulsa	1 - 3	0.423	57
94	87	Arkansas St.	1 - 2	0.422	82
95	108	Buffalo	2 - 2	0.421	84
96	78	Missouri	1 - 3	0.420	30
97	107	North Texas	2 - 2	0.416	90
98	80	Pittsburgh	1 - 3	0.413	19
99	100	Brigham Young	1 - 3	0.408	24
100	92	Temple	2 - 2	0.387	87
101	99	Florida Atlantic	1 - 3	0.385	51
102	111	LA-Monroe	1 - 2	0.385	60
103	110	Baylor	0 - 4	0.379	18
104	104	Oregon St.	1 - 3	0.376	32
105	114	Idaho	2 - 2	0.374	121
106	101	Ball St.	2 - 2	0.372	126
107	93	Old Dominion	2 - 2	0.369	108
108	98	Hawaii	2 - 2	0.368	119
109	94	Central Michigan	2 - 2	0.367	120
110	109	Akron	1 - 3	0.361	50
111	116	Florida International	2 - 1	0.354	110
112	115	Nevada-Las Vegas	1 - 2	0.345	72
113	103	Liberty	3 - 1	0.340	0
114	106	South Alabama	1 - 3	0.324	96
115	117	Kent	1 - 3	0.306	15
116	120	Georgia St.	1 - 2	0.302	102
117	118	AL-Birmingham	2 - 2	0.296	129
118	112	LA-Lafayette	1 - 3	0.295	107
119	122	Kansas	1 - 3	0.278	105
120	119	Connecticut	1 - 2	0.273	123
121	121	Georgia Southern	0 - 3	0.260	39
122	113	Rice	1 - 3	0.253	59
123	130	East Carolina	1 - 3	0.249	100
124	123	San Jose St.	1 - 4	0.246	48
125	124	Texas St.	1 - 3	0.244	68
126	126	Nevada	0 - 4	0.214	67
127	129	Massachusetts	0 - 5	0.198	116
128	128	Bowling Green	0 - 4	0.196	86
129	125	Coastal Carolina	1 - 2	0.192	130
130	127	Texas-El Paso	0 - 4	0.177	47
131	132	Wild Card U.	9 - 82	0.163	0
132	131	Charlotte	0 - 4	0.136	118

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