ARGH 2018 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2018 season as of 9-30-18. Teams included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .561, or about 3.19 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 9-30-18

This Week	Last Week	Team	2018 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	5 - 0	0.887	46
2	4	Notre Dame	5 - 0	0.876	4
3	2	Georgia	5 - 0	0.873	44
4	3	Clemson	5 - 0	0.870	32
5	6	Ohio St.	5 - 0	0.868	33
6	9	Louisiana St.	5 - 0	0.850	11
7	5	Oklahoma	5 - 0	0.841	29
8	11	Michigan	4 - 1	0.827	10
9	17	Kentucky	5 - 0	0.823	37
10	12	Washington	4 - 1	0.817	19
11	14	Auburn	4 - 1	0.797	25
12	16	Miami, Florida	4 - 1	0.788	45
13	7	Penn State	4 - 1	0.784	41
14	8	Stanford	4 - 1	0.775	9
15	15	Wisconsin	3 - 1	0.762	66
16	30	Florida	4 - 1	0.758	57
17	27	West Virginia	4 - 0	0.755	86
18	13	Michigan St.	3 - 1	0.753	14
19	19	Central Florida	4 - 0	0.751	122
20	18	Boise State	3 - 1	0.748	39
21	10	Duke	4 - 1	0.743	30
22	23	Texas	4 - 1	0.731	16
23	32	North Carolina St.	4 - 0	0.725	104
24	25	Syracuse	4 - 1	0.716	59
25	36	Cincinnati	5 - 0	0.713	121
26	21	Iowa	3 - 1	0.710	67
27	22	Mississippi St.	3 - 2	0.709	48
28	28	Oklahoma St.	4 - 1	0.699	96
29	20	South Carolina	2 - 2	0.694	2
30	49	Virginia Tech	3 - 1	0.688	78
31	24	North Texas	4 - 1	0.686	107
32	42	Texas Christian	3 - 2	0.679	13
33	33	Boston College	4 - 1	0.676	98
34	29	Missouri	3 - 1	0.675	58
35	43	Fresno St.	3 - 1	0.675	92
36	56	Army	3 - 2	0.673	7
37	37	Arizona St.	3 - 2	0.661	18
38	40	Indiana	4 - 1	0.660	36
39	26	Texas Tech	3 - 2	0.660	24
40	31	Maryland	3 - 1	0.659	31
41	34	Texas A&M	3 - 2	0.658	42
42	54	Oregon	4 - 1	0.654	112
43	39	Southern California	3 - 2	0.653	8
44	55	Washington St.	4 - 1	0.646	105
45	58	Colorado	4 - 0	0.641	127
46	45	Minnesota	3 - 1	0.627	76
47	41	San Diego St.	3 - 1	0.622	53
48	66	Louisiana Tech	3 - 1	0.621	54
49	51	South Florida	4 - 0	0.618	120
50	60	Troy	4 - 1	0.616	106
51	63	Appalachian St.	3 - 1	0.609	115
52	48	Vanderbilt	3 - 2	0.606	23
53	46	Utah St.	3 - 1	0.606	119
54	44	Utah	2 - 2	0.595	43
55	38	Buffalo	4 - 1	0.594	108
56	65	Wake Forest	3 - 2	0.587	64
57	47	Virginia	3 - 2	0.587	61
58	35	California	3 - 1	0.583	95
59	52	Mississippi	3 - 2	0.579	15
60	50	Brigham Young	3 - 2	0.572	17
61	53	Northwestern	1 - 3	0.568	6
62	61	Houston	3 - 1	0.567	110
63	69	Western Michigan	3 - 2	0.565	65
64	67	Purdue	2 - 3	0.563	20
65	57	Iowa St.	1 - 3	0.557	3
66	78	Georgia Southern	3 - 1	0.554	90
67	62	Toledo	2 - 2	0.544	62
68	75	Florida International	3 - 2	0.537	97
69	77	Florida St.	3 - 2	0.534	69
70	59	Memphis	3 - 2	0.534	123
71	64	Baylor	3 - 2	0.529	68
72	74	Marshall	3 - 1	0.521	114
73	84	AL-Birmingham	3 - 1	0.521	125
74	80	Hawaii	5 - 1	0.518	128
75	81	Georgia Tech	2 - 3	0.516	80
76	68	Akron	2 - 1	0.513	75
77	70	Arkansas St.	3 - 2	0.487	81
78	82	Coastal Carolina	3 - 2	0.479	72
79	86	Nevada	3 - 2	0.477	103
80	72	Arizona	2 - 3	0.474	89
81	71	Eastern Michigan	2 - 3	0.471	70
82	83	Navy	2 - 2	0.470	99
83	104	Tulane	2 - 3	0.469	38
84	73	Temple	2 - 3	0.469	73
85	90	Ohio	2 - 2	0.465	101
86	96	Southern Methodist	2 - 3	0.463	21
87	87	Tennessee	2 - 3	0.463	56
88	91	Southern Mississippi	2 - 2	0.461	118
89	89	Middle Tennessee	2 - 2	0.457	49
90	76	Florida Atlantic	2 - 3	0.446	47
91	95	Kansas St.	2 - 3	0.427	55
92	79	Louisville	2 - 3	0.424	63
93	92	Illinois	2 - 2	0.423	83
94	106	Northern Illinois	2 - 3	0.422	35
95	109	Ball St.	2 - 3	0.415	87
96	88	Kansas	2 - 3	0.414	109
97	85	Pittsburgh	2 - 3	0.413	50
98	98	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 2	0.405	124
99	93	Wyoming	2 - 3	0.398	79
100	116	Liberty	2 - 2	0.397	85
101	101	Arkansas	1 - 4	0.386	28
102	94	Air Force	1 - 3	0.383	102
103	97	North Carolina	1 - 3	0.381	22
104	99	Nebraska	0 - 4	0.375	5
105	103	New Mexico	2 - 2	0.372	111
106	100	UCLA	0 - 4	0.365	1
107	105	Tulsa	1 - 3	0.364	74
108	112	East Carolina	2 - 2	0.361	117
109	108	Miami, Ohio	1 - 4	0.352	52
110	107	Massachusetts	2 - 4	0.350	94
111	102	LA-Monroe	2 - 3	0.336	91
112	125	Georgia St.	2 - 3	0.325	100
113	113	Oregon St.	1 - 4	0.319	26
114	110	Old Dominion	1 - 4	0.317	88
115	119	Louisiana	1 - 3	0.308	34
116	121	Central Michigan	1 - 4	0.307	40
117	111	Charlotte	2 - 3	0.294	116
118	115	Rutgers	1 - 4	0.294	27
119	117	Western Kentucky	1 - 4	0.290	93
120	114	South Alabama	1 - 4	0.282	51
121	120	Connecticut	1 - 4	0.271	12
122	124	Colorado St.	1 - 4	0.268	77
123	118	Kent St.	1 - 4	0.268	60
124	123	Texas-San Antonio	2 - 3	0.253	126
125	126	Rice	1 - 4	0.240	84
126	122	Bowling Green	1 - 4	0.236	82
127	128	San Jose St.	0 - 4	0.217	71
128	127	New Mexico St.	1 - 4	0.198	113
129	129	Texas St.	1 - 3	0.195	130
130	130	Wild Card U.	7 - 92	0.142	0
131	131	Texas-El Paso	0 - 5	0.083	129

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