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 .554, or about 2.86 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 10-1-17

This Week	Last Week	Team	2017 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	5 - 0	0.926	10
2	2	Clemson	5 - 0	0.908	6
3	5	Georgia	5 - 0	0.883	22
4	4	Penn State	5 - 0	0.873	68
5	6	Washington	5 - 0	0.852	98
6	8	Wisconsin	4 - 0	0.845	66
7	3	Michigan	4 - 0	0.837	15
8	7	Oklahoma	4 - 0	0.828	65
9	11	Ohio St.	4 - 1	0.825	24
10	10	Texas Christian	4 - 0	0.811	40
11	13	Auburn	4 - 1	0.800	47
12	9	Southern California	4 - 1	0.793	3
13	17	Washington St.	5 - 0	0.783	99
14	15	Notre Dame	4 - 1	0.779	21
15	27	Miami, Florida	3 - 0	0.763	74
16	23	Oklahoma St.	4 - 1	0.753	29
17	12	Wake Forest	4 - 1	0.746	43
18	16	San Diego St.	5 - 0	0.746	58
19	20	Florida	3 - 1	0.745	2
20	22	Stanford	3 - 2	0.730	8
21	14	Virginia Tech	4 - 1	0.727	84
22	24	North Carolina St.	4 - 1	0.723	38
23	18	Louisville	4 - 1	0.722	49
24	35	Oregon	4 - 1	0.711	64
25	32	Florida St.	1 - 2	0.706	1
26	25	South Florida	5 - 0	0.706	129
27	28	Kentucky	4 - 1	0.689	50
28	39	Navy	4 - 0	0.689	73
29	58	Central Florida	3 - 0	0.683	56
30	19	Mississippi St.	3 - 2	0.681	12
31	26	Minnesota	3 - 1	0.675	70
32	31	Iowa	3 - 2	0.673	14
33	30	Utah	4 - 0	0.672	123
34	21	Duke	4 - 1	0.665	88
35	46	Texas A&M	4 - 1	0.660	78
36	41	Houston	3 - 1	0.644	90
37	47	Georgia Tech	3 - 1	0.643	101
38	33	South Carolina	3 - 2	0.640	9
39	65	Maryland	3 - 1	0.639	31
40	37	Texas Tech	3 - 1	0.635	44
41	52	Texas	2 - 2	0.633	27
42	54	Troy	4 - 1	0.632	85
43	55	UCLA	3 - 2	0.618	16
44	29	Louisiana St.	3 - 2	0.618	72
45	50	Southern Methodist	4 - 1	0.616	106
46	43	Kansas St.	3 - 1	0.616	126
47	53	Colorado St.	3 - 2	0.612	55
48	34	Colorado	3 - 2	0.612	62
49	75	Michigan St.	3 - 1	0.612	33
50	36	Vanderbilt	3 - 2	0.610	19
51	45	Purdue	2 - 2	0.595	7
52	48	Appalachian St.	2 - 2	0.595	53
53	63	Nebraska	3 - 2	0.593	59
54	70	Western Michigan	3 - 2	0.593	87
55	44	Indiana	2 - 2	0.592	11
56	51	West Virginia	3 - 1	0.591	119
57	38	Tennessee	3 - 2	0.586	36
58	59	Boise State	2 - 2	0.582	18
59	64	Arkansas	2 - 2	0.582	45
60	40	Memphis	3 - 1	0.578	83
61	57	Arizona St.	2 - 3	0.566	5
62	49	Northwestern	2 - 2	0.561	69
63	42	California	3 - 2	0.561	35
64	61	Toledo	3 - 1	0.560	111
65	79	Marshall	3 - 1	0.550	75
66	56	Texas-San Antonio	3 - 0	0.550	125
67	68	Army	3 - 2	0.545	100
68	66	Ohio	4 - 1	0.534	124
69	72	Virginia	3 - 1	0.532	102
70	67	Arizona	2 - 2	0.523	108
71	80	Utah St.	3 - 2	0.517	71
72	87	New Mexico	3 - 2	0.515	96
73	81	Boston College	2 - 3	0.506	4
74	78	Northern Illinois	2 - 2	0.503	54
75	74	Iowa St.	2 - 2	0.502	76
76	60	Syracuse	2 - 3	0.502	91
77	77	Louisiana Tech	3 - 2	0.497	92
78	88	Fresno St.	2 - 2	0.494	39
79	76	Tulane	2 - 2	0.489	34
80	62	Mississippi	2 - 2	0.488	46
81	92	Wyoming	3 - 2	0.487	109
82	95	Buffalo	3 - 2	0.487	94
83	69	Air Force	1 - 3	0.484	25
84	97	North Texas	3 - 2	0.482	93
85	73	Southern Mississippi	2 - 2	0.464	103
86	101	Florida Atlantic	2 - 3	0.461	57
87	84	Eastern Michigan	2 - 2	0.456	97
88	83	New Mexico St.	2 - 3	0.455	48
89	71	North Carolina	1 - 4	0.452	17
90	98	Pittsburgh	2 - 3	0.451	42
91	85	Western Kentucky	2 - 2	0.446	122
92	94	Arkansas St.	1 - 2	0.430	79
93	82	Cincinnati	2 - 3	0.427	30
94	93	Tulsa	1 - 4	0.418	28
95	89	Miami, Ohio	2 - 3	0.414	86
96	96	Missouri	1 - 3	0.414	37
97	86	Illinois	2 - 2	0.399	61
98	112	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 2	0.398	110
99	110	Akron	2 - 3	0.394	80
100	91	Rutgers	1 - 4	0.382	23
101	102	LA-Monroe	2 - 2	0.382	114
102	105	Idaho	2 - 2	0.380	116
103	90	Middle Tennessee	2 - 3	0.376	63
104	111	Florida International	3 - 1	0.361	127
105	100	Temple	2 - 3	0.355	77
106	107	Old Dominion	2 - 2	0.355	115
107	104	Oregon St.	1 - 4	0.351	13
108	108	Hawaii	2 - 3	0.344	104
109	99	Brigham Young	1 - 4	0.342	32
110	103	Baylor	0 - 5	0.321	26
111	109	Central Michigan	2 - 3	0.319	117
112	106	Ball St.	2 - 3	0.308	120
113	116	Georgia St.	1 - 2	0.300	105
114	118	LA-Lafayette	1 - 3	0.297	107
115	114	South Alabama	1 - 4	0.295	89
116	117	AL-Birmingham	2 - 2	0.294	128
117	113	Liberty	3 - 2	0.274	0
118	119	Kansas	1 - 3	0.267	113
119	120	Connecticut	1 - 3	0.266	112
120	115	Kent	1 - 4	0.266	20
121	121	Georgia Southern	0 - 3	0.262	41
122	123	East Carolina	1 - 4	0.237	82
123	122	Rice	1 - 4	0.213	67
124	124	San Jose St.	1 - 5	0.204	60
125	126	Nevada	0 - 5	0.201	52
126	125	Texas St.	1 - 4	0.201	81
127	127	Massachusetts	0 - 6	0.186	118
128	129	Coastal Carolina	1 - 3	0.181	130
129	128	Bowling Green	0 - 5	0.164	95
130	131	Wild Card U.	10 - 83	0.153	0
131	130	Texas-El Paso	0 - 5	0.153	51
132	132	Charlotte	0 - 5	0.121	121

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