ARGH 2009 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2009 season through games of 9-26-09. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .589, or about 4.20 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 2009 Record Power Rating
1 1 Florida 4 - 0 0.880
2 3 Alabama 5 - 0 0.849
3 2 Texas 4 - 0 0.844
4 9 Southern California 4 - 1 0.838
5 7 Louisiana St. 5 - 0 0.827
6 10 Ohio St. 4 - 1 0.805
7 4 Boise State 5 - 0 0.804
8 5 Virginia Tech 4 - 1 0.800
9 8 Cincinnati 5 - 0 0.800
10 6 Iowa 5 - 0 0.795
11 12 Kansas 4 - 0 0.774
12 13 Oregon 4 - 1 0.764
13 17 South Florida 5 - 0 0.764
14 14 Texas Christian 4 - 0 0.752
15 22 Auburn 5 - 0 0.751
16 18 Penn State 4 - 1 0.747
17 11 Oklahoma 2 - 2 0.745
18 27 Stanford 4 - 1 0.734
19 15 Missouri 4 - 0 0.721
20 35 Wisconsin 5 - 0 0.721
21 16 Nebraska 3 - 1 0.718
22 31 Miami, Florida 3 - 1 0.707
23 21 Georgia Tech 4 - 1 0.704
24 28 Notre Dame 4 - 1 0.702
25 23 Brigham Young 4 - 1 0.699
26 36 Mississippi 3 - 1 0.697
27 40 Pittsburgh 4 - 1 0.693
28 34 Boston College 4 - 1 0.692
29 20 Georgia 3 - 2 0.675
30 26 Utah 3 - 1 0.671
31 41 Central Michigan 4 - 1 0.671
32 25 South Carolina 4 - 1 0.669
33 19 California 3 - 2 0.669
34 29 UCLA 3 - 1 0.667
35 39 Arizona 3 - 1 0.659
36 38 Connecticut 3 - 1 0.650
37 54 Wake Forest 3 - 2 0.642
38 33 Oklahoma St. 3 - 1 0.638
39 32 Michigan 4 - 1 0.625
40 52 Baylor 3 - 1 0.622
41 53 Tulsa 4 - 1 0.618
42 55 West Virginia 3 - 1 0.611
43 42 North Carolina St. 3 - 2 0.604
44 57 Oregon St. 3 - 2 0.603
45 37 Clemson 2 - 3 0.601
46 46 Rutgers 3 - 1 0.599
47 48 Air Force 3 - 2 0.596
48 30 Houston 3 - 1 0.593
49 45 Minnesota 3 - 2 0.592
50 61 Arkansas 2 - 2 0.592
51 51 Tennessee 2 - 3 0.591
52 44 Florida St. 2 - 3 0.588
53 24 North Carolina 3 - 2 0.588
54 65 Navy 3 - 2 0.583
55 64 Michigan St. 2 - 3 0.582
56 60 Washington 2 - 3 0.580
57 47 Texas Tech 3 - 2 0.575
58 43 Arizona St. 2 - 2 0.573
59 49 Texas A&M 3 - 1 0.567
60 56 Kentucky 2 - 2 0.550
61 78 Northern Illinois 3 - 2 0.543
62 50 Southern Mississippi 3 - 2 0.542
63 81 Idaho 4 - 1 0.529
64 59 Mississippi St. 2 - 3 0.524
65 66 Fresno St. 1 - 3 0.511
66 58 Vanderbilt 2 - 3 0.510
67 62 Middle Tennessee St. 3 - 1 0.510
68 71 East Carolina 3 - 2 0.506
69 63 Indiana 3 - 2 0.497
70 89 Louisiana Tech 2 - 2 0.488
71 72 Troy St. 2 - 2 0.487
72 87 Kansas St. 3 - 2 0.485
73 67 Colorado St. 3 - 2 0.484
74 77 LA-Monroe 3 - 2 0.480
75 84 Northwestern 3 - 2 0.473
76 80 Arkansas St. 1 - 3 0.471
77 88 Ohio 3 - 2 0.469
78 73 Toledo 3 - 2 0.467
79 70 Iowa St. 3 - 2 0.466
80 79 Central Florida 3 - 2 0.461
81 68 Illinois 1 - 3 0.455
82 74 Purdue 1 - 4 0.437
83 69 Marshall 3 - 2 0.432
84 98 Nevada 1 - 3 0.427
85 85 Syracuse 2 - 3 0.425
86 103 Texas-El Paso 2 - 3 0.424
87 76 Colorado 1 - 3 0.420
88 96 Virginia 1 - 3 0.419
89 75 Hawaii 2 - 2 0.408
90 97 Maryland 2 - 3 0.404
91 92 LA-Lafayette 2 - 2 0.403
92 91 Duke 2 - 3 0.403
93 100 Temple 2 - 2 0.394
94 95 Wyoming 3 - 2 0.393
95 82 Louisville 1 - 3 0.388
96 94 Akron 1 - 3 0.381
97 93 Utah St. 1 - 3 0.380
98 99 Southern Methodist 2 - 2 0.376
99 109 AL-Birmingham 2 - 3 0.376
100 108 San Diego St. 2 - 3 0.373
101 83 Nevada-Las Vegas 2 - 3 0.371
102 86 Western Michigan 2 - 3 0.364
103 90 Bowling Green 1 - 4 0.363
104 102 San Jose St. 1 - 3 0.356
105 106 Washington St. 1 - 4 0.325
106 107 Buffalo 1 - 4 0.324
107 105 Kent 2 - 3 0.318
108 101 Florida International 0 - 4 0.311
109 112 Tulane 2 - 2 0.307
110 104 Florida Atlantic 0 - 4 0.280
111 113 North Texas 1 - 3 0.271
112 110 Memphis 1 - 4 0.268
113 111 Army 2 - 3 0.265
114 116 New Mexico St. 2 - 3 0.230
115 115 Rice 0 - 5 0.220
116 114 Eastern Michigan 0 - 4 0.209
117 117 Ball St. 0 - 5 0.188
118 118 New Mexico 0 - 5 0.184
119 120 Western Kentucky 0 - 4 0.180
120 119 Miami, Ohio 0 - 5 0.169
121 121 Wild Card U. 5 - 74 0.142

2009 conference power ratings:

Conference2009 Record Power Rating
SEC 25-3 .676
Pac-10 19-8 .641
Big Twelve 34-13 .631
Big East 23-7 .616
Big Ten 25-9 .611
ACC 22-12 .596
Independents 9-6 .517
Mountain West 20-15.502
WAC 16-17 .459
Conference USA 17-18.427
Sun Belt 8-21 .377
MAC 13-31 .374

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