ARGH 2019 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2019 season as of 9-29-19. Teams included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .574, or about 3.74 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 10-7-19

This WeekLast Week Team 2019 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Ohio St. 6 - 0 0.933 5
2 2 Clemson 5 - 0 0.894 36
3 4 Alabama 5 - 0 0.885 48
4 7 Florida 6 - 0 0.868 78
5 5 Georgia 5 - 0 0.865 83
6 3 Auburn 5 - 1 0.863 1
7 10 Wisconsin 5 - 0 0.848 52
8 8 Penn State 5 - 0 0.848 96
9 6 Louisiana St. 5 - 0 0.845 81
10 14 Oregon 4 - 1 0.816 34
11 13 Oklahoma 5 - 0 0.805 109
12 11 Notre Dame 4 - 1 0.802 43
13 12 Iowa 4 - 1 0.796 27
14 18 Michigan 4 - 1 0.789 17
15 9 Michigan St. 4 - 2 0.772 3
16 16 Boise State 5 - 0 0.766 93
17 30 Baylor 5 - 0 0.766 107
18 17 Southern Methodist 6 - 0 0.757 65
19 19 Cincinnati 4 - 1 0.752 13
20 26 Missouri 4 - 1 0.736 86
21 32 Memphis 5 - 0 0.731 118
22 27 Texas 4 - 1 0.730 26
23 20 Wake Forest 5 - 0 0.723 101
24 23 Appalachian St. 4 - 0 0.721 114
25 22 Utah 4 - 1 0.715 91
26 21 Arizona St. 4 - 1 0.713 39
27 15 Washington 4 - 2 0.712 32
28 24 Central Florida 4 - 2 0.707 56
29 25 Texas A&M 3 - 2 0.705 25
30 39 Tulane 4 - 1 0.694 51
31 29 Mississippi St. 3 - 2 0.685 4
32 31 Virginia 4 - 1 0.684 66
33 45 Iowa St. 3 - 2 0.673 44
34 33 Louisiana 4 - 1 0.673 87
35 37 Minnesota 5 - 0 0.671 116
36 28 Oklahoma St. 4 - 2 0.658 38
37 38 Southern California 3 - 2 0.649 15
38 35 California 4 - 2 0.645 18
39 43 Hawaii 4 - 1 0.643 79
40 42 Indiana 3 - 2 0.638 42
41 53 Arizona 4 - 1 0.635 70
42 36 Duke 3 - 2 0.629 40
43 34 Kansas St. 3 - 2 0.624 61
44 44 Florida St. 3 - 2 0.622 21
45 62 Pittsburgh 4 - 2 0.613 22
46 58 Toledo 4 - 1 0.613 100
47 47 Wyoming 4 - 1 0.609 102
48 48 South Carolina 2 - 3 0.609 16
49 57 North Carolina 3 - 3 0.601 8
50 61 Temple 4 - 1 0.601 121
51 66 Maryland 3 - 2 0.600 64
52 41 Air Force 3 - 2 0.596 59
53 40 Texas Christian 3 - 2 0.595 72
54 51 Syracuse 3 - 2 0.592 35
55 70 Stanford 3 - 3 0.587 2
56 55 Nebraska 4 - 2 0.585 58
57 56 Kentucky 2 - 3 0.582 11
58 63 San Diego St. 4 - 1 0.582 126
59 46 Colorado 3 - 2 0.579 29
60 49 Utah St. 3 - 2 0.576 50
61 60 Florida Atlantic 3 - 2 0.574 33
62 50 Army 3 - 2 0.568 92
63 54 Washington St. 3 - 2 0.564 111
64 67 Louisville 3 - 2 0.555 55
65 87 Navy 3 - 1 0.553 89
66 59 Western Michigan 3 - 3 0.552 60
67 64 North Carolina St. 3 - 2 0.548 104
68 81 Texas Tech 3 - 2 0.543 75
69 52 Miami, Florida 2 - 3 0.538 63
70 79 Mississippi 3 - 3 0.529 45
71 65 West Virginia 3 - 2 0.520 53
72 72 Louisiana Tech 4 - 1 0.518 120
73 68 Brigham Young 2 - 3 0.517 12
74 73 Tulsa 2 - 3 0.516 9
75 75 Fresno St. 2 - 2 0.496 95
76 74 Southern Mississippi 3 - 2 0.495 80
77 77 Houston 2 - 3 0.495 41
78 82 Liberty 4 - 2 0.484 119
79 99 Oregon St. 2 - 3 0.475 54
80 92 Virginia Tech 3 - 2 0.474 110
81 93 AL-Birmingham 4 - 1 0.473 130
82 84 North Texas 2 - 3 0.469 84
83 76 Northwestern 1 - 4 0.468 7
84 69 Marshall 2 - 3 0.466 49
85 86 Miami, Ohio 2 - 3 0.466 10
86 71 Arkansas St. 3 - 3 0.462 67
87 78 Boston College 3 - 3 0.461 108
88 85 Coastal Carolina 3 - 2 0.446 128
89 98 Ohio 2 - 3 0.437 76
90 103 South Florida 2 - 3 0.432 85
91 106 Middle Tennessee 2 - 3 0.431 23
92 88 Tennessee 1 - 4 0.428 31
93 80 UCLA 1 - 5 0.427 6
94 109 Western Kentucky 3 - 2 0.423 122
95 107 Georgia St. 3 - 2 0.422 105
96 89 Kent St. 2 - 3 0.422 20
97 104 Ball St. 2 - 3 0.412 90
98 105 San Jose St. 3 - 2 0.410 113
99 83 Eastern Michigan 3 - 2 0.406 106
100 100 Georgia Southern 2 - 3 0.405 57
101 91 Troy 2 - 3 0.405 117
102 90 Purdue 1 - 4 0.404 24
103 96 LA-Monroe 2 - 3 0.404 74
104 102 Arkansas 2 - 3 0.398 97
105 94 Illinois 2 - 3 0.392 115
106 97 Buffalo 2 - 4 0.391 62
107 114 Florida International 2 - 3 0.391 125
108 101 Charlotte 2 - 3 0.387 77
109 117 Central Michigan 3 - 3 0.384 103
110 110 Texas St. 2 - 3 0.365 46
111 108 Nevada 3 - 2 0.363 94
112 95 Vanderbilt 1 - 4 0.353 19
113 112 East Carolina 3 - 3 0.351 124
114 111 Kansas 2 - 4 0.338 71
115 113 New Mexico 2 - 3 0.316 99
116 116 Georgia Tech 1 - 4 0.298 37
117 123 Texas-San Antonio 2 - 3 0.294 98
118 115 Northern Illinois 1 - 4 0.290 82
119 120 Colorado St. 1 - 5 0.288 68
120 118 Nevada-Las Vegas 1 - 4 0.286 69
121 119 Rutgers 1 - 4 0.268 28
122 121 Connecticut 1 - 4 0.235 73
123 122 Old Dominion 1 - 4 0.229 112
124 124 Rice 0 - 6 0.215 14
125 126 South Alabama 1 - 5 0.215 88
126 125 Bowling Green 1 - 4 0.212 47
127 127 New Mexico St. 0 - 6 0.184 30
128 128 Texas-El Paso 1 - 4 0.174 123
129 130 Wild Card U. 3 - 98 0.122 0
130 129 Massachusetts 1 - 5 0.119 129
131 131 Akron 0 - 5 0.112 127

2019 conference power ratings:

Conference2019 Record Power Rating
SEC 31-10 .668
Big Ten 31-8 .644
Pac-12 24-10 .626
Big Twelve 24-6 .625
ACC 29-12 .588
AAC 31-13 .569
Mountain West 26-16.494
Sun Belt 19-18 .452
Independents 13-18 .446
Conference USA 20-29.396
MAC 17-30 .391

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