ARGH 2018 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2018 season as of 10-7-18. Teams included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .561, or about 3.21 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 10-7-18

This Week	Last Week	Team	2018 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	4	Clemson	6 - 0	0.903	32
2	3	Georgia	6 - 0	0.895	43
3	1	Alabama	6 - 0	0.891	64
4	2	Notre Dame	6 - 0	0.881	6
5	5	Ohio St.	6 - 0	0.876	47
6	8	Michigan	5 - 1	0.847	9
7	16	Florida	5 - 1	0.814	23
8	6	Louisiana St.	5 - 1	0.814	7
9	10	Washington	5 - 1	0.809	40
10	7	Oklahoma	5 - 1	0.808	15
11	9	Kentucky	5 - 1	0.808	16
12	13	Penn State	4 - 1	0.794	39
13	12	Miami, Florida	5 - 1	0.785	65
14	19	Central Florida	5 - 0	0.784	120
15	17	West Virginia	5 - 0	0.775	93
16	27	Mississippi St.	4 - 2	0.767	28
17	22	Texas	5 - 1	0.767	11
18	15	Wisconsin	4 - 1	0.762	77
19	25	Cincinnati	6 - 0	0.760	119
20	23	North Carolina St.	5 - 0	0.756	97
21	11	Auburn	4 - 2	0.752	25
22	26	Iowa	4 - 1	0.748	49
23	21	Duke	4 - 1	0.745	45
24	35	Fresno St.	4 - 1	0.726	83
25	29	South Carolina	3 - 2	0.720	3
26	41	Texas A&M	4 - 2	0.715	27
27	45	Colorado	5 - 0	0.711	114
28	14	Stanford	4 - 2	0.703	12
29	20	Boise State	3 - 2	0.690	52
30	32	Texas Christian	3 - 2	0.682	21
31	18	Michigan St.	3 - 2	0.677	22
32	53	Utah St.	4 - 1	0.674	105
33	54	Utah	3 - 2	0.670	29
34	24	Syracuse	4 - 2	0.664	63
35	36	Army	3 - 2	0.663	13
36	47	San Diego St.	4 - 1	0.659	51
37	39	Texas Tech	3 - 2	0.659	36
38	44	Washington St.	5 - 1	0.659	109
39	40	Maryland	3 - 2	0.654	10
40	34	Missouri	3 - 2	0.652	35
41	49	South Florida	5 - 0	0.648	122
42	33	Boston College	4 - 2	0.647	71
43	30	Virginia Tech	3 - 2	0.646	46
44	43	Southern California	3 - 2	0.643	14
45	31	North Texas	5 - 1	0.640	127
46	28	Oklahoma St.	4 - 2	0.631	87
47	37	Arizona St.	3 - 3	0.631	19
48	42	Oregon	4 - 1	0.628	121
49	50	Troy	5 - 1	0.624	116
50	61	Northwestern	2 - 3	0.615	5
51	38	Indiana	4 - 2	0.612	30
52	55	Buffalo	5 - 1	0.610	111
53	65	Iowa St.	2 - 3	0.609	4
54	46	Minnesota	3 - 2	0.608	33
55	73	AL-Birmingham	4 - 1	0.608	117
56	59	Mississippi	4 - 2	0.607	57
57	66	Georgia Southern	4 - 1	0.606	104
58	51	Appalachian St.	3 - 1	0.602	115
59	52	Vanderbilt	3 - 3	0.592	8
60	62	Houston	4 - 1	0.590	118
61	63	Western Michigan	4 - 2	0.590	70
62	57	Virginia	3 - 2	0.575	74
63	75	Georgia Tech	3 - 3	0.570	78
64	64	Purdue	2 - 3	0.559	31
65	67	Toledo	3 - 2	0.551	86
66	71	Baylor	4 - 2	0.550	81
67	48	Louisiana Tech	3 - 2	0.541	68
68	70	Memphis	4 - 2	0.539	129
69	74	Hawaii	6 - 1	0.529	128
70	84	Temple	3 - 3	0.519	91
71	68	Florida International	3 - 2	0.518	102
72	56	Wake Forest	3 - 3	0.516	41
73	69	Florida St.	3 - 3	0.514	54
74	58	California	3 - 2	0.512	96
75	89	Middle Tennessee	3 - 2	0.511	50
76	60	Brigham Young	3 - 3	0.509	26
77	80	Arizona	3 - 3	0.498	90
78	78	Coastal Carolina	3 - 2	0.493	60
79	87	Tennessee	2 - 3	0.487	44
80	97	Pittsburgh	3 - 3	0.485	37
81	72	Marshall	3 - 2	0.479	103
82	90	Florida Atlantic	3 - 3	0.479	66
83	77	Arkansas St.	3 - 2	0.478	84
84	85	Ohio	3 - 2	0.475	107
85	81	Eastern Michigan	2 - 4	0.465	55
86	94	Northern Illinois	3 - 3	0.465	48
87	93	Illinois	3 - 2	0.464	99
88	79	Nevada	3 - 3	0.461	80
89	102	Air Force	2 - 3	0.458	98
90	83	Tulane	2 - 4	0.454	24
91	76	Akron	2 - 2	0.454	79
92	105	New Mexico	3 - 2	0.443	112
93	88	Southern Mississippi	2 - 2	0.438	123
94	109	Miami, Ohio	2 - 4	0.431	56
95	91	Kansas St.	2 - 4	0.427	38
96	86	Southern Methodist	2 - 4	0.425	20
97	82	Navy	2 - 3	0.400	92
98	96	Kansas	2 - 4	0.393	88
99	106	UCLA	0 - 5	0.376	1
100	95	Ball St.	2 - 4	0.374	95
101	103	North Carolina	1 - 3	0.371	42
102	104	Nebraska	0 - 5	0.367	2
103	99	Wyoming	2 - 4	0.365	73
104	101	Arkansas	1 - 5	0.364	17
105	115	Louisiana	2 - 3	0.353	76
106	92	Louisville	2 - 4	0.353	72
107	100	Liberty	2 - 3	0.349	101
108	107	Tulsa	1 - 4	0.346	58
109	98	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 3	0.335	124
110	110	Massachusetts	2 - 5	0.335	82
111	112	Georgia St.	2 - 4	0.320	75
112	122	Colorado St.	2 - 4	0.316	85
113	113	Oregon St.	1 - 5	0.304	34
114	111	LA-Monroe	2 - 4	0.303	69
115	108	East Carolina	2 - 3	0.302	110
116	117	Charlotte	2 - 3	0.290	113
117	116	Central Michigan	1 - 5	0.285	53
118	124	Texas-San Antonio	3 - 3	0.281	126
119	119	Western Kentucky	1 - 4	0.272	100
120	114	Old Dominion	1 - 5	0.270	94
121	123	Kent St.	1 - 5	0.259	67
122	128	New Mexico St.	2 - 4	0.256	108
123	120	South Alabama	1 - 5	0.240	59
124	118	Rutgers	1 - 5	0.239	61
125	126	Bowling Green	1 - 5	0.238	62
126	121	Connecticut	1 - 5	0.237	18
127	125	Rice	1 - 5	0.191	106
128	127	San Jose St.	0 - 5	0.186	89
129	129	Texas St.	1 - 4	0.168	130
130	130	Wild Card U.	7 - 92	0.134	0
131	131	Texas-El Paso	0 - 6	0.098	125

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