ARGH 2023 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2023 season after games of October 7. Teams currently included are the 133 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus Kennesaw State.

The estimated home field advantage is .557, or about 2.89 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 10-8-23

This WeekLast Week Team 2023 Record Power Rating SOS
1 2 Michigan 6 - 0 0.909 51
2 4 Oklahoma 6 - 0 0.901 6
3 5 Ohio St. 5 - 0 0.882 40
4 3 Penn State 5 - 0 0.875 55
5 6 Georgia 6 - 0 0.872 103
6 1 Texas 5 - 1 0.869 1
7 7 Alabama 5 - 1 0.853 2
8 10 Florida St. 5 - 0 0.840 28
9 15 Louisville 6 - 0 0.830 49
10 8 Washington 5 - 0 0.828 59
11 13 North Carolina 5 - 0 0.825 24
12 11 Oregon 5 - 0 0.815 118
13 12 Mississippi 5 - 1 0.801 11
14 9 Notre Dame 5 - 2 0.787 14
15 17 Southern California 6 - 0 0.764 120
16 19 Oregon St. 5 - 1 0.761 57
17 32 UCLA 4 - 1 0.760 47
18 31 Wisconsin 4 - 1 0.759 17
19 18 Utah 4 - 1 0.754 30
20 21 Air Force 5 - 0 0.747 127
21 29 Iowa 5 - 1 0.743 19
22 22 Duke 4 - 1 0.741 80
23 14 Texas A&M 4 - 2 0.739 16
24 35 Louisiana St. 4 - 2 0.728 5
25 16 Miami, Florida 4 - 1 0.728 85
26 30 Clemson 4 - 2 0.725 22
27 23 Washington St. 4 - 1 0.724 26
28 20 Maryland 5 - 1 0.722 101
29 28 Tennessee 4 - 1 0.720 98
30 37 James Madison 5 - 0 0.696 95
31 34 West Virginia 4 - 1 0.688 36
32 40 Kansas 5 - 1 0.683 77
33 27 Syracuse 4 - 2 0.677 52
34 33 Rutgers 4 - 2 0.675 54
35 38 Tulane 4 - 1 0.673 102
36 43 Liberty 5 - 0 0.664 128
37 24 Missouri 5 - 1 0.663 84
38 26 Kansas St. 3 - 2 0.658 61
39 47 Ohio 5 - 1 0.653 122
40 44 Florida 4 - 2 0.650 69
41 25 Kentucky 5 - 1 0.649 115
42 50 Wyoming 5 - 1 0.643 48
43 36 Fresno St. 5 - 1 0.640 129
44 54 Miami, Ohio 5 - 1 0.633 117
45 42 Auburn 3 - 2 0.632 58
46 41 Memphis 4 - 1 0.630 110
47 46 Brigham Young 4 - 1 0.627 97
48 45 Southern Methodist 3 - 2 0.623 81
49 53 Texas Tech 3 - 3 0.620 37
50 49 Georgia Southern 4 - 1 0.615 104
51 56 Troy 4 - 2 0.614 78
52 57 North Carolina St. 4 - 2 0.612 63
53 39 Texas Christian 3 - 3 0.600 50
54 52 Toledo 5 - 1 0.595 132
55 80 Iowa St. 3 - 3 0.586 8
56 58 Colorado 4 - 2 0.569 25
57 48 Marshall 4 - 1 0.568 111
58 82 Georgia Tech 3 - 3 0.565 12
59 65 South Carolina 2 - 3 0.553 4
60 85 South Alabama 3 - 3 0.550 89
61 66 Cincinnati 2 - 3 0.548 32
62 68 Western Kentucky 4 - 2 0.548 88
63 75 Jacksonville St. 5 - 1 0.546 133
64 60 Appalachian St. 3 - 2 0.545 74
65 55 Minnesota 3 - 3 0.543 9
66 69 Georgia St. 4 - 1 0.543 114
67 59 Wake Forest 3 - 2 0.542 94
68 63 Arkansas 2 - 4 0.537 23
69 73 Mississippi St. 3 - 3 0.535 44
70 61 Purdue 2 - 4 0.524 3
71 67 Nevada-Las Vegas 4 - 1 0.524 119
72 77 Coastal Carolina 2 - 3 0.519 53
73 51 Central Florida 3 - 3 0.517 96
74 87 Louisiana 4 - 2 0.516 113
75 93 Oklahoma St. 3 - 2 0.513 91
76 89 Utah St. 3 - 3 0.512 64
77 90 Nebraska 3 - 3 0.508 31
78 71 Arizona 3 - 3 0.506 93
79 78 Michigan St. 2 - 3 0.498 29
80 70 California 3 - 3 0.495 67
81 81 Boise State 3 - 3 0.488 73
82 72 Texas St. 4 - 2 0.479 125
83 62 Army 2 - 3 0.474 106
84 83 Virginia Tech 2 - 4 0.463 13
85 91 Texas-San Antonio 2 - 3 0.451 68
86 103 Boston College 3 - 3 0.450 65
87 64 Rice 3 - 3 0.449 100
88 88 Northwestern 3 - 3 0.449 38
89 84 Tulsa 3 - 3 0.449 62
90 86 Houston 2 - 3 0.449 70
91 74 South Florida 3 - 3 0.448 72
92 79 Illinois 2 - 4 0.443 7
93 94 Indiana 2 - 3 0.437 34
94 76 Baylor 2 - 4 0.427 20
95 111 AL-Birmingham 2 - 4 0.427 35
96 95 Pittsburgh 1 - 4 0.425 33
97 108 Florida Atlantic 2 - 3 0.402 75
98 96 Bowling Green 2 - 4 0.395 10
99 104 San Diego St. 2 - 4 0.392 18
100 109 Old Dominion 3 - 3 0.389 108
101 98 East Carolina 1 - 4 0.381 41
102 105 Navy 2 - 3 0.377 87
103 92 Central Michigan 3 - 3 0.375 92
104 115 New Mexico St. 3 - 3 0.372 131
105 97 Colorado St. 2 - 3 0.370 86
106 100 San Jose St. 1 - 5 0.364 21
107 99 Vanderbilt 2 - 5 0.356 71
108 102 Arkansas St. 3 - 3 0.355 82
109 106 Louisiana Tech 3 - 4 0.350 123
110 112 New Mexico 2 - 3 0.349 99
111 124 Northern Illinois 2 - 4 0.344 116
112 107 Western Michigan 2 - 4 0.342 56
113 117 Eastern Michigan 3 - 3 0.336 130
114 123 Buffalo 2 - 4 0.331 105
115 119 Virginia 1 - 5 0.329 27
116 110 North Texas 2 - 3 0.311 124
117 101 LA-Monroe 2 - 3 0.310 76
118 113 Florida International 3 - 3 0.301 126
119 120 Charlotte 1 - 4 0.292 39
120 114 Temple 2 - 4 0.287 107
121 116 Middle Tennessee 1 - 5 0.284 42
122 132 Connecticut 1 - 5 0.282 43
123 121 Arizona St. 1 - 5 0.278 60
124 118 Southern Mississippi 1 - 5 0.265 83
125 125 Hawaii 2 - 4 0.255 112
126 126 Stanford 1 - 4 0.254 79
127 122 Ball St. 1 - 5 0.225 66
128 129 Massachusetts 1 - 6 0.217 90
129 130 Sam Houston St. 0 - 5 0.211 15
130 127 Kent St. 1 - 5 0.207 46
131 131 Texas-El Paso 1 - 5 0.204 109
132 133 Nevada 0 - 5 0.176 45
133 128 Akron 1 - 5 0.165 121
134 135 Wild Card U. 9 - 107 0.114 0
135 134 Kennesaw St. 1 - 5 0.109 134

2023 conference power ratings:

Conference2023 Record Power Rating
SEC 34-8 .663
Big Ten 32-9 .641
Pac-12 29-5 .626
ACC 33-13 .625
Big Twelve 30-12 .620
Sun Belt 32-17 .497
Mountain West 24-23.455
AAC 23-30 .443
Independents 9-16 .440
Conference USA 14-17.386
MAC 20-28 .383

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