ARGH 2016 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2016 season as of October 10, 2016. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .556, or about 3.02 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 10-9-16

This Week	Last Week	Team	2016 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	2	Michigan	6 - 0	0.917	16
2	1	Alabama	6 - 0	0.907	20
3	3	Clemson	6 - 0	0.900	17
4	4	Ohio St.	5 - 0	0.878	57
5	6	Texas A&M	6 - 0	0.870	9
6	7	Washington	6 - 0	0.860	87
7	5	Tennessee	5 - 1	0.827	1
8	9	Wisconsin	4 - 1	0.811	8
9	10	Louisville	4 - 1	0.791	29
10	11	Western Michigan	6 - 0	0.789	96
11	16	Boise State	5 - 0	0.787	77
12	13	Nebraska	5 - 0	0.784	83
13	18	Auburn	4 - 2	0.774	10
14	8	Houston	5 - 1	0.772	80
15	14	Florida	4 - 1	0.767	51
16	12	Miami, Florida	4 - 1	0.764	64
17	28	Virginia Tech	4 - 1	0.752	44
18	17	Louisiana St.	3 - 2	0.742	18
19	20	West Virginia	4 - 0	0.736	50
20	19	Baylor	5 - 0	0.731	126
21	27	Florida St.	4 - 2	0.722	4
22	24	Mississippi	3 - 2	0.716	12
23	21	Colorado	4 - 2	0.711	33
24	29	Utah	5 - 1	0.698	73
25	38	North Carolina St.	4 - 1	0.688	84
26	26	Oklahoma	3 - 2	0.684	13
27	33	South Florida	5 - 1	0.683	103
28	23	Arkansas	4 - 2	0.677	27
29	43	Penn State	4 - 2	0.675	11
30	15	Stanford	3 - 2	0.674	3
31	46	Arizona St.	5 - 1	0.674	47
32	37	Memphis	4 - 1	0.672	111
33	36	Southern California	3 - 3	0.672	2
34	31	Troy	4 - 1	0.666	79
35	25	UCLA	3 - 3	0.665	5
36	48	Wake Forest	5 - 1	0.664	67
37	30	Maryland	4 - 1	0.656	89
38	35	Georgia	4 - 2	0.653	14
39	22	North Carolina	4 - 2	0.652	25
40	60	Washington St.	3 - 2	0.650	49
41	57	Navy	4 - 1	0.645	60
42	55	Toledo	4 - 1	0.642	115
43	39	Pittsburgh	4 - 2	0.641	43
44	50	Brigham Young	3 - 3	0.640	6
45	34	Oklahoma St.	4 - 2	0.634	78
46	32	Air Force	4 - 1	0.633	92
47	41	Appalachian St.	3 - 2	0.633	19
48	42	Kansas St.	3 - 2	0.629	66
49	61	San Diego St.	4 - 1	0.595	117
50	51	Missouri	2 - 3	0.592	32
51	40	Georgia Tech	3 - 3	0.591	24
52	68	Iowa	4 - 2	0.577	122
53	54	Indiana	3 - 2	0.575	38
54	53	Minnesota	3 - 2	0.571	70
55	62	Middle Tennessee	4 - 1	0.571	121
56	49	California	3 - 3	0.571	23
57	59	Texas Christian	4 - 2	0.569	107
58	58	Texas Tech	3 - 2	0.567	82
59	65	Central Michigan	4 - 2	0.551	86
60	66	Central Florida	3 - 2	0.546	53
61	79	Old Dominion	4 - 2	0.539	106
62	83	Wyoming	4 - 2	0.538	69
63	67	Tulsa	4 - 1	0.537	119
64	45	Georgia Southern	3 - 2	0.537	110
65	70	Northwestern	2 - 3	0.533	40
66	52	Mississippi St.	2 - 3	0.531	35
67	63	Temple	3 - 3	0.531	99
68	47	Southern Mississippi	4 - 2	0.522	124
69	56	Michigan St.	2 - 3	0.511	34
70	64	Texas	2 - 3	0.509	45
71	75	Akron	4 - 2	0.504	98
72	69	Oregon	2 - 4	0.497	21
73	78	Kentucky	3 - 3	0.494	30
74	72	Arizona	2 - 4	0.490	22
75	87	Duke	3 - 3	0.488	88
76	73	Notre Dame	2 - 4	0.487	56
77	44	Western Kentucky	3 - 3	0.482	113
78	76	Eastern Michigan	4 - 2	0.481	105
79	82	Tulane	3 - 2	0.475	100
80	74	Army	3 - 2	0.474	127
81	80	Ohio	4 - 2	0.470	125
82	88	Louisiana Tech	3 - 3	0.469	95
83	71	Boston College	3 - 3	0.464	68
84	97	Oregon St.	2 - 3	0.463	31
85	92	Vanderbilt	2 - 4	0.442	28
86	102	Colorado St.	3 - 3	0.440	74
87	85	South Alabama	3 - 2	0.440	94
88	98	Connecticut	3 - 3	0.436	75
89	77	Cincinnati	3 - 3	0.431	97
90	91	East Carolina	2 - 4	0.429	36
91	81	South Carolina	2 - 4	0.429	15
92	84	Utah St.	2 - 4	0.428	48
93	100	Purdue	3 - 2	0.422	108
94	94	Ball St.	3 - 3	0.414	118
95	96	Virginia	2 - 3	0.410	81
96	90	Syracuse	2 - 4	0.408	37
97	113	Texas-San Antonio	2 - 3	0.406	76
98	86	Illinois	1 - 4	0.394	39
99	93	Rutgers	2 - 4	0.392	7
100	103	Hawaii	3 - 3	0.389	72
101	89	Marshall	1 - 4	0.376	62
102	95	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 4	0.375	91
103	105	Idaho	3 - 3	0.371	52
104	99	New Mexico	2 - 3	0.364	120
105	110	North Texas	3 - 3	0.358	114
106	119	Georgia St.	1 - 4	0.348	26
107	104	LA-Lafayette	2 - 3	0.342	101
108	106	Southern Methodist	2 - 4	0.337	63
109	115	Kent	2 - 4	0.336	93
110	107	Northern Illinois	1 - 5	0.333	42
111	101	Texas St.	2 - 3	0.330	58
112	108	Nevada	3 - 3	0.316	128
113	109	Iowa St.	1 - 5	0.302	65
114	123	Arkansas St.	1 - 4	0.298	54
115	114	Kansas	1 - 4	0.292	61
116	121	Charlotte	2 - 4	0.284	85
117	111	New Mexico St.	2 - 3	0.283	102
118	112	LA-Monroe	1 - 4	0.264	46
119	124	Florida International	2 - 4	0.258	116
120	117	Massachusetts	1 - 5	0.253	55
121	116	Fresno St.	1 - 5	0.253	71
122	120	Bowling Green	1 - 5	0.247	41
123	118	San Jose St.	1 - 5	0.239	109
124	122	Florida Atlantic	1 - 5	0.214	104
125	127	Rice	0 - 5	0.191	59
126	125	Buffalo	1 - 4	0.174	123
127	126	Texas-El Paso	1 - 5	0.163	112
128	128	Miami, Ohio	0 - 6	0.162	90
129	129	Wild Card U.	10 - 87	0.152	0

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