ARGH 2009 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2009 season through games of 10-10-09. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .589, or about 4.22 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 5 - 0 0.916
2 2 Alabama 6 - 0 0.890
3 3 Texas 5 - 0 0.851
4 8 Virginia Tech 5 - 1 0.851
5 4 Southern California 4 - 1 0.836
6 6 Ohio St. 5 - 1 0.821
7 7 Boise State 5 - 0 0.809
8 9 Cincinnati 5 - 0 0.803
9 10 Iowa 6 - 0 0.800
10 12 Oregon 5 - 1 0.800
11 21 Nebraska 4 - 1 0.798
12 14 Texas Christian 5 - 0 0.796
13 5 Louisiana St. 5 - 1 0.788
14 11 Kansas 5 - 0 0.773
15 17 Oklahoma 3 - 2 0.769
16 13 South Florida 5 - 0 0.748
17 16 Penn State 5 - 1 0.746
18 27 Pittsburgh 5 - 1 0.726
19 22 Miami, Florida 4 - 1 0.720
20 25 Brigham Young 5 - 1 0.719
21 23 Georgia Tech 5 - 1 0.713
22 24 Notre Dame 4 - 1 0.709
23 20 Wisconsin 5 - 1 0.701
24 30 Utah 4 - 1 0.694
25 15 Auburn 5 - 1 0.691
26 31 Central Michigan 5 - 1 0.690
27 19 Missouri 4 - 1 0.690
28 32 South Carolina 5 - 1 0.685
29 18 Stanford 4 - 2 0.682
30 26 Mississippi 3 - 2 0.678
31 33 California 3 - 2 0.670
32 38 Oklahoma St. 4 - 1 0.660
33 50 Arkansas 3 - 2 0.652
34 51 Tennessee 3 - 3 0.649
35 44 Oregon St. 4 - 2 0.642
36 35 Arizona 3 - 2 0.639
37 28 Boston College 4 - 2 0.639
38 36 Connecticut 3 - 2 0.636
39 29 Georgia 3 - 3 0.636
40 48 Houston 4 - 1 0.634
41 42 West Virginia 4 - 1 0.632
42 54 Navy 4 - 2 0.628
43 34 UCLA 3 - 2 0.627
44 39 Michigan 4 - 2 0.626
45 56 Washington 3 - 3 0.623
46 37 Wake Forest 4 - 2 0.621
47 46 Rutgers 4 - 1 0.620
48 49 Minnesota 4 - 2 0.616
49 57 Texas Tech 4 - 2 0.613
50 55 Michigan St. 3 - 3 0.610
51 41 Tulsa 4 - 1 0.609
52 53 North Carolina 4 - 2 0.605
53 58 Arizona St. 3 - 2 0.601
54 45 Clemson 2 - 3 0.594
55 47 Air Force 3 - 3 0.591
56 40 Baylor 3 - 2 0.587
57 63 Idaho 5 - 1 0.579
58 60 Kentucky 2 - 3 0.561
59 65 Fresno St. 2 - 3 0.551
60 71 Troy St. 3 - 2 0.550
61 61 Northern Illinois 3 - 2 0.549
62 52 Florida St. 2 - 4 0.544
63 43 North Carolina St. 3 - 3 0.534
64 59 Texas A&M 3 - 2 0.532
65 77 Ohio 4 - 2 0.519
66 62 Southern Mississippi 3 - 3 0.514
67 88 Virginia 2 - 3 0.501
68 92 Duke 3 - 3 0.497
69 76 Arkansas St. 1 - 3 0.494
70 83 Marshall 4 - 2 0.493
71 74 LA-Monroe 3 - 2 0.485
72 73 Colorado St. 3 - 3 0.478
73 84 Nevada 2 - 3 0.477
74 64 Mississippi St. 2 - 4 0.474
75 67 Middle Tennessee St. 3 - 2 0.470
76 79 Iowa St. 3 - 3 0.467
77 75 Northwestern 4 - 2 0.464
78 80 Central Florida 3 - 2 0.463
79 68 East Carolina 3 - 3 0.462
80 95 Louisville 2 - 3 0.438
81 66 Vanderbilt 2 - 4 0.437
82 98 Southern Methodist 3 - 2 0.431
83 69 Indiana 3 - 3 0.429
84 102 Western Michigan 3 - 3 0.425
85 91 LA-Lafayette 3 - 2 0.424
86 70 Louisiana Tech 2 - 3 0.419
87 103 Bowling Green 2 - 4 0.418
88 94 Wyoming 4 - 2 0.416
89 82 Purdue 1 - 5 0.416
90 87 Colorado 1 - 4 0.403
91 81 Illinois 1 - 4 0.402
92 72 Kansas St. 3 - 3 0.402
93 78 Toledo 3 - 3 0.394
94 93 Temple 3 - 2 0.394
95 90 Maryland 2 - 4 0.387
96 85 Syracuse 2 - 4 0.385
97 86 Texas-El Paso 2 - 4 0.385
98 99 AL-Birmingham 2 - 3 0.383
99 100 San Diego St. 2 - 3 0.380
100 106 Buffalo 2 - 4 0.370
101 108 Florida International 1 - 4 0.351
102 101 Nevada-Las Vegas 2 - 4 0.345
103 89 Hawaii 2 - 3 0.339
104 97 Utah St. 1 - 4 0.332
105 104 San Jose St. 1 - 4 0.323
106 112 Memphis 2 - 4 0.322
107 96 Akron 1 - 4 0.321
108 113 Army 3 - 3 0.312
109 110 Florida Atlantic 0 - 4 0.297
110 105 Washington St. 1 - 5 0.292
111 107 Kent 2 - 4 0.291
112 109 Tulane 2 - 3 0.275
113 111 North Texas 1 - 4 0.274
114 114 New Mexico St. 3 - 3 0.260
115 116 Eastern Michigan 0 - 5 0.185
116 115 Rice 0 - 6 0.182
117 117 Ball St. 0 - 6 0.167
118 118 New Mexico 0 - 6 0.159
119 120 Miami, Ohio 0 - 6 0.150
120 119 Western Kentucky 0 - 5 0.150
121 121 Wild Card U. 5 - 79 0.132

2009 conference power ratings:

Conference2009 Record Power Rating
SEC 25-5 .671
Pac-10 19-8 .641
Big Twelve 34-13 .629
Big East 25-7 .624
Big Ten 27-10 .603
ACC 25-12 .600
Independents 11-6 .550
Mountain West 20-15.509
WAC 16-17 .454
Conference USA 18-20.429
Sun Belt 8-21 .388
MAC 14-32 .375

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