ARGH 2015 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2015 season as of October 11, 2015. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .555, or about 2.90 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 10-11-15

This WeekLast Week Team 2015 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Ohio St. 6 - 0 0.865 51
2 7 Florida 6 - 0 0.863 17
3 6 Utah 5 - 0 0.857 9
4 16 Michigan 5 - 1 0.853 4
5 5 Florida St. 5 - 0 0.845 49
6 2 Alabama 5 - 1 0.845 8
7 3 Texas A&M 5 - 0 0.835 20
8 9 Texas Christian 6 - 0 0.827 79
9 14 Clemson 5 - 0 0.826 38
10 8 Louisiana St. 5 - 0 0.814 53
11 19 Notre Dame 5 - 1 0.802 16
12 23 Temple 5 - 0 0.800 91
13 21 Boise State 5 - 1 0.800 87
14 11 Mississippi 5 - 1 0.797 62
15 17 UCLA 4 - 1 0.791 15
16 26 Oklahoma St. 6 - 0 0.786 88
17 18 Baylor 5 - 0 0.784 126
18 4 Northwestern 5 - 1 0.783 10
19 12 Stanford 4 - 1 0.781 22
20 15 Michigan St. 6 - 0 0.779 90
21 22 Duke 5 - 1 0.778 89
22 25 Toledo 5 - 0 0.771 94
23 10 Oklahoma 4 - 1 0.765 18
24 27 Iowa 6 - 0 0.764 99
25 24 California 5 - 1 0.759 35
26 13 Southern California 3 - 2 0.754 19
27 40 Penn State 5 - 1 0.736 72
28 34 Western Kentucky 5 - 1 0.724 80
29 31 Wisconsin 4 - 2 0.724 57
30 32 Memphis 5 - 0 0.721 113
31 36 Brigham Young 4 - 2 0.707 3
32 30 Mississippi St. 4 - 2 0.706 44
33 20 Georgia 4 - 2 0.706 48
34 55 Washington 3 - 2 0.701 13
35 33 North Carolina 4 - 1 0.688 111
36 45 Tennessee 3 - 3 0.682 7
37 37 Houston 5 - 0 0.681 121
38 35 Navy 4 - 1 0.678 71
39 28 West Virginia 3 - 2 0.676 41
40 41 Arizona St. 4 - 2 0.675 26
41 54 Ohio 5 - 1 0.661 114
42 29 Missouri 4 - 2 0.659 52
43 49 Pittsburgh 4 - 1 0.658 65
44 53 Marshall 5 - 1 0.651 122
45 44 Kentucky 4 - 1 0.651 59
46 59 Minnesota 4 - 2 0.643 21
47 56 Arizona 4 - 2 0.642 69
48 42 Kansas St. 3 - 2 0.635 50
49 43 Boston College 3 - 3 0.633 78
50 58 Appalachian St. 4 - 1 0.633 128
51 38 Illinois 4 - 2 0.627 67
52 39 North Carolina St. 4 - 2 0.622 119
53 46 Georgia Tech 2 - 4 0.618 11
54 48 Miami, Florida 3 - 2 0.612 64
55 47 Arkansas 2 - 4 0.609 2
56 66 Virginia Tech 3 - 3 0.607 45
57 65 Texas Tech 4 - 2 0.603 86
58 74 Utah St. 3 - 2 0.603 61
59 57 Auburn 3 - 2 0.601 37
60 50 Georgia Southern 4 - 1 0.601 116
61 51 Indiana 4 - 2 0.599 29
62 61 Louisville 2 - 3 0.591 28
63 69 Bowling Green 4 - 2 0.590 55
64 67 Louisiana Tech 4 - 2 0.589 101
65 64 Cincinnati 3 - 2 0.582 76
66 63 Vanderbilt 2 - 3 0.561 27
67 83 Texas 2 - 4 0.559 1
68 62 Nebraska 2 - 4 0.554 24
69 73 Northern Illinois 3 - 3 0.540 66
70 70 East Carolina 3 - 3 0.539 31
71 60 Syracuse 3 - 2 0.534 83
72 52 Oregon 3 - 3 0.532 81
73 80 Wake Forest 3 - 3 0.528 54
74 75 Air Force 3 - 2 0.517 109
75 68 Middle Tennessee St. 2 - 4 0.508 47
76 89 Akron 3 - 3 0.492 93
77 91 Washington St. 3 - 2 0.487 103
78 84 Tulsa 3 - 2 0.483 74
79 72 South Carolina 2 - 4 0.479 6
80 71 Colorado 3 - 3 0.473 105
81 102 South Florida 2 - 3 0.470 46
82 87 Western Michigan 2 - 3 0.469 40
83 77 Arkansas St. 2 - 3 0.465 58
84 96 San Diego St. 3 - 3 0.458 98
85 88 Rutgers 2 - 3 0.454 95
86 94 Nevada 3 - 3 0.451 85
87 81 Nevada-Las Vegas 2 - 4 0.448 36
88 76 Southern Mississippi 3 - 3 0.443 112
89 92 Maryland 2 - 4 0.441 12
90 95 San Jose St. 3 - 3 0.437 110
91 85 Central Michigan 2 - 4 0.432 42
92 105 Connecticut 3 - 3 0.431 96
93 86 Colorado St. 2 - 4 0.428 70
94 78 Ball St. 2 - 4 0.423 34
95 82 Oregon St. 2 - 3 0.422 23
96 79 Iowa St. 2 - 3 0.415 75
97 104 Florida International 3 - 3 0.413 123
98 97 Buffalo 2 - 3 0.410 104
99 93 Virginia 1 - 4 0.396 5
100 90 New Mexico 3 - 3 0.389 124
101 110 LA-Lafayette 2 - 3 0.384 97
102 106 Rice 3 - 3 0.377 108
103 99 Purdue 1 - 5 0.357 30
104 103 Massachusetts 1 - 4 0.357 14
105 98 Tulane 2 - 3 0.352 68
106 109 South Alabama 3 - 2 0.346 107
107 107 Kent 2 - 4 0.342 60
108 101 LA-Monroe 1 - 4 0.333 32
109 100 Hawaii 2 - 4 0.330 25
110 108 Texas St. 1 - 4 0.306 73
111 113 Old Dominion 2 - 3 0.291 102
112 114 Troy St. 1 - 4 0.278 63
113 111 Florida Atlantic 1 - 4 0.275 106
114 117 Texas-San Antonio 1 - 5 0.271 39
115 115 Army 1 - 5 0.270 92
116 112 Fresno St. 1 - 5 0.270 33
117 116 Idaho 1 - 4 0.257 56
118 118 Southern Methodist 1 - 5 0.252 82
119 119 Texas-El Paso 2 - 4 0.220 120
120 121 Miami, Ohio 1 - 5 0.217 43
121 120 Eastern Michigan 1 - 5 0.210 117
122 124 Charlotte 2 - 3 0.198 127
123 123 Georgia St. 1 - 4 0.179 125
124 125 New Mexico St. 0 - 5 0.175 84
125 122 Central Florida 0 - 6 0.173 100
126 127 Kansas 0 - 5 0.146 77
127 128 Wyoming 0 - 6 0.130 118
128 129 Wild Card U. 8 - 90 0.127 0
129 126 North Texas 0 - 5 0.117 115

2015 conference power ratings:

Conference2014 Record Power Rating
SEC 33-4 .701
Pac-12 28-7 .656
Big Ten 42-13 .656
ACC 33-15 .638
Big Twelve 23-7 .620
Independents 10-8 .593
AAC 25-17 .513
MAC 21-29 .455
Mountain West 17-27.438
Conference USA 19-27.391
Sun Belt 13-28 .360

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