ARGH 2008 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2008 season as of October 12. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams, including provisional member Western Kentucky.

The estimated home field advantage is .588, or about 4.21 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 2008 Record Power Rating
1 2 Penn State 7 - 0 0.889
2 4 Texas 6 - 0 0.883
3 1 Alabama 6 - 0 0.876
4 6 Southern California 4 - 1 0.862
5 7 Florida 5 - 1 0.842
6 3 Oklahoma 5 - 1 0.826
7 19 Oklahoma St. 6 - 0 0.802
8 13 Brigham Young 6 - 0 0.799
9 18 Boise State 5 - 0 0.796
10 11 Ohio St. 6 - 1 0.796
11 5 Missouri 5 - 1 0.794
12 8 Georgia 5 - 1 0.791
13 17 Michigan St. 6 - 1 0.789
14 9 Utah 7 - 0 0.789
15 15 Ball St. 7 - 0 0.788
16 20 Texas Christian 6 - 1 0.774
17 21 Texas Tech 6 - 0 0.767
18 16 California 4 - 1 0.759
19 24 Wake Forest 4 - 1 0.759
20 23 South Florida 5 - 1 0.735
21 30 North Carolina 5 - 1 0.726
22 14 Kentucky 4 - 2 0.724
23 22 Virginia Tech 5 - 1 0.724
24 25 Florida St. 4 - 1 0.720
25 35 Minnesota 6 - 1 0.720
26 34 Kansas 5 - 1 0.717
27 10 Vanderbilt 5 - 1 0.716
28 26 Georgia Tech 5 - 1 0.710
29 40 South Carolina 5 - 2 0.704
30 33 Connecticut 5 - 1 0.703
31 29 Oregon 5 - 2 0.699
32 12 Louisiana St. 4 - 1 0.692
33 43 Iowa 4 - 3 0.692
34 32 Tulsa 6 - 0 0.682
35 31 Boston College 4 - 1 0.679
36 42 Oregon St. 3 - 3 0.679
37 39 Pittsburgh 4 - 1 0.672
38 27 Northwestern 5 - 1 0.667
39 41 Cincinnati 5 - 1 0.662
40 36 Arizona 4 - 2 0.645
41 38 Notre Dame 4 - 2 0.644
42 49 Western Michigan 6 - 1 0.626
43 28 Auburn 4 - 3 0.622
44 46 Nebraska 3 - 3 0.616
45 45 Clemson 3 - 3 0.608
46 52 Troy St. 3 - 2 0.606
47 47 Navy 4 - 2 0.603
48 48 Mississippi 3 - 3 0.596
49 37 Wisconsin 3 - 3 0.593
50 57 Stanford 4 - 3 0.584
51 44 Illinois 3 - 3 0.584
52 60 Air Force 4 - 2 0.580
53 50 West Virginia 4 - 2 0.574
54 58 Louisville 3 - 2 0.572
55 61 Miami, Florida 3 - 3 0.559
56 64 Kansas St. 4 - 2 0.553
57 55 Maryland 4 - 2 0.545
58 62 Duke 3 - 2 0.537
59 54 Colorado 3 - 3 0.530
60 71 Houston 3 - 3 0.527
61 67 Northern Illinois 3 - 3 0.527
62 53 Tennessee 2 - 4 0.525
63 56 Fresno St. 4 - 2 0.521
64 76 Baylor 3 - 3 0.519
65 74 Bowling Green 3 - 3 0.517
66 59 Arizona St. 2 - 4 0.513
67 51 East Carolina 3 - 3 0.508
68 66 Purdue 2 - 4 0.504
69 73 Central Michigan 4 - 2 0.504
70 70 Arkansas St. 4 - 2 0.500
71 68 Rice 3 - 3 0.490
72 82 Arkansas 3 - 3 0.483
73 86 San Jose St. 4 - 2 0.480
74 92 Virginia 3 - 3 0.466
75 65 Nevada 3 - 3 0.460
76 72 Buffalo 2 - 4 0.460
77 84 Texas-El Paso 3 - 3 0.453
78 96 Florida International 3 - 3 0.452
79 69 Indiana 2 - 4 0.449
80 94 Mississippi St. 2 - 4 0.440
81 100 New Mexico St. 3 - 2 0.439
82 93 Hawaii 3 - 3 0.437
83 77 New Mexico 3 - 4 0.436
84 78 Southern Mississippi 2 - 4 0.424
85 75 Akron 3 - 4 0.421
86 81 Colorado St. 3 - 3 0.419
87 79 Nevada-Las Vegas 3 - 3 0.413
88 63 Michigan 2 - 4 0.410
89 99 LA-Lafayette 3 - 3 0.406
90 85 UCLA 2 - 4 0.405
91 83 Temple 2 - 5 0.402
92 87 Memphis 3 - 4 0.395
93 80 Middle Tennessee St. 2 - 4 0.389
94 91 Marshall 3 - 3 0.389
95 88 Iowa St. 2 - 4 0.387
96 89 Texas A&M 2 - 4 0.385
97 95 Rutgers 1 - 5 0.384
98 90 Western Kentucky 2 - 5 0.377
99 97 North Carolina St. 2 - 4 0.367
100 106 Toledo 2 - 4 0.364
101 105 Ohio 2 - 5 0.360
102 101 Louisiana Tech 2 - 3 0.352
103 103 Washington 0 - 5 0.346
104 98 Florida Atlantic 1 - 5 0.337
105 102 Central Florida 2 - 4 0.334
106 104 Tulane 2 - 4 0.308
107 107 Syracuse 1 - 5 0.285
108 108 Eastern Michigan 2 - 5 0.279
109 111 LA-Monroe 1 - 5 0.260
110 109 Miami, Ohio 1 - 5 0.254
111 110 AL-Birmingham 1 - 6 0.249
112 112 San Diego St. 1 - 5 0.242
113 113 Utah St. 1 - 5 0.238
114 115 Washington St. 1 - 6 0.238
115 116 Wyoming 2 - 5 0.226
116 118 Army 2 - 4 0.224
117 114 Kent 1 - 6 0.222
118 117 Southern Methodist 1 - 6 0.219
119 119 Idaho 1 - 6 0.156
120 120 North Texas 0 - 6 0.130
121 121 Wild Card U. 2 - 82 0.109

2008 conference power ratings:

Conference2008 Record Power Rating
SEC 28-5 .667
Big Twelve 38-10 .648
Big Ten 31-10 .645
ACC 32-10 .617
Big East 22-12 .573
Pac-10 13-15 .573
Mountain West 23-11.520
Independents 10-8 .490
MAC 19-29 .440
WAC 17-17 .431
Conference USA 15-27.415
Sun Belt 10-25 .384

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