ARGH 2012 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2012 season after games of October 13. Teams included are the 124 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus one team that will be starting FBS play in 2013.

The estimated home field advantage is .571, or about 3.93 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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This Week	Last Week	Team	2012 Record	Power Rating
1	1	Alabama	6 - 0	0.937
2	3	Notre Dame	6 - 0	0.932
3	4	Florida	6 - 0	0.910
4	2	South Carolina	6 - 1	0.877
5	7	Kansas St.	6 - 0	0.872
6	6	Oregon	6 - 0	0.865
7	5	Ohio St.	7 - 0	0.851
8	14	Oklahoma	4 - 1	0.850
9	9	Louisiana St.	6 - 1	0.834
10	20	Texas Tech	5 - 1	0.826
11	11	Southern California	5 - 1	0.816
12	15	Texas A&M	5 - 1	0.815
13	24	Oregon St.	5 - 0	0.812
14	13	Florida St.	6 - 1	0.806
15	18	Rutgers	6 - 0	0.798
16	8	Georgia	5 - 1	0.797
17	17	Mississippi St.	6 - 0	0.794
18	10	Stanford	4 - 2	0.787
19	22	Michigan	4 - 2	0.783
20	19	Boise State	5 - 1	0.782
21	28	Texas Christian	5 - 1	0.770
22	21	Iowa St.	4 - 2	0.754
23	25	Cincinnati	5 - 0	0.745
24	12	West Virginia	5 - 1	0.738
25	27	Louisville	6 - 0	0.736
26	16	Texas	4 - 2	0.734
27	26	Arizona St.	5 - 1	0.732
28	32	Nebraska	4 - 2	0.717
29	29	Clemson	5 - 1	0.711
30	41	North Carolina	5 - 2	0.709
31	23	Michigan St.	4 - 3	0.702
32	31	Oklahoma St.	3 - 2	0.697
33	49	Wisconsin	5 - 2	0.695
34	39	Northwestern	6 - 1	0.695
35	36	Tulsa	6 - 1	0.693
36	46	UCLA	5 - 2	0.692
37	34	Penn State	4 - 2	0.688
38	45	Northern Illinois	6 - 1	0.685
39	42	Western Kentucky	5 - 1	0.681
40	35	Ohio	7 - 0	0.671
41	30	Brigham Young	4 - 3	0.670
42	38	Louisiana Tech	5 - 1	0.666
43	55	Utah St.	5 - 2	0.666
44	59	Iowa	4 - 2	0.652
45	43	North Carolina St.	4 - 2	0.635
46	44	Arizona	3 - 3	0.634
47	61	Virginia Tech	4 - 3	0.630
48	40	Tennessee	3 - 3	0.626
49	47	Central Florida	4 - 2	0.620
50	51	Nevada	6 - 1	0.619
51	33	Baylor	3 - 2	0.615
52	48	Toledo	6 - 1	0.605
53	37	Missouri	3 - 4	0.604
54	60	Fresno St.	4 - 3	0.594
55	58	LA-Lafayette	4 - 1	0.591
56	64	LA-Monroe	4 - 2	0.589
57	66	Mississippi	4 - 3	0.589
58	53	Washington	3 - 3	0.585
59	52	Vanderbilt	2 - 4	0.582
60	56	Miami, Florida	4 - 3	0.578
61	65	California	3 - 4	0.574
62	57	Purdue	3 - 3	0.566
63	54	San Jose St.	4 - 2	0.563
64	50	Duke	5 - 2	0.563
65	63	Minnesota	4 - 2	0.543
66	70	Maryland	4 - 2	0.537
67	62	Utah	2 - 4	0.535
68	77	Temple	3 - 2	0.528
69	68	Kent	5 - 1	0.528
70	80	Arkansas	3 - 4	0.524
71	78	Bowling Green	4 - 3	0.521
72	91	Houston	3 - 3	0.494
73	69	Troy St.	3 - 3	0.494
74	85	New Mexico	4 - 3	0.492
75	90	Navy	3 - 3	0.491
76	72	Arkansas St.	4 - 3	0.487
77	67	Connecticut	3 - 4	0.487
78	84	Ball St.	4 - 3	0.483
79	74	San Diego St.	4 - 3	0.481
80	86	East Carolina	4 - 3	0.477
81	76	Georgia Tech	2 - 4	0.474
82	83	South Florida	2 - 4	0.467
83	79	Syracuse	2 - 4	0.457
84	88	Indiana	2 - 4	0.445
85	71	Texas-San Antonio	5 - 1	0.443
86	73	Auburn	1 - 5	0.433
87	82	Pittsburgh	2 - 4	0.430
88	98	Middle Tennessee St.	4 - 2	0.423
89	89	Marshall	2 - 4	0.421
90	81	Western Michigan	3 - 4	0.414
91	100	Air Force	3 - 3	0.405
92	93	Wake Forest	3 - 3	0.401
93	75	Kentucky	1 - 6	0.386
94	87	Southern Methodist	2 - 4	0.379
95	101	North Texas	2 - 4	0.372
96	106	Texas St.	3 - 3	0.370
97	92	Miami, Ohio	3 - 4	0.358
98	95	Illinois	2 - 5	0.356
99	97	Virginia	2 - 5	0.355
100	94	Central Michigan	2 - 4	0.354
101	96	AL-Birmingham	1 - 5	0.343
102	99	Boston College	1 - 5	0.316
103	113	Rice	2 - 5	0.310
104	103	Washington St.	2 - 5	0.308
105	108	Kansas	1 - 5	0.301
106	107	Southern Mississippi	0 - 6	0.279
107	104	Wyoming	1 - 5	0.278
108	102	Buffalo	1 - 5	0.276
109	105	Florida International	1 - 6	0.273
110	111	Akron	1 - 6	0.256
111	110	Texas-El Paso	1 - 6	0.252
112	116	Nevada-Las Vegas	1 - 6	0.231
113	109	Hawaii	1 - 5	0.227
114	114	South Alabama	1 - 5	0.222
115	115	Florida Atlantic	1 - 5	0.212
116	112	Army	1 - 5	0.211
117	123	Tulane	1 - 5	0.205
118	117	Colorado	1 - 5	0.188
119	119	New Mexico St.	1 - 5	0.180
120	118	Memphis	1 - 5	0.168
121	120	Eastern Michigan	0 - 6	0.166
122	121	Colorado St.	1 - 6	0.155
123	124	Wild Card U.	14 - 88	0.135
124	122	Idaho	1 - 6	0.131
125	125	Massachusetts	0 - 6	0.115
126	126	Georgia St.	1 - 6	0.073

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