ARGH 2016 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2016 season as of October 16, 2016. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .554, or about 2.93 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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Revised 10-16-16

This Week	Last Week	Team	2016 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	2	Alabama	7 - 0	0.930	8
2	1	Michigan	6 - 0	0.914	25
3	3	Clemson	7 - 0	0.911	12
4	4	Ohio St.	6 - 0	0.906	37
5	5	Texas A&M	6 - 0	0.866	18
6	6	Washington	6 - 0	0.859	91
7	10	Western Michigan	7 - 0	0.838	86
8	12	Nebraska	6 - 0	0.815	66
9	9	Louisville	5 - 1	0.812	32
10	11	Boise State	6 - 0	0.803	76
11	15	Florida	5 - 1	0.794	59
12	19	West Virginia	5 - 0	0.782	58
13	14	Houston	6 - 1	0.782	82
14	13	Auburn	4 - 2	0.779	10
15	8	Wisconsin	4 - 2	0.778	4
16	7	Tennessee	5 - 2	0.774	1
17	18	Louisiana St.	4 - 2	0.761	35
18	23	Colorado	5 - 2	0.758	27
19	20	Baylor	6 - 0	0.756	126
20	21	Florida St.	5 - 2	0.748	5
21	16	Miami, Florida	4 - 2	0.735	53
22	26	Oklahoma	4 - 2	0.725	9
23	33	Southern California	4 - 3	0.716	2
24	24	Utah	6 - 1	0.715	77
25	28	Arkansas	5 - 2	0.709	21
26	27	South Florida	6 - 1	0.707	101
27	32	Memphis	5 - 1	0.703	110
28	40	Washington St.	4 - 2	0.694	43
29	34	Troy	5 - 1	0.692	89
30	17	Virginia Tech	4 - 2	0.692	55
31	22	Mississippi	3 - 3	0.690	7
32	39	North Carolina	5 - 2	0.689	19
33	25	North Carolina St.	4 - 2	0.686	48
34	30	Stanford	4 - 2	0.684	3
35	29	Penn State	4 - 2	0.674	13
36	43	Pittsburgh	5 - 2	0.657	51
37	36	Wake Forest	5 - 2	0.648	47
38	47	Appalachian St.	4 - 2	0.646	46
39	42	Toledo	5 - 1	0.646	120
40	44	Brigham Young	4 - 3	0.644	15
41	54	Minnesota	4 - 2	0.639	60
42	31	Arizona St.	5 - 2	0.637	39
43	45	Oklahoma St.	4 - 2	0.637	79
44	41	Navy	4 - 1	0.635	73
45	35	UCLA	3 - 4	0.629	6
46	51	Georgia Tech	4 - 3	0.625	29
47	49	San Diego St.	5 - 1	0.608	122
48	37	Maryland	4 - 2	0.606	83
49	52	Iowa	5 - 2	0.601	119
50	48	Kansas St.	3 - 3	0.596	49
51	38	Georgia	4 - 3	0.587	30
52	65	Northwestern	3 - 3	0.582	38
53	57	Texas Christian	4 - 2	0.572	102
54	59	Central Michigan	5 - 2	0.572	88
55	50	Missouri	2 - 4	0.569	16
56	46	Air Force	4 - 2	0.567	98
57	53	Indiana	3 - 3	0.567	22
58	67	Temple	4 - 3	0.566	87
59	56	California	3 - 3	0.565	33
60	63	Tulsa	4 - 2	0.543	85
61	55	Middle Tennessee	4 - 2	0.541	117
62	62	Wyoming	4 - 2	0.538	75
63	77	Western Kentucky	4 - 3	0.534	93
64	58	Texas Tech	3 - 3	0.533	68
65	61	Old Dominion	4 - 2	0.529	112
66	70	Texas	3 - 3	0.524	70
67	60	Central Florida	3 - 3	0.522	61
68	80	Army	4 - 2	0.521	127
69	78	Eastern Michigan	5 - 2	0.515	108
70	64	Georgia Southern	3 - 3	0.515	84
71	72	Oregon	2 - 4	0.510	14
72	82	Louisiana Tech	4 - 3	0.503	106
73	73	Kentucky	3 - 3	0.501	28
74	68	Southern Mississippi	4 - 3	0.500	105
75	85	Vanderbilt	3 - 4	0.500	20
76	75	Duke	3 - 4	0.492	56
77	66	Mississippi St.	2 - 4	0.488	36
78	96	Syracuse	3 - 4	0.472	31
79	71	Akron	4 - 3	0.466	81
80	84	Oregon St.	2 - 4	0.465	17
81	76	Notre Dame	2 - 5	0.463	50
82	86	Colorado St.	3 - 4	0.460	45
83	79	Tulane	3 - 3	0.459	90
84	98	Illinois	2 - 4	0.454	42
85	69	Michigan St.	2 - 4	0.452	41
86	83	Boston College	3 - 3	0.451	80
87	74	Arizona	2 - 5	0.433	23
88	89	Cincinnati	3 - 3	0.432	95
89	92	Utah St.	2 - 4	0.430	54
90	81	Ohio	4 - 3	0.426	123
91	88	Connecticut	3 - 4	0.425	57
92	103	Idaho	4 - 3	0.424	72
93	90	East Carolina	2 - 4	0.416	44
94	104	New Mexico	3 - 3	0.416	114
95	97	Texas-San Antonio	3 - 3	0.415	104
96	91	South Carolina	2 - 4	0.414	24
97	94	Ball St.	4 - 3	0.413	125
98	102	Nevada-Las Vegas	3 - 4	0.406	99
99	95	Virginia	2 - 4	0.389	71
100	93	Purdue	3 - 3	0.383	103
101	87	South Alabama	3 - 3	0.382	111
102	101	Marshall	2 - 4	0.370	97
103	105	North Texas	3 - 3	0.354	115
104	100	Hawaii	3 - 4	0.346	94
105	99	Rutgers	2 - 5	0.345	11
106	108	Southern Methodist	2 - 4	0.339	65
107	114	Arkansas St.	2 - 4	0.327	74
108	106	Georgia St.	1 - 5	0.327	26
109	110	Northern Illinois	1 - 6	0.319	40
110	118	LA-Monroe	2 - 4	0.315	64
111	107	LA-Lafayette	2 - 4	0.307	92
112	111	Texas St.	2 - 4	0.297	78
113	109	Kent	2 - 5	0.284	116
114	113	Iowa St.	1 - 6	0.275	62
115	119	Florida International	3 - 4	0.268	121
116	112	Nevada	3 - 4	0.260	128
117	115	Kansas	1 - 5	0.259	52
118	117	New Mexico St.	2 - 4	0.259	96
119	123	San Jose St.	2 - 5	0.253	118
120	116	Charlotte	2 - 5	0.252	100
121	122	Bowling Green	1 - 6	0.245	34
122	121	Fresno St.	1 - 6	0.232	69
123	120	Massachusetts	1 - 6	0.223	67
124	128	Miami, Ohio	1 - 6	0.195	109
125	124	Florida Atlantic	1 - 6	0.191	113
126	125	Rice	0 - 6	0.175	63
127	127	Texas-El Paso	1 - 5	0.164	107
128	126	Buffalo	1 - 5	0.150	124
129	129	Wild Card U.	10 - 88	0.141	0

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