ARGH 2012 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2012 season after games of October 20. 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	7 - 0	0.944
2	2	Notre Dame	7 - 0	0.940
3	3	Florida	7 - 0	0.934
4	5	Kansas St.	7 - 0	0.898
5	6	Oregon	7 - 0	0.891
6	9	Louisiana St.	7 - 1	0.856
7	8	Oklahoma	5 - 1	0.855
8	7	Ohio St.	8 - 0	0.849
9	13	Oregon St.	6 - 0	0.848
10	4	South Carolina	6 - 2	0.844
11	17	Mississippi St.	7 - 0	0.828
12	14	Florida St.	7 - 1	0.828
13	15	Rutgers	7 - 0	0.827
14	10	Texas Tech	6 - 1	0.826
15	18	Stanford	5 - 2	0.822
16	11	Southern California	6 - 1	0.822
17	19	Michigan	5 - 2	0.808
18	12	Texas A&M	5 - 2	0.801
19	16	Georgia	6 - 1	0.787
20	20	Boise State	6 - 1	0.784
21	32	Oklahoma St.	4 - 2	0.741
22	29	Clemson	6 - 1	0.741
23	28	Nebraska	5 - 2	0.738
24	33	Wisconsin	6 - 2	0.737
25	26	Texas	5 - 2	0.735
26	25	Louisville	7 - 0	0.730
27	37	Penn State	5 - 2	0.729
28	21	Texas Christian	5 - 2	0.715
29	46	Arizona	4 - 3	0.709
30	27	Arizona St.	5 - 2	0.708
31	22	Iowa St.	4 - 3	0.697
32	23	Cincinnati	5 - 1	0.696
33	43	Utah St.	6 - 2	0.694
34	38	Northern Illinois	7 - 1	0.692
35	41	Brigham Young	4 - 4	0.689
36	36	UCLA	5 - 2	0.686
37	24	West Virginia	5 - 2	0.682
38	31	Michigan St.	4 - 4	0.682
39	35	Tulsa	7 - 1	0.681
40	30	North Carolina	5 - 3	0.671
41	34	Northwestern	6 - 2	0.665
42	40	Ohio	7 - 0	0.664
43	42	Louisiana Tech	6 - 1	0.654
44	52	Toledo	7 - 1	0.652
45	45	North Carolina St.	5 - 2	0.643
46	63	San Jose St.	5 - 2	0.636
47	39	Western Kentucky	5 - 2	0.634
48	54	Fresno St.	5 - 3	0.625
49	56	LA-Monroe	5 - 2	0.617
50	49	Central Florida	5 - 2	0.615
51	48	Tennessee	3 - 4	0.602
52	64	Duke	6 - 2	0.598
53	53	Missouri	3 - 4	0.595
54	47	Virginia Tech	4 - 4	0.592
55	51	Baylor	3 - 3	0.592
56	59	Vanderbilt	3 - 4	0.589
57	62	Purdue	3 - 4	0.587
58	57	Mississippi	4 - 3	0.582
59	50	Nevada	6 - 2	0.562
60	44	Iowa	4 - 3	0.562
61	69	Kent	6 - 1	0.559
62	60	Miami, Florida	4 - 4	0.555
63	71	Bowling Green	5 - 3	0.553
64	58	Washington	3 - 4	0.548
65	61	California	3 - 5	0.547
66	55	LA-Lafayette	4 - 2	0.541
67	75	Navy	4 - 3	0.530
68	70	Arkansas	3 - 4	0.526
69	79	San Diego St.	5 - 3	0.523
70	67	Utah	2 - 5	0.523
71	83	Syracuse	3 - 4	0.511
72	78	Ball St.	5 - 3	0.510
73	73	Troy St.	4 - 3	0.496
74	76	Arkansas St.	4 - 3	0.490
75	80	East Carolina	5 - 3	0.489
76	65	Minnesota	4 - 3	0.489
77	66	Maryland	4 - 3	0.484
78	81	Georgia Tech	3 - 4	0.481
79	68	Temple	3 - 3	0.470
80	74	New Mexico	4 - 4	0.459
81	89	Marshall	3 - 4	0.457
82	82	South Florida	2 - 5	0.455
83	87	Pittsburgh	3 - 4	0.453
84	91	Air Force	4 - 3	0.452
85	94	Southern Methodist	3 - 4	0.439
86	84	Indiana	2 - 5	0.422
87	95	North Texas	3 - 4	0.422
88	72	Houston	3 - 4	0.419
89	92	Wake Forest	4 - 3	0.418
90	86	Auburn	1 - 6	0.408
91	85	Texas-San Antonio	5 - 2	0.402
92	88	Middle Tennessee St.	4 - 3	0.397
93	93	Kentucky	1 - 7	0.389
94	77	Connecticut	3 - 5	0.387
95	90	Western Michigan	3 - 5	0.370
96	98	Illinois	2 - 5	0.361
97	96	Texas St.	3 - 3	0.349
98	97	Miami, Ohio	3 - 4	0.349
99	100	Central Michigan	2 - 5	0.321
100	104	Washington St.	2 - 5	0.318
101	99	Virginia	2 - 6	0.313
102	101	AL-Birmingham	1 - 6	0.310
103	103	Rice	2 - 6	0.306
104	111	Texas-El Paso	2 - 6	0.286
105	105	Kansas	1 - 6	0.278
106	102	Boston College	1 - 6	0.277
107	109	Florida International	1 - 7	0.261
108	107	Wyoming	1 - 6	0.259
109	114	South Alabama	2 - 5	0.257
110	110	Akron	1 - 7	0.233
111	108	Buffalo	1 - 6	0.231
112	112	Nevada-Las Vegas	1 - 7	0.227
113	113	Hawaii	1 - 5	0.224
114	106	Southern Mississippi	0 - 7	0.220
115	121	Eastern Michigan	1 - 6	0.212
116	115	Florida Atlantic	1 - 6	0.201
117	116	Army	1 - 6	0.186
118	118	Colorado	1 - 6	0.184
119	117	Tulane	1 - 6	0.179
120	122	Colorado St.	1 - 6	0.170
121	119	New Mexico St.	1 - 6	0.166
122	120	Memphis	1 - 6	0.164
123	123	Wild Card U.	15 - 88	0.136
124	124	Idaho	1 - 7	0.129
125	125	Massachusetts	0 - 7	0.091
126	126	Georgia St.	1 - 7	0.060

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