ARGH 2018 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2018 season as of 10-21-18. Teams included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .562, or about 3.19 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 10-21-18

This Week	Last Week	Team	2018 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	8 - 0	0.923	46
2	2	Clemson	7 - 0	0.922	34
3	5	Michigan	7 - 1	0.892	7
4	6	Louisiana St.	7 - 1	0.882	3
5	4	Notre Dame	7 - 0	0.879	19
6	7	Georgia	6 - 1	0.859	25
7	8	Florida	6 - 1	0.843	18
8	9	Oklahoma	6 - 1	0.839	15
9	10	Kentucky	6 - 1	0.832	28
10	12	Iowa	6 - 1	0.824	43
11	11	Central Florida	7 - 0	0.811	125
12	3	Ohio St.	7 - 1	0.810	62
13	16	Washington	6 - 2	0.796	29
14	23	Fresno St.	6 - 1	0.776	104
15	13	Texas	6 - 1	0.774	24
16	15	Mississippi St.	4 - 3	0.770	9
17	21	Miami, Florida	5 - 2	0.766	45
18	19	Penn State	5 - 2	0.766	40
19	20	Texas A&M	5 - 2	0.765	16
20	27	Utah	5 - 2	0.748	32
21	22	West Virginia	5 - 1	0.741	72
22	30	Auburn	5 - 3	0.741	26
23	28	Wisconsin	5 - 2	0.735	53
24	24	Stanford	5 - 2	0.735	12
25	14	Duke	5 - 2	0.729	36
26	17	North Carolina St.	5 - 1	0.728	44
27	18	Cincinnati	6 - 1	0.727	107
28	25	Army	5 - 2	0.717	39
29	29	Texas Tech	5 - 2	0.713	55
30	35	Appalachian St.	5 - 1	0.712	111
31	31	Utah St.	6 - 1	0.708	120
32	45	Buffalo	7 - 1	0.704	99
33	46	Washington St.	6 - 1	0.704	102
34	51	Virginia	5 - 2	0.702	41
35	47	AL-Birmingham	6 - 1	0.701	121
36	56	Purdue	4 - 3	0.699	23
37	39	South Carolina	3 - 3	0.691	1
38	33	Boise State	5 - 2	0.691	86
39	26	Michigan St.	4 - 3	0.677	8
40	44	Boston College	5 - 2	0.670	78
41	43	Syracuse	5 - 2	0.668	75
42	41	Iowa St.	3 - 3	0.668	4
43	32	North Texas	6 - 2	0.668	114
44	54	Missouri	4 - 3	0.666	20
45	34	Colorado	5 - 2	0.664	70
46	40	San Diego St.	6 - 1	0.656	83
47	38	Oregon	5 - 2	0.649	91
48	49	Virginia Tech	4 - 2	0.648	64
49	36	Southern California	4 - 3	0.640	10
50	37	Maryland	4 - 3	0.639	21
51	48	South Florida	7 - 0	0.636	130
52	55	Houston	6 - 1	0.628	128
53	59	Western Michigan	6 - 2	0.623	95
54	52	Northwestern	4 - 3	0.622	17
55	58	Georgia Southern	6 - 1	0.620	126
56	42	Texas Christian	3 - 4	0.616	11
57	50	Mississippi	5 - 3	0.616	38
58	67	Temple	5 - 3	0.597	89
59	53	Arizona St.	3 - 4	0.595	31
60	62	Oklahoma St.	4 - 3	0.584	84
61	60	Louisiana Tech	5 - 2	0.575	101
62	63	Troy	5 - 2	0.574	113
63	65	Vanderbilt	3 - 5	0.572	6
64	61	Indiana	4 - 4	0.571	14
65	72	Eastern Michigan	4 - 4	0.569	47
66	68	Florida International	5 - 2	0.562	122
67	75	Florida St.	4 - 3	0.553	63
68	70	Brigham Young	4 - 3	0.548	51
69	64	Baylor	4 - 3	0.545	61
70	77	Marshall	5 - 2	0.544	118
71	69	Georgia Tech	3 - 4	0.541	67
72	66	Tennessee	3 - 4	0.531	13
73	57	Minnesota	3 - 4	0.524	22
74	76	Northern Illinois	4 - 3	0.515	42
75	73	Toledo	3 - 4	0.502	68
76	81	Middle Tennessee	4 - 3	0.487	69
77	79	Pittsburgh	3 - 4	0.486	27
78	93	California	4 - 3	0.480	106
79	71	Memphis	4 - 4	0.480	117
80	78	Kansas St.	3 - 4	0.479	48
81	87	Ohio	4 - 3	0.479	110
82	88	UCLA	2 - 5	0.478	5
83	90	Nevada	4 - 4	0.478	79
84	86	Air Force	3 - 4	0.465	97
85	94	Coastal Carolina	4 - 3	0.461	87
86	74	Wake Forest	3 - 4	0.455	49
87	91	Arkansas St.	4 - 3	0.455	94
88	83	Miami, Ohio	3 - 5	0.450	71
89	92	Southern Methodist	3 - 4	0.446	37
90	89	Akron	3 - 3	0.443	77
91	80	Hawaii	6 - 3	0.440	127
92	96	Southern Mississippi	3 - 3	0.435	123
93	105	Nebraska	1 - 6	0.435	2
94	84	Arizona	3 - 5	0.431	73
95	82	Florida Atlantic	3 - 4	0.429	66
96	95	Liberty	4 - 3	0.418	109
97	98	Louisiana	3 - 4	0.401	80
98	85	Tulane	2 - 5	0.390	54
99	97	New Mexico	3 - 4	0.389	105
100	104	Arkansas	2 - 6	0.387	35
101	99	Illinois	3 - 4	0.375	74
102	103	LA-Monroe	4 - 4	0.350	98
103	100	Ball St.	3 - 5	0.346	108
104	101	Kansas	2 - 5	0.344	85
105	102	Navy	2 - 5	0.336	93
106	110	Louisville	2 - 5	0.336	52
107	111	North Carolina	1 - 5	0.334	33
108	106	Charlotte	3 - 4	0.323	116
109	109	Colorado St.	3 - 5	0.321	82
110	107	Massachusetts	2 - 6	0.309	81
111	112	Wyoming	2 - 6	0.308	50
112	113	Georgia St.	2 - 5	0.290	76
113	114	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 5	0.285	112
114	108	Tulsa	1 - 6	0.285	57
115	116	South Alabama	2 - 5	0.275	92
116	117	East Carolina	2 - 5	0.268	90
117	120	Old Dominion	2 - 6	0.267	100
118	115	Oregon St.	1 - 6	0.237	59
119	118	Central Michigan	1 - 7	0.237	58
120	119	Texas-San Antonio	3 - 5	0.231	124
121	122	Connecticut	1 - 6	0.221	30
122	123	New Mexico St.	2 - 6	0.214	103
123	124	Kent St.	1 - 7	0.206	88
124	121	Bowling Green	1 - 7	0.200	65
125	126	Western Kentucky	1 - 6	0.195	115
126	125	Rutgers	1 - 7	0.192	56
127	129	San Jose St.	0 - 7	0.163	60
128	127	Texas St.	1 - 6	0.162	129
129	128	Rice	1 - 7	0.152	96
130	130	Wild Card U.	7 - 94	0.118	0
131	131	Texas-El Paso	0 - 7	0.100	119

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