ARGH 2017 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2017 season. Teams included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus Liberty.

The estimated home field advantage is .555, or about 2.82 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 10-22-17

This Week	Last Week	Team	2017 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	8 - 0	0.944	25
2	2	Penn State	7 - 0	0.926	34
3	3	Georgia	7 - 0	0.901	47
4	4	Wisconsin	7 - 0	0.896	57
5	5	Clemson	6 - 1	0.878	10
6	7	Texas Christian	7 - 0	0.876	67
7	6	Ohio St.	6 - 1	0.863	42
8	12	Notre Dame	6 - 1	0.853	21
9	9	Miami, Florida	6 - 0	0.843	43
10	8	Washington	6 - 1	0.842	70
11	17	Central Florida	6 - 0	0.824	78
12	16	Oklahoma St.	6 - 1	0.802	52
13	20	Virginia Tech	6 - 1	0.798	90
14	14	Oklahoma	6 - 1	0.788	54
15	19	Auburn	6 - 2	0.784	59
16	15	North Carolina St.	6 - 1	0.784	37
17	18	Washington St.	7 - 1	0.781	79
18	13	Stanford	5 - 2	0.778	23
19	21	Michigan St.	6 - 1	0.771	14
20	11	Michigan	5 - 2	0.764	6
21	10	Southern California	6 - 2	0.758	5
22	25	South Florida	7 - 0	0.750	128
23	28	Mississippi St.	5 - 2	0.749	41
24	30	Louisiana St.	6 - 2	0.720	44
25	22	Iowa	4 - 3	0.711	9
26	26	South Carolina	5 - 2	0.707	29
27	34	Iowa St.	5 - 2	0.701	58
28	50	Fresno St.	5 - 2	0.695	61
29	24	Wake Forest	4 - 3	0.684	26
30	32	Boise State	5 - 2	0.684	45
31	39	Memphis	6 - 1	0.682	73
32	29	Texas A&M	5 - 2	0.682	40
33	23	San Diego St.	6 - 2	0.680	49
34	44	Toledo	6 - 1	0.675	107
35	49	Georgia Tech	4 - 2	0.670	68
36	60	Marshall	6 - 1	0.659	120
37	45	Louisville	5 - 3	0.659	39
38	27	Florida St.	2 - 4	0.653	1
39	46	Arizona St.	4 - 3	0.652	7
40	55	Northwestern	4 - 3	0.651	17
41	33	Navy	5 - 2	0.650	50
42	42	West Virginia	5 - 2	0.647	85
43	48	Colorado St.	6 - 2	0.638	97
44	40	Texas	3 - 4	0.632	13
45	38	Florida	3 - 3	0.629	11
46	71	Boston College	4 - 4	0.629	2
47	53	Arizona	5 - 2	0.628	95
48	62	UCLA	4 - 3	0.624	20
49	37	Purdue	3 - 4	0.623	8
50	54	Southern Methodist	5 - 2	0.620	89
51	51	Syracuse	4 - 4	0.620	27
52	31	Kentucky	5 - 2	0.617	56
53	63	Troy	5 - 2	0.615	92
54	43	Texas Tech	4 - 3	0.614	51
55	64	Northern Illinois	5 - 2	0.608	108
56	41	Oregon	4 - 4	0.602	31
57	57	Minnesota	4 - 3	0.594	81
58	36	Utah	4 - 3	0.584	76
59	61	Army	6 - 2	0.582	119
60	35	Virginia	5 - 2	0.573	86
61	58	Indiana	3 - 4	0.570	18
62	52	California	4 - 4	0.563	32
63	47	Duke	4 - 4	0.561	69
64	65	Western Michigan	5 - 3	0.561	105
65	56	Appalachian St.	5 - 2	0.559	116
66	66	Maryland	3 - 4	0.558	3
67	59	Houston	4 - 3	0.557	75
68	78	Florida Atlantic	4 - 3	0.556	91
69	69	Southern Mississippi	5 - 2	0.555	115
70	82	Ohio	6 - 2	0.545	126
71	75	Nebraska	3 - 4	0.528	19
72	68	Colorado	4 - 4	0.525	63
73	72	Kansas St.	3 - 4	0.516	88
74	85	Arkansas St.	4 - 2	0.508	125
75	74	Tennessee	3 - 4	0.507	16
76	73	Mississippi	3 - 4	0.499	28
77	81	Texas-San Antonio	4 - 2	0.492	127
78	67	North Texas	4 - 3	0.491	77
79	70	Arkansas	2 - 5	0.489	4
80	80	Vanderbilt	3 - 4	0.482	30
81	77	Wyoming	4 - 3	0.479	103
82	76	Akron	4 - 4	0.477	62
83	94	Pittsburgh	3 - 5	0.476	22
84	83	Air Force	3 - 4	0.474	82
85	79	Tulane	3 - 4	0.473	65
86	93	Rutgers	3 - 4	0.472	53
87	87	Utah St.	4 - 4	0.472	96
88	86	New Mexico	3 - 4	0.437	80
89	84	Louisiana Tech	3 - 4	0.437	87
90	95	Missouri	2 - 5	0.436	35
91	106	Central Michigan	4 - 4	0.425	104
92	91	Western Kentucky	5 - 2	0.420	130
93	92	Eastern Michigan	2 - 5	0.415	64
94	90	New Mexico St.	3 - 4	0.409	98
95	88	Buffalo	3 - 5	0.407	93
96	103	South Alabama	3 - 4	0.385	100
97	89	Tulsa	2 - 6	0.384	55
98	101	Florida International	4 - 2	0.369	118
99	112	Miami, Ohio	3 - 5	0.362	109
100	104	Cincinnati	2 - 6	0.355	24
101	107	Temple	3 - 5	0.348	94
102	97	Middle Tennessee	3 - 5	0.346	84
103	100	Georgia St.	3 - 3	0.337	110
104	99	LA-Monroe	3 - 4	0.334	121
105	113	Connecticut	3 - 4	0.332	106
106	98	North Carolina	1 - 7	0.328	12
107	96	AL-Birmingham	4 - 3	0.320	129
108	108	Illinois	2 - 5	0.317	60
109	111	Hawaii	3 - 4	0.310	117
110	102	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 5	0.307	101
111	114	Nevada	1 - 7	0.292	46
112	110	Oregon St.	1 - 6	0.292	15
113	105	LA-Lafayette	3 - 4	0.277	122
114	117	Baylor	0 - 7	0.254	36
115	118	Old Dominion	2 - 5	0.248	102
116	109	Idaho	2 - 5	0.248	114
117	123	East Carolina	2 - 6	0.245	71
118	115	Brigham Young	1 - 7	0.234	33
119	120	Kansas	1 - 6	0.231	38
120	119	Kent	2 - 6	0.224	48
121	126	Massachusetts	1 - 6	0.209	124
122	116	Ball St.	2 - 5	0.209	113
123	121	Bowling Green	1 - 7	0.204	74
124	122	Liberty	3 - 4	0.170	0
125	124	Rice	1 - 6	0.163	72
126	127	San Jose St.	1 - 7	0.158	83
127	128	Coastal Carolina	1 - 6	0.157	123
128	130	Wild Card U.	12 - 84	0.142	0
129	125	Georgia Southern	0 - 6	0.133	99
130	129	Texas St.	1 - 6	0.133	111
131	132	Charlotte	1 - 7	0.130	112
132	131	Texas-El Paso	0 - 7	0.111	66

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