ARGH 2009 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2009 season through games of 10-24-09. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .591, or about 4.01 points for an average game. The power ratings represent the chance that the team in question has of beating an average Division 1-A team without regard to location.

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This WeekLast Week Team 2009 Record Power Rating
1 1 Florida 7 - 0 0.924
2 2 Alabama 8 - 0 0.914
3 3 Texas 7 - 0 0.903
4 6 Texas Christian 7 - 0 0.870
5 4 Cincinnati 7 - 0 0.858
6 7 Iowa 8 - 0 0.854
7 8 Boise State 7 - 0 0.845
8 5 Southern California 6 - 1 0.842
9 10 Oregon 6 - 1 0.829
10 9 Virginia Tech 5 - 2 0.820
11 12 Penn State 7 - 1 0.819
12 11 Louisiana St. 6 - 1 0.813
13 13 Georgia Tech 7 - 1 0.788
14 14 Ohio St. 6 - 2 0.784
15 17 Pittsburgh 7 - 1 0.781
16 15 Oklahoma 4 - 3 0.781
17 26 Oklahoma St. 6 - 1 0.734
18 20 Central Michigan 7 - 1 0.732
19 23 Utah 6 - 1 0.728
20 28 Mississippi 5 - 2 0.726
21 16 Miami, Florida 5 - 2 0.726
22 27 Notre Dame 5 - 2 0.720
23 18 Nebraska 4 - 3 0.709
24 36 Clemson 4 - 3 0.706
25 25 California 5 - 2 0.704
26 33 Arizona 5 - 2 0.702
27 30 Houston 6 - 1 0.696
28 29 South Carolina 6 - 2 0.694
29 32 West Virginia 6 - 1 0.690
30 19 Brigham Young 6 - 2 0.677
31 34 Wisconsin 5 - 2 0.667
32 35 Georgia 4 - 3 0.666
33 31 Boston College 5 - 3 0.666
34 21 Kansas 5 - 2 0.665
35 45 Stanford 5 - 3 0.661
36 49 Kentucky 4 - 3 0.656
37 44 Navy 6 - 2 0.655
38 24 South Florida 5 - 2 0.654
39 43 Tennessee 3 - 4 0.647
40 37 Auburn 5 - 3 0.643
41 38 Arkansas 3 - 4 0.643
42 42 Oregon St. 4 - 3 0.641
43 22 Texas Tech 5 - 3 0.629
44 41 Michigan 5 - 3 0.620
45 40 Connecticut 4 - 3 0.617
46 50 Michigan St. 4 - 4 0.612
47 47 Air Force 4 - 4 0.607
48 53 Rutgers 5 - 2 0.604
49 39 Arizona St. 4 - 3 0.603
50 64 Iowa St. 5 - 3 0.595
51 57 Fresno St. 4 - 3 0.592
52 46 Missouri 4 - 3 0.587
53 52 Washington 3 - 5 0.584
54 58 Florida St. 3 - 4 0.580
55 51 Minnesota 4 - 4 0.574
56 55 UCLA 3 - 4 0.567
57 48 North Carolina 4 - 3 0.564
58 59 Troy St. 5 - 2 0.563
59 65 Mississippi St. 3 - 5 0.544
60 68 Southern Mississippi 5 - 3 0.542
61 69 Kansas St. 5 - 3 0.527
62 61 Wake Forest 4 - 4 0.525
63 74 Nevada 4 - 3 0.525
64 54 Tulsa 4 - 3 0.524
65 67 Northern Illinois 4 - 3 0.520
66 81 Texas A&M 4 - 3 0.519
67 56 Idaho 6 - 2 0.518
68 62 LA-Monroe 4 - 3 0.511
69 71 Purdue 3 - 5 0.501
70 60 Virginia 3 - 4 0.500
71 63 Baylor 3 - 4 0.499
72 77 Arkansas St. 2 - 4 0.492
73 70 East Carolina 4 - 3 0.490
74 78 Marshall 5 - 3 0.486
75 85 Central Florida 4 - 3 0.484
76 73 North Carolina St. 3 - 4 0.484
77 75 Duke 4 - 3 0.479
78 89 Temple 5 - 2 0.470
79 82 Northwestern 5 - 3 0.459
80 66 Ohio 5 - 3 0.457
81 92 Middle Tennessee St. 4 - 3 0.447
82 72 Colorado 2 - 5 0.430
83 86 Louisville 2 - 5 0.423
84 91 Western Michigan 4 - 4 0.421
85 80 Indiana 4 - 4 0.419
86 96 Texas-El Paso 3 - 4 0.419
87 79 Louisiana Tech 3 - 4 0.415
88 87 Southern Methodist 3 - 4 0.413
89 94 Syracuse 3 - 4 0.412
90 88 Bowling Green 3 - 5 0.407
91 90 Wyoming 4 - 3 0.407
92 76 Colorado St. 3 - 5 0.406
93 97 San Diego St. 3 - 4 0.403
94 84 Toledo 4 - 4 0.389
95 95 Vanderbilt 2 - 6 0.387
96 102 Florida Atlantic 2 - 4 0.386
97 93 Buffalo 3 - 5 0.383
98 103 Kent 4 - 4 0.379
99 83 LA-Lafayette 4 - 3 0.376
100 105 Nevada-Las Vegas 3 - 5 0.342
101 107 Utah St. 2 - 5 0.338
102 99 Maryland 2 - 6 0.321
103 98 AL-Birmingham 2 - 5 0.321
104 110 Memphis 2 - 5 0.308
105 101 Illinois 1 - 6 0.306
106 100 Florida International 1 - 6 0.305
107 108 San Jose St. 1 - 5 0.293
108 104 Hawaii 2 - 5 0.288
109 109 Washington St. 1 - 6 0.272
110 111 Army 3 - 5 0.267
111 106 Akron 1 - 6 0.265
112 112 North Texas 1 - 6 0.240
113 113 Tulane 2 - 5 0.221
114 114 New Mexico St. 3 - 5 0.199
115 117 Ball St. 1 - 7 0.166
116 119 Miami, Ohio 0 - 8 0.139
117 115 New Mexico 0 - 7 0.124
118 118 Eastern Michigan 0 - 7 0.123
119 121 Wild Card U. 5 - 80 0.122
120 116 Rice 0 - 8 0.122
121 120 Western Kentucky 0 - 7 0.114

2009 conference power ratings:

Conference2009 Record Power Rating
SEC 28-5 .688
Pac-10 20-8 .640
Big Twelve 34-13 .631
Big East 28-7 .630
Big Ten 28-10 .601
ACC 26-14 .596
Independents 14-9 .547
Mountain West 20-15.507
WAC 17-17 .446
Conference USA 18-25.419
Sun Belt 8-23 .382
MAC 15-33 .373

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