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 .554, or about 2.73 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 11-7-17

This Week	Last Week	Team	2017 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	9 - 0	0.942	47
2	2	Georgia	9 - 0	0.927	42
3	3	Wisconsin	9 - 0	0.911	60
4	5	Clemson	8 - 1	0.892	10
5	7	Notre Dame	8 - 1	0.890	9
6	4	Penn State	7 - 2	0.879	5
7	8	Washington	8 - 1	0.867	75
8	9	Texas Christian	8 - 1	0.862	52
9	11	Miami, Florida	8 - 0	0.861	50
10	10	Central Florida	8 - 0	0.851	88
11	6	Ohio St.	7 - 2	0.849	8
12	14	Oklahoma	8 - 1	0.818	39
13	12	Virginia Tech	7 - 2	0.805	59
14	15	Auburn	7 - 2	0.801	57
15	21	Iowa	6 - 3	0.799	4
16	17	Southern California	8 - 2	0.794	14
17	18	Michigan	7 - 2	0.794	23
18	23	Michigan St.	7 - 2	0.787	3
19	13	Oklahoma St.	7 - 2	0.773	36
20	16	Mississippi St.	7 - 2	0.769	62
21	24	Washington St.	8 - 2	0.742	61
22	19	Stanford	6 - 3	0.739	31
23	20	Iowa St.	6 - 3	0.738	27
24	26	Boise State	7 - 2	0.729	66
25	22	North Carolina St.	6 - 3	0.726	19
26	32	Toledo	8 - 1	0.724	105
27	31	Northwestern	6 - 3	0.720	12
28	29	San Diego St.	8 - 2	0.716	83
29	28	Memphis	8 - 1	0.711	93
30	33	South Florida	8 - 1	0.699	125
31	25	Louisiana St.	6 - 3	0.692	30
32	27	South Carolina	6 - 3	0.689	25
33	30	Wake Forest	5 - 4	0.685	20
34	34	Boston College	5 - 4	0.684	2
35	44	West Virginia	6 - 3	0.658	65
36	36	Texas	4 - 5	0.655	17
37	35	Arizona	6 - 3	0.650	67
38	43	Fresno St.	6 - 3	0.633	94
39	37	Georgia Tech	4 - 4	0.630	35
40	57	Army	7 - 2	0.628	117
41	50	Arizona St.	5 - 4	0.627	16
42	54	Purdue	4 - 5	0.623	22
43	41	Southern Methodist	6 - 3	0.622	73
44	46	Louisville	5 - 4	0.621	41
45	51	Houston	6 - 3	0.612	78
46	40	Northern Illinois	6 - 3	0.610	90
47	55	Florida Atlantic	6 - 3	0.609	95
48	42	Oregon	5 - 5	0.603	24
49	49	Troy	7 - 2	0.599	116
50	38	Navy	5 - 3	0.598	58
51	47	Syracuse	4 - 5	0.596	26
52	39	Texas A&M	5 - 4	0.593	34
53	63	Florida St.	3 - 5	0.590	1
54	69	Utah	5 - 4	0.586	69
55	65	Wyoming	6 - 3	0.581	102
56	67	Ohio	7 - 2	0.576	127
57	45	Kentucky	6 - 3	0.573	70
58	56	Minnesota	4 - 5	0.566	38
59	52	Texas Tech	4 - 5	0.565	33
60	74	Virginia	6 - 3	0.563	77
61	73	Kansas St.	5 - 4	0.557	91
62	60	Nebraska	4 - 5	0.556	15
63	53	Maryland	4 - 5	0.556	6
64	58	Marshall	6 - 3	0.553	113
65	48	UCLA	4 - 5	0.552	18
66	70	Duke	4 - 5	0.546	53
67	66	Arkansas St.	5 - 2	0.545	126
68	61	Colorado St.	6 - 4	0.539	100
69	72	California	5 - 5	0.537	48
70	76	North Texas	6 - 3	0.531	87
71	83	Missouri	4 - 5	0.527	54
72	62	Western Michigan	5 - 4	0.527	98
73	68	Indiana	3 - 6	0.521	13
74	64	Colorado	5 - 5	0.520	68
75	84	Rutgers	4 - 5	0.516	28
76	59	Florida	3 - 5	0.511	7
77	82	Tennessee	4 - 5	0.499	32
78	75	Pittsburgh	4 - 5	0.497	37
79	78	Akron	5 - 4	0.492	71
80	71	Air Force	4 - 5	0.487	72
81	89	Mississippi	4 - 5	0.487	45
82	86	Utah St.	5 - 5	0.482	84
83	85	Vanderbilt	4 - 5	0.481	40
84	79	Arkansas	4 - 5	0.477	46
85	91	Central Michigan	5 - 4	0.467	97
86	77	Texas-San Antonio	5 - 3	0.465	128
87	90	Florida International	6 - 2	0.463	112
88	92	Eastern Michigan	3 - 6	0.458	76
89	81	Southern Mississippi	5 - 4	0.447	114
90	80	Appalachian St.	5 - 4	0.440	119
91	102	Temple	4 - 5	0.414	80
92	87	Tulane	3 - 6	0.414	63
93	88	Louisiana Tech	4 - 5	0.411	106
94	95	AL-Birmingham	6 - 3	0.404	130
95	96	Nevada-Las Vegas	4 - 5	0.396	101
96	93	Buffalo	3 - 6	0.389	92
97	103	Middle Tennessee	4 - 5	0.378	99
98	105	Cincinnati	3 - 6	0.371	43
99	101	Georgia St.	5 - 3	0.352	124
100	99	New Mexico St.	4 - 5	0.352	115
101	94	Western Kentucky	5 - 4	0.345	129
102	97	Tulsa	2 - 8	0.344	51
103	100	Miami, Ohio	3 - 6	0.340	104
104	98	New Mexico	3 - 6	0.330	85
105	107	North Carolina	1 - 8	0.329	11
106	109	LA-Monroe	4 - 5	0.323	122
107	106	Illinois	2 - 7	0.308	29
108	104	South Alabama	3 - 6	0.305	109
109	113	LA-Lafayette	4 - 4	0.296	121
110	110	Connecticut	3 - 6	0.290	89
111	119	Baylor	1 - 8	0.281	49
112	108	Hawaii	3 - 6	0.276	108
113	114	Idaho	3 - 6	0.275	111
114	111	Nevada	1 - 8	0.274	44
115	115	Brigham Young	2 - 8	0.264	55
116	116	Massachusetts	2 - 7	0.260	118
117	122	Bowling Green	2 - 7	0.258	82
118	112	Oregon St.	1 - 8	0.257	21
119	117	Old Dominion	3 - 6	0.245	107
120	118	East Carolina	2 - 7	0.243	64
121	124	Liberty	5 - 4	0.193	0
122	120	Kansas	1 - 8	0.185	56
123	123	Ball St.	2 - 7	0.180	103
124	121	Kent	2 - 7	0.178	74
125	125	Texas St.	2 - 7	0.156	120
126	126	Rice	1 - 8	0.140	79
127	130	Coastal Carolina	1 - 8	0.138	123
128	127	Wild Card U.	12 - 87	0.134	0
129	128	San Jose St.	1 - 9	0.128	81
130	129	Charlotte	1 - 8	0.117	110
131	131	Georgia Southern	0 - 8	0.111	96
132	132	Texas-El Paso	0 - 9	0.078	86

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