ARGH 2016 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2016 season as of November 5, 2016. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .559, or about 3.12 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 11-6-16

This Week	Last Week	Team	2016 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	9 - 0	0.956	1
2	2	Michigan	9 - 0	0.944	32
3	3	Clemson	9 - 0	0.925	21
4	5	Ohio St.	8 - 1	0.907	18
5	4	Washington	9 - 0	0.897	79
6	8	Auburn	7 - 2	0.853	10
7	9	Louisville	8 - 1	0.847	56
8	7	Western Michigan	9 - 0	0.845	109
9	11	Wisconsin	7 - 2	0.835	6
10	6	Texas A&M	7 - 2	0.818	15
11	12	Colorado	7 - 2	0.814	25
12	16	Penn State	7 - 2	0.786	11
13	14	Louisiana St.	5 - 3	0.783	13
14	10	Florida	6 - 2	0.773	42
15	15	Boise State	8 - 1	0.771	64
16	17	Virginia Tech	7 - 2	0.759	51
17	18	West Virginia	7 - 1	0.756	74
18	20	Southern California	6 - 3	0.753	8
19	19	Tennessee	6 - 3	0.752	4
20	24	Washington St.	7 - 2	0.748	63
21	26	Florida St.	6 - 3	0.736	5
22	21	Oklahoma	7 - 2	0.734	44
23	30	San Diego St.	8 - 1	0.728	128
24	13	Nebraska	7 - 2	0.726	34
25	31	North Carolina	7 - 2	0.723	40
26	23	Houston	7 - 2	0.719	92
27	22	Troy	7 - 1	0.715	112
28	28	Stanford	6 - 3	0.702	12
29	37	Arkansas	6 - 3	0.701	9
30	29	Appalachian St.	7 - 2	0.700	89
31	27	Utah	7 - 2	0.696	57
32	33	Oklahoma St.	7 - 2	0.690	86
33	36	Miami, Florida	5 - 4	0.684	41
34	32	Minnesota	7 - 2	0.684	80
35	35	Temple	7 - 3	0.680	77
36	34	South Florida	7 - 2	0.671	91
37	41	Mississippi	4 - 5	0.656	3
38	38	Tulsa	7 - 2	0.654	90
39	39	Western Kentucky	7 - 3	0.650	102
40	46	Toledo	7 - 2	0.649	121
41	43	Brigham Young	5 - 4	0.638	26
42	47	Navy	6 - 2	0.631	73
43	53	Memphis	6 - 3	0.629	96
44	51	Wyoming	7 - 2	0.628	81
45	25	Baylor	6 - 2	0.623	119
46	40	Pittsburgh	5 - 4	0.592	37
47	44	Kansas St.	5 - 4	0.591	62
48	60	Central Florida	5 - 4	0.591	66
49	59	Louisiana Tech	7 - 3	0.589	118
50	63	Georgia	5 - 4	0.583	23
51	45	Northwestern	4 - 5	0.581	20
52	70	Texas Christian	5 - 4	0.578	70
53	54	Arizona St.	5 - 4	0.578	31
54	48	Iowa	5 - 4	0.575	68
55	64	Texas	5 - 4	0.574	49
56	42	Georgia Tech	5 - 4	0.573	39
57	49	Maryland	5 - 4	0.571	43
58	57	Wake Forest	6 - 3	0.567	87
59	56	UCLA	3 - 6	0.562	7
60	69	Air Force	6 - 3	0.561	114
61	52	Kentucky	5 - 4	0.561	28
62	62	Indiana	5 - 4	0.554	45
63	55	North Carolina St.	4 - 5	0.554	36
64	58	California	4 - 5	0.546	17
65	77	Mississippi St.	4 - 5	0.545	35
66	71	Colorado St.	5 - 4	0.542	69
67	50	Middle Tennessee	6 - 3	0.541	108
68	72	South Carolina	5 - 4	0.536	38
69	65	Vanderbilt	4 - 5	0.535	22
70	76	Old Dominion	6 - 3	0.527	113
71	66	Texas Tech	4 - 5	0.518	52
72	85	Texas-San Antonio	6 - 3	0.511	117
73	61	Army	5 - 4	0.507	123
74	78	Ohio	7 - 3	0.505	126
75	68	Oregon	3 - 6	0.503	16
76	82	New Mexico	6 - 3	0.481	125
77	67	Southern Mississippi	5 - 4	0.476	110
78	73	Notre Dame	3 - 6	0.472	50
79	79	Georgia Southern	4 - 5	0.463	76
80	87	Eastern Michigan	5 - 4	0.461	94
81	81	Duke	3 - 6	0.453	46
82	75	Missouri	2 - 7	0.451	30
83	74	Syracuse	4 - 5	0.450	29
84	86	Oregon St.	2 - 7	0.439	2
85	95	Illinois	3 - 6	0.423	33
86	96	Idaho	5 - 4	0.422	71
87	83	Central Michigan	5 - 5	0.421	103
88	99	Arkansas St.	4 - 4	0.418	101
89	80	Southern Methodist	4 - 5	0.418	47
90	89	East Carolina	3 - 6	0.412	54
91	84	Boston College	4 - 5	0.410	55
92	88	Akron	5 - 5	0.402	93
93	94	Utah St.	3 - 6	0.393	53
94	91	Cincinnati	4 - 5	0.390	85
95	90	Michigan St.	2 - 7	0.390	24
96	93	South Alabama	4 - 5	0.371	106
97	92	North Texas	4 - 5	0.364	100
98	106	Northern Illinois	3 - 6	0.362	98
99	97	Tulane	3 - 6	0.356	82
100	111	Miami, Ohio	4 - 6	0.342	111
101	98	Arizona	2 - 7	0.340	19
102	100	Ball St.	4 - 5	0.339	122
103	102	Purdue	3 - 6	0.339	59
104	108	Kent	3 - 6	0.328	95
105	103	Rutgers	2 - 7	0.327	14
106	101	Hawaii	4 - 6	0.327	84
107	113	Charlotte	4 - 5	0.326	104
108	104	Virginia	2 - 7	0.320	60
109	109	Nevada-Las Vegas	3 - 6	0.319	116
110	105	LA-Lafayette	3 - 5	0.303	115
111	107	Georgia St.	2 - 7	0.295	72
112	110	Connecticut	3 - 7	0.287	65
113	115	San Jose St.	3 - 7	0.272	88
114	121	LA-Monroe	3 - 6	0.270	78
115	114	Iowa St.	1 - 8	0.267	48
116	112	Marshall	2 - 7	0.266	105
117	118	Massachusetts	2 - 8	0.254	75
118	116	New Mexico St.	2 - 6	0.253	61
119	119	Florida International	3 - 7	0.249	99
120	117	Nevada	3 - 6	0.241	127
121	120	Texas St.	2 - 6	0.227	83
122	123	Kansas	1 - 8	0.212	27
123	127	Texas-El Paso	2 - 7	0.208	107
124	128	Florida Atlantic	2 - 7	0.184	120
125	125	Bowling Green	1 - 8	0.177	58
126	124	Fresno St.	1 - 9	0.173	67
127	122	Rice	1 - 8	0.173	97
128	126	Buffalo	2 - 7	0.153	124
129	129	Wild Card U.	10 - 95	0.118	0

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