ARGH 2016 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2016 season as of November 12, 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 11-13-16

This Week	Last Week	Team	2016 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	10 - 0	0.959	2
2	4	Ohio St.	9 - 1	0.919	19
3	2	Michigan	9 - 1	0.912	29
4	3	Clemson	9 - 1	0.879	25
5	9	Wisconsin	8 - 2	0.857	9
6	7	Louisville	9 - 1	0.856	59
7	5	Washington	9 - 1	0.855	64
8	8	Western Michigan	10 - 0	0.842	116
9	6	Auburn	7 - 3	0.817	15
10	11	Colorado	8 - 2	0.815	33
11	13	Louisiana St.	6 - 3	0.809	8
12	12	Penn State	8 - 2	0.793	14
13	18	Southern California	7 - 3	0.786	4
14	15	Boise State	9 - 1	0.784	76
15	14	Florida	7 - 2	0.783	51
16	10	Texas A&M	7 - 3	0.778	17
17	20	Washington St.	8 - 2	0.771	61
18	17	West Virginia	8 - 1	0.770	67
19	22	Oklahoma	8 - 2	0.753	45
20	19	Tennessee	7 - 3	0.750	10
21	21	Florida St.	7 - 3	0.746	16
22	28	Stanford	7 - 3	0.739	7
23	24	Nebraska	8 - 2	0.739	31
24	23	San Diego St.	9 - 1	0.737	128
25	27	Troy	8 - 1	0.733	105
26	31	Utah	8 - 2	0.726	53
27	26	Houston	8 - 2	0.721	96
28	16	Virginia Tech	7 - 3	0.713	52
29	33	Miami, Florida	6 - 4	0.698	50
30	32	Oklahoma St.	8 - 2	0.695	82
31	25	North Carolina	7 - 3	0.688	40
32	36	South Florida	8 - 2	0.683	90
33	37	Mississippi	5 - 5	0.682	1
34	35	Temple	7 - 3	0.670	87
35	30	Appalachian St.	7 - 3	0.669	77
36	39	Western Kentucky	8 - 3	0.668	107
37	29	Arkansas	6 - 4	0.661	5
38	40	Toledo	8 - 2	0.661	120
39	42	Navy	7 - 2	0.658	63
40	34	Minnesota	7 - 3	0.650	75
41	41	Brigham Young	6 - 4	0.648	42
42	46	Pittsburgh	6 - 4	0.644	23
43	38	Tulsa	7 - 3	0.630	79
44	54	Iowa	6 - 4	0.628	47
45	51	Northwestern	5 - 5	0.625	22
46	50	Georgia	6 - 4	0.623	21
47	56	Georgia Tech	6 - 4	0.609	37
48	48	Central Florida	6 - 4	0.603	88
49	43	Memphis	6 - 4	0.602	83
50	47	Kansas St.	5 - 4	0.601	55
51	49	Louisiana Tech	8 - 3	0.599	121
52	45	Baylor	6 - 3	0.596	98
53	59	UCLA	4 - 6	0.589	12
54	52	Texas Christian	5 - 4	0.577	72
55	44	Wyoming	7 - 3	0.577	92
56	63	North Carolina St.	5 - 5	0.572	46
57	55	Texas	5 - 5	0.566	39
58	60	Air Force	7 - 3	0.563	113
59	53	Arizona St.	5 - 5	0.549	27
60	70	Old Dominion	7 - 3	0.546	112
61	61	Kentucky	5 - 5	0.545	24
62	78	Notre Dame	4 - 6	0.537	48
63	62	Indiana	5 - 5	0.537	38
64	58	Wake Forest	6 - 4	0.526	68
65	57	Maryland	5 - 5	0.526	30
66	64	California	4 - 6	0.523	11
67	65	Mississippi St.	4 - 6	0.519	18
68	71	Texas Tech	4 - 6	0.513	43
69	68	South Carolina	5 - 5	0.512	32
70	66	Colorado St.	5 - 5	0.509	71
71	74	Ohio	7 - 3	0.502	126
72	76	New Mexico	7 - 3	0.497	125
73	69	Vanderbilt	4 - 6	0.495	28
74	81	Duke	4 - 6	0.493	44
75	82	Missouri	3 - 7	0.482	35
76	75	Oregon	3 - 7	0.481	13
77	80	Eastern Michigan	6 - 4	0.480	97
78	67	Middle Tennessee	6 - 4	0.477	111
79	86	Idaho	6 - 4	0.465	81
80	72	Texas-San Antonio	6 - 4	0.455	114
81	89	Southern Methodist	5 - 5	0.454	60
82	95	Michigan St.	3 - 7	0.450	36
83	73	Army	5 - 5	0.445	119
84	77	Southern Mississippi	5 - 5	0.445	104
85	88	Arkansas St.	5 - 4	0.431	115
86	87	Central Michigan	5 - 5	0.424	99
87	79	Georgia Southern	4 - 6	0.422	86
88	84	Oregon St.	2 - 8	0.420	3
89	83	Syracuse	4 - 6	0.414	34
90	85	Illinois	3 - 7	0.390	26
91	91	Boston College	4 - 6	0.374	49
92	96	South Alabama	4 - 5	0.372	103
93	93	Utah St.	3 - 7	0.370	56
94	109	Nevada-Las Vegas	4 - 6	0.366	106
95	90	East Carolina	3 - 7	0.363	65
96	92	Akron	5 - 6	0.361	100
97	99	Tulane	3 - 7	0.360	69
98	94	Cincinnati	4 - 6	0.359	80
99	100	Miami, Ohio	5 - 6	0.358	117
100	98	Northern Illinois	3 - 7	0.349	94
101	101	Arizona	2 - 8	0.347	6
102	110	LA-Lafayette	4 - 5	0.344	110
103	97	North Texas	4 - 6	0.336	93
104	104	Kent	3 - 7	0.322	84
105	106	Hawaii	4 - 7	0.320	73
106	116	Marshall	3 - 7	0.315	102
107	102	Ball St.	4 - 6	0.315	122
108	103	Purdue	3 - 7	0.312	57
109	108	Virginia	2 - 8	0.308	54
110	115	Iowa St.	2 - 8	0.304	58
111	114	LA-Monroe	4 - 6	0.301	95
112	107	Charlotte	4 - 6	0.297	109
113	112	Connecticut	3 - 7	0.283	74
114	113	San Jose St.	3 - 7	0.280	85
115	105	Rutgers	2 - 8	0.274	20
116	111	Georgia St.	2 - 8	0.261	89
117	117	Massachusetts	2 - 8	0.253	78
118	119	Florida International	3 - 7	0.243	101
119	118	New Mexico St.	2 - 7	0.237	62
120	120	Nevada	3 - 7	0.229	123
121	125	Bowling Green	2 - 8	0.219	66
122	124	Florida Atlantic	3 - 7	0.208	124
123	121	Texas St.	2 - 7	0.201	91
124	127	Rice	2 - 8	0.196	108
125	122	Kansas	1 - 9	0.194	41
126	123	Texas-El Paso	2 - 8	0.185	118
127	126	Fresno St.	1 - 9	0.175	70
128	128	Buffalo	2 - 8	0.137	127
129	129	Wild Card U.	10 - 96	0.117	0

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