ARGH 2020 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the fall 2020 season. Teams currently included are the 127 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams that are known to be playing a fall schedule. Needless to say, this year has been a challenge, and producing power ratings in this environment is definitely affected.

Big Ten added 9-20. Pac-12 and Mountain West teams other than Air Force added 10-4. MAC and Massachusetts added 10-11.

The estimated home field advantage is .556, or about 3.07 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 11-15-20

This WeekLast Week Team 2020 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Alabama 6 - 0 0.921 0
2 2 Brigham Young 8 - 0 0.904 0
3 8 Northwestern 4 - 0 0.885 0
4 3 Cincinnati 7 - 0 0.872 0
5 5 Notre Dame 8 - 0 0.865 0
6 6 Marshall 7 - 0 0.857 0
7 4 Ohio St. 3 - 0 0.854 0
8 9 Florida 5 - 1 0.844 0
9 7 Clemson 7 - 1 0.836 0
10 13 Wisconsin 2 - 0 0.832 0
11 10 Georgia 4 - 2 0.821 0
12 11 Coastal Carolina 7 - 0 0.818 0
13 14 Oklahoma St. 5 - 1 0.800 0
14 12 Texas A&M 5 - 1 0.798 0
15 15 Indiana 4 - 0 0.795 0
16 17 Oregon 2 - 0 0.772 0
17 16 Miami, Florida 7 - 1 0.757 0
18 26 Iowa 2 - 2 0.753 0
19 19 Southern California 2 - 0 0.751 0
20 21 Louisiana 7 - 1 0.745 0
21 20 Auburn 4 - 2 0.725 0
22 18 Oklahoma 5 - 2 0.721 0
23 30 San Jose St. 4 - 0 0.716 0
24 25 Purdue 2 - 1 0.714 0
25 22 Texas 5 - 2 0.696 0
26 27 Appalachian St. 6 - 1 0.689 0
27 24 Iowa St. 5 - 2 0.681 0
28 28 North Carolina 6 - 2 0.675 0
29 57 Colorado 2 - 0 0.670 0
30 39 Tulsa 4 - 1 0.668 0
31 33 Central Florida 5 - 2 0.656 0
32 32 Liberty 8 - 0 0.655 0
33 37 West Virginia 5 - 3 0.652 0
34 42 Boise State 3 - 1 0.651 0
35 51 San Diego St. 3 - 1 0.648 0
36 36 Nevada 4 - 0 0.646 0
37 50 Buffalo 2 - 0 0.636 0
38 29 Southern Methodist 7 - 2 0.632 0
39 34 Utah 0 - 0 0.628 0
40 43 Florida Atlantic 4 - 1 0.626 0
41 54 Mississippi 3 - 4 0.595 0
42 45 Arizona St. 0 - 1 0.595 0
43 46 Maryland 2 - 1 0.594 0
44 35 Wake Forest 4 - 3 0.593 0
45 40 Virginia Tech 4 - 4 0.592 0
46 38 Arkansas 3 - 4 0.591 0
47 44 Kansas St. 4 - 3 0.590 0
48 80 UCLA 1 - 1 0.588 0
49 23 California 0 - 1 0.586 0
50 31 Army 6 - 2 0.582 0
51 60 Nebraska 1 - 2 0.582 0
52 49 Washington 1 - 0 0.578 0
53 55 North Carolina St. 5 - 3 0.577 0
54 48 Kentucky 3 - 4 0.564 0
55 53 Georgia Southern 6 - 2 0.556 0
56 61 AL-Birmingham 4 - 3 0.542 0
57 69 Houston 3 - 3 0.542 0
58 47 Washington St. 1 - 1 0.542 0
59 63 Missouri 2 - 3 0.534 0
60 95 Central Michigan 2 - 0 0.534 0
61 64 Memphis 4 - 2 0.524 0
62 75 Tulane 5 - 4 0.524 0
63 58 Boston College 5 - 4 0.521 0
64 86 Western Michigan 2 - 0 0.520 0
65 65 Louisiana St. 2 - 3 0.518 0
66 71 Virginia 3 - 4 0.516 0
67 66 Pittsburgh 4 - 4 0.509 0
68 56 Texas Christian 3 - 4 0.507 0
69 41 Stanford 0 - 2 0.503 0
70 67 Tennessee 2 - 4 0.499 0
71 78 Fresno St. 3 - 1 0.495 0
72 72 Arizona 0 - 1 0.479 0
73 76 Air Force 1 - 2 0.476 0
74 59 Penn State 0 - 4 0.467 0
75 90 Kent St. 2 - 0 0.466 0
76 52 Michigan 1 - 3 0.466 0
77 74 Troy 4 - 3 0.464 0
78 62 Minnesota 1 - 3 0.458 0
79 73 South Carolina 2 - 5 0.438 0
80 81 Louisiana Tech 4 - 3 0.431 0
81 92 Texas-San Antonio 5 - 4 0.429 0
82 82 Wyoming 1 - 2 0.426 0
83 68 Rutgers 1 - 3 0.424 0
84 84 Mississippi St. 2 - 4 0.415 0
85 79 Toledo 1 - 1 0.415 0
86 87 Georgia St. 3 - 4 0.402 0
87 91 Arkansas St. 3 - 5 0.396 0
88 97 Ohio 1 - 1 0.394 0
89 77 Baylor 1 - 5 0.394 0
90 94 Texas Tech 3 - 5 0.391 0
91 83 Hawaii 2 - 2 0.388 0
92 102 Illinois 1 - 3 0.381 0
93 70 Miami, Ohio 1 - 1 0.378 0
94 85 Louisville 2 - 6 0.376 0
95 96 Charlotte 2 - 3 0.359 0
96 93 Colorado St. 1 - 2 0.347 0
97 101 Duke 2 - 6 0.346 0
98 89 Michigan St. 1 - 3 0.344 0
99 103 Navy 3 - 4 0.341 0
100 88 Oregon St. 0 - 2 0.340 0
101 98 Ball St. 1 - 1 0.339 0
102 100 South Alabama 3 - 5 0.326 0
103 104 Rice 1 - 1 0.298 0
104 106 Georgia Tech 2 - 5 0.284 0
105 105 Florida St. 2 - 6 0.272 0
106 108 New Mexico 0 - 3 0.264 0
107 110 Western Kentucky 3 - 6 0.257 0
108 99 Northern Illinois 0 - 2 0.248 0
109 113 East Carolina 1 - 6 0.248 0
110 109 North Texas 2 - 3 0.244 0
111 114 Texas St. 1 - 9 0.243 0
112 107 Eastern Michigan 0 - 2 0.227 0
113 116 Syracuse 1 - 7 0.221 0
114 115 Temple 1 - 5 0.215 0
115 118 Massachusetts 0 - 2 0.213 0
116 111 Texas-El Paso 3 - 4 0.213 0
117 120 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 - 4 0.209 0
118 117 Southern Mississippi 2 - 6 0.201 0
119 112 Utah St. 0 - 4 0.195 0
120 122 Middle Tennessee 2 - 6 0.189 0
121 121 South Florida 1 - 7 0.180 0
122 123 Vanderbilt 0 - 6 0.176 0
123 124 Florida International 0 - 4 0.154 0
124 119 Bowling Green 0 - 2 0.146 0
125 125 Kansas 0 - 7 0.146 0
126 126 Akron 0 - 2 0.132 0
127 127 Wild Card U. 1 - 29 0.095 0
128 128 LA-Monroe 0 - 8 0.084 0

2020 conference power ratings:

Conference2020 Record Power Rating
Big Ten 0-0 .611
SEC 0-0 .603
Independents 22-4 .589
Pac-12 0-0 .586
Big Twelve 5-3 .558
ACC 9-3 .529
AAC 11-6 .491
Sun Belt 14-12 .472
Mountain West 1-1.455
MAC 0-0 .370
Conference USA 14-19.369

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