ARGH 2009 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2009 season through games of 11-15-09. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .581, or about 4.04 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 10 - 0 0.940
2 3 Alabama 10 - 0 0.937
3 2 Texas 10 - 0 0.933
4 4 Texas Christian 10 - 0 0.911
5 5 Cincinnati 10 - 0 0.889
6 6 Boise State 10 - 0 0.863
7 7 Ohio St. 9 - 2 0.837
8 12 Georgia Tech 10 - 1 0.827
9 8 Oregon 8 - 2 0.825
10 10 Virginia Tech 7 - 3 0.824
11 13 Pittsburgh 9 - 1 0.819
12 9 Louisiana St. 8 - 2 0.807
13 14 Penn State 9 - 2 0.797
14 18 Nebraska 7 - 3 0.785
15 16 Oklahoma 6 - 4 0.783
16 19 Clemson 7 - 3 0.772
17 15 Iowa 9 - 2 0.766
18 20 Oklahoma St. 8 - 2 0.761
19 17 Miami, Florida 7 - 3 0.747
20 11 Southern California 7 - 3 0.746
21 28 Stanford 7 - 3 0.740
22 26 Oregon St. 7 - 3 0.731
23 24 Wisconsin 8 - 2 0.729
24 34 Mississippi 7 - 3 0.722
25 27 Boston College 7 - 3 0.719
26 42 Rutgers 7 - 2 0.713
27 25 Brigham Young 8 - 2 0.704
28 38 Arkansas 6 - 4 0.702
29 33 California 7 - 3 0.702
30 22 Arizona 6 - 3 0.701
31 40 North Carolina 7 - 3 0.696
32 32 Central Michigan 8 - 2 0.691
33 21 Utah 8 - 2 0.683
34 23 Houston 8 - 2 0.678
35 30 Notre Dame 6 - 4 0.676
36 41 Georgia 6 - 4 0.673
37 31 Tennessee 5 - 5 0.665
38 39 Navy 8 - 3 0.664
39 35 Auburn 7 - 4 0.660
40 37 West Virginia 7 - 3 0.660
41 36 Texas Tech 6 - 4 0.658
42 43 Air Force 7 - 4 0.657
43 29 South Florida 6 - 3 0.654
44 52 Missouri 6 - 4 0.642
45 48 Florida St. 5 - 5 0.626
46 45 Kentucky 6 - 4 0.626
47 56 Nevada 7 - 3 0.616
48 51 Connecticut 4 - 5 0.616
49 46 South Carolina 6 - 5 0.614
50 53 UCLA 5 - 5 0.611
51 49 Michigan St. 6 - 5 0.609
52 50 Mississippi St. 4 - 6 0.586
53 44 Fresno St. 6 - 4 0.575
54 66 East Carolina 6 - 4 0.569
55 54 Arizona St. 4 - 6 0.557
56 47 Troy St. 7 - 3 0.556
57 55 Minnesota 6 - 5 0.553
58 69 Temple 8 - 2 0.547
59 65 Southern Mississippi 6 - 4 0.542
60 57 Kansas 5 - 5 0.542
61 58 Northern Illinois 7 - 3 0.541
62 73 Central Florida 6 - 4 0.539
63 71 Middle Tennessee St. 7 - 3 0.523
64 59 Washington 3 - 7 0.521
65 68 Northwestern 7 - 4 0.518
66 63 Baylor 4 - 6 0.511
67 62 Wake Forest 4 - 7 0.511
68 72 Iowa St. 6 - 5 0.509
69 61 Texas A&M 5 - 5 0.505
70 60 Kansas St. 6 - 5 0.501
71 64 Purdue 4 - 7 0.491
72 67 Michigan 5 - 6 0.489
73 79 Ohio 7 - 3 0.478
74 78 Southern Methodist 6 - 4 0.473
75 70 Idaho 7 - 4 0.471
76 76 North Carolina St. 4 - 6 0.465
77 74 LA-Monroe 6 - 4 0.464
78 75 Duke 5 - 5 0.460
79 77 Marshall 5 - 5 0.449
80 83 Bowling Green 5 - 5 0.448
81 81 Louisville 4 - 6 0.438
82 82 Virginia 3 - 7 0.424
83 87 Louisiana Tech 3 - 7 0.414
84 90 AL-Birmingham 5 - 5 0.411
85 85 Indiana 4 - 7 0.407
86 80 Tulsa 4 - 6 0.406
87 84 Illinois 3 - 7 0.393
88 89 Colorado 3 - 7 0.374
89 88 Syracuse 3 - 7 0.372
90 93 Kent 5 - 5 0.368
91 99 Wyoming 5 - 5 0.364
92 92 Nevada-Las Vegas 4 - 7 0.358
93 86 Arkansas St. 2 - 7 0.352
94 100 Western Michigan 5 - 6 0.348
95 91 San Diego St. 4 - 6 0.342
96 94 LA-Lafayette 5 - 5 0.339
97 95 Vanderbilt 2 - 9 0.339
98 96 Colorado St. 3 - 7 0.335
99 105 Florida Atlantic 3 - 6 0.332
100 97 Toledo 4 - 6 0.331
101 98 Buffalo 3 - 7 0.330
102 103 Utah St. 3 - 7 0.321
103 102 Hawaii 4 - 6 0.318
104 106 Florida International 3 - 7 0.306
105 104 Maryland 2 - 8 0.305
106 101 Texas-El Paso 3 - 7 0.298
107 110 Army 4 - 6 0.259
108 108 Memphis 2 - 8 0.248
109 107 Akron 2 - 8 0.233
110 111 North Texas 2 - 8 0.226
111 109 Tulane 3 - 7 0.208
112 112 Washington St. 1 - 9 0.205
113 113 San Jose St. 1 - 8 0.184
114 114 Miami, Ohio 1 - 10 0.174
115 116 Ball St. 1 - 9 0.160
116 115 New Mexico St. 3 - 7 0.158
117 117 Rice 1 - 9 0.155
118 118 New Mexico 0 - 10 0.106
119 119 Wild Card U. 5 - 88 0.104
120 120 Western Kentucky 0 - 10 0.102
121 121 Eastern Michigan 0 - 10 0.088

2009 conference power ratings:

Conference2009 Record Power Rating
SEC 37-6 .689
Big East 30-7 .645
Pac-10 20-9 .634
Big Twelve 35-13 .625
ACC 29-15 .615
Big Ten 31-10 .599
Independents 17-12 .533
Mountain West 21-15.495
WAC 17-19 .435
Conference USA 19-29.415
MAC 16-36 .364
Sun Belt 8-26 .356

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