ARGH 2008 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2008 season as of November 23. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams, including provisional member Western Kentucky.

The estimated home field advantage is .588, or about 4.32 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 2008 Record Power Rating
1 1 Southern California 9 - 1 0.914
2 2 Florida 10 - 1 0.909
3 3 Alabama 11 - 0 0.905
4 6 Penn State 11 - 1 0.902
5 4 Texas 10 - 1 0.893
6 5 Boise State 11 - 0 0.883
7 9 Oklahoma 10 - 1 0.880
8 7 Utah 12 - 0 0.868
9 10 Ohio St. 10 - 2 0.851
10 13 Texas Christian 10 - 2 0.830
11 12 Ball St. 11 - 0 0.824
12 8 Texas Tech 10 - 1 0.820
13 11 Missouri 9 - 2 0.809
14 15 Oklahoma St. 9 - 2 0.779
15 14 Georgia 9 - 2 0.778
16 18 Oregon St. 8 - 3 0.763
17 28 Florida St. 8 - 3 0.761
18 20 Iowa 8 - 4 0.760
19 29 Boston College 8 - 3 0.733
20 22 Cincinnati 9 - 2 0.728
21 23 California 7 - 4 0.725
22 16 Michigan St. 9 - 3 0.723
23 21 Oregon 8 - 3 0.712
24 31 Georgia Tech 8 - 3 0.709
25 19 Brigham Young 10 - 2 0.704
26 26 Mississippi 7 - 4 0.697
27 24 Pittsburgh 7 - 3 0.693
28 17 North Carolina 7 - 4 0.691
29 35 West Virginia 7 - 3 0.673
30 36 Northwestern 9 - 3 0.671
31 30 Nebraska 7 - 4 0.670
32 38 Virginia Tech 7 - 4 0.667
33 27 Miami, Florida 7 - 4 0.666
34 41 Clemson 6 - 5 0.658
35 25 Connecticut 7 - 4 0.657
36 33 Western Michigan 9 - 2 0.650
37 46 South Carolina 7 - 4 0.633
38 32 Wake Forest 6 - 5 0.630
39 40 Arizona 6 - 5 0.627
40 51 South Florida 7 - 4 0.625
41 47 Tulsa 9 - 2 0.623
42 44 Rutgers 6 - 5 0.623
43 34 Louisiana St. 7 - 4 0.617
44 37 Wisconsin 7 - 5 0.605
45 43 Air Force 8 - 4 0.592
46 39 Vanderbilt 6 - 5 0.586
47 57 Kansas 6 - 5 0.586
48 49 Central Michigan 8 - 3 0.585
49 63 Troy St. 7 - 4 0.582
50 48 Maryland 7 - 4 0.576
51 54 Kentucky 6 - 5 0.569
52 42 Notre Dame 6 - 5 0.568
53 50 Illinois 5 - 7 0.565
54 55 Buffalo 7 - 4 0.562
55 52 Navy 6 - 4 0.560
56 56 Houston 7 - 4 0.560
57 53 Rice 8 - 3 0.557
58 45 Minnesota 7 - 5 0.550
59 65 Northern Illinois 6 - 5 0.543
60 61 Stanford 5 - 7 0.526
61 64 East Carolina 7 - 4 0.523
62 88 North Carolina St. 5 - 6 0.517
63 58 Nevada 6 - 5 0.517
64 76 Purdue 4 - 8 0.510
65 69 Auburn 5 - 6 0.509
66 66 Fresno St. 7 - 4 0.505
67 62 Baylor 4 - 7 0.496
68 60 Virginia 5 - 6 0.488
69 59 Arizona St. 4 - 6 0.486
70 82 Tennessee 4 - 7 0.479
71 67 Southern Mississippi 5 - 6 0.477
72 71 Duke 4 - 7 0.466
73 73 Hawaii 6 - 5 0.460
74 74 Louisville 5 - 6 0.460
75 80 Arkansas St. 5 - 5 0.458
76 77 Louisiana Tech 7 - 4 0.457
77 68 Bowling Green 5 - 6 0.450
78 83 Kansas St. 5 - 7 0.447
79 86 Colorado 5 - 6 0.447
80 79 Colorado St. 6 - 6 0.441
81 75 Akron 5 - 6 0.427
82 78 Arkansas 4 - 7 0.427
83 70 Texas-El Paso 5 - 6 0.420
84 85 New Mexico 4 - 8 0.407
85 84 Temple 4 - 7 0.403
86 81 UCLA 4 - 6 0.400
87 93 Texas A&M 4 - 7 0.389
88 91 Michigan 3 - 9 0.388
89 98 Mississippi St. 4 - 7 0.382
90 92 San Jose St. 6 - 6 0.378
91 89 Florida Atlantic 5 - 6 0.376
92 72 Nevada-Las Vegas 5 - 7 0.374
93 96 Middle Tennessee St. 5 - 6 0.371
94 87 Memphis 5 - 6 0.371
95 90 LA-Lafayette 5 - 6 0.369
96 95 Florida International 4 - 6 0.343
97 105 Syracuse 3 - 8 0.335
98 94 Marshall 4 - 7 0.333
99 99 Central Florida 4 - 7 0.329
100 100 Ohio 3 - 8 0.328
101 97 Indiana 3 - 9 0.313
102 106 Toledo 3 - 8 0.311
103 108 Iowa St. 2 - 10 0.275
104 102 New Mexico St. 3 - 8 0.271
105 101 Kent 3 - 8 0.267
106 114 LA-Monroe 4 - 8 0.258
107 104 Utah St. 2 - 9 0.255
108 103 AL-Birmingham 3 - 8 0.250
109 110 Eastern Michigan 2 - 9 0.246
110 107 Army 3 - 8 0.242
111 109 Wyoming 4 - 8 0.237
112 111 Western Kentucky 2 - 9 0.226
113 113 Miami, Ohio 2 - 9 0.202
114 112 Tulane 2 - 9 0.187
115 119 San Diego St. 2 - 10 0.181
116 115 Southern Methodist 1 - 10 0.177
117 117 Washington St. 2 - 10 0.176
118 118 Idaho 2 - 10 0.149
119 116 Washington 0 - 11 0.130
120 120 North Texas 1 - 10 0.110
121 121 Wild Card U. 2 - 85 0.089

2008 conference power ratings:

Conference2008 Record Power Rating
ACC 34-10 .630
Big Twelve 38-10 .624
SEC 36-8 .624
Big Ten 32-12 .622
Big East 28-12 .599
Pac-10 13-16 .546
Mountain West 25-11.515
Independents 14-16 .457
MAC 22-30 .446
WAC 17-18 .431
Conference USA 17-30.401
Sun Belt 10-31 .344

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