ARGH 2017 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2017 season. Teams included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus Liberty.

The estimated home field advantage is .562, or about 3.20 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 12-2-17

This Week	Last Week	Team	2017 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	3	Clemson	12 - 1	0.928	13
2	4	Georgia	12 - 1	0.917	26
3	1	Wisconsin	12 - 1	0.914	27
4	2	Alabama	11 - 1	0.914	51
5	6	Ohio St.	11 - 2	0.888	8
6	5	Penn State	10 - 2	0.887	24
7	11	Oklahoma	12 - 1	0.868	40
8	8	Central Florida	12 - 0	0.862	88
9	9	Washington	10 - 2	0.853	60
10	12	Notre Dame	9 - 3	0.846	2
11	7	Auburn	10 - 3	0.845	19
12	10	Miami, Florida	10 - 2	0.823	21
13	16	Southern California	11 - 2	0.809	20
14	13	Texas Christian	10 - 3	0.805	49
15	15	Virginia Tech	9 - 3	0.802	58
16	14	Stanford	9 - 4	0.786	11
17	17	Northwestern	9 - 3	0.781	30
18	19	Michigan St.	9 - 3	0.767	6
19	18	Iowa	7 - 5	0.766	3
20	20	Michigan	8 - 4	0.764	12
21	21	Louisiana St.	9 - 3	0.749	55
22	22	Oklahoma St.	9 - 3	0.744	61
23	25	North Carolina St.	8 - 4	0.734	16
24	24	Mississippi St.	8 - 4	0.732	50
25	30	Boise State	10 - 3	0.730	64
26	26	San Diego St.	10 - 2	0.727	92
27	27	Washington St.	9 - 3	0.727	47
28	28	Louisville	8 - 4	0.726	41
29	29	Boston College	7 - 5	0.720	5
30	23	Memphis	10 - 2	0.719	85
31	31	Wake Forest	7 - 5	0.716	10
32	32	Toledo	11 - 2	0.708	97
33	37	Florida Atlantic	10 - 3	0.686	96
34	34	Iowa St.	7 - 5	0.682	46
35	36	Florida St.	6 - 6	0.681	7
36	33	Fresno St.	9 - 4	0.679	79
37	35	Purdue	6 - 6	0.671	14
38	39	South Carolina	8 - 4	0.667	48
39	38	South Florida	9 - 2	0.661	115
40	40	Oregon	7 - 5	0.655	52
41	43	Troy	10 - 2	0.644	120
42	41	Texas	6 - 6	0.644	39
43	42	Arizona St.	7 - 5	0.638	25
44	44	Duke	6 - 6	0.626	37
45	45	West Virginia	7 - 5	0.624	54
46	46	Army	8 - 3	0.621	100
47	47	Georgia Tech	5 - 6	0.611	17
48	49	Northern Illinois	8 - 4	0.606	94
49	48	Utah	6 - 6	0.605	53
50	50	Texas A&M	7 - 5	0.602	56
51	55	Missouri	7 - 5	0.600	67
52	52	Kansas St.	7 - 5	0.598	70
53	51	UCLA	6 - 6	0.596	15
54	53	Arizona	7 - 5	0.595	69
55	56	Navy	6 - 5	0.594	45
56	54	Houston	7 - 4	0.592	82
57	57	Texas Tech	6 - 6	0.587	43
58	58	Ohio	8 - 4	0.574	112
59	59	Southern Methodist	7 - 5	0.564	75
60	60	Indiana	5 - 7	0.562	32
61	62	Kentucky	7 - 5	0.552	57
62	63	Virginia	6 - 6	0.544	38
63	61	North Texas	9 - 4	0.540	93
64	64	Minnesota	5 - 7	0.540	31
65	65	Central Michigan	8 - 4	0.531	98
66	66	California	5 - 7	0.523	42
67	68	Wyoming	7 - 5	0.518	99
68	67	Mississippi	6 - 6	0.514	62
69	70	Syracuse	4 - 8	0.512	9
70	69	Pittsburgh	5 - 7	0.511	36
71	71	Marshall	7 - 5	0.510	111
72	80	Appalachian St.	8 - 4	0.506	127
73	72	Colorado St.	7 - 5	0.505	103
74	74	Florida	4 - 7	0.498	18
75	76	Maryland	4 - 8	0.494	1
76	77	Western Michigan	6 - 6	0.492	89
77	75	Nebraska	4 - 8	0.491	4
78	78	Southern Mississippi	8 - 4	0.482	122
79	79	Utah St.	6 - 6	0.477	91
80	73	Arkansas St.	7 - 4	0.473	129
81	82	Colorado	5 - 7	0.470	63
82	81	Akron	7 - 6	0.462	83
83	84	Air Force	5 - 7	0.451	74
84	83	Buffalo	6 - 6	0.451	102
85	85	Temple	6 - 6	0.447	81
86	86	Tulane	5 - 7	0.447	73
87	87	Arkansas	4 - 8	0.442	33
88	94	Florida International	8 - 4	0.441	114
89	89	Vanderbilt	5 - 7	0.437	59
90	88	Eastern Michigan	5 - 7	0.434	90
91	90	Texas-San Antonio	6 - 5	0.428	125
92	91	North Carolina	3 - 9	0.423	29
93	92	Louisiana Tech	6 - 6	0.415	108
94	93	AL-Birmingham	8 - 4	0.415	130
95	95	Rutgers	4 - 8	0.413	22
96	96	Tennessee	4 - 8	0.390	44
97	97	Middle Tennessee	6 - 6	0.384	113
98	98	Miami, Ohio	5 - 7	0.370	107
99	99	Nevada-Las Vegas	5 - 7	0.349	106
100	100	Nevada	3 - 9	0.342	68
101	102	New Mexico St.	6 - 6	0.330	121
102	103	Western Kentucky	6 - 6	0.320	126
103	106	Cincinnati	4 - 8	0.308	77
104	104	Brigham Young	4 - 9	0.306	78
105	105	LA-Monroe	4 - 8	0.296	104
106	108	Tulsa	2 - 10	0.293	65
107	107	Massachusetts	4 - 8	0.286	118
108	101	Georgia St.	6 - 5	0.283	128
109	109	Connecticut	3 - 9	0.274	71
110	110	Baylor	1 - 11	0.269	35
111	111	Old Dominion	5 - 7	0.267	110
112	112	New Mexico	3 - 9	0.263	80
113	114	Illinois	2 - 10	0.257	28
114	116	East Carolina	3 - 9	0.251	72
115	119	Idaho	4 - 8	0.242	119
116	113	South Alabama	4 - 8	0.239	117
117	117	Bowling Green	2 - 10	0.239	76
118	115	LA-Lafayette	5 - 7	0.229	124
119	118	Hawaii	3 - 9	0.225	101
120	120	Oregon St.	1 - 11	0.209	23
121	122	Kansas	1 - 11	0.178	34
122	123	Liberty	6 - 5	0.177	0
123	125	Coastal Carolina	3 - 9	0.172	123
124	121	Georgia Southern	2 - 10	0.172	109
125	124	Kent	2 - 10	0.161	66
126	126	Ball St.	2 - 10	0.141	95
127	127	San Jose St.	2 - 11	0.139	84
128	128	Wild Card U.	13 - 94	0.128	0
129	129	Rice	1 - 11	0.127	86
130	130	Texas St.	2 - 10	0.126	116
131	131	Charlotte	1 - 11	0.100	105
132	132	Texas-El Paso	0 - 12	0.062	87

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