ARGH 2016 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2016 season as of December 4, 2016. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .559, or about 3.17 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 12-4-16

This Week	Last Week	Team	2016 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	13 - 0	0.961	8
2	2	Ohio St.	11 - 1	0.929	5
3	3	Michigan	10 - 2	0.900	16
4	5	Washington	12 - 1	0.899	46
5	4	Clemson	12 - 1	0.894	29
6	7	Western Michigan	13 - 0	0.852	119
7	6	Wisconsin	10 - 3	0.843	4
8	9	Penn State	11 - 2	0.841	9
9	8	Colorado	10 - 3	0.811	15
10	10	Auburn	8 - 4	0.803	19
11	11	Southern California	9 - 3	0.800	6
12	13	Oklahoma	10 - 2	0.799	36
13	12	Louisiana St.	7 - 4	0.786	3
14	15	Florida St.	9 - 3	0.773	23
15	16	Louisville	9 - 3	0.769	61
16	17	Boise State	10 - 2	0.755	72
17	18	Stanford	9 - 3	0.755	21
18	31	Temple	10 - 3	0.743	87
19	19	West Virginia	10 - 2	0.742	62
20	14	Florida	8 - 4	0.736	11
21	20	Texas A&M	8 - 4	0.734	30
22	21	Miami, Florida	8 - 4	0.730	57
23	25	Washington St.	8 - 4	0.721	39
24	26	Houston	9 - 3	0.718	79
25	22	Virginia Tech	9 - 4	0.717	53
26	24	Tennessee	8 - 4	0.716	18
27	29	Iowa	8 - 4	0.712	47
28	27	Nebraska	9 - 3	0.712	34
29	30	South Florida	10 - 2	0.711	85
30	32	Western Kentucky	10 - 3	0.706	105
31	23	Oklahoma St.	9 - 3	0.700	63
32	33	Appalachian St.	9 - 3	0.693	94
33	35	Minnesota	8 - 4	0.681	50
34	28	Navy	9 - 3	0.681	65
35	44	Kansas St.	8 - 4	0.674	66
36	36	Utah	8 - 4	0.674	48
37	37	Pittsburgh	8 - 4	0.667	41
38	38	Brigham Young	8 - 4	0.662	78
39	39	Tulsa	9 - 3	0.658	82
40	40	Memphis	8 - 4	0.655	77
41	45	San Diego St.	10 - 3	0.650	120
42	41	North Carolina	8 - 4	0.650	67
43	34	Troy	9 - 3	0.645	111
44	42	Toledo	9 - 3	0.641	113
45	43	Georgia Tech	8 - 4	0.640	49
46	46	Arkansas	7 - 5	0.620	24
47	47	Air Force	9 - 3	0.612	98
48	48	Northwestern	6 - 6	0.611	26
49	49	Georgia	7 - 5	0.603	32
50	50	Kentucky	7 - 5	0.592	38
51	51	Vanderbilt	6 - 6	0.587	25
52	52	Colorado St.	7 - 5	0.584	69
53	53	Mississippi	5 - 7	0.582	1
54	55	North Carolina St.	6 - 6	0.573	44
55	56	Wyoming	8 - 5	0.555	74
56	58	Old Dominion	9 - 3	0.555	125
57	59	Central Florida	6 - 6	0.550	70
58	54	Texas Christian	6 - 6	0.546	59
59	60	Indiana	6 - 6	0.543	37
60	57	Louisiana Tech	8 - 5	0.541	112
61	61	Mississippi St.	5 - 7	0.534	22
62	63	California	5 - 7	0.529	12
63	62	Maryland	6 - 6	0.526	35
64	64	Baylor	6 - 6	0.522	73
65	65	New Mexico	8 - 4	0.515	116
66	66	Notre Dame	4 - 8	0.515	33
67	67	UCLA	4 - 8	0.507	7
68	78	Idaho	8 - 4	0.497	95
69	70	Texas	5 - 7	0.494	51
70	68	Missouri	4 - 8	0.493	27
71	69	Middle Tennessee	8 - 4	0.493	124
72	79	Arkansas St.	7 - 5	0.488	114
73	71	Army	6 - 5	0.486	127
74	72	Oregon	4 - 8	0.485	10
75	73	Arizona St.	5 - 7	0.484	28
76	76	Oregon St.	4 - 8	0.483	13
77	75	Texas Tech	5 - 7	0.482	56
78	77	Ohio	8 - 5	0.479	121
79	74	South Carolina	6 - 6	0.476	45
80	80	Wake Forest	6 - 6	0.467	64
81	81	Eastern Michigan	7 - 5	0.462	100
82	83	Michigan St.	3 - 9	0.443	14
83	82	Southern Mississippi	6 - 6	0.438	109
84	84	Texas-San Antonio	6 - 6	0.429	108
85	90	Georgia Southern	5 - 7	0.427	83
86	85	Boston College	6 - 6	0.421	71
87	86	Duke	4 - 8	0.420	40
88	87	Central Michigan	6 - 6	0.418	99
89	88	Southern Methodist	5 - 7	0.414	52
90	96	LA-Lafayette	6 - 6	0.406	104
91	89	Northern Illinois	5 - 7	0.397	96
92	92	South Alabama	6 - 6	0.389	118
93	91	Syracuse	4 - 8	0.384	31
94	93	Iowa St.	3 - 9	0.371	55
95	94	Tulane	4 - 8	0.371	75
96	95	Miami, Ohio	6 - 6	0.368	123
97	97	Arizona	3 - 9	0.362	17
98	98	Illinois	3 - 9	0.341	20
99	99	Hawaii	6 - 7	0.341	91
100	100	Utah St.	3 - 9	0.339	60
101	101	Akron	5 - 7	0.336	101
102	102	Cincinnati	4 - 8	0.333	68
103	103	East Carolina	3 - 9	0.320	58
104	105	Nevada-Las Vegas	4 - 8	0.317	97
105	104	North Texas	5 - 7	0.315	102
106	106	Purdue	3 - 9	0.314	42
107	108	Ball St.	4 - 8	0.296	117
108	110	Nevada	5 - 7	0.292	128
109	111	San Jose St.	4 - 8	0.291	90
110	107	LA-Monroe	4 - 8	0.273	81
111	109	Georgia St.	3 - 9	0.270	89
112	113	Bowling Green	4 - 8	0.266	93
113	114	Charlotte	4 - 8	0.265	110
114	115	Virginia	2 - 10	0.262	54
115	112	New Mexico St.	3 - 9	0.260	76
116	116	Florida International	4 - 8	0.258	107
117	118	Rutgers	2 - 10	0.252	2
118	117	Kent	3 - 9	0.252	92
119	119	Marshall	3 - 9	0.245	103
120	120	Kansas	2 - 10	0.236	43
121	121	Texas-El Paso	4 - 8	0.233	126
122	123	Rice	3 - 9	0.222	106
123	122	Massachusetts	2 - 10	0.220	80
124	124	Connecticut	3 - 9	0.214	84
125	125	Florida Atlantic	3 - 9	0.206	115
126	127	Fresno St.	1 - 11	0.153	86
127	126	Texas St.	2 - 10	0.152	88
128	128	Buffalo	2 - 10	0.129	122
129	129	Wild Card U.	10 - 103	0.109	0

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