ARGH 2008 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2008 season as of November 30. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams, including provisional member Western Kentucky.

The estimated home field advantage is .589, or about 4.40 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 2 Florida 12 - 1 0.924
2 1 Southern California 11 - 1 0.922
3 4 Penn State 11 - 1 0.900
4 7 Oklahoma 12 - 1 0.900
5 5 Boise State 12 - 0 0.898
6 6 Texas 11 - 1 0.895
7 3 Alabama 12 - 1 0.877
8 8 Utah 12 - 0 0.866
9 9 Ohio St. 10 - 2 0.850
10 11 Texas Christian 10 - 2 0.830
11 12 Texas Tech 11 - 1 0.819
12 10 Ball St. 12 - 1 0.773
13 14 Iowa 8 - 4 0.760
14 13 Missouri 9 - 4 0.749
15 26 Pittsburgh 9 - 3 0.747
16 16 Oklahoma St. 9 - 3 0.743
17 20 Cincinnati 11 - 2 0.741
18 17 Oregon 9 - 3 0.740
19 18 Florida St. 8 - 4 0.740
20 19 Georgia 9 - 3 0.734
21 21 Georgia Tech 9 - 3 0.727
22 23 California 8 - 4 0.725
23 22 Michigan St. 9 - 3 0.723
24 15 Boston College 9 - 4 0.721
25 24 Mississippi 8 - 4 0.715
26 25 Oregon St. 8 - 4 0.714
27 30 Virginia Tech 9 - 4 0.711
28 27 North Carolina 8 - 4 0.707
29 28 Brigham Young 10 - 2 0.702
30 29 Clemson 7 - 5 0.685
31 35 West Virginia 8 - 4 0.677
32 32 Nebraska 8 - 4 0.670
33 31 Northwestern 9 - 3 0.669
34 38 Rutgers 7 - 5 0.662
35 33 Wake Forest 7 - 5 0.659
36 36 Miami, Florida 7 - 5 0.641
37 41 Arizona 7 - 5 0.637
38 43 Navy 8 - 4 0.633
39 34 Connecticut 7 - 5 0.623
40 40 Western Michigan 9 - 3 0.615
41 37 South Florida 7 - 5 0.614
42 42 Kansas 7 - 5 0.612
43 44 South Carolina 7 - 5 0.600
44 49 Troy St. 8 - 4 0.599
45 45 Wisconsin 7 - 5 0.598
46 39 Tulsa 10 - 3 0.593
47 46 Air Force 8 - 4 0.591
48 51 East Carolina 9 - 4 0.590
49 47 Maryland 7 - 5 0.576
50 48 Rice 9 - 3 0.571
51 50 Louisiana St. 7 - 5 0.571
52 63 Buffalo 8 - 5 0.561
53 52 North Carolina St. 6 - 6 0.558
54 53 Illinois 5 - 7 0.557
55 54 Notre Dame 6 - 6 0.556
56 55 Vanderbilt 6 - 6 0.550
57 56 Minnesota 7 - 5 0.549
58 57 Central Michigan 8 - 4 0.534
59 58 Houston 7 - 5 0.531
60 59 Nevada 7 - 5 0.527
61 60 Northern Illinois 6 - 6 0.518
62 62 Stanford 5 - 7 0.517
63 61 Kentucky 6 - 6 0.507
64 65 Purdue 4 - 8 0.504
65 66 Tennessee 5 - 7 0.500
66 67 Baylor 4 - 8 0.493
67 68 Southern Mississippi 6 - 6 0.492
68 70 Bowling Green 6 - 6 0.491
69 69 Virginia 5 - 7 0.491
70 64 Arizona St. 5 - 7 0.479
71 72 Fresno St. 7 - 5 0.470
72 73 Duke 4 - 8 0.468
73 71 Auburn 5 - 7 0.467
74 76 Hawaii 7 - 6 0.453
75 77 Kansas St. 5 - 7 0.442
76 78 Arkansas 5 - 7 0.440
77 79 Temple 5 - 7 0.439
78 80 Colorado St. 6 - 6 0.436
79 81 Colorado 5 - 7 0.435
80 82 Louisiana Tech 7 - 5 0.430
81 75 Arkansas St. 6 - 6 0.430
82 74 Louisville 5 - 7 0.417
83 83 Akron 5 - 7 0.404
84 86 New Mexico 4 - 8 0.400
85 85 Florida Atlantic 6 - 6 0.399
86 84 Memphis 6 - 6 0.399
87 92 LA-Lafayette 6 - 6 0.390
88 87 Texas-El Paso 5 - 7 0.387
89 88 Michigan 3 - 9 0.380
90 89 Texas A&M 4 - 8 0.377
91 90 Nevada-Las Vegas 5 - 7 0.375
92 91 San Jose St. 6 - 6 0.372
93 94 UCLA 4 - 8 0.358
94 95 Ohio 4 - 8 0.353
95 98 Florida International 5 - 7 0.347
96 97 Marshall 4 - 8 0.336
97 93 Middle Tennessee St. 5 - 7 0.331
98 96 Mississippi St. 4 - 8 0.329
99 99 Syracuse 3 - 9 0.326
100 100 Kent 4 - 8 0.309
101 101 Indiana 3 - 9 0.303
102 102 Utah St. 3 - 9 0.298
103 103 Central Florida 4 - 8 0.285
104 104 Eastern Michigan 3 - 9 0.284
105 105 AL-Birmingham 4 - 8 0.280
106 107 Toledo 3 - 9 0.272
107 106 Iowa St. 2 - 10 0.271
108 108 LA-Monroe 4 - 8 0.254
109 110 Wyoming 4 - 8 0.240
110 111 New Mexico St. 3 - 9 0.227
111 109 Army 3 - 9 0.226
112 112 Western Kentucky 2 - 10 0.196
113 113 Miami, Ohio 2 - 10 0.187
114 114 San Diego St. 2 - 10 0.179
115 115 Southern Methodist 1 - 11 0.165
116 116 Tulane 2 - 10 0.163
117 117 Washington St. 2 - 11 0.161
118 118 Idaho 2 - 10 0.146
119 119 Washington 0 - 12 0.116
120 120 North Texas 1 - 11 0.106
121 121 Wild Card U. 2 - 85 0.086

2008 conference power ratings:

Conference2008 Record Power Rating
ACC 37-11 .640
Big Twelve 38-10 .617
Big Ten 32-12 .618
SEC 37-11 .601
Big East 29-12 .601
Pac-10 14-17 .537
Mountain West 25-11.513
Independents 15-17 .471
MAC 22-30 .441
WAC 18-19 .425
Conference USA 18-30.399
Sun Belt 10-32 .339

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