ARGH 2019 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2019 season as of 12-8-19. Teams included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .563, or about 3.41 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 12-8-19

This WeekLast Week Team 2019 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Ohio St. 13 - 0 0.966 3
2 2 Clemson 13 - 0 0.942 79
3 3 Louisiana St. 13 - 0 0.925 19
4 4 Georgia 11 - 2 0.882 16
5 7 Penn State 10 - 2 0.871 20
6 6 Wisconsin 10 - 3 0.866 2
7 5 Utah 11 - 2 0.853 51
8 8 Florida 10 - 2 0.852 31
9 14 Oregon 11 - 2 0.852 44
10 11 Oklahoma 12 - 1 0.851 41
11 10 Alabama 10 - 2 0.840 62
12 9 Notre Dame 10 - 2 0.837 28
13 12 Michigan 9 - 3 0.833 1
14 15 Auburn 9 - 3 0.831 6
15 16 Memphis 12 - 1 0.822 59
16 17 Iowa 9 - 3 0.810 17
17 13 Baylor 11 - 2 0.807 57
18 19 Boise State 12 - 1 0.804 88
19 18 Appalachian St. 12 - 1 0.800 104
20 20 Minnesota 10 - 2 0.769 55
21 22 Navy 9 - 2 0.763 63
22 24 Air Force 10 - 2 0.755 84
23 21 Cincinnati 10 - 3 0.749 27
24 23 Louisiana 10 - 3 0.726 100
25 25 Central Florida 9 - 3 0.726 86
26 26 Southern Methodist 10 - 2 0.723 70
27 27 Southern California 8 - 4 0.705 13
28 36 Florida Atlantic 10 - 3 0.689 90
29 28 Kansas St. 8 - 4 0.682 53
30 29 Washington 7 - 5 0.681 45
31 31 Texas 7 - 5 0.676 12
32 32 Texas A&M 7 - 5 0.675 24
33 33 Oklahoma St. 8 - 4 0.672 42
34 35 Indiana 8 - 4 0.668 52
35 34 Iowa St. 7 - 5 0.667 30
36 30 Virginia 9 - 4 0.641 69
37 37 Kentucky 7 - 5 0.627 68
38 39 San Diego St. 9 - 3 0.620 115
39 38 Tennessee 7 - 5 0.620 37
40 40 Michigan St. 6 - 6 0.616 5
41 43 Arizona St. 7 - 5 0.598 48
42 42 Mississippi St. 6 - 6 0.598 11
43 41 Temple 8 - 4 0.597 78
44 46 Tulane 6 - 6 0.590 47
45 44 Virginia Tech 8 - 4 0.588 99
46 45 Wake Forest 8 - 4 0.588 77
47 47 North Carolina 6 - 6 0.583 50
48 49 Brigham Young 7 - 5 0.579 65
49 50 Louisville 7 - 5 0.576 39
50 48 Miami, Florida 6 - 6 0.575 67
51 51 Missouri 6 - 6 0.571 66
52 53 Washington St. 6 - 6 0.568 61
53 54 Texas Christian 5 - 7 0.566 25
54 55 Wyoming 7 - 5 0.562 93
55 56 California 7 - 5 0.560 43
56 52 Hawaii 9 - 5 0.558 81
57 57 Florida St. 6 - 6 0.556 40
58 60 Utah St. 7 - 5 0.552 56
59 59 Marshall 8 - 4 0.551 95
60 58 Western Kentucky 8 - 4 0.549 111
61 61 Nebraska 5 - 7 0.546 22
62 63 Illinois 6 - 6 0.533 58
63 62 Pittsburgh 7 - 5 0.531 60
64 66 South Carolina 4 - 8 0.523 4
65 65 Buffalo 7 - 5 0.523 117
66 64 Louisiana Tech 9 - 3 0.521 130
67 67 Georgia Southern 7 - 5 0.521 80
68 68 Oregon St. 5 - 7 0.512 29
69 70 Boston College 6 - 6 0.503 64
70 71 Western Michigan 7 - 5 0.500 121
71 79 Miami, Ohio 8 - 5 0.489 83
72 73 Tulsa 4 - 8 0.487 8
73 69 Central Michigan 8 - 5 0.480 124
74 77 Mississippi 4 - 8 0.479 36
75 74 Colorado 5 - 7 0.479 14
76 75 Arkansas St. 7 - 5 0.473 97
77 76 Southern Mississippi 7 - 5 0.473 108
78 78 Purdue 4 - 8 0.471 15
79 81 Houston 4 - 8 0.463 26
80 80 UCLA 4 - 8 0.462 9
81 83 Ohio 6 - 6 0.457 119
82 82 Duke 5 - 7 0.455 49
83 84 Texas Tech 4 - 8 0.445 54
84 72 AL-Birmingham 9 - 4 0.443 129
85 85 Army 5 - 7 0.439 114
86 86 West Virginia 5 - 7 0.436 33
87 87 Georgia St. 7 - 5 0.434 107
88 89 Stanford 4 - 8 0.432 18
89 90 Charlotte 7 - 5 0.431 116
90 88 Syracuse 5 - 7 0.431 72
91 91 Ball St. 5 - 7 0.422 103
92 92 Kent St. 6 - 6 0.415 94
93 94 Arizona 4 - 8 0.407 34
94 95 Maryland 3 - 9 0.405 10
95 93 Liberty 7 - 5 0.402 128
96 96 LA-Monroe 5 - 7 0.401 73
97 97 South Florida 4 - 8 0.394 38
98 98 San Jose St. 5 - 7 0.392 96
99 99 Fresno St. 4 - 8 0.390 85
100 100 Eastern Michigan 6 - 6 0.387 120
101 101 Florida International 6 - 6 0.379 125
102 103 Northwestern 3 - 9 0.374 21
103 102 Toledo 6 - 6 0.371 110
104 105 Nevada 7 - 5 0.369 106
105 104 Troy 5 - 7 0.365 113
106 106 Coastal Carolina 5 - 7 0.362 118
107 107 Middle Tennessee 4 - 8 0.356 87
108 108 Colorado St. 4 - 8 0.353 89
109 110 Kansas 3 - 9 0.332 35
110 109 Northern Illinois 5 - 7 0.331 109
111 111 North Carolina St. 4 - 8 0.323 82
112 112 East Carolina 4 - 8 0.314 101
113 113 North Texas 4 - 8 0.309 122
114 114 Nevada-Las Vegas 4 - 8 0.298 98
115 115 Vanderbilt 3 - 9 0.288 32
116 117 Arkansas 2 - 10 0.281 23
117 116 Georgia Tech 3 - 9 0.276 46
118 118 Rice 3 - 9 0.254 91
119 119 Texas St. 3 - 9 0.244 76
120 121 Rutgers 2 - 10 0.237 7
121 120 Texas-San Antonio 4 - 8 0.233 112
122 122 South Alabama 2 - 10 0.219 74
123 123 New Mexico 2 - 10 0.218 75
124 124 Connecticut 2 - 10 0.185 71
125 125 Bowling Green 3 - 9 0.179 92
126 126 New Mexico St. 2 - 10 0.164 105
127 127 Old Dominion 1 - 11 0.142 102
128 128 Texas-El Paso 1 - 11 0.102 126
129 129 Wild Card U. 3 - 111 0.085 0
130 130 Massachusetts 1 - 11 0.071 127
131 131 Akron 0 - 12 0.044 123

2019 conference power ratings:

Conference2019 Record Power Rating
SEC 42-14 .642
Big Ten 34-8 .640
Big Twelve 24-6 .613
Pac-12 24-12 .592
AAC 33-14 .568
ACC 35-19 .541
Mountain West 31-18.489
Sun Belt 22-18 .455
Independents 26-34 .415
Conference USA 24-32.388
MAC 18-30 .383

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