ARGH 2012 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2012 season after games of December 8. Teams included are the 124 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus one team that will be starting FBS play in 2013.

The estimated home field advantage is .578, or about 4.20 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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This Week	Last Week	Team	2012 Record	Power Rating
1	1	Notre Dame	12 - 0	0.954
2	2	Alabama	12 - 1	0.934
3	3	Florida	11 - 1	0.915
4	4	Oregon	11 - 1	0.907
5	5	Kansas St.	11 - 1	0.886
6	6	Stanford	11 - 2	0.879
7	7	Ohio St.	12 - 0	0.876
8	8	Texas A&M	10 - 2	0.856
9	9	Georgia	11 - 2	0.855
10	10	Oklahoma	10 - 2	0.853
11	11	South Carolina	10 - 2	0.846
12	12	Louisiana St.	10 - 2	0.843
13	13	Florida St.	11 - 2	0.838
14	14	Oregon St.	9 - 3	0.830
15	15	Nebraska	10 - 3	0.786
16	16	Michigan	8 - 4	0.784
17	17	Northern Illinois	12 - 1	0.781
18	18	Clemson	10 - 2	0.780
19	19	Utah St.	10 - 2	0.771
20	20	UCLA	9 - 4	0.764
21	21	Boise State	10 - 2	0.753
22	22	Southern California	7 - 5	0.751
23	23	San Jose St.	10 - 2	0.751
24	24	Oklahoma St.	7 - 5	0.749
25	25	Wisconsin	8 - 5	0.746
26	26	Vanderbilt	8 - 4	0.735
27	27	Texas	8 - 4	0.728
28	28	Penn State	8 - 4	0.728
29	29	Northwestern	9 - 3	0.728
30	30	Cincinnati	9 - 3	0.714
31	31	Fresno St.	9 - 3	0.712
32	32	Brigham Young	7 - 5	0.705
33	33	Arizona St.	7 - 5	0.696
34	34	Arizona	7 - 5	0.692
35	35	Texas Christian	7 - 5	0.691
36	36	Rutgers	9 - 3	0.686
37	37	Baylor	7 - 5	0.681
38	38	Michigan St.	6 - 6	0.680
39	39	Arkansas St.	9 - 3	0.673
40	40	Mississippi St.	8 - 4	0.672
41	41	Kent	11 - 2	0.665
42	42	Louisville	10 - 2	0.664
43	43	Texas Tech	7 - 5	0.658
44	44	Tulsa	10 - 3	0.658
45	45	Washington	7 - 5	0.646
46	46	Central Florida	9 - 4	0.641
47	47	West Virginia	7 - 5	0.640
48	48	San Diego St.	9 - 3	0.631
49	50	Iowa St.	6 - 6	0.631
50	49	North Carolina	8 - 4	0.631
51	51	Louisiana Tech	9 - 3	0.617
52	52	Syracuse	7 - 5	0.614
53	53	Mississippi	6 - 6	0.608
54	54	Missouri	5 - 7	0.605
55	55	Ball St.	9 - 3	0.601
56	56	Toledo	9 - 3	0.598
57	57	Miami, Florida	7 - 5	0.597
58	58	Pittsburgh	6 - 6	0.582
59	59	LA-Lafayette	8 - 4	0.582
60	60	Bowling Green	8 - 4	0.578
61	61	LA-Monroe	8 - 4	0.572
62	62	Navy	8 - 4	0.565
63	63	Virginia Tech	6 - 6	0.561
64	64	Utah	5 - 7	0.560
65	65	Georgia Tech	6 - 7	0.556
66	66	Purdue	6 - 6	0.545
67	67	Tennessee	5 - 7	0.540
68	68	North Carolina St.	7 - 5	0.528
69	69	Western Kentucky	7 - 5	0.499
70	70	Minnesota	6 - 6	0.481
71	71	Duke	6 - 6	0.479
72	72	Ohio	8 - 4	0.479
73	73	Middle Tennessee St.	8 - 4	0.468
74	74	East Carolina	8 - 4	0.467
75	75	Nevada	7 - 5	0.462
76	76	Arkansas	4 - 8	0.461
77	77	Southern Methodist	6 - 6	0.454
78	78	Iowa	4 - 8	0.446
79	79	California	3 - 9	0.424
80	80	Indiana	4 - 8	0.415
81	81	Rice	6 - 6	0.405
82	82	Troy St.	5 - 7	0.403
83	83	Air Force	6 - 6	0.392
84	84	Connecticut	5 - 7	0.388
85	85	Texas-San Antonio	8 - 4	0.387
86	86	Auburn	3 - 9	0.379
87	87	Marshall	5 - 7	0.361
88	88	Virginia	4 - 8	0.360
89	89	Central Michigan	6 - 6	0.359
90	90	Temple	4 - 7	0.354
91	91	Houston	5 - 7	0.351
92	92	South Florida	3 - 9	0.340
93	93	Wake Forest	5 - 7	0.338
94	94	North Texas	4 - 8	0.335
95	95	Western Michigan	4 - 8	0.326
96	96	Washington St.	3 - 9	0.325
97	97	Maryland	4 - 8	0.324
98	98	Buffalo	4 - 8	0.312
99	99	Texas St.	4 - 8	0.309
100	100	Kentucky	2 - 10	0.301
101	101	Wyoming	4 - 8	0.299
102	102	Miami, Ohio	4 - 8	0.292
103	103	Florida International	3 - 9	0.283
104	104	New Mexico	4 - 9	0.275
105	105	Boston College	2 - 10	0.272
106	106	Colorado St.	4 - 8	0.268
107	107	Florida Atlantic	3 - 9	0.265
108	108	Memphis	4 - 8	0.263
109	109	Texas-El Paso	3 - 9	0.261
110	110	AL-Birmingham	3 - 9	0.257
111	111	Illinois	2 - 10	0.242
112	112	Kansas	1 - 11	0.234
113	113	Hawaii	3 - 9	0.210
114	114	Army	2 - 10	0.209
115	115	Eastern Michigan	2 - 10	0.193
116	116	Akron	1 - 11	0.182
117	117	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 11	0.180
118	118	Tulane	2 - 10	0.172
119	119	Colorado	1 - 11	0.169
120	120	South Alabama	2 - 11	0.168
121	121	Wild Card U.	18 - 97	0.135
122	122	Idaho	1 - 11	0.113
123	123	New Mexico St.	1 - 11	0.105
124	124	Southern Mississippi	0 - 12	0.103
125	125	Massachusetts	1 - 11	0.089
126	126	Georgia St.	1 - 10	0.039

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