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 12-11-17

This Week	Last Week	Team	2017 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Clemson	12 - 1	0.928	13
2	2	Georgia	12 - 1	0.917	26
3	3	Wisconsin	12 - 1	0.915	27
4	4	Alabama	11 - 1	0.914	51
5	5	Ohio St.	11 - 2	0.889	8
6	6	Penn State	10 - 2	0.887	24
7	7	Oklahoma	12 - 1	0.869	39
8	8	Central Florida	12 - 0	0.861	88
9	9	Washington	10 - 2	0.853	60
10	10	Notre Dame	9 - 3	0.845	2
11	11	Auburn	10 - 3	0.845	19
12	12	Miami, Florida	10 - 2	0.823	21
13	13	Southern California	11 - 2	0.809	20
14	14	Texas Christian	10 - 3	0.805	49
15	15	Virginia Tech	9 - 3	0.803	58
16	16	Stanford	9 - 4	0.786	11
17	17	Northwestern	9 - 3	0.781	30
18	18	Michigan St.	9 - 3	0.768	6
19	19	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	23	North Carolina St.	8 - 4	0.734	16
24	24	Mississippi St.	8 - 4	0.732	50
25	25	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	42
29	29	Boston College	7 - 5	0.720	5
30	30	Memphis	10 - 2	0.717	86
31	31	Wake Forest	7 - 5	0.716	10
32	32	Toledo	11 - 2	0.709	98
33	33	Florida Atlantic	10 - 3	0.685	97
34	34	Iowa St.	7 - 5	0.682	46
35	35	Florida St.	6 - 6	0.681	7
36	36	Fresno St.	9 - 4	0.679	79
37	37	Purdue	6 - 6	0.672	14
38	38	South Carolina	8 - 4	0.667	48
39	39	South Florida	9 - 2	0.660	115
40	40	Oregon	7 - 5	0.655	52
41	46	Army	9 - 3	0.646	94
42	41	Troy	10 - 2	0.644	120
43	42	Texas	6 - 6	0.644	40
44	43	Arizona St.	7 - 5	0.638	25
45	44	Duke	6 - 6	0.628	37
46	45	West Virginia	7 - 5	0.624	54
47	47	Georgia Tech	5 - 6	0.611	17
48	48	Northern Illinois	8 - 4	0.607	95
49	49	Utah	6 - 6	0.605	53
50	50	Texas A&M	7 - 5	0.602	56
51	51	Missouri	7 - 5	0.599	67
52	52	Kansas St.	7 - 5	0.598	69
53	53	UCLA	6 - 6	0.596	15
54	54	Arizona	7 - 5	0.595	70
55	56	Houston	7 - 4	0.590	82
56	57	Texas Tech	6 - 6	0.587	44
57	55	Navy	6 - 6	0.579	41
58	58	Ohio	8 - 4	0.575	112
59	60	Indiana	5 - 7	0.562	32
60	59	Southern Methodist	7 - 5	0.562	75
61	61	Kentucky	7 - 5	0.552	57
62	62	Virginia	6 - 6	0.544	38
63	63	North Texas	9 - 4	0.542	93
64	64	Minnesota	5 - 7	0.540	31
65	65	Central Michigan	8 - 4	0.531	99
66	66	California	5 - 7	0.523	43
67	67	Wyoming	7 - 5	0.518	100
68	68	Mississippi	6 - 6	0.514	62
69	69	Syracuse	4 - 8	0.512	9
70	70	Pittsburgh	5 - 7	0.511	36
71	71	Marshall	7 - 5	0.510	111
72	72	Appalachian St.	8 - 4	0.506	127
73	73	Colorado St.	7 - 5	0.505	103
74	74	Florida	4 - 7	0.498	18
75	75	Maryland	4 - 8	0.494	1
76	76	Western Michigan	6 - 6	0.492	89
77	77	Nebraska	4 - 8	0.491	4
78	78	Southern Mississippi	8 - 4	0.483	122
79	79	Utah St.	6 - 6	0.477	91
80	80	Arkansas St.	7 - 4	0.473	129
81	81	Colorado	5 - 7	0.470	63
82	82	Akron	7 - 6	0.462	83
83	84	Buffalo	6 - 6	0.453	102
84	83	Air Force	5 - 7	0.452	74
85	85	Temple	6 - 6	0.447	81
86	86	Tulane	5 - 7	0.446	73
87	87	Arkansas	4 - 8	0.441	33
88	88	Florida International	8 - 4	0.441	114
89	89	Vanderbilt	5 - 7	0.437	59
90	90	Eastern Michigan	5 - 7	0.436	90
91	91	Texas-San Antonio	6 - 5	0.428	124
92	92	North Carolina	3 - 9	0.423	29
93	93	Louisiana Tech	6 - 6	0.416	108
94	94	AL-Birmingham	8 - 4	0.415	130
95	95	Rutgers	4 - 8	0.413	22
96	96	Tennessee	4 - 8	0.390	45
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	101	New Mexico St.	6 - 6	0.330	121
102	102	Western Kentucky	6 - 6	0.320	126
103	103	Cincinnati	4 - 8	0.306	78
104	104	Brigham Young	4 - 9	0.306	77
105	105	LA-Monroe	4 - 8	0.296	104
106	106	Tulsa	2 - 10	0.291	65
107	107	Massachusetts	4 - 8	0.286	118
108	108	Georgia St.	6 - 5	0.283	128
109	109	Connecticut	3 - 9	0.273	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	113	Illinois	2 - 10	0.257	28
114	114	East Carolina	3 - 9	0.250	72
115	115	Idaho	4 - 8	0.242	119
116	117	Bowling Green	2 - 10	0.239	76
117	116	South Alabama	4 - 8	0.239	117
118	118	LA-Lafayette	5 - 7	0.229	125
119	119	Hawaii	3 - 9	0.225	101
120	120	Oregon St.	1 - 11	0.209	23
121	121	Kansas	1 - 11	0.178	34
122	122	Liberty	6 - 5	0.177	0
123	123	Coastal Carolina	3 - 9	0.172	123
124	124	Georgia Southern	2 - 10	0.171	109
125	125	Kent	2 - 10	0.161	66
126	126	Ball St.	2 - 10	0.141	96
127	127	San Jose St.	2 - 11	0.139	84
128	129	Rice	1 - 11	0.128	85
129	128	Wild Card U.	13 - 94	0.128	0
130	130	Texas St.	2 - 10	0.126	116
131	131	Charlotte	1 - 11	0.100	105
132	132	Texas-El Paso	0 - 12	0.063	87

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