ARGH 2016 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2016 season as of December 11, 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 12-11-16

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	17
4	4	Washington	12 - 1	0.899	46
5	5	Clemson	12 - 1	0.894	29
6	6	Western Michigan	13 - 0	0.852	121
7	7	Wisconsin	10 - 3	0.843	4
8	8	Penn State	11 - 2	0.841	9
9	9	Colorado	10 - 3	0.811	15
10	10	Auburn	8 - 4	0.803	19
11	11	Southern California	9 - 3	0.800	6
12	12	Oklahoma	10 - 2	0.798	36
13	13	Louisiana St.	7 - 4	0.786	3
14	14	Florida St.	9 - 3	0.773	23
15	15	Louisville	9 - 3	0.770	61
16	17	Stanford	9 - 3	0.755	21
17	16	Boise State	10 - 2	0.755	72
18	19	West Virginia	10 - 2	0.742	62
19	18	Temple	10 - 3	0.742	87
20	20	Florida	8 - 4	0.736	11
21	21	Texas A&M	8 - 4	0.734	30
22	22	Miami, Florida	8 - 4	0.731	57
23	23	Washington St.	8 - 4	0.721	39
24	25	Virginia Tech	9 - 4	0.718	52
25	26	Tennessee	8 - 4	0.716	18
26	24	Houston	9 - 3	0.714	81
27	27	Iowa	8 - 4	0.712	47
28	28	Nebraska	9 - 3	0.712	34
29	29	South Florida	10 - 2	0.708	86
30	30	Western Kentucky	10 - 3	0.707	105
31	31	Oklahoma St.	9 - 3	0.700	64
32	32	Appalachian St.	9 - 3	0.694	94
33	33	Minnesota	8 - 4	0.681	50
34	35	Kansas St.	8 - 4	0.674	66
35	36	Utah	8 - 4	0.674	48
36	37	Pittsburgh	8 - 4	0.667	41
37	38	Brigham Young	8 - 4	0.661	78
38	39	Tulsa	9 - 3	0.654	83
39	40	Memphis	8 - 4	0.651	77
40	42	North Carolina	8 - 4	0.650	65
41	41	San Diego St.	10 - 3	0.650	122
42	34	Navy	9 - 4	0.647	67
43	43	Troy	9 - 3	0.645	112
44	44	Toledo	9 - 3	0.641	113
45	45	Georgia Tech	8 - 4	0.640	49
46	46	Arkansas	7 - 5	0.620	24
47	47	Air Force	9 - 3	0.613	98
48	48	Northwestern	6 - 6	0.611	26
49	49	Georgia	7 - 5	0.602	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	54	North Carolina St.	6 - 6	0.573	44
55	56	Old Dominion	9 - 3	0.556	126
56	55	Wyoming	8 - 5	0.555	74
57	57	Central Florida	6 - 6	0.547	70
58	58	Texas Christian	6 - 6	0.546	58
59	59	Indiana	6 - 6	0.543	37
60	60	Louisiana Tech	8 - 5	0.542	111
61	61	Mississippi St.	5 - 7	0.533	22
62	73	Army	7 - 5	0.532	119
63	62	California	5 - 7	0.529	12
64	63	Maryland	6 - 6	0.526	35
65	64	Baylor	6 - 6	0.522	73
66	66	Notre Dame	4 - 8	0.516	33
67	65	New Mexico	8 - 4	0.515	116
68	67	UCLA	4 - 8	0.507	7
69	68	Idaho	8 - 4	0.497	95
70	69	Texas	5 - 7	0.494	51
71	71	Middle Tennessee	8 - 4	0.494	125
72	70	Missouri	4 - 8	0.493	27
73	72	Arkansas St.	7 - 5	0.488	115
74	74	Oregon	4 - 8	0.485	10
75	75	Arizona St.	5 - 7	0.484	28
76	76	Oregon St.	4 - 8	0.482	13
77	77	Texas Tech	5 - 7	0.481	56
78	78	Ohio	8 - 5	0.479	123
79	79	South Carolina	6 - 6	0.475	45
80	80	Wake Forest	6 - 6	0.471	63
81	81	Eastern Michigan	7 - 5	0.462	101
82	82	Michigan St.	3 - 9	0.443	14
83	83	Southern Mississippi	6 - 6	0.439	109
84	84	Texas-San Antonio	6 - 6	0.431	108
85	85	Georgia Southern	5 - 7	0.427	82
86	87	Duke	4 - 8	0.424	40
87	86	Boston College	6 - 6	0.421	71
88	88	Central Michigan	6 - 6	0.418	100
89	89	Southern Methodist	5 - 7	0.410	55
90	90	LA-Lafayette	6 - 6	0.405	106
91	91	Northern Illinois	5 - 7	0.397	96
92	92	South Alabama	6 - 6	0.389	118
93	93	Syracuse	4 - 8	0.383	31
94	94	Iowa St.	3 - 9	0.371	54
95	96	Miami, Ohio	6 - 6	0.368	124
96	95	Tulane	4 - 8	0.367	76
97	97	Arizona	3 - 9	0.362	16
98	98	Illinois	3 - 9	0.341	20
99	99	Hawaii	6 - 7	0.341	91
100	100	Utah St.	3 - 9	0.339	59
101	101	Akron	5 - 7	0.336	102
102	102	Cincinnati	4 - 8	0.331	68
103	105	North Texas	5 - 7	0.318	99
104	104	Nevada-Las Vegas	4 - 8	0.317	97
105	103	East Carolina	3 - 9	0.316	60
106	106	Purdue	3 - 9	0.314	42
107	107	Ball St.	4 - 8	0.297	117
108	108	Nevada	5 - 7	0.292	128
109	109	San Jose St.	4 - 8	0.291	90
110	110	LA-Monroe	4 - 8	0.273	80
111	111	Georgia St.	3 - 9	0.269	89
112	112	Bowling Green	4 - 8	0.266	93
113	113	Charlotte	4 - 8	0.265	110
114	114	Virginia	2 - 10	0.262	53
115	115	New Mexico St.	3 - 9	0.260	75
116	116	Florida International	4 - 8	0.259	107
117	118	Kent	3 - 9	0.252	92
118	117	Rutgers	2 - 10	0.252	2
119	119	Marshall	3 - 9	0.246	103
120	120	Kansas	2 - 10	0.236	43
121	121	Texas-El Paso	4 - 8	0.236	127
122	122	Rice	3 - 9	0.225	104
123	123	Massachusetts	2 - 10	0.219	79
124	124	Connecticut	3 - 9	0.211	84
125	125	Florida Atlantic	3 - 9	0.207	114
126	126	Fresno St.	1 - 11	0.153	85
127	127	Texas St.	2 - 10	0.152	88
128	128	Buffalo	2 - 10	0.130	120
129	129	Wild Card U.	10 - 103	0.109	0

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