ARGH 2016 Power Ratings

The following are the final ARGH power ratings for the 2016 season. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .560, 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 1-10-17

This Week	Last Week	Team	2016 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	14 - 1	0.947	1
2	2	Clemson	14 - 1	0.925	2
3	3	Ohio St.	11 - 2	0.903	5
4	4	Washington	12 - 2	0.877	33
5	5	Michigan	10 - 3	0.868	18
6	6	Wisconsin	11 - 3	0.844	10
7	7	Oklahoma	11 - 2	0.822	24
8	8	Louisiana St.	8 - 4	0.811	3
9	9	Western Michigan	13 - 1	0.809	114
10	10	Florida St.	10 - 3	0.809	4
11	11	Penn State	11 - 3	0.805	12
12	12	Southern California	10 - 3	0.803	7
13	13	Auburn	8 - 5	0.786	8
14	14	Florida	9 - 4	0.772	9
15	16	Miami, Florida	9 - 4	0.769	46
16	15	Colorado	10 - 4	0.769	17
17	17	Louisville	9 - 4	0.765	45
18	18	Stanford	10 - 3	0.759	25
19	19	Virginia Tech	10 - 4	0.747	47
20	20	Oklahoma St.	10 - 3	0.744	58
21	21	Tennessee	9 - 4	0.737	11
22	22	West Virginia	10 - 3	0.725	51
23	23	Western Kentucky	11 - 3	0.723	96
24	25	Appalachian St.	10 - 3	0.712	83
25	24	Texas A&M	8 - 5	0.712	27
26	26	Boise State	10 - 3	0.707	72
27	27	Kansas St.	9 - 4	0.706	61
28	28	South Florida	11 - 2	0.701	88
29	29	Washington St.	8 - 5	0.694	43
30	30	Temple	10 - 4	0.688	90
31	31	Minnesota	9 - 4	0.685	62
32	32	San Diego St.	11 - 3	0.679	118
33	33	Georgia Tech	9 - 4	0.679	42
34	34	Utah	9 - 4	0.674	60
35	35	Nebraska	9 - 4	0.671	40
36	36	Houston	9 - 4	0.667	78
37	38	Troy	10 - 3	0.666	98
38	37	Iowa	8 - 5	0.666	49
39	39	Brigham Young	9 - 4	0.665	79
40	41	Pittsburgh	8 - 5	0.661	29
41	40	Tulsa	10 - 3	0.660	92
42	42	North Carolina	8 - 5	0.656	52
43	43	North Carolina St.	7 - 6	0.631	31
44	45	Georgia	8 - 5	0.623	36
45	44	Air Force	10 - 3	0.623	110
46	46	Northwestern	7 - 6	0.622	37
47	47	Toledo	9 - 4	0.611	108
48	49	Navy	9 - 5	0.609	69
49	50	Memphis	8 - 5	0.608	75
50	48	Arkansas	7 - 6	0.607	16
51	51	Mississippi	5 - 7	0.578	6
52	53	Old Dominion	10 - 3	0.577	121
53	52	Kentucky	7 - 6	0.577	30
54	54	Baylor	7 - 6	0.574	65
55	55	Louisiana Tech	9 - 5	0.564	101
56	56	Vanderbilt	6 - 7	0.555	23
57	57	Colorado St.	7 - 6	0.543	71
58	58	Texas Christian	6 - 7	0.540	56
59	60	Army	8 - 5	0.536	122
60	61	Wyoming	8 - 6	0.535	70
61	59	Mississippi St.	6 - 7	0.534	38
62	62	Wake Forest	7 - 6	0.530	53
63	63	California	5 - 7	0.525	13
64	64	Notre Dame	4 - 8	0.525	28
65	65	Idaho	9 - 4	0.523	91
66	66	Arkansas St.	8 - 5	0.518	116
67	67	New Mexico	9 - 4	0.517	119
68	68	Indiana	6 - 7	0.515	48
69	69	Texas	5 - 7	0.506	50
70	70	UCLA	4 - 8	0.494	15
71	71	Texas Tech	5 - 7	0.493	54
72	72	Central Florida	6 - 7	0.489	81
73	73	Missouri	4 - 8	0.488	35
74	75	South Carolina	6 - 7	0.476	39
75	74	Maryland	6 - 7	0.476	55
76	78	Boston College	7 - 6	0.473	64
77	76	Arizona St.	5 - 7	0.471	41
78	77	Oregon	4 - 8	0.470	19
79	79	Oregon St.	4 - 8	0.466	22
80	80	Southern Mississippi	7 - 6	0.461	109
81	81	Ohio	8 - 6	0.457	120
82	82	Middle Tennessee	8 - 5	0.450	126
83	83	Duke	4 - 8	0.438	34
84	84	Eastern Michigan	7 - 6	0.432	104
85	85	Georgia Southern	5 - 7	0.429	80
86	86	Michigan St.	3 - 9	0.422	26
87	87	Texas-San Antonio	6 - 7	0.412	103
88	88	Syracuse	4 - 8	0.404	20
89	89	Southern Methodist	5 - 7	0.394	67
90	90	LA-Lafayette	6 - 7	0.387	99
91	91	Northern Illinois	5 - 7	0.380	107
92	92	Iowa St.	3 - 9	0.378	59
93	93	Central Michigan	6 - 7	0.376	94
94	94	South Alabama	6 - 7	0.375	112
95	95	Hawaii	7 - 7	0.364	93
96	96	Arizona	3 - 9	0.353	21
97	97	Tulane	4 - 8	0.349	82
98	98	Miami, Ohio	6 - 7	0.345	125
99	99	Utah St.	3 - 9	0.334	66
100	100	Illinois	3 - 9	0.324	32
101	101	Akron	5 - 7	0.324	111
102	102	Cincinnati	4 - 8	0.310	77
103	103	North Texas	5 - 8	0.310	95
104	104	Nevada-Las Vegas	4 - 8	0.308	102
105	105	East Carolina	3 - 9	0.306	68
106	106	Purdue	3 - 9	0.295	63
107	107	Nevada	5 - 7	0.290	128
108	108	San Jose St.	4 - 8	0.289	87
109	109	Ball St.	4 - 8	0.281	123
110	110	LA-Monroe	4 - 8	0.275	76
111	111	Georgia St.	3 - 9	0.272	84
112	112	Virginia	2 - 10	0.267	57
113	113	New Mexico St.	3 - 9	0.260	73
114	114	Charlotte	4 - 8	0.257	115
115	115	Florida International	4 - 8	0.250	113
116	116	Bowling Green	4 - 8	0.247	105
117	117	Marshall	3 - 9	0.242	106
118	118	Kansas	2 - 10	0.241	44
119	119	Kent	3 - 9	0.238	100
120	120	Texas-El Paso	4 - 8	0.236	127
121	121	Rutgers	2 - 10	0.232	14
122	122	Rice	3 - 9	0.228	97
123	123	Massachusetts	2 - 10	0.226	74
124	124	Florida Atlantic	3 - 9	0.207	117
125	125	Connecticut	3 - 9	0.200	89
126	126	Texas St.	2 - 10	0.150	86
127	127	Fresno St.	1 - 11	0.149	85
128	128	Buffalo	2 - 10	0.126	124
129	129	Wild Card U.	10 - 103	0.107	0

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