ARGH 2017 Power Ratings

The following are the final 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 3.19 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 1-9-18

This Week	Last Week	Team	2017 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	13 - 1	0.933	20
2	2	Wisconsin	13 - 1	0.918	18
3	4	Clemson	12 - 2	0.905	9
4	3	Georgia	13 - 2	0.901	8
5	5	Ohio St.	12 - 2	0.900	5
6	6	Penn State	11 - 2	0.895	14
7	7	Central Florida	13 - 0	0.869	76
8	9	Notre Dame	10 - 3	0.850	3
9	8	Oklahoma	12 - 2	0.850	25
10	10	Auburn	10 - 4	0.827	11
11	11	Washington	10 - 3	0.818	59
12	12	Texas Christian	11 - 3	0.811	44
13	13	Miami, Florida	10 - 3	0.794	16
14	14	Michigan St.	10 - 3	0.794	7
15	15	Northwestern	10 - 3	0.788	28
16	16	Iowa	8 - 5	0.786	2
17	17	Southern California	11 - 3	0.777	22
18	18	Oklahoma St.	10 - 3	0.767	55
19	19	Virginia Tech	9 - 4	0.765	58
20	20	Mississippi St.	9 - 4	0.750	42
21	21	Stanford	9 - 5	0.748	21
22	22	North Carolina St.	9 - 4	0.747	19
23	23	Michigan	8 - 5	0.746	10
24	24	Louisiana St.	9 - 4	0.742	36
25	25	Boise State	11 - 3	0.733	64
26	26	Wake Forest	8 - 5	0.720	12
27	27	Florida Atlantic	11 - 3	0.708	96
28	28	Louisville	8 - 5	0.701	38
29	29	Iowa St.	8 - 5	0.700	43
30	30	Florida St.	7 - 6	0.699	13
31	31	South Carolina	9 - 4	0.695	41
32	32	Boston College	7 - 6	0.691	6
33	33	Memphis	10 - 3	0.689	82
34	34	Fresno St.	10 - 4	0.687	77
35	35	Washington St.	9 - 4	0.680	54
36	36	Purdue	7 - 6	0.680	17
37	37	San Diego St.	10 - 3	0.678	91
38	38	South Florida	10 - 2	0.675	112
39	39	Army	10 - 3	0.670	89
40	41	Troy	11 - 2	0.668	122
41	40	Texas	7 - 6	0.668	40
42	42	Duke	7 - 6	0.648	48
43	43	Toledo	11 - 3	0.641	101
44	44	Kansas St.	8 - 5	0.626	65
45	45	Oregon	7 - 6	0.616	56
46	46	Navy	7 - 6	0.615	50
47	47	Utah	7 - 6	0.607	62
48	48	West Virginia	7 - 6	0.600	52
49	49	Georgia Tech	5 - 6	0.597	26
50	50	Arizona St.	7 - 6	0.594	33
51	51	Texas A&M	7 - 6	0.594	51
52	52	Ohio	9 - 4	0.588	117
53	53	Missouri	7 - 6	0.580	63
54	54	Appalachian St.	9 - 4	0.572	121
55	55	Texas Tech	6 - 7	0.572	39
56	56	Houston	7 - 5	0.568	75
57	57	Indiana	5 - 7	0.564	31
58	58	Arizona	7 - 6	0.557	72
59	59	Northern Illinois	8 - 5	0.552	95
60	60	Kentucky	7 - 6	0.550	53
61	61	Wyoming	8 - 5	0.548	97
62	62	UCLA	6 - 7	0.546	29
63	63	Minnesota	5 - 7	0.544	30
64	64	Marshall	8 - 5	0.522	109
65	65	North Texas	9 - 5	0.520	90
66	66	Mississippi	6 - 6	0.516	61
67	67	Southern Methodist	7 - 6	0.509	79
68	68	Maryland	4 - 8	0.504	1
69	69	Pittsburgh	5 - 7	0.502	46
70	70	Syracuse	4 - 8	0.501	15
71	71	Florida	4 - 7	0.494	24
72	72	California	5 - 7	0.492	60
73	73	Nebraska	4 - 8	0.490	4
74	74	Virginia	6 - 7	0.488	49
75	75	Temple	7 - 6	0.487	83
76	76	Colorado St.	7 - 6	0.483	99
77	77	Central Michigan	8 - 5	0.479	100
78	78	Western Michigan	6 - 6	0.468	93
79	79	Louisiana Tech	7 - 6	0.467	107
80	80	Southern Mississippi	8 - 5	0.457	120
81	82	Arkansas	4 - 8	0.449	32
82	81	Arkansas St.	7 - 5	0.449	129
83	83	Utah St.	6 - 7	0.446	92
84	84	Air Force	5 - 7	0.446	70
85	86	Vanderbilt	5 - 7	0.443	57
86	85	Colorado	5 - 7	0.442	67
87	87	Buffalo	6 - 6	0.441	104
88	88	Tulane	5 - 7	0.440	69
89	89	Texas-San Antonio	6 - 5	0.421	128
90	90	Eastern Michigan	5 - 7	0.418	94
91	91	Akron	7 - 7	0.418	81
92	92	Rutgers	4 - 8	0.416	23
93	93	Florida International	8 - 5	0.411	113
94	94	North Carolina	3 - 9	0.409	37
95	95	Middle Tennessee	7 - 6	0.404	115
96	96	Tennessee	4 - 8	0.392	47
97	97	AL-Birmingham	8 - 5	0.383	130
98	98	New Mexico St.	7 - 6	0.364	123
99	99	Miami, Ohio	5 - 7	0.358	110
100	100	Nevada-Las Vegas	5 - 7	0.342	108
101	101	Nevada	3 - 9	0.328	73
102	102	Georgia St.	7 - 5	0.320	126
103	103	Cincinnati	4 - 8	0.308	78
104	104	Brigham Young	4 - 9	0.305	80
105	105	Western Kentucky	6 - 7	0.302	127
106	106	LA-Monroe	4 - 8	0.302	98
107	107	Massachusetts	4 - 8	0.291	118
108	108	Tulsa	2 - 10	0.288	66
109	109	Baylor	1 - 11	0.273	34
110	110	Connecticut	3 - 9	0.266	71
111	111	Illinois	2 - 10	0.262	27
112	112	Old Dominion	5 - 7	0.261	111
113	113	New Mexico	3 - 9	0.260	85
114	114	Idaho	4 - 8	0.250	119
115	115	South Alabama	4 - 8	0.250	114
116	116	East Carolina	3 - 9	0.248	68
117	117	LA-Lafayette	5 - 7	0.236	125
118	118	Bowling Green	2 - 10	0.230	84
119	119	Hawaii	3 - 9	0.218	103
120	120	Oregon St.	1 - 11	0.191	45
121	121	Kansas	1 - 11	0.180	35
122	122	Georgia Southern	2 - 10	0.179	106
123	123	Coastal Carolina	3 - 9	0.178	124
124	124	Liberty	6 - 5	0.174	0
125	125	Kent	2 - 10	0.152	74
126	126	San Jose St.	2 - 11	0.138	86
127	127	Texas St.	2 - 10	0.132	116
128	128	Ball St.	2 - 10	0.130	105
129	129	Wild Card U.	13 - 94	0.126	0
130	130	Rice	1 - 11	0.124	88
131	131	Charlotte	1 - 11	0.100	102
132	132	Texas-El Paso	0 - 12	0.063	87

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