ARGH 2021 Power Ratings

The following are the final ARGH power ratings for the 2021 season. Teams currently included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .556, or about 2.95 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 1-11-22

This Week	Last Week	Team	2021 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Georgia	14 - 1	0.940	19
2	3	Michigan	12 - 2	0.881	6
3	2	Alabama	13 - 2	0.868	24
4	4	Ohio St.	11 - 2	0.866	14
5	5	Cincinnati	13 - 1	0.864	62
6	6	Oklahoma St.	12 - 2	0.861	5
7	7	Baylor	12 - 2	0.851	15
8	8	Notre Dame	11 - 2	0.833	34
9	9	Oklahoma	11 - 2	0.808	30
10	10	Wisconsin	9 - 4	0.792	4
11	11	Clemson	10 - 3	0.788	41
12	12	Michigan St.	11 - 2	0.785	21
13	13	Mississippi	10 - 3	0.763	25
14	14	Pittsburgh	11 - 3	0.760	63
15	15	Louisiana	13 - 1	0.753	120
16	16	Houston	12 - 2	0.750	102
17	17	Purdue	9 - 4	0.744	9
18	20	Wake Forest	11 - 3	0.736	52
19	18	Arkansas	9 - 4	0.735	23
20	22	Iowa	10 - 4	0.735	12
21	21	North Carolina St.	9 - 3	0.734	61
22	19	Texas A&M	8 - 4	0.734	50
23	23	Minnesota	9 - 4	0.728	40
24	24	Utah	10 - 4	0.726	53
25	25	Kentucky	10 - 3	0.721	59
26	26	Penn State	7 - 6	0.706	8
27	28	Iowa St.	7 - 6	0.706	16
28	27	San Diego St.	12 - 2	0.706	92
29	29	Texas-San Antonio	12 - 2	0.704	109
30	30	Air Force	10 - 3	0.702	76
31	31	Boise State	7 - 5	0.698	33
32	32	Brigham Young	10 - 3	0.693	64
33	33	Kansas St.	8 - 5	0.686	29
34	34	Fresno St.	10 - 3	0.680	105
35	35	Appalachian St.	10 - 4	0.671	83
36	37	Coastal Carolina	11 - 2	0.659	130
37	36	Auburn	6 - 7	0.654	7
38	38	Army	9 - 4	0.653	71
39	39	Oregon	10 - 4	0.651	54
40	40	Utah St.	11 - 3	0.651	99
41	41	Tennessee	7 - 6	0.645	39
42	42	Miami, Florida	7 - 5	0.625	42
43	43	Texas	5 - 7	0.625	2
44	44	Western Kentucky	9 - 5	0.624	88
45	45	UCLA	8 - 4	0.619	75
46	47	Southern Methodist	8 - 4	0.614	80
47	46	Mississippi St.	7 - 6	0.613	31
48	48	AL-Birmingham	9 - 4	0.610	84
49	49	Liberty	8 - 5	0.603	98
50	50	Central Florida	9 - 4	0.602	96
51	51	West Virginia	6 - 7	0.599	10
52	52	Texas Tech	7 - 6	0.592	26
53	53	Maryland	7 - 6	0.591	22
54	54	Nevada	8 - 5	0.589	81
55	56	Arizona St.	8 - 5	0.583	91
56	55	Louisiana St.	6 - 7	0.581	11
57	57	Louisville	6 - 7	0.581	35
58	58	Nebraska	3 - 9	0.570	3
59	60	Central Michigan	9 - 4	0.558	115
60	59	South Carolina	7 - 6	0.557	37
61	62	East Carolina	7 - 5	0.553	67
62	63	Virginia	6 - 6	0.552	48
63	61	Florida	6 - 7	0.550	46
64	64	Western Michigan	8 - 5	0.545	86
65	65	Oregon St.	7 - 6	0.544	68
66	66	North Carolina	6 - 7	0.539	47
67	67	Marshall	7 - 6	0.535	101
68	68	Illinois	5 - 7	0.527	20
69	69	Washington St.	7 - 6	0.523	69
70	70	Georgia St.	8 - 5	0.509	93
71	71	Florida St.	5 - 7	0.506	44
72	72	Tulsa	7 - 6	0.505	65
73	73	Northern Illinois	9 - 5	0.504	90
74	74	Texas Christian	5 - 7	0.499	18
75	76	Miami, Ohio	7 - 6	0.498	106
76	75	Missouri	6 - 7	0.497	38
77	77	Toledo	7 - 6	0.494	128
78	78	Boston College	6 - 6	0.486	79
79	79	Syracuse	5 - 7	0.472	49
80	80	Virginia Tech	6 - 7	0.469	56
81	81	Memphis	6 - 6	0.463	85
82	82	Wyoming	7 - 6	0.455	108
83	83	Rutgers	5 - 8	0.446	28
84	84	Middle Tennessee	7 - 6	0.441	126
85	85	Navy	4 - 8	0.426	17
86	86	Eastern Michigan	7 - 6	0.424	117
87	87	Kent St.	7 - 7	0.418	94
88	89	California	5 - 7	0.407	103
89	88	Texas-El Paso	7 - 6	0.406	124
90	90	Southern California	4 - 8	0.396	58
91	91	North Texas	6 - 7	0.392	114
92	92	Ball St.	6 - 7	0.391	89
93	93	Hawaii	6 - 7	0.388	104
94	94	Old Dominion	6 - 7	0.387	116
95	95	Florida Atlantic	5 - 7	0.370	113
96	96	Georgia Tech	3 - 9	0.357	32
97	97	Washington	4 - 8	0.354	95
98	99	Troy	5 - 7	0.350	107
99	98	Tulane	2 - 10	0.350	27
100	100	Colorado	4 - 8	0.331	60
101	101	Indiana	2 - 10	0.331	1
102	102	San Jose St.	5 - 7	0.328	100
103	103	South Alabama	5 - 7	0.327	127
104	104	Buffalo	4 - 8	0.311	125
105	105	Stanford	3 - 9	0.305	43
106	106	Northwestern	3 - 9	0.303	36
107	107	Colorado St.	3 - 9	0.302	78
108	109	Charlotte	5 - 7	0.282	129
109	108	Louisiana Tech	3 - 9	0.282	97
110	110	LA-Monroe	4 - 8	0.279	73
111	111	Rice	4 - 8	0.273	70
112	112	South Florida	2 - 10	0.271	45
113	113	Kansas	2 - 10	0.259	13
114	114	Bowling Green	4 - 8	0.250	119
115	115	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 10	0.248	51
116	116	Texas St.	4 - 8	0.245	121
117	117	Georgia Southern	3 - 9	0.243	82
118	118	Duke	3 - 9	0.228	72
119	119	Ohio	3 - 9	0.224	123
120	120	Southern Mississippi	3 - 9	0.204	118
121	121	New Mexico	3 - 9	0.200	66
122	122	Temple	3 - 9	0.190	74
123	123	Arkansas St.	2 - 10	0.187	110
124	124	New Mexico St.	2 - 10	0.182	87
125	125	Vanderbilt	2 - 10	0.180	55
126	126	Arizona	1 - 11	0.172	57
127	127	Akron	2 - 10	0.145	112
128	128	Wild Card U.	12 - 105	0.113	0
129	129	Connecticut	1 - 11	0.111	77
130	130	Florida International	1 - 11	0.109	122
131	131	Massachusetts	1 - 11	0.091	111

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