ARGH 2020 Power Ratings

The following are the final ARGH power ratings for the fall 2020 season, with New Mexico State's spring schedule added. Teams currently included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams that played during the 2020-21 year.

The estimated home field advantage is .557, or about 3.00 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 8-15-21

This WeekLast Week Team 2020 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Alabama 13 - 0 0.942 11
2 3 Brigham Young 11 - 1 0.865 102
3 2 Ohio St. 7 - 1 0.853 4
4 4 Oklahoma 9 - 2 0.848 13
5 5 Cincinnati 9 - 1 0.835 85
6 6 Clemson 10 - 2 0.830 54
7 7 Coastal Carolina 11 - 1 0.826 80
8 8 Iowa St. 9 - 3 0.822 2
9 9 Louisiana 10 - 1 0.801 55
10 10 Georgia 8 - 2 0.789 27
11 12 Texas A&M 9 - 1 0.784 67
12 11 Notre Dame 10 - 2 0.778 71
13 14 Texas 7 - 3 0.770 8
14 15 Oklahoma St. 8 - 3 0.765 5
15 13 Northwestern 7 - 2 0.764 29
16 16 Iowa 6 - 2 0.758 65
17 17 San Jose St. 7 - 1 0.750 48
18 18 Ball St. 7 - 1 0.740 44
19 20 Buffalo 6 - 1 0.732 109
20 21 Southern California 5 - 1 0.728 40
21 19 Indiana 6 - 2 0.725 37
22 22 Miami, Florida 8 - 3 0.690 38
23 25 Texas Christian 6 - 4 0.685 10
24 24 Appalachian St. 9 - 3 0.685 107
25 23 Wisconsin 4 - 3 0.683 22
26 27 Florida 8 - 4 0.680 32
27 26 Liberty 10 - 1 0.675 128
28 28 Marshall 7 - 3 0.662 118
29 29 Boise State 5 - 2 0.661 52
30 30 West Virginia 6 - 4 0.654 28
31 31 Army 9 - 3 0.648 123
32 32 Oregon 4 - 3 0.644 12
33 33 Nevada 7 - 2 0.634 104
34 34 Tulsa 6 - 3 0.632 61
35 35 North Carolina 8 - 4 0.631 93
36 36 Arizona St. 2 - 2 0.623 58
37 37 Utah 3 - 2 0.623 31
38 38 Stanford 4 - 2 0.614 21
39 39 AL-Birmingham 6 - 3 0.604 96
40 40 Washington 3 - 1 0.599 81
41 41 Colorado 4 - 2 0.593 19
42 42 Central Florida 6 - 4 0.592 75
43 45 Auburn 6 - 5 0.586 17
44 44 San Diego St. 4 - 4 0.578 66
45 43 Air Force 3 - 3 0.578 78
46 46 Georgia Southern 8 - 5 0.560 106
47 47 Southern Methodist 7 - 3 0.556 115
48 48 Toledo 4 - 2 0.556 108
49 49 UCLA 3 - 4 0.547 26
50 50 Miami, Ohio 2 - 1 0.543 62
51 51 Memphis 8 - 3 0.539 114
52 53 North Carolina St. 8 - 4 0.534 99
53 54 Pittsburgh 6 - 5 0.527 90
54 55 Western Michigan 4 - 2 0.526 105
55 52 Penn State 4 - 5 0.523 43
56 56 Georgia St. 6 - 4 0.522 86
57 60 Mississippi 5 - 5 0.510 56
58 57 Tulane 6 - 6 0.510 97
59 58 Kansas St. 4 - 6 0.505 7
60 59 Virginia Tech 5 - 6 0.499 36
61 64 Louisiana St. 5 - 5 0.497 47
62 61 Virginia 5 - 5 0.489 77
63 63 Hawaii 5 - 4 0.483 76
64 62 Wake Forest 4 - 5 0.483 73
65 65 Boston College 6 - 5 0.478 88
66 66 Texas-San Antonio 7 - 5 0.475 113
67 67 Kent St. 3 - 1 0.473 117
68 68 Texas Tech 4 - 6 0.468 14
69 70 California 1 - 3 0.465 35
70 69 Minnesota 3 - 4 0.459 64
71 72 Central Michigan 3 - 3 0.457 83
72 73 Houston 3 - 5 0.456 41
73 74 Ohio 2 - 1 0.453 125
74 75 Washington St. 1 - 3 0.450 16
75 76 Baylor 2 - 7 0.447 3
76 71 Nebraska 3 - 5 0.446 18
77 81 Kentucky 5 - 6 0.446 51
78 78 Troy 5 - 6 0.442 100
79 77 Maryland 2 - 3 0.438 24
80 85 Missouri 5 - 5 0.433 70
81 82 Wyoming 2 - 4 0.432 101
82 79 Purdue 2 - 4 0.431 57
83 80 Michigan 2 - 4 0.427 45
84 84 Louisville 4 - 7 0.421 94
85 83 Florida Atlantic 5 - 4 0.420 119
86 86 Oregon St. 2 - 5 0.418 23
87 87 Mississippi St. 4 - 7 0.413 20
88 89 Arkansas 3 - 7 0.408 9
89 88 Fresno St. 3 - 3 0.398 116
90 90 Louisiana Tech 5 - 5 0.385 91
91 92 Eastern Michigan 2 - 4 0.383 72
92 91 Rutgers 3 - 6 0.375 60
93 93 Rice 2 - 3 0.366 110
94 95 Arkansas St. 4 - 7 0.365 89
95 97 Tennessee 3 - 7 0.364 30
96 94 Michigan St. 2 - 5 0.356 6
97 96 East Carolina 3 - 6 0.355 82
98 98 New Mexico 2 - 5 0.330 50
99 99 Colorado St. 1 - 3 0.324 63
100 100 South Alabama 4 - 7 0.321 84
101 101 Illinois 2 - 6 0.311 25
102 102 Florida St. 3 - 6 0.307 92
103 103 Western Kentucky 5 - 7 0.306 111
104 104 Georgia Tech 3 - 7 0.282 79
105 105 Navy 3 - 7 0.281 49
106 106 Texas St. 2 - 10 0.277 39
107 107 Charlotte 2 - 4 0.273 120
108 108 South Carolina 2 - 8 0.270 53
109 109 Southern Mississippi 3 - 7 0.253 121
110 110 North Texas 4 - 6 0.252 126
111 111 Middle Tennessee 3 - 6 0.248 112
112 112 Arizona 0 - 5 0.244 15
113 113 Northern Illinois 0 - 6 0.236 33
114 114 Utah St. 1 - 5 0.229 59
115 115 Duke 2 - 9 0.218 87
116 116 Texas-El Paso 3 - 5 0.214 127
117 117 South Florida 1 - 8 0.190 69
118 118 Temple 1 - 6 0.187 103
119 119 Syracuse 1 - 10 0.177 46
120 120 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 - 6 0.160 42
121 130 New Mexico St. 1 - 1 0.156 124
122 121 Akron 1 - 5 0.154 98
123 122 Kansas 0 - 9 0.151 1
124 123 Florida International 0 - 5 0.144 122
125 124 Massachusetts 0 - 4 0.139 34
126 125 Bowling Green 0 - 5 0.106 95
127 127 Wild Card U. 2 - 34 0.104 0
128 126 Vanderbilt 0 - 9 0.099 74
129 128 LA-Monroe 0 - 10 0.085 68

2020 conference power ratings:

Conference2020 Record Power Rating
Big Twelve 11-3 .611
Pac-12 1-2 .546
Big Ten 3-2 .539
SEC 7-2 .516
Independents 30-9 .497
ACC 12-9 .490
Sun Belt 20-15 .488
AAC 13-12 .467
Mountain West 3-5.463
MAC 2-0 .447
Conference USA 16-27.354

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