ARGH Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 117 Division 1-A teams as of September 29, 2002. The power rating represents the chance the team in question has of beating an average Division 1-A team at a neutral site.

The estimated home field advantage is .592, or about 5.00 points for an average game.

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This WeekLast Week Team Record Power Rating
1 2 Virginia Tech 5 - 0 0.893
2 1 Miami, Florida 4 - 0 0.878
3 4 Oklahoma 4 - 0 0.846
4 6 Texas 4 - 0 0.834
5 7 Ohio St. 5 - 0 0.830
6 5 Notre Dame 4 - 0 0.828
7 3 Florida St. 4 - 1 0.814
8 16 Southern California 3 - 1 0.812
9 9 Georgia 4 - 0 0.792
10 8 Wisconsin 5 - 0 0.778
11 18 Iowa St. 5 - 1 0.778
12 12 Michigan 4 - 1 0.778
13 25 Texas A&M 3 - 1 0.775
14 10 Oregon 4 - 0 0.758
15 17 Florida 4 - 1 0.756
16 21 Alabama 4 - 1 0.755
17 15 Kansas St. 4 - 0 0.753
18 23 Georgia Tech 4 - 1 0.743
19 11 Oregon St. 4 - 1 0.742
20 14 North Carolina St. 6 - 0 0.741
21 20 Auburn 4 - 1 0.731
22 29 Colorado St. 4 - 1 0.728
23 28 Louisiana St. 3 - 1 0.720
24 36 Iowa 4 - 1 0.719
25 34 Washington St. 4 - 1 0.712
26 24 Clemson 3 - 1 0.712
27 31 UCLA 3 - 1 0.712
28 13 Penn State 3 - 1 0.704
29 26 Washington 3 - 1 0.698
30 27 Arkansas 2 - 1 0.693
31 39 Louisville 3 - 2 0.693
32 35 Boston College 3 - 1 0.693
33 19 Tennessee 3 - 1 0.686
34 46 Air Force 4 - 0 0.673
35 32 Southern Mississippi 4 - 1 0.672
36 30 Kentucky 4 - 1 0.672
37 22 Nebraska 3 - 2 0.654
38 50 Pittsburgh 4 - 1 0.652
39 51 Purdue 3 - 2 0.640
40 38 Colorado 2 - 2 0.640
41 44 Texas Tech 3 - 2 0.639
42 54 Minnesota 4 - 1 0.636
43 33 Arizona St. 4 - 1 0.630
44 58 Missouri 3 - 1 0.621
45 47 West Virginia 3 - 1 0.620
46 40 Arizona 3 - 1 0.619
47 43 Bowling Green 3 - 0 0.616
48 42 Maryland 3 - 2 0.609
49 45 Marshall 2 - 1 0.601
50 55 Virginia 3 - 2 0.601
51 41 California 3 - 2 0.597
52 37 Utah 2 - 3 0.596
53 52 Boise State 3 - 1 0.592
54 53 South Carolina 3 - 2 0.580
55 59 Michigan St. 3 - 2 0.573
56 48 Mississippi 3 - 1 0.570
57 63 Cincinnati 2 - 2 0.568
58 49 Toledo 3 - 2 0.554
59 56 South Florida 2 - 2 0.552
60 61 Brigham Young 2 - 2 0.552
61 57 Texas Christian 3 - 1 0.550
62 66 Miami, Ohio 3 - 2 0.546
63 60 Stanford 1 - 2 0.512
64 70 Hawaii 3 - 1 0.505
65 62 Louisiana Tech 2 - 3 0.500
66 67 Oklahoma St. 2 - 2 0.491
67 65 Wake Forest 2 - 3 0.485
68 71 Fresno St. 2 - 3 0.483
69 69 Illinois 1 - 4 0.479
70 79 San Jose St. 3 - 2 0.478
71 68 Syracuse 1 - 3 0.469
72 75 Nevada 2 - 2 0.464
73 72 North Carolina 1 - 3 0.448
74 74 Western Michigan 1 - 3 0.444
75 73 Mississippi St. 1 - 3 0.442
76 64 Memphis 2 - 3 0.434
77 85 Central Florida 1 - 3 0.430
78 77 Indiana 2 - 3 0.420
79 76 Central Michigan 3 - 2 0.399
80 78 Connecticut 2 - 3 0.396
81 91 Northern Illinois 2 - 3 0.388
82 87 Nevada-Las Vegas 1 - 3 0.387
83 96 Ball St. 2 - 2 0.382
84 89 Northwestern 2 - 3 0.363
85 100 Duke 2 - 3 0.362
86 86 Kent 2 - 3 0.360
87 84 Temple 1 - 4 0.358
88 82 East Carolina 1 - 3 0.357
89 90 North Texas 1 - 4 0.349
90 99 AL-Birmingham 2 - 3 0.348
91 92 Houston 2 - 2 0.343
92 97 Idaho 1 - 4 0.342
93 81 New Mexico 2 - 4 0.335
94 88 Troy St. 1 - 4 0.334
95 94 New Mexico St. 1 - 3 0.334
96 93 Vanderbilt 1 - 4 0.330
97 95 Baylor 2 - 2 0.327
98 101 Kansas 2 - 3 0.327
99 83 Tulane 2 - 3 0.326
100 102 LA-Lafayette 1 - 3 0.302
101 80 Middle Tennessee St. 0 - 4 0.298
102 98 Utah St. 1 - 4 0.295
103 106 Arkansas St. 3 - 3 0.282
104 103 Texas-El Paso 1 - 4 0.241
105 112 Eastern Michigan 2 - 3 0.235
106 104 San Diego St. 0 - 5 0.231
107 107 Akron 0 - 5 0.229
108 108 Rice 0 - 4 0.228
109 109 Wyoming 0 - 4 0.219
110 105 Navy 1 - 3 0.214
111 111 Rutgers 1 - 4 0.213
112 116 Ohio 1 - 4 0.201
113 110 Buffalo 1 - 4 0.196
114 113 Wild Card U. 7 - 48 0.168
115 114 Tulsa 0 - 5 0.145
116 115 Southern Methodist 0 - 5 0.129
117 118 LA-Monroe 0 - 4 0.118
118 117 Army 0 - 4 0.114

The following are the power ratings and non-conference records for the various conferences:

Conference Record Power Rating
Pac-10 29-8 .679
SEC 27-8 .644
Big Twelve 35-14 .640
Big Ten 31-13 .629
ACC 21-9 .613
Big East 19-11 .597
Mountain West 13-20.465
Conference USA 13-16.441
Independents 11-16 .437
MAC 19-30 .399
WAC 10-24 .376
Sun Belt 6-24 .289

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