1998 Final ARGH Power Ratings

The following are the final ARGH power ratings for the 112 Division 1-A teams for 1998. Middle Tennessee State is also included in the ratings, as they played two games against current Division 1-A teams and will be joining Division 1-A in 1999. Buffalo, who also joins Division 1-A in 1999, will not be rated until next year, since they played no games against Division 1-A teams in 1998.

The final estimated home field advantage for 1998 is .594. Home field advantage is the estimated chance that the home team would win a game between two otherwise equal teams.

This WeekLast WeekTeamRecordPower Rating Pre-season
1 1 Tennessee 13-0 .932 7
2 4 Ohio St. 11-1 .918 4
3 2 Florida St. 11-2 .902 3
4 5 Wisconsin 11-1 .887 15
5 3 Kansas St. 11-2 .876 2
6 8 Florida 10-2 .860 5
7 10 Arizona 12-1 .842 36
8 6 Texas A&M 11-3 .839 18
9 11 Air Force 12-1 .838 53
10 7 UCLA 10-2 .821 10
11 9 Nebraska 9-4 .820 6
12 15 Penn State 9-3 .812 19
13 13 Tulane 12-0 .800 33
14 19 Michigan 10-3 .792 1
15 22 Virginia Tech 9-3 .785 40
16 21 Purdue 9-4 .782 31
17 12 Arkansas 9-3 .771 32
18 23 Georgia Tech 10-2 .771 22
19 24 Texas 9-3 .757 73
20 16 Virginia 9-3 .752 28
21 25 Missouri 8-4 .748 41
22 20 Syracuse 8-4 .746 23
23 14 Southern Cal 8-5 .744 25
24 27 Georgia 9-3 .741 21
25 18 Notre Dame 9-3 .740 20
26 26 Miami, OH 10-1 .728 49
27 17 Oregon 8-4 .726 17
28 31 Miami, FL 9-3 .713 60
29 30 West Virginia 8-4 .693 39
30 34 Colorado 8-4 .682 44
31 29 Mississippi St. 8-5 .675 37
32 28 S. Mississippi 7-5 .664 16
33 33 Kentucky 7-5 .656 47
34 40 Marshall 12-1 .649 26
35 37 Colorado St. 8-4 .642 13
36 38 Michigan St. 6-6 .641 24
37 32 Texas Tech 7-5 .626 51
38 35 Alabama 7-5 .623 56
39 41 C. Florida 9-2 .621 62
40 43 Louisiana St. 4-7 .602 8
41 36 Washington 6-6 .601 11
42 39 N. Carolina St. 7-5 .600 63
43 46 Wyoming 8-3 .589 52
44 47 N. Carolina 7-5 .586 12
45 42 Brigham Young 9-5 .582 43
46 44 Oklahoma St. 5-6 .579 30
47 45 Arizona St. 5-6 .553 14
48 58 Texas Christian 7-5 .551 108
49 55 Mississippi 7-5 .549 35
50 51 Minnesota 5-6 .544 70
51 48 Oregon St. 5-6 .542 58
52 50 Utah 7-4 .533 55
53 49 San Diego St. 7-5 .517 87
54 54 Louisiana Tech 6-6 .511 57
55 52 California 5-6 .501 38
56 56 Oklahoma 5-6 .495 84
57 62 Idaho 9-3 .493 101
58 53 Louisville 7-5 .493 103
59 57 Auburn 3-8 .493 9
60 59 Rice 5-6 .486 48
61 61 Indiana 4-7 .473 88
62 60 Fresno St. 5-6 .460 66
63 67 Toledo 7-5 .441 46
64 65 Boston College 4-7 .439 81
65 63 Nevada 6-5 .438 74
66 69 S. Methodist 5-7 .435 71
67 66 Kansas 4-7 .427 67
68 68 E. Carolina 6-5 .420 68
69 64 Stanford 3-8 .417 54
70 70 Bowling Green 5-6 .410 96
71 71 Tulsa 4-7 .391 90
72 75 W. Michigan 7-4 .376 64
73 81 Iowa 3-8 .370 29
74 76 Iowa St. 3-8 .370 89
75 78 Ohio 5-6 .369 27
76 74 Houston 3-8 .366 92
77 77 Clemson 3-8 .365 42
78 72 Baylor 2-9 .363 86
79 73 Washington St. 3-8 .359 50
80 80 Duke 4-7 .353 77
81 79 Army 3-8 .350 98
82 82 Wake Forest 3-8 .340 45
83 85 Northwestern 3-9 .329 59
84 83 Maryland 3-8 .319 83
85 86 Rutgers 5-6 .313 113
86 87 Boise St. 6-5 .308 75
87 84 San Jose St. 4-8 .307 91
88 88 UAB 4-7 .299 93
89 89 NE Louisiana 5-6 .295 65
90 91 C. Michigan 6-5 .294 97
91 92 S. Carolina 1-10 .282 34
92 94 Illinois 3-8 .281 107
93 90 UTEP 3-8 .278 95
94 95 Pittsburgh 2-9 .268 79
95 93 Memphis 2-9 .265 72
96 97 New Mexico St. 3-8 .260 104
97 96 Navy 3-8 .259 94
98 100 Akron 4-7 .254 78
99 98 N. Texas 3-8 .250 102
100 99 Utah St. 3-8 .246 85
101 101 Vanderbilt 2-9 .244 80
102 102 Cincinnati 2-9 .226 61
103 103 New Mexico 3-9 .214 76
104 104 Temple 2-9 .197 100
105 105 Arkansas St. 4-8 .177 99
106 106 E. Michigan 3-8 .174 106
107 107 M. Tennessee St. 5-5 .168 114
108 108 SW Louisiana 2-9 .152 111
109 109 N. Illinois 2-9 .140 110
110 111 UNLV 0-11 .132 69
111 110 Wild Card U. 9-44 .126 112
112 112 Ball St. 1-10 .105 82
113 113 Hawaii 0-12 .067 105
114 114 Kent 0-11 .053 109

The following are the power ratings for the various conferences. Non-conference opponents' records assume a 1-10-1 record for non-Division 1-A teams, to best simulate their 6-41 record against Division 1-AA competition:

Conference Power RatingNon-Conference RecordWinning Pct. Non-Conference Opponents' RecordWinning Pct.
Big Twelve .632 33-12 .733 252-271 .482
Big Ten .621 30-12 .714 246-245 .501
SEC .619 31-13 .705 265-251 .514
Pac-10 .611 25-12 .676 240-201 .544
ACC .554 21-12 .636 192-196 .495
Big East .519 19-17 .528 217-204 .515
Conference USA .448 18-25 .419 278-227 .550
WAC .439 22-36 .379 357-322 .526
Independents .382 30-37 .448 360-427 .457
MAC .333 12-23 .343 179-225 .443
Big West .333 15-22 .405 174-257 .404

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