ARGH 2017 Power Ratings

The following are the 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 1-2-18

This Week	Last Week	Team	2017 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	4	Alabama	12 - 1	0.927	33
2	3	Wisconsin	13 - 1	0.919	18
3	2	Georgia	13 - 1	0.916	15
4	1	Clemson	12 - 2	0.905	9
5	5	Ohio St.	12 - 2	0.901	5
6	6	Penn State	11 - 2	0.896	12
7	8	Central Florida	13 - 0	0.869	76
8	7	Oklahoma	12 - 2	0.851	24
9	10	Notre Dame	10 - 3	0.851	3
10	11	Auburn	10 - 4	0.826	10
11	9	Washington	10 - 3	0.818	59
12	14	Texas Christian	11 - 3	0.812	44
13	12	Miami, Florida	10 - 3	0.794	16
14	18	Michigan St.	10 - 3	0.794	7
15	17	Northwestern	10 - 3	0.788	27
16	19	Iowa	8 - 5	0.786	2
17	13	Southern California	11 - 3	0.777	21
18	22	Oklahoma St.	10 - 3	0.767	55
19	15	Virginia Tech	9 - 4	0.765	57
20	24	Mississippi St.	9 - 4	0.750	43
21	16	Stanford	9 - 5	0.749	20
22	23	North Carolina St.	9 - 4	0.747	19
23	20	Michigan	8 - 5	0.747	8
24	21	Louisiana St.	9 - 4	0.740	40
25	25	Boise State	11 - 3	0.733	64
26	31	Wake Forest	8 - 5	0.720	11
27	33	Florida Atlantic	11 - 3	0.708	96
28	28	Louisville	8 - 5	0.702	39
29	34	Iowa St.	8 - 5	0.701	42
30	35	Florida St.	7 - 6	0.698	13
31	38	South Carolina	9 - 4	0.696	41
32	29	Boston College	7 - 6	0.691	6
33	30	Memphis	10 - 3	0.690	82
34	36	Fresno St.	10 - 4	0.686	80
35	27	Washington St.	9 - 4	0.681	54
36	37	Purdue	7 - 6	0.680	17
37	26	San Diego St.	10 - 3	0.679	91
38	39	South Florida	10 - 2	0.676	112
39	41	Army	10 - 3	0.670	89
40	43	Texas	7 - 6	0.669	38
41	42	Troy	11 - 2	0.668	122
42	45	Duke	7 - 6	0.649	47
43	32	Toledo	11 - 3	0.642	101
44	52	Kansas St.	8 - 5	0.627	65
45	40	Oregon	7 - 6	0.616	56
46	57	Navy	7 - 6	0.616	50
47	49	Utah	7 - 6	0.607	61
48	46	West Virginia	7 - 6	0.601	51
49	47	Georgia Tech	5 - 6	0.598	25
50	44	Arizona St.	7 - 6	0.594	31
51	50	Texas A&M	7 - 6	0.591	53
52	58	Ohio	9 - 4	0.588	117
53	51	Missouri	7 - 6	0.581	63
54	72	Appalachian St.	9 - 4	0.574	121
55	56	Texas Tech	6 - 7	0.573	37
56	55	Houston	7 - 5	0.568	75
57	59	Indiana	5 - 7	0.565	30
58	54	Arizona	7 - 6	0.557	72
59	48	Northern Illinois	8 - 5	0.553	95
60	61	Kentucky	7 - 6	0.551	52
61	67	Wyoming	8 - 5	0.549	97
62	53	UCLA	6 - 7	0.546	28
63	64	Minnesota	5 - 7	0.544	29
64	71	Marshall	8 - 5	0.523	109
65	63	North Texas	9 - 5	0.521	90
66	68	Mississippi	6 - 6	0.514	62
67	60	Southern Methodist	7 - 6	0.510	78
68	75	Maryland	4 - 8	0.505	1
69	70	Pittsburgh	5 - 7	0.503	46
70	69	Syracuse	4 - 8	0.501	14
71	74	Florida	4 - 7	0.494	22
72	66	California	5 - 7	0.492	60
73	77	Nebraska	4 - 8	0.491	4
74	62	Virginia	6 - 7	0.489	49
75	85	Temple	7 - 6	0.487	83
76	73	Colorado St.	7 - 6	0.481	100
77	65	Central Michigan	8 - 5	0.480	99
78	76	Western Michigan	6 - 6	0.469	93
79	93	Louisiana Tech	7 - 6	0.467	107
80	78	Southern Mississippi	8 - 5	0.457	120
81	80	Arkansas St.	7 - 5	0.449	129
82	87	Arkansas	4 - 8	0.447	32
83	79	Utah St.	6 - 7	0.446	92
84	84	Air Force	5 - 7	0.446	70
85	81	Colorado	5 - 7	0.443	67
86	89	Vanderbilt	5 - 7	0.442	58
87	83	Buffalo	6 - 6	0.441	104
88	86	Tulane	5 - 7	0.440	69
89	91	Texas-San Antonio	6 - 5	0.422	128
90	90	Eastern Michigan	5 - 7	0.419	94
91	82	Akron	7 - 7	0.418	81
92	95	Rutgers	4 - 8	0.416	23
93	88	Florida International	8 - 5	0.411	113
94	92	North Carolina	3 - 9	0.409	36
95	97	Middle Tennessee	7 - 6	0.405	115
96	96	Tennessee	4 - 8	0.391	48
97	94	AL-Birmingham	8 - 5	0.383	130
98	101	New Mexico St.	7 - 6	0.364	123
99	98	Miami, Ohio	5 - 7	0.358	110
100	99	Nevada-Las Vegas	5 - 7	0.342	108
101	100	Nevada	3 - 9	0.328	73
102	108	Georgia St.	7 - 5	0.320	126
103	103	Cincinnati	4 - 8	0.308	77
104	104	Brigham Young	4 - 9	0.305	79
105	102	Western Kentucky	6 - 7	0.302	127
106	105	LA-Monroe	4 - 8	0.302	98
107	107	Massachusetts	4 - 8	0.292	118
108	106	Tulsa	2 - 10	0.289	66
109	110	Baylor	1 - 11	0.274	34
110	109	Connecticut	3 - 9	0.266	71
111	113	Illinois	2 - 10	0.262	26
112	111	Old Dominion	5 - 7	0.262	111
113	112	New Mexico	3 - 9	0.259	85
114	115	Idaho	4 - 8	0.250	119
115	117	South Alabama	4 - 8	0.250	114
116	114	East Carolina	3 - 9	0.248	68
117	118	LA-Lafayette	5 - 7	0.236	125
118	116	Bowling Green	2 - 10	0.231	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	124	Georgia Southern	2 - 10	0.179	106
123	123	Coastal Carolina	3 - 9	0.178	124
124	122	Liberty	6 - 5	0.174	0
125	125	Kent	2 - 10	0.152	74
126	127	San Jose St.	2 - 11	0.138	86
127	130	Texas St.	2 - 10	0.132	116
128	126	Ball St.	2 - 10	0.130	105
129	129	Wild Card U.	13 - 94	0.126	0
130	128	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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