ARGH 2016 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2016 season after tbe bowls and before the championship game. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .560, or about 3.17 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 1-3-17

This Week	Last Week	Team	2016 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	14 - 0	0.965	2
2	5	Clemson	13 - 1	0.918	9
3	2	Ohio St.	11 - 2	0.902	5
4	4	Washington	12 - 2	0.878	31
5	3	Michigan	10 - 3	0.868	19
6	7	Wisconsin	11 - 3	0.844	10
7	12	Oklahoma	11 - 2	0.822	25
8	13	Louisiana St.	8 - 4	0.812	1
9	6	Western Michigan	13 - 1	0.809	114
10	14	Florida St.	10 - 3	0.807	3
11	8	Penn State	11 - 3	0.805	13
12	11	Southern California	10 - 3	0.804	6
13	10	Auburn	8 - 5	0.786	7
14	20	Florida	9 - 4	0.773	8
15	9	Colorado	10 - 4	0.770	17
16	22	Miami, Florida	9 - 4	0.769	45
17	15	Louisville	9 - 4	0.763	47
18	16	Stanford	10 - 3	0.760	24
19	24	Virginia Tech	10 - 4	0.745	48
20	31	Oklahoma St.	10 - 3	0.744	57
21	25	Tennessee	9 - 4	0.739	11
22	18	West Virginia	10 - 3	0.726	51
23	30	Western Kentucky	11 - 3	0.724	96
24	21	Texas A&M	8 - 5	0.714	26
25	32	Appalachian St.	10 - 3	0.713	83
26	17	Boise State	10 - 3	0.707	72
27	34	Kansas St.	9 - 4	0.706	61
28	29	South Florida	11 - 2	0.701	88
29	23	Washington St.	8 - 5	0.695	43
30	19	Temple	10 - 4	0.688	90
31	33	Minnesota	9 - 4	0.685	62
32	41	San Diego St.	11 - 3	0.680	118
33	45	Georgia Tech	9 - 4	0.676	42
34	35	Utah	9 - 4	0.675	58
35	28	Nebraska	9 - 4	0.671	40
36	26	Houston	9 - 4	0.667	79
37	27	Iowa	8 - 5	0.666	49
38	43	Troy	10 - 3	0.665	100
39	37	Brigham Young	9 - 4	0.665	78
40	38	Tulsa	10 - 3	0.660	92
41	36	Pittsburgh	8 - 5	0.658	32
42	40	North Carolina	8 - 5	0.655	52
43	54	North Carolina St.	7 - 6	0.628	34
44	47	Air Force	10 - 3	0.623	110
45	49	Georgia	8 - 5	0.623	36
46	48	Northwestern	7 - 6	0.622	38
47	44	Toledo	9 - 4	0.612	108
48	46	Arkansas	7 - 6	0.609	15
49	42	Navy	9 - 5	0.609	70
50	39	Memphis	8 - 5	0.609	75
51	53	Mississippi	5 - 7	0.580	4
52	50	Kentucky	7 - 6	0.578	29
53	55	Old Dominion	10 - 3	0.577	121
54	65	Baylor	7 - 6	0.575	64
55	60	Louisiana Tech	9 - 5	0.564	101
56	51	Vanderbilt	6 - 7	0.556	23
57	52	Colorado St.	7 - 6	0.544	71
58	58	Texas Christian	6 - 7	0.541	55
59	61	Mississippi St.	6 - 7	0.536	35
60	62	Army	8 - 5	0.536	122
61	56	Wyoming	8 - 6	0.535	69
62	80	Wake Forest	7 - 6	0.527	54
63	63	California	5 - 7	0.526	12
64	66	Notre Dame	4 - 8	0.525	28
65	69	Idaho	9 - 4	0.524	91
66	73	Arkansas St.	8 - 5	0.518	116
67	67	New Mexico	9 - 4	0.518	119
68	59	Indiana	6 - 7	0.515	46
69	70	Texas	5 - 7	0.507	50
70	68	UCLA	4 - 8	0.495	16
71	77	Texas Tech	5 - 7	0.494	53
72	57	Central Florida	6 - 7	0.490	81
73	72	Missouri	4 - 8	0.489	33
74	64	Maryland	6 - 7	0.476	56
75	79	South Carolina	6 - 7	0.475	41
76	75	Arizona St.	5 - 7	0.472	39
77	74	Oregon	4 - 8	0.471	18
78	87	Boston College	7 - 6	0.470	65
79	76	Oregon St.	4 - 8	0.467	22
80	83	Southern Mississippi	7 - 6	0.461	109
81	78	Ohio	8 - 6	0.458	120
82	71	Middle Tennessee	8 - 5	0.451	126
83	86	Duke	4 - 8	0.437	37
84	81	Eastern Michigan	7 - 6	0.433	104
85	85	Georgia Southern	5 - 7	0.430	80
86	82	Michigan St.	3 - 9	0.422	27
87	84	Texas-San Antonio	6 - 7	0.413	103
88	93	Syracuse	4 - 8	0.401	21
89	89	Southern Methodist	5 - 7	0.394	67
90	90	LA-Lafayette	6 - 7	0.387	99
91	91	Northern Illinois	5 - 7	0.381	107
92	94	Iowa St.	3 - 9	0.379	59
93	88	Central Michigan	6 - 7	0.377	94
94	92	South Alabama	6 - 7	0.375	112
95	99	Hawaii	7 - 7	0.365	93
96	97	Arizona	3 - 9	0.354	20
97	96	Tulane	4 - 8	0.349	82
98	95	Miami, Ohio	6 - 7	0.346	125
99	100	Utah St.	3 - 9	0.334	66
100	98	Illinois	3 - 9	0.324	30
101	101	Akron	5 - 7	0.324	111
102	102	Cincinnati	4 - 8	0.310	77
103	103	North Texas	5 - 8	0.310	95
104	104	Nevada-Las Vegas	4 - 8	0.309	102
105	105	East Carolina	3 - 9	0.306	68
106	106	Purdue	3 - 9	0.295	63
107	108	Nevada	5 - 7	0.290	128
108	109	San Jose St.	4 - 8	0.290	87
109	107	Ball St.	4 - 8	0.282	123
110	110	LA-Monroe	4 - 8	0.275	76
111	111	Georgia St.	3 - 9	0.272	84
112	114	Virginia	2 - 10	0.266	60
113	115	New Mexico St.	3 - 9	0.260	73
114	113	Charlotte	4 - 8	0.257	115
115	116	Florida International	4 - 8	0.250	113
116	112	Bowling Green	4 - 8	0.248	105
117	119	Marshall	3 - 9	0.242	106
118	120	Kansas	2 - 10	0.241	44
119	117	Kent	3 - 9	0.239	98
120	121	Texas-El Paso	4 - 8	0.237	127
121	118	Rutgers	2 - 10	0.232	14
122	122	Rice	3 - 9	0.228	97
123	123	Massachusetts	2 - 10	0.226	74
124	125	Florida Atlantic	3 - 9	0.207	117
125	124	Connecticut	3 - 9	0.200	89
126	127	Texas St.	2 - 10	0.151	86
127	126	Fresno St.	1 - 11	0.149	85
128	128	Buffalo	2 - 10	0.126	124
129	129	Wild Card U.	10 - 103	0.107	0

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