ARGH 2015 Power Ratings

The following are the pre-season ARGH power ratings for the 2015 season. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .562, or about 3.37 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 8-28-15

This Week	Last Week	Team	2014 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Ohio St.	14 - 1	0.893	0
2	11	UCLA	10 - 3	0.862	0
3	6	Mississippi	9 - 4	0.838	0
4	4	Texas Christian	12 - 1	0.824	0
5	2	Alabama	12 - 2	0.820	0
6	3	Oregon	13 - 2	0.817	0
7	21	Louisiana St.	8 - 5	0.806	0
8	8	Michigan St.	11 - 2	0.805	0
9	20	Southern California	9 - 4	0.798	0
10	12	Baylor	11 - 2	0.794	0
11	5	Georgia	10 - 3	0.789	0
12	7	Florida St.	13 - 1	0.787	0
13	18	Arkansas	7 - 6	0.780	0
14	10	Georgia Tech	11 - 3	0.778	0
15	17	Auburn	8 - 5	0.769	0
16	22	Arizona St.	10 - 3	0.767	0
17	16	Missouri	11 - 3	0.764	0
18	26	Utah	9 - 4	0.749	0
19	24	Stanford	8 - 5	0.744	0
20	23	Arizona	10 - 4	0.739	0
21	34	Tennessee	7 - 6	0.737	0
22	42	Virginia Tech	7 - 6	0.734	0
23	33	Notre Dame	8 - 5	0.731	0
24	19	Boise State	12 - 2	0.725	0
25	28	Texas A&M	8 - 5	0.703	0
26	15	Wisconsin	11 - 3	0.695	0
27	31	Oklahoma	8 - 5	0.692	0
28	9	Mississippi St.	10 - 3	0.688	0
29	68	North Carolina	6 - 7	0.675	0
30	53	Penn State	7 - 6	0.667	0
31	36	Minnesota	8 - 5	0.662	0
32	32	Nebraska	9 - 4	0.662	0
33	27	Louisville	9 - 4	0.660	0
34	13	Clemson	10 - 3	0.655	0
35	38	West Virginia	7 - 6	0.650	0
36	25	Kansas St.	9 - 4	0.649	0
37	60	California	5 - 7	0.644	0
38	40	South Carolina	7 - 6	0.637	0
39	59	Texas	6 - 7	0.625	0
40	47	North Carolina St.	8 - 5	0.625	0
41	101	Vanderbilt	3 - 9	0.618	0
42	71	Temple	6 - 6	0.618	0
43	41	Miami, Florida	6 - 7	0.613	0
44	30	Florida	7 - 5	0.612	0
45	66	Kentucky	5 - 7	0.611	0
46	45	Brigham Young	8 - 5	0.599	0
47	49	Cincinnati	9 - 4	0.599	0
48	62	Oklahoma St.	7 - 6	0.582	0
49	63	Pittsburgh	6 - 7	0.575	0
50	29	Memphis	10 - 3	0.573	0
51	14	Marshall	13 - 1	0.571	0
52	86	Texas Tech	4 - 8	0.570	0
53	37	Duke	9 - 4	0.562	0
54	44	Utah St.	10 - 4	0.558	0
55	67	Western Kentucky	8 - 5	0.544	0
56	48	Washington	8 - 6	0.542	0
57	78	Illinois	6 - 7	0.533	0
58	81	Washington St.	3 - 9	0.532	0
59	85	Appalachian St.	7 - 5	0.522	0
60	51	Central Florida	9 - 4	0.519	0
61	55	Northern Illinois	11 - 3	0.516	0
62	39	Louisiana Tech	9 - 5	0.509	0
63	95	Purdue	3 - 9	0.501	0
64	80	Middle Tennessee St.	6 - 6	0.500	0
65	74	Western Michigan	8 - 5	0.499	0
66	92	Colorado	2 - 10	0.498	0
67	46	Boston College	7 - 6	0.495	0
68	88	Indiana	4 - 8	0.493	0
69	76	Northwestern	5 - 7	0.492	0
70	50	Georgia Southern	9 - 3	0.492	0
71	69	Michigan	5 - 7	0.489	0
72	82	Arkansas St.	7 - 6	0.484	0
73	52	Rutgers	8 - 5	0.484	0
74	35	Colorado St.	10 - 3	0.480	0
75	65	Iowa	7 - 6	0.476	0
76	56	Maryland	7 - 6	0.474	0
77	54	Navy	8 - 5	0.470	0
78	70	Toledo	9 - 4	0.470	0
79	57	Virginia	5 - 7	0.459	0
80	106	Wake Forest	3 - 9	0.451	0
81	89	Bowling Green	8 - 6	0.447	0
82	61	Houston	8 - 5	0.447	0
83	77	San Diego St.	7 - 6	0.423	0
84	98	Ohio	6 - 6	0.416	0
85	94	Syracuse	3 - 9	0.413	0
86	114	Tulane	3 - 9	0.412	0
87	100	Ball St.	5 - 7	0.409	0
88	113	San Jose St.	3 - 9	0.409	0
89	58	East Carolina	8 - 5	0.409	0
90	73	Rice	8 - 5	0.409	0
91	87	Fresno St.	6 - 8	0.408	0
92	72	Nevada	7 - 6	0.399	0
93	96	New Mexico	4 - 8	0.386	0
94	112	Iowa St.	2 - 10	0.381	0
95	79	Oregon St.	5 - 7	0.375	0
96	111	Florida Atlantic	3 - 9	0.369	0
97	84	Texas St.	7 - 5	0.363	0
98	43	Air Force	10 - 3	0.359	0
99	64	LA-Lafayette	9 - 4	0.358	0
100	99	Florida International	4 - 8	0.357	0
101	90	Old Dominion	6 - 6	0.350	0
102	117	Massachusetts	3 - 9	0.344	0
103	108	North Texas	4 - 8	0.303	0
104	122	Kent	2 - 9	0.295	0
105	102	LA-Monroe	4 - 8	0.294	0
106	83	Texas-El Paso	7 - 6	0.293	0
107	115	Southern Mississippi	3 - 9	0.293	0
108	109	Hawaii	4 - 9	0.293	0
109	118	Tulsa	2 - 10	0.283	0
110	103	Akron	5 - 7	0.282	0
111	91	Central Michigan	7 - 6	0.275	0
112	97	Wyoming	4 - 8	0.262	0
113	119	Troy St.	3 - 9	0.252	0
114	107	South Florida	4 - 8	0.252	0
115	105	Kansas	3 - 9	0.239	0
116	124	New Mexico St.	2 - 10	0.238	0
117	126	Georgia St.	1 - 11	0.228	0
118	123	Connecticut	2 - 10	0.223	0
119	129	Southern Methodist	1 - 11	0.222	0
120	93	South Alabama	6 - 7	0.217	0
121	104	Buffalo	5 - 6	0.217	0
122	120	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 11	0.216	0
123	116	Army	4 - 8	0.191	0
124	125	Idaho	1 - 10	0.190	0
125	128	Wild Card U.	8 - 100	0.189	0
126	121	Miami, Ohio	2 - 10	0.184	0
127	127	Eastern Michigan	2 - 10	0.175	0
128	110	Texas-San Antonio	4 - 8	0.161	0
129	0	Charlotte	5 - 6	0.083	0

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