ARGH 2017 Power Ratings

The following are the preseason 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 .560, or about 3.20 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 9-5-17

This Week	Last Week	Team	2017 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	1 - 0	0.887	0
2	2	Ohio St.	1 - 0	0.854	0
3	3	Clemson	1 - 0	0.824	0
4	4	Wisconsin	1 - 0	0.820	0
5	6	Penn State	1 - 0	0.799	0
6	5	Oklahoma	1 - 0	0.795	0
7	8	Washington	1 - 0	0.788	0
8	9	Auburn	1 - 0	0.778	0
9	10	Stanford	1 - 0	0.776	0
10	11	Southern California	1 - 0	0.768	0
11	7	Florida St.	0 - 1	0.759	0
12	13	Georgia	1 - 0	0.758	0
13	12	Louisiana St.	1 - 0	0.755	0
14	17	Michigan	1 - 0	0.730	0
15	18	Tennessee	1 - 0	0.712	0
16	15	Washington St.	1 - 0	0.700	0
17	23	Oklahoma St.	1 - 0	0.694	0
18	14	Florida	0 - 1	0.691	0
19	16	Miami, Florida	1 - 0	0.691	0
20	19	Louisville	1 - 0	0.690	0
21	27	Colorado	1 - 0	0.685	0
22	21	Kentucky	1 - 0	0.684	0
23	24	Northwestern	1 - 0	0.667	0
24	29	Virginia Tech	1 - 0	0.660	0
25	31	Iowa	1 - 0	0.659	0
26	34	Vanderbilt	1 - 0	0.658	0
27	20	North Carolina St.	0 - 1	0.654	0
28	22	South Florida	2 - 0	0.653	0
29	26	Texas Christian	1 - 0	0.650	0
30	25	Kansas St.	1 - 0	0.649	0
31	32	Nebraska	1 - 0	0.640	0
32	28	Texas A&M	0 - 1	0.636	0
33	41	Notre Dame	1 - 0	0.631	0
34	30	Syracuse	1 - 0	0.627	0
35	36	Memphis	1 - 0	0.625	0
36	33	Georgia Tech	0 - 1	0.618	0
37	37	Arkansas	1 - 0	0.612	0
38	40	Houston	0 - 0	0.608	0
39	54	South Carolina	1 - 0	0.604	0
40	49	UCLA	1 - 0	0.603	0
41	42	Oregon	1 - 0	0.597	0
42	38	Appalachian St.	0 - 1	0.595	0
43	58	Boise State	1 - 0	0.593	0
44	44	Utah	1 - 0	0.587	0
45	50	Minnesota	1 - 0	0.580	0
46	39	Texas	0 - 1	0.579	0
47	48	Mississippi St.	1 - 0	0.578	0
48	45	Western Michigan	0 - 1	0.578	0
49	55	Mississippi	1 - 0	0.577	0
50	46	Missouri	1 - 0	0.572	0
51	43	North Carolina	0 - 1	0.572	0
52	47	Western Kentucky	1 - 0	0.572	0
53	61	Colorado St.	1 - 1	0.568	0
54	52	Toledo	1 - 0	0.566	0
55	51	Indiana	0 - 1	0.562	0
56	62	California	1 - 0	0.562	0
57	53	San Diego St.	1 - 0	0.561	0
58	60	Wake Forest	1 - 0	0.554	0
59	56	West Virginia	0 - 1	0.553	0
60	71	Maryland	1 - 0	0.547	0
61	59	Pittsburgh	1 - 0	0.544	0
62	57	Troy	0 - 1	0.540	0
63	35	Brigham Young	1 - 1	0.539	0
64	70	Navy	1 - 0	0.533	0
65	66	Arizona St.	1 - 0	0.530	0
66	69	Boston College	1 - 0	0.529	0
67	63	Arizona	1 - 0	0.528	0
68	68	Duke	1 - 0	0.519	0
69	64	Tulsa	0 - 1	0.513	0
70	72	Texas Tech	1 - 0	0.504	0
71	73	Army	1 - 0	0.501	0
72	65	Baylor	0 - 1	0.483	0
73	79	Central Florida	1 - 0	0.477	0
74	78	Southern Methodist	1 - 0	0.467	0
75	74	Wyoming	0 - 1	0.466	0
76	76	Old Dominion	1 - 0	0.462	0
77	75	Temple	0 - 1	0.462	0
78	82	Eastern Michigan	1 - 0	0.459	0
79	67	Oregon St.	1 - 1	0.455	0
80	81	New Mexico	1 - 0	0.447	0
81	84	Air Force	1 - 0	0.444	0
82	80	Iowa St.	1 - 0	0.444	0
83	83	Louisiana Tech	1 - 0	0.440	0
84	89	Michigan St.	1 - 0	0.439	0
85	77	Middle Tennessee	0 - 1	0.439	0
86	100	Hawaii	2 - 0	0.425	0
87	88	Tulane	1 - 0	0.423	0
88	85	Texas-San Antonio	0 - 0	0.421	0
89	90	Ohio	1 - 0	0.420	0
90	86	Arkansas St.	0 - 1	0.418	0
91	91	Idaho	1 - 0	0.416	0
92	92	Central Michigan	1 - 0	0.400	0
93	93	Akron	0 - 1	0.395	0
94	94	Purdue	0 - 1	0.394	0
95	99	Virginia	1 - 0	0.393	0
96	87	Miami, Ohio	0 - 1	0.389	0
97	96	Utah St.	0 - 1	0.388	0
98	95	Southern Mississippi	0 - 1	0.387	0
99	106	Illinois	1 - 0	0.378	0
100	105	Cincinnati	1 - 0	0.378	0
101	97	New Mexico St.	0 - 1	0.377	0
102	101	Rutgers	0 - 1	0.371	0
103	102	LA-Monroe	0 - 1	0.369	0
104	112	Marshall	1 - 0	0.369	0
105	103	Georgia Southern	0 - 1	0.365	0
106	108	LA-Lafayette	1 - 0	0.356	0
107	107	Northern Illinois	0 - 1	0.350	0
108	113	San Jose St.	1 - 1	0.349	0
109	116	North Texas	1 - 0	0.341	0
110	110	South Alabama	0 - 1	0.340	0
111	104	Bowling Green	0 - 1	0.336	0
112	98	Georgia St.	0 - 1	0.334	0
113	118	Fresno St.	1 - 0	0.325	0
114	111	Florida International	0 - 1	0.320	0
115	117	Kent	0 - 1	0.311	0
116	126	Kansas	1 - 0	0.303	0
117	115	Florida Atlantic	0 - 1	0.302	0
118	122	Connecticut	1 - 0	0.302	0
119	114	East Carolina	0 - 1	0.291	0
120	121	Nevada	0 - 1	0.288	0
121	109	Massachusetts	0 - 2	0.282	0
122	124	Rice	0 - 1	0.279	0
123	119	Ball St.	0 - 1	0.279	0
124	125	Texas-El Paso	0 - 1	0.278	0
125	123	Charlotte	0 - 1	0.265	0
126	128	Texas St.	1 - 0	0.263	0
127	120	Nevada-Las Vegas	0 - 1	0.259	0
128	130	Liberty	1 - 0	0.256	0
129	127	Buffalo	0 - 1	0.250	0
130	129	Coastal Carolina	1 - 0	0.250	0
131	132	AL-Birmingham	1 - 0	0.224	0
132	131	Wild Card U.	3 - 43	0.147	0

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