ARGH 2011 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2011 season, as of September 11. Teams included are the 120 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus three teams that will be starting FBS play in 2012.

The estimated home field advantage is .568, or about 3.74 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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This WeekLast Week Team 2011 Record Power Rating
1 1 Alabama 2 - 0 0.858
2 2 Oklahoma 1 - 0 0.826
3 3 Louisiana St. 2 - 0 0.818
4 4 Boise State 1 - 0 0.801
5 5 Oregon 1 - 1 0.798
6 6 Texas A&M 1 - 0 0.771
7 15 South Carolina 2 - 0 0.755
8 9 Oklahoma St. 2 - 0 0.754
9 8 Texas Christian 1 - 1 0.741
10 10 Stanford 2 - 0 0.740
11 12 Ohio St. 2 - 0 0.735
12 7 Florida St. 2 - 0 0.734
13 24 Texas 2 - 0 0.712
14 21 Virginia Tech 2 - 0 0.710
15 14 Arkansas 2 - 0 0.699
16 18 Auburn 2 - 0 0.698
17 19 Wisconsin 2 - 0 0.694
18 27 Florida 2 - 0 0.689
19 17 Nebraska 2 - 0 0.689
20 20 Southern California 2 - 0 0.685
21 23 West Virginia 2 - 0 0.666
22 33 Michigan 2 - 0 0.663
23 16 Mississippi St. 1 - 1 0.657
24 11 Notre Dame 0 - 2 0.653
25 13 Missouri 1 - 1 0.650
26 29 Michigan St. 2 - 0 0.649
27 22 Clemson 2 - 0 0.645
28 26 Brigham Young 1 - 1 0.635
29 25 Penn State 1 - 1 0.631
30 34 California 2 - 0 0.622
31 47 South Florida 2 - 0 0.617
32 46 Tennessee 2 - 0 0.608
33 51 Central Florida 2 - 0 0.604
34 30 Georgia 0 - 2 0.603
35 28 Utah 1 - 1 0.602
36 40 Illinois 2 - 0 0.595
37 42 Washington 2 - 0 0.585
38 49 Kentucky 2 - 0 0.583
39 41 Northwestern 2 - 0 0.581
40 35 Baylor 1 - 0 0.579
41 39 Miami, Florida 0 - 1 0.575
42 31 Cincinnati 1 - 1 0.575
43 36 Texas Tech 1 - 0 0.572
44 54 North Carolina 2 - 0 0.570
45 38 Nevada 0 - 1 0.568
46 61 Arizona St. 2 - 0 0.567
47 37 Arizona 1 - 1 0.556
48 43 Pittsburgh 2 - 0 0.553
49 32 Iowa 1 - 1 0.550
50 45 Air Force 1 - 1 0.547
51 60 Houston 2 - 0 0.537
52 64 Georgia Tech 2 - 0 0.533
53 52 UCLA 1 - 1 0.526
54 63 Tulsa 1 - 1 0.526
55 53 Southern Methodist 1 - 1 0.522
56 55 Maryland 1 - 0 0.518
57 66 Virginia 2 - 0 0.516
58 59 Toledo 1 - 1 0.516
59 57 Mississippi 1 - 1 0.513
60 62 Syracuse 2 - 0 0.512
61 58 Rutgers 1 - 1 0.511
62 50 North Carolina St. 1 - 1 0.505
63 71 San Diego St. 2 - 0 0.497
64 56 Connecticut 1 - 1 0.496
65 74 Iowa St. 2 - 0 0.489
66 75 Navy 2 - 0 0.486
67 76 Vanderbilt 2 - 0 0.485
68 72 Wake Forest 1 - 1 0.480
69 68 Hawaii 1 - 1 0.478
70 44 Boston College 0 - 2 0.473
71 83 Florida International 2 - 0 0.467
72 70 Kansas St. 1 - 0 0.467
73 69 East Carolina 0 - 2 0.466
74 67 Purdue 1 - 1 0.461
75 65 Southern Mississippi 1 - 1 0.455
76 79 Kansas 2 - 0 0.450
77 48 Oregon St. 0 - 2 0.446
78 88 Temple 2 - 0 0.439
79 86 Washington St. 2 - 0 0.439
80 91 Ohio 2 - 0 0.419
81 73 Louisville 1 - 1 0.418
82 89 Colorado St. 2 - 0 0.418
83 77 Northern Illinois 1 - 1 0.413
84 90 Marshall 1 - 1 0.402
85 94 Utah St. 1 - 1 0.402
86 93 Western Michigan 1 - 1 0.401
87 78 Colorado 0 - 2 0.393
88 96 Rice 1 - 1 0.391
89 80 Troy St. 0 - 1 0.388
90 85 LA-Monroe 1 - 1 0.387
91 100 Bowling Green 2 - 0 0.384
92 82 Central Michigan 1 - 1 0.384
93 84 Fresno St. 0 - 2 0.378
94 97 Wyoming 2 - 0 0.378
95 87 Louisiana Tech 1 - 1 0.377
96 107 Arkansas St. 1 - 1 0.348
97 81 Duke 0 - 2 0.337
98 95 AL-Birmingham 0 - 1 0.336
99 103 Idaho 1 - 1 0.332
100 111 South Alabama 2 - 0 0.315
101 92 Minnesota 0 - 2 0.314
102 98 Miami, Ohio 0 - 1 0.307
103 115 Eastern Michigan 2 - 0 0.303
104 102 Tulane 1 - 1 0.301
105 117 LA-Lafayette 1 - 1 0.301
106 106 Texas-El Paso 1 - 1 0.299
107 101 Massachusetts 1 - 0 0.296
108 99 Army 0 - 2 0.280
109 114 New Mexico St. 1 - 1 0.277
110 104 Indiana 0 - 2 0.270
111 119 Buffalo 1 - 1 0.262
112 105 Kent 0 - 2 0.256
113 113 Ball St. 1 - 1 0.255
114 109 San Jose St. 0 - 2 0.249
115 110 Middle Tennessee St. 0 - 2 0.233
116 108 Nevada-Las Vegas 0 - 2 0.232
117 112 Western Kentucky 0 - 2 0.215
118 118 Florida Atlantic 0 - 2 0.203
119 116 New Mexico 0 - 2 0.187
120 123 North Texas 0 - 2 0.168
121 120 Akron 0 - 2 0.164
122 121 Memphis 0 - 2 0.156
123 122 Wild Card U. 2 - 57 0.147
124 124 Texas St. 0 - 2 0.118

2011 conference power ratings:

Conference2011 Record Power Rating
SEC 18-2 .664
Big Twelve 14-1 .627
Pac-10 14-6 .580
Big Ten 17-7 .569
ACC 13-5 .550
Big East 12-4 .543
Independents 3-5 .514
Mountain West 7-4.475
Conference USA 8-9.416
WAC 5-10 .383
MAC 13-10 .346
Sun Belt 4-11 .301

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