ARGH 2016 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2016 season as of September 18, 2016. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .551, or about 2.74 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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Revised 9-18-16

This Week	Last Week	Team	2016 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	3 - 0	0.888	2
2	4	Ohio St.	3 - 0	0.855	12
3	3	Clemson	3 - 0	0.844	36
4	2	Tennessee	3 - 0	0.826	13
5	5	Stanford	2 - 0	0.807	7
6	12	Louisville	3 - 0	0.800	35
7	9	Michigan	3 - 0	0.793	70
8	13	Houston	3 - 0	0.791	51
9	30	Texas A&M	3 - 0	0.770	20
10	14	Wisconsin	3 - 0	0.765	37
11	6	Washington	3 - 0	0.760	117
12	28	Miami, Florida	3 - 0	0.752	90
13	10	Florida	3 - 0	0.752	115
14	15	Utah	3 - 0	0.747	62
15	7	Louisiana St.	2 - 1	0.746	25
16	19	Arkansas	3 - 0	0.744	46
17	24	Nebraska	3 - 0	0.732	63
18	20	Michigan St.	2 - 0	0.722	45
19	17	Georgia	3 - 0	0.721	50
20	34	UCLA	2 - 1	0.716	6
21	26	Oklahoma St.	2 - 1	0.710	48
22	32	Baylor	3 - 0	0.708	125
23	25	Boise State	2 - 0	0.695	68
24	11	Oklahoma	1 - 2	0.694	4
25	8	Florida St.	2 - 1	0.687	18
26	39	South Florida	3 - 0	0.686	108
27	43	Western Michigan	3 - 0	0.682	91
28	45	Central Michigan	3 - 0	0.680	73
29	41	Georgia Tech	3 - 0	0.679	95
30	18	Pittsburgh	2 - 1	0.666	31
31	23	Southern California	1 - 2	0.664	1
32	47	San Diego St.	3 - 0	0.662	98
33	33	West Virginia	2 - 0	0.661	75
34	16	Auburn	1 - 2	0.659	5
35	31	North Carolina	2 - 1	0.652	61
36	46	Toledo	3 - 0	0.648	124
37	29	Mississippi	1 - 2	0.646	8
38	42	Penn State	2 - 1	0.635	32
39	27	Texas	2 - 1	0.635	26
40	51	Georgia Southern	3 - 0	0.632	127
41	59	Virginia Tech	2 - 1	0.631	44
42	44	Memphis	2 - 0	0.629	114
43	22	Notre Dame	1 - 2	0.626	10
44	48	Colorado	2 - 1	0.621	56
45	36	Brigham Young	1 - 2	0.618	3
46	40	Minnesota	2 - 0	0.617	86
47	67	Kansas St.	1 - 1	0.616	14
48	53	Arizona St.	3 - 0	0.614	101
49	64	California	2 - 1	0.613	17
50	54	Wake Forest	3 - 0	0.609	103
51	62	Navy	3 - 0	0.608	119
52	37	Oregon	2 - 1	0.601	87
53	58	Maryland	3 - 0	0.598	122
54	38	Mississippi St.	1 - 2	0.596	16
55	55	Western Kentucky	2 - 1	0.586	39
56	65	North Carolina St.	2 - 1	0.583	106
57	21	Iowa	2 - 1	0.581	128
58	50	Texas Christian	2 - 1	0.579	102
59	57	Arizona	2 - 1	0.578	93
60	81	Army	3 - 0	0.573	97
61	49	Cincinnati	2 - 1	0.570	58
62	56	Indiana	2 - 0	0.570	79
63	70	Texas Tech	2 - 1	0.555	84
64	63	Missouri	1 - 2	0.552	15
65	78	Tulsa	2 - 1	0.551	49
66	79	Troy	2 - 1	0.549	40
67	35	Appalachian St.	1 - 2	0.549	9
68	60	Southern Mississippi	2 - 1	0.546	104
69	52	Temple	1 - 2	0.538	66
70	71	Washington St.	1 - 2	0.536	92
71	73	Utah St.	2 - 1	0.536	69
72	69	Air Force	2 - 0	0.534	118
73	72	Northwestern	1 - 2	0.529	71
74	82	South Carolina	2 - 1	0.528	23
75	75	East Carolina	2 - 1	0.516	81
76	85	Middle Tennessee	2 - 1	0.511	110
77	66	Marshall	1 - 1	0.504	120
78	80	Rutgers	2 - 1	0.494	82
79	68	Duke	1 - 2	0.489	85
80	86	Oregon St.	1 - 1	0.473	59
81	84	Purdue	1 - 1	0.466	64
82	74	Syracuse	1 - 2	0.457	27
83	76	Vanderbilt	1 - 2	0.456	19
84	87	Connecticut	2 - 1	0.456	116
85	95	Colorado St.	2 - 1	0.452	112
86	105	Akron	2 - 1	0.449	57
87	89	Nevada	2 - 1	0.442	123
88	83	Louisiana Tech	1 - 2	0.442	60
89	61	Boston College	1 - 2	0.441	28
90	77	Illinois	1 - 2	0.438	52
91	98	Ball St.	2 - 1	0.437	113
92	99	Ohio	1 - 2	0.429	41
93	93	Kentucky	1 - 2	0.422	53
94	88	San Jose St.	1 - 2	0.420	55
95	102	Wyoming	2 - 1	0.413	77
96	97	Nevada-Las Vegas	1 - 2	0.411	29
97	104	Southern Methodist	2 - 1	0.404	99
98	113	Eastern Michigan	2 - 1	0.398	109
99	91	New Mexico	1 - 2	0.385	126
100	109	LA-Lafayette	2 - 1	0.377	100
101	94	Northern Illinois	0 - 3	0.376	22
102	90	Old Dominion	1 - 2	0.374	76
103	92	Bowling Green	1 - 2	0.372	38
104	106	Tulane	1 - 2	0.371	80
105	101	South Alabama	1 - 2	0.352	33
106	108	Central Florida	1 - 2	0.342	54
107	96	Arkansas St.	0 - 3	0.338	11
108	100	Fresno St.	1 - 2	0.336	43
109	120	Texas St.	1 - 1	0.327	30
110	117	Kent	1 - 2	0.326	121
111	110	Florida Atlantic	1 - 2	0.314	42
112	115	Texas-San Antonio	1 - 2	0.313	105
113	111	Kansas	1 - 2	0.312	89
114	121	LA-Monroe	1 - 2	0.303	47
115	114	Charlotte	1 - 2	0.294	83
116	103	Virginia	0 - 3	0.290	78
117	107	Idaho	1 - 2	0.288	65
118	122	Hawaii	1 - 3	0.288	24
119	112	Texas-El Paso	1 - 2	0.277	74
120	128	Massachusetts	1 - 2	0.266	72
121	126	Georgia St.	0 - 3	0.262	34
122	118	Rice	0 - 3	0.259	21
123	124	New Mexico St.	1 - 2	0.255	107
124	127	North Texas	1 - 2	0.248	94
125	116	Iowa St.	0 - 3	0.243	67
126	125	Miami, Ohio	0 - 3	0.232	88
127	119	Florida International	0 - 3	0.228	96
128	123	Buffalo	0 - 2	0.224	111
129	129	Wild Card U.	8 - 79	0.157	0

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