ARGH 2013 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2013 season, after games of September 21, 2013. Teams included are the 125 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus three teams that will be starting FBS play in 2014.

The estimated home field advantage is .584, or about 4.51 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.

Please note that I cannot comply with requests to send copies of these ratings out via e-mail. You can thank AOL's sledgehammer approach to spam prevention for this. I apologize for any inconveniences this may cause.

Click here to send me feedback.

ARGH Power Ratings Facebook Page, where I may post ratings, predictions, and picks as well as a few random opinions.

This WeekLast Week Team 2013 Record Power Rating
1 1 Alabama 3 - 0 0.882
2 2 Oregon 3 - 0 0.844
3 4 Louisiana St. 4 - 0 0.841
4 5 Oklahoma St. 3 - 0 0.805
5 7 Stanford 3 - 0 0.804
6 6 Ohio St. 4 - 0 0.801
7 3 Oklahoma 3 - 0 0.795
8 9 Washington 3 - 0 0.792
9 8 Georgia 2 - 1 0.789
10 11 Florida St. 3 - 0 0.779
11 15 Louisville 4 - 0 0.775
12 12 Clemson 3 - 0 0.775
13 10 South Carolina 2 - 1 0.761
14 16 Florida 2 - 1 0.757
15 26 Texas Tech 4 - 0 0.757
16 14 Michigan 4 - 0 0.754
17 21 Miami, Florida 3 - 0 0.751
18 32 Georgia Tech 3 - 0 0.747
19 29 Missouri 3 - 0 0.746
20 13 Mississippi 3 - 0 0.745
21 20 UCLA 3 - 0 0.745
22 23 Southern California 3 - 1 0.744
23 28 Baylor 3 - 0 0.743
24 19 Arizona 3 - 0 0.739
25 18 Texas A&M 3 - 1 0.738
26 25 Virginia Tech 3 - 1 0.725
27 17 Northwestern 4 - 0 0.720
28 22 Auburn 3 - 1 0.720
29 33 Penn State 3 - 1 0.718
30 24 Notre Dame 3 - 1 0.713
31 30 Central Florida 3 - 0 0.701
32 34 Wisconsin 3 - 1 0.691
33 27 Arizona St. 2 - 1 0.684
34 46 Mississippi St. 2 - 2 0.672
35 50 Utah 3 - 1 0.671
36 59 Maryland 4 - 0 0.670
37 44 Washington St. 3 - 1 0.669
38 51 Minnesota 4 - 0 0.663
39 38 Bowling Green 3 - 1 0.651
40 36 Utah St. 2 - 2 0.649
41 49 Fresno St. 3 - 0 0.643
42 31 Michigan St. 3 - 1 0.639
43 35 Oregon St. 3 - 1 0.638
44 39 Nebraska 3 - 1 0.636
45 55 Rutgers 3 - 1 0.629
46 47 Cincinnati 3 - 1 0.628
47 37 Texas 2 - 2 0.626
48 48 Texas Christian 1 - 2 0.616
49 69 Houston 3 - 0 0.616
50 41 Vanderbilt 2 - 2 0.606
51 42 North Carolina 1 - 2 0.599
52 52 East Carolina 2 - 1 0.593
53 53 Navy 2 - 0 0.586
54 40 Brigham Young 1 - 2 0.585
55 65 Syracuse 2 - 2 0.578
56 54 Arkansas 3 - 1 0.575
57 43 Indiana 2 - 2 0.573
58 57 Tennessee 2 - 2 0.572
59 45 Boise State 2 - 2 0.572
60 73 Iowa 3 - 1 0.570
61 70 Pittsburgh 2 - 1 0.569
62 72 Ball St. 3 - 1 0.567
63 62 Northern Illinois 3 - 0 0.564
64 66 Marshall 2 - 2 0.561
65 75 Ohio 3 - 1 0.555
66 74 Middle Tennessee St. 3 - 1 0.539
67 80 Wyoming 3 - 1 0.538
68 71 North Texas 2 - 2 0.536
69 64 Illinois 2 - 1 0.532
70 77 Virginia 2 - 1 0.529
71 67 Duke 2 - 2 0.529
72 56 Kansas St. 2 - 2 0.528
73 78 Toledo 2 - 2 0.528
74 68 Rice 1 - 2 0.501
75 63 San Jose St. 1 - 2 0.495
76 61 Arkansas St. 2 - 2 0.492
77 82 LA-Lafayette 2 - 2 0.491
78 76 Tulsa 1 - 2 0.485
79 85 Wake Forest 2 - 2 0.473
80 81 Boston College 2 - 1 0.471
81 58 LA-Monroe 2 - 2 0.470
82 88 Texas-San Antonio 2 - 2 0.470
83 84 North Carolina St. 2 - 1 0.459
84 60 West Virginia 2 - 2 0.456
85 87 Texas St. 2 - 1 0.436
86 83 Southern Methodist 1 - 2 0.435
87 99 Western Kentucky 2 - 2 0.430
88 79 Troy St. 2 - 2 0.424
89 112 Memphis 1 - 2 0.419
90 86 California 1 - 2 0.419
91 90 Kentucky 1 - 2 0.419
92 89 Georgia Southern 2 - 1 0.414
93 98 AL-Birmingham 1 - 2 0.409
94 101 Nevada 2 - 2 0.409
95 92 Iowa St. 0 - 2 0.409
96 93 Colorado 2 - 0 0.402
97 96 Buffalo 1 - 2 0.391
98 104 Kansas 2 - 1 0.379
99 100 South Alabama 2 - 1 0.374
100 107 Old Dominion 2 - 2 0.371
101 109 Nevada-Las Vegas 2 - 2 0.366
102 103 Colorado St. 1 - 3 0.364
103 97 Kent 1 - 3 0.353
104 102 Florida Atlantic 1 - 3 0.349
105 94 Purdue 1 - 3 0.349
106 95 Tulane 2 - 2 0.349
107 91 San Diego St. 0 - 3 0.343
108 105 Connecticut 0 - 3 0.329
109 106 Akron 1 - 3 0.318
110 115 New Mexico 1 - 2 0.296
111 110 Army 1 - 3 0.290
112 108 Hawaii 0 - 3 0.287
113 114 Eastern Michigan 1 - 3 0.282
114 111 Air Force 1 - 3 0.276
115 117 Texas-El Paso 1 - 2 0.275
116 113 Central Michigan 1 - 3 0.272
117 120 Temple 0 - 3 0.270
118 118 Louisiana Tech 1 - 3 0.247
119 116 Miami, Ohio 0 - 3 0.237
120 123 Appalachian St. 1 - 2 0.204
121 122 South Florida 0 - 3 0.200
122 119 Western Michigan 0 - 4 0.199
123 121 Wild Card U. 17 - 84 0.197
124 124 Southern Mississippi 0 - 3 0.177
125 125 Florida International 0 - 4 0.155
126 126 Idaho 0 - 4 0.154
127 128 New Mexico St. 0 - 4 0.153
128 127 Massachusetts 0 - 4 0.130
129 129 Georgia St. 0 - 4 0.073

2013 conference power ratings:

Conference2013 Record Power Rating
SEC 28-7 .702
Pac-12 29-4 .679
Big Ten 35-10 .637
ACC 28-7 .618
Big Twelve 19-8 .611
AAC 17-14 .500
Mountain West 13-20.436
Independents 7-14 .413
Conference USA 15-27.403
Sun Belt 12-14 .399
MAC 16-27 .388

Return to ARGH main page