ARGH 2015 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2015 season as of September 27, 2015. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .556, or about 3.00 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 9-27-15

This WeekLast Week Team 2015 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Ohio St. 4 - 0 0.883 24
2 2 UCLA 4 - 0 0.870 10
3 3 Mississippi 4 - 0 0.852 44
4 11 Utah 4 - 0 0.836 17
5 5 Louisiana St. 3 - 0 0.833 5
6 4 Georgia 4 - 0 0.827 77
7 6 Notre Dame 4 - 0 0.820 23
8 9 Alabama 3 - 1 0.817 2
9 7 Florida St. 3 - 0 0.810 60
10 10 Michigan St. 4 - 0 0.803 45
11 12 Texas A&M 4 - 0 0.800 25
12 8 Texas Christian 4 - 0 0.793 84
13 14 Southern California 3 - 1 0.782 28
14 27 Florida 4 - 0 0.765 34
15 25 Northwestern 4 - 0 0.764 42
16 13 Oklahoma 3 - 0 0.763 32
17 20 Stanford 3 - 1 0.755 11
18 15 Baylor 3 - 0 0.752 120
19 23 Wisconsin 3 - 1 0.750 52
20 26 California 4 - 0 0.748 79
21 49 Michigan 3 - 1 0.748 6
22 24 Boise State 3 - 1 0.743 51
23 30 Mississippi St. 3 - 1 0.741 29
24 19 Clemson 3 - 0 0.733 78
25 17 Temple 3 - 0 0.731 31
26 35 West Virginia 3 - 0 0.726 95
27 34 North Carolina St. 4 - 0 0.716 124
28 43 Duke 3 - 1 0.707 61
29 41 Oklahoma St. 4 - 0 0.706 114
30 18 Georgia Tech 2 - 2 0.697 30
31 32 Kansas St. 3 - 0 0.691 109
32 16 Missouri 3 - 1 0.683 81
33 44 Kentucky 3 - 1 0.681 15
34 37 Penn State 3 - 1 0.681 54
35 31 Miami, Florida 3 - 0 0.680 93
36 21 Arizona 3 - 1 0.678 71
37 42 Memphis 4 - 0 0.678 118
38 28 Tennessee 2 - 2 0.676 20
39 22 Brigham Young 2 - 2 0.667 1
40 36 North Carolina 3 - 1 0.666 108
41 62 Toledo 3 - 0 0.665 65
42 47 Minnesota 3 - 1 0.648 27
43 61 Boston College 3 - 1 0.644 100
44 50 Western Kentucky 3 - 1 0.642 55
45 51 Iowa 4 - 0 0.641 121
46 40 Texas Tech 3 - 1 0.625 69
47 57 Illinois 3 - 1 0.617 90
48 59 Indiana 4 - 0 0.616 98
49 29 Virginia Tech 2 - 2 0.613 53
50 48 Nebraska 2 - 2 0.610 38
51 56 Colorado 3 - 1 0.610 97
52 45 Washington 2 - 2 0.608 41
53 33 Oregon 2 - 2 0.606 40
54 67 Navy 3 - 0 0.605 113
55 38 Auburn 2 - 2 0.602 13
56 46 Arkansas 1 - 3 0.595 9
57 65 Syracuse 3 - 1 0.594 68
58 71 Houston 3 - 0 0.593 116
59 70 Appalachian St. 2 - 1 0.589 110
60 54 South Carolina 2 - 2 0.586 8
61 60 Marshall 3 - 1 0.580 117
62 39 Arizona St. 2 - 2 0.577 35
63 68 Georgia Southern 3 - 1 0.575 106
64 55 Northern Illinois 2 - 2 0.573 43
65 58 Ohio 3 - 1 0.572 103
66 52 Middle Tennessee St. 2 - 2 0.570 72
67 66 Pittsburgh 2 - 1 0.562 86
68 64 Vanderbilt 1 - 3 0.544 12
69 53 Cincinnati 2 - 2 0.542 73
70 72 Louisiana Tech 2 - 2 0.533 75
71 69 Air Force 2 - 1 0.530 80
72 63 Texas 1 - 3 0.525 3
73 73 Louisville 1 - 3 0.517 50
74 79 Bowling Green 2 - 2 0.515 36
75 74 Colorado St. 2 - 2 0.511 96
76 82 Utah St. 1 - 2 0.474 39
77 102 East Carolina 2 - 2 0.470 47
78 89 Oregon St. 2 - 2 0.463 33
79 80 Wake Forest 2 - 2 0.460 102
80 85 Southern Mississippi 2 - 2 0.458 63
81 83 Western Michigan 1 - 3 0.456 18
82 81 Tulsa 2 - 1 0.452 57
83 97 Nevada 2 - 2 0.450 48
84 90 Ball St. 2 - 2 0.449 74
85 87 Rutgers 2 - 2 0.444 119
86 103 San Jose St. 2 - 2 0.442 105
87 84 Hawaii 2 - 2 0.442 19
88 86 Washington St. 2 - 1 0.440 122
89 75 Arkansas St. 1 - 3 0.439 26
90 78 Maryland 2 - 2 0.432 89
91 109 Akron 2 - 2 0.431 88
92 76 Virginia 1 - 3 0.430 4
93 121 Nevada-Las Vegas 1 - 3 0.426 16
94 92 Buffalo 2 - 2 0.419 112
95 91 Florida International 2 - 2 0.412 104
96 77 Rice 2 - 2 0.411 101
97 96 Iowa St. 1 - 2 0.409 56
98 93 New Mexico 2 - 2 0.402 123
99 98 LA-Monroe 1 - 2 0.390 22
100 88 Purdue 1 - 3 0.381 70
101 95 LA-Lafayette 1 - 2 0.375 91
102 110 Central Michigan 1 - 3 0.374 37
103 106 Tulane 1 - 2 0.368 46
104 100 San Diego St. 1 - 3 0.368 76
105 94 Fresno St. 1 - 3 0.367 21
106 104 South Florida 1 - 2 0.360 67
107 108 Massachusetts 0 - 3 0.351 7
108 105 Connecticut 2 - 2 0.348 111
109 101 Texas St. 1 - 3 0.340 66
110 113 Troy St. 1 - 2 0.333 59
111 112 Kent 1 - 3 0.330 62
112 115 Texas-El Paso 2 - 2 0.328 99
113 116 Florida Atlantic 1 - 3 0.315 87
114 107 South Alabama 2 - 2 0.314 83
115 99 Old Dominion 2 - 2 0.312 115
116 111 Southern Methodist 1 - 3 0.281 82
117 114 Central Florida 0 - 4 0.276 64
118 117 Georgia St. 1 - 2 0.261 107
119 118 Idaho 1 - 3 0.260 58
120 120 Miami, Ohio 1 - 3 0.254 49
121 127 Army 1 - 3 0.243 125
122 119 North Texas 0 - 3 0.214 92
123 125 New Mexico St. 0 - 3 0.214 94
124 123 Charlotte 2 - 2 0.211 128
125 126 Texas-San Antonio 0 - 4 0.206 14
126 122 Eastern Michigan 1 - 3 0.202 127
127 124 Kansas 0 - 3 0.199 85
128 128 Wyoming 0 - 4 0.132 126
129 129 Wild Card U. 6 - 89 0.125 0

2015 conference power ratings:

Conference2014 Record Power Rating
SEC 27-4 .714
Pac-12 28-7 .664
Big Ten 41-13 .644
ACC 31-13 .631
Big Twelve 23-7 .619
Independents 7-5 .577
AAC 20-14 .475
Mountain West 16-24.441
MAC 20-28 .430
Conference USA 18-23.399
Sun Belt 12-22 .372

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