ARGH 2013 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2013 season, after games of September 28, 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 .586, or about 4.67 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 2013 Record Power Rating
1 1 Alabama 4 - 0 0.909
2 2 Oregon 4 - 0 0.858
3 5 Stanford 4 - 0 0.844
4 8 Washington 4 - 0 0.841
5 6 Ohio St. 5 - 0 0.823
6 7 Oklahoma 4 - 0 0.822
7 12 Clemson 4 - 0 0.813
8 9 Georgia 3 - 1 0.813
9 10 Florida St. 4 - 0 0.811
10 3 Louisiana St. 4 - 1 0.803
11 26 Virginia Tech 4 - 1 0.788
12 13 South Carolina 3 - 1 0.783
13 11 Louisville 4 - 0 0.776
14 14 Florida 3 - 1 0.771
15 19 Missouri 4 - 0 0.763
16 15 Texas Tech 4 - 0 0.759
17 17 Miami, Florida 4 - 0 0.759
18 25 Texas A&M 4 - 1 0.751
19 18 Georgia Tech 3 - 1 0.739
20 4 Oklahoma St. 3 - 1 0.736
21 21 UCLA 3 - 0 0.735
22 23 Baylor 3 - 0 0.733
23 33 Arizona St. 3 - 1 0.728
24 20 Mississippi 3 - 1 0.727
25 16 Michigan 4 - 0 0.723
26 24 Arizona 3 - 1 0.722
27 29 Penn State 3 - 1 0.717
28 27 Northwestern 4 - 0 0.712
29 31 Central Florida 3 - 1 0.699
30 28 Auburn 3 - 1 0.698
31 40 Utah St. 3 - 2 0.680
32 52 East Carolina 3 - 1 0.677
33 36 Maryland 4 - 0 0.675
34 35 Utah 3 - 1 0.673
35 32 Wisconsin 3 - 2 0.673
36 49 Houston 4 - 0 0.667
37 22 Southern California 3 - 2 0.661
38 60 Iowa 4 - 1 0.659
39 41 Fresno St. 4 - 0 0.656
40 34 Mississippi St. 2 - 2 0.650
41 39 Bowling Green 4 - 1 0.650
42 48 Texas Christian 2 - 2 0.639
43 43 Oregon St. 4 - 1 0.639
44 54 Brigham Young 2 - 2 0.633
45 63 Northern Illinois 4 - 0 0.629
46 30 Notre Dame 3 - 2 0.627
47 50 Vanderbilt 3 - 2 0.626
48 44 Nebraska 3 - 1 0.623
49 45 Rutgers 3 - 1 0.623
50 47 Texas 2 - 2 0.620
51 42 Michigan St. 3 - 1 0.619
52 46 Cincinnati 3 - 1 0.619
53 37 Washington St. 3 - 2 0.617
54 61 Pittsburgh 3 - 1 0.614
55 62 Ball St. 4 - 1 0.612
56 59 Boise State 3 - 2 0.608
57 38 Minnesota 4 - 1 0.604
58 58 Tennessee 3 - 2 0.601
59 69 Illinois 3 - 1 0.586
60 55 Syracuse 2 - 2 0.584
61 57 Indiana 2 - 2 0.569
62 53 Navy 2 - 1 0.569
63 64 Marshall 2 - 2 0.563
64 65 Ohio 3 - 1 0.555
65 71 Duke 3 - 2 0.555
66 68 North Texas 2 - 2 0.548
67 51 North Carolina 1 - 3 0.542
68 56 Arkansas 3 - 2 0.539
69 84 West Virginia 3 - 2 0.534
70 85 Texas St. 3 - 1 0.523
71 72 Kansas St. 2 - 2 0.521
72 70 Virginia 2 - 2 0.514
73 83 North Carolina St. 3 - 1 0.512
74 87 Western Kentucky 3 - 2 0.511
75 74 Rice 2 - 2 0.508
76 67 Wyoming 3 - 2 0.501
77 73 Toledo 2 - 3 0.494
78 77 LA-Lafayette 2 - 2 0.484
79 66 Middle Tennessee St. 3 - 2 0.484
80 76 Arkansas St. 2 - 3 0.458
81 95 Iowa St. 1 - 2 0.456
82 80 Boston College 2 - 2 0.444
83 100 Old Dominion 3 - 2 0.444
84 94 Nevada 3 - 2 0.435
85 92 Georgia Southern 3 - 1 0.433
86 75 San Jose St. 1 - 3 0.431
87 97 Buffalo 2 - 2 0.425
88 106 Tulane 3 - 2 0.424
89 91 Kentucky 1 - 3 0.415
90 90 California 1 - 3 0.412
91 78 Tulsa 1 - 3 0.410
92 101 Nevada-Las Vegas 3 - 2 0.408
93 89 Memphis 1 - 2 0.407
94 96 Colorado 2 - 1 0.406
95 99 South Alabama 2 - 2 0.406
96 82 Texas-San Antonio 2 - 3 0.406
97 88 Troy St. 2 - 3 0.404
98 102 Colorado St. 2 - 3 0.400
99 86 Southern Methodist 1 - 3 0.398
100 79 Wake Forest 2 - 3 0.397
101 81 LA-Monroe 2 - 3 0.388
102 103 Kent 2 - 3 0.382
103 93 AL-Birmingham 1 - 3 0.377
104 98 Kansas 2 - 1 0.373
105 111 Army 2 - 3 0.356
106 107 San Diego St. 1 - 3 0.342
107 104 Florida Atlantic 1 - 4 0.340
108 109 Akron 1 - 4 0.312
109 105 Purdue 1 - 4 0.298
110 113 Eastern Michigan 1 - 3 0.290
111 112 Hawaii 0 - 4 0.280
112 114 Air Force 1 - 4 0.276
113 110 New Mexico 1 - 3 0.270
114 108 Connecticut 0 - 4 0.256
115 115 Texas-El Paso 1 - 3 0.238
116 116 Central Michigan 1 - 4 0.235
117 117 Temple 0 - 4 0.226
118 118 Louisiana Tech 1 - 4 0.224
119 119 Miami, Ohio 0 - 4 0.207
120 126 Idaho 1 - 4 0.207
121 123 Wild Card U. 18 - 86 0.201
122 121 South Florida 0 - 4 0.179
123 120 Appalachian St. 1 - 3 0.173
124 122 Western Michigan 0 - 5 0.168
125 124 Southern Mississippi 0 - 4 0.166
126 125 Florida International 0 - 4 0.158
127 128 Massachusetts 0 - 4 0.132
128 127 New Mexico St. 0 - 5 0.125
129 129 Georgia St. 0 - 4 0.079

2013 conference power ratings:

Conference2013 Record Power Rating
SEC 32-7 .704
Pac-12 29-4 .678
Big Ten 36-11 .634
ACC 31-8 .625
Big Twelve 22-8 .619
AAC 18-19 .485
Mountain West 16-21.441
Independents 10-17 .420
Sun Belt 14-18 .407
Conference USA 17-34.394
MAC 18-29 .392

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