ARGH 2011 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2011 season, as of October 2. 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 .563, or about 3.54 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 5 - 0 0.912
2 3 Oklahoma 4 - 0 0.875
3 2 Louisiana St. 5 - 0 0.875
4 4 Boise State 4 - 0 0.857
5 8 Michigan 5 - 0 0.829
6 6 Stanford 4 - 0 0.825
7 5 Oklahoma St. 4 - 0 0.821
8 17 Clemson 5 - 0 0.804
9 15 Wisconsin 5 - 0 0.799
10 13 Texas 4 - 0 0.792
11 11 Oregon 3 - 1 0.769
12 20 Notre Dame 3 - 2 0.757
13 16 Illinois 5 - 0 0.756
14 9 Florida 4 - 1 0.747
15 7 South Carolina 4 - 1 0.739
16 10 Virginia Tech 4 - 1 0.738
17 29 Michigan St. 4 - 1 0.737
18 23 Arkansas 4 - 1 0.728
19 19 Penn State 4 - 1 0.721
20 26 Georgia Tech 5 - 0 0.719
21 32 Auburn 4 - 1 0.707
22 28 West Virginia 4 - 1 0.705
23 12 Texas A&M 2 - 2 0.704
24 22 Florida St. 2 - 2 0.694
25 27 Arizona St. 4 - 1 0.687
26 35 Texas Tech 4 - 0 0.683
27 14 Nebraska 4 - 1 0.682
28 36 Georgia 3 - 2 0.681
29 18 South Florida 4 - 1 0.679
30 44 North Carolina 4 - 1 0.671
31 30 Southern California 4 - 1 0.666
32 34 Houston 5 - 0 0.663
33 41 Kansas St. 4 - 0 0.659
34 37 Cincinnati 4 - 1 0.658
35 49 Rutgers 3 - 1 0.652
36 33 Missouri 2 - 2 0.644
37 48 Washington 4 - 1 0.644
38 24 Ohio St. 3 - 2 0.643
39 39 Tennessee 3 - 1 0.640
40 45 Southern Methodist 4 - 1 0.640
41 21 Texas Christian 3 - 2 0.631
42 31 Baylor 3 - 1 0.627
43 42 Iowa 3 - 1 0.620
44 25 Utah 2 - 2 0.613
45 54 Southern Mississippi 4 - 1 0.604
46 43 California 3 - 1 0.601
47 64 Pittsburgh 3 - 2 0.599
48 61 Ohio 4 - 1 0.585
49 38 Mississippi St. 2 - 3 0.585
50 46 Vanderbilt 3 - 1 0.582
51 53 San Diego St. 3 - 1 0.581
52 63 Western Michigan 3 - 2 0.579
53 52 Miami, Florida 2 - 2 0.573
54 47 Central Florida 2 - 2 0.570
55 40 Temple 3 - 2 0.568
56 59 Wake Forest 3 - 1 0.562
57 73 Toledo 2 - 3 0.553
58 55 Brigham Young 3 - 2 0.552
59 56 Tulsa 2 - 3 0.550
60 58 Air Force 3 - 1 0.548
61 51 Iowa St. 3 - 1 0.540
62 57 Syracuse 3 - 2 0.525
63 69 LA-Lafayette 4 - 1 0.514
64 50 Florida International 3 - 2 0.514
65 81 Washington St. 3 - 1 0.513
66 65 UCLA 2 - 3 0.500
67 67 Northwestern 2 - 2 0.500
68 74 Virginia 3 - 2 0.497
69 68 Nevada 1 - 3 0.494
70 62 Purdue 2 - 2 0.488
71 82 Hawaii 3 - 2 0.482
72 75 Maryland 2 - 2 0.479
73 66 Navy 2 - 2 0.472
74 79 Arkansas St. 3 - 2 0.471
75 60 Connecticut 2 - 3 0.470
76 71 Arizona 1 - 4 0.468
77 86 Duke 3 - 2 0.467
78 77 Wyoming 3 - 1 0.464
79 83 Troy St. 2 - 2 0.457
80 78 North Carolina St. 2 - 3 0.445
81 91 Mississippi 2 - 3 0.444
82 76 Bowling Green 3 - 2 0.435
83 72 East Carolina 1 - 3 0.431
84 85 Ball St. 3 - 2 0.431
85 70 Louisville 2 - 2 0.430
86 97 Marshall 2 - 3 0.424
87 84 Kansas 2 - 2 0.417
88 88 Kentucky 2 - 3 0.400
89 101 Eastern Michigan 3 - 2 0.397
90 80 Fresno St. 2 - 3 0.396
91 89 Northern Illinois 2 - 3 0.387
92 93 Rice 1 - 3 0.382
93 103 Army 2 - 3 0.382
94 95 Utah St. 1 - 3 0.381
95 99 Texas-El Paso 2 - 3 0.368
96 87 Colorado St. 3 - 2 0.361
97 108 San Jose St. 2 - 3 0.360
98 92 Colorado 1 - 4 0.358
99 90 Boston College 1 - 4 0.354
100 109 Central Michigan 2 - 3 0.349
101 94 Louisiana Tech 1 - 4 0.344
102 100 LA-Monroe 1 - 3 0.343
103 98 Oregon St. 0 - 4 0.327
104 105 Indiana 1 - 4 0.314
105 113 Middle Tennessee St. 1 - 3 0.305
106 96 Tulane 2 - 3 0.304
107 115 Texas St. 3 - 2 0.301
108 117 New Mexico St. 2 - 3 0.299
109 106 Kent 1 - 4 0.294
110 107 South Alabama 2 - 2 0.287
111 111 North Texas 1 - 4 0.278
112 104 Idaho 1 - 4 0.278
113 110 Buffalo 1 - 4 0.264
114 102 Massachusetts 2 - 2 0.252
115 118 Nevada-Las Vegas 1 - 3 0.252
116 112 Minnesota 1 - 4 0.243
117 120 Florida Atlantic 0 - 4 0.234
118 114 AL-Birmingham 0 - 4 0.218
119 119 Akron 1 - 4 0.208
120 116 Miami, Ohio 0 - 4 0.206
121 121 Memphis 1 - 4 0.178
122 123 Wild Card U. 7 - 85 0.150
123 122 Western Kentucky 0 - 4 0.142
124 124 New Mexico 0 - 5 0.134

2011 conference power ratings:

Conference2011 Record Power Rating
Big Twelve 27-3 .676
SEC 28-4 .670
Big Ten 34-13 .611
Big East 23-11 .590
ACC 27-11 .584
Pac-10 19-11 .581
Independents 10-9 .541
Mountain West 18-13.487
Conference USA 18-22.444
MAC 20-28 .404
WAC 9-21 .379
Sun Belt 10-20 .362

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