ARGH 2016 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2016 season as of October 2, 2016. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .557, or about 3.08 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 10-2-16

This Week	Last Week	Team	2016 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	5 - 0	0.901	24
2	5	Michigan	5 - 0	0.896	18
3	2	Clemson	5 - 0	0.888	10
4	4	Ohio St.	4 - 0	0.860	55
5	3	Tennessee	5 - 0	0.854	5
6	9	Texas A&M	5 - 0	0.852	20
7	11	Washington	5 - 0	0.847	75
8	8	Houston	5 - 0	0.840	91
9	10	Wisconsin	4 - 1	0.815	6
10	7	Louisville	4 - 1	0.800	23
11	17	Western Michigan	5 - 0	0.799	62
12	16	Miami, Florida	4 - 0	0.799	80
13	12	Nebraska	5 - 0	0.790	74
14	15	Florida	4 - 1	0.769	47
15	6	Stanford	3 - 1	0.757	2
16	19	Boise State	4 - 0	0.753	77
17	24	Louisiana St.	3 - 2	0.749	16
18	23	Auburn	3 - 2	0.741	11
19	13	Baylor	5 - 0	0.739	122
20	21	West Virginia	4 - 0	0.736	49
21	28	Colorado	4 - 1	0.719	56
22	32	North Carolina	4 - 1	0.712	32
23	20	Arkansas	4 - 1	0.711	48
24	25	Mississippi	3 - 2	0.709	15
25	27	UCLA	3 - 2	0.709	4
26	26	Oklahoma	2 - 2	0.693	8
27	18	Florida St.	3 - 2	0.691	9
28	22	Virginia Tech	3 - 1	0.689	46
29	14	Utah	4 - 1	0.683	68
30	52	Maryland	4 - 0	0.683	116
31	43	Troy	4 - 1	0.679	65
32	49	Air Force	4 - 0	0.670	113
33	39	South Florida	4 - 1	0.666	98
34	38	Oklahoma St.	3 - 2	0.654	45
35	34	Georgia	3 - 2	0.645	7
36	46	Southern California	2 - 3	0.643	1
37	30	Memphis	3 - 1	0.640	115
38	58	North Carolina St.	3 - 1	0.637	95
39	50	Pittsburgh	3 - 2	0.634	34
40	31	Georgia Tech	3 - 2	0.630	28
41	54	Appalachian St.	3 - 2	0.626	22
42	37	Kansas St.	2 - 2	0.622	50
43	61	Penn State	3 - 2	0.619	14
44	55	Western Kentucky	4 - 1	0.619	114
45	53	Georgia Southern	3 - 1	0.616	87
46	33	Arizona St.	4 - 1	0.615	73
47	48	Southern Mississippi	4 - 1	0.612	121
48	29	Wake Forest	4 - 1	0.612	67
49	63	California	3 - 2	0.604	27
50	57	Brigham Young	2 - 3	0.604	3
51	45	Missouri	2 - 3	0.597	25
52	62	Mississippi St.	2 - 2	0.594	41
53	36	Minnesota	3 - 1	0.592	99
54	66	Indiana	3 - 1	0.590	72
55	44	Toledo	3 - 1	0.585	120
56	35	Michigan St.	2 - 2	0.583	33
57	47	Navy	3 - 1	0.581	92
58	65	Texas Tech	3 - 1	0.576	112
59	42	Texas Christian	3 - 2	0.575	90
60	67	Washington St.	2 - 2	0.574	78
61	40	San Diego St.	3 - 1	0.567	109
62	72	Middle Tennessee	4 - 1	0.564	124
63	69	Temple	3 - 2	0.554	119
64	51	Texas	2 - 2	0.552	43
65	56	Central Michigan	3 - 2	0.547	63
66	90	Central Florida	3 - 2	0.545	54
67	64	Tulsa	3 - 1	0.533	104
68	41	Iowa	3 - 2	0.533	127
69	60	Oregon	2 - 3	0.532	37
70	75	Northwestern	2 - 3	0.528	35
71	74	Boston College	3 - 2	0.528	107
72	71	Arizona	2 - 3	0.518	31
73	70	Notre Dame	2 - 3	0.517	69
74	73	Army	3 - 1	0.504	125
75	81	Akron	3 - 2	0.497	57
76	87	Eastern Michigan	4 - 1	0.495	118
77	59	Cincinnati	3 - 2	0.489	96
78	80	Kentucky	2 - 3	0.482	17
79	96	Old Dominion	3 - 2	0.481	108
80	85	Ohio	3 - 2	0.475	110
81	84	South Carolina	2 - 3	0.466	21
82	93	Tulane	3 - 2	0.463	111
83	99	Wyoming	3 - 2	0.461	93
84	88	Utah St.	2 - 3	0.457	58
85	101	South Alabama	3 - 2	0.456	82
86	89	Illinois	1 - 3	0.456	19
87	68	Duke	2 - 3	0.450	85
88	95	Louisiana Tech	2 - 3	0.446	88
89	79	Marshall	1 - 3	0.443	51
90	78	Syracuse	2 - 3	0.435	44
91	83	East Carolina	2 - 3	0.432	52
92	91	Vanderbilt	1 - 4	0.430	13
93	82	Rutgers	2 - 3	0.422	30
94	77	Ball St.	3 - 2	0.420	123
95	104	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 3	0.403	100
96	103	Virginia	2 - 3	0.403	86
97	86	Oregon St.	1 - 3	0.402	29
98	94	Connecticut	2 - 3	0.393	66
99	98	New Mexico	2 - 2	0.391	128
100	76	Purdue	2 - 2	0.390	102
101	105	Texas St.	2 - 2	0.377	40
102	92	Colorado St.	2 - 3	0.373	94
103	117	Hawaii	2 - 3	0.356	42
104	102	LA-Lafayette	2 - 3	0.342	103
105	106	Idaho	2 - 3	0.337	36
106	100	Southern Methodist	2 - 3	0.335	71
107	122	Northern Illinois	1 - 4	0.315	79
108	97	Nevada	2 - 3	0.302	126
109	111	Iowa St.	1 - 4	0.302	81
110	109	North Texas	2 - 3	0.298	106
111	125	New Mexico St.	2 - 3	0.293	97
112	113	LA-Monroe	1 - 3	0.292	26
113	115	Texas-San Antonio	1 - 3	0.288	101
114	110	Kansas	1 - 3	0.287	70
115	114	Kent	1 - 4	0.286	64
116	108	Fresno St.	1 - 4	0.281	59
117	119	Massachusetts	1 - 4	0.278	53
118	107	San Jose St.	1 - 4	0.278	105
119	116	Georgia St.	0 - 4	0.272	12
120	112	Bowling Green	1 - 4	0.268	38
121	118	Charlotte	1 - 4	0.249	60
122	120	Florida Atlantic	1 - 4	0.245	84
123	123	Arkansas St.	0 - 4	0.244	61
124	128	Florida International	1 - 4	0.233	89
125	121	Buffalo	1 - 3	0.213	117
126	124	Texas-El Paso	1 - 4	0.206	76
127	127	Rice	0 - 5	0.206	39
128	126	Miami, Ohio	0 - 5	0.192	83
129	129	Wild Card U.	10 - 87	0.154	0

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