ARGH 2008 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2008 season as of September 28. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams, including provisional member Western Kentucky.

The estimated home field advantage is .589, or about 4.32 points for an average game. The power ratings represent the chance that the team in question has of beating an average Division 1-A team without regard to location.

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This WeekLast Week Team 2008 Record Power Rating
1 1 Alabama 6 - 0 0.872
2 4 Penn State 6 - 0 0.857
3 2 Oklahoma 5 - 0 0.851
4 3 Texas 5 - 0 0.850
5 5 Missouri 5 - 0 0.841
6 7 Southern California 3 - 1 0.829
7 6 Florida 4 - 1 0.812
8 9 Georgia 4 - 1 0.774
9 11 Utah 6 - 0 0.772
10 17 Vanderbilt 5 - 0 0.772
11 16 Ohio St. 5 - 1 0.771
12 8 Louisiana St. 4 - 0 0.771
13 12 Brigham Young 5 - 0 0.769
14 13 Kentucky 4 - 1 0.766
15 28 Ball St. 6 - 0 0.757
16 19 California 4 - 1 0.756
17 23 Michigan St. 5 - 1 0.754
18 25 Boise State 4 - 0 0.746
19 21 Oklahoma St. 5 - 0 0.741
20 20 Texas Christian 5 - 1 0.738
21 29 Texas Tech 5 - 0 0.733
22 26 Virginia Tech 5 - 1 0.727
23 10 South Florida 5 - 1 0.721
24 24 Wake Forest 3 - 1 0.718
25 30 Florida St. 4 - 1 0.711
26 41 Georgia Tech 4 - 1 0.707
27 27 Northwestern 5 - 0 0.704
28 14 Auburn 4 - 2 0.699
29 15 Oregon 4 - 2 0.691
30 45 North Carolina 4 - 1 0.685
31 32 Boston College 4 - 1 0.685
32 38 Tulsa 5 - 0 0.683
33 18 Connecticut 5 - 1 0.682
34 31 Kansas 4 - 1 0.680
35 34 Minnesota 5 - 1 0.676
36 35 Arizona 4 - 1 0.675
37 22 Wisconsin 3 - 2 0.675
38 33 Notre Dame 4 - 1 0.669
39 48 Pittsburgh 4 - 1 0.666
40 39 South Carolina 4 - 2 0.666
41 43 Cincinnati 4 - 1 0.664
42 40 Oregon St. 2 - 3 0.632
43 47 Iowa 3 - 3 0.628
44 61 Illinois 3 - 2 0.623
45 42 Clemson 3 - 2 0.615
46 37 Nebraska 3 - 2 0.612
47 64 Navy 4 - 2 0.593
48 46 Mississippi 3 - 3 0.591
49 60 Western Michigan 5 - 1 0.588
50 50 West Virginia 3 - 2 0.582
51 51 East Carolina 3 - 2 0.567
52 57 Troy St. 2 - 2 0.564
53 58 Tennessee 2 - 3 0.559
54 55 Colorado 3 - 2 0.553
55 36 Maryland 4 - 2 0.553
56 44 Fresno St. 3 - 2 0.543
57 54 Stanford 3 - 3 0.542
58 59 Louisville 2 - 2 0.542
59 52 Arizona St. 2 - 3 0.539
60 53 Air Force 3 - 2 0.535
61 63 Miami, Florida 2 - 3 0.534
62 67 Duke 3 - 2 0.529
63 49 Michigan 2 - 3 0.511
64 56 Kansas St. 3 - 2 0.508
65 78 Nevada 3 - 2 0.507
66 66 Purdue 2 - 3 0.506
67 76 Northern Illinois 2 - 3 0.505
68 62 Rice 3 - 3 0.502
69 69 Indiana 2 - 3 0.501
70 68 Arkansas St. 3 - 2 0.500
71 71 Houston 2 - 3 0.498
72 80 Buffalo 2 - 3 0.483
73 73 Central Michigan 3 - 2 0.478
74 65 Bowling Green 2 - 3 0.473
75 88 Akron 3 - 3 0.463
76 72 Baylor 2 - 3 0.457
77 92 New Mexico 3 - 3 0.452
78 70 Southern Mississippi 2 - 3 0.443
79 75 Nevada-Las Vegas 3 - 3 0.437
80 86 Middle Tennessee St. 2 - 3 0.436
81 96 Colorado St. 3 - 2 0.431
82 74 Arkansas 2 - 3 0.431
83 105 Temple 2 - 4 0.429
84 100 Texas-El Paso 2 - 3 0.428
85 84 UCLA 2 - 3 0.427
86 82 San Jose St. 3 - 2 0.427
87 90 Memphis 3 - 3 0.422
88 85 Iowa St. 2 - 3 0.419
89 83 Texas A&M 2 - 3 0.417
90 91 Western Kentucky 2 - 4 0.413
91 77 Marshall 3 - 3 0.411
92 102 Virginia 2 - 3 0.409
93 101 Hawaii 2 - 3 0.406
94 93 Mississippi St. 1 - 4 0.404
95 81 Rutgers 1 - 4 0.402
96 108 Florida International 2 - 3 0.389
97 94 North Carolina St. 2 - 4 0.379
98 89 Florida Atlantic 1 - 4 0.379
99 104 LA-Lafayette 2 - 3 0.378
100 109 New Mexico St. 2 - 2 0.376
101 95 Louisiana Tech 2 - 2 0.370
102 106 Central Florida 2 - 3 0.353
103 87 Washington 0 - 5 0.346
104 79 Tulane 2 - 3 0.328
105 98 Ohio 1 - 5 0.325
106 103 Toledo 1 - 4 0.321
107 112 Syracuse 1 - 4 0.315
108 117 Eastern Michigan 2 - 4 0.314
109 97 Miami, Ohio 1 - 4 0.298
110 110 AL-Birmingham 1 - 5 0.282
111 99 LA-Monroe 1 - 4 0.279
112 113 San Diego St. 1 - 4 0.275
113 114 Utah St. 1 - 4 0.273
114 115 Kent 1 - 5 0.260
115 107 Washington St. 1 - 5 0.256
116 111 Wyoming 2 - 4 0.239
117 116 Southern Methodist 1 - 5 0.220
118 121 Army 1 - 4 0.207
119 119 Idaho 1 - 5 0.167
120 118 North Texas 0 - 5 0.157
121 120 Wild Card U. 2 - 81 0.120

2008 conference power ratings:

Conference2008 Record Power Rating
SEC 28-5 .676
Big Ten 31-9 .655
Big Twelve 38-10 .639
ACC 28-10 .604
Big East 21-12 .572
Pac-10 13-15 .569
Mountain West 23-11.516
Independents 9-7 .490
MAC 17-28 .438
Conference USA 15-23.428
WAC 16-17 .424
Sun Belt 10-24 .388

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