ARGH 2017 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2017 season. Teams included are the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus Liberty.

The estimated home field advantage is .551, or about 2.69 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 10-8-17

This Week	Last Week	Team	2017 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	6 - 0	0.933	11
2	2	Clemson	6 - 0	0.921	8
3	3	Georgia	6 - 0	0.905	22
4	4	Penn State	6 - 0	0.902	52
5	5	Washington	6 - 0	0.875	100
6	6	Wisconsin	5 - 0	0.868	58
7	9	Ohio St.	5 - 1	0.851	32
8	13	Washington St.	6 - 0	0.838	69
9	10	Texas Christian	5 - 0	0.830	48
10	15	Miami, Florida	4 - 0	0.813	46
11	14	Notre Dame	5 - 1	0.812	27
12	12	Southern California	5 - 1	0.811	6
13	11	Auburn	5 - 1	0.805	62
14	7	Michigan	4 - 1	0.803	14
15	18	San Diego St.	6 - 0	0.788	63
16	8	Oklahoma	4 - 1	0.767	57
17	21	Virginia Tech	5 - 1	0.761	87
18	22	North Carolina St.	5 - 1	0.759	35
19	20	Stanford	4 - 2	0.753	10
20	16	Oklahoma St.	4 - 1	0.747	45
21	29	Central Florida	4 - 0	0.738	75
22	17	Wake Forest	4 - 2	0.736	20
23	32	Iowa	4 - 2	0.732	13
24	49	Michigan St.	4 - 1	0.724	7
25	28	Navy	5 - 0	0.712	77
26	36	Houston	4 - 1	0.700	70
27	26	South Florida	5 - 0	0.700	129
28	19	Florida	3 - 2	0.692	4
29	27	Kentucky	5 - 1	0.691	64
30	38	South Carolina	4 - 2	0.689	16
31	23	Louisville	4 - 2	0.685	40
32	30	Mississippi St.	3 - 2	0.682	17
33	40	Texas Tech	4 - 1	0.679	67
34	24	Oregon	4 - 2	0.678	47
35	25	Florida St.	1 - 3	0.674	1
36	41	Texas	3 - 2	0.668	31
37	44	Louisiana St.	4 - 2	0.666	49
38	35	Texas A&M	4 - 2	0.660	38
39	51	Purdue	3 - 2	0.651	15
40	33	Utah	4 - 1	0.651	107
41	42	Troy	4 - 1	0.646	79
42	31	Minnesota	3 - 2	0.641	53
43	47	Colorado St.	4 - 2	0.639	71
44	34	Duke	4 - 2	0.634	76
45	58	Boise State	3 - 2	0.629	24
46	37	Georgia Tech	3 - 1	0.628	109
47	75	Iowa St.	3 - 2	0.611	33
48	52	Appalachian St.	3 - 2	0.611	72
49	54	Western Michigan	4 - 2	0.611	83
50	60	Memphis	4 - 1	0.610	101
51	43	UCLA	3 - 2	0.609	26
52	55	Indiana	3 - 2	0.607	42
53	39	Maryland	3 - 2	0.606	12
54	69	Virginia	4 - 1	0.606	90
55	45	Southern Methodist	4 - 2	0.604	80
56	56	West Virginia	3 - 2	0.593	91
57	64	Toledo	4 - 1	0.590	106
58	67	Army	4 - 2	0.585	113
59	70	Arizona	3 - 2	0.575	94
60	46	Kansas St.	3 - 2	0.567	118
61	57	Tennessee	3 - 2	0.567	55
62	61	Arizona St.	2 - 3	0.565	5
63	50	Vanderbilt	3 - 3	0.564	9
64	53	Nebraska	3 - 3	0.562	41
65	48	Colorado	3 - 3	0.557	61
66	79	Tulane	3 - 2	0.555	54
67	62	Northwestern	2 - 3	0.549	23
68	65	Marshall	4 - 1	0.545	117
69	74	Northern Illinois	3 - 2	0.545	89
70	76	Syracuse	3 - 3	0.541	84
71	78	Fresno St.	3 - 2	0.540	60
72	59	Arkansas	2 - 3	0.534	37
73	86	Florida Atlantic	3 - 3	0.522	73
74	85	Southern Mississippi	3 - 2	0.521	95
75	66	Texas-San Antonio	3 - 1	0.520	125
76	63	California	3 - 3	0.516	25
77	84	North Texas	3 - 2	0.506	78
78	72	New Mexico	3 - 2	0.504	103
79	73	Boston College	2 - 4	0.488	2
80	71	Utah St.	3 - 3	0.484	66
81	83	Air Force	1 - 4	0.479	19
82	68	Ohio	4 - 2	0.478	126
83	81	Wyoming	3 - 2	0.476	110
84	99	Akron	3 - 3	0.467	82
85	82	Buffalo	3 - 3	0.465	88
86	80	Mississippi	2 - 3	0.456	36
87	92	Arkansas St.	2 - 2	0.455	105
88	77	Louisiana Tech	3 - 3	0.444	104
89	87	Eastern Michigan	2 - 3	0.425	92
90	103	Middle Tennessee	3 - 3	0.423	81
91	88	New Mexico St.	2 - 4	0.422	51
92	101	LA-Monroe	3 - 2	0.417	119
93	90	Pittsburgh	2 - 4	0.416	44
94	91	Western Kentucky	3 - 2	0.410	128
95	96	Missouri	1 - 4	0.406	21
96	89	North Carolina	1 - 5	0.401	18
97	105	Temple	3 - 3	0.391	98
98	93	Cincinnati	2 - 4	0.383	39
99	98	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 3	0.382	86
100	100	Rutgers	1 - 4	0.378	34
101	94	Tulsa	1 - 5	0.377	28
102	97	Illinois	2 - 3	0.364	50
103	111	Central Michigan	3 - 3	0.356	116
104	95	Miami, Ohio	2 - 4	0.345	108
105	116	AL-Birmingham	3 - 2	0.344	127
106	107	Oregon St.	1 - 5	0.341	3
107	114	LA-Lafayette	2 - 3	0.325	111
108	102	Idaho	2 - 3	0.322	122
109	104	Florida International	3 - 2	0.312	124
110	113	Georgia St.	2 - 2	0.310	121
111	110	Baylor	0 - 5	0.304	43
112	109	Brigham Young	1 - 5	0.300	30
113	106	Old Dominion	2 - 3	0.298	112
114	108	Hawaii	2 - 4	0.286	115
115	115	South Alabama	1 - 4	0.272	102
116	112	Ball St.	2 - 4	0.267	114
117	117	Liberty	3 - 2	0.265	0
118	125	Nevada	1 - 5	0.260	68
119	118	Kansas	1 - 4	0.242	96
120	119	Connecticut	1 - 4	0.242	99
121	129	Bowling Green	1 - 5	0.233	85
122	120	Kent	1 - 5	0.223	29
123	121	Georgia Southern	0 - 4	0.211	56
124	122	East Carolina	1 - 5	0.196	93
125	123	Rice	1 - 5	0.183	65
126	124	San Jose St.	1 - 6	0.178	59
127	126	Texas St.	1 - 5	0.174	97
128	127	Massachusetts	0 - 6	0.169	123
129	128	Coastal Carolina	1 - 4	0.163	130
130	130	Wild Card U.	10 - 84	0.140	0
131	131	Texas-El Paso	0 - 6	0.126	74
132	132	Charlotte	0 - 6	0.099	120

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