ARGH 2009 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2009 season through games of 10-17-09. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .590, or about 4.14 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 2009 Record Power Rating
1 1 Florida 6 - 0 0.920
2 2 Alabama 7 - 0 0.905
3 3 Texas 6 - 0 0.889
4 8 Cincinnati 6 - 0 0.842
5 5 Southern California 5 - 1 0.841
6 12 Texas Christian 6 - 0 0.838
7 9 Iowa 7 - 0 0.835
8 7 Boise State 6 - 0 0.828
9 4 Virginia Tech 5 - 2 0.819
10 10 Oregon 5 - 1 0.802
11 13 Louisiana St. 5 - 1 0.785
12 17 Penn State 6 - 1 0.784
13 21 Georgia Tech 6 - 1 0.765
14 6 Ohio St. 5 - 2 0.761
15 15 Oklahoma 3 - 3 0.758
16 19 Miami, Florida 5 - 1 0.752
17 18 Pittsburgh 6 - 1 0.751
18 11 Nebraska 4 - 2 0.745
19 20 Brigham Young 6 - 1 0.715
20 26 Central Michigan 6 - 1 0.708
21 14 Kansas 5 - 1 0.704
22 49 Texas Tech 5 - 2 0.702
23 24 Utah 5 - 1 0.701
24 16 South Florida 5 - 1 0.701
25 31 California 4 - 2 0.700
26 32 Oklahoma St. 5 - 1 0.690
27 22 Notre Dame 4 - 2 0.690
28 30 Mississippi 4 - 2 0.689
29 28 South Carolina 5 - 2 0.679
30 40 Houston 5 - 1 0.675
31 37 Boston College 5 - 2 0.673
32 41 West Virginia 5 - 1 0.671
33 36 Arizona 4 - 2 0.668
34 23 Wisconsin 5 - 2 0.668
35 39 Georgia 4 - 3 0.666
36 54 Clemson 3 - 3 0.665
37 25 Auburn 5 - 2 0.659
38 33 Arkansas 3 - 3 0.658
39 53 Arizona St. 4 - 2 0.652
40 38 Connecticut 4 - 2 0.650
41 44 Michigan 5 - 2 0.650
42 35 Oregon St. 4 - 2 0.647
43 34 Tennessee 3 - 3 0.640
44 42 Navy 5 - 2 0.640
45 29 Stanford 4 - 3 0.628
46 27 Missouri 4 - 2 0.628
47 55 Air Force 4 - 3 0.624
48 52 North Carolina 4 - 2 0.621
49 58 Kentucky 3 - 3 0.619
50 50 Michigan St. 4 - 3 0.614
51 48 Minnesota 4 - 3 0.600
52 45 Washington 3 - 4 0.600
53 47 Rutgers 4 - 2 0.588
54 51 Tulsa 4 - 2 0.584
55 43 UCLA 3 - 3 0.578
56 57 Idaho 6 - 1 0.575
57 59 Fresno St. 3 - 3 0.573
58 62 Florida St. 2 - 4 0.556
59 60 Troy St. 4 - 2 0.554
60 67 Virginia 3 - 3 0.545
61 46 Wake Forest 4 - 3 0.542
62 71 LA-Monroe 4 - 2 0.540
63 56 Baylor 3 - 3 0.536
64 76 Iowa St. 4 - 3 0.528
65 74 Mississippi St. 3 - 4 0.526
66 65 Ohio 5 - 2 0.524
67 61 Northern Illinois 3 - 3 0.524
68 66 Southern Mississippi 4 - 3 0.519
69 92 Kansas St. 4 - 3 0.496
70 79 East Carolina 4 - 3 0.493
71 89 Purdue 2 - 5 0.486
72 90 Colorado 2 - 4 0.484
73 63 North Carolina St. 3 - 4 0.482
74 73 Nevada 3 - 3 0.481
75 68 Duke 3 - 3 0.468
76 72 Colorado St. 3 - 4 0.460
77 69 Arkansas St. 1 - 4 0.457
78 70 Marshall 4 - 3 0.457
79 86 Louisiana Tech 3 - 3 0.456
80 83 Indiana 4 - 3 0.451
81 64 Texas A&M 3 - 3 0.446
82 77 Northwestern 4 - 3 0.446
83 85 LA-Lafayette 4 - 2 0.436
84 93 Toledo 4 - 3 0.435
85 78 Central Florida 3 - 3 0.432
86 80 Louisville 2 - 4 0.430
87 82 Southern Methodist 3 - 3 0.428
88 87 Bowling Green 3 - 4 0.424
89 94 Temple 4 - 2 0.422
90 88 Wyoming 4 - 3 0.419
91 84 Western Michigan 3 - 4 0.413
92 75 Middle Tennessee St. 3 - 3 0.411
93 100 Buffalo 3 - 4 0.393
94 96 Syracuse 2 - 4 0.389
95 81 Vanderbilt 2 - 5 0.383
96 97 Texas-El Paso 2 - 4 0.383
97 99 San Diego St. 2 - 4 0.366
98 98 AL-Birmingham 2 - 4 0.344
99 95 Maryland 2 - 5 0.343
100 101 Florida International 1 - 5 0.341
101 91 Illinois 1 - 5 0.339
102 109 Florida Atlantic 1 - 4 0.335
103 111 Kent 3 - 4 0.331
104 103 Hawaii 2 - 4 0.328
105 102 Nevada-Las Vegas 2 - 5 0.324
106 107 Akron 1 - 5 0.302
107 104 Utah St. 1 - 5 0.293
108 105 San Jose St. 1 - 5 0.293
109 110 Washington St. 1 - 5 0.291
110 106 Memphis 2 - 5 0.288
111 108 Army 3 - 4 0.277
112 113 North Texas 1 - 5 0.250
113 112 Tulane 2 - 4 0.249
114 114 New Mexico St. 3 - 4 0.223
115 118 New Mexico 0 - 6 0.158
116 116 Rice 0 - 7 0.158
117 117 Ball St. 0 - 7 0.147
118 115 Eastern Michigan 0 - 6 0.142
119 119 Miami, Ohio 0 - 7 0.142
120 120 Western Kentucky 0 - 6 0.135
121 121 Wild Card U. 5 - 80 0.129

2009 conference power ratings:

Conference2009 Record Power Rating
SEC 27-5 .677
Pac-10 20-8 .641
Big Twelve 34-13 .634
Big East 26-7 .628
Big Ten 28-10 .603
ACC 26-12 .602
Independents 12-8 .536
Mountain West 20-15.512
WAC 17-17 .450
Conference USA 18-25.417
Sun Belt 8-22 .384
MAC 15-32 .378

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