ARGH 2015 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2015 season as of October 25, 2015. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .557, or about 3.02 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 10-25-15

This WeekLast Week Team 2015 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Ohio St. 8 - 0 0.900 56
2 5 Clemson 7 - 0 0.900 25
3 3 Alabama 7 - 1 0.877 5
4 6 Louisiana St. 7 - 0 0.864 27
5 8 Michigan St. 8 - 0 0.844 33
6 12 Notre Dame 6 - 1 0.836 9
7 7 Iowa 7 - 0 0.834 72
8 2 Utah 6 - 1 0.830 7
9 14 Oklahoma 6 - 1 0.826 34
10 11 Michigan 5 - 2 0.821 13
11 9 Florida 6 - 1 0.821 19
12 15 Stanford 6 - 1 0.820 26
13 10 Texas Christian 7 - 0 0.819 96
14 13 Baylor 7 - 0 0.817 120
15 19 Temple 7 - 0 0.809 106
16 4 Florida St. 6 - 1 0.808 50
17 17 Memphis 7 - 0 0.807 75
18 20 Oklahoma St. 7 - 0 0.796 105
19 23 Mississippi 6 - 2 0.792 38
20 16 Toledo 7 - 0 0.786 116
21 24 Wisconsin 6 - 2 0.776 64
22 31 Southern California 4 - 3 0.774 3
23 22 Duke 6 - 1 0.773 85
24 26 Mississippi St. 6 - 2 0.772 47
25 28 UCLA 5 - 2 0.759 10
26 18 Texas A&M 5 - 2 0.756 8
27 29 Houston 7 - 0 0.755 126
28 30 North Carolina 6 - 1 0.744 107
29 33 Appalachian St. 6 - 1 0.742 121
30 32 Brigham Young 6 - 2 0.738 31
31 21 California 5 - 2 0.737 20
32 27 Georgia 5 - 2 0.723 62
33 25 Boise State 6 - 2 0.719 100
34 35 Northwestern 6 - 2 0.719 16
35 36 Pittsburgh 6 - 1 0.711 59
36 40 Navy 5 - 1 0.699 87
37 37 Tennessee 3 - 4 0.696 2
38 39 Penn State 6 - 2 0.696 41
39 46 Bowling Green 6 - 2 0.685 76
40 34 Western Kentucky 6 - 2 0.674 83
41 59 Georgia Tech 3 - 5 0.656 4
42 52 North Carolina St. 5 - 2 0.645 117
43 45 Arizona St. 4 - 3 0.638 22
44 41 Marshall 7 - 1 0.636 128
45 48 West Virginia 3 - 3 0.631 28
46 57 Arkansas 3 - 4 0.625 6
47 42 Washington 3 - 4 0.625 14
48 44 Illinois 4 - 3 0.613 48
49 61 Louisville 3 - 4 0.606 15
50 47 Auburn 4 - 3 0.602 24
51 54 Oregon 4 - 3 0.595 52
52 51 Nebraska 3 - 5 0.594 18
53 65 Texas 3 - 4 0.593 1
54 50 Arizona 5 - 3 0.592 84
55 64 Cincinnati 4 - 3 0.586 69
56 38 Utah St. 4 - 3 0.584 58
57 55 Boston College 3 - 5 0.580 49
58 58 Texas Tech 5 - 3 0.580 73
59 69 Washington St. 5 - 2 0.579 89
60 43 Miami, Florida 4 - 3 0.579 42
61 72 Louisiana Tech 5 - 3 0.576 94
62 53 Georgia Southern 5 - 2 0.573 111
63 49 Missouri 4 - 4 0.572 55
64 78 San Diego St. 5 - 3 0.572 101
65 62 Western Michigan 4 - 3 0.567 66
66 67 Northern Illinois 5 - 3 0.560 109
67 60 Virginia Tech 3 - 5 0.557 29
68 73 South Florida 4 - 3 0.548 81
69 56 Kentucky 4 - 3 0.547 54
70 63 East Carolina 4 - 4 0.546 37
71 80 Vanderbilt 3 - 4 0.541 39
72 77 Central Michigan 4 - 4 0.537 67
73 66 Minnesota 4 - 3 0.535 53
74 83 Air Force 4 - 3 0.529 102
75 71 Indiana 4 - 4 0.525 30
76 81 Southern Mississippi 5 - 3 0.517 119
77 70 Kansas St. 3 - 4 0.514 35
78 74 South Carolina 3 - 4 0.507 17
79 82 Arkansas St. 4 - 3 0.504 90
80 79 Syracuse 3 - 4 0.497 63
81 75 Rutgers 3 - 4 0.491 44
82 68 Ohio 5 - 3 0.480 112
83 76 Middle Tennessee St. 3 - 5 0.473 70
84 87 Colorado 4 - 4 0.460 104
85 85 Colorado St. 3 - 4 0.445 91
86 88 Maryland 2 - 5 0.442 12
87 84 Tulsa 3 - 4 0.441 57
88 89 Virginia 2 - 5 0.428 11
89 102 Buffalo 3 - 4 0.418 98
90 90 Akron 3 - 4 0.414 79
91 95 San Jose St. 4 - 4 0.408 108
92 98 Florida International 4 - 4 0.407 124
93 86 Wake Forest 3 - 5 0.404 60
94 91 Iowa St. 2 - 5 0.401 32
95 94 Nevada-Las Vegas 2 - 5 0.388 74
96 96 Rice 4 - 3 0.384 114
97 100 Nevada 4 - 4 0.384 115
98 92 Connecticut 3 - 5 0.360 88
99 93 New Mexico 4 - 4 0.356 127
100 97 Oregon St. 2 - 5 0.347 40
101 103 Purdue 1 - 6 0.342 23
102 101 LA-Lafayette 2 - 4 0.340 103
103 106 Texas St. 2 - 4 0.339 86
104 117 Troy St. 2 - 5 0.322 97
105 104 Ball St. 2 - 6 0.315 78
106 113 Idaho 3 - 4 0.312 99
107 111 Massachusetts 1 - 6 0.312 21
108 105 South Alabama 3 - 4 0.305 93
109 110 Tulane 2 - 5 0.304 45
110 99 Kent 3 - 5 0.300 80
111 109 Hawaii 2 - 6 0.283 46
112 107 Fresno St. 2 - 6 0.278 51
113 108 Old Dominion 3 - 4 0.267 113
114 112 LA-Monroe 1 - 6 0.252 43
115 114 Army 2 - 6 0.249 118
116 115 Southern Methodist 1 - 6 0.242 68
117 119 Texas-San Antonio 1 - 6 0.232 61
118 118 Georgia St. 2 - 4 0.226 122
119 120 Texas-El Paso 3 - 4 0.224 125
120 116 Florida Atlantic 1 - 6 0.208 110
121 121 Eastern Michigan 1 - 7 0.191 92
122 124 Wyoming 1 - 7 0.187 95
123 122 Charlotte 2 - 5 0.169 123
124 123 Miami, Ohio 1 - 7 0.167 65
125 127 Kansas 0 - 7 0.141 36
126 126 Central Florida 0 - 8 0.140 71
127 125 New Mexico St. 0 - 7 0.126 82
128 129 Wild Card U. 8 - 92 0.113 0
129 128 North Texas 0 - 7 0.111 77

2015 conference power ratings:

Conference2014 Record Power Rating
SEC 35-5 .692
Big Ten 42-13 .652
Pac-12 28-8 .646
ACC 33-15 .635
Big Twelve 23-7 .613
Independents 14-9 .608
AAC 26-18 .520
MAC 21-30 .441
Mountain West 17-27.428
Conference USA 20-29.375
Sun Belt 14-28 .364

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