ARGH 2008 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2008 season as of October 26. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams, including provisional member Western Kentucky.

The estimated home field advantage is .584, or about 4.05 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 2 Penn State 9 - 0 0.919
2 1 Texas 8 - 0 0.909
3 4 Southern California 6 - 1 0.898
4 3 Alabama 8 - 0 0.887
5 5 Florida 6 - 1 0.874
6 6 Oklahoma 7 - 1 0.841
7 9 Boise State 7 - 0 0.839
8 13 Texas Tech 8 - 0 0.823
9 10 Texas Christian 8 - 1 0.822
10 11 Georgia 7 - 1 0.818
11 7 Ohio St. 7 - 2 0.818
12 8 Oklahoma St. 7 - 1 0.813
13 12 Utah 8 - 0 0.806
14 14 Missouri 6 - 2 0.798
15 15 Ball St. 8 - 0 0.790
16 19 Florida St. 6 - 1 0.758
17 22 Minnesota 7 - 1 0.753
18 36 North Carolina 6 - 2 0.747
19 20 Tulsa 8 - 0 0.743
20 21 Michigan St. 7 - 2 0.739
21 16 Brigham Young 7 - 1 0.734
22 30 Oregon 6 - 2 0.723
23 27 California 5 - 2 0.722
24 40 Connecticut 6 - 2 0.719
25 28 Iowa 5 - 3 0.702
26 31 Oregon St. 4 - 3 0.700
27 18 Georgia Tech 6 - 2 0.691
28 33 Arizona 5 - 3 0.684
29 17 South Florida 6 - 2 0.681
30 24 Louisiana St. 5 - 2 0.663
31 47 Miami, Florida 5 - 3 0.663
32 25 Boston College 5 - 2 0.658
33 45 Notre Dame 5 - 2 0.657
34 41 Nebraska 5 - 3 0.652
35 35 Virginia Tech 5 - 3 0.652
36 32 Northwestern 6 - 2 0.650
37 39 South Carolina 5 - 3 0.646
38 29 Vanderbilt 5 - 3 0.645
39 37 Wake Forest 4 - 3 0.644
40 23 Kentucky 5 - 3 0.635
41 42 Troy St. 5 - 2 0.631
42 26 Pittsburgh 5 - 2 0.630
43 49 Air Force 6 - 2 0.628
44 54 West Virginia 5 - 2 0.619
45 53 Louisville 5 - 2 0.618
46 38 Cincinnati 5 - 2 0.616
47 46 Maryland 6 - 2 0.611
48 43 Illinois 4 - 4 0.608
49 51 Mississippi 4 - 4 0.603
50 52 Northern Illinois 5 - 3 0.601
51 50 Western Michigan 6 - 2 0.597
52 67 Virginia 5 - 3 0.595
53 34 Kansas 5 - 3 0.591
54 60 Wisconsin 4 - 4 0.588
55 57 Navy 5 - 3 0.581
56 70 Duke 4 - 3 0.573
57 55 Clemson 3 - 4 0.564
58 59 Central Michigan 6 - 2 0.559
59 48 Tennessee 3 - 5 0.558
60 61 Houston 4 - 3 0.547
61 62 East Carolina 4 - 3 0.547
62 56 Stanford 4 - 4 0.545
63 66 Rice 5 - 3 0.538
64 44 Auburn 4 - 4 0.537
65 68 Fresno St. 5 - 2 0.534
66 63 Kansas St. 4 - 4 0.524
67 84 Rutgers 3 - 5 0.517
68 64 San Jose St. 5 - 3 0.497
69 58 Colorado 4 - 4 0.494
70 65 New Mexico 4 - 5 0.490
71 71 Baylor 3 - 5 0.474
72 76 Buffalo 3 - 4 0.463
73 73 Purdue 2 - 6 0.463
74 81 Hawaii 4 - 4 0.461
75 75 Arkansas St. 4 - 3 0.453
76 74 Nevada 4 - 4 0.448
77 69 Arizona St. 2 - 5 0.443
78 82 Akron 4 - 4 0.436
79 87 Temple 3 - 5 0.436
80 77 Bowling Green 3 - 5 0.434
81 72 Arkansas 3 - 5 0.433
82 78 UCLA 3 - 5 0.432
83 79 LA-Lafayette 4 - 3 0.432
84 93 Indiana 3 - 5 0.430
85 94 Texas A&M 3 - 5 0.423
86 86 Colorado St. 4 - 4 0.413
87 80 Florida International 3 - 4 0.404
88 83 Texas-El Paso 3 - 4 0.402
89 98 Memphis 4 - 5 0.394
90 90 Nevada-Las Vegas 3 - 5 0.388
91 95 Florida Atlantic 3 - 5 0.385
92 89 Michigan 2 - 6 0.379
93 92 Mississippi St. 3 - 5 0.377
94 88 Southern Mississippi 2 - 6 0.359
95 97 Ohio 2 - 6 0.346
96 85 New Mexico St. 3 - 4 0.344
97 99 North Carolina St. 2 - 6 0.343
98 102 Marshall 3 - 4 0.339
99 91 Louisiana Tech 3 - 4 0.336
100 96 Middle Tennessee St. 2 - 6 0.328
101 103 Western Kentucky 2 - 6 0.317
102 104 Toledo 2 - 6 0.315
103 100 Iowa St. 2 - 6 0.309
104 101 Central Florida 2 - 5 0.309
105 108 AL-Birmingham 2 - 6 0.281
106 114 Kent 2 - 6 0.277
107 106 Tulane 2 - 5 0.274
108 110 Syracuse 1 - 6 0.263
109 111 Eastern Michigan 2 - 7 0.262
110 115 Army 3 - 5 0.261
111 107 Washington 0 - 7 0.254
112 105 Miami, Ohio 2 - 6 0.245
113 109 LA-Monroe 2 - 6 0.241
114 116 Washington St. 1 - 7 0.218
115 113 Wyoming 2 - 6 0.214
116 112 Southern Methodist 1 - 8 0.212
117 117 Utah St. 1 - 7 0.209
118 118 San Diego St. 1 - 7 0.189
119 119 Idaho 2 - 7 0.161
120 120 North Texas 0 - 8 0.104
121 121 Wild Card U. 2 - 82 0.097

2008 conference power ratings:

Conference2008 Record Power Rating
Big Ten 31-10 .641
SEC 29-7 .640
Big Twelve 38-10 .638
ACC 33-10 .625
Big East 25-12 .583
Pac-10 13-16 .562
Mountain West 23-11.521
Independents 13-10 .500
MAC 20-29 .443
WAC 17-18 .425
Conference USA 15-28.412
Sun Belt 10-27 .366

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