ARGH 2012 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2012 season after games of October 27. Teams included are the 124 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus one team that will be starting FBS play in 2013.

The estimated home field advantage is .574, 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 FBS team without regard to location.

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This Week	Last Week	Team	2012 Record	Power Rating
1	1	Alabama	8 - 0	0.954
2	2	Notre Dame	8 - 0	0.951
3	4	Kansas St.	8 - 0	0.914
4	3	Florida	7 - 1	0.910
5	5	Oregon	8 - 0	0.899
6	8	Ohio St.	9 - 0	0.865
7	6	Louisiana St.	7 - 1	0.850
8	12	Florida St.	8 - 1	0.844
9	19	Georgia	7 - 1	0.840
10	10	South Carolina	7 - 2	0.840
11	7	Oklahoma	5 - 2	0.832
12	9	Oregon St.	6 - 1	0.819
13	18	Texas A&M	6 - 2	0.810
14	15	Stanford	6 - 2	0.810
15	20	Boise State	7 - 1	0.800
16	14	Texas Tech	6 - 2	0.785
17	16	Southern California	6 - 2	0.781
18	23	Nebraska	6 - 2	0.780
19	17	Michigan	5 - 3	0.780
20	11	Mississippi St.	7 - 1	0.778
21	21	Oklahoma St.	5 - 2	0.771
22	22	Clemson	7 - 1	0.764
23	26	Louisville	8 - 0	0.743
24	29	Arizona	5 - 3	0.741
25	33	Utah St.	7 - 2	0.734
26	13	Rutgers	7 - 1	0.734
27	25	Texas	6 - 2	0.726
28	38	Michigan St.	5 - 4	0.718
29	36	UCLA	6 - 2	0.717
30	35	Brigham Young	5 - 4	0.717
31	31	Iowa St.	5 - 3	0.716
32	41	Northwestern	7 - 2	0.709
33	34	Northern Illinois	8 - 1	0.705
34	24	Wisconsin	6 - 3	0.705
35	27	Penn State	5 - 3	0.688
36	40	North Carolina	6 - 3	0.679
37	39	Tulsa	7 - 1	0.676
38	30	Arizona St.	5 - 3	0.676
39	32	Cincinnati	5 - 2	0.674
40	28	Texas Christian	5 - 3	0.671
41	46	San Jose St.	6 - 2	0.664
42	37	West Virginia	5 - 2	0.660
43	44	Toledo	8 - 1	0.659
44	48	Fresno St.	6 - 3	0.657
45	50	Central Florida	6 - 2	0.651
46	43	Louisiana Tech	7 - 1	0.648
47	53	Missouri	4 - 4	0.637
48	47	Western Kentucky	6 - 2	0.637
49	56	Vanderbilt	4 - 4	0.632
50	49	LA-Monroe	6 - 2	0.626
51	61	Kent	7 - 1	0.625
52	67	Navy	5 - 3	0.608
53	58	Mississippi	5 - 3	0.606
54	64	Washington	4 - 4	0.600
55	51	Tennessee	3 - 5	0.598
56	45	North Carolina St.	5 - 3	0.595
57	54	Virginia Tech	4 - 4	0.593
58	42	Ohio	7 - 1	0.587
59	63	Bowling Green	6 - 3	0.572
60	70	Utah	3 - 5	0.572
61	62	Miami, Florida	4 - 4	0.561
62	55	Baylor	3 - 4	0.561
63	60	Iowa	4 - 4	0.549
64	52	Duke	6 - 3	0.544
65	74	Arkansas St.	5 - 3	0.543
66	76	Minnesota	5 - 3	0.541
67	69	San Diego St.	6 - 3	0.536
68	57	Purdue	3 - 5	0.533
69	71	Syracuse	4 - 4	0.532
70	72	Ball St.	6 - 3	0.523
71	83	Pittsburgh	4 - 4	0.505
72	84	Air Force	5 - 3	0.504
73	59	Nevada	6 - 3	0.498
74	65	California	3 - 6	0.493
75	68	Arkansas	3 - 5	0.484
76	86	Indiana	3 - 5	0.477
77	66	LA-Lafayette	4 - 3	0.471
78	78	Georgia Tech	3 - 5	0.459
79	85	Southern Methodist	4 - 4	0.454
80	92	Middle Tennessee St.	5 - 3	0.439
81	75	East Carolina	5 - 4	0.429
82	80	New Mexico	4 - 5	0.427
83	88	Houston	4 - 4	0.424
84	73	Troy St.	4 - 4	0.421
85	77	Maryland	4 - 4	0.408
86	82	South Florida	2 - 6	0.407
87	81	Marshall	3 - 5	0.397
88	98	Miami, Ohio	4 - 4	0.388
89	79	Temple	3 - 4	0.379
90	91	Texas-San Antonio	5 - 3	0.379
91	87	North Texas	3 - 5	0.375
92	89	Wake Forest	4 - 4	0.373
93	90	Auburn	1 - 7	0.363
94	99	Central Michigan	3 - 5	0.359
95	94	Connecticut	3 - 5	0.359
96	93	Kentucky	1 - 8	0.357
97	95	Western Michigan	3 - 6	0.356
98	103	Rice	3 - 6	0.339
99	97	Texas St.	3 - 4	0.336
100	100	Washington St.	2 - 6	0.330
101	106	Boston College	2 - 6	0.316
102	96	Illinois	2 - 6	0.305
103	101	Virginia	2 - 6	0.287
104	105	Kansas	1 - 7	0.285
105	104	Texas-El Paso	2 - 7	0.272
106	102	AL-Birmingham	1 - 7	0.268
107	116	Florida Atlantic	2 - 6	0.266
108	109	South Alabama	2 - 6	0.251
109	107	Florida International	1 - 8	0.243
110	108	Wyoming	1 - 7	0.243
111	111	Buffalo	1 - 7	0.242
112	120	Colorado St.	2 - 6	0.227
113	112	Nevada-Las Vegas	1 - 8	0.225
114	119	Tulane	2 - 6	0.221
115	110	Akron	1 - 8	0.212
116	115	Eastern Michigan	1 - 7	0.198
117	118	Colorado	1 - 7	0.187
118	113	Hawaii	1 - 6	0.185
119	117	Army	1 - 7	0.183
120	114	Southern Mississippi	0 - 8	0.177
121	121	New Mexico St.	1 - 7	0.158
122	122	Memphis	1 - 7	0.149
123	123	Wild Card U.	16 - 88	0.136
124	124	Idaho	1 - 7	0.128
125	125	Massachusetts	0 - 8	0.084
126	126	Georgia St.	1 - 8	0.054

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