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 .554, or about 2.73 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 10-29-17

This Week	Last Week	Team	2017 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	8 - 0	0.935	52
2	3	Georgia	8 - 0	0.919	44
3	4	Wisconsin	8 - 0	0.904	62
4	2	Penn State	7 - 1	0.902	9
5	5	Clemson	7 - 1	0.893	8
6	7	Ohio St.	7 - 1	0.889	18
7	8	Notre Dame	7 - 1	0.880	16
8	10	Washington	7 - 1	0.849	77
9	6	Texas Christian	7 - 1	0.847	53
10	11	Central Florida	7 - 0	0.831	96
11	9	Miami, Florida	7 - 0	0.831	68
12	13	Virginia Tech	7 - 1	0.830	86
13	12	Oklahoma St.	7 - 1	0.814	48
14	14	Oklahoma	7 - 1	0.813	46
15	15	Auburn	6 - 2	0.789	59
16	23	Mississippi St.	6 - 2	0.789	34
17	21	Southern California	7 - 2	0.783	11
18	20	Michigan	6 - 2	0.772	21
19	18	Stanford	6 - 2	0.769	40
20	27	Iowa St.	6 - 2	0.765	35
21	25	Iowa	5 - 3	0.750	6
22	16	North Carolina St.	6 - 2	0.744	24
23	19	Michigan St.	6 - 2	0.743	10
24	17	Washington St.	7 - 2	0.727	66
25	24	Louisiana St.	6 - 2	0.716	51
26	30	Boise State	6 - 2	0.713	55
27	26	South Carolina	6 - 2	0.708	43
28	31	Memphis	7 - 1	0.701	84
29	33	San Diego St.	7 - 2	0.700	63
30	29	Wake Forest	5 - 3	0.699	32
31	40	Northwestern	5 - 3	0.694	13
32	34	Toledo	7 - 1	0.691	112
33	22	South Florida	7 - 1	0.684	124
34	46	Boston College	5 - 4	0.678	2
35	47	Arizona	6 - 2	0.674	83
36	44	Texas	4 - 4	0.670	23
37	35	Georgia Tech	4 - 3	0.666	41
38	41	Navy	5 - 2	0.653	50
39	32	Texas A&M	5 - 3	0.634	37
40	55	Northern Illinois	6 - 2	0.631	106
41	50	Southern Methodist	6 - 2	0.629	93
42	56	Oregon	5 - 4	0.628	38
43	28	Fresno St.	5 - 3	0.625	82
44	42	West Virginia	5 - 3	0.624	72
45	52	Kentucky	6 - 2	0.623	67
46	37	Louisville	5 - 4	0.623	39
47	51	Syracuse	4 - 4	0.618	27
48	48	UCLA	4 - 4	0.615	7
49	53	Troy	6 - 2	0.614	110
50	39	Arizona St.	4 - 4	0.605	5
51	67	Houston	5 - 3	0.604	60
52	54	Texas Tech	4 - 4	0.604	26
53	66	Maryland	4 - 4	0.596	3
54	49	Purdue	3 - 5	0.593	15
55	68	Florida Atlantic	5 - 3	0.588	94
56	57	Minnesota	4 - 4	0.584	64
57	59	Army	6 - 2	0.582	116
58	36	Marshall	6 - 2	0.582	119
59	45	Florida	3 - 4	0.579	4
60	71	Nebraska	4 - 4	0.579	14
61	43	Colorado St.	6 - 3	0.571	99
62	64	Western Michigan	5 - 3	0.564	100
63	38	Florida St.	2 - 5	0.556	1
64	72	Colorado	5 - 4	0.555	71
65	81	Wyoming	5 - 3	0.554	101
66	74	Arkansas St.	5 - 2	0.547	125
67	70	Ohio	6 - 2	0.546	126
68	61	Indiana	3 - 5	0.543	22
69	58	Utah	4 - 4	0.538	69
70	63	Duke	4 - 5	0.531	61
71	84	Air Force	4 - 4	0.528	75
72	62	California	4 - 5	0.526	30
73	73	Kansas St.	4 - 4	0.526	97
74	60	Virginia	5 - 3	0.522	87
75	83	Pittsburgh	4 - 5	0.509	29
76	78	North Texas	5 - 3	0.506	89
77	77	Texas-San Antonio	5 - 2	0.500	129
78	82	Akron	5 - 4	0.499	70
79	79	Arkansas	3 - 5	0.496	19
80	65	Appalachian St.	5 - 3	0.492	118
81	69	Southern Mississippi	5 - 3	0.487	115
82	75	Tennessee	3 - 5	0.483	20
83	90	Missouri	3 - 5	0.481	49
84	86	Rutgers	3 - 5	0.466	31
85	80	Vanderbilt	3 - 5	0.457	25
86	87	Utah St.	4 - 5	0.454	79
87	85	Tulane	3 - 5	0.450	47
88	89	Louisiana Tech	4 - 4	0.448	102
89	76	Mississippi	3 - 5	0.448	45
90	98	Florida International	5 - 2	0.436	113
91	91	Central Michigan	4 - 4	0.427	98
92	93	Eastern Michigan	2 - 6	0.408	58
93	95	Buffalo	3 - 6	0.398	90
94	92	Western Kentucky	5 - 3	0.387	130
95	107	AL-Birmingham	5 - 3	0.385	128
96	110	Nevada-Las Vegas	3 - 5	0.382	85
97	97	Tulsa	2 - 7	0.370	54
98	88	New Mexico	3 - 5	0.367	81
99	94	New Mexico St.	3 - 5	0.356	105
100	99	Miami, Ohio	3 - 5	0.355	108
101	103	Georgia St.	4 - 3	0.355	114
102	101	Temple	3 - 5	0.351	91
103	102	Middle Tennessee	3 - 5	0.351	80
104	96	South Alabama	3 - 5	0.342	107
105	100	Cincinnati	2 - 6	0.342	33
106	108	Illinois	2 - 6	0.325	36
107	106	North Carolina	1 - 8	0.321	12
108	109	Hawaii	3 - 5	0.298	109
109	104	LA-Monroe	3 - 5	0.292	122
110	105	Connecticut	3 - 5	0.284	103
111	111	Nevada	1 - 7	0.281	57
112	112	Oregon St.	1 - 7	0.280	17
113	113	LA-Lafayette	3 - 4	0.273	121
114	116	Idaho	3 - 5	0.273	117
115	118	Brigham Young	2 - 7	0.266	65
116	121	Massachusetts	2 - 6	0.244	123
117	115	Old Dominion	2 - 6	0.244	95
118	117	East Carolina	2 - 6	0.238	78
119	114	Baylor	0 - 8	0.229	28
120	119	Kansas	1 - 7	0.217	42
121	120	Kent	2 - 6	0.216	56
122	123	Bowling Green	1 - 7	0.205	74
123	122	Ball St.	2 - 6	0.200	104
124	124	Liberty	4 - 4	0.183	0
125	130	Texas St.	2 - 6	0.162	120
126	125	Rice	1 - 7	0.158	73
127	128	Wild Card U.	12 - 86	0.136	0
128	126	San Jose St.	1 - 8	0.134	92
129	131	Charlotte	1 - 7	0.132	111
130	127	Coastal Carolina	1 - 7	0.129	127
131	129	Georgia Southern	0 - 7	0.124	88
132	132	Texas-El Paso	0 - 8	0.097	76

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