ARGH 2015 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2015 season as of November 1, 2015. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .558, or about 3.06 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 11-1-15

This WeekLast Week Team 2015 Record Power Rating SOS
1 1 Ohio St. 8 - 0 0.904 55
2 2 Clemson 8 - 0 0.902 27
3 3 Alabama 7 - 1 0.876 6
4 4 Louisiana St. 7 - 0 0.864 34
5 11 Florida 7 - 1 0.856 13
6 5 Michigan St. 8 - 0 0.855 29
7 6 Notre Dame 7 - 1 0.851 5
8 7 Iowa 8 - 0 0.850 73
9 13 Texas Christian 8 - 0 0.842 93
10 8 Utah 7 - 1 0.832 14
11 10 Michigan 6 - 2 0.831 12
12 9 Oklahoma 7 - 1 0.829 66
13 12 Stanford 7 - 1 0.828 28
14 17 Memphis 8 - 0 0.822 81
15 14 Baylor 7 - 0 0.818 121
16 16 Florida St. 7 - 1 0.815 60
17 19 Mississippi 7 - 2 0.808 42
18 22 Southern California 5 - 3 0.800 1
19 27 Houston 8 - 0 0.798 124
20 21 Wisconsin 7 - 2 0.798 67
21 18 Oklahoma St. 8 - 0 0.797 108
22 20 Toledo 7 - 0 0.789 114
23 15 Temple 7 - 1 0.776 89
24 28 North Carolina 7 - 1 0.771 101
25 24 Mississippi St. 6 - 2 0.771 53
26 26 Texas A&M 6 - 2 0.756 11
27 38 Penn State 7 - 2 0.752 47
28 25 UCLA 6 - 2 0.747 19
29 36 Navy 6 - 1 0.741 78
30 33 Boise State 7 - 2 0.740 98
31 30 Brigham Young 6 - 2 0.739 38
32 29 Appalachian St. 7 - 1 0.737 122
33 23 Duke 6 - 2 0.725 85
34 37 Tennessee 4 - 4 0.723 4
35 31 California 5 - 3 0.720 8
36 34 Northwestern 6 - 2 0.715 18
37 47 Washington 4 - 4 0.699 10
38 39 Bowling Green 6 - 2 0.689 72
39 32 Georgia 5 - 3 0.685 49
40 35 Pittsburgh 6 - 2 0.681 51
41 40 Western Kentucky 7 - 2 0.673 100
42 44 Marshall 8 - 1 0.665 128
43 51 Oregon 5 - 3 0.632 45
44 60 Miami, Florida 5 - 3 0.631 30
45 42 North Carolina St. 5 - 3 0.626 94
46 46 Arkansas 4 - 4 0.619 32
47 64 San Diego St. 6 - 3 0.617 99
48 55 Cincinnati 5 - 3 0.615 82
49 41 Georgia Tech 3 - 6 0.613 7
50 49 Louisville 4 - 4 0.609 21
51 56 Utah St. 5 - 3 0.606 71
52 45 West Virginia 3 - 4 0.599 15
53 67 Virginia Tech 4 - 5 0.597 33
54 43 Arizona St. 4 - 4 0.597 20
55 62 Georgia Southern 6 - 2 0.594 120
56 65 Western Michigan 5 - 3 0.590 75
57 61 Louisiana Tech 6 - 3 0.589 104
58 74 Air Force 5 - 3 0.588 105
59 50 Auburn 4 - 4 0.577 17
60 72 Central Michigan 5 - 4 0.573 64
61 59 Washington St. 5 - 3 0.572 70
62 63 Missouri 4 - 4 0.564 61
63 58 Texas Tech 5 - 4 0.563 56
64 66 Northern Illinois 5 - 3 0.560 111
65 48 Illinois 4 - 4 0.557 37
66 68 South Florida 4 - 4 0.546 63
67 52 Nebraska 3 - 6 0.545 26
68 54 Arizona 5 - 4 0.537 74
69 73 Minnesota 4 - 4 0.532 35
70 57 Boston College 3 - 6 0.529 54
71 76 Southern Mississippi 6 - 3 0.522 125
72 75 Indiana 4 - 4 0.522 39
73 53 Texas 3 - 5 0.516 2
74 70 East Carolina 4 - 5 0.510 43
75 79 Arkansas St. 5 - 3 0.506 103
76 69 Kentucky 4 - 4 0.500 48
77 77 Kansas St. 3 - 4 0.497 52
78 80 Syracuse 3 - 5 0.488 44
79 78 South Carolina 3 - 5 0.484 16
80 82 Ohio 5 - 3 0.478 112
81 88 Virginia 3 - 5 0.475 9
82 81 Rutgers 3 - 5 0.472 23
83 71 Vanderbilt 3 - 5 0.466 36
84 94 Iowa St. 3 - 5 0.462 40
85 87 Tulsa 4 - 4 0.458 69
86 83 Middle Tennessee St. 3 - 5 0.452 79
87 84 Colorado 4 - 5 0.446 96
88 89 Buffalo 4 - 4 0.445 102
89 86 Maryland 2 - 6 0.442 3
90 98 Connecticut 4 - 5 0.424 86
91 91 San Jose St. 4 - 4 0.414 107
92 101 Purdue 2 - 6 0.410 22
93 85 Colorado St. 3 - 5 0.408 84
94 93 Wake Forest 3 - 6 0.389 57
95 90 Akron 3 - 5 0.387 77
96 97 Nevada 4 - 4 0.373 119
97 95 Nevada-Las Vegas 2 - 6 0.365 62
98 99 New Mexico 4 - 4 0.354 126
99 96 Rice 4 - 4 0.351 110
100 92 Florida International 4 - 5 0.348 127
101 102 LA-Lafayette 3 - 4 0.347 117
102 100 Oregon St. 2 - 6 0.347 25
103 105 Ball St. 3 - 6 0.339 91
104 104 Troy St. 2 - 6 0.336 80
105 103 Texas St. 2 - 5 0.321 76
106 108 South Alabama 3 - 4 0.300 95
107 109 Tulane 2 - 6 0.293 31
108 110 Kent 3 - 5 0.288 87
109 112 Fresno St. 2 - 6 0.284 50
110 106 Idaho 3 - 5 0.280 109
111 107 Massachusetts 1 - 7 0.265 41
112 113 Old Dominion 3 - 5 0.253 106
113 120 Florida Atlantic 2 - 6 0.252 113
114 115 Army 2 - 6 0.251 116
115 111 Hawaii 2 - 7 0.246 46
116 118 Georgia St. 2 - 5 0.231 115
117 116 Southern Methodist 1 - 7 0.230 68
118 114 LA-Monroe 1 - 7 0.224 59
119 119 Texas-El Paso 3 - 5 0.209 123
120 117 Texas-San Antonio 1 - 7 0.191 90
121 122 Wyoming 1 - 8 0.182 83
122 121 Eastern Michigan 1 - 8 0.181 88
123 127 New Mexico St. 1 - 7 0.175 92
124 123 Charlotte 2 - 6 0.166 118
125 124 Miami, Ohio 1 - 8 0.160 65
126 129 North Texas 1 - 7 0.140 97
127 125 Kansas 0 - 8 0.129 24
128 126 Central Florida 0 - 9 0.117 58
129 128 Wild Card U. 8 - 93 0.109 0

2015 conference power ratings:

Conference2014 Record Power Rating
SEC 36-6 .682
Big Ten 42-13 .656
Pac-12 28-8 .646
ACC 33-15 .632
Independents 15-9 .614
Big Twelve 23-7 .605
AAC 27-19 .528
MAC 21-30 .442
Mountain West 17-27.431
Conference USA 20-29.370
Sun Belt 14-28 .368

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