ARGH 2009 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2009 season through games of 11-1-09. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .581, or about 4.01 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 2009 Record Power Rating
1 1 Florida 8 - 0 0.935
2 3 Texas 8 - 0 0.917
3 2 Alabama 8 - 0 0.913
4 4 Texas Christian 8 - 0 0.890
5 5 Cincinnati 8 - 0 0.886
6 7 Boise State 8 - 0 0.861
7 9 Oregon 7 - 1 0.859
8 6 Iowa 9 - 0 0.847
9 11 Penn State 8 - 1 0.838
10 12 Louisiana St. 7 - 1 0.833
11 8 Southern California 6 - 2 0.802
12 13 Georgia Tech 8 - 1 0.801
13 14 Ohio St. 7 - 2 0.793
14 10 Virginia Tech 5 - 3 0.791
15 15 Pittsburgh 7 - 1 0.787
16 16 Oklahoma 5 - 3 0.775
17 19 Utah 7 - 1 0.743
18 21 Miami, Florida 6 - 2 0.741
19 25 California 6 - 2 0.728
20 24 Clemson 5 - 3 0.727
21 23 Nebraska 5 - 3 0.725
22 22 Notre Dame 6 - 2 0.725
23 27 Houston 7 - 1 0.716
24 31 Wisconsin 6 - 2 0.712
25 33 Boston College 6 - 3 0.707
26 17 Oklahoma St. 6 - 2 0.707
27 26 Arizona 5 - 2 0.695
28 38 South Florida 6 - 2 0.695
29 39 Tennessee 4 - 4 0.690
30 20 Mississippi 5 - 3 0.683
31 18 Central Michigan 7 - 2 0.680
32 40 Auburn 6 - 3 0.680
33 30 Brigham Young 6 - 2 0.678
34 43 Texas Tech 6 - 3 0.673
35 35 Stanford 5 - 3 0.657
36 42 Oregon St. 5 - 3 0.655
37 29 West Virginia 6 - 2 0.654
38 32 Georgia 4 - 4 0.649
39 48 Rutgers 6 - 2 0.648
40 28 South Carolina 6 - 3 0.640
41 41 Arkansas 4 - 4 0.640
42 47 Air Force 5 - 4 0.635
43 57 North Carolina 5 - 3 0.628
44 52 Missouri 5 - 3 0.624
45 37 Navy 6 - 3 0.618
46 36 Kentucky 4 - 4 0.617
47 55 Minnesota 5 - 4 0.609
48 54 Florida St. 4 - 4 0.608
49 34 Kansas 5 - 3 0.608
50 58 Troy St. 6 - 2 0.605
51 51 Fresno St. 5 - 3 0.602
52 59 Mississippi St. 4 - 5 0.601
53 45 Connecticut 4 - 4 0.590
54 53 Washington 3 - 5 0.581
55 49 Arizona St. 4 - 4 0.580
56 46 Michigan St. 4 - 5 0.579
57 66 Texas A&M 5 - 3 0.570
58 56 UCLA 3 - 5 0.554
59 44 Michigan 5 - 4 0.550
60 50 Iowa St. 5 - 4 0.541
61 65 Northern Illinois 5 - 3 0.533
62 63 Nevada 5 - 3 0.528
63 67 Idaho 7 - 2 0.527
64 73 East Carolina 5 - 3 0.523
65 60 Southern Mississippi 5 - 4 0.522
66 78 Temple 6 - 2 0.520
67 62 Wake Forest 4 - 5 0.516
68 61 Kansas St. 5 - 4 0.513
69 77 Duke 5 - 3 0.509
70 75 Central Florida 5 - 3 0.506
71 81 Middle Tennessee St. 5 - 3 0.482
72 69 Purdue 3 - 6 0.477
73 71 Baylor 3 - 5 0.473
74 76 North Carolina St. 3 - 5 0.472
75 68 LA-Monroe 4 - 4 0.468
76 80 Ohio 6 - 3 0.468
77 88 Southern Methodist 4 - 4 0.466
78 64 Tulsa 4 - 4 0.466
79 74 Marshall 5 - 4 0.462
80 70 Virginia 3 - 5 0.459
81 72 Arkansas St. 2 - 5 0.457
82 83 Louisville 3 - 5 0.448
83 79 Northwestern 5 - 4 0.446
84 98 Kent 5 - 4 0.412
85 90 Bowling Green 3 - 5 0.412
86 85 Indiana 4 - 5 0.409
87 89 Syracuse 3 - 5 0.408
88 87 Louisiana Tech 3 - 5 0.400
89 93 San Diego St. 4 - 4 0.393
90 91 Wyoming 4 - 4 0.392
91 92 Colorado St. 3 - 6 0.378
92 84 Western Michigan 4 - 5 0.373
93 82 Colorado 2 - 6 0.373
94 97 Buffalo 3 - 5 0.371
95 105 Illinois 2 - 6 0.370
96 86 Texas-El Paso 3 - 5 0.364
97 103 AL-Birmingham 3 - 5 0.363
98 95 Vanderbilt 2 - 7 0.357
99 101 Utah St. 2 - 6 0.340
100 94 Toledo 4 - 5 0.339
101 99 LA-Lafayette 4 - 4 0.337
102 96 Florida Atlantic 2 - 5 0.335
103 100 Nevada-Las Vegas 3 - 6 0.332
104 102 Maryland 2 - 6 0.327
105 106 Florida International 2 - 6 0.319
106 108 Hawaii 2 - 6 0.274
107 107 San Jose St. 1 - 6 0.272
108 104 Memphis 2 - 6 0.270
109 110 Army 3 - 5 0.268
110 112 North Texas 2 - 6 0.267
111 109 Washington St. 1 - 7 0.262
112 111 Akron 1 - 7 0.237
113 113 Tulane 2 - 6 0.212
114 114 New Mexico St. 3 - 6 0.189
115 116 Miami, Ohio 1 - 8 0.189
116 115 Ball St. 1 - 8 0.162
117 120 Rice 0 - 8 0.120
118 118 Eastern Michigan 0 - 8 0.118
119 117 New Mexico 0 - 8 0.117
120 119 Wild Card U. 5 - 81 0.112
121 121 Western Kentucky 0 - 8 0.110

2009 conference power ratings:

Conference2009 Record Power Rating
SEC 30-6 .686
Big East 29-7 .639
Pac-10 20-9 .637
Big Twelve 34-13 .625
ACC 28-15 .607
Big Ten 29-10 .603
Independents 15-10 .537
Mountain West 20-15.506
WAC 17-18 .444
Conference USA 18-26.416
Sun Belt 8-24 .376
MAC 16-35 .370

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