ARGH 2008 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2008 season as of November 9. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams, including provisional member Western Kentucky.

The estimated home field advantage is .586, or about 4.19 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 4 Southern California 8 - 1 0.913
2 3 Florida 8 - 1 0.906
3 2 Alabama 10 - 0 0.900
4 1 Penn State 9 - 1 0.887
5 5 Texas 9 - 1 0.880
6 6 Boise State 9 - 0 0.880
7 8 Texas Tech 10 - 0 0.871
8 7 Oklahoma 9 - 1 0.862
9 10 Utah 10 - 0 0.852
10 11 Ohio St. 8 - 2 0.836
11 14 Ball St. 9 - 0 0.815
12 9 Texas Christian 9 - 2 0.815
13 13 Missouri 8 - 2 0.803
14 15 Georgia 8 - 2 0.775
15 18 North Carolina 7 - 2 0.774
16 12 Oklahoma St. 8 - 2 0.768
17 17 Michigan St. 9 - 2 0.757
18 20 Florida St. 7 - 2 0.746
19 16 California 6 - 3 0.736
20 19 Brigham Young 9 - 1 0.727
21 25 Oregon St. 6 - 3 0.724
22 30 Iowa 6 - 4 0.716
23 34 Pittsburgh 7 - 2 0.712
24 23 Oregon 7 - 3 0.707
25 35 Cincinnati 7 - 2 0.694
26 26 Miami, Florida 6 - 3 0.689
27 33 Wake Forest 6 - 3 0.682
28 28 Arizona 6 - 3 0.679
29 31 South Carolina 7 - 3 0.676
30 22 Georgia Tech 7 - 3 0.675
31 29 Tulsa 8 - 1 0.673
32 41 Virginia Tech 6 - 3 0.672
33 42 Air Force 8 - 2 0.671
34 36 Connecticut 6 - 3 0.657
35 48 Boston College 6 - 3 0.657
36 45 Nebraska 6 - 4 0.650
37 27 West Virginia 6 - 3 0.648
38 39 South Florida 6 - 3 0.647
39 32 Louisiana St. 6 - 3 0.645
40 50 Western Michigan 8 - 2 0.642
41 21 Minnesota 7 - 3 0.640
42 38 Mississippi 5 - 4 0.636
43 24 Northwestern 7 - 3 0.632
44 54 Wisconsin 5 - 5 0.630
45 43 Illinois 5 - 5 0.610
46 40 Kentucky 6 - 4 0.607
47 51 Navy 6 - 3 0.605
48 44 Kansas 6 - 4 0.605
49 37 Vanderbilt 5 - 4 0.600
50 46 Notre Dame 5 - 4 0.597
51 47 Maryland 6 - 3 0.584
52 49 Clemson 4 - 5 0.582
53 55 Central Michigan 7 - 2 0.567
54 57 Troy St. 6 - 3 0.566
55 53 Stanford 5 - 5 0.564
56 60 East Carolina 6 - 3 0.558
57 58 Rice 7 - 3 0.554
58 63 Rutgers 4 - 5 0.548
59 52 Northern Illinois 5 - 4 0.546
60 59 Virginia 5 - 5 0.537
61 66 Buffalo 5 - 4 0.520
62 67 Houston 5 - 4 0.510
63 56 Duke 4 - 5 0.506
64 62 Auburn 5 - 5 0.506
65 61 Louisville 5 - 4 0.500
66 80 Nevada 5 - 4 0.495
67 77 Bowling Green 5 - 5 0.490
68 65 Kansas St. 4 - 6 0.483
69 79 Akron 5 - 4 0.479
70 81 Arizona St. 3 - 6 0.473
71 75 Baylor 3 - 7 0.468
72 73 Purdue 3 - 7 0.461
73 70 Arkansas 4 - 6 0.459
74 76 Colorado 5 - 5 0.457
75 72 New Mexico 4 - 7 0.455
76 71 Fresno St. 5 - 4 0.454
77 82 Southern Mississippi 4 - 6 0.441
78 85 Hawaii 5 - 5 0.437
79 74 Arkansas St. 4 - 5 0.437
80 69 San Jose St. 6 - 4 0.436
81 68 LA-Lafayette 5 - 4 0.436
82 64 Tennessee 3 - 7 0.432
83 91 Louisiana Tech 5 - 4 0.430
84 95 Michigan 3 - 7 0.429
85 78 Texas A&M 4 - 6 0.426
86 83 Temple 3 - 6 0.423
87 92 Nevada-Las Vegas 4 - 6 0.417
88 90 Texas-El Paso 4 - 5 0.417
89 88 Memphis 5 - 5 0.405
90 87 Colorado St. 4 - 6 0.398
91 89 Marshall 4 - 5 0.397
92 97 North Carolina St. 3 - 6 0.393
93 93 Florida Atlantic 4 - 5 0.382
94 96 Florida International 4 - 5 0.377
95 84 UCLA 3 - 6 0.373
96 86 Indiana 3 - 7 0.361
97 94 Mississippi St. 3 - 6 0.349
98 101 Middle Tennessee St. 3 - 6 0.315
99 98 Syracuse 2 - 7 0.303
100 100 New Mexico St. 3 - 6 0.290
101 103 Iowa St. 2 - 8 0.289
102 99 Ohio 2 - 8 0.286
103 102 Toledo 2 - 7 0.285
104 113 Wyoming 4 - 6 0.271
105 108 Army 3 - 7 0.270
106 109 Kent 2 - 7 0.263
107 104 LA-Monroe 3 - 7 0.260
108 110 Utah St. 2 - 8 0.257
109 107 Western Kentucky 2 - 8 0.255
110 111 Eastern Michigan 2 - 8 0.253
111 105 Central Florida 2 - 7 0.249
112 106 Tulane 2 - 7 0.241
113 112 Miami, Ohio 2 - 7 0.232
114 114 AL-Birmingham 2 - 7 0.228
115 116 Southern Methodist 1 - 9 0.195
116 115 Washington 0 - 9 0.189
117 117 Washington St. 1 - 9 0.171
118 119 Idaho 2 - 8 0.155
119 118 San Diego St. 1 - 9 0.150
120 120 North Texas 1 - 9 0.130
121 121 Wild Card U. 2 - 83 0.088

2008 conference power ratings:

Conference2008 Record Power Rating
Big Ten 31-12 .633
Big Twelve 38-10 .630
ACC 34-10 .625
SEC 33-8 .624
Big East 26-12 .589
Pac-10 13-16 .553
Mountain West 25-11.528
Independents 14-14 .491
MAC 22-30 .446
WAC 17-18 .426
Conference USA 17-30.406
Sun Belt 10-29 .351

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