ARGH 2009 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2009 season through games of 11-8-09. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .581, or about 4.04 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 9 - 0 0.935
2 2 Texas 9 - 0 0.922
3 3 Alabama 9 - 0 0.920
4 4 Texas Christian 9 - 0 0.902
5 5 Cincinnati 9 - 0 0.880
6 6 Boise State 9 - 0 0.854
7 13 Ohio St. 8 - 2 0.832
8 7 Oregon 7 - 2 0.815
9 10 Louisiana St. 7 - 2 0.811
10 14 Virginia Tech 6 - 3 0.809
11 11 Southern California 7 - 2 0.805
12 12 Georgia Tech 9 - 1 0.801
13 15 Pittsburgh 8 - 1 0.801
14 9 Penn State 8 - 2 0.800
15 8 Iowa 9 - 1 0.790
16 16 Oklahoma 5 - 4 0.766
17 18 Miami, Florida 7 - 2 0.762
18 21 Nebraska 6 - 3 0.761
19 20 Clemson 6 - 3 0.749
20 26 Oklahoma St. 7 - 2 0.735
21 17 Utah 8 - 1 0.726
22 27 Arizona 6 - 2 0.721
23 23 Houston 8 - 1 0.720
24 24 Wisconsin 7 - 2 0.719
25 33 Brigham Young 7 - 2 0.716
26 36 Oregon St. 6 - 3 0.710
27 25 Boston College 6 - 3 0.704
28 35 Stanford 6 - 3 0.698
29 28 South Florida 6 - 2 0.697
30 22 Notre Dame 6 - 3 0.693
31 29 Tennessee 5 - 4 0.688
32 31 Central Michigan 7 - 2 0.681
33 19 California 6 - 3 0.677
34 30 Mississippi 6 - 3 0.676
35 32 Auburn 7 - 3 0.674
36 34 Texas Tech 6 - 3 0.672
37 37 West Virginia 7 - 2 0.667
38 41 Arkansas 5 - 4 0.664
39 45 Navy 7 - 3 0.663
40 43 North Carolina 6 - 3 0.650
41 38 Georgia 5 - 4 0.647
42 39 Rutgers 6 - 2 0.642
43 42 Air Force 6 - 4 0.638
44 51 Fresno St. 6 - 3 0.630
45 46 Kentucky 5 - 4 0.610
46 40 South Carolina 6 - 4 0.603
47 50 Troy St. 7 - 2 0.600
48 48 Florida St. 4 - 5 0.598
49 56 Michigan St. 5 - 5 0.598
50 52 Mississippi St. 4 - 5 0.598
51 53 Connecticut 4 - 5 0.596
52 44 Missouri 5 - 4 0.595
53 58 UCLA 4 - 5 0.580
54 55 Arizona St. 4 - 5 0.576
55 47 Minnesota 5 - 5 0.575
56 62 Nevada 6 - 3 0.571
57 49 Kansas 5 - 4 0.566
58 61 Northern Illinois 6 - 3 0.557
59 54 Washington 3 - 6 0.557
60 68 Kansas St. 6 - 4 0.546
61 57 Texas A&M 5 - 4 0.538
62 67 Wake Forest 4 - 6 0.534
63 73 Baylor 4 - 5 0.520
64 72 Purdue 4 - 6 0.518
65 65 Southern Mississippi 5 - 4 0.516
66 64 East Carolina 5 - 4 0.516
67 59 Michigan 5 - 5 0.512
68 83 Northwestern 6 - 4 0.511
69 66 Temple 7 - 2 0.508
70 63 Idaho 7 - 3 0.505
71 71 Middle Tennessee St. 6 - 3 0.503
72 60 Iowa St. 5 - 5 0.500
73 70 Central Florida 5 - 4 0.493
74 75 LA-Monroe 5 - 4 0.486
75 69 Duke 5 - 4 0.484
76 74 North Carolina St. 4 - 5 0.475
77 79 Marshall 5 - 4 0.471
78 77 Southern Methodist 5 - 4 0.466
79 76 Ohio 6 - 3 0.465
80 78 Tulsa 4 - 5 0.452
81 82 Louisville 3 - 6 0.430
82 80 Virginia 3 - 6 0.428
83 85 Bowling Green 4 - 5 0.427
84 95 Illinois 3 - 6 0.426
85 86 Indiana 4 - 6 0.413
86 81 Arkansas St. 2 - 6 0.406
87 88 Louisiana Tech 3 - 6 0.405
88 87 Syracuse 3 - 6 0.404
89 93 Colorado 3 - 6 0.402
90 97 AL-Birmingham 4 - 5 0.390
91 89 San Diego St. 4 - 5 0.376
92 103 Nevada-Las Vegas 4 - 6 0.374
93 84 Kent 5 - 5 0.370
94 101 LA-Lafayette 5 - 4 0.369
95 98 Vanderbilt 2 - 8 0.350
96 91 Colorado St. 3 - 7 0.347
97 100 Toledo 4 - 5 0.345
98 94 Buffalo 3 - 6 0.344
99 90 Wyoming 4 - 5 0.343
100 92 Western Michigan 4 - 6 0.341
101 96 Texas-El Paso 3 - 6 0.326
102 106 Hawaii 3 - 6 0.315
103 99 Utah St. 2 - 7 0.312
104 104 Maryland 2 - 7 0.310
105 102 Florida Atlantic 2 - 6 0.299
106 105 Florida International 2 - 7 0.295
107 112 Akron 2 - 7 0.275
108 108 Memphis 2 - 7 0.266
109 113 Tulane 3 - 6 0.250
110 109 Army 3 - 6 0.248
111 110 North Texas 2 - 7 0.245
112 111 Washington St. 1 - 8 0.241
113 107 San Jose St. 1 - 7 0.230
114 115 Miami, Ohio 1 - 9 0.195
115 114 New Mexico St. 3 - 6 0.189
116 116 Ball St. 1 - 8 0.159
117 117 Rice 0 - 9 0.121
118 119 New Mexico 0 - 9 0.113
119 120 Wild Card U. 5 - 85 0.111
120 121 Western Kentucky 0 - 9 0.111
121 118 Eastern Michigan 0 - 9 0.102

2009 conference power ratings:

Conference2009 Record Power Rating
SEC 35-6 .681
Big East 29-7 .640
Pac-10 20-9 .638
Big Twelve 35-13 .627
ACC 29-15 .609
Big Ten 30-10 .608
Independents 15-11 .535
Mountain West 21-15.504
WAC 17-18 .446
Conference USA 19-29.416
Sun Belt 8-25 .368
MAC 16-36 .367

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