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 .560, or about 3.07 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 11-12-17

This Week	Last Week	Team	2017 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	10 - 0	0.946	38
2	3	Wisconsin	10 - 0	0.923	50
3	4	Clemson	9 - 1	0.902	8
4	9	Miami, Florida	9 - 0	0.895	37
5	2	Georgia	9 - 1	0.887	29
6	6	Penn State	8 - 2	0.880	12
7	11	Ohio St.	8 - 2	0.868	9
8	5	Notre Dame	8 - 2	0.865	5
9	10	Central Florida	9 - 0	0.850	100
10	14	Auburn	8 - 2	0.842	34
11	12	Oklahoma	9 - 1	0.839	32
12	7	Washington	8 - 2	0.832	65
13	8	Texas Christian	8 - 2	0.826	41
14	17	Michigan	8 - 2	0.808	31
15	16	Southern California	9 - 2	0.799	16
16	19	Oklahoma St.	8 - 2	0.790	33
17	13	Virginia Tech	7 - 3	0.778	46
18	15	Iowa	6 - 4	0.773	2
19	20	Mississippi St.	7 - 3	0.767	35
20	22	Stanford	7 - 3	0.767	23
21	21	Washington St.	9 - 2	0.759	56
22	25	North Carolina St.	7 - 3	0.746	14
23	18	Michigan St.	7 - 3	0.740	3
24	24	Boise State	8 - 2	0.736	66
25	27	Northwestern	7 - 3	0.727	19
26	31	Louisiana St.	7 - 3	0.723	39
27	29	Memphis	8 - 1	0.715	91
28	33	Wake Forest	6 - 4	0.714	17
29	28	San Diego St.	8 - 2	0.709	87
30	23	Iowa St.	6 - 4	0.705	26
31	32	South Carolina	7 - 3	0.699	36
32	30	South Florida	8 - 1	0.694	125
33	26	Toledo	8 - 2	0.674	93
34	39	Georgia Tech	5 - 4	0.672	27
35	35	West Virginia	7 - 3	0.670	67
36	34	Boston College	5 - 5	0.670	4
37	37	Arizona	7 - 3	0.655	78
38	40	Army	8 - 2	0.654	111
39	44	Louisville	6 - 4	0.651	42
40	47	Florida Atlantic	7 - 3	0.650	90
41	56	Ohio	8 - 2	0.641	117
42	36	Texas	5 - 5	0.640	40
43	38	Fresno St.	7 - 3	0.635	101
44	52	Texas A&M	6 - 4	0.625	48
45	50	Navy	6 - 3	0.622	59
46	46	Northern Illinois	7 - 3	0.621	106
47	42	Purdue	4 - 6	0.617	11
48	49	Troy	8 - 2	0.609	121
49	45	Houston	6 - 3	0.609	79
50	57	Kentucky	7 - 3	0.606	75
51	55	Wyoming	7 - 3	0.604	99
52	58	Minnesota	5 - 5	0.601	54
53	48	Oregon	5 - 5	0.600	25
54	41	Arizona St.	5 - 5	0.595	15
55	53	Florida St.	3 - 6	0.591	1
56	43	Southern Methodist	6 - 4	0.590	73
57	65	UCLA	5 - 5	0.582	18
58	64	Marshall	7 - 3	0.573	113
59	51	Syracuse	4 - 6	0.573	21
60	59	Texas Tech	5 - 5	0.572	55
61	54	Utah	5 - 5	0.571	61
62	71	Missouri	5 - 5	0.566	62
63	69	California	5 - 5	0.539	45
64	63	Maryland	4 - 6	0.537	6
65	60	Virginia	6 - 4	0.537	69
66	70	North Texas	7 - 3	0.536	102
67	61	Kansas St.	5 - 5	0.531	86
68	66	Duke	4 - 6	0.530	47
69	73	Indiana	4 - 6	0.527	24
70	72	Western Michigan	6 - 4	0.527	109
71	68	Colorado St.	6 - 5	0.523	88
72	81	Mississippi	5 - 5	0.516	57
73	62	Nebraska	4 - 6	0.505	13
74	74	Colorado	5 - 6	0.505	58
75	85	Central Michigan	6 - 4	0.496	94
76	76	Florida	3 - 6	0.496	7
77	75	Rutgers	4 - 6	0.490	22
78	67	Arkansas St.	5 - 3	0.486	127
79	82	Utah St.	5 - 5	0.480	85
80	84	Arkansas	4 - 6	0.466	30
81	80	Air Force	4 - 6	0.461	70
82	78	Pittsburgh	4 - 6	0.458	52
83	77	Tennessee	4 - 6	0.455	28
84	89	Southern Mississippi	6 - 4	0.446	120
85	91	Temple	5 - 5	0.445	82
86	90	Appalachian St.	6 - 4	0.444	124
87	79	Akron	5 - 5	0.443	80
88	83	Vanderbilt	4 - 6	0.440	44
89	94	AL-Birmingham	7 - 3	0.437	130
90	88	Eastern Michigan	3 - 7	0.430	76
91	92	Tulane	4 - 6	0.428	74
92	86	Texas-San Antonio	5 - 4	0.425	129
93	96	Buffalo	4 - 6	0.415	97
94	87	Florida International	6 - 3	0.409	114
95	93	Louisiana Tech	4 - 6	0.391	95
96	97	Middle Tennessee	5 - 5	0.387	107
97	103	Miami, Ohio	4 - 6	0.381	98
98	105	North Carolina	2 - 8	0.379	10
99	99	Georgia St.	6 - 3	0.358	126
100	95	Nevada-Las Vegas	4 - 6	0.353	104
101	98	Cincinnati	3 - 7	0.346	49
102	108	South Alabama	4 - 6	0.341	108
103	100	New Mexico St.	4 - 5	0.338	116
104	102	Tulsa	2 - 8	0.336	60
105	101	Western Kentucky	5 - 5	0.334	128
106	106	LA-Monroe	4 - 5	0.326	122
107	114	Nevada	2 - 8	0.314	71
108	115	Brigham Young	3 - 8	0.303	63
109	104	New Mexico	3 - 7	0.296	77
110	110	Connecticut	3 - 7	0.292	72
111	119	Old Dominion	4 - 6	0.288	105
112	116	Massachusetts	3 - 7	0.282	119
113	109	LA-Lafayette	4 - 5	0.278	115
114	107	Illinois	2 - 8	0.278	43
115	113	Idaho	3 - 6	0.276	110
116	112	Hawaii	3 - 7	0.272	103
117	111	Baylor	1 - 9	0.265	53
118	118	Oregon St.	1 - 9	0.251	20
119	117	Bowling Green	2 - 8	0.245	83
120	120	East Carolina	2 - 8	0.226	68
121	121	Liberty	6 - 4	0.201	0
122	122	Kansas	1 - 9	0.186	51
123	124	Kent	2 - 8	0.178	64
124	123	Ball St.	2 - 8	0.164	96
125	125	Texas St.	2 - 8	0.148	123
126	126	Rice	1 - 9	0.135	84
127	127	Coastal Carolina	1 - 9	0.134	118
128	128	Wild Card U.	12 - 89	0.131	0
129	130	Charlotte	1 - 9	0.109	112
130	129	San Jose St.	1 - 10	0.108	89
131	131	Georgia Southern	0 - 9	0.099	92
132	132	Texas-El Paso	0 - 10	0.071	81

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