ARGH 2008 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2008 season as of November 16. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams, including provisional member Western Kentucky.

The estimated home field advantage is .584, or about 4.13 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 1 Southern California 9 - 1 0.920
2 2 Florida 9 - 1 0.917
3 3 Alabama 11 - 0 0.909
4 5 Texas 10 - 1 0.899
5 6 Boise State 10 - 0 0.897
6 4 Penn State 10 - 1 0.895
7 9 Utah 11 - 0 0.874
8 7 Texas Tech 10 - 0 0.870
9 8 Oklahoma 9 - 1 0.862
10 10 Ohio St. 9 - 2 0.841
11 13 Missouri 9 - 2 0.825
12 11 Ball St. 10 - 0 0.819
13 12 Texas Christian 9 - 2 0.814
14 14 Georgia 9 - 2 0.786
15 16 Oklahoma St. 9 - 2 0.785
16 17 Michigan St. 9 - 2 0.756
17 15 North Carolina 7 - 3 0.752
18 21 Oregon St. 7 - 3 0.748
19 20 Brigham Young 10 - 1 0.740
20 22 Iowa 7 - 4 0.723
21 24 Oregon 8 - 3 0.717
22 25 Cincinnati 8 - 2 0.709
23 19 California 6 - 4 0.708
24 23 Pittsburgh 7 - 2 0.707
25 34 Connecticut 7 - 3 0.699
26 42 Mississippi 6 - 4 0.695
27 26 Miami, Florida 7 - 3 0.692
28 18 Florida St. 7 - 3 0.691
29 35 Boston College 7 - 3 0.686
30 36 Nebraska 7 - 4 0.680
31 30 Georgia Tech 7 - 3 0.664
32 27 Wake Forest 6 - 4 0.658
33 40 Western Michigan 9 - 2 0.654
34 39 Louisiana St. 7 - 3 0.645
35 37 West Virginia 6 - 3 0.645
36 43 Northwestern 8 - 3 0.643
37 44 Wisconsin 6 - 5 0.639
38 32 Virginia Tech 6 - 4 0.634
39 49 Vanderbilt 6 - 4 0.623
40 28 Arizona 6 - 4 0.619
41 52 Clemson 5 - 5 0.618
42 50 Notre Dame 6 - 4 0.615
43 33 Air Force 8 - 3 0.609
44 58 Rutgers 5 - 5 0.606
45 41 Minnesota 7 - 4 0.597
46 29 South Carolina 7 - 4 0.597
47 31 Tulsa 8 - 2 0.595
48 51 Maryland 7 - 3 0.594
49 53 Central Michigan 8 - 2 0.585
50 45 Illinois 5 - 6 0.570
51 38 South Florida 6 - 4 0.562
52 47 Navy 6 - 4 0.560
53 57 Rice 7 - 3 0.559
54 46 Kentucky 6 - 5 0.557
55 61 Buffalo 6 - 4 0.557
56 62 Houston 6 - 4 0.543
57 48 Kansas 6 - 5 0.540
58 66 Nevada 6 - 4 0.539
59 70 Arizona St. 4 - 6 0.536
60 60 Virginia 5 - 5 0.530
61 55 Stanford 5 - 6 0.524
62 71 Baylor 4 - 7 0.523
63 54 Troy St. 6 - 4 0.515
64 56 East Carolina 6 - 4 0.513
65 59 Northern Illinois 5 - 5 0.498
66 76 Fresno St. 6 - 4 0.493
67 77 Southern Mississippi 5 - 6 0.486
68 67 Bowling Green 5 - 5 0.483
69 64 Auburn 5 - 6 0.474
70 88 Texas-El Paso 5 - 5 0.466
71 63 Duke 4 - 6 0.465
72 87 Nevada-Las Vegas 5 - 6 0.458
73 78 Hawaii 5 - 5 0.451
74 65 Louisville 5 - 5 0.450
75 69 Akron 5 - 5 0.449
76 72 Purdue 3 - 8 0.448
77 83 Louisiana Tech 6 - 4 0.446
78 73 Arkansas 4 - 6 0.446
79 90 Colorado St. 5 - 6 0.432
80 79 Arkansas St. 4 - 5 0.431
81 95 UCLA 4 - 6 0.427
82 82 Tennessee 3 - 7 0.427
83 68 Kansas St. 4 - 7 0.424
84 86 Temple 3 - 7 0.419
85 75 New Mexico 4 - 8 0.416
86 74 Colorado 5 - 6 0.415
87 89 Memphis 5 - 5 0.410
88 92 North Carolina St. 4 - 6 0.409
89 93 Florida Atlantic 5 - 5 0.408
90 81 LA-Lafayette 5 - 5 0.402
91 84 Michigan 3 - 8 0.401
92 80 San Jose St. 6 - 5 0.392
93 85 Texas A&M 4 - 7 0.391
94 91 Marshall 4 - 6 0.374
95 94 Florida International 4 - 5 0.356
96 98 Middle Tennessee St. 4 - 6 0.339
97 96 Indiana 3 - 8 0.329
98 97 Mississippi St. 3 - 7 0.308
99 111 Central Florida 3 - 7 0.301
100 102 Ohio 2 - 8 0.292
101 106 Kent 3 - 7 0.291
102 100 New Mexico St. 3 - 7 0.284
103 114 AL-Birmingham 3 - 7 0.277
104 108 Utah St. 2 - 9 0.271
105 99 Syracuse 2 - 8 0.271
106 103 Toledo 2 - 8 0.265
107 105 Army 3 - 7 0.265
108 101 Iowa St. 2 - 9 0.265
109 104 Wyoming 4 - 7 0.253
110 110 Eastern Michigan 2 - 8 0.247
111 109 Western Kentucky 2 - 9 0.227
112 112 Tulane 2 - 8 0.225
113 113 Miami, Ohio 2 - 8 0.215
114 107 LA-Monroe 3 - 8 0.209
115 115 Southern Methodist 1 - 10 0.182
116 116 Washington 0 - 10 0.172
117 117 Washington St. 1 - 10 0.158
118 118 Idaho 2 - 9 0.139
119 119 San Diego St. 1 - 10 0.125
120 120 North Texas 1 - 9 0.119
121 121 Wild Card U. 2 - 83 0.084

2008 conference power ratings:

Conference2008 Record Power Rating
Big Twelve 38-10 .623
Big Ten 31-12 .622
ACC 34-10 .616
SEC 35-8 .615
Big East 26-12 .581
Pac-10 13-16 .553
Mountain West 25-11.525
Independents 14-14 .480
MAC 22-30 .444
WAC 17-18 .435
Conference USA 17-30.411
Sun Belt 10-31 .334

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