ARGH 2016 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2016 season as of November 19, 2016. Teams included are the 128 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .558, or about 3.08 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 11-20-16

This Week	Last Week	Team	2016 Record	Power Rating	SOS
1	1	Alabama	11 - 0	0.953	20
2	2	Ohio St.	10 - 1	0.922	15
3	3	Michigan	10 - 1	0.917	33
4	4	Clemson	10 - 1	0.881	31
5	7	Washington	10 - 1	0.863	66
6	5	Wisconsin	9 - 2	0.859	13
7	8	Western Michigan	11 - 0	0.843	126
8	10	Colorado	9 - 2	0.833	28
9	9	Auburn	8 - 3	0.820	32
10	15	Florida	8 - 2	0.817	35
11	12	Penn State	9 - 2	0.810	16
12	6	Louisville	9 - 2	0.810	59
13	13	Southern California	8 - 3	0.796	2
14	14	Boise State	10 - 1	0.787	82
15	19	Oklahoma	9 - 2	0.784	37
16	11	Louisiana St.	6 - 4	0.775	9
17	16	Texas A&M	8 - 3	0.775	30
18	23	Nebraska	9 - 2	0.762	36
19	27	Houston	9 - 2	0.758	85
20	20	Tennessee	8 - 3	0.758	12
21	22	Stanford	8 - 3	0.754	7
22	21	Florida St.	8 - 3	0.752	25
23	17	Washington St.	8 - 3	0.748	44
24	30	Oklahoma St.	9 - 2	0.728	74
25	29	Miami, Florida	7 - 4	0.722	47
26	28	Virginia Tech	8 - 3	0.721	52
27	18	West Virginia	8 - 2	0.715	55
28	24	San Diego St.	9 - 2	0.698	128
29	34	Temple	8 - 3	0.694	93
30	32	South Florida	9 - 2	0.693	90
31	40	Minnesota	8 - 3	0.689	64
32	31	North Carolina	8 - 3	0.688	62
33	39	Navy	8 - 2	0.684	71
34	26	Utah	8 - 3	0.682	57
35	38	Toledo	9 - 2	0.679	120
36	36	Western Kentucky	8 - 3	0.675	103
37	35	Appalachian St.	8 - 3	0.673	94
38	42	Pittsburgh	7 - 4	0.671	29
39	25	Troy	8 - 2	0.669	104
40	44	Iowa	7 - 4	0.669	45
41	37	Arkansas	7 - 4	0.666	11
42	43	Tulsa	8 - 3	0.664	72
43	41	Brigham Young	7 - 4	0.654	67
44	50	Kansas St.	6 - 4	0.642	51
45	46	Georgia	7 - 4	0.634	27
46	33	Mississippi	5 - 6	0.634	1
47	49	Memphis	7 - 4	0.631	83
48	47	Georgia Tech	7 - 4	0.619	46
49	55	Wyoming	8 - 3	0.614	78
50	51	Louisiana Tech	8 - 3	0.599	121
51	45	Northwestern	5 - 6	0.599	14
52	58	Air Force	8 - 3	0.576	111
53	48	Central Florida	6 - 5	0.572	79
54	52	Baylor	6 - 4	0.571	84
55	53	UCLA	4 - 7	0.561	3
56	61	Kentucky	6 - 5	0.559	39
57	73	Vanderbilt	5 - 6	0.557	23
58	54	Texas Christian	5 - 5	0.551	58
59	63	Indiana	5 - 6	0.547	22
60	70	Colorado St.	6 - 5	0.543	70
61	60	Old Dominion	8 - 3	0.541	122
62	56	North Carolina St.	5 - 6	0.539	42
63	59	Arizona St.	5 - 6	0.528	21
64	57	Texas	5 - 6	0.524	49
65	62	Notre Dame	4 - 7	0.524	41
66	76	Oregon	4 - 7	0.523	4
67	69	South Carolina	6 - 5	0.520	53
68	65	Maryland	5 - 6	0.519	18
69	85	Arkansas St.	6 - 4	0.514	102
70	66	California	4 - 7	0.506	5
71	64	Wake Forest	6 - 5	0.501	56
72	78	Middle Tennessee	7 - 4	0.496	113
73	67	Mississippi St.	4 - 7	0.491	17
74	83	Army	6 - 5	0.487	127
75	72	New Mexico	7 - 4	0.475	119
76	71	Ohio	7 - 4	0.472	125
77	75	Missouri	3 - 8	0.470	24
78	82	Michigan St.	3 - 8	0.462	26
79	79	Idaho	6 - 4	0.460	87
80	88	Oregon St.	3 - 8	0.457	8
81	68	Texas Tech	4 - 7	0.454	48
82	81	Southern Methodist	5 - 6	0.451	54
83	86	Central Michigan	6 - 5	0.450	101
84	77	Eastern Michigan	6 - 5	0.447	100
85	74	Duke	4 - 7	0.444	38
86	80	Texas-San Antonio	5 - 6	0.416	99
87	84	Southern Mississippi	5 - 6	0.405	109
88	91	Boston College	5 - 6	0.398	69
89	87	Georgia Southern	4 - 7	0.393	91
90	92	South Alabama	5 - 5	0.392	114
91	100	Northern Illinois	4 - 7	0.391	89
92	110	Iowa St.	3 - 8	0.390	61
93	89	Syracuse	4 - 7	0.384	34
94	94	Nevada-Las Vegas	4 - 7	0.375	92
95	103	North Texas	5 - 6	0.369	96
96	90	Illinois	3 - 8	0.366	19
97	96	Akron	5 - 6	0.356	106
98	99	Miami, Ohio	5 - 6	0.356	117
99	93	Utah St.	3 - 8	0.353	65
100	97	Tulane	3 - 8	0.340	60
101	95	East Carolina	3 - 8	0.337	63
102	102	LA-Lafayette	4 - 6	0.336	105
103	98	Cincinnati	4 - 7	0.329	75
104	105	Hawaii	5 - 7	0.327	86
105	108	Purdue	3 - 8	0.319	40
106	107	Ball St.	4 - 7	0.316	112
107	101	Arizona	2 - 9	0.314	10
108	111	LA-Monroe	4 - 7	0.302	80
109	116	Georgia St.	3 - 8	0.298	95
110	109	Virginia	2 - 9	0.297	50
111	114	San Jose St.	3 - 8	0.285	77
112	112	Charlotte	4 - 7	0.282	110
113	106	Marshall	3 - 8	0.280	107
114	119	New Mexico St.	3 - 7	0.275	88
115	118	Florida International	4 - 7	0.270	108
116	104	Kent	3 - 8	0.269	97
117	115	Rutgers	2 - 9	0.264	6
118	121	Bowling Green	3 - 8	0.259	81
119	120	Nevada	4 - 7	0.256	124
120	113	Connecticut	3 - 8	0.245	76
121	125	Kansas	2 - 9	0.240	43
122	117	Massachusetts	2 - 9	0.236	68
123	124	Rice	3 - 8	0.223	115
124	122	Florida Atlantic	3 - 8	0.207	116
125	126	Texas-El Paso	3 - 8	0.200	123
126	123	Texas St.	2 - 8	0.174	98
127	127	Fresno St.	1 - 10	0.170	73
128	128	Buffalo	2 - 9	0.137	118
129	129	Wild Card U.	10 - 103	0.114	0

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