ARGH 2012 Power Ratings

The following are the ARGH power ratings for the 2012 season after games of November 24. Teams included are the 124 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, plus one team that will be starting FBS play in 2013.

The estimated home field advantage is .576, or about 4.07 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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This Week	Last Week	Team	2012 Record	Power Rating
1	1	Notre Dame	12 - 0	0.955
2	2	Alabama	11 - 1	0.929
3	3	Florida	11 - 1	0.917
4	4	Oregon	11 - 1	0.906
5	7	Georgia	11 - 1	0.880
6	6	Ohio St.	12 - 0	0.880
7	5	Kansas St.	10 - 1	0.879
8	8	Stanford	10 - 2	0.876
9	10	Texas A&M	10 - 2	0.858
10	14	South Carolina	10 - 2	0.849
11	12	Louisiana St.	10 - 2	0.846
12	13	Oklahoma	9 - 2	0.845
13	15	Nebraska	10 - 2	0.831
14	9	Florida St.	10 - 2	0.830
15	11	Oregon St.	8 - 3	0.812
16	17	Michigan	8 - 4	0.789
17	16	Clemson	10 - 2	0.783
18	19	Oklahoma St.	7 - 4	0.774
19	18	UCLA	9 - 3	0.773
20	24	Northern Illinois	11 - 1	0.773
21	22	Utah St.	10 - 2	0.769
22	23	Southern California	7 - 5	0.751
23	26	San Jose St.	10 - 2	0.750
24	21	Texas	8 - 3	0.745
25	25	Boise State	9 - 2	0.743
26	31	Vanderbilt	8 - 4	0.740
27	30	Northwestern	9 - 3	0.735
28	32	Penn State	8 - 4	0.732
29	20	Rutgers	9 - 2	0.726
30	34	Fresno St.	9 - 3	0.709
31	27	Wisconsin	7 - 5	0.708
32	42	Texas Christian	7 - 4	0.705
33	33	Brigham Young	7 - 5	0.704
34	40	Kent	11 - 1	0.704
35	37	Cincinnati	8 - 3	0.702
36	41	Arizona St.	7 - 5	0.696
37	28	Arizona	7 - 5	0.693
38	45	Michigan St.	6 - 6	0.684
39	29	Mississippi St.	8 - 4	0.681
40	44	Central Florida	9 - 3	0.668
41	50	Baylor	6 - 5	0.657
42	39	Texas Tech	7 - 5	0.657
43	36	Washington	7 - 5	0.643
44	46	Arkansas St.	8 - 3	0.642
45	38	Tulsa	9 - 3	0.641
46	35	Louisville	9 - 2	0.639
47	48	North Carolina	8 - 4	0.633
48	43	Iowa St.	6 - 6	0.632
49	49	San Diego St.	9 - 3	0.630
50	55	West Virginia	6 - 5	0.622
51	54	Syracuse	7 - 5	0.618
52	47	Louisiana Tech	9 - 3	0.616
53	58	Mississippi	6 - 6	0.612
54	51	Missouri	5 - 7	0.609
55	52	Ball St.	9 - 3	0.607
56	53	Toledo	9 - 3	0.600
57	56	Miami, Florida	7 - 5	0.599
58	63	Bowling Green	8 - 4	0.584
59	60	LA-Monroe	8 - 4	0.579
60	57	LA-Lafayette	7 - 4	0.579
61	61	Navy	7 - 4	0.564
62	59	Georgia Tech	6 - 6	0.562
63	64	Virginia Tech	6 - 6	0.561
64	62	Utah	5 - 7	0.558
65	73	Pittsburgh	5 - 6	0.555
66	66	Purdue	6 - 6	0.544
67	65	Tennessee	5 - 7	0.544
68	67	North Carolina St.	7 - 5	0.534
69	69	Middle Tennessee St.	8 - 3	0.521
70	71	Western Kentucky	7 - 5	0.504
71	70	Ohio	8 - 4	0.486
72	68	Minnesota	6 - 6	0.484
73	72	Duke	6 - 6	0.480
74	76	East Carolina	8 - 4	0.470
75	74	Nevada	7 - 4	0.465
76	75	Arkansas	4 - 8	0.463
77	83	Southern Methodist	6 - 6	0.454
78	77	Iowa	4 - 8	0.451
79	80	California	3 - 9	0.420
80	78	Indiana	4 - 8	0.414
81	90	Connecticut	5 - 6	0.413
82	79	Troy St.	5 - 7	0.411
83	85	Rice	6 - 6	0.406
84	81	Air Force	6 - 6	0.389
85	87	Texas-San Antonio	8 - 4	0.387
86	82	Auburn	3 - 9	0.381
87	84	South Florida	3 - 8	0.376
88	89	Virginia	4 - 8	0.362
89	88	Marshall	5 - 7	0.360
90	93	Central Michigan	6 - 6	0.360
91	86	Temple	4 - 7	0.357
92	94	Houston	5 - 7	0.348
93	92	North Texas	4 - 8	0.339
94	91	Wake Forest	5 - 7	0.338
95	95	Western Michigan	4 - 8	0.330
96	97	Maryland	4 - 8	0.324
97	107	Washington St.	3 - 9	0.320
98	98	Buffalo	4 - 8	0.315
99	96	Kentucky	2 - 10	0.303
100	99	Wyoming	4 - 8	0.297
101	102	Miami, Ohio	4 - 8	0.293
102	100	Florida International	3 - 9	0.288
103	105	Florida Atlantic	3 - 8	0.281
104	103	Texas St.	3 - 8	0.274
105	104	Boston College	2 - 10	0.271
106	101	New Mexico	4 - 9	0.271
107	112	Memphis	4 - 8	0.265
108	111	Colorado St.	4 - 8	0.263
109	108	Kansas	1 - 10	0.261
110	106	Texas-El Paso	3 - 9	0.258
111	109	AL-Birmingham	3 - 9	0.257
112	110	Illinois	2 - 10	0.240
113	113	Army	2 - 9	0.211
114	115	Eastern Michigan	2 - 10	0.193
115	116	South Alabama	2 - 10	0.192
116	120	Hawaii	2 - 9	0.185
117	118	Akron	1 - 11	0.184
118	114	Nevada-Las Vegas	2 - 11	0.177
119	117	Tulane	2 - 10	0.171
120	119	Colorado	1 - 11	0.166
121	121	Wild Card U.	18 - 96	0.134
122	122	New Mexico St.	1 - 10	0.114
123	124	Idaho	1 - 11	0.111
124	123	Southern Mississippi	0 - 12	0.103
125	125	Massachusetts	1 - 11	0.089
126	126	Georgia St.	1 - 10	0.039

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