ARGH 2009 Power Ratings

The following are the final ARGH power ratings for the 2009 season. Teams included are the 120 Division 1-A teams.

The estimated home field advantage is .575, or about 3.93 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 Week	Last Week	Team	2009 Record	Power Rating
1	1	Alabama	14 - 0	0.953
2	3	Florida	13 - 1	0.928
3	2	Texas	13 - 1	0.909
4	4	Texas Christian	12 - 1	0.884
5	6	Boise State	14 - 0	0.879
6	7	Ohio St.	11 - 2	0.859
7	8	Virginia Tech	10 - 3	0.850
8	5	Cincinnati	12 - 1	0.844
9	10	Penn State	11 - 2	0.833
10	13	Nebraska	10 - 4	0.820
11	9	Oregon	10 - 3	0.811
12	15	Iowa	11 - 2	0.799
13	14	Oklahoma	8 - 5	0.794
14	12	Louisiana St.	9 - 4	0.783
15	11	Georgia Tech	11 - 3	0.782
16	17	Pittsburgh	10 - 3	0.778
17	18	Brigham Young	11 - 2	0.773
18	16	Miami, Florida	9 - 4	0.752
19	28	Mississippi	9 - 4	0.742
20	19	Southern California	9 - 4	0.737
21	30	Wisconsin	10 - 3	0.735
22	25	Arkansas	8 - 5	0.735
23	26	Clemson	9 - 5	0.731
24	24	Texas Tech	9 - 4	0.730
25	21	Central Michigan	12 - 2	0.718
26	37	Utah	10 - 3	0.702
27	20	Oklahoma St.	9 - 4	0.701
28	34	Georgia	8 - 5	0.695
29	27	Stanford	8 - 5	0.692
30	39	Connecticut	8 - 5	0.686
31	29	West Virginia	9 - 4	0.686
32	22	Oregon St.	8 - 5	0.684
33	32	North Carolina	8 - 5	0.684
34	23	Arizona	8 - 5	0.684
35	35	Auburn	8 - 5	0.682
36	31	Tennessee	7 - 6	0.681
37	42	Rutgers	9 - 4	0.671
38	46	Air Force	8 - 5	0.665
39	47	Navy	10 - 4	0.656
40	38	Boston College	8 - 5	0.644
41	33	Houston	10 - 4	0.641
42	41	South Carolina	7 - 6	0.637
43	50	South Florida	8 - 5	0.635
44	36	California	8 - 5	0.634
45	52	Florida St.	7 - 6	0.633
46	40	Missouri	8 - 5	0.622
47	43	Kentucky	7 - 6	0.618
48	45	Notre Dame	6 - 6	0.613
49	44	East Carolina	9 - 5	0.612
50	49	Mississippi St.	5 - 7	0.605
51	51	UCLA	7 - 6	0.603
52	58	Middle Tennessee St.	10 - 3	0.585
53	56	Troy St.	9 - 4	0.566
54	55	Washington	5 - 7	0.561
55	57	Michigan St.	6 - 7	0.559
56	48	Nevada	8 - 5	0.559
57	53	Central Florida	8 - 5	0.555
58	54	Fresno St.	8 - 5	0.538
59	60	Northwestern	8 - 5	0.534
60	59	Texas A&M	6 - 7	0.533
61	61	Minnesota	6 - 7	0.520
62	65	Kansas	5 - 7	0.513
63	62	Temple	9 - 4	0.507
64	67	Wake Forest	5 - 7	0.506
65	70	Iowa St.	7 - 6	0.502
66	63	Southern Mississippi	7 - 6	0.500
67	68	Kansas St.	6 - 6	0.500
68	66	Arizona St.	4 - 8	0.496
69	69	Purdue	5 - 7	0.494
70	76	Southern Methodist	8 - 5	0.494
71	64	Ohio	9 - 5	0.493
72	73	North Carolina St.	5 - 7	0.476
73	74	Michigan	5 - 7	0.472
74	72	Northern Illinois	7 - 6	0.452
75	71	Bowling Green	7 - 6	0.449
76	75	Baylor	4 - 8	0.447
77	79	Marshall	7 - 6	0.441
78	77	Idaho	8 - 5	0.441
79	78	Louisiana Tech	4 - 8	0.421
80	80	Duke	5 - 7	0.412
81	92	Wyoming	7 - 6	0.411
82	81	Syracuse	4 - 8	0.407
83	83	Louisville	4 - 8	0.399
84	82	Tulsa	5 - 7	0.398
85	84	LA-Monroe	6 - 6	0.390
86	86	AL-Birmingham	5 - 7	0.383
87	85	Illinois	3 - 9	0.382
88	89	Colorado	3 - 9	0.375
89	88	Virginia	3 - 9	0.374
90	90	Indiana	4 - 8	0.372
91	91	Nevada-Las Vegas	5 - 7	0.371
92	87	Buffalo	5 - 7	0.367
93	93	Utah St.	4 - 8	0.345
94	94	Hawaii	6 - 7	0.338
95	95	LA-Lafayette	6 - 6	0.336
96	97	Arkansas St.	4 - 8	0.331
97	98	Florida Atlantic	5 - 7	0.331
98	96	Vanderbilt	2 - 10	0.327
99	101	San Diego St.	4 - 8	0.313
100	100	Texas-El Paso	4 - 8	0.308
101	99	Toledo	5 - 7	0.304
102	104	Maryland	2 - 10	0.286
103	102	Kent	5 - 7	0.285
104	105	Colorado St.	3 - 9	0.282
105	103	Western Michigan	5 - 7	0.281
106	106	Florida International	3 - 9	0.263
107	107	Army	5 - 7	0.256
108	108	Memphis	2 - 10	0.228
109	109	Akron	3 - 9	0.221
110	110	North Texas	2 - 10	0.196
111	111	Tulane	3 - 9	0.183
112	112	Rice	2 - 10	0.169
113	113	Ball St.	2 - 10	0.164
114	114	Washington St.	1 - 11	0.156
115	115	San Jose St.	2 - 10	0.155
116	118	New Mexico	1 - 11	0.146
117	116	Miami, Ohio	1 - 11	0.141
118	117	New Mexico St.	3 - 10	0.139
119	119	Wild Card U.	5 - 89	0.092
120	120	Western Kentucky	0 - 12	0.091
121	121	Eastern Michigan	0 - 12	0.069

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