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Explanation
of Power Ratings: Power ratings are purely objective and a
deadly weapon in any handicapper's arsenal. No emotion or bias is
involved. PR calculations must be very responsive or they become
old news before you get a chance to use them. Our PR method allows
us to judge pretty accurately the relative strengths of teams in
any given sports event. PR's are an exceptional handicapping tool
and should be utilized with many other handicapping tools such as
trend, statistical and fundamental analysis. Our first step is to obtain a
total Offensive/Defensive index along with each teams strength of
opposition (SOS). We then logarithmically increment or front load
our PR's to reflect each teams recent performance. We use linear
regression analysis to calculate and integrate all this information into
an overall power rating. Our aim is to obtain winners via Power
Ratings and using other tools contained in our Prophet Zone
software package to confirm, rather than just rely on teams via an RPI or BCS
rating system. If you like our ideas but don't have the time or
energy to execute your own, you can always purchase our Prophet
Zone software packages to get that winning edge over the
uninformed individual. Our software includes a host of other
invaluable handicapping tools and information.
To make
predictions for scheduled upcoming games, simply compare the Home
Team's Power Rating to that of the Away Team's Power Rating and
add 3 points for the home team advantage. Thus, for example, a
HOME team with a rating of 110.7 would be favored by 17.2 points,
110.7 + 3 = 113.7 over a VISITING team having a rating of 96.5. Or
a VISITING team with a rating of 91.0 would be favored by 5 points
over a HOME team having a rating of 83.0, 83.0 + 3 = 86.0. The
Overall Power Power Rating can be used to confirm the Home/Away
Power Ratings.
| Rank |
Team |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
| 1 |
LSU |
110.9 |
110.7 |
109.4 |
| 2 |
Oklahoma |
109.6 |
108.2 |
107.4 |
| 3 |
Kansas |
109.2 |
105.2 |
103.8 |
| 4 |
BYU |
109.0 |
107.0 |
108.7 |
| 5 |
Boston
Coll |
108.8 |
105.3 |
105.4 |
| 6 |
USC |
108.6 |
107.7 |
109.8 |
| 7 |
Ohio
St |
108.1 |
107.6 |
114.1 |
| 8 |
West
Virginia |
107.5 |
105.5 |
110.6 |
| 9 |
Florida |
107.0 |
107.7 |
105.9 |
| 10 |
Missouri |
106.5 |
104.2 |
105.0 |
| 11 |
Georgia |
106.5 |
101.0 |
107.5 |
| 12 |
Michigan
St |
106.5 |
100.4 |
105.1 |
| 13 |
Virginia
Tech |
106.0 |
105.1 |
108.1 |
| 14 |
Clemson |
105.9 |
108.9 |
106.5 |
| 15 |
Boise
St |
105.9 |
106.3 |
106.5 |
| 16 |
Hawaii |
105.9 |
104.4 |
107.4 |
| 17 |
Cincinnati |
105.9 |
103.0 |
102.2 |
| 18 |
Oregon |
105.8 |
105.2 |
107.2 |
| 19 |
TCU |
105.8 |
110.3 |
104.8 |
| 20 |
Texas
Tech |
105.7 |
108.3 |
106.8 |
| 21 |
Michigan |
105.7 |
105.0 |
108.3 |
| 22 |
Utah |
105.4 |
104.3 |
103.7 |
| 23 |
S
Florida |
104.9 |
104.3 |
102.6 |
| 24 |
Texas |
104.8 |
103.3 |
110.6 |
| 25 |
Arizona
St |
104.7 |
101.4 |
103.5 |
| 26 |
Penn
St |
104.5 |
105.6 |
104.8 |
| 27 |
Rutgers |
104.3 |
101.8 |
107.5 |
| 28 |
Georgia
Tech |
104.2 |
101.8 |
104.7 |
| 29 |
Wisconsin |
104.1 |
106.3 |
106.1 |
| 30 |
Virginia |
104.0 |
100.0 |
99.4 |
| 31 |
Houston |
103.9 |
99.8 |
103.8 |
| 32 |
Central
Fla |
103.8 |
100.6 |
98.2 |
| 33 |
Purdue |
103.3 |
99.1 |
102.8 |
| 34 |
Illinois |
103.3 |
94.6 |
102.0 |
| 35 |
Florida
St |
103.2 |
101.3 |
102.5 |
| 36 |
Louisville |
103.0 |
106.6 |
106.3 |
| 37 |
Tulsa |
102.9 |
105.1 |
101.6 |
| 38 |
Oklahoma
St |
102.9 |
99.2 |
103.4 |
| 39 |
Arkansas |
102.6 |
101.8 |
105.1 |
| 40 |
Texas
A&M |
102.4 |
103.4 |
100.2 |
| 41 |
California |
102.4 |
104.2 |
102.6 |
| 42 |
Nebraska |
102.3 |
104.4 |
100.1 |
| 43 |
Auburn |
102.2 |
101.3 |
105.9 |
| 44 |
Oregon
St |
102.2 |
101.5 |
102.3 |
| 45 |
Ucla |
102.0 |
103.0 |
99.1 |
| 46 |
Air
Force |
101.9 |
98.8 |
102.2 |
| 47 |
Wake
Forest |
101.9 |
99.9 |
103.4 |
| 48 |
Tennessee |
101.3 |
104.1 |
102.0 |
| 49 |
S.Carolina |
101.3 |
99.3 |
100.9 |
| 50 |
Arizona |
101.2 |
99.2 |
99.5 |
| 51 |
Kansas
St |
101.1 |
98.9 |
100.1 |
| 52 |
Kentucky |
101.0 |
98.7 |
96.0 |
| 53 |
Alabama |
101.0 |
99.5 |
103.9 |
| 54 |
Colorado |
100.9 |
96.8 |
100.8 |
| 55 |
Troy |
100.4 |
99.0 |
99.2 |
| 56 |
Maryland |
99.8 |
97.8 |
102.0 |
| 57 |
Iowa |
99.7 |
99.9 |
102.8 |
| 58 |
Mississippi
S |
99.7 |
94.5 |
98.9 |
| 59 |
Southern
Miss |
99.6 |
98.1 |
103.3 |
| 60 |
Ball
St |
99.6 |
95.6 |
101.0 |
| 61 |
East
Carolina |
99.5 |
100.1 |
99.1 |
| 62 |
Pittsburgh |
99.2 |
99.7 |
102.9 |
| 63 |
New
Mexico |
99.0 |
97.4 |
101.0 |
| 64 |
Nevada |
99.0 |
100.3 |
101.1 |
| 65 |
Fresno
St |
98.9 |
98.1 |
99.7 |
| 66 |
Vanderbilt |
98.7 |
96.2 |
99.6 |
| 67 |
Washington |
98.7 |
96.4 |
100.6 |
| 68 |
Central
Mich |
98.4 |
101.8 |
99.6 |
| 69 |
New
Mexico St |
98.3 |
95.2 |
96.3 |
| 70 |
Miami
Fla |
98.2 |
101.2 |
101.0 |
| 71 |
Northwestern |
98.0 |
95.7 |
101.3 |
| 72 |
N.
Carolina |
97.7 |
97.9 |
96.1 |
| 73 |
N.Carolina
St |
97.5 |
95.9 |
100.8 |
| 74 |
Bowling
Green |
97.4 |
98.3 |
98.4 |
| 75 |
Navy |
97.4 |
96.1 |
103.3 |
| 76 |
Marshall |
97.2 |
98.0 |
93.2 |
| 77 |
Toledo |
97.2 |
98.9 |
99.0 |
| 78 |
Washington
St |
97.1 |
102.6 |
99.8 |
| 79 |
Western
Mich |
96.9 |
97.0 |
99.7 |
| 80 |
Minnesota |
96.9 |
97.2 |
100.7 |
| 81 |
Indiana |
96.8 |
95.3 |
97.9 |
| 82 |
Connecticut |
96.8 |
97.7 |
96.9 |
| 83 |
Wyoming |
96.8 |
98.4 |
99.0 |
| 84 |
Notre
Dame |
96.7 |
98.6 |
104.1 |
| 85 |
Colorado
St |
96.7 |
97.2 |
99.3 |
| 86 |
Ohio |
96.5 |
96.8 |
97.9 |
| 87 |
UNLV |
96.4 |
93.9 |
91.6 |
| 88 |
UL
Monroe |
96.4 |
94.4 |
96.7 |
| 89 |
Memphis |
96.2 |
92.7 |
98.4 |
| 90 |
Arkansas
St |
95.8 |
96.1 |
95.4 |
| 91 |
Fla
Atlantic |
95.5 |
96.2 |
92.0 |
| 92 |
Stanford |
95.4 |
90.8 |
96.0 |
| 93 |
Mississippi |
95.4 |
94.5 |
93.0 |
| 94 |
Iowa
St |
95.2 |
95.3 |
99.5 |
| 95 |
Rice |
95.1 |
95.5 |
95.3 |
| 96 |
Miami
Ohio |
94.8 |
99.1 |
97.4 |
| 97 |
SMU |
94.7 |
95.8 |
96.1 |
| 98 |
San
Jose St |
94.3 |
98.6 |
93.5 |
| 99 |
Duke |
94.2 |
89.5 |
95.1 |
| 100 |
Texas
El Paso |
93.6 |
95.7 |
97.7 |
| 101 |
Middle
Tenn |
93.6 |
96.9 |
96.5 |
| 102 |
Buffalo |
93.0 |
94.8 |
93.9 |
| 103 |
Northern
Ill |
92.9 |
97.3 |
97.0 |
| 104 |
Tulane |
92.8 |
92.1 |
95.2 |
| 105 |
Temple |
92.4 |
90.5 |
89.9 |
| 106 |
Eastern
Mich |
92.4 |
94.5 |
95.8 |
| 107 |
Kent
St |
92.2 |
96.5 |
96.3 |
| 108 |
San
Diego St |
92.0 |
95.8 |
94.2 |
| 109 |
Akron |
91.7 |
96.0 |
97.8 |
| 110 |
Idaho |
91.7 |
91.7 |
95.3 |
| 111 |
UL
Lafayette |
91.6 |
92.5 |
97.0 |
| 112 |
Louisiana
T |
91.2 |
95.2 |
89.2 |
| 113 |
North
Texas |
89.8 |
90.2 |
89.5 |
| 114 |
Baylor |
89.2 |
90.5 |
95.9 |
| 115 |
Army |
89.1 |
91.0 |
93.0 |
| 116 |
Syracuse |
89.0 |
89.1 |
94.2 |
| 117 |
UAB |
88.9 |
92.3 |
94.5 |
| 118 |
Utah
St |
88.7 |
86.8 |
93.1 |
| 119 |
Florida
Intl |
85.5 |
91.8 |
88.3 |
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