Updated BGS College Football Power Ratings through games October 10th.
The BGS Power Ratings (aka, The Oddsmakers Bible) are the most accurate Ratings in existence for the purposes of predicting game outcomes.
To use the Ratings, simply subtract the home teams Home-Rating from the visting teams Away-Rating. The resulting integer would be assigned to the home team as a pointspread and would reflect the predicted MARGIN of VICTORY.
For example, using the below Ratings in relation to the Virginia @ Maryland game this weekend;
Subtract the Maryland Home Rating of 66.5 from Virginia's Away-Rating of 69 (69 - 66.5 = 2.5) The resulting pointspread of +2.5 is assigned to the home team, Maryland Maryland +2.5 Conclusion: Virginia should win this game by 3 points
| Rank | Team | Away-Rating | Home-Rating | Wins | Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | 93 | 97.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | Alabama | 91 | 94.5 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Virginia Tech | 90.5 | 94 | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | Southern California | 90 | 93.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | Boise State | 89.5 | 93 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 87.5 | 91 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | Miami-Florida | 87 | 90.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | LSU | 86.5 | 90 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | Texas | 86 | 89.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Oregon | 86 | 89.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 11 | South Florida | 84 | 87.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Cincinnati | 84 | 87.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | Iowa | 83.5 | 87 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | BYU | 83 | 86.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 15 | Nebraska | 82.5 | 86 | 4 | 1 |
| 16 | Penn State | 82 | 85.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 17 | Oklahoma | 82 | 85.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | TCU | 81.5 | 85 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | Auburn | 81 | 84.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 20 | Wisconsin | 81 | 84.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 21 | Georgia Tech | 81 | 84.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 22 | Missouri | 80 | 83.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | Michigan | 80 | 83.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 24 | Utah | 79 | 82.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 25 | Oregon State | 79 | 82.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 26 | California | 79 | 82.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 27 | Kansas | 78.5 | 82 | 5 | 0 |
| 28 | Pittsburgh | 78.5 | 82 | 5 | 1 |
| 29 | Navy | 78.5 | 82 | 4 | 2 |
| 30 | Notre Dame | 78 | 81.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 31 | Wake Forest | 78 | 81.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 32 | Arkansas | 78 | 81.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 33 | Washington | 78 | 81.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 34 | Texas Tech | 77.5 | 81 | 4 | 2 |
| 35 | Arizona | 77.5 | 81 | 3 | 2 |
| 36 | Tennessee | 77.5 | 81 | 3 | 3 |
| 37 | South Carolina | 77 | 80.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 38 | Central Michigan | 77 | 80.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 39 | Northern Iowa | 77 | 80.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 40 | West Virginia | 77 | 80.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 41 | Boston College | 77 | 80.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 42 | UCLA | 77 | 80.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 43 | Mississippi | 77 | 80.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 44 | Stanford | 76.5 | 80 | 4 | 2 |
| 45 | Georgia | 76.5 | 80 | 3 | 3 |
| 46 | Oklahoma State | 76 | 79.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 47 | Fresno State | 76 | 79.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 48 | Tulsa | 75.5 | 79 | 4 | 1 |
| 49 | Minnesota | 75.5 | 79 | 4 | 2 |
| 50 | Michigan State | 75 | 78.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 51 | Clemson | 74.5 | 78 | 2 | 3 |
| 52 | Houston | 74 | 77.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 53 | North Carolina | 74 | 77.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 54 | Connecticut | 74 | 77.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 55 | Florida State | 74 | 77.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 56 | Richmond | 73.5 | 77 | 5 | 0 |
| 57 | Rutgers | 73.5 | 77 | 4 | 1 |
| 58 | Kentucky | 73.5 | 77 | 2 | 3 |
| 59 | Northern Illinois | 73 | 76.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 60 | Idaho | 72 | 75.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 61 | Villanova | 72 | 75.5 | 5 | 1 |
| 62 | Air Force | 72 | 75.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 63 | NC State | 72 | 75.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 64 | Montana | 71.5 | 75 | 5 | 0 |
| 65 | Baylor | 71.5 | 75 | 3 | 2 |
| 66 | Arizona State | 71.5 | 75 | 3 | 2 |
| 67 | Marshall | 71 | 74.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 68 | Jacksonville State | 71 | 74.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 69 | Texas A&M | 71 | 74.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 70 | Colorado State | 71 | 74.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 71 | William & Mary | 70.5 | 74 | 5 | 1 |
| 72 | Duke | 70.5 | 74 | 3 | 3 |
| 73 | Iowa State | 70.5 | 74 | 3 | 3 |
| 74 | Ohio University | 70 | 73.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 75 | Elon | 69.5 | 73 | 5 | 1 |
| 76 | Troy | 69.5 | 73 | 3 | 2 |
| 77 | Mississippi State | 69.5 | 73 | 2 | 4 |
| 78 | New Hampshire | 69 | 72.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 79 | Virginia | 69 | 72.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 80 | South Dakota State | 68.5 | 72 | 4 | 1 |
| 81 | Southern Miss | 68.5 | 72 | 3 | 3 |
| 82 | Central Arkansas | 68 | 71.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 83 | Indiana | 68 | 71.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 84 | Southern Illinois | 67.5 | 71 | 4 | 1 |
| 85 | Louisiana-Monroe | 67.5 | 71 | 3 | 2 |
| 86 | Arkansas State | 67.5 | 71 | 1 | 3 |
| 87 | Northwestern | 67 | 70.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 88 | Wyoming | 66.5 | 70 | 4 | 2 |
| 89 | Delaware | 66.5 | 70 | 4 | 2 |
| 90 | Temple | 66.5 | 70 | 3 | 2 |
| 91 | Eastern Washington | 66 | 69.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 92 | Middle Tennessee | 66 | 69.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 93 | SMU | 66 | 69.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 94 | Massachusetts | 66 | 69.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 95 | Purdue | 66 | 69.5 | 1 | 5 |
| 96 | Colgate | 65.5 | 69 | 6 | 0 |
| 97 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 65.5 | 69 | 3 | 2 |
| 98 | East Carolina | 65.5 | 69 | 3 | 3 |
| 99 | Nevada | 65.5 | 69 | 2 | 3 |
| 100 | SC State | 65 | 68.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 101 | Toledo | 65 | 68.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 102 | Louisville | 65 | 68.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 103 | Bowling Green | 65 | 68.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 104 | Central Florida | 64.5 | 68 | 3 | 2 |
| 105 | Kansas State | 64.5 | 68 | 3 | 3 |
| 106 | Louisiana Tech | 64.5 | 68 | 2 | 3 |
| 107 | San Jose State | 64.5 | 68 | 1 | 4 |
| 108 | Stephen F. Austin | 64 | 67.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 109 | Syracuse | 64 | 67.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 110 | Vanderbilt | 64 | 67.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 111 | Illinois | 64 | 67.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 112 | Northern Arizona | 63.5 | 67 | 3 | 2 |
| 113 | Florida A&M | 63 | 66.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 114 | Maryland | 63 | 66.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 115 | Colorado | 63 | 66.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 116 | Western Michigan | 62.5 | 66 | 3 | 3 |
| 117 | UTEP | 62.5 | 66 | 2 | 4 |
| 118 | Washington State | 62.5 | 66 | 1 | 5 |
| 119 | Eastern Illinois | 62 | 65.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 120 | Appalachian State | 62 | 65.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 121 | McNeese State | 62 | 65.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 122 | Utah State | 62 | 65.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 123 | Lafayette | 61.5 | 65 | 4 | 1 |
| 124 | Harvard | 61.5 | 65 | 3 | 1 |
| 125 | James Madison | 61.5 | 65 | 2 | 3 |
| 126 | Hawaii | 61.5 | 65 | 2 | 3 |
| 127 | UNLV | 61.5 | 65 | 2 | 4 |
| 128 | Chattanooga | 61 | 64.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 129 | Holy Cross | 61 | 64.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 130 | Youngstown State | 61 | 64.5 | 4 | 2 |
| 131 | Furman | 61 | 64.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 132 | UC Davis | 61 | 64.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 133 | San Diego State | 61 | 64.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 134 | Weber State | 60.5 | 64 | 3 | 3 |
| 135 | Buffalo | 60.5 | 64 | 2 | 4 |
| 136 | Montana State | 60 | 63.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 137 | Liberty | 60 | 63.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 138 | UAB | 60 | 63.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 139 | Fla. International | 60 | 63.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 140 | Cal Poly-SLO | 59.5 | 63 | 2 | 3 |
| 141 | North Texas | 59.5 | 63 | 1 | 4 |
| 142 | Florida Atlantic | 59.5 | 63 | 0 | 4 |
| 143 | Central Connecticut | 59 | 62.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 144 | Missouri State | 59 | 62.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 145 | Albany-NY | 58.5 | 62 | 4 | 2 |
| 146 | Army | 58.5 | 62 | 3 | 3 |
| 147 | Tulane | 58 | 61.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 148 | Akron | 58 | 61.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 149 | Eastern Kentucky | 57.5 | 61 | 3 | 2 |
| 150 | Kent State | 57.5 | 61 | 2 | 4 |
| 151 | North Dakota | 57 | 60.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 152 | Georgia Southern | 57 | 60.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 153 | Alabama A&M | 56.5 | 60 | 4 | 2 |
| 154 | Maine | 56.5 | 60 | 3 | 3 |
| 155 | Hofstra | 56.5 | 60 | 3 | 3 |
| 156 | Samford | 56 | 59.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 157 | Wofford | 56 | 59.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 158 | Miami-Ohio | 56 | 59.5 | 0 | 6 |
| 159 | Columbia | 55.5 | 59 | 2 | 2 |
| 160 | Southern Utah | 55.5 | 59 | 2 | 3 |
| 161 | Charleston Southern | 55 | 58.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 162 | Memphis | 55 | 58.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 163 | Prairie View A&M | 54.5 | 58 | 3 | 1 |
| 164 | Brown | 54.5 | 58 | 2 | 2 |
| 165 | New Mexico State | 54.5 | 58 | 3 | 3 |
| 166 | Texas State | 54.5 | 58 | 2 | 3 |
| 167 | Citadel | 54.5 | 58 | 2 | 3 |
| 168 | South Dakota | 54 | 57.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 169 | Ball State | 54 | 57.5 | 0 | 6 |
| 170 | Gardner-Webb | 53.5 | 57 | 3 | 2 |
| 171 | Pennsylvania | 53.5 | 57 | 2 | 2 |
| 172 | Grambling | 53.5 | 57 | 3 | 3 |
| 173 | Western Kentucky | 53.5 | 57 | 0 | 5 |
| 174 | Drake | 52.5 | 56 | 4 | 1 |
| 175 | Dayton | 52.5 | 56 | 4 | 1 |
| 176 | Sam Houston State | 52.5 | 56 | 3 | 2 |
| 177 | Butler | 52 | 55.5 | 5 | 0 |
| 178 | Cornell | 52 | 55.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 179 | Morgan State | 51.5 | 55 | 4 | 1 |
| 180 | Coastal Carolina | 51.5 | 55 | 3 | 2 |
| 181 | Yale | 51.5 | 55 | 2 | 2 |
| 182 | SE Louisiana | 51 | 54.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 183 | Illinois State | 51 | 54.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 184 | Stony Brook | 51 | 54.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 185 | Sacramento State | 50.5 | 54 | 2 | 3 |
| 186 | North Dakota State | 50.5 | 54 | 1 | 5 |
| 187 | Rice | 50.5 | 54 | 0 | 6 |
| 188 | Delaware State | 50 | 53.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 189 | Eastern Michigan | 50 | 53.5 | 0 | 5 |
| 190 | Hampton | 49.5 | 53 | 3 | 2 |
| 191 | Western Illinois | 49.5 | 53 | 1 | 4 |
| 192 | Bucknell | 49 | 52.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 193 | Northern Colorado | 49 | 52.5 | 1 | 5 |
| 194 | New Mexico | 49 | 52.5 | 0 | 6 |
| 195 | Tennessee Tech | 48.5 | 52 | 3 | 2 |
| 196 | Portland State | 48.5 | 52 | 2 | 4 |
| 197 | Southern University | 48 | 51.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 198 | San Diego | 47.5 | 51 | 3 | 2 |
| 199 | Howard | 47.5 | 51 | 2 | 2 |
| 200 | Rhode Island | 47.5 | 51 | 1 | 4 |
| 201 | Idaho State | 47.5 | 51 | 0 | 6 |
| 202 | Bryant | 47 | 50.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 203 | Ark.-Pine Bluff | 47 | 50.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 204 | Tennessee State | 46.5 | 50 | 3 | 3 |
| 205 | Towson | 46.5 | 50 | 2 | 3 |
| 206 | Duquesne | 46.5 | 50 | 2 | 3 |
| 207 | SE Missouri State | 46.5 | 50 | 1 | 4 |
| 208 | Norfolk State | 46 | 49.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 209 | Fordham | 45.5 | 49 | 2 | 3 |
| 210 | Monmouth-NJ | 45 | 48.5 | 2 | 3 |
| 211 | Alabama State | 44.5 | 48 | 3 | 1 |
| 212 | Old Dominion | 44.5 | 48 | 4 | 2 |
| 213 | Lehigh | 44.5 | 48 | 1 | 4 |
| 214 | Tennessee-Martin | 44 | 47.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 215 | VMI | 44 | 47.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 216 | Wagner | 43 | 46.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 217 | NC A&T | 43 | 46.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 218 | Nicholls State | 43 | 46.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 219 | Northwestern State | 43 | 46.5 | 0 | 5 |
| 220 | Princeton | 42.5 | 46 | 1 | 3 |
| 221 | Murray State | 42.5 | 46 | 1 | 4 |
| 222 | Northeastern | 42.5 | 46 | 0 | 6 |
| 223 | Saint Francis-Pa. | 42 | 45.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 224 | Marist | 41.5 | 45 | 2 | 3 |
| 225 | Alcorn State | 41.5 | 45 | 1 | 3 |
| 226 | Austin Peay | 41.5 | 45 | 2 | 4 |
| 227 | Miss. Valley State | 41 | 44.5 | 2 | 2 |
| 228 | Jackson State | 41 | 44.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 229 | Dartmouth | 41 | 44.5 | 0 | 4 |
| 230 | Presbyterian College | 39 | 42.5 | 0 | 5 |
| 231 | Jacksonville | 38.5 | 42 | 2 | 2 |
| 232 | Western Carolina | 38 | 41.5 | 0 | 5 |
| 233 | Morehead State | 37.5 | 41 | 2 | 3 |
| 234 | Bethune-Cookman | 37.5 | 41 | 1 | 4 |
| 235 | Texas Southern | 37 | 40.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 236 | Robert Morris | 37 | 40.5 | 0 | 5 |
| 237 | Davidson | 36 | 39.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 238 | Indiana State | 35.5 | 39 | 0 | 6 |
| 239 | Valparaiso | 34 | 37.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 240 | NC Central | 33 | 36.5 | 0 | 5 |
| 241 | Sacred Heart | 32 | 35.5 | 0 | 4 |
| 242 | Georgetown | 32 | 35.5 | 0 | 5 |
| 243 | Savannah State | 30.5 | 34 | 1 | 4 |
| 244 | Winston-Salem State | 30 | 33.5 | 0 | 5 |
| 245 | Campbell | 27.5 | 31 | 1 | 3 |
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