Amateur Football Power Ratings

Welcome to the Amateur Football Power Ratings web site. These power ratings are intended to be an entertaining method of assessing the hundreds of amateur football teams across the USA. This is done to generate interest and discussion for this level of our sport.

Disclaimer: These ratings are strictly for entertainment purposes. We do not award any trophies. We do not crown any "national" champions. We do not conduct any post season tournaments.

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• Teams must have played a minimum of THREE games (excluding any forfeit victories) against QUALIFIED opponents before appearing in the rating. See the next bullet point for a definition of non-qualifying opponents.
• Games against foreign teams, all-star teams, college teams, prison teams, or military teams are NOT included; however, Canadian teams that participate in a U.S. league ARE included.
• Forfeit victories are NOT included in a team's winning percentage. Only games won on the field are included as valid victories.
• Forfeit losses ARE included in a team's winning percentage. If a team forfeits a game, then their won/loss record suffers.
• Forfeit victories/losses are NOT included in a team's opponent winning percentage. Only games won/lost on the field are included as valid games when calculating the opponents' winning percentage.
• Non-league games ARE included. Non-league games include pre-season, mid-season, and post season games played between two teams from different leagues. Non-league games may also be referred to as non-conference, pre-season, or exhibitions. Non-league games are defined as those contests played under regulation rules and conditions with referees, scoreboard, fans in the stands, regulation sized field, etc. Scrimmages are defined as "glorified practices" between two teams, and are NOT included. Scrimmages have non-regulation rules or conditions such as no special teams, no tackling of quarterbacks, etc. Why are non-leagues games counted? The semi-pro level is similar to the NCAA in the fact that there are numerous individual leagues across the nation whereas the NFL is one big league. In the NCAA, non-league games count. If the University of Michigan plays Notre Dame, it is a non-league game, and the game counts in the teams' overall records. Likewise, semi-pro non-league games are treated similarly.