Week 7 FCS Football Power Rankings
The College Sports Madness FCS Power Rankings are not like the typical ones you see. The ratings are exclusive for FCS Football, even though FBS opponents are tracked for strength of schedule purposes. Each team is awarded for wins and points scored and penalized for losses and points allowed. Teams are also given a weighted per game bonus, which are greatest for the FCS automatic bid leagues, lowest for no-bid leagues (Ivy/MEAC/SWAC) and in the middle for non-scholarship automatic bid leagues (NEC/Pioneer). Ratings are also dependent on a three-part "RPI-style" strength of schedule component, which consists of a team's winning percentage, their opponent's winning percentage and an adjusted opponent's winning percentage. The numbers may be a little skewed by early season blowouts or by a particularly tough or weak early schedule, but they'll settle in nicely as the season progresses.
| RANK | TEAM | RATING | W | L | Prev | | 1 | James Madison | 36.60 | 7 | 0 | 2 | | 2 | Dartmouth | 35.07 | 5 | 0 | 1 | | 3 | Coastal Carolina | 32.73 | 6 | 0 | 5 | | 4 | McNeese State | 31.57 | 6 | 0 | 7 | | 5 | Illinois State | 31.33 | 5 | 1 | 3 | | 6 | The Citadel | 29.99 | 4 | 2 | 9 | | 7 | South Dakota State | 29.64 | 5 | 1 | 12 | | 8 | Sam Houston State | 29.50 | 4 | 2 | 11 | | 9 | Jacksonville State | 28.66 | 5 | 1 | 8 | | 10 | Harvard | 27.85 | 5 | 0 | 6 | | 11 | North Dakota State | 27.08 | 4 | 2 | 4 | | 12 | Portland State | 26.16 | 5 | 1 | 16 | | 13 | Youngstown State | 25.80 | 3 | 3 | 10 | | 14 | Dayton | 25.56 | 6 | 0 | 15 | | 15 | Southern Utah | 25.48 | 4 | 2 | 17 | | 16 | Grambling State | 24.03 | 5 | 2 | 18 | | 17 | Fordham | 23.64 | 6 | 1 | 26 | | 18 | Richmond | 21.52 | 5 | 1 | 23 | | 19 | Princeton | 21.39 | 4 | 1 | 14 | | 20 | Western Illinois | 21.35 | 4 | 2 | 22 | | 21 | Chattanooga | 21.26 | 5 | 1 | 19 | | 22 | North Carolina A&T | 21.12 | 5 | 1 | 31 | | 23 | Eastern Kentucky | 20.95 | 4 | 2 | 20 | | 24 | Central Arkansas | 20.79 | 3 | 3 | 21 | | 25 | Tennessee-Martin | 20.16 | 4 | 2 | 24 | | 26 | Lamar | 20.03 | 3 | 3 | 13 | | 27 | William & Mary | 20.02 | 4 | 2 | 44 | | 28 | Indiana State | 19.84 | 4 | 2 | 30 | | 29 | Eastern Washington | 19.83 | 4 | 2 | 33 | | 30 | Southern Illinois | 19.41 | 2 | 4 | 27 | | 31 | Kennesaw State | 19.30 | 5 | 1 | 32 | | 32 | Montana State | 18.86 | 3 | 3 | 35 | | 33 | Towson | 18.56 | 3 | 3 | 38 | | 34 | Samford | 18.05 | 3 | 3 | 28 | | 35 | Charleston Southern | 17.98 | 5 | 1 | 29 | | 36 | Lehigh | 17.78 | 3 | 3 | 34 | | 37 | Stony Brook | 17.51 | 2 | 3 | 25 | | 38 | San Diego | 17.19 | 4 | 2 | 51 | | 39 | Jacksonville | 17.06 | 6 | 0 | 36 | | 40 | Prairie View A&M | 17.05 | 5 | 2 | 55 | | 41 | Penn | 16.93 | 2 | 3 | 65 | | 42 | Villanova | 16.80 | 3 | 3 | 62 | | 43 | Yale | 16.51 | 4 | 1 | 48 | | 44 | Holy Cross | 16.32 | 2 | 4 | 61 | | 45 | Western Carolina | 16.26 | 4 | 2 | 59 | | 46 | St. Francis | 16.17 | 4 | 2 | 42 | | 47 | Northern Iowa | 15.84 | 2 | 4 | 41 | | 48 | Montana | 15.80 | 3 | 3 | 46 | | 49 | Weber State | 15.53 | 4 | 3 | 54 | | 50 | New Hampshire | 15.52 | 3 | 3 | 37 | | 51 | North Dakota | 15.50 | 4 | 3 | 43 | | 52 | Morehead State | 15.48 | 3 | 3 | 47 | | 53 | Brown | 15.19 | 3 | 2 | 77 | | 54 | South Dakota | 15.11 | 3 | 3 | 58 | | 55 | Cal Poly | 15.07 | 2 | 4 | 45 | | 56 | Northern Colorado | 15.04 | 4 | 2 | 67 | | 57 | Sacred Heart | 15.01 | 4 | 2 | 49 | | 58 | Eastern Illinois | 14.82 | 3 | 3 | 63 | | 59 | Bryant | 14.64 | 3 | 3 | 76 | | 60 | Southeastern Louisiana | 14.62 | 3 | 3 | 39 | | 61 | Tennessee State | 14.34 | 3 | 3 | 57 | | 62 | Alcorn State | 14.30 | 4 | 2 | 56 | | 63 | Wofford | 14.20 | 3 | 4 | 52 | | 64 | Bethune-Cookman | 14.19 | 5 | 2 | 53 | | 65 | Duquesne | 14.16 | 4 | 3 | 40 | | 66 | Mercer | 14.13 | 3 | 3 | 64 | | 67 | Butler | 14.08 | 4 | 2 | 73 | | 68 | Georgetown | 13.70 | 3 | 4 | 50 | | 69 | Stephen F. Austin | 13.51 | 2 | 5 | 81 | | 70 | Colgate | 13.38 | 3 | 4 | 60 | | 71 | South Carolina State | 13.28 | 3 | 3 | 75 | | 72 | Monmouth | 13.14 | 3 | 4 | 74 | | 73 | Southern | 12.72 | 3 | 3 | 70 | | 74 | Morgan State | 12.65 | 4 | 3 | 86 | | 75 | Northern Arizona | 12.46 | 3 | 3 | 71 | | 76 | Furman | 12.36 | 3 | 3 | 66 | | 77 | Tennessee Tech | 12.25 | 2 | 5 | 69 | | 78 | Hampton | 11.77 | 4 | 3 | 95 | | 79 | North Carolina Central | 11.58 | 3 | 3 | 85 | | 80 | Delaware | 11.42 | 2 | 4 | 84 | | 81 | Liberty | 11.27 | 3 | 4 | 72 | | 82 | Marist | 11.07 | 2 | 4 | 83 | | 83 | Abilene Christian | 10.77 | 2 | 4 | 80 | | 84 | Virginia Military | 10.70 | 1 | 6 | 89 | | 85 | Alabama State | 10.64 | 3 | 4 | 88 | | 86 | Presbyterian | 10.42 | 1 | 6 | 90 | | 87 | Maine | 10.17 | 2 | 4 | 79 | | 88 | Southeast Missouri State | 10.17 | 2 | 5 | 87 | | 89 | Bucknell | 10.05 | 3 | 3 | 68 | | 90 | Incarnate Word | 9.99 | 3 | 3 | 100 | | 91 | Campbell | 9.88 | 4 | 3 | 98 | | 92 | Drake | 9.82 | 3 | 4 | 78 | | 93 | Texas Southern | 9.65 | 3 | 3 | 102 | | 94 | UC Davis | 9.53 | 1 | 6 | 91 | | 95 | Gardner-Webb | 9.44 | 2 | 4 | 96 | | 96 | Idaho State | 9.41 | 2 | 5 | 94 | | 97 | Elon | 9.35 | 2 | 5 | 82 | | 98 | Northwestern State | 9.28 | 1 | 5 | 110 | | 99 | Robert Morris | 9.00 | 2 | 4 | 99 | | 100 | Valparaiso | 8.53 | 2 | 5 | 101 | | 101 | Murray State | 8.25 | 2 | 4 | 103 | | 102 | Houston Baptist | 7.90 | 2 | 5 | 97 | | 103 | Albany | 7.45 | 2 | 5 | 92 | | 104 | Alabama A&M | 7.27 | 2 | 4 | 109 | | 105 | Rhode Island | 6.77 | 1 | 6 | 105 | | 106 | Sacramento State | 6.65 | 1 | 6 | 104 | | 107 | Columbia | 6.50 | 1 | 4 | 93 | | 108 | Central Connecticut State | 6.18 | 2 | 5 | 106 | | 109 | Stetson | 5.73 | 1 | 5 | 108 | | 110 | Nicholls State | 5.54 | 1 | 5 | 116 | | 111 | Lafayette | 5.49 | 1 | 6 | 107 | | 112 | Jackson State | 5.37 | 1 | 5 | 111 | | 113 | Cornell | 4.81 | 0 | 5 | 112 | | 114 | Norfolk State | 4.63 | 2 | 4 | 113 | | 115 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 3.80 | 1 | 5 | 114 | | 116 | Missouri State | 3.56 | 1 | 5 | 115 | | 117 | Florida A&M | 3.16 | 1 | 6 | 122 | | 118 | Austin Peay | 2.19 | 0 | 7 | 120 | | 119 | Wagner | 2.12 | 0 | 6 | 117 | | 120 | Davidson | 1.97 | 1 | 5 | 118 | | 121 | Savannah State | 1.82 | 1 | 5 | 121 | | 122 | Delaware State | 1.52 | 0 | 6 | 119 | | 123 | East Tennessee State(transitional) | 0.13 | 0 | 6 | 123 | | 124 | Howard | -0.57 | 0 | 6 | 124 | | 125 | Mississippi Valley State | -1.93 | 0 | 7 | 125 | |
| RANK | CONFERENCE | RATING | | 1 | MISSOURI VALLEY | 20.38 | | 2 | SOUTHERN | 16.89 | | 3 | IVY LEAGUE | 16.55 | | 4 | BIG SOUTH | 15.89 | | 5 | COLONIAL | 15.55 | | 6 | BIG SKY | 15.25 | | 7 | SOUTHLAND | 14.94 | | 8 | PATRIOT | 14.17 | | 9 | OHIO VALLEY | 13.59 | | 10 | PIONEER | 11.87 | | 11 | NORTHEAST | 10.77 | | 12 | SOUTHWESTERN | 10.16 | | 13 | MID-EASTERN | 8.19 | |
