Final 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 | North Dakota State | 34.31 | 13 | 2 | 3 | | 2 | Jacksonville State | 34.16 | 13 | 2 | 4 | | 3 | James Madison | 31.66 | 9 | 3 | 1 | | 4 | Sam Houston State | 29.74 | 11 | 4 | 7 | | 5 | Illinois State | 29.25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | | 6 | McNeese State | 29.17 | 10 | 1 | 5 | | 7 | Coastal Carolina | 27.76 | 9 | 3 | 6 | | 8 | Harvard | 26.11 | 9 | 1 | 11 | | 9 | Chattanooga | 26.02 | 9 | 3 | 22 | | 10 | Portland State | 25.61 | 9 | 3 | 8 | | 11 | Southern Utah | 25.41 | 8 | 4 | 9 | | 12 | Dartmouth | 25.40 | 9 | 1 | 13 | | 13 | Richmond | 25.39 | 10 | 4 | 20 | | 14 | The Citadel | 25.36 | 9 | 4 | 14 | | 15 | William & Mary | 25.19 | 9 | 4 | 10 | | 16 | Northern Iowa | 25.12 | 9 | 5 | 21 | | 17 | Charleston Southern | 24.93 | 10 | 3 | 16 | | 18 | Fordham | 24.42 | 9 | 3 | 12 | | 19 | South Dakota State | 24.07 | 8 | 4 | 15 | | 20 | Montana | 23.72 | 8 | 5 | 18 | | 21 | Grambling State | 22.88 | 9 | 3 | 17 | | 22 | Penn | 22.13 | 7 | 3 | 23 | | 23 | Prairie View A&M | 22.09 | 9 | 2 | 24 | | 24 | Alcorn State | 21.84 | 9 | 4 | 26 | | 25 | Northern Arizona | 21.70 | 7 | 4 | 25 | | 26 | North Carolina A&T | 21.62 | 10 | 2 | 29 | | 27 | Dayton | 21.39 | 10 | 2 | 19 | | 28 | Tennessee-Martin | 21.18 | 7 | 4 | 32 | | 29 | Holy Cross | 20.89 | 6 | 5 | 27 | | 30 | San Diego | 20.84 | 9 | 2 | 30 | | 31 | Samford | 20.67 | 6 | 5 | 35 | | 32 | Central Arkansas | 20.63 | 7 | 4 | 28 | | 33 | Youngstown State | 20.43 | 5 | 6 | 31 | | 34 | Eastern Washington | 20.22 | 6 | 5 | 34 | | 35 | North Dakota | 20.18 | 7 | 4 | 37 | | 36 | Montana State | 20.14 | 5 | 6 | 33 | | 37 | Bethune-Cookman | 19.96 | 9 | 2 | 36 | | 38 | Colgate | 19.65 | 9 | 5 | 48 | | 39 | Western Illinois | 19.52 | 7 | 6 | 46 | | 40 | Western Carolina | 19.49 | 7 | 4 | 40 | | 41 | Lehigh | 19.45 | 6 | 5 | 38 | | 42 | Lamar | 19.38 | 5 | 6 | 41 | | 43 | Jacksonville | 18.99 | 9 | 2 | 42 | | 44 | Towson | 18.83 | 7 | 4 | 43 | | 45 | Eastern Kentucky | 18.83 | 6 | 5 | 44 | | 46 | Villanova | 18.33 | 6 | 5 | 45 | | 47 | Eastern Illinois | 18.27 | 7 | 5 | 39 | | 48 | St. Francis | 18.03 | 7 | 4 | 47 | | 49 | Duquesne | 17.99 | 8 | 4 | 49 | | 50 | Southern Illinois | 17.87 | 3 | 8 | 51 | | 51 | New Hampshire | 17.73 | 7 | 5 | 50 | | 52 | Liberty | 17.34 | 5 | 5 | 53 | | 53 | Princeton | 16.87 | 5 | 5 | 55 | | 54 | Cal Poly | 16.85 | 4 | 7 | 52 | | 55 | Kennesaw State | 16.76 | 6 | 5 | 54 | | 56 | Indiana State | 16.62 | 5 | 6 | 58 | | 57 | Wofford | 16.58 | 5 | 6 | 62 | | 58 | Morehead State | 16.49 | 7 | 4 | 57 | | 59 | Weber State | 16.48 | 6 | 5 | 59 | | 60 | Mercer | 16.42 | 5 | 6 | 60 | | 61 | Southern | 16.34 | 6 | 5 | 56 | | 62 | Stephen F. Austin | 16.26 | 4 | 7 | 64 | | 63 | South Carolina State | 16.15 | 7 | 4 | 61 | | 64 | North Carolina Central | 16.00 | 8 | 3 | 65 | | 65 | Northern Colorado | 15.80 | 6 | 5 | 63 | | 66 | Yale | 15.32 | 6 | 4 | 66 | | 67 | South Dakota | 14.86 | 5 | 6 | 71 | | 68 | Marist | 14.80 | 5 | 6 | 68 | | 69 | Monmouth | 14.71 | 6 | 6 | 67 | | 70 | Butler | 14.50 | 6 | 5 | 69 | | 71 | Bryant | 14.23 | 5 | 6 | 70 | | 72 | Northwestern State | 13.84 | 4 | 7 | 72 | | 73 | Sacred Heart | 13.79 | 6 | 5 | 73 | | 74 | Stony Brook | 13.70 | 5 | 5 | 74 | | 75 | Drake | 13.65 | 5 | 6 | 75 | | 76 | Georgetown | 13.64 | 4 | 7 | 76 | | 77 | Tennessee State | 13.18 | 4 | 6 | 77 | | 78 | Murray State | 13.15 | 3 | 8 | 78 | | 79 | Incarnate Word | 12.90 | 6 | 5 | 81 | | 80 | Southeast Missouri State | 12.83 | 4 | 7 | 80 | | 81 | Campbell | 12.78 | 5 | 6 | 79 | | 82 | Tennessee Tech | 12.51 | 4 | 7 | 85 | | 83 | Hampton | 12.47 | 6 | 5 | 86 | | 84 | Brown | 12.38 | 5 | 5 | 83 | | 85 | Delaware | 12.28 | 4 | 7 | 82 | | 86 | Abilene Christian | 12.26 | 3 | 8 | 84 | | 87 | Southeastern Louisiana | 11.93 | 4 | 7 | 87 | | 88 | Alabama State | 11.64 | 6 | 5 | 88 | | 89 | Furman | 11.41 | 4 | 7 | 89 | | 90 | Virginia Military | 10.98 | 2 | 9 | 91 | | 91 | Elon | 10.95 | 4 | 7 | 90 | | 92 | Bucknell | 10.77 | 4 | 7 | 92 | | 93 | UC Davis | 9.94 | 2 | 9 | 94 | | 94 | Morgan State | 9.92 | 5 | 6 | 93 | | 95 | Presbyterian | 9.63 | 2 | 9 | 95 | | 96 | Gardner-Webb | 9.42 | 4 | 7 | 96 | | 97 | Maine | 9.41 | 3 | 8 | 97 | | 98 | Central Connecticut State | 9.13 | 4 | 7 | 99 | | 99 | Albany | 9.12 | 3 | 8 | 98 | | 100 | Nicholls State | 8.78 | 3 | 8 | 101 | | 101 | Idaho State | 7.94 | 2 | 9 | 103 | | 102 | Robert Morris | 7.86 | 4 | 7 | 102 | | 103 | Texas Southern | 7.79 | 3 | 7 | 100 | | 104 | Columbia | 7.74 | 2 | 8 | 104 | | 105 | Sacramento State | 7.74 | 2 | 9 | 106 | | 106 | Stetson | 7.65 | 3 | 8 | 105 | | 107 | Norfolk State | 7.50 | 4 | 7 | 107 | | 108 | Jackson State | 7.27 | 3 | 8 | 108 | | 109 | Valparaiso | 7.00 | 2 | 9 | 109 | | 110 | Houston Baptist | 6.80 | 2 | 9 | 110 | | 111 | Alabama A&M | 6.61 | 3 | 8 | 114 | | 112 | Rhode Island | 6.57 | 1 | 10 | 111 | | 113 | Lafayette | 5.89 | 1 | 10 | 112 | | 114 | Cornell | 5.31 | 1 | 9 | 113 | | 115 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 4.60 | 2 | 9 | 115 | | 116 | Austin Peay | 3.47 | 0 | 11 | 116 | | 117 | Florida A&M | 3.47 | 1 | 10 | 117 | | 118 | Wagner | 3.38 | 1 | 10 | 118 | | 119 | Davidson | 3.30 | 2 | 9 | 119 | | 120 | Howard | 3.04 | 1 | 10 | 120 | | 121 | Delaware State | 2.83 | 1 | 10 | 121 | | 122 | East Tennessee State | 2.35 | 2 | 9 | 122 | | 123 | Missouri State | 1.82 | 1 | 10 | 123 | | 124 | Savannah State | 1.68 | 1 | 9 | 124 | | 125 | Mississippi Valley State | 1.05 | 1 | 10 | 125 | |
| RANK | CONFERENCE | RATING | | 1 | MISSOURI VALLEY | 20.40 | | 2 | SOUTHERN | 18.34 | | 3 | BIG SKY | 17.55 | | 4 | BIG SOUTH | 17.07 | | 5 | COLONIAL | 16.38 | | 6 | SOUTHLAND | 16.19 | | 7 | OHIO VALLEY | 16.18 | | 8 | PATRIOT | 16.15 | | 9 | IVY LEAGUE | 14.97 | | 10 | PIONEER | 13.38 | | 11 | SOUTHWESTERN | 11.87 | | 12 | NORTHEAST | 11.85 | | 13 | MID-EASTERN | 9.96 | |
