Week 6 FCS Football Power Rankings

Sun, 10/09/2016

Week 6 FCS Football Power Rankings

The CSM FCS Power Rankings are a simpler way of evaluating the strength of the 125 teams in the Football Championship Subdivision. It doesn't work on an overly complicated computer program, although it's more involved than just a team's record.

Each team receives points by winning games and scoring points and are penalized for losses and points allowed. Depending on the conference level each team belongs to, they also receive a constant points bonus. This is done for more proper sorting. Teams in conferences with automatic playoff bids that give scholarships get the largest bonuses. Those from conferences with automatic playoff bids that do not give or give minimal scholarships, get a lesser bonus. Lastly, schools from conferences that do not have automatic playoff bids get the smallest bonus.

Each team is also judged on their schedule, which is part of a three part RPI-style multiplier. This, in combination with the raw points they score from above, is where a team's final Power Ranking is derived. Early on, the numbers may skew the Rankings some, as blowouts or overly strong/weak schedules can make a larger difference. After about halfway through the season, the Rankings should start settling down into a truer display.

RANK	TEAM	RATING	W	L	Prev
1	North Dakota State	43.70	5	0	1
2	Eastern Washington	38.27	5	1	2
3	Sam Houston State	32.02	5	0	4
4	South Dakota State	31.98	3	2	6
5	James Madison	30.73	5	1	3
6	Chattanooga	28.74	6	0	10
7	Cal Poly	28.72	3	2	13
8	Montana	28.51	4	1	12
9	Lehigh	28.26	4	2	16
10	Samford	28.22	4	1	5
11	Youngstown State	27.87	4	1	7
12	Albany	26.98	4	1	8
13	Harvard	26.94	4	0	9
14	Central Arkansas	26.74	4	1	20
15	Richmond	26.05	5	1	21
16	Western Illinois	25.38	4	1	24
17	Villanova	24.73	5	1	15
18	Charleston Southern	24.51	3	2	18
19	Tennessee State	23.94	4	1	17
20	Tennessee-Martin	23.37	3	3	11
21	Sacred Heart	22.44	4	1	23
22	Fordham	21.76	3	2	39
23	Coastal Carolina	21.70	3	2	27
24	Jacksonville State	21.43	4	1	29
25	San Diego	20.91	4	1	42
26	Northern Iowa	20.74	2	3	14
27	Gardner-Webb	20.48	3	2	30
28	Princeton	20.48	3	1	53
29	Duquesne	20.27	3	2	33
30	Mercer	19.91	2	3	25
31	Wofford	19.84	4	2	28
32	Illinois State	19.79	2	4	22
33	The Citadel	19.54	5	0	19
34	Eastern Illinois	19.34	4	2	50
35	Southern Utah	18.95	3	2	35
36	South Dakota	18.67	2	3	46
37	Stony Brook	18.61	3	2	38
38	Virginia Military	18.41	3	2	56
39	North Dakota	18.37	4	2	44
40	Indiana State	18.16	3	3	26
41	Liberty	18.01	2	3	34
42	Missouri State	17.80	3	2	32
43	Monmouth	17.42	4	2	63
44	Georgetown	17.21	3	2	40
45	Northern Arizona	17.05	2	4	47
46	North Carolina A&T	16.88	4	1	64
47	Nicholls State	16.65	2	3	58
48	New Hampshire	16.64	4	2	36
49	Kennesaw State	16.47	4	1	37
50	Delaware	16.27	2	3	31
51	Lamar	16.27	2	3	52
52	Colgate	16.06	1	4	43
53	Cornell	15.91	3	1	51
54	Towson	15.53	1	4	49
55	Grambling State	15.50	3	2	57
56	Maine	15.12	2	3	66
57	Northern Colorado	14.96	3	2	67
58	Penn	14.29	2	2	74
59	Holy Cross	14.21	2	4	41
60	Bucknell	13.86	2	3	69
61	Furman	13.21	0	6	62
62	William & Mary	13.00	2	4	73
63	McNeese State	12.94	3	3	55
64	Tennessee Tech	12.91	2	4	71
65	Western Carolina	12.83	1	4	78
66	Dayton	12.78	4	2	79
67	Southern Illinois	12.66	2	3	61
68	St. Francis	12.05	3	3	72
69	Southeastern Louisiana	11.99	2	3	101
70	Portland State	11.92	2	4	68
71	Eastern Kentucky	11.90	2	3	81
72	Stephen F. Austin	11.87	3	3	60
73	East Tennessee State	11.85	2	3	54
74	Dartmouth	11.82	2	2	45
75	Southeast Missouri State	11.53	2	4	65
76	Wagner	11.27	3	2	48
77	Weber State	11.22	3	2	95
78	Montana State	11.01	2	4	70
79	Marist	10.46	2	3	90
80	Jacksonville	10.33	2	2	83
81	Campbell	10.28	3	2	88
82	Stetson	10.25	3	2	82
83	Prairie View A&M	9.96	4	2	92
84	Abilene Christian	9.86	0	6	59
85	Lafayette	9.77	1	5	76
86	North Carolina Central	9.64	4	2	80
87	Southern	9.62	2	2	75
88	UC Davis	9.59	1	5	84
89	Houston Baptist	9.56	2	2	77
90	Elon	8.92	2	4	93
91	Morehead State	8.86	2	4	87
92	Northwestern State	8.70	1	4	100
93	Texas Southern	8.61	3	2	86
94	Idaho State	8.42	2	3	85
95	Butler	8.13	2	3	96
96	Brown	8.02	1	3	89
97	Bryant	7.13	2	3	99
98	Incarnate Word	6.86	1	5	106
99	Columbia	6.65	1	3	109
100	Rhode Island	6.64	1	5	91
101	Drake	6.50	3	3	103
102	Valparaiso	6.48	2	4	94
103	Davidson	6.03	2	4	97
104	Murray State	5.53	1	4	98
105	Yale	5.50	1	3	113
106	Alcorn State	5.37	2	3	110
107	Hampton	5.34	2	3	104
108	Sacramento State	4.25	1	5	105
109	Central Connecticut State	4.21	1	4	102
110	Austin Peay	3.84	0	5	114
111	Presbyterian	3.49	1	4	107
112	Jackson State	3.45	2	3	108
113	Alabama State	3.22	1	5	112
114	Alabama A&M	2.48	1	5	111
115	Bethune-Cookman	2.45	0	4	116
116	South Carolina State	1.96	1	3	117
117	Morgan State	1.61	2	2	118
118	Norfolk State	1.50	1	5	115
119	Howard	1.20	1	5	119
120	Robert Morris	0.82	1	5	120
121	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	0.65	1	4	121
122	Delaware State	-1.18	0	5	125
123	Savannah State	-1.28	1	3	123
124	Florida A&M	-1.52	1	5	124
125	Mississippi Valley State	-2.03	0	6	122

RANK	CONFERENCE	RATING
1	MISSOURI VALLEY	22.96
2	SOUTHERN	21.22
3	OHIO VALLEY	20.61
4	COLONIAL	18.15
5	PATRIOT	17.00
6	BIG SOUTH	16.83
7	BIG SKY	15.87
8	SOUTHLAND	14.61
9	IVY LEAGUE	13.14
10	NORTHEAST	9.96
11	PIONEER	9.83
12	SOUTHWESTERN	5.07
13	MID-EASTERN	3.07

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