Week 7 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 | Eastern Washington | 37.53 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | North Dakota State | 35.95 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | South Dakota State | 32.37 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | James Madison | 32.05 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Samford | 31.14 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 6 | Chattanooga | 30.01 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | Cal Poly | 29.87 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 8 | Montana | 29.80 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | Lehigh | 29.57 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 10 | Richmond | 28.80 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 11 | Central Arkansas | 28.76 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | Sam Houston State | 28.59 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 13 | Youngstown State | 27.70 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 14 | Western Illinois | 27.29 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 15 | Coastal Carolina | 26.38 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 16 | The Citadel | 24.61 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 17 | Sacred Heart | 24.29 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 18 | Tennessee State | 24.25 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 19 | Albany | 24.17 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 20 | Charleston Southern | 23.70 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 21 | San Diego | 23.53 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 22 | Villanova | 22.38 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 23 | Eastern Illinois | 21.70 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 24 | Jacksonville State | 21.67 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 25 | North Dakota | 21.52 | 5 | 2 | 39 | 26 | Fordham | 21.27 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 27 | Tennessee-Martin | 20.93 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 28 | Illinois State | 20.89 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 29 | South Dakota | 20.69 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 30 | Princeton | 20.65 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 31 | Liberty | 20.37 | 3 | 3 | 41 | 32 | Northern Iowa | 20.00 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 33 | Mercer | 19.56 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 34 | New Hampshire | 18.99 | 4 | 3 | 48 | 35 | Northern Arizona | 18.88 | 3 | 4 | 45 | 36 | Harvard | 18.79 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 37 | Wofford | 18.76 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 38 | Stony Brook | 18.58 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 39 | Gardner-Webb | 18.58 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 40 | Southern Utah | 18.16 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 41 | Duquesne | 18.14 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 42 | Indiana State | 17.92 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 43 | Colgate | 17.91 | 2 | 4 | 52 | 44 | Lamar | 17.44 | 3 | 3 | 51 | 45 | Maine | 17.37 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 46 | Penn | 16.68 | 3 | 2 | 58 | 47 | North Carolina A&T | 16.56 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 48 | Missouri State | 16.53 | 3 | 3 | 42 | 49 | Furman | 16.27 | 1 | 6 | 61 | 50 | Nicholls State | 16.03 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 51 | Virginia Military | 15.89 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 52 | Holy Cross | 15.74 | 3 | 4 | 59 | 53 | Kennesaw State | 15.68 | 4 | 2 | 49 | 54 | Grambling State | 15.30 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 55 | Southeastern Louisiana | 15.24 | 3 | 3 | 69 | 56 | Monmouth | 15.07 | 4 | 3 | 43 | 57 | Towson | 14.68 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 58 | Cornell | 14.54 | 3 | 2 | 53 | 59 | Georgetown | 14.51 | 3 | 3 | 44 | 60 | Weber State | 14.29 | 4 | 2 | 77 | 61 | William & Mary | 14.19 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 62 | Delaware | 14.04 | 2 | 4 | 50 | 63 | Dayton | 13.93 | 5 | 2 | 66 | 64 | Tennessee Tech | 13.68 | 2 | 5 | 64 | 65 | St. Francis | 13.47 | 4 | 3 | 68 | 66 | McNeese State | 12.83 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 67 | Eastern Kentucky | 12.74 | 2 | 4 | 71 | 68 | Northern Colorado | 12.38 | 3 | 3 | 57 | 69 | Southern | 12.26 | 3 | 2 | 87 | 70 | Dartmouth | 12.19 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 71 | Marist | 11.95 | 3 | 3 | 79 | 72 | UC Davis | 11.92 | 2 | 5 | 88 | 73 | Portland State | 11.90 | 2 | 5 | 70 | 74 | Montana State | 11.85 | 2 | 5 | 78 | 75 | Southern Illinois | 11.75 | 2 | 4 | 67 | 76 | Southeast Missouri State | 11.72 | 2 | 4 | 75 | 77 | Campbell | 11.65 | 3 | 2 | 81 | 78 | Wagner | 11.61 | 4 | 2 | 76 | 79 | Bucknell | 11.60 | 2 | 4 | 60 | 80 | North Carolina Central | 11.16 | 5 | 2 | 86 | 81 | Stephen F. Austin | 11.09 | 3 | 4 | 72 | 82 | Western Carolina | 11.09 | 1 | 5 | 65 | 83 | Prairie View A&M | 10.15 | 4 | 2 | 83 | 84 | Northwestern State | 9.95 | 1 | 5 | 92 | 85 | Houston Baptist | 9.70 | 2 | 4 | 89 | 86 | Abilene Christian | 9.60 | 0 | 7 | 84 | 87 | Butler | 9.58 | 3 | 3 | 95 | 88 | Jacksonville | 9.54 | 2 | 3 | 80 | 89 | Morehead State | 9.19 | 2 | 5 | 91 | 90 | Stetson | 8.98 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 91 | Elon | 8.59 | 2 | 4 | 90 | 92 | Lafayette | 8.56 | 1 | 6 | 85 | 93 | Texas Southern | 8.04 | 3 | 3 | 93 | 94 | Valparaiso | 8.01 | 3 | 4 | 102 | 95 | Alcorn State | 7.38 | 3 | 3 | 106 | 96 | Yale | 7.23 | 1 | 4 | 105 | 97 | East Tennessee State | 7.12 | 2 | 4 | 73 | 98 | Incarnate Word | 6.85 | 1 | 5 | 98 | 99 | Hampton | 6.81 | 3 | 3 | 107 | 100 | Idaho State | 6.73 | 2 | 4 | 94 | 101 | Bryant | 6.67 | 2 | 4 | 97 | 102 | Murray State | 6.64 | 1 | 5 | 104 | 103 | Drake | 6.19 | 3 | 4 | 101 | 104 | Brown | 6.16 | 1 | 4 | 96 | 105 | Davidson | 6.04 | 2 | 5 | 103 | 106 | Columbia | 5.67 | 1 | 4 | 99 | 107 | Rhode Island | 5.64 | 1 | 6 | 100 | 108 | Presbyterian | 5.61 | 2 | 4 | 111 | 109 | Alabama State | 5.37 | 2 | 5 | 113 | 110 | Austin Peay | 5.10 | 0 | 6 | 110 | 111 | Central Connecticut State | 5.02 | 1 | 5 | 109 | 112 | Alabama A&M | 4.53 | 2 | 5 | 114 | 113 | Jackson State | 3.84 | 2 | 4 | 112 | 114 | Sacramento State | 3.83 | 1 | 6 | 108 | 115 | South Carolina State | 3.59 | 2 | 3 | 116 | 116 | Bethune-Cookman | 3.33 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 117 | Morgan State | 1.76 | 2 | 3 | 117 | 118 | Norfolk State | 1.66 | 1 | 5 | 118 | 119 | Robert Morris | 1.49 | 1 | 6 | 120 | 120 | Howard | 1.17 | 1 | 6 | 119 | 121 | Florida A&M | 0.15 | 2 | 5 | 124 | 122 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 0.04 | 1 | 5 | 121 | 123 | Delaware State | -0.38 | 0 | 6 | 122 | 124 | Mississippi Valley State | -1.66 | 0 | 7 | 125 | 125 | Savannah State | -1.70 | 1 | 4 | 123 | | | | | | | |
RANK | CONFERENCE | RATING | 1 | MISSOURI VALLEY | 22.56 | 2 | OHIO VALLEY | 21.86 | 3 | SOUTHERN | 20.30 | 4 | COLONIAL | 17.99 | 5 | PATRIOT | 16.75 | 6 | BIG SOUTH | 16.49 | 7 | BIG SKY | 16.31 | 8 | SOUTHLAND | 14.70 | 9 | IVY LEAGUE | 12.44 | 10 | NORTHEAST | 10.47 | 11 | PIONEER | 10.42 | 12 | SOUTHWESTERN | 5.66 | 13 | MID-EASTERN | 3.75 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |