Week 9 FCS Football Power Rankings

Mon, 10/31/2016

Week 9 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	39.06	7	1	1
2	North Dakota State	34.66	7	1	2
3	James Madison	34.18	7	1	3
4	Central Arkansas	31.98	7	1	6
5	Sam Houston State	31.80	8	0	8
6	Lehigh	31.75	7	2	7
7	Chattanooga	28.70	8	1	5
8	Richmond	28.29	7	1	10
9	South Dakota State	27.71	5	3	4
10	Cal Poly	26.52	6	2	11
11	Western Illinois	26.48	6	2	13
12	Samford	26.45	6	2	9
13	Montana	26.31	5	3	12
14	The Citadel	26.20	8	0	15
15	San Diego	26.06	7	1	17
16	Jacksonville State	25.81	7	1	21
17	Charleston Southern	25.64	5	2	16
18	Coastal Carolina	25.37	6	2	14
19	Liberty	24.88	5	3	18
20	Albany	23.59	5	3	23
21	Youngstown State	23.45	6	2	19
22	Princeton	23.20	5	2	30
23	Northern Iowa	22.88	3	5	20
24	Villanova	22.72	6	2	22
25	North Dakota	22.59	7	2	27
26	Fordham	21.59	5	3	25
27	South Dakota	21.26	4	4	24
28	Kennesaw State	21.10	6	2	38
29	Northern Arizona	20.72	4	4	29
30	Wofford	20.57	5	3	32
31	Illinois State	20.43	4	5	33
32	North Carolina A&T	20.20	7	1	44
33	New Hampshire	19.81	6	3	42
34	Eastern Illinois	19.61	5	4	37
35	Colgate	19.21	3	4	39
36	Tennessee State	18.90	5	3	28
37	Southern Utah	18.75	4	4	41
38	Tennessee-Martin	18.57	5	4	43
39	Harvard	18.35	6	1	35
40	Penn	18.16	5	2	36
41	Sacred Heart	18.08	6	2	26
42	Maine	17.99	5	3	51
43	Mercer	17.95	4	4	34
44	Stony Brook	17.92	5	3	31
45	Duquesne	17.90	5	3	50
46	Indiana State	17.54	4	5	45
47	Furman	17.53	2	6	48
48	Dayton	17.52	7	2	55
49	Grambling State	17.49	5	2	54
50	Nicholls State	17.23	4	4	53
51	St. Francis	17.10	6	3	59
52	Southeastern Louisiana	16.85	4	4	47
53	Gardner-Webb	16.17	3	6	40
54	Weber State	15.90	5	3	52
55	Lamar	15.35	3	5	46
56	Northern Colorado	15.31	5	3	61
57	McNeese State	15.18	5	4	58
58	Missouri State	15.13	4	4	62
59	Southern	14.02	5	2	64
60	William & Mary	13.84	3	5	66
61	Monmouth	13.84	4	5	60
62	Tennessee Tech	13.71	3	5	63
63	Stephen F. Austin	13.57	4	4	78
64	Holy Cross	13.54	3	6	56
65	Jacksonville	13.45	4	3	74
66	Virginia Military	13.29	3	5	49
67	UC Davis	13.09	2	6	73
68	Delaware	13.04	3	5	67
69	Portland State	12.86	2	6	77
70	Montana State	12.47	2	6	70
71	Bucknell	12.40	3	5	71
72	Southern Illinois	12.19	2	6	76
73	Georgetown	11.91	3	5	57
74	Murray State	11.61	3	5	91
75	Towson	11.57	1	7	65
76	North Carolina Central	11.54	6	2	79
77	Abilene Christian	11.42	1	8	80
78	Stetson	11.41	4	4	72
79	Western Carolina	11.39	1	7	81
80	Marist	11.19	4	4	68
81	Southeast Missouri State	10.91	3	5	84
82	Butler	10.77	4	4	88
83	Eastern Kentucky	10.74	2	6	75
84	Dartmouth	10.66	3	4	85
85	Cornell	10.25	3	4	69
86	Campbell	10.20	3	4	82
87	Houston Baptist	10.16	3	5	94
88	Bryant	9.67	3	5	87
89	Prairie View A&M	9.60	5	3	95
90	Morehead State	9.39	2	6	89
91	East Tennessee State	8.96	3	5	92
92	Lafayette	8.78	2	7	97
93	Northwestern State	8.71	1	7	86
94	Wagner	8.48	4	4	83
95	Brown	8.14	2	5	93
96	Elon	7.80	2	6	90
97	Drake	7.71	4	4	102
98	Idaho State	7.52	2	6	96
99	Yale	7.34	2	5	107
100	Alcorn State	7.28	3	4	98
101	Texas Southern	6.50	3	5	100
102	Bethune-Cookman	6.40	2	5	113
103	Columbia	6.37	2	5	99
104	Hampton	6.27	4	4	110
105	Austin Peay	6.19	0	8	103
106	Valparaiso	6.17	3	6	101
107	South Carolina State	5.75	3	4	105
108	Incarnate Word	5.75	1	7	109
109	Alabama A&M	5.71	3	5	114
110	Alabama State	5.43	2	6	111
111	Davidson	5.37	2	7	108
112	Rhode Island	5.22	1	8	104
113	Central Connecticut State	5.10	1	7	106
114	Sacramento State	4.62	1	8	116
115	Jackson State	4.59	3	5	112
116	Presbyterian	3.96	2	6	115
117	Norfolk State	2.92	2	6	119
118	Robert Morris	2.89	2	7	118
119	Morgan State	1.85	2	5	117
120	Howard	1.38	1	8	121
121	Florida A&M	1.28	3	6	120
122	Savannah State	0.28	2	4	124
123	Delaware State	-0.66	0	8	123
124	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	-1.53	1	7	122
125	Mississippi Valley State	-2.01	0	8	125

RANK	CONFERENCE	RATING
1	OHIO VALLEY	21.82
2	MISSOURI VALLEY	21.75
3	SOUTHERN	20.02
4	COLONIAL	17.43
5	BIG SKY	17.09
6	BIG SOUTH	16.95
7	PATRIOT	16.46
8	SOUTHLAND	15.67
9	IVY LEAGUE	12.43
10	PIONEER	11.22
11	NORTHEAST	10.69
12	SOUTHWESTERN	6.09
13	MID-EASTERN	4.59

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