Week 11 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 | 39.23 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | James Madison | 36.54 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | North Dakota State | 34.88 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 | Central Arkansas | 32.50 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Sam Houston State | 31.79 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | Lehigh | 30.41 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | Richmond | 28.18 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 8 | South Dakota State | 28.14 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 9 | The Citadel | 27.45 | 10 | 0 | 9 | 10 | Chattanooga | 27.06 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 11 | Samford | 26.83 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 12 | Coastal Carolina | 26.62 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 13 | Montana | 25.96 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 14 | San Diego | 25.86 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 15 | Northern Iowa | 24.96 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 16 | Charleston Southern | 24.74 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 17 | Princeton | 24.70 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 18 | Wofford | 23.62 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 19 | Cal Poly | 23.61 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 20 | North Dakota | 23.40 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 21 | Villanova | 23.16 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 22 | Fordham | 23.05 | 7 | 3 | 29 | 23 | Illinois State | 22.91 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 24 | Kennesaw State | 22.48 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 25 | Albany | 22.40 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 26 | Western Illinois | 22.30 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 27 | Youngstown State | 22.03 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 28 | Liberty | 22.01 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 29 | Northern Arizona | 21.37 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 30 | North Carolina A&T | 21.35 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 31 | Grambling State | 20.95 | 8 | 1 | 26 | 32 | Jacksonville State | 20.06 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 33 | Duquesne | 19.60 | 7 | 3 | 39 | 34 | New Hampshire | 19.52 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 35 | Dayton | 19.04 | 9 | 2 | 45 | 36 | Eastern Illinois | 18.90 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 37 | South Dakota | 18.57 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 38 | Colgate | 18.52 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 39 | Nicholls State | 18.31 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 40 | Furman | 18.24 | 3 | 7 | 50 | 41 | Tennessee-Martin | 17.85 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 42 | Gardner-Webb | 17.80 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 43 | Penn | 17.76 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 44 | Southern Utah | 17.71 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 45 | Mercer | 17.68 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 46 | Maine | 17.64 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 47 | Northern Colorado | 17.51 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 48 | Harvard | 17.44 | 7 | 2 | 37 | 49 | Southeastern Louisiana | 17.12 | 6 | 4 | 48 | 50 | St. Francis | 17.03 | 7 | 3 | 46 | 51 | McNeese State | 16.98 | 5 | 5 | 49 | 52 | Southern | 16.30 | 7 | 2 | 60 | 53 | Weber State | 16.21 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 54 | Tennessee State | 16.14 | 6 | 4 | 38 | 55 | Stony Brook | 15.77 | 5 | 5 | 51 | 56 | Delaware | 15.15 | 4 | 6 | 55 | 57 | Tennessee Tech | 14.83 | 4 | 6 | 74 | 58 | Sacred Heart | 14.32 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 59 | Southern Illinois | 14.27 | 3 | 7 | 61 | 60 | Indiana State | 14.06 | 4 | 7 | 57 | 61 | Monmouth | 13.71 | 4 | 6 | 64 | 62 | William & Mary | 13.62 | 4 | 6 | 58 | 63 | Bucknell | 13.56 | 4 | 6 | 69 | 64 | Montana State | 13.47 | 3 | 7 | 71 | 65 | Towson | 13.42 | 3 | 7 | 70 | 66 | Lamar | 13.25 | 3 | 7 | 62 | 67 | Stephen F. Austin | 13.17 | 4 | 6 | 65 | 68 | Murray State | 13.01 | 4 | 6 | 67 | 69 | Holy Cross | 12.76 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 70 | Missouri State | 12.72 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 71 | Virginia Military | 12.62 | 3 | 7 | 75 | 72 | Portland State | 12.36 | 3 | 7 | 66 | 73 | Jacksonville | 12.34 | 4 | 5 | 68 | 74 | North Carolina Central | 11.96 | 8 | 2 | 82 | 75 | Marist | 11.89 | 5 | 5 | 73 | 76 | Eastern Kentucky | 11.68 | 3 | 7 | 86 | 77 | Southeast Missouri State | 11.64 | 3 | 7 | 76 | 78 | Abilene Christian | 11.47 | 2 | 9 | 83 | 79 | Bryant | 11.14 | 4 | 6 | 87 | 80 | Morehead State | 11.07 | 3 | 7 | 79 | 81 | Campbell | 10.94 | 5 | 4 | 85 | 82 | Western Carolina | 10.85 | 2 | 8 | 72 | 83 | Houston Baptist | 10.69 | 4 | 6 | 90 | 84 | Stetson | 10.61 | 4 | 6 | 80 | 85 | Dartmouth | 10.56 | 4 | 5 | 81 | 86 | Georgetown | 10.55 | 3 | 7 | 77 | 87 | Prairie View A&M | 10.54 | 6 | 4 | 84 | 88 | UC Davis | 10.39 | 2 | 8 | 78 | 89 | Cornell | 10.36 | 4 | 5 | 88 | 90 | Brown | 10.13 | 4 | 5 | 91 | 91 | Drake | 10.11 | 6 | 4 | 92 | 92 | Alcorn State | 9.95 | 4 | 5 | 99 | 93 | Wagner | 9.46 | 5 | 5 | 95 | 94 | East Tennessee State | 9.16 | 4 | 6 | 93 | 95 | Central Connecticut State | 8.95 | 2 | 8 | 104 | 96 | Idaho State | 8.85 | 2 | 8 | 94 | 97 | Northwestern State | 8.55 | 1 | 9 | 98 | 98 | Lafayette | 8.52 | 2 | 8 | 89 | 99 | Butler | 8.36 | 4 | 7 | 96 | 100 | Valparaiso | 8.32 | 4 | 7 | 101 | 101 | Bethune-Cookman | 8.23 | 3 | 5 | 97 | 102 | Rhode Island | 7.32 | 2 | 8 | 112 | 103 | Hampton | 7.23 | 5 | 4 | 106 | 104 | Columbia | 7.14 | 2 | 7 | 105 | 105 | Texas Southern | 6.90 | 4 | 6 | 108 | 106 | Austin Peay | 6.75 | 0 | 10 | 100 | 107 | Incarnate Word | 6.59 | 2 | 8 | 110 | 108 | Yale | 6.57 | 2 | 7 | 103 | 109 | Elon | 6.22 | 2 | 8 | 102 | 110 | Sacramento State | 6.17 | 2 | 8 | 115 | 111 | Alabama A&M | 6.02 | 4 | 6 | 111 | 112 | Alabama State | 5.87 | 3 | 7 | 107 | 113 | South Carolina State | 5.41 | 3 | 6 | 109 | 114 | Davidson | 4.51 | 2 | 8 | 113 | 115 | Jackson State | 4.20 | 3 | 7 | 114 | 116 | Presbyterian | 3.40 | 2 | 8 | 116 | 117 | Norfolk State | 3.28 | 3 | 7 | 118 | 118 | Savannah State | 2.68 | 3 | 5 | 119 | 119 | Robert Morris | 2.28 | 2 | 9 | 117 | 120 | Florida A&M | 1.98 | 4 | 6 | 122 | 121 | Morgan State | 1.74 | 2 | 7 | 120 | 122 | Howard | 1.66 | 1 | 9 | 121 | 123 | Mississippi Valley State | -0.74 | 1 | 9 | 123 | 124 | Delaware State | -0.77 | 0 | 10 | 124 | 125 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | -1.75 | 1 | 9 | 125 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
RANK | CONFERENCE | RATING | 1 | OHIO VALLEY | 21.57 | 2 | MISSOURI VALLEY | 21.02 | 3 | SOUTHERN | 19.91 | 4 | COLONIAL | 17.57 | 5 | BIG SKY | 17.39 | 6 | BIG SOUTH | 17.12 | 7 | PATRIOT | 16.14 | 8 | SOUTHLAND | 15.81 | 9 | IVY LEAGUE | 12.65 | 10 | PIONEER | 11.62 | 11 | NORTHEAST | 11.27 | 12 | SOUTHWESTERN | 6.91 | 13 | MID-EASTERN | 5.41 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |