Week 12 FCS Football Power Rankings

Mon, 11/21/2016

Week 12 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	37.09	10	1	1
2	James Madison	36.47	10	1	2
3	Sam Houston State	34.71	11	0	5
4	North Dakota State	33.70	10	1	3
5	Central Arkansas	31.34	9	2	4
6	Lehigh	30.44	9	2	6
7	South Dakota State	28.78	8	3	8
8	Coastal Carolina	27.95	9	2	12
9	San Diego	27.55	9	1	14
10	Jacksonville State	26.25	10	1	32
11	Charleston Southern	26.21	7	3	16
12	Richmond	25.91	8	3	7
13	Chattanooga	25.60	8	3	10
14	Cal Poly	25.14	7	4	19
15	The Citadel	25.04	10	1	9
16	Princeton	24.97	8	2	17
17	Youngstown State	24.22	8	3	27
18	Villanova	24.05	8	3	21
19	Northern Iowa	23.91	5	6	15
20	Fordham	23.90	8	3	22
21	Samford	23.70	7	4	11
22	North Dakota	23.45	9	2	20
23	Illinois State	22.98	6	5	23
24	Montana	22.91	6	5	13
25	Wofford	22.80	8	3	18
26	Albany	22.04	7	4	25
27	Grambling State	21.24	9	1	31
28	Kennesaw State	21.17	8	3	24
29	Western Illinois	20.83	6	5	26
30	Liberty	20.52	6	5	28
31	Duquesne	20.36	8	3	33
32	New Hampshire	20.10	7	4	34
33	North Carolina A&T	19.80	9	2	30
34	Southern Utah	19.49	6	5	44
35	Dayton	19.41	9	2	35
36	Eastern Illinois	19.32	6	5	36
37	Northern Arizona	19.30	5	6	29
38	Colgate	19.16	5	5	38
39	Penn	19.13	7	3	43
40	South Dakota	18.51	4	7	37
41	Nicholls State	18.51	5	6	39
42	Southeastern Louisiana	18.42	7	4	49
43	McNeese State	18.10	6	5	51
44	Tennessee-Martin	18.05	7	5	41
45	Mercer	17.55	6	5	45
46	Northern Colorado	17.49	6	5	47
47	Maine	17.26	6	5	46
48	Gardner-Webb	17.19	5	6	42
49	Tennessee Tech	17.01	5	6	57
50	Southern	16.94	8	2	52
51	Furman	16.81	3	8	40
52	Tennessee State	16.64	7	4	54
53	Weber State	16.50	7	4	53
54	St. Francis	16.45	7	4	50
55	Southern Illinois	15.48	4	7	59
56	Harvard	15.28	7	3	48
57	Montana State	14.96	4	7	64
58	Stony Brook	14.81	5	6	55
59	William & Mary	14.55	5	6	62
60	Delaware	14.11	4	7	56
61	Indiana State	13.94	4	7	60
62	Stephen F. Austin	13.85	5	6	67
63	North Carolina Central	13.74	9	2	74
64	Monmouth	13.66	4	7	61
65	Towson	13.56	4	7	65
66	Jacksonville	13.47	5	5	73
67	Bucknell	13.45	4	7	63
68	Portland State	13.39	3	8	72
69	Sacred Heart	13.31	6	5	58
70	Holy Cross	12.71	4	7	69
71	Bryant	12.52	5	6	79
72	Prairie View A&M	12.19	7	4	87
73	Lamar	12.18	3	8	66
74	Southeast Missouri State	12.13	3	8	77
75	Missouri State	12.04	4	7	70
76	UC Davis	12.04	3	8	88
77	Morehead State	11.89	4	7	80
78	Murray State	11.88	4	7	68
79	Virginia Military	11.82	3	8	71
80	Drake	11.63	7	4	91
81	Abilene Christian	11.56	2	9	78
82	Marist	11.31	5	6	75
83	Wagner	11.18	6	5	93
84	Alcorn State	10.79	5	5	92
85	Eastern Kentucky	10.78	3	8	76
86	Western Carolina	10.76	2	9	82
87	Campbell	10.76	5	5	81
88	Dartmouth	10.64	4	6	85
89	Houston Baptist	10.22	4	7	83
90	East Tennessee State	10.00	5	6	94
91	Cornell	9.81	4	6	89
92	Georgetown	9.75	3	8	86
93	Stetson	9.66	4	7	84
94	Bethune-Cookman	9.59	4	5	101
95	Idaho State	9.20	2	9	96
96	Brown	8.93	4	6	90
97	Lafayette	8.90	2	9	98
98	Northwestern State	8.55	1	10	97
99	Columbia	8.46	3	7	104
100	Butler	8.45	4	7	99
101	Valparaiso	8.40	4	7	100
102	Yale	8.10	3	7	108
103	Incarnate Word	7.62	3	8	107
104	Rhode Island	7.62	2	9	102
105	Texas Southern	6.93	4	7	105
106	Central Connecticut State	6.88	2	9	95
107	South Carolina State	6.84	4	6	113
108	Austin Peay	6.60	0	11	106
109	Hampton	6.52	5	5	103
110	Elon	6.35	2	9	109
111	Alabama State	5.87	3	7	112
112	Sacramento State	5.87	2	9	110
113	Alabama A&M	4.88	4	7	111
114	Norfolk State	4.09	4	7	117
115	Davidson	4.06	2	9	114
116	Jackson State	3.87	3	8	115
117	Presbyterian	3.33	2	9	116
118	Robert Morris	2.28	2	9	119
119	Howard	2.23	2	9	122
120	Savannah State	1.81	3	6	118
121	Florida A&M	1.69	4	7	120
122	Morgan State	0.98	2	8	121
123	Delaware State	-0.32	0	11	124
124	Mississippi Valley State	-1.43	1	10	123
125	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	-2.32	1	10	125

RANK	CONFERENCE	RATING
1	MISSOURI VALLEY	21.04
2	SOUTHERN	18.92
3	BIG SKY	17.50
4	COLONIAL	17.47
5	BIG SOUTH	16.62
6	PATRIOT	16.33
7	SOUTHLAND	16.18
8	OHIO VALLEY	15.09
9	IVY LEAGUE	12.79
10	PIONEER	11.83
11	NORTHEAST	11.38
12	SOUTHWESTERN	7.03
13	MID-EASTERN	5.50

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