Week 5 FCS Football Power Rankings

Sun, 10/01/2017

Week 5 FCS Football Power Rankings

The CSM FCS Power Ranking is a relatively basic power ranking when compared to the highly complex systems that are used by some. However, the overall objective is the same; create a standard, unbiased mechanism to sort the general strength of the 124 teams within the FCS.

Teams are awarded for Wins and Points Scored. Teams are penalized for Losses and Points Allowed. Teams also receive a 'stature' constant, which gives them more of chance of getting a higher rating. The highest 'stature constants' go to teams in conferences that get automatic bids into the FCS playoffs and generally give the full allotment of 63 scholarships. There's a middle area for conferences who get automatic bids but don't generally give out scholarships. And lastly, there's another level that gets a smaller constant, for non-scholarship/non-automatic conferences. Teams can also receive a bonus for beating FBS schools or a demerit for losing to a Division II school or lower. Teams also have an RPI-style multiplier, that goes into their rating that combines their record, their opponent's record and their opponent's adjusted record with some bonuses and demerits for FBS and/or lower Division opponents.

The Power Ranking will be appearing every week for the rest of the season. Most weeks it should appear either late Sunday night or Monday morning

RANK	TEAM	RATING	W	L	Prev
1	Sam Houston State	44.17	3	1	2
2	South Dakota State	42.60	3	1	1
3	South Dakota	42.41	4	0	7
4	Maine	39.39	1	2	9
5	North Dakota State	37.86	4	0	3
6	Youngstown State	37.32	3	1	22
7	James Madison	36.75	5	0	5
8	Western Illinois	33.87	3	1	18
9	Stony Brook	33.86	3	1	10
10	Richmond	32.51	2	2	17
11	Illinois State	32.01	4	0	4
12	McNeese	31.76	4	1	16
13	Furman	30.78	2	3	21
14	Wofford	30.52	3	0	53
15	Central Arkansas	29.85	3	1	43
16	Eastern Washington	29.21	3	2	13
17	Samford	29.13	3	2	38
18	Elon	28.50	4	1	26
19	Montana State	28.47	1	3	8
20	Nicholls	28.47	3	2	11
21	Princeton	27.48	2	1	33
22	Albany	27.12	3	2	25
23	UC Davis	27.08	3	2	24
24	Columbia	27.06	3	0	27
25	Weber State	26.90	4	1	15
26	Mercer	26.65	2	3	14
27	Jacksonville State	26.50	3	1	6
28	Southern Utah	26.41	2	2	35
29	Western Carolina	25.81	4	1	23
30	Delaware	25.00	2	2	31
31	William & Mary	24.57	2	2	20
32	Montana	23.85	3	2	36
33	Dartmouth	22.61	3	0	32
34	Sacramento State	22.38	2	3	28
35	Austin Peay	22.30	3	2	34
36	Monmouth	22.21	4	1	49
37	New Hampshire	22.19	4	1	44
38	The Citadel	21.80	3	1	19
39	Holy Cross	21.68	2	3	12
40	Indiana State	21.47	0	4	37
41	Northern Arizona	21.42	2	2	51
42	Tennessee State	20.72	3	2	30
43	St. Francis	20.43	3	1	65
44	Gardner-Webb	20.17	0	4	61
45	Southern Illinois	20.03	2	2	40
46	Liberty	19.86	3	2	45
47	Charleston Southern	19.80	2	2	48
48	Bucknell	19.69	2	3	41
49	Rhode Island	19.61	1	4	46
50	Northern Colorado	19.28	2	2	29
51	Eastern Illinois	18.71	3	2	68
52	Harvard	18.62	2	1	67
53	Northern Iowa	18.31	2	2	62
54	Towson	18.23	2	3	55
55	Tennessee-Martin	18.21	3	2	39
56	Villanova	18.16	3	2	64
57	North Dakota	17.21	1	4	42
58	Chattanooga	17.02	1	4	47
59	Brown	16.91	2	1	52
60	Howard(APR)	16.65	2	2	73
61	East Tennessee State	16.21	2	3	54
62	Presbyterian	15.97	2	3	56
63	Northwestern State	15.91	1	3	63
64	Southeastern Louisiana	15.78	2	3	86
65	Lehigh	15.27	0	5	58
66	Georgetown	15.16	1	3	60
67	Yale	15.11	3	0	77
68	Stephen F. Austin	14.76	2	3	72
69	North Carolina Central	14.30	3	1	66
70	Duquesne	14.22	3	1	57
71	Southeast Missouri State	14.19	1	4	88
72	Drake	13.99	3	2	78
73	Abilene Christian	13.96	2	3	79
74	Alcorn State	13.59	3	2	75
75	Jacksonville	13.27	3	1	71
76	Hampton	13.15	2	2	90
77	Marist	13.06	3	2	87
78	Penn	13.06	2	1	80
79	Eastern Kentucky	12.79	1	3	50
80	Idaho State	12.61	3	2	74
81	Missouri State	12.48	1	4	85
82	Lamar	12.48	1	4	95
83	Kennesaw State	12.43	3	1	59
84	Fordham	12.38	1	4	82
85	Murray State	12.34	1	4	92
86	Lafayette	12.31	1	4	91
87	North Carolina A&T	12.12	5	0	83
88	South Carolina State	12.12	1	3	107
89	Tennessee Tech	12.04	0	5	69
90	Prairie View A&M	11.88	2	2	76
91	Robert Morris	11.32	2	2	94
92	Houston Baptist	11.30	1	3	98
93	Campbell	11.20	3	2	97
94	Davidson	11.03	2	2	89
95	Colgate	10.76	2	3	100
96	Portland State	10.45	0	4	105
97	Wagner	10.04	2	3	102
98	Sacred Heart	9.93	2	3	81
99	Valparaiso	9.87	2	3	99
100	Cal Poly	9.25	0	5	117
101	Dayton	9.18	1	4	96
102	Cornell	9.14	0	3	70
103	Bethune-Cookman	8.73	2	3	110
104	Butler	8.38	2	3	104
105	Central Connecticut State	8.31	2	3	112
106	Grambling	8.26	4	1	84
107	San Diego	8.16	3	2	101
108	Bryant	8.16	2	3	111
109	Florida A&M(APR)	8.04	2	3	103
110	Morehead State	7.88	2	3	93
111	Southern(APR)	7.05	2	3	106
112	Incarnate Word	6.84	0	4	109
113	Alabama A&M	5.78	2	3	114
114	Stetson	5.25	0	5	115
115	Delaware State	5.17	0	4	113
116	Texas Southern	5.11	0	4	116
117	Jackson State	5.04	0	5	108
118	Norfolk State	3.50	1	3	121
119	Savannah State(APR)	3.48	0	4	118
120	Morgan State(APR)	3.34	0	4	123
121	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	3.25	2	3	120
122	Alabama State	2.65	0	4	119
123	Virginia Military	1.93	0	5	122
124	Mississippi Valley State	0.01	0	4	124

RANK	CONFERENCE	RATING
1	MISSOURI VALLEY	29.21
2	COLONIAL	26.96
3	SOUTHERN	21.68
4	BIG SKY	21.13
5	BIG SOUTH	19.71
6	SOUTHLAND	19.32
7	IVY LEAGUE	19.09
8	OHIO VALLEY	17.28
9	PATRIOT	15.27
10	NORTHEAST	11.39
11	PIONEER	10.34
12	MID-EASTERN	9.59
13	SOUTHWESTERN	6.92

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