Week 6 FCS Football Power Rankings

Mon, 10/09/2017

Week 6 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	South Dakota	41.10	5	0	3
2	James Madison	36.88	5	0	7
3	South Dakota State	35.14	4	1	2
4	Sam Houston State	34.80	4	1	1
5	North Dakota State	32.29	5	0	5
6	Youngstown State	31.22	3	2	6
7	Western Illinois	30.72	4	1	8
8	Wofford	29.41	5	0	14
9	Richmond	27.27	3	2	10
10	Mercer	26.88	3	3	26
11	Furman	26.38	3	3	13
12	Eastern Washington	26.12	4	2	16
13	Central Arkansas	26.07	4	1	15
14	Illinois State	25.69	4	1	11
15	McNeese	25.11	5	1	12
16	Stony Brook	24.68	3	2	9
17	Maine	24.35	1	3	4
18	Elon	24.11	5	1	18
19	Western Carolina	24.09	4	2	29
20	Weber State	23.95	4	1	25
21	Northern Arizona	23.57	3	2	41
22	Delaware	23.23	3	2	30
23	Jacksonville State	23.08	4	1	27
24	UC Davis	22.62	3	3	23
25	Monmouth	22.38	5	1	36
26	Nicholls	22.30	4	2	20
27	Montana State	21.97	2	3	19
28	Montana	21.96	4	2	32
29	Albany	21.83	3	3	22
30	Columbia	21.64	4	0	24
31	Samford	21.59	4	2	17
32	Princeton	21.51	3	1	21
33	William & Mary	21.10	2	3	31
34	Sacramento State	20.05	2	3	34
35	Holy Cross	20.04	2	4	39
36	Tennessee State	19.73	4	2	42
37	Villanova	19.45	4	2	56
38	Dartmouth	19.03	4	0	33
39	The Citadel	18.67	3	2	38
40	Southern Illinois	18.49	2	3	45
41	New Hampshire	18.33	4	1	37
42	Yale	17.88	3	1	67
43	Liberty	17.43	3	2	46
44	Austin Peay	17.36	3	3	35
45	Charleston Southern	17.22	2	3	47
46	Northern Iowa	17.10	2	3	53
47	Southern Utah	16.42	3	2	28
48	Bucknell	16.09	2	3	48
49	North Dakota	15.65	2	4	57
50	Rhode Island	15.33	1	4	49
51	Presbyterian	15.17	3	3	62
52	East Tennessee State	15.12	3	3	61
53	Southeastern Louisiana	14.64	3	3	64
54	Gardner-Webb	14.50	1	4	44
55	Duquesne	14.11	4	1	70
56	Eastern Illinois	14.10	4	2	51
57	Indiana State	14.05	0	5	40
58	Towson	13.79	2	3	54
59	St. Francis	13.68	3	2	43
60	Northwestern State	13.31	1	4	63
61	North Carolina A&T	13.11	6	0	87
62	Howard(APR)	13.08	2	3	60
63	Northern Colorado	13.06	2	3	50
64	Lehigh	13.06	1	5	65
65	Tennessee-Martin	13.02	3	3	55
66	Kennesaw State	12.97	4	1	83
67	Campbell	12.93	4	2	93
68	Idaho State	12.91	3	3	80
69	Abilene Christian	12.74	2	4	73
70	Southeast Missouri State	12.31	1	4	71
71	Murray State	12.06	2	4	85
72	Chattanooga	11.95	1	5	58
73	Stephen F. Austin	11.86	2	4	68
74	Georgetown	11.73	1	4	66
75	Lamar	11.71	1	4	82
76	Eastern Kentucky	11.62	1	4	79
77	Jacksonville	11.57	4	1	75
78	North Carolina Central	11.16	4	1	69
79	Missouri State	10.94	1	4	81
80	Lafayette	10.81	2	4	86
81	Prairie View A&M	10.80	2	3	90
82	Tennessee Tech	10.70	0	6	89
83	Alcorn State	10.66	4	2	74
84	Penn	10.58	2	2	78
85	Marist	10.52	3	3	77
86	South Carolina State	10.38	2	3	88
87	Sacred Heart	10.05	2	3	98
88	Grambling	9.63	5	1	106
89	Houston Baptist	9.55	1	4	92
90	Drake	9.50	3	3	72
91	Fordham	9.21	1	5	84
92	Colgate	9.20	2	4	95
93	Harvard	9.03	2	2	52
94	Hampton	8.88	3	2	76
95	San Diego	8.77	3	2	107
96	Dayton	8.73	2	4	101
97	Central Connecticut State	8.37	3	3	105
98	Butler	7.77	3	3	104
99	Valparaiso	7.65	2	4	99
100	Cal Poly	7.61	0	6	100
101	Brown	7.58	2	2	59
102	Portland State	7.54	0	5	96
103	Wagner	7.53	2	4	97
104	Bethune-Cookman	7.35	2	3	103
105	Southern(APR)	7.10	3	3	111
106	Davidson	7.03	2	3	94
107	Robert Morris	6.73	2	3	91
108	Cornell	6.58	1	3	102
109	Bryant	5.75	2	3	108
110	Florida A&M(APR)	5.57	2	4	109
111	Incarnate Word	5.42	0	5	112
112	Morehead State	4.69	2	4	110
113	Stetson	4.55	1	5	114
114	Alabama A&M	3.15	2	4	113
115	Jackson State	3.00	0	5	117
116	Norfolk State	2.46	2	3	118
117	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	2.42	2	4	121
118	Texas Southern	2.37	0	5	116
119	Delaware State	2.08	0	5	115
120	Savannah State(APR)	1.60	0	5	119
121	Virginia Military	1.17	0	6	123
122	Morgan State(APR)	0.30	0	5	120
123	Alabama State	0.20	0	5	122
124	Mississippi Valley State	0.00	1	4	124

RANK	CONFERENCE	RATING
1	MISSOURI VALLEY	25.61
2	COLONIAL	22.70
3	SOUTHERN	19.10
4	BIG SKY	17.66
5	BIG SOUTH	17.25
6	SOUTHLAND	16.35
7	OHIO VALLEY	14.83
8	IVY LEAGUE	13.92
9	PATRIOT	12.70
10	NORTHEAST	9.43
11	PIONEER	8.72
12	MID-EASTERN	7.50
13	SOUTHWESTERN	5.27

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