Week 7 FCS Football Power Rankings

Mon, 10/16/2017

Week 7 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	James Madison	38.39	6	0	2
2	South Dakota	36.23	6	0	1
3	Sam Houston State	31.88	5	1	4
4	North Dakota State	31.51	6	0	5
5	Western Illinois	30.97	5	1	7
6	Youngstown State	30.16	3	3	6
7	Wofford	29.97	6	0	8
8	South Dakota State	29.40	4	2	3
9	Richmond	29.07	4	2	9
10	Elon	26.96	5	1	18
11	Eastern Washington	26.32	5	2	12
12	Western Carolina	26.00	5	2	19
13	McNeese	25.51	5	1	15
14	Stony Brook	25.29	5	2	16
15	Furman	25.18	4	3	11
16	Monmouth	24.88	5	1	25
17	Central Arkansas	24.84	5	1	13
18	Princeton	24.20	4	1	32
19	Southern Illinois	24.09	3	3	40
20	Delaware	24.03	4	2	22
21	Northern Iowa	23.70	3	3	46
22	Weber State	23.44	4	2	20
23	Mercer	23.29	4	3	10
24	Samford	23.12	4	2	31
25	Albany	23.10	3	3	29
26	Maine	22.94	2	3	17
27	Illinois State	22.90	4	2	14
28	Sacramento State	22.85	3	3	34
29	Northern Arizona	22.72	4	2	21
30	UC Davis	22.70	3	3	24
31	Montana	22.16	5	2	28
32	Nicholls	21.90	5	2	26
33	Jacksonville State	21.32	5	1	23
34	Villanova	20.77	4	3	37
35	Southern Utah	20.63	4	2	47
36	William & Mary	20.60	2	4	33
37	Columbia	20.22	5	0	30
38	Tennessee State	19.87	4	3	36
39	The Citadel	19.83	3	3	39
40	New Hampshire	19.62	4	2	41
41	Yale	19.59	4	1	42
42	Liberty	19.28	3	3	43
43	Dartmouth	18.96	5	0	38
44	Holy Cross	18.80	2	5	35
45	Montana State	18.61	2	4	27
46	Southeastern Louisiana	18.59	4	3	53
47	Austin Peay	18.56	4	3	44
48	Charleston Southern	18.07	3	3	45
49	Kennesaw State	17.48	5	1	66
50	Gardner-Webb	16.27	1	5	54
51	Duquesne	15.78	5	1	55
52	Northwestern State	15.63	1	5	60
53	Bucknell	15.11	3	3	48
54	Eastern Illinois	14.89	5	2	56
55	Presbyterian	14.87	3	4	51
56	East Tennessee State	14.84	3	4	52
57	North Dakota	14.84	2	5	49
58	North Carolina A&T	14.67	7	0	61
59	Northern Colorado	14.58	2	3	63
60	Howard(APR)	14.51	3	3	62
61	Lehigh	14.45	2	5	64
62	Towson	14.44	2	4	58
63	Tennessee-Martin	14.13	3	3	65
64	Campbell	14.02	5	2	67
65	Rhode Island	13.95	1	5	50
66	Stephen F. Austin	13.94	2	5	73
67	Abilene Christian	13.74	2	5	69
68	Penn	13.49	2	3	84
69	St. Francis	13.49	4	2	59
70	Murray State	13.40	2	5	71
71	Eastern Kentucky	13.32	1	5	76
72	Sacred Heart	13.23	2	4	87
73	Idaho State	12.96	3	4	68
74	Chattanooga	12.76	1	6	72
75	Indiana State	12.60	0	6	57
76	Alcorn State	12.23	5	2	83
77	Colgate	11.73	3	4	92
78	Southeast Missouri State	11.73	2	4	70
79	San Diego	11.69	4	2	95
80	Prairie View A&M	11.52	2	4	81
81	Missouri State	11.49	1	5	79
82	Valparaiso	11.35	3	4	99
83	Jacksonville	11.28	4	2	77
84	Georgetown	11.27	1	5	74
85	Lamar	11.14	1	5	75
86	North Carolina Central	11.13	5	1	78
87	Drake	10.98	3	3	90
88	South Carolina State	10.57	2	4	86
89	Tennessee Tech	10.37	0	7	82
90	Harvard	10.28	3	2	93
91	Butler	10.10	4	3	98
92	Lafayette	9.86	2	5	80
93	Cal Poly	9.79	0	6	100
94	Hampton	9.68	4	2	94
95	Grambling	9.59	5	1	88
96	Dayton	9.53	2	5	96
97	Fordham	9.33	1	6	91
98	Marist	9.33	3	4	85
99	Central Connecticut State	9.32	4	3	97
100	Bethune-Cookman	9.09	3	3	104
101	Houston Baptist	8.88	1	5	89
102	Wagner	8.87	2	5	103
103	Southern(APR)	8.56	3	3	105
104	Portland State	8.50	0	6	102
105	Incarnate Word	8.09	1	5	111
106	Cornell	7.93	1	4	108
107	Brown	7.17	2	3	101
108	Stetson	6.67	2	5	113
109	Florida A&M(APR)	6.63	2	5	110
110	Davidson	6.29	2	4	106
111	Robert Morris	6.25	2	4	107
112	Bryant	6.25	2	4	109
113	Alabama A&M	5.48	3	4	114
114	Morehead State	5.22	2	5	112
115	Morgan State(APR)	3.10	1	5	122
116	Norfolk State	3.00	2	4	116
117	Texas Southern	2.89	0	6	118
118	Delaware State	2.65	0	6	119
119	Savannah State(APR)	2.31	0	6	120
120	Alabama State	1.72	1	5	123
121	Virginia Military	1.71	0	7	121
122	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1.35	2	5	117
123	Mississippi Valley State	0.47	1	5	124
124	Jackson State	0.00	0	6	115

RANK	CONFERENCE	RATING
1	MISSOURI VALLEY	25.60
2	COLONIAL	23.23
3	SOUTHERN	19.51
4	BIG SOUTH	18.79
5	BIG SKY	18.28
6	SOUTHLAND	17.16
7	OHIO VALLEY	15.33
8	IVY LEAGUE	15.07
9	PATRIOT	12.87
10	NORTHEAST	10.54
11	PIONEER	9.85
12	MID-EASTERN	8.34
13	SOUTHWESTERN	5.23

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