Week 8 FCS Football Power Rankings

Sun, 10/22/2017

Week 8 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	39.79	7	0	1
2	South Dakota	31.96	6	1	2
3	North Dakota State	31.94	7	0	4
4	Western Illinois	31.27	5	2	5
5	Sam Houston State	30.45	6	1	3
6	South Dakota State	30.05	5	2	8
7	Wofford	28.09	6	1	7
8	Richmond	27.78	4	3	9
9	Youngstown State	27.08	3	4	6
10	Illinois State	26.40	5	2	27
11	Delaware	26.25	5	2	20
12	Stony Brook	26.23	5	2	14
13	Samford	25.75	5	2	24
14	Monmouth	25.75	6	1	16
15	Furman	24.98	5	3	15
16	Eastern Washington	24.90	5	3	11
17	Central Arkansas	24.87	6	1	17
18	Jacksonville State	24.86	6	1	33
19	Princeton	24.52	5	1	18
20	Elon	24.45	6	1	10
21	McNeese	24.18	6	1	13
22	Southern Illinois	23.99	4	3	19
23	Southern Utah	23.94	5	2	35
24	Northern Iowa	23.94	4	3	21
25	Northern Arizona	22.86	5	2	29
26	Maine	22.54	3	3	26
27	Western Carolina	22.37	6	2	12
28	Nicholls	22.20	5	2	32
29	Sacramento State	21.98	4	3	28
30	Montana	21.80	5	2	31
31	Weber State	21.60	5	2	22
32	Mercer	21.45	4	4	23
33	Villanova	20.78	4	3	34
34	UC Davis	20.73	3	4	30
35	Columbia	20.69	6	0	37
36	William & Mary	20.37	2	5	36
37	Albany	20.33	3	4	25
38	Liberty	20.30	3	4	42
39	New Hampshire	19.88	5	2	40
40	Tennessee State	19.73	4	3	38
41	Austin Peay	19.32	5	3	47
42	Yale	19.03	5	1	41
43	Montana State	18.78	3	4	45
44	Southeastern Louisiana	18.24	5	3	46
45	Charleston Southern	18.12	4	3	48
46	The Citadel	18.02	4	3	39
47	Dartmouth	17.96	5	1	43
48	Duquesne	17.53	6	1	51
49	Holy Cross	16.80	2	6	44
50	North Carolina A&T	16.27	8	0	58
51	San Diego	16.27	5	2	79
52	Kennesaw State	16.24	6	1	49
53	East Tennessee State	15.77	3	4	56
54	Bucknell	15.64	4	3	53
55	Rhode Island	15.63	1	6	65
56	Eastern Illinois	15.61	5	3	54
57	Lehigh	15.48	2	5	61
58	Northwestern State	15.37	1	6	52
59	Gardner-Webb	15.21	1	6	50
60	Stephen F. Austin	15.07	3	5	66
61	Eastern Kentucky	14.87	2	5	71
62	Presbyterian	14.62	3	4	55
63	Howard(APR)	14.33	4	3	60
64	Campbell	14.00	5	3	64
65	Colgate	13.90	4	4	77
66	Murray State	13.89	2	5	70
67	Northern Colorado	13.81	2	4	59
68	Idaho State	13.53	4	4	73
69	Southeast Missouri State	13.46	2	5	78
70	North Dakota	13.42	2	6	57
71	Abilene Christian	13.17	2	6	67
72	Penn	13.03	2	4	68
73	Sacred Heart	13.00	3	4	72
74	Towson	12.88	2	5	62
75	St. Francis	12.81	4	3	69
76	Chattanooga	12.71	1	7	74
77	Butler	12.53	5	3	91
78	Tennessee-Martin	12.36	3	4	63
79	Grambling	12.31	6	1	95
80	Alcorn State	12.22	5	3	76
81	Prairie View A&M	12.21	2	4	80
82	Drake	11.83	4	3	87
83	Cal Poly	11.74	0	7	93
84	Valparaiso	11.62	3	4	82
85	Missouri State	11.58	1	6	81
86	Lamar	11.45	1	6	85
87	Indiana State	11.19	0	7	75
88	Dayton	11.17	3	5	96
89	Hampton	10.90	5	2	94
90	Tennessee Tech	10.59	0	7	89
91	Lafayette	10.47	2	6	92
92	Cornell	10.46	2	4	106
93	Fordham	10.45	2	6	97
94	Georgetown	10.33	1	6	84
95	Central Connecticut State	10.22	5	3	99
96	Bethune-Cookman	10.17	3	4	100
97	Jacksonville	10.15	4	3	83
98	Harvard	10.06	3	3	90
99	Wagner	9.84	2	5	102
100	North Carolina Central	9.57	5	2	86
101	Houston Baptist	8.91	1	6	101
102	Incarnate Word	8.87	1	6	105
103	Marist	8.79	3	5	98
104	Southern(APR)	8.77	4	3	103
105	Portland State	8.72	0	7	104
106	South Carolina State	8.50	2	5	88
107	Florida A&M(APR)	6.90	2	6	109
108	Bryant	6.70	2	5	112
109	Alabama A&M	6.49	3	4	113
110	Morehead State	6.32	3	5	114
111	Robert Morris	6.17	2	5	111
112	Stetson	6.10	2	6	108
113	Davidson	5.43	2	5	110
114	Brown	5.23	2	4	107
115	Norfolk State	4.54	3	4	116
116	Delaware State	4.31	1	6	118
117	Mississippi Valley State	3.84	2	5	123
118	Texas Southern	3.23	0	6	117
119	Morgan State(APR)	2.82	1	6	115
120	Savannah State(APR)	2.34	0	7	119
121	Virginia Military	2.32	0	8	121
122	Alabama State	2.25	1	5	120
123	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1.71	2	5	122
124	Jackson State	0.00	0	7	124

RANK	CONFERENCE	RATING
1	MISSOURI VALLEY	25.01
2	COLONIAL	23.06
3	SOUTHERN	19.39
4	BIG SOUTH	18.79
5	BIG SKY	18.20
6	SOUTHLAND	17.25
7	OHIO VALLEY	16.07
8	IVY LEAGUE	14.72
9	PATRIOT	13.30
10	NORTHEAST	10.93
11	PIONEER	10.29
12	MID-EASTERN	8.65
13	SOUTHWESTERN	5.98

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