Week 9 FCS Football Power Rankings

Sun, 10/29/2017

Week 9 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	36.30	8	0	1
2	South Dakota	32.07	7	1	2
3	Sam Houston State	29.87	7	1	5
4	South Dakota State	29.78	6	2	6
5	North Dakota State	29.08	8	0	3
6	Western Illinois	28.59	5	3	4
7	Central Arkansas	26.42	7	1	17
8	Furman	24.94	6	3	15
9	Richmond	24.89	4	4	8
10	Illinois State	24.61	6	2	10
11	Wofford	24.47	7	1	7
12	Monmouth	23.59	7	1	14
13	Eastern Washington	23.44	5	3	16
14	Stony Brook	23.14	6	2	12
15	Jacksonville State	22.95	7	1	18
16	Youngstown State	22.26	3	5	9
17	Northern Arizona	22.18	6	2	25
18	Southern Utah	22.16	6	2	23
19	New Hampshire	22.12	5	3	39
20	Weber State	22.10	6	2	31
21	McNeese	22.10	6	2	21
22	Elon	22.02	7	1	20
23	Delaware	21.34	5	3	11
24	Mercer	21.15	4	4	32
25	Northern Iowa	21.05	4	4	24
26	Montana	20.65	5	3	30
27	Samford	20.48	5	3	13
28	Southern Illinois	20.26	4	4	22
29	Yale	20.07	6	1	42
30	Maine	19.99	4	3	26
31	Sacramento State	19.90	4	4	29
32	Villanova	19.87	4	4	33
33	Nicholls	19.49	6	2	28
34	Western Carolina	19.36	6	3	27
35	Princeton	18.68	5	2	19
36	Liberty	18.62	4	4	38
37	Southeastern Louisiana	18.59	5	4	44
38	UC Davis	18.42	4	4	34
39	Kennesaw State	17.86	7	1	52
40	Montana State	17.86	4	4	43
41	Charleston Southern	17.70	4	4	45
42	Austin Peay	17.50	5	4	41
43	Tennessee State	17.15	4	4	40
44	Duquesne	16.88	7	1	48
45	North Carolina A&T	15.92	8	0	50
46	William & Mary	15.75	2	6	36
47	Columbia	15.65	6	1	35
48	Colgate	15.46	5	4	65
49	Albany	15.39	3	5	37
50	Rhode Island	15.34	2	6	55
51	The Citadel	15.19	5	3	46
52	San Diego	15.12	6	2	51
53	Holy Cross	14.76	3	6	49
54	East Tennessee State	14.57	3	5	53
55	Stephen F. Austin	14.28	4	5	60
56	Dartmouth	13.98	5	2	47
57	Eastern Kentucky	13.96	3	5	61
58	Northwestern State	13.51	2	6	58
59	Northern Colorado	13.48	2	5	67
60	Eastern Illinois	13.32	5	4	56
61	Southeast Missouri State	13.26	2	6	69
62	Tennessee-Martin	13.25	4	4	78
63	Bucknell	13.25	4	4	54
64	Howard(APR)	13.14	5	3	63
65	Lehigh	13.12	2	6	57
66	Chattanooga	12.90	2	7	76
67	St. Francis	12.83	5	3	75
68	Gardner-Webb	12.63	1	7	59
69	Presbyterian	12.59	3	5	62
70	Towson	12.51	3	5	74
71	North Dakota	12.51	3	6	70
72	Campbell	12.51	5	4	64
73	Missouri State	11.92	2	6	85
74	Alcorn State	11.80	5	3	80
75	Idaho State	11.59	4	5	68
76	Grambling	11.53	7	1	79
77	Abilene Christian	11.45	2	6	71
78	Valparaiso	11.45	4	4	84
79	Murray State	11.37	2	6	66
80	Sacred Heart	10.69	3	5	73
81	Drake	10.62	5	3	82
82	Fordham	10.62	3	6	93
83	Butler	10.59	5	4	77
84	Penn	10.56	3	4	72
85	Harvard	10.50	4	3	98
86	Cal Poly	10.49	0	8	83
87	Dayton	10.42	4	5	88
88	Tennessee Tech	10.40	1	7	90
89	Prairie View A&M	10.33	3	4	81
90	Jacksonville	10.05	5	3	97
91	Central Connecticut State	9.74	5	3	95
92	Lamar	9.66	1	7	86
93	Cornell	9.53	3	4	92
94	Lafayette	9.44	2	6	91
95	Bethune-Cookman	9.24	4	4	96
96	Hampton	9.14	5	3	89
97	North Carolina Central	8.83	6	2	100
98	Georgetown	8.39	1	7	94
99	Southern(APR)	7.96	5	3	104
100	Incarnate Word	7.85	1	7	102
101	Indiana State	7.74	0	8	87
102	Marist	7.66	3	5	103
103	Houston Baptist	7.30	1	7	101
104	Portland State	7.30	0	8	105
105	South Carolina State	7.23	2	6	106
106	Wagner	7.13	2	6	99
107	Bryant	6.57	3	5	108
108	Florida A&M(APR)	5.94	3	6	107
109	Davidson	4.76	2	6	113
110	Morehead State	4.60	3	6	110
111	Alabama A&M	4.56	3	5	109
112	Stetson	4.07	2	7	112
113	Robert Morris	4.01	2	6	111
114	Brown	3.88	2	5	114
115	Savannah State(APR)	2.38	1	7	120
116	Texas Southern	2.28	0	7	118
117	Norfolk State	2.27	3	5	115
118	Morgan State(APR)	1.97	1	7	119
119	Delaware State	1.90	1	7	116
120	Alabama State	1.77	2	5	122
121	Mississippi Valley State	1.74	2	6	117
122	Virginia Military	1.45	0	9	121
123	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1.17	2	6	123
124	Jackson State	0.00	1	7	124

RANK	CONFERENCE	RATING
1	MISSOURI VALLEY	22.61
2	COLONIAL	20.61
3	SOUTHERN	17.54
4	BIG SOUTH	17.52
5	BIG SKY	16.85
6	SOUTHLAND	15.89
7	OHIO VALLEY	14.78
8	IVY LEAGUE	12.55
9	PATRIOT	12.21
10	NORTHEAST	9.68
11	PIONEER	9.16
12	MID-EASTERN	7.26
13	SOUTHWESTERN	4.99

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