Week 12 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 | 33.21 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | North Dakota State | 29.42 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | South Dakota State | 29.20 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | South Dakota | 27.55 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | Western Illinois | 25.98 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | Sam Houston State | 24.81 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | Central Arkansas | 24.14 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 8 | Southern Utah | 24.08 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 9 | Jacksonville State | 23.69 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 10 | Furman | 23.03 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | Richmond | 22.90 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 12 | Weber State | 22.82 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 13 | Kennesaw State | 22.15 | 10 | 1 | 28 | 14 | Monmouth | 21.94 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 15 | Stony Brook | 21.68 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 16 | New Hampshire | 21.28 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 17 | Samford | 20.67 | 8 | 3 | 21 | 18 | Northern Iowa | 20.57 | 7 | 4 | 18 | 19 | Eastern Washington | 20.41 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 20 | Southeastern Louisiana | 20.02 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 21 | Illinois State | 19.99 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 22 | Youngstown State | 19.98 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 23 | McNeese | 19.74 | 9 | 2 | 16 | 24 | Montana | 19.56 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 25 | Sacramento State | 19.34 | 7 | 4 | 29 | 26 | Wofford | 19.32 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 27 | Northern Arizona | 19.23 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 28 | Yale | 18.82 | 9 | 1 | 32 | 29 | Liberty | 18.62 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 30 | Elon | 18.32 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 31 | UC Davis | 18.32 | 5 | 6 | 30 | 32 | Delaware | 18.28 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 33 | Mercer | 17.91 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 34 | Montana State | 17.89 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 35 | Nicholls | 17.80 | 8 | 3 | 34 | 36 | Austin Peay | 17.76 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 37 | Tennessee State | 17.72 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 38 | North Carolina A&T | 17.11 | 11 | 0 | 42 | 39 | Villanova | 16.60 | 5 | 6 | 43 | 40 | San Diego | 16.48 | 9 | 2 | 39 | 41 | Maine | 16.42 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 42 | Colgate | 16.20 | 7 | 4 | 40 | 43 | Charleston Southern | 15.78 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 44 | Lehigh | 15.61 | 5 | 6 | 45 | 45 | Western Carolina | 15.44 | 7 | 5 | 35 | 46 | Southern Illinois | 15.00 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 47 | Albany | 14.62 | 4 | 7 | 52 | 48 | Holy Cross | 14.24 | 4 | 7 | 50 | 49 | Tennessee-Martin | 14.17 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 50 | Princeton | 14.16 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 51 | Northwestern State | 13.59 | 4 | 7 | 58 | 52 | Duquesne | 13.41 | 7 | 4 | 49 | 53 | Dartmouth | 13.22 | 8 | 2 | 57 | 54 | Rhode Island | 13.14 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 55 | Eastern Kentucky | 13.03 | 4 | 7 | 63 | 56 | The Citadel | 13.01 | 5 | 6 | 53 | 57 | Howard | 12.94 | 7 | 4 | 55 | 58 | Chattanooga | 12.72 | 3 | 8 | 61 | 59 | Eastern Illinois | 12.54 | 6 | 5 | 60 | 60 | Towson | 12.49 | 5 | 6 | 64 | 61 | Idaho State | 12.48 | 4 | 7 | 72 | 62 | Grambling | 12.33 | 9 | 1 | 73 | 63 | Columbia | 12.31 | 8 | 2 | 59 | 64 | Central Connecticut State | 12.22 | 8 | 3 | 68 | 65 | Drake | 12.09 | 7 | 4 | 80 | 66 | Southeast Missouri State | 12.03 | 3 | 8 | 67 | 67 | Stephen F. Austin | 12.00 | 4 | 7 | 56 | 68 | Alcorn State | 11.98 | 7 | 4 | 54 | 69 | William & Mary | 11.85 | 2 | 9 | 62 | 70 | Penn | 11.52 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 71 | Fordham | 11.47 | 4 | 7 | 81 | 72 | North Dakota | 11.42 | 3 | 8 | 66 | 73 | Northern Colorado | 11.38 | 3 | 7 | 78 | 74 | Campbell | 11.09 | 6 | 5 | 79 | 75 | Presbyterian | 11.01 | 4 | 7 | 76 | 76 | Missouri State | 10.89 | 3 | 8 | 69 | 77 | East Tennessee State | 10.80 | 4 | 7 | 65 | 78 | Murray State | 10.73 | 3 | 8 | 75 | 79 | Valparaiso | 10.69 | 6 | 5 | 77 | 80 | Gardner-Webb | 10.46 | 1 | 10 | 71 | 81 | Bucknell | 10.40 | 5 | 6 | 74 | 82 | Abilene Christian | 10.28 | 2 | 9 | 82 | 83 | Prairie View A&M | 10.01 | 5 | 5 | 83 | 84 | Lamar | 9.99 | 2 | 9 | 87 | 85 | Butler | 9.66 | 6 | 5 | 90 | 86 | St. Francis | 9.53 | 5 | 6 | 84 | 87 | Dayton | 9.48 | 5 | 6 | 86 | 88 | Bethune-Cookman | 9.41 | 7 | 4 | 92 | 89 | Southern(APR) | 9.06 | 7 | 3 | 94 | 90 | Tennessee Tech | 9.00 | 1 | 10 | 91 | 91 | Sacred Heart | 8.88 | 4 | 7 | 85 | 92 | North Carolina Central | 8.44 | 7 | 4 | 95 | 93 | Harvard | 8.44 | 5 | 5 | 93 | 94 | Jacksonville | 8.43 | 7 | 4 | 88 | 95 | Cal Poly | 8.35 | 1 | 10 | 89 | 96 | Bryant | 8.34 | 6 | 5 | 98 | 97 | Lafayette | 8.01 | 3 | 8 | 97 | 98 | Houston Baptist | 7.75 | 1 | 10 | 102 | 99 | Hampton | 7.63 | 6 | 5 | 99 | 100 | Wagner | 7.31 | 4 | 7 | 105 | 101 | Incarnate Word | 7.03 | 1 | 10 | 103 | 102 | Georgetown | 6.99 | 1 | 10 | 100 | 103 | South Carolina State | 6.75 | 3 | 7 | 96 | 104 | Marist | 6.33 | 4 | 7 | 104 | 105 | Cornell | 6.23 | 3 | 7 | 101 | 106 | Portland State | 6.02 | 0 | 11 | 106 | 107 | Florida A&M(APR) | 5.41 | 3 | 8 | 107 | 108 | Morehead State | 4.73 | 4 | 7 | 109 | 109 | Indiana State | 4.67 | 0 | 11 | 108 | 110 | Savannah State(APR) | 3.77 | 3 | 8 | 113 | 111 | Alabama A&M | 3.61 | 4 | 7 | 111 | 112 | Stetson | 3.51 | 2 | 9 | 112 | 113 | Davidson | 3.50 | 2 | 9 | 110 | 114 | Texas Southern | 3.07 | 2 | 8 | 115 | 115 | Brown | 2.18 | 2 | 8 | 114 | 116 | Robert Morris | 2.16 | 2 | 9 | 116 | 117 | Norfolk State | 1.79 | 4 | 7 | 120 | 118 | Morgan State(APR) | 1.78 | 1 | 10 | 118 | 119 | Alabama State | 1.63 | 4 | 6 | 119 | 120 | Virginia Military | 0.91 | 0 | 11 | 121 | 121 | Delaware State | 0.56 | 2 | 9 | 117 | 122 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 0.35 | 2 | 9 | 122 | 123 | Mississippi Valley State | 0.21 | 2 | 9 | 123 | 124 | Jackson State | 0.00 | 3 | 8 | 124 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
RANK | CONFERENCE | RATING | 1 | MISSOURI VALLEY | 19.85 | 2 | COLONIAL | 18.27 | 3 | BIG SOUTH | 16.67 | 4 | BIG SKY | 15.89 | 5 | SOUTHERN | 15.23 | 6 | SOUTHLAND | 15.00 | 7 | OHIO VALLEY | 14.44 | 8 | PATRIOT | 11.75 | 9 | IVY LEAGUE | 10.66 | 10 | NORTHEAST | 8.77 | 11 | PIONEER | 8.62 | 12 | MID-EASTERN | 6.81 | 13 | SOUTHWESTERN | 4.76 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |