Week 5 FCS Football Power Rankings
The College Sports Madness FCS Power Rankings are not like the typical ones you see. The ratings are exclusive for FCS Football, even though FBS opponents are tracked for strength of schedule purposes. Each team is awarded for wins and points scored and penalized for losses and points allowed. Teams are also given a weighted per game bonus, which are greatest for the FCS automatic bid leagues, lowest for no-bid leagues (Ivy/MEAC/SWAC) and in the middle for non-scholarship automatic bid leagues (NEC/Pioneer). Ratings are also dependent on a three-part "RPI-style" strength of schedule component, which consists of a team's winning percentage, their opponent's winning percentage and an adjusted opponent's winning percentage. The numbers may be a little skewed by early season blowouts or by a particularly tough or weak early schedule, but they'll settle in nicely as the season progresses.
RANK | TEAM | RATING | W | L | Prev | 1 | Coastal Carolina | 37.23 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | James Madison | 36.66 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | North Dakota State | 35.60 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | Illinois State | 33.31 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | Dartmouth | 33.07 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | Youngstown State | 33.07 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | Jacksonville State | 30.99 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | McNeese State | 29.25 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 9 | Grambling State | 27.58 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 10 | Harvard | 27.11 | 3 | 0 | 82 | 11 | South Dakota State | 26.73 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 12 | Dayton | 26.18 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 13 | Indiana State | 24.47 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 14 | Lamar | 24.35 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 15 | Citadel | 23.42 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 16 | Eastern Kentucky | 22.82 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 17 | Princeton | 21.48 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 18 | Southern Utah | 21.23 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 19 | Portland State | 20.94 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 20 | Fordham | 20.44 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 21 | Richmond | 20.35 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 22 | Eastern Washington | 20.17 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 23 | Western Illinois | 20.08 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 24 | Yale | 20.01 | 3 | 0 | 56 | 25 | Chattanooga | 19.96 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 26 | Sam Houston State | 19.88 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 27 | Stony Brook | 19.77 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 28 | Tennessee-Martin | 19.64 | 2 | 2 | 47 | 29 | Central Arkansas | 19.08 | 2 | 2 | 53 | 30 | Towson | 18.74 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 31 | Southern Illinois | 18.65 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 32 | North Carolina A&T | 18.38 | 3 | 1 | 36 | 33 | Montana State | 18.06 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 34 | Montana | 17.84 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 35 | Kennesaw State | 17.73 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 36 | Wofford | 17.41 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 37 | Northern Iowa | 17.36 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 38 | New Hampshire | 17.25 | 3 | 2 | 48 | 39 | North Dakota | 16.95 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 40 | Duquesne | 16.83 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 41 | St. Francis | 16.71 | 3 | 2 | 92 | 42 | Tennessee State | 16.46 | 3 | 1 | 44 | 43 | Colgate | 16.45 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 44 | Holy Cross | 16.40 | 2 | 2 | 79 | 45 | Southeastern Louisiana | 16.31 | 3 | 1 | 63 | 46 | Lehigh | 16.30 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 47 | Samford | 16.14 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 48 | Alcorn State | 16.01 | 4 | 1 | 72 | 49 | Cal Poly | 15.78 | 2 | 3 | 61 | 50 | Liberty | 15.62 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 51 | Prairie View A&M | 15.60 | 3 | 2 | 55 | 52 | Mercer | 15.58 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 53 | Villanova | 15.53 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 54 | Jacksonville | 15.35 | 4 | 0 | 65 | 55 | Delaware | 15.27 | 2 | 3 | 59 | 56 | Butler | 15.13 | 3 | 1 | 57 | 57 | South Dakota | 14.92 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 58 | William & Mary | 14.67 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 59 | Furman | 14.43 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 60 | Tennessee Tech | 14.18 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 61 | Charleston Southern | 13.99 | 3 | 1 | 45 | 62 | Bethune-Cookman | 13.83 | 4 | 1 | 58 | 63 | Northern Arizona | 13.78 | 3 | 2 | 77 | 64 | San Diego | 13.47 | 3 | 1 | 89 | 65 | Bucknell | 13.27 | 3 | 1 | 67 | 66 | Monmouth | 12.94 | 2 | 3 | 90 | 67 | Northern Colorado | 12.64 | 3 | 2 | 75 | 68 | Virginia Military | 12.57 | 1 | 4 | 60 | 69 | Weber State | 12.48 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 70 | Alabama State | 12.47 | 2 | 3 | 91 | 71 | South Carolina State | 12.36 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 72 | Sacred Heart | 12.23 | 2 | 2 | 81 | 73 | Bryant | 12.23 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 74 | Albany | 11.74 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 75 | Morehead State | 11.63 | 2 | 3 | 74 | 76 | Campbell | 11.06 | 3 | 2 | 88 | 77 | Eastern Illinois | 11.06 | 1 | 3 | 105 | 78 | Georgetown | 10.85 | 2 | 3 | 76 | 79 | Southeast Missouri State | 10.84 | 2 | 3 | 93 | 80 | Penn | 10.67 | 1 | 2 | 62 | 81 | Stephen F. Austin | 10.35 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 82 | Houston Baptist | 10.34 | 2 | 3 | 106 | 83 | Drake | 10.21 | 2 | 3 | 64 | 84 | Elon | 10.19 | 2 | 3 | 66 | 85 | Incarnate Word | 10.12 | 3 | 2 | 85 | 86 | North Carolina Central | 10.05 | 1 | 3 | 78 | 87 | Southern | 10.04 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 88 | Abilene Christian | 10.02 | 2 | 2 | 68 | 89 | Presbyterian | 9.74 | 1 | 4 | 70 | 90 | Robert Morris | 9.68 | 2 | 3 | 71 | 91 | Marist | 9.58 | 1 | 4 | 84 | 92 | Western Carolina | 9.04 | 2 | 2 | 99 | 93 | Hampton | 8.66 | 2 | 3 | 108 | 94 | Texas Southern | 8.34 | 2 | 3 | 95 | 95 | Cornell | 8.17 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 96 | Valparaiso | 8.06 | 2 | 3 | 98 | 97 | Brown | 7.96 | 1 | 2 | 96 | 98 | UC Davis | 7.90 | 0 | 5 | 83 | 99 | Morgan State | 7.40 | 3 | 2 | 102 | 100 | Gardner-Webb | 7.03 | 1 | 3 | 104 | 101 | Lafayette | 6.78 | 1 | 4 | 107 | 102 | Maine | 6.73 | 1 | 3 | 101 | 103 | Sacramento State | 6.51 | 1 | 4 | 103 | 104 | Columbia | 6.42 | 0 | 3 | 86 | 105 | Idaho State | 6.30 | 1 | 4 | 100 | 106 | Alabama A&M | 6.23 | 1 | 3 | 87 | 107 | Murray State | 5.94 | 1 | 4 | 97 | 108 | Jackson State | 5.83 | 1 | 4 | 94 | 109 | Northwestern State | 5.55 | 0 | 5 | 112 | 110 | Stetson | 5.28 | 1 | 3 | 111 | 111 | Norfolk State | 4.59 | 2 | 3 | 109 | 112 | Missouri State | 4.57 | 1 | 3 | 115 | 113 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 4.43 | 1 | 4 | 110 | 114 | Central Connecticut State | 3.91 | 1 | 4 | 113 | 115 | Rhode Island | 3.69 | 0 | 5 | 114 | 116 | Wagner | 2.25 | 0 | 4 | 116 | 117 | Savannah State | 2.14 | 1 | 3 | 125 | 118 | Delaware State | 1.63 | 0 | 4 | 120 | 119 | Nicholls State | 1.44 | 0 | 4 | 118 | 120 | Austin Peay | 1.08 | 0 | 5 | 119 | 121 | East Tennessee State(transitional) | 0.73 | 0 | 5 | 117 | 122 | Davidson | 0.62 | 0 | 4 | 122 | 123 | Florida A&M | 0.44 | 0 | 5 | 121 | 124 | Howard | -0.35 | 0 | 5 | 123 | 125 | Mississippi Valley State | -2.90 | 0 | 5 | 124 | |
RANK | CONFERENCE | RATING | 1 | MISSOURI VALLEY | 22.17 | 2 | BIG SOUTH | 16.09 | 3 | SOUTHERN | 15.85 | 4 | IVY LEAGUE | 15.49 | 5 | COLONIAL | 15.25 | 6 | PATRIOT | 14.26 | 7 | BIG SKY | 14.12 | 8 | SOUTHLAND | 13.68 | 9 | OHIO VALLEY | 13.23 | 10 | PIONEER | 10.68 | 11 | SOUTHWESTERN | 10.25 | 12 | NORTHEAST | 10.15 | 13 | MID-EASTERN | 6.41 | |