Week 9 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 | James Madison | 34.18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Illinois State | 31.96 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | Harvard | 31.04 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | McNeese State | 29.49 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | Coastal Carolina | 28.69 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Dartmouth | 28.23 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | The Citadel | 28.17 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 8 | North Dakota State | 26.91 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 9 | Dayton | 26.89 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 10 | Jacksonville State | 26.70 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 11 | Portland State | 26.66 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 12 | Richmond | 25.09 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 13 | South Dakota State | 24.76 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 14 | William & Mary | 24.75 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 15 | Fordham | 24.51 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 16 | Sam Houston State | 24.39 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 17 | Chattanooga | 24.29 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 18 | Grambling State | 24.04 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 19 | Southern Utah | 24.02 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 20 | Charleston Southern | 23.86 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 21 | Eastern Washington | 22.51 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 22 | Central Arkansas | 22.11 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 23 | Youngstown State | 21.79 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 24 | North Carolina A&T | 21.77 | 7 | 1 | 20 | 25 | Montana State | 21.50 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 26 | Penn | 20.78 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 27 | Eastern Kentucky | 20.47 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 28 | Lamar | 20.33 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 29 | San Diego | 19.62 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 30 | Southern Illinois | 19.56 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 31 | Kennesaw State | 19.52 | 6 | 2 | 40 | 32 | Towson | 19.50 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 33 | Princeton | 19.31 | 5 | 2 | 34 | 34 | Holy Cross | 18.91 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 35 | Tennessee-Martin | 18.89 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 36 | Western Illinois | 18.85 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 37 | Indiana State | 18.75 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 38 | Northern Iowa | 18.71 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 39 | Montana | 18.51 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 40 | Northern Arizona | 18.44 | 5 | 3 | 55 | 41 | Lehigh | 18.33 | 4 | 4 | 42 | 42 | Samford | 17.98 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 43 | Western Carolina | 17.83 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 44 | Eastern Illinois | 17.82 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 45 | St. Francis | 17.66 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 46 | Alcorn State | 17.44 | 5 | 2 | 61 | 47 | Prairie View A&M | 17.31 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 48 | Villanova | 17.10 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 49 | Stephen F. Austin | 17.05 | 3 | 5 | 71 | 50 | Bethune-Cookman | 16.97 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 51 | Cal Poly | 16.71 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 52 | Jacksonville | 16.69 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 53 | Morehead State | 16.05 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 54 | Colgate | 15.92 | 4 | 4 | 75 | 55 | Wofford | 15.61 | 4 | 5 | 66 | 56 | Bryant | 15.61 | 4 | 4 | 47 | 57 | North Dakota | 15.55 | 5 | 4 | 70 | 58 | South Carolina State | 15.07 | 5 | 3 | 72 | 59 | Georgetown | 15.00 | 4 | 5 | 62 | 60 | Weber State | 14.99 | 4 | 5 | 56 | 61 | Duquesne | 14.99 | 6 | 3 | 57 | 62 | Southeastern Louisiana | 14.91 | 4 | 4 | 64 | 63 | New Hampshire | 14.86 | 4 | 4 | 68 | 64 | Tennessee State | 14.60 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 65 | Brown | 14.56 | 4 | 3 | 49 | 66 | South Dakota | 14.45 | 4 | 4 | 51 | 67 | Northern Colorado | 14.36 | 4 | 4 | 54 | 68 | Monmouth | 14.16 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 69 | Liberty | 14.07 | 3 | 4 | 63 | 70 | Marist | 13.79 | 4 | 4 | 81 | 71 | North Carolina Central | 13.51 | 5 | 3 | 73 | 72 | Mercer | 13.42 | 3 | 5 | 77 | 73 | Furman | 13.36 | 4 | 4 | 79 | 74 | Southern | 13.10 | 4 | 4 | 58 | 75 | Butler | 13.02 | 4 | 4 | 67 | 76 | Stony Brook | 13.00 | 2 | 5 | 60 | 77 | Drake | 12.37 | 4 | 5 | 78 | 78 | Sacred Heart | 12.31 | 4 | 4 | 76 | 79 | Abilene Christian | 12.30 | 2 | 6 | 85 | 80 | Delaware | 12.30 | 3 | 5 | 74 | 81 | Northwestern State | 12.20 | 2 | 6 | 86 | 82 | Virginia Military | 11.68 | 2 | 7 | 80 | 83 | Yale | 11.66 | 4 | 3 | 69 | 84 | Alabama State | 11.64 | 4 | 4 | 88 | 85 | Campbell | 11.49 | 5 | 4 | 87 | 86 | Bucknell | 11.27 | 4 | 4 | 91 | 87 | Southeast Missouri State | 11.23 | 3 | 5 | 90 | 88 | Elon | 10.87 | 3 | 5 | 97 | 89 | Incarnate Word | 10.32 | 4 | 4 | 82 | 90 | Hampton | 10.21 | 4 | 5 | 89 | 91 | Murray State | 10.12 | 2 | 6 | 92 | 92 | Morgan State | 9.95 | 4 | 4 | 94 | 93 | Tennessee Tech | 9.89 | 2 | 7 | 84 | 94 | Maine | 9.88 | 3 | 5 | 83 | 95 | Central Connecticut State | 9.85 | 4 | 5 | 100 | 96 | Gardner-Webb | 9.76 | 3 | 5 | 99 | 97 | Presbyterian | 9.49 | 1 | 7 | 93 | 98 | Albany | 9.19 | 2 | 6 | 103 | 99 | UC Davis | 9.15 | 1 | 7 | 95 | 100 | Columbia | 8.79 | 2 | 5 | 110 | 101 | Texas Southern | 8.73 | 3 | 4 | 96 | 102 | Sacramento State | 8.67 | 2 | 6 | 98 | 103 | Idaho State | 8.42 | 2 | 6 | 101 | 104 | Jackson State | 7.35 | 3 | 5 | 109 | 105 | Rhode Island | 7.19 | 1 | 7 | 108 | 106 | Valparaiso | 7.18 | 2 | 6 | 107 | 107 | Stetson | 7.16 | 2 | 6 | 105 | 108 | Alabama A&M | 7.12 | 2 | 5 | 106 | 109 | Houston Baptist | 6.97 | 2 | 7 | 104 | 110 | Robert Morris | 6.77 | 2 | 6 | 102 | 111 | Norfolk State | 5.81 | 2 | 6 | 111 | 112 | Nicholls State | 5.41 | 1 | 7 | 112 | 113 | Lafayette | 5.15 | 1 | 8 | 114 | 114 | Cornell | 4.66 | 0 | 7 | 113 | 115 | Florida A&M | 3.75 | 1 | 7 | 116 | 116 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 3.48 | 1 | 7 | 118 | 117 | Missouri State | 3.13 | 1 | 7 | 115 | 118 | Austin Peay | 3.05 | 0 | 9 | 117 | 119 | Howard | 2.41 | 1 | 7 | 124 | 120 | Davidson | 2.11 | 1 | 7 | 119 | 121 | Wagner | 1.96 | 0 | 8 | 121 | 122 | Delaware State | 1.68 | 0 | 8 | 122 | 123 | East Tennessee State(transitional) | 1.46 | 1 | 7 | 123 | 124 | Savannah State | 1.00 | 1 | 6 | 120 | 125 | Mississippi Valley State | -0.89 | 0 | 9 | 125 | |
RANK | CONFERENCE | RATING | 1 | MISSOURI VALLEY | 19.49 | 2 | SOUTHERN | 17.57 | 3 | BIG SOUTH | 16.87 | 4 | BIG SKY | 16.62 | 5 | COLONIAL | 16.24 | 6 | IVY LEAGUE | 15.76 | 7 | SOUTHLAND | 15.36 | 8 | PATRIOT | 15.33 | 9 | OHIO VALLEY | 14.00 | 10 | PIONEER | 12.69 | 11 | NORTHEAST | 11.05 | 12 | SOUTHWESTERN | 10.50 | 13 | MID-EASTERN | 8.73 | |