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 | 34.35 | 7 | 2 | 1 | | 2 | McNeese State | 30.50 | 9 | 0 | 4 | | 3 | North Dakota State | 29.98 | 7 | 2 | 8 | | 4 | Illinois State | 29.08 | 7 | 2 | 2 | | 5 | Coastal Carolina | 29.07 | 8 | 1 | 5 | | 6 | Harvard | 28.04 | 8 | 0 | 3 | | 7 | The Citadel | 27.83 | 7 | 2 | 7 | | 8 | Jacksonville State | 27.46 | 8 | 1 | 10 | | 9 | South Dakota State | 26.97 | 7 | 2 | 13 | | 10 | Dayton | 26.69 | 9 | 0 | 9 | | 11 | Dartmouth | 25.66 | 7 | 1 | 6 | | 12 | Charleston Southern | 25.57 | 8 | 1 | 20 | | 13 | William & Mary | 25.53 | 7 | 2 | 14 | | 14 | Southern Utah | 25.18 | 7 | 2 | 19 | | 15 | Portland State | 25.07 | 7 | 2 | 11 | | 16 | Fordham | 25.04 | 8 | 2 | 15 | | 17 | Grambling State | 24.51 | 7 | 2 | 18 | | 18 | Sam Houston State | 24.05 | 6 | 3 | 16 | | 19 | Richmond | 22.93 | 7 | 2 | 12 | | 20 | Central Arkansas | 22.70 | 6 | 3 | 22 | | 21 | Youngstown State | 22.38 | 5 | 4 | 23 | | 22 | Eastern Washington | 22.14 | 6 | 3 | 21 | | 23 | North Carolina A&T | 22.01 | 8 | 1 | 24 | | 24 | Chattanooga | 21.93 | 7 | 2 | 17 | | 25 | Penn | 21.77 | 5 | 3 | 26 | | 26 | Northern Iowa | 21.50 | 5 | 4 | 38 | | 27 | Northern Arizona | 21.16 | 6 | 3 | 40 | | 28 | Western Carolina | 20.70 | 6 | 3 | 43 | | 29 | Tennessee-Martin | 20.62 | 6 | 3 | 35 | | 30 | Montana State | 20.56 | 4 | 5 | 25 | | 31 | San Diego | 20.18 | 7 | 2 | 29 | | 32 | Lehigh | 19.93 | 5 | 4 | 41 | | 33 | Eastern Kentucky | 19.93 | 5 | 4 | 27 | | 34 | Kennesaw State | 19.41 | 6 | 3 | 31 | | 35 | Montana | 19.23 | 5 | 4 | 39 | | 36 | Prairie View A&M | 19.07 | 7 | 2 | 47 | | 37 | Towson | 19.01 | 6 | 3 | 32 | | 38 | Southern Illinois | 18.85 | 3 | 6 | 30 | | 39 | Holy Cross | 18.79 | 4 | 5 | 34 | | 40 | St. Francis | 18.51 | 6 | 3 | 45 | | 41 | Bethune-Cookman | 18.41 | 8 | 2 | 50 | | 42 | Samford | 18.22 | 4 | 5 | 42 | | 43 | Alcorn State | 18.15 | 5 | 3 | 46 | | 44 | Lamar | 18.02 | 4 | 5 | 28 | | 45 | Princeton | 17.94 | 5 | 3 | 33 | | 46 | Villanova | 17.94 | 5 | 4 | 48 | | 47 | Jacksonville | 17.07 | 7 | 2 | 52 | | 48 | Cal Poly | 17.03 | 3 | 6 | 51 | | 49 | Eastern Illinois | 16.97 | 5 | 4 | 44 | | 50 | Western Illinois | 16.94 | 4 | 5 | 36 | | 51 | New Hampshire | 16.94 | 5 | 4 | 63 | | 52 | Duquesne | 16.90 | 7 | 3 | 61 | | 53 | Northern Colorado | 16.81 | 5 | 4 | 67 | | 54 | Indiana State | 16.32 | 4 | 5 | 37 | | 55 | Stephen F. Austin | 16.14 | 3 | 6 | 49 | | 56 | Colgate | 15.97 | 5 | 4 | 54 | | 57 | Morehead State | 15.96 | 5 | 4 | 53 | | 58 | Bryant | 15.93 | 5 | 4 | 56 | | 59 | Mercer | 15.87 | 4 | 5 | 72 | | 60 | Weber State | 15.57 | 5 | 5 | 60 | | 61 | Wofford | 15.49 | 4 | 5 | 55 | | 62 | Georgetown | 15.42 | 4 | 5 | 59 | | 63 | North Dakota | 15.37 | 5 | 4 | 57 | | 64 | Marist | 15.36 | 5 | 4 | 70 | | 65 | South Dakota | 15.35 | 5 | 4 | 66 | | 66 | Southern | 14.87 | 5 | 4 | 74 | | 67 | South Carolina State | 14.80 | 5 | 4 | 58 | | 68 | Yale | 14.30 | 5 | 3 | 83 | | 69 | Monmouth | 14.23 | 4 | 6 | 68 | | 70 | Northwestern State | 14.01 | 3 | 6 | 81 | | 71 | Tennessee State | 13.84 | 4 | 5 | 64 | | 72 | Liberty | 13.81 | 4 | 4 | 69 | | 73 | Butler | 13.72 | 5 | 4 | 75 | | 74 | North Carolina Central | 13.69 | 6 | 3 | 71 | | 75 | Southeastern Louisiana | 13.64 | 4 | 5 | 62 | | 76 | Stony Brook | 13.06 | 3 | 5 | 76 | | 77 | Brown | 12.62 | 4 | 4 | 65 | | 78 | Murray State | 12.42 | 3 | 6 | 91 | | 79 | Drake | 12.22 | 4 | 5 | 77 | | 80 | Sacred Heart | 12.11 | 4 | 5 | 78 | | 81 | Alabama State | 11.98 | 5 | 4 | 84 | | 82 | Bucknell | 11.92 | 4 | 5 | 86 | | 83 | Incarnate Word | 11.91 | 5 | 4 | 89 | | 84 | Furman | 11.87 | 4 | 5 | 73 | | 85 | Campbell | 11.87 | 5 | 5 | 85 | | 86 | Delaware | 11.47 | 3 | 6 | 80 | | 87 | Southeast Missouri State | 11.47 | 4 | 5 | 87 | | 88 | Abilene Christian | 11.09 | 2 | 7 | 79 | | 89 | Hampton | 11.04 | 5 | 5 | 90 | | 90 | Virginia Military | 10.98 | 2 | 8 | 82 | | 91 | Elon | 10.68 | 3 | 6 | 88 | | 92 | Albany | 10.21 | 3 | 6 | 98 | | 93 | Tennessee Tech | 10.20 | 2 | 7 | 93 | | 94 | Central Connecticut State | 10.20 | 4 | 6 | 95 | | 95 | Maine | 10.17 | 3 | 6 | 94 | | 96 | Texas Southern | 10.03 | 3 | 5 | 101 | | 97 | Morgan State | 9.84 | 4 | 5 | 92 | | 98 | Columbia | 9.35 | 2 | 6 | 100 | | 99 | Presbyterian | 9.10 | 1 | 8 | 97 | | 100 | Gardner-Webb | 9.08 | 3 | 6 | 96 | | 101 | UC Davis | 8.97 | 1 | 8 | 99 | | 102 | Idaho State | 8.58 | 2 | 7 | 103 | | 103 | Sacramento State | 7.81 | 2 | 7 | 102 | | 104 | Robert Morris | 7.59 | 3 | 6 | 110 | | 105 | Jackson State | 7.52 | 3 | 6 | 104 | | 106 | Valparaiso | 7.38 | 2 | 7 | 106 | | 107 | Houston Baptist | 7.03 | 2 | 7 | 109 | | 108 | Nicholls State | 6.98 | 2 | 7 | 112 | | 109 | Norfolk State | 6.62 | 3 | 6 | 111 | | 110 | Rhode Island | 6.60 | 1 | 8 | 105 | | 111 | Stetson | 6.53 | 2 | 7 | 107 | | 112 | Alabama A&M | 6.52 | 2 | 6 | 108 | | 113 | Lafayette | 5.42 | 1 | 9 | 113 | | 114 | Cornell | 4.46 | 0 | 8 | 114 | | 115 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 3.21 | 1 | 8 | 116 | | 116 | Florida A&M | 3.15 | 1 | 8 | 115 | | 117 | Austin Peay | 3.12 | 0 | 10 | 118 | | 118 | Missouri State | 2.73 | 1 | 8 | 117 | | 119 | Howard | 2.41 | 1 | 7 | 119 | | 120 | Davidson | 2.23 | 1 | 8 | 120 | | 121 | Wagner | 1.99 | 0 | 9 | 121 | | 122 | Savannah State | 1.58 | 1 | 7 | 124 | | 123 | Delaware State | 1.57 | 0 | 9 | 122 | | 124 | East Tennessee State(transitional) | 1.54 | 1 | 8 | 123 | | 125 | Mississippi Valley State | 0.51 | 1 | 9 | 125 | |
| RANK | CONFERENCE | RATING | | 1 | MISSOURI VALLEY | 19.50 | | 2 | SOUTHERN | 17.64 | | 3 | BIG SOUTH | 16.91 | | 4 | BIG SKY | 16.86 | | 5 | COLONIAL | 16.15 | | 6 | PATRIOT | 15.70 | | 7 | SOUTHLAND | 15.51 | | 8 | IVY LEAGUE | 15.43 | | 9 | OHIO VALLEY | 14.48 | | 10 | PIONEER | 12.97 | | 11 | NORTHEAST | 11.58 | | 12 | SOUTHWESTERN | 11.02 | | 13 | MID-EASTERN | 9.00 | |
