Week 12 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 | 33.29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Illinois State | 30.61 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 3 | North Dakota State | 30.52 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Jacksonville State | 30.47 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | McNeese State | 29.69 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | Coastal Carolina | 28.46 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 7 | Sam Houston State | 27.71 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 8 | Portland State | 27.40 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 9 | Southern Utah | 26.25 | 8 | 3 | 16 | 10 | William & Mary | 26.19 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 11 | Harvard | 26.11 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 12 | Fordham | 25.79 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 13 | Dartmouth | 25.40 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 14 | The Citadel | 25.39 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 15 | South Dakota State | 25.15 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 16 | Charleston Southern | 24.33 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 17 | Grambling State | 24.16 | 8 | 2 | 18 | 18 | Montana | 23.92 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 19 | Dayton | 23.81 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 20 | Richmond | 22.76 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 21 | Northern Iowa | 22.47 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 22 | Chattanooga | 22.32 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 23 | Penn | 22.29 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 24 | Prairie View A&M | 22.10 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 25 | Northern Arizona | 21.62 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 26 | Alcorn State | 21.10 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 27 | Holy Cross | 20.85 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 28 | Central Arkansas | 20.76 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 29 | North Carolina A&T | 20.62 | 9 | 2 | 27 | 30 | San Diego | 20.46 | 9 | 2 | 33 | 31 | Youngstown State | 20.41 | 5 | 6 | 24 | 32 | Tennessee-Martin | 20.39 | 7 | 4 | 32 | 33 | Montana State | 20.35 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 34 | Eastern Washington | 20.32 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 35 | Samford | 20.16 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 36 | Bethune-Cookman | 19.81 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 37 | North Dakota | 19.65 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 38 | Lehigh | 19.60 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 39 | Eastern Illinois | 19.59 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 40 | Western Carolina | 19.35 | 7 | 4 | 35 | 41 | Lamar | 19.31 | 5 | 6 | 41 | 42 | Jacksonville | 19.08 | 9 | 2 | 52 | 43 | Towson | 19.06 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 44 | Eastern Kentucky | 18.97 | 6 | 5 | 34 | 45 | Villanova | 18.74 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 46 | Western Illinois | 18.66 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 47 | St. Francis | 18.13 | 7 | 4 | 44 | 48 | Colgate | 18.07 | 7 | 4 | 46 | 49 | Duquesne | 17.93 | 8 | 3 | 54 | 50 | New Hampshire | 17.90 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 51 | Southern Illinois | 17.30 | 3 | 8 | 48 | 52 | Cal Poly | 17.19 | 4 | 7 | 49 | 53 | Liberty | 17.18 | 5 | 5 | 66 | 54 | Kennesaw State | 16.88 | 6 | 5 | 38 | 55 | Princeton | 16.75 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 56 | Southern | 16.72 | 6 | 4 | 58 | 57 | Morehead State | 16.69 | 7 | 4 | 57 | 58 | Indiana State | 16.30 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 59 | Weber State | 16.25 | 6 | 5 | 62 | 60 | Mercer | 16.21 | 5 | 6 | 55 | 61 | South Carolina State | 16.11 | 7 | 4 | 68 | 62 | Wofford | 16.07 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 63 | Northern Colorado | 15.99 | 6 | 5 | 65 | 64 | Stephen F. Austin | 15.97 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 65 | North Carolina Central | 15.52 | 8 | 3 | 72 | 66 | Yale | 15.23 | 6 | 4 | 69 | 67 | Monmouth | 14.92 | 6 | 6 | 70 | 68 | Marist | 14.90 | 5 | 6 | 60 | 69 | Butler | 14.58 | 6 | 5 | 71 | 70 | Bryant | 14.41 | 5 | 6 | 64 | 71 | South Dakota | 14.40 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 72 | Northwestern State | 13.96 | 4 | 7 | 76 | 73 | Sacred Heart | 13.87 | 6 | 5 | 75 | 74 | Stony Brook | 13.85 | 5 | 5 | 74 | 75 | Drake | 13.74 | 5 | 6 | 85 | 76 | Georgetown | 13.67 | 4 | 7 | 61 | 77 | Tennessee State | 13.07 | 4 | 6 | 73 | 78 | Murray State | 13.05 | 3 | 8 | 78 | 79 | Campbell | 12.78 | 5 | 6 | 81 | 80 | Southeast Missouri State | 12.71 | 4 | 7 | 79 | 81 | Incarnate Word | 12.59 | 6 | 5 | 89 | 82 | Delaware | 12.56 | 4 | 7 | 84 | 83 | Brown | 12.38 | 5 | 5 | 82 | 84 | Abilene Christian | 12.23 | 3 | 8 | 80 | 85 | Tennessee Tech | 12.19 | 4 | 7 | 90 | 86 | Hampton | 12.13 | 6 | 5 | 83 | 87 | Southeastern Louisiana | 11.98 | 4 | 7 | 77 | 88 | Alabama State | 11.54 | 6 | 5 | 88 | 89 | Furman | 11.34 | 4 | 7 | 87 | 90 | Elon | 11.08 | 4 | 7 | 86 | 91 | Virginia Military | 10.92 | 2 | 9 | 92 | 92 | Bucknell | 10.85 | 4 | 7 | 91 | 93 | Morgan State | 10.08 | 5 | 6 | 93 | 94 | UC Davis | 9.91 | 2 | 9 | 99 | 95 | Presbyterian | 9.73 | 2 | 9 | 100 | 96 | Gardner-Webb | 9.59 | 4 | 7 | 94 | 97 | Maine | 9.50 | 3 | 8 | 95 | 98 | Albany | 9.32 | 3 | 8 | 96 | 99 | Central Connecticut State | 9.25 | 4 | 7 | 97 | 100 | Texas Southern | 9.24 | 3 | 6 | 98 | 101 | Nicholls State | 8.66 | 3 | 8 | 105 | 102 | Robert Morris | 8.02 | 4 | 7 | 108 | 103 | Idaho State | 7.89 | 2 | 9 | 102 | 104 | Columbia | 7.81 | 2 | 8 | 104 | 105 | Stetson | 7.71 | 3 | 8 | 101 | 106 | Sacramento State | 7.62 | 2 | 9 | 103 | 107 | Norfolk State | 7.58 | 4 | 7 | 110 | 108 | Jackson State | 7.25 | 3 | 7 | 106 | 109 | Valparaiso | 7.06 | 2 | 9 | 107 | 110 | Houston Baptist | 6.58 | 2 | 9 | 109 | 111 | Rhode Island | 6.50 | 1 | 10 | 111 | 112 | Lafayette | 5.89 | 1 | 10 | 113 | 113 | Cornell | 5.28 | 1 | 9 | 114 | 114 | Alabama A&M | 5.01 | 2 | 8 | 112 | 115 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 4.61 | 2 | 9 | 115 | 116 | Austin Peay | 3.46 | 0 | 11 | 116 | 117 | Florida A&M | 3.44 | 1 | 10 | 118 | 118 | Wagner | 3.36 | 1 | 10 | 117 | 119 | Davidson | 3.29 | 2 | 9 | 119 | 120 | Howard | 2.96 | 1 | 10 | 121 | 121 | Delaware State | 2.83 | 1 | 10 | 122 | 122 | East Tennessee State(transitional) | 2.33 | 2 | 9 | 123 | 123 | Missouri State | 1.77 | 1 | 10 | 120 | 124 | Savannah State | 1.65 | 1 | 9 | 124 | 125 | Mississippi Valley State | 1.04 | 1 | 10 | 125 | |
RANK | CONFERENCE | RATING | 1 | MISSOURI VALLEY | 19.16 | 2 | SOUTHERN | 17.56 | 3 | BIG SKY | 17.54 | 4 | BIG SOUTH | 16.90 | 5 | COLONIAL | 16.17 | 6 | PATRIOT | 15.96 | 7 | SOUTHLAND | 15.62 | 8 | OHIO VALLEY | 15.37 | 9 | IVY LEAGUE | 14.96 | 10 | PIONEER | 13.53 | 11 | NORTHEAST | 11.86 | 12 | SOUTHWESTERN | 11.65 | 13 | MID-EASTERN | 9.74 | |