Week 5 FCS Football Power Rankings

Sun, 10/02/2016

Week 5 FCS Football Power Rankings

The CSM FCS Power Rankings are a simpler way of evaluating the strength of the 125 teams in the Football Championship Subdivision. It doesn't work on an overly complicated computer program, although it's more involved than just a team's record.

Each team receives points by winning games and scoring points and are penalized for losses and points allowed. Depending on the conference level each team belongs to, they also receive a constant points bonus. This is done for more proper sorting. Teams in conferences with automatic playoff bids that give scholarships get the largest bonuses. Those from conferences with automatic playoff bids that do not give or give minimal scholarships, get a lesser bonus. Lastly, schools from conferences that do not have automatic playoff bids get the smallest bonus.

Each team is also judged on their schedule, which is part of a three part RPI-style multiplier. This, in combination with the raw points they score from above, is where a team's final Power Ranking is derived. Early on, the numbers may skew the Rankings some, as blowouts or overly strong/weak schedules can make a larger difference. After about halfway through the season, the Rankings should start settling down into a truer display.

RANK	TEAM	RATING	W	L	Prev
1	North Dakota State	47.43	4	0	1
2	Eastern Washington	35.53	4	1	2
3	James Madison	35.46	4	1	8
4	Sam Houston State	33.65	4	0	13
5	Samford	30.79	3	1	5
6	South Dakota State	29.93	2	2	17
7	Youngstown State	29.92	3	1	7
8	Albany	28.94	4	0	15
9	Harvard	28.40	3	0	26
10	Chattanooga	28.00	5	0	14
11	Tennessee-Martin	27.86	2	3	12
12	Montana	27.58	3	1	20
13	Cal Poly	26.32	3	2	4
14	Northern Iowa	25.61	2	2	46
15	Tennessee State	24.21	4	0	21
16	Charleston Southern	23.38	3	2	32
17	The Citadel	22.89	4	0	37
18	Lehigh	22.77	3	2	31
19	Central Arkansas	22.63	4	1	22
20	Richmond	22.46	4	1	18
21	Illinois State	22.12	2	3	9
22	Sacred Heart	21.79	4	1	11
23	Western Illinois	21.24	3	1	6
24	Mercer	21.22	2	2	33
25	Villanova	21.00	3	2	19
26	Indiana State	20.60	3	2	3
27	Coastal Carolina	20.57	3	2	41
28	Wofford	20.44	3	2	24
29	Jacksonville State	20.20	3	1	28
30	Gardner-Webb	19.93	2	2	42
31	Delaware	19.55	2	2	10
32	Missouri State	18.80	3	1	70
33	Duquesne	18.49	3	2	64
34	Liberty	18.14	2	3	27
35	Southern Utah	17.99	2	2	29
36	New Hampshire	17.86	3	2	44
37	Kennesaw State	17.85	3	1	36
38	Stony Brook	17.78	2	2	38
39	Fordham	17.70	2	2	39
40	Georgetown	17.48	3	1	34
41	Holy Cross	17.30	2	3	45
42	San Diego	17.19	3	1	59
43	Colgate	16.94	1	3	40
44	North Dakota	16.56	3	2	51
45	Dartmouth	16.30	2	1	16
46	South Dakota	16.29	1	3	60
47	Northern Arizona	15.94	1	4	35
48	Wagner	15.90	3	1	85
49	Grambling State	15.77	3	2	48
50	Eastern Illinois	15.60	3	2	25
51	Cornell	15.38	3	0	52
52	Lamar	15.11	1	3	78
53	Princeton	14.82	2	1	69
54	East Tennessee State	14.76	2	2	30
55	McNeese State	14.66	3	2	55
56	Towson	14.58	1	3	57
57	Virginia Military	14.55	2	2	56
58	Nicholls State	14.33	1	3	23
59	Abilene Christian	14.19	0	5	47
60	Stephen F. Austin	13.83	3	2	63
61	Southern Illinois	13.83	2	2	65
62	Furman	13.78	0	5	49
63	Monmouth	13.71	3	2	79
64	North Carolina A&T	13.53	3	1	50
65	Southeast Missouri State	13.28	2	3	71
66	Maine	12.22	1	3	97
67	Northern Colorado	12.17	3	1	68
68	Portland State	12.16	2	3	72
69	Bucknell	11.95	1	3	76
70	Montana State	11.68	2	3	53
71	Tennessee Tech	11.42	2	3	75
72	St. Francis	11.41	2	3	83
73	William & Mary	11.37	2	3	58
74	Penn	11.34	1	2	99
75	Southern	10.67	2	2	82
76	Houston Baptist	9.99	2	2	67
77	Western Carolina	9.82	1	3	54
78	Prairie View A&M	9.81	4	1	61
79	Dayton	9.67	3	2	96
80	North Carolina Central	9.63	3	2	87
81	Texas Southern	9.42	3	2	91
82	Eastern Kentucky	9.29	1	3	66
83	Stetson	9.24	2	2	90
84	Lafayette	8.99	1	4	73
85	Jacksonville	8.87	2	2	93
86	UC Davis	8.79	1	4	74
87	Idaho State	8.73	2	3	84
88	Morehead State	8.57	2	3	95
89	Campbell	8.55	3	2	62
90	Brown	8.38	1	2	43
91	Marist	8.07	1	3	100
92	Rhode Island	7.95	1	4	105
93	Valparaiso	7.60	2	3	77
94	Weber State	7.34	2	2	81
95	Elon	6.98	2	3	92
96	Butler	6.98	2	3	89
97	Davidson	6.96	2	3	86
98	Murray State	6.86	1	4	106
99	Bryant	6.85	2	3	80
100	Northwestern State	6.62	0	4	94
101	Southeastern Louisiana	5.92	1	3	88
102	Central Connecticut State	4.37	1	3	101
103	Drake	4.34	2	3	107
104	Hampton	4.05	1	3	102
105	Sacramento State	4.01	1	4	113
106	Incarnate Word	3.86	1	4	110
107	Presbyterian	3.80	1	3	103
108	Jackson State	3.78	2	3	108
109	Columbia	3.36	0	3	98
110	Alabama A&M	3.31	1	4	112
111	Alcorn State	3.25	1	3	104
112	Alabama State	2.48	1	4	119
113	Yale	2.48	0	3	116
114	Austin Peay	2.43	0	4	109
115	Norfolk State	2.25	1	4	114
116	Bethune-Cookman	2.21	0	4	111
117	South Carolina State	1.87	1	3	115
118	Morgan State	1.67	2	2	120
119	Howard	1.55	1	4	121
120	Robert Morris	0.66	1	4	117
121	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	0.64	1	4	118
122	Mississippi Valley State	-0.97	0	5	122
123	Savannah State	-1.36	1	3	124
124	Florida A&M	-1.90	1	4	123
125	Delaware State	-2.18	0	4	125

RANK	CONFERENCE	RATING
1	MISSOURI VALLEY	23.97
2	SOUTHERN	21.37
3	OHIO VALLEY	19.88
4	COLONIAL	17.78
5	BIG SOUTH	16.10
6	PATRIOT	16.02
7	BIG SKY	14.81
8	SOUTHLAND	14.23
9	IVY LEAGUE	11.77
10	NORTHEAST	10.18
11	PIONEER	8.77
12	SOUTHWESTERN	5.41
13	MID-EASTERN	2.70

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