Week 8 FCS Football Power Rankings

Sun, 10/23/2016

Week 8 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	Eastern Washington	37.57	6	1	1
2	North Dakota State	36.14	6	1	2
3	James Madison	32.15	6	1	4
4	South Dakota State	32.08	5	2	3
5	Chattanooga	31.11	7	1	6
6	Central Arkansas	29.99	6	1	11
7	Lehigh	29.41	6	2	9
8	Sam Houston State	29.08	7	0	12
9	Samford	28.89	6	1	5
10	Richmond	28.40	7	1	10
11	Cal Poly	27.61	5	2	7
12	Montana	27.09	5	2	8
13	Western Illinois	26.24	5	2	14
14	Coastal Carolina	25.41	5	2	15
15	The Citadel	25.24	7	0	16
16	Charleston Southern	25.00	4	2	20
17	San Diego	24.98	6	1	21
18	Liberty	24.45	4	3	31
19	Youngstown State	24.37	5	2	13
20	Northern Iowa	23.53	3	4	32
21	Jacksonville State	23.22	6	1	24
22	Villanova	22.93	6	2	22
23	Albany	22.84	4	3	19
24	South Dakota	21.76	4	3	29
25	Fordham	21.70	5	2	26
26	Sacred Heart	21.56	6	1	17
27	North Dakota	21.53	6	2	25
28	Tennessee State	21.24	5	2	18
29	Northern Arizona	20.88	4	4	35
30	Princeton	20.38	4	2	30
31	Stony Brook	20.23	5	2	38
32	Wofford	20.21	4	3	37
33	Illinois State	19.24	3	5	28
34	Mercer	19.21	4	3	33
35	Harvard	19.21	5	1	36
36	Penn	19.18	4	2	46
37	Eastern Illinois	19.12	5	3	23
38	Kennesaw State	18.81	5	2	53
39	Colgate	18.53	2	4	43
40	Gardner-Webb	18.49	4	4	39
41	Southern Utah	18.16	3	4	40
42	New Hampshire	17.93	5	3	34
43	Tennessee-Martin	17.90	4	4	27
44	North Carolina A&T	17.40	6	1	47
45	Indiana State	17.24	4	4	42
46	Lamar	17.16	3	4	44
47	Southeastern Louisiana	17.09	4	3	55
48	Furman	16.90	1	6	49
49	Virginia Military	16.62	3	4	51
50	Duquesne	16.52	4	3	41
51	Maine	16.41	4	3	45
52	Weber State	16.18	5	2	60
53	Nicholls State	16.12	3	4	50
54	Grambling State	15.84	4	2	54
55	Dayton	15.25	6	2	63
56	Holy Cross	14.70	3	5	52
57	Georgetown	14.59	3	4	59
58	McNeese State	14.56	4	4	66
59	St. Francis	14.52	5	3	65
60	Monmouth	14.27	4	4	56
61	Northern Colorado	14.07	4	3	68
62	Missouri State	13.85	3	4	48
63	Tennessee Tech	13.55	3	5	64
64	Southern	13.41	4	2	69
65	Towson	13.24	1	6	57
66	William & Mary	13.23	3	4	61
67	Delaware	12.74	2	5	62
68	Marist	12.73	4	3	71
69	Cornell	12.72	3	3	58
70	Montana State	12.68	2	6	74
71	Bucknell	12.43	3	4	79
72	Stetson	12.42	4	3	90
73	UC Davis	12.34	2	6	72
74	Jacksonville	12.18	3	3	88
75	Eastern Kentucky	12.11	2	5	67
76	Southern Illinois	12.06	2	5	75
77	Portland State	11.90	2	5	73
78	Stephen F. Austin	11.75	3	4	81
79	North Carolina Central	11.58	6	2	80
80	Abilene Christian	11.45	1	7	86
81	Western Carolina	11.35	1	6	82
82	Campbell	11.14	3	3	77
83	Wagner	10.58	4	3	78
84	Southeast Missouri State	10.16	2	5	76
85	Dartmouth	10.07	3	3	70
86	Northwestern State	9.51	1	6	84
87	Bryant	9.49	3	4	101
88	Butler	9.47	3	4	87
89	Morehead State	9.20	2	6	89
90	Elon	8.91	2	5	91
91	Murray State	8.80	2	5	102
92	East Tennessee State	8.60	3	4	97
93	Brown	8.59	2	4	104
94	Houston Baptist	8.48	2	5	85
95	Prairie View A&M	8.36	4	3	83
96	Idaho State	7.93	2	5	100
97	Lafayette	7.46	1	7	92
98	Alcorn State	7.20	3	3	95
99	Columbia	6.80	2	4	106
100	Texas Southern	6.66	3	4	93
101	Valparaiso	6.45	3	5	94
102	Drake	6.35	3	4	103
103	Austin Peay	6.30	0	7	110
104	Rhode Island	6.19	1	7	107
105	South Carolina State	5.98	3	3	115
106	Central Connecticut State	5.71	1	6	111
107	Yale	5.71	1	5	96
108	Davidson	5.64	2	6	105
109	Incarnate Word	5.57	1	6	98
110	Hampton	5.37	3	4	99
111	Alabama State	5.10	2	5	109
112	Jackson State	5.01	3	4	113
113	Bethune-Cookman	4.50	1	5	116
114	Alabama A&M	4.50	2	5	112
115	Presbyterian	4.30	2	5	108
116	Sacramento State	3.58	1	7	114
117	Morgan State	2.09	2	4	117
118	Robert Morris	1.81	1	7	119
119	Norfolk State	1.68	1	6	118
120	Florida A&M	1.55	3	5	121
121	Howard	0.97	1	7	120
122	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	-0.28	1	6	122
123	Delaware State	-0.58	0	7	123
124	Savannah State	-1.90	1	4	125
125	Mississippi Valley State	-2.04	0	8	124

RANK	CONFERENCE	RATING
1	MISSOURI VALLEY	22.07
2	OHIO VALLEY	21.16
3	SOUTHERN	20.78
4	COLONIAL	17.50
5	BIG SOUTH	17.08
6	BIG SKY	16.68
7	PATRIOT	16.55
8	SOUTHLAND	15.10
9	IVY LEAGUE	12.51
10	PIONEER	10.94
11	NORTHEAST	10.73
12	SOUTHWESTERN	5.65
13	MID-EASTERN	4.17

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