Week 10 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 | 40.37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | James Madison | 37.26 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | North Dakota State | 34.78 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Sam Houston State | 32.59 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 5 | Central Arkansas | 32.10 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 6 | Lehigh | 30.20 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 7 | South Dakota State | 28.91 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | Chattanooga | 28.37 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 9 | The Citadel | 27.82 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 10 | Montana | 27.81 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 11 | Richmond | 27.58 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 12 | Samford | 27.04 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 13 | Coastal Carolina | 26.13 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 14 | Cal Poly | 25.56 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 15 | San Diego | 25.04 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 16 | Princeton | 24.93 | 6 | 2 | 22 | 17 | Jacksonville State | 24.54 | 8 | 1 | 16 | 18 | Western Illinois | 24.33 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 19 | Northern Iowa | 24.15 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 20 | Liberty | 23.88 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 21 | Villanova | 23.50 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 22 | North Dakota | 22.36 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 23 | Charleston Southern | 22.11 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 24 | Youngstown State | 21.99 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 25 | Northern Arizona | 21.56 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 26 | Grambling State | 21.47 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 27 | Kennesaw State | 21.46 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 28 | Illinois State | 21.36 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 29 | Fordham | 21.35 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 30 | Albany | 20.87 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 31 | Wofford | 20.82 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 32 | New Hampshire | 20.76 | 6 | 3 | 34 | 33 | North Carolina A&T | 20.57 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 34 | Southern Utah | 19.49 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 35 | South Dakota | 18.98 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 36 | Eastern Illinois | 18.86 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 37 | Harvard | 18.81 | 7 | 1 | 40 | 38 | Tennessee State | 18.62 | 6 | 3 | 37 | 39 | Duquesne | 18.07 | 6 | 3 | 46 | 40 | Mercer | 18.05 | 5 | 4 | 44 | 41 | Gardner-Webb | 17.95 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 42 | Nicholls State | 17.77 | 5 | 4 | 50 | 43 | Tennessee-Martin | 17.70 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 44 | Colgate | 17.68 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 45 | Dayton | 17.53 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 46 | St. Francis | 17.32 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 47 | Maine | 16.90 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 48 | Southeastern Louisiana | 16.81 | 5 | 4 | 52 | 49 | McNeese State | 16.67 | 5 | 5 | 57 | 50 | Furman | 16.53 | 2 | 7 | 48 | 51 | Stony Brook | 16.48 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 52 | Northern Colorado | 16.43 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 53 | Penn | 16.31 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 54 | Sacred Heart | 15.47 | 6 | 3 | 42 | 55 | Delaware | 15.37 | 4 | 5 | 68 | 56 | Weber State | 15.09 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 57 | Indiana State | 14.68 | 4 | 6 | 47 | 58 | William & Mary | 14.64 | 4 | 5 | 60 | 59 | Missouri State | 14.56 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 60 | Southern | 14.48 | 6 | 2 | 59 | 61 | Southern Illinois | 14.41 | 3 | 6 | 72 | 62 | Lamar | 14.15 | 3 | 6 | 55 | 63 | Holy Cross | 13.94 | 4 | 6 | 64 | 64 | Monmouth | 13.81 | 4 | 6 | 61 | 65 | Stephen F. Austin | 13.80 | 4 | 5 | 63 | 66 | Portland State | 13.63 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 67 | Murray State | 13.06 | 4 | 5 | 74 | 68 | Jacksonville | 13.04 | 4 | 4 | 65 | 69 | Bucknell | 12.70 | 3 | 6 | 71 | 70 | Towson | 12.61 | 2 | 7 | 75 | 71 | Montana State | 12.57 | 2 | 7 | 70 | 72 | Western Carolina | 12.42 | 2 | 7 | 79 | 73 | Marist | 12.24 | 5 | 4 | 80 | 74 | Tennessee Tech | 12.12 | 3 | 6 | 62 | 75 | Virginia Military | 11.89 | 3 | 6 | 66 | 76 | Southeast Missouri State | 11.83 | 3 | 6 | 81 | 77 | Georgetown | 11.82 | 3 | 6 | 73 | 78 | UC Davis | 11.65 | 2 | 7 | 67 | 79 | Morehead State | 11.56 | 3 | 6 | 90 | 80 | Stetson | 11.45 | 4 | 5 | 78 | 81 | Dartmouth | 11.36 | 4 | 4 | 84 | 82 | North Carolina Central | 11.35 | 7 | 2 | 76 | 83 | Abilene Christian | 11.30 | 2 | 8 | 77 | 84 | Prairie View A&M | 10.44 | 6 | 3 | 88 | 85 | Campbell | 10.43 | 4 | 4 | 86 | 86 | Eastern Kentucky | 10.40 | 2 | 7 | 83 | 87 | Bryant | 10.34 | 4 | 5 | 89 | 88 | Cornell | 9.36 | 3 | 5 | 85 | 89 | Lafayette | 9.24 | 2 | 7 | 92 | 90 | Houston Baptist | 9.21 | 3 | 6 | 87 | 91 | Brown | 9.07 | 3 | 5 | 95 | 92 | Drake | 9.04 | 5 | 4 | 97 | 93 | East Tennessee State | 8.99 | 3 | 6 | 91 | 94 | Idaho State | 8.79 | 2 | 7 | 99 | 95 | Wagner | 8.58 | 4 | 5 | 94 | 96 | Butler | 8.56 | 4 | 6 | 82 | 97 | Bethune-Cookman | 8.32 | 3 | 5 | 102 | 98 | Northwestern State | 8.00 | 1 | 8 | 93 | 99 | Alcorn State | 7.66 | 3 | 5 | 98 | 100 | Austin Peay | 7.44 | 0 | 9 | 105 | 101 | Valparaiso | 7.10 | 3 | 7 | 106 | 102 | Elon | 7.08 | 2 | 7 | 96 | 103 | Yale | 6.94 | 2 | 6 | 100 | 104 | Central Connecticut State | 6.87 | 2 | 7 | 113 | 105 | Columbia | 6.70 | 2 | 6 | 103 | 106 | Hampton | 6.44 | 4 | 4 | 104 | 107 | Alabama State | 6.23 | 3 | 6 | 110 | 108 | Texas Southern | 6.14 | 3 | 6 | 101 | 109 | South Carolina State | 6.01 | 3 | 5 | 107 | 110 | Incarnate Word | 5.64 | 1 | 8 | 108 | 111 | Alabama A&M | 5.26 | 3 | 6 | 109 | 112 | Rhode Island | 5.22 | 1 | 8 | 112 | 113 | Davidson | 4.52 | 2 | 8 | 111 | 114 | Jackson State | 4.36 | 3 | 6 | 114 | 115 | Sacramento State | 4.31 | 1 | 8 | 115 | 116 | Presbyterian | 3.79 | 2 | 7 | 116 | 117 | Robert Morris | 2.85 | 2 | 8 | 118 | 118 | Norfolk State | 2.72 | 2 | 7 | 117 | 119 | Savannah State | 2.25 | 3 | 4 | 122 | 120 | Morgan State | 1.43 | 2 | 6 | 119 | 121 | Howard | 1.35 | 1 | 8 | 120 | 122 | Florida A&M | 1.32 | 3 | 6 | 121 | 123 | Mississippi Valley State | -0.11 | 1 | 8 | 125 | 124 | Delaware State | -0.58 | 0 | 9 | 123 | 125 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | -1.77 | 1 | 8 | 124 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
RANK | CONFERENCE | RATING | 1 | OHIO VALLEY | 21.86 | 2 | MISSOURI VALLEY | 21.38 | 3 | SOUTHERN | 19.84 | 4 | COLONIAL | 17.61 | 5 | BIG SKY | 17.45 | 6 | BIG SOUTH | 16.84 | 7 | PATRIOT | 16.40 | 8 | SOUTHLAND | 15.56 | 9 | IVY LEAGUE | 12.46 | 10 | PIONEER | 11.29 | 11 | NORTHEAST | 10.77 | 12 | SOUTHWESTERN | 6.64 | 13 | MID-EASTERN | 5.01 | | | | | | | | | | |