Final FCS Football Power Rankings

Sun, 01/08/2017

Final 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.

Final FCS Top 25 Rankings

RANK	TEAM	RATING	W	L	Prev
1	James Madison	41.60	14	1	2
2	Eastern Washington	38.12	12	2	1
3	North Dakota State	35.69	12	2	4
4	Sam Houston State	33.90	12	1	3
5	Central Arkansas	30.44	10	3	5
6	Youngstown State	27.85	12	4	17
7	Lehigh	27.78	9	3	6
8	Coastal Carolina	27.76	10	2	8
9	Richmond	27.59	10	4	12
10	Chattanooga	27.30	9	4	13
11	South Dakota State	27.08	9	4	7
12	Jacksonville State	25.90	10	2	10
13	San Diego	25.85	10	2	9
14	Charleston Southern	25.56	7	4	11
15	Princeton	24.81	8	2	16
16	Northern Iowa	24.21	5	6	19
17	Cal Poly	23.99	7	5	14
18	Villanova	23.86	9	4	18
19	Wofford	23.63	10	4	25
20	Fordham	23.58	8	3	20
21	Samford	23.37	7	5	21
22	The Citadel	23.31	10	2	15
23	Illinois State	23.24	6	6	23
24	New Hampshire	23.03	8	5	32
25	Grambling State	23.03	12	1	27
26	Montana	22.84	6	5	24
27	North Dakota	22.82	9	3	22
28	Albany	22.00	7	4	26
29	Kennesaw State	21.08	8	3	28
30	Western Illinois	20.96	6	5	29
31	Duquesne	20.55	8	3	31
32	Liberty	20.30	6	5	30
33	Dayton	19.47	9	2	35
34	Southern Utah	19.47	6	5	34
35	Eastern Illinois	19.10	6	5	36
36	Colgate	19.09	5	5	38
37	Northern Arizona	19.08	5	6	37
38	Penn	19.00	7	3	39
39	North Carolina A&T	18.71	9	3	33
40	South Dakota	18.47	4	7	40
41	Southeastern Louisiana	18.47	7	4	42
42	McNeese State	18.40	6	5	43
43	Nicholls State	18.36	5	6	41
44	Tennessee-Martin	18.09	7	5	44
45	Mercer	17.69	6	5	45
46	Northern Colorado	17.50	6	5	46
47	Maine	17.25	6	5	47
48	Tennessee Tech	16.99	5	6	49
49	Gardner-Webb	16.94	5	6	48
50	Southern	16.79	8	3	50
51	Tennessee State	16.64	7	4	52
52	Furman	16.58	3	8	51
53	St. Francis	15.92	7	5	54
54	Southern Illinois	15.71	4	7	55
55	Weber State	15.47	7	5	53
56	Harvard	15.28	7	3	56
57	Montana State	15.22	4	7	57
58	William & Mary	15.09	5	6	59
59	Stony Brook	14.83	5	6	58
60	Delaware	14.57	4	7	60
61	Indiana State	14.19	4	7	61
62	Stephen F. Austin	14.04	5	6	62
63	Towson	13.74	4	7	65
64	Portland State	13.61	3	8	68
65	Monmouth	13.48	4	7	64
66	Jacksonville	13.47	5	5	66
67	North Carolina Central	13.36	9	3	63
68	Bucknell	13.26	4	7	67
69	Sacred Heart	13.23	6	5	69
70	Holy Cross	12.73	4	7	70
71	Bryant	12.55	5	6	71
72	Missouri State	12.53	4	7	75
73	Morehead State	12.32	4	7	77
74	Prairie View A&M	12.24	7	4	72
75	Lamar	12.06	3	8	73
76	Southeast Missouri State	11.97	3	8	74
77	Abilene Christian	11.73	2	9	81
78	Murray State	11.72	4	7	78
79	Drake	11.68	7	4	80
80	UC Davis	11.67	3	8	76
81	Virginia Military	11.65	3	8	79
82	Wagner	11.33	6	5	83
83	Marist	11.33	5	6	82
84	Alcorn State	10.94	5	6	84
85	Campbell	10.84	5	5	87
86	Dartmouth	10.65	4	6	88
87	Eastern Kentucky	10.56	3	8	85
88	Western Carolina	10.52	2	9	86
89	Houston Baptist	10.51	4	7	89
90	East Tennessee State	10.01	5	6	90
91	Cornell	9.81	4	6	91
92	Georgetown	9.68	3	8	92
93	Stetson	9.67	4	7	93
94	Idaho State	9.17	2	9	95
95	Lafayette	8.98	2	9	97
96	Brown	8.93	4	6	96
97	Northwestern State	8.55	1	10	98
98	Butler	8.50	4	7	100
99	Columbia	8.39	3	7	99
100	Valparaiso	8.36	4	7	101
101	Bethune-Cookman	8.03	4	6	94
102	Yale	8.03	3	7	102
103	Rhode Island	7.79	2	9	104
104	South Carolina State	7.76	5	6	107
105	Incarnate Word	7.56	3	8	103
106	Central Connecticut State	7.11	2	9	106
107	Texas Southern	7.08	4	7	105
108	Alabama State	7.00	4	7	111
109	Elon	6.58	2	9	110
110	Austin Peay	6.54	0	11	108
111	Hampton	6.35	5	6	109
112	Sacramento State	5.70	2	9	112
113	Alabama A&M	4.94	4	7	113
114	Davidson	4.10	2	9	115
115	Norfolk State	4.09	4	7	114
116	Jackson State	3.94	3	8	116
117	Presbyterian	3.26	2	9	117
118	Robert Morris	2.33	2	9	118
119	Howard	2.22	2	9	119
120	Morgan State	1.97	3	8	122
121	Savannah State	1.96	3	7	120
122	Florida A&M	1.72	4	7	121
123	Delaware State	-0.32	0	11	123
124	Mississippi Valley State	-1.47	1	10	124
125	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	-2.40	1	10	125

RANK	CONFERENCE	RATING
1	MISSOURI VALLEY	22.10
2	SOUTHERN	19.28
3	COLONIAL	18.98
4	BIG SKY	17.66
5	BIG SOUTH	16.48
9	IVY LEAGUE	12.74
6	SOUTHLAND	16.46
7	PATRIOT	16.08
8	OHIO VALLEY	15.04
10	PIONEER	11.94
11	NORTHEAST	11.47
12	SOUTHWESTERN	7.63
13	MID-EASTERN	5.54

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