Week 8 FCS Football Power Rankings

 
The Madness FCS Power Rankings - Week 8
 
The Madness FCS Power Rankings are a relatively basic power rating system when compared to the highly complex systems involving comparative scoring formulas. This system uses no comparative scoring, so any parallel between this and other ranking systems is purely coincidental. There is also no momentum involved in these rankings, so “What have you done for me lately?” does not apply. Everything is valued as a whole. The objective remains the same though; to create an unbiased mechanism to sort the general strength of the 126 teams within the Football Championship Subdivision.
 
Teams are awarded for Wins and Points Scored, then penalized for Losses and Points Allowed. Teams also receive a ‘Stature Constant’. Teams from the full-scholarship automatic qualifying FCS conferences get the highest value. Non- or less than full-scholarship FCS conference teams get a middle value. And those from non-automatic leagues get the lowest value. This is done to lessen the effects of a superior team in a weak conference from building huge point margins and manipulating the system. This constant has been tweaked since last season.
 
Teams will also gain bonuses for beating FBS teams. This has also been tweaked, giving a little more weight to those who beat Power Five teams as opposed to Group of Five teams. Also, a team will be penalized for losing to a school from a class below FCS (Division II, Division III, NAIA, NCCAA). The final piece of the puzzle is an RPI-style Strength of Schedule multiplier, where teams get bonuses and demerits just for playing teams listed previously in this paragraph.
 
The first rankings will appear after Week 5, September 29. These will be available on the Madness no later than Monday every week from now on. There will also be a final edition released after the FCS Championship game in January. Like most ranking systems, a very strong or weak schedule or huge upsets, one way or the other, can have a drastic impact early on. As the season progresses the numbers, and teams, will sort themselves out and be much truer towards the end. So if the rankings appear a little skewed early on, give it a little time.
 
RANKTEAMRATINGWonLostPrevRANKCONFERENCERATING
1North Dakota State51.427011MISSOURI VALLEY29.89
2James Madison45.847132COLONIAL29.73
3Montana42.665223SOUTHERN26.24
4South Dakota State41.736144BIG SKY25.88
5Sacramento State37.0652165OHIO VALLEY23.95
6Furman36.194366SOUTHLAND24.12
7Villanova35.6361117IVY LEAGUE23.19
8Weber State35.3952128PATRIOT21.16
9Northern Iowa34.854389BIG SOUTH20.80
10Dartmouth34.21501010NORTHEAST16.60
11Towson34.11432011MID-EASTERN13.26
12Central Arkansas33.9552512SOUTHWESTERN13.24
13Southern Illinois33.20343013PIONEER12.95
14Elon32.823417
15Tennessee-Martin32.76527
16Wofford32.054219
17Youngstown State31.974313
18UC Davis31.89449
19Sam Houston State31.805329
20New Hampshire31.524314
21Columbia31.462338
22Montana State30.065225
23McNeese29.514434
24Austin Peay29.354315
25North Dakota29.264326
26Illinois State29.225221
27Southeast Missouri State28.874333
28Southeastern Louisiana28.583322
29Albany28.225324
30Incarnate Word27.775245
31The Citadel27.674453
32Yale27.614123
33South Dakota27.593418
34Delaware27.304341
35Stony Brook26.914327
36Abilene Christian26.714436
37Campbell26.395163
38Idaho State26.343428
39Central Connecticut State26.146143
40Monmouth25.945239
41Samford25.803432
42Fordham25.663535
43North Carolina A&T25.484149
44Jacksonville State25.305337
45Harvard25.234154
46Holy Cross24.983431
47Nicholls24.884346
48Eastern Kentucky24.664359
49William & Mary24.392552
50Richmond24.283444
51East Tennessee State24.182540
52Davidson23.895267
53Mercer23.883455
54Maine23.672548
55Princeton23.575058
56Lehigh23.393375
57Georgetown23.335242
58Kennesaw State23.316147
59Murray State23.064457
60Chattanooga23.014351
61Eastern Washington22.353456
62San Diego22.254250
63Idaho21.993581
64Cal Poly21.882568
65Virginia Military21.674465
66Rhode Island21.571666
67Southern21.124360
68Dayton20.904262
69Northern Arizona20.713461
70Indiana State20.613470
71Portland State20.455369
72Lamar20.394476
73Duquesne20.304271
74Florida A&M20.105182
75Eastern Illinois19.850872
76Lafayette18.310786
77Houston Baptist18.164479
78Alcorn State18.105283
79Grambling State18.032484
80Gardner-Webb17.883477
81Tennessee State17.842688
82Missouri State17.791585
83St. Francis17.774389
84South Carolina State17.674280
85Prairie View A&M17.433487
86Alabama State16.413390
87Southern Utah16.381791
88Tennessee Tech16.284393
89Cornell16.201473
90Penn16.152364
91North Alabama15.932574
92Bethune-Cookman15.816192
93Charleston Southern15.782597
94Stetson15.5651118
95Bucknell15.451678
96Arkansas-Pine Bluff15.365294
97Northern Colorado15.151796
98Western Illinois14.860795
99Colgate14.771799
100Morehead State13.8043102
101Sacred Heart13.633498
102North Carolina Central13.1225100
103Stephen F. Austin13.0816101
104Merrimack12.7834107
105Presbyterian12.3107108
106Robert Morris12.2934104
107Hampton12.1534109
108Bryant11.9526105
109Western Carolina11.7816103
110Norfolk State11.4926110
111Drake11.1333113
112Marist10.7615106
113Northwestern State10.6407119
114Jacksonville10.5225112
115Alabama A&M10.3543111
116Mississippi Valley State10.0716114
117Morgan State9.8016116
118Brown9.7114115
119Long Island9.1806117
120Wagner7.9616120
121Delaware State7.3216121
122Butler5.8216123
123Jackson State5.6325124
124Howard5.4416122
125Texas Southern3.1107125
126Valparaiso0.7507126