Week 9 FCS Power Rankings

Sun, 10/31/2021

The Madness FCS Power Rankings

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 128 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’. These have been backed by historical data, but can and will be adjusted, if an obvious error has been identified. 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.

Teams will also gain bonuses for beating FCS 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 4, September 25. These will be available on the Madness no later than Monday every week. 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. There’s no bias involved in the ratings and no human factors whatsoever.

RANK	TEAM	RATING	Won	Lost	Prev	RANK	CONFERENCE	RATING
1	James Madison	37.04	7	1	1	1	MISSOURI VALLEY	22.29
2	Sam Houston State	36.53	7	0	2	2	AQ7	20.07
3	North Dakota State	34.13	8	0	3	3	SOUTHERN	19.93
4	Northern Iowa	30.72	5	3	7	4	COLONIAL	18.77
5	Montana State	29.32	7	1	8	5	BIG SKY	18.16
6	Eastern Washington	28.49	7	1	10	6	SOUTHLAND	16.23
7	Southern Illinois	28.45	6	2	4	7	BIG SOUTH	16.07
8	Missouri State	27.52	5	3	9	8	IVY LEAGUE	15.33
9	Princeton	27.27	7	0	5	9	OHIO VALLEY	14.87
10	Villanova	27.17	6	2	6	10	PATRIOT	11.82
11	Southeastern Louisiana	26.75	7	1	14	11	PIONEER	8.85
12	South Dakota State	26.57	6	2	17	12	SOUTHWESTERN	7.92
13	East Tennessee State	26.49	7	1	11	13	NORTHEAST	7.69
14	Chattanooga	26.25	5	3	13	14	MID-EASTERN	5.80
15	Monmouth	25.79	5	3	19	15	WESTERN	3.37
16	Incarnate Word	24.91	6	2	12
17	Montana	24.84	6	2	16
18	Holy Cross	24.83	6	2	15
19	Virginia Military	24.72	6	2	20
20	UC-Davis	24.05	7	1	21
21	William & Mary	23.66	6	2	34
22	Harvard	23.34	5	2	18
23	Mercer	23.11	6	2	22
24	Eastern Kentucky	22.91	6	2	23
25	Tennessee-Martin	22.56	7	1	24
26	Weber State	22.41	4	4	26
27	Austin Peay	22.09	3	5	25
28	Dartmouth	21.73	6	1	30
29	Samford	21.71	3	5	32
30	South Dakota	21.67	5	3	27
31	Central Arkansas	21.03	4	4	39
32	Kennesaw State	20.81	7	1	28
33	Sacramento State	20.79	6	2	41
34	Stephen F. Austin	20.71	5	3	37
35	Nicholls	20.37	4	4	40
36	North Dakota	19.84	3	5	33
37	Jacksonville State	19.33	3	5	29
38	Davidson	19.10	6	1	45
39	Maine	18.71	4	4	52
40	Campbell	18.49	3	5	31
41	Fordham	18.17	5	3	43
42	Elon	18.04	4	4	42
43	Furman	17.99	4	4	35
44	Rhode Island	17.67	5	3	36
45	Southeast Missouri State	17.56	3	6	48
46	Northern Arizona	17.28	4	4	51
47	Towson	17.26	4	4	44
48	Jackson State	17.20	7	1	46
49	Columbia	16.90	5	2	38
50	Western Carolina	16.03	2	6	59
51	Youngstown State	15.98	2	5	49
52	Stony Brook	15.93	3	5	54
53	Charleston Southern	15.23	3	4	74
54	Illinois State	15.07	3	5	47
55	Abilene Christian	15.06	3	4	53
56	New Hampshire	14.63	3	5	50
57	Richmond	14.59	3	5	71
58	Western Illinois	14.50	2	7	65
59	Lafayette	14.39	3	5	62
60	Tennessee State	14.21	5	3	73
61	Gardner-Webb	14.20	3	5	75
62	Delaware	14.04	4	4	60
63	Prairie View A&M	14.01	6	1	66
64	North Alabama	13.88	2	6	67
65	Portland State	13.80	4	4	70
66	Morehead State	13.70	5	3	58
67	North Carolina A&T	13.69	3	5	57
68	Florida A&M	13.48	6	2	76
69	Idaho	13.40	2	6	61
70	Murray State	13.20	3	5	72
71	Norfolk State	13.10	6	2	64
72	Bryant	13.00	5	3	63
73	Indiana State	12.80	4	5	68
74	Merrimack	12.74	4	4	56
75	Duquesne	12.55	4	3	55
76	San Diego	12.42	5	4	94
77	Yale	12.33	4	3	88
78	McNeese	12.27	3	5	83
79	Hampton	12.17	3	5	80
80	The Citadel	12.08	2	6	77
81	St. Francis	11.58	4	4	91
82	Robert Morris	11.56	3	4	92
83	Northern Colorado	11.51	3	6	90
84	Wofford	11.38	1	7	69
85	Southern Utah	11.24	1	8	89
86	Georgetown	10.95	2	5	82
87	Alcorn State	10.83	5	3	81
88	Albany	10.68	0	8	85
89	Sacred Heart	10.60	5	3	86
90	Idaho State	10.26	1	7	87
91	Dayton	10.02	4	4	84
92	Tennessee Tech	10.02	3	5	93
93	Marist	9.83	3	4	78
94	Penn	9.78	3	4	101
95	Brown	9.44	2	5	79
96	St. Thomas	9.15	5	2	102
97	Alabama A&M	8.98	4	3	99
98	Colgate	8.64	3	6	100
99	Northwestern State	8.46	1	7	96
100	Stetson	8.31	3	4	110
101	Cal Poly	8.14	1	7	97
102	South Carolina State	7.88	4	4	107
103	Southern	7.81	4	4	106
104	Eastern Illinois	7.79	1	8	95
105	Cornell	6.92	1	6	104
106	Houston Baptist	6.60	0	8	108
107	Texas Southern	6.56	2	5	119
108	Presbyterian	6.21	2	6	98
109	Delaware State	6.14	4	4	111
110	Tarleton State	6.14	4	4	109
111	Lamar	6.09	1	6	105
112	Grambling State	5.89	3	5	103
113	Butler	5.17	2	7	113
114	Bucknell	4.78	1	7	112
115	Howard	4.77	2	6	115
116	North Carolina Central	4.61	3	5	114
117	Drake	4.42	2	5	116
118	Alabama State	4.31	3	4	117
119	Lehigh	3.99	0	8	121
120	Bethune-Cookman	3.84	0	8	118
121	Mississippi Valley State	3.74	2	6	120
122	Valparaiso	3.18	2	6	123
123	Central Connecticut State	2.26	2	6	125
124	Long Island	2.05	2	5	126
125	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1.99	1	7	122
126	Wagner	1.28	0	8	124
127	Morgan State	0.28	0	8	127
128	Dixie State	-1.50	0	8	128

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