Final 2021-2022 FCS Power Rankings

 
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.
 
RANKTEAMRATINGWonLostPrevRANKCONFERENCERATING
1North Dakota State45.6814131MISSOURI VALLEY24.00
2James Madison44.0612212AQ720.98
3Sam Houston State39.1311123COLONIAL20.69
4Montana State37.30123114BIG SKY20.42
5South Dakota State35.15114135SOUTHERN20.20
6Montana34.1210376SOUTHLAND18.64
7East Tennessee State33.9811267BIG SOUTH17.67
8Eastern Washington33.1410348OHIO VALLEY16.43
9Villanova32.8910359IVY LEAGUE15.47
10Incarnate Word31.281031010PATRIOT13.18
11Southeastern Louisiana30.66941211PIONEER9.91
12Holy Cross29.07103912SOUTHWESTERN8.94
13Missouri State28.1284813NORTHEAST8.78
14Kennesaw State27.771122214MID-EASTERN7.44
15Tennessee-Martin26.641032015WESTERN4.18
16Southern Illinois26.368516   
17Sacramento State25.749317   
18Monmouth25.677415   
19Stephen F. Austin25.088419   
20Princeton24.989118   
21Mercer24.777324   
22UC-Davis24.448421   
23Dartmouth24.359123   
24Austin Peay24.196525   
25Northern Iowa24.106614   
26Harvard24.028226 
27Nicholls23.716530 
28Weber State23.716529 
29Eastern Kentucky22.907428 
30Chattanooga22.826532 
31South Dakota22.497527   
32Jacksonville State22.285631 
33Virginia Military20.266533   
34Richmond20.186536 
35Maine20.106535 
36North Dakota20.095642   
37Samford19.894737   
38Elon19.726539 
39Rhode Island19.717438   
40William & Mary19.616540   
41Furman19.556541   
42Davidson18.668334 
43Central Arkansas18.495643   
44Northern Arizona18.405644 
45Southeast Missouri State18.074745 
46Western Carolina17.804747 
47Fordham17.696548 
48Stony Brook17.295649 
49Jackson State17.2211246 
50Youngstown State16.893750   
51Portland State16.685652 
52Charleston Southern16.364651   
53Murray State16.216556 
54Delaware16.035653 
55North Carolina A&T15.905655 
56Yale15.795554 
57Columbia15.717357 
58North Alabama15.593860 
59Campbell15.473864   
60Abilene Christian15.383662   
61Duquesne15.357361 
62Bryant15.317463 
63Morehead State15.097459 
64Towson15.064767   
65Florida A&M14.959358 
66Illinois State14.594769   
67Gardner-Webb14.504766 
68Idaho14.374768 
69San Diego14.207465 
70Alabama A&M14.077371 
71Hampton13.975670 
72Tennessee State13.505672 
73Dayton13.386473 
74The Citadel13.324775 
75Robert Morris13.044676 
76Indiana State12.975677 
77Sacred Heart12.468474 
78Western Illinois12.432978 
79New Hampshire12.113881 
80South Carolina State12.097594 
81Colgate12.005679 
82McNeese11.904782 
83Albany11.882983   
84Norfolk State11.476586 
85St. Francis11.335684 
86Lafayette11.303887   
87Merrimack10.935688 
88Marist10.805585 
89Northwestern State10.763890 
90Wofford10.6611089 
91Prairie View A&M10.607580 
92Alcorn State10.346592 
93Tennessee Tech10.243893 
94Northern Colorado9.983895 
95St. Thomas9.937391 
96Lehigh9.343896 
97Georgetown9.312897 
98Brown9.032899 
99Southern Utah9.0211098 
100Cal Poly8.8729100 
101Idaho State8.81110101 
102Eastern Illinois8.27110103 
103Penn8.2237104 
104North Carolina Central8.1465102 
105Stetson7.3237106 
106Valparaiso7.3147107 
107Southern7.2547105 
108Cornell6.9728109 
109Tarleton State6.9465108 
110Texas Southern6.7328111 
111Bethune-Cookman6.5529110 
112Mississippi Valley State6.4447117 
113Delaware State6.2656112 
114Howard6.0838113 
115Alabama State6.0456118 
116Houston Baptist5.86011114 
117Presbyterian5.7629115 
118Grambling State5.6047121 
119Butler5.4838116 
120Lamar5.2119119 
121Central Connecticut State4.8247120 
122Drake4.3828122 
123Bucknell4.34110123 
124Arkansas-Pine Bluff2.8029124 
125Long Island2.1728125 
126Morgan State2.0129126 
127Wagner1.08011127 
128Dixie State0.29110128