Week 5 FCS Football 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
1Delaware39.475011MISSOURI VALLEY19.47
2Holy Cross37.455032ATLANTIC SUN18.82
3Incarnate Word36.724123COLONIAL18.68
4Samford30.514154SOUTHERN17.98
5Southern Illinois30.1732115BIG SKY17.53
6Sacramento State29.3340176IVY LEAGUE16.32
7Montana29.285047PATRIOT14.19
8North Dakota State28.6841238WESTERN12.85
9William & Mary28.5341129-tOHIO VALLEY12.43
10Princeton28.183089-tSOUTHLAND12.43
11Elon27.33411611BIG SOUTH11.57
12Eastern Kentucky27.17322912SOUTHWESTERN6.84
13Monmouth27.04321413MID-EASTERN6.63
14Fordham25.72411814NORTHEAST6.57
15Southeast Missouri25.45412215PIONEER6.32
16Montana State24.094110   
17Chattanooga23.874128   
18Youngstown State23.42226   
19Eastern Washington23.203230   
20Idaho23.203231   
21Western Carolina23.183242   
22Mercer23.08419   
23South Dakota State23.08417   
24Richmond22.823219   
25Jackson State22.724027   
26Rhode Island22.553225 
27Campbell22.072253   
28Austin Peay21.644221   
29Weber State21.234026 
30Missouri State20.712324 
31Harvard20.532120   
32Furman19.433234   
33New Hampshire19.403215   
34Davidson19.254148 
35Central Arkansas18.822357   
36Southeastern Louisiana18.813233   
37UC-Davis18.691432   
38Tennessee-Martin18.613240 
39Northern Iowa18.522346   
40North Dakota18.283263 
41Yale17.882135 
42Columbia17.582113   
43Penn17.213043 
44Southern Utah17.073239   
45South Dakota16.331341 
46Illinois State15.932237 
47Tennessee Tech15.431344 
48Stephen F. Austin15.392338   
49Abilene Christian15.184154 
50Southern14.962298 
51Portland State14.871359 
52North Carolina Central14.704136 
53Cal Poly14.491345 
54Gardner-Webb14.151450   
55Prairie View A&M14.063267 
56North Carolina A&T13.922358 
57Dartmouth13.831249 
58Hampton13.753155   
59Albany13.621347 
60Villanova13.493260 
61Stonehill13.093052 
62Kennesaw State12.911369 
63Lafayette12.502371 
64East Tennessee State11.922361 
65Virginia Military11.451364 
66Merrimack11.403262 
67Houston Christian11.382256   
68Northern Colorado11.002368 
69Towson10.892370 
70Colgate10.851465 
71Cornell10.332188   
72Tarleton State9.723175 
73Stetson9.603177 
74Georgetown9.521482 
75St. Francis9.183276 
76North Alabama9.031379 
77Charleston Southern8.890473   
78Northern Arizona8.821483 
79Alcorn State8.802274 
80Eastern Illinois8.701378 
81Indiana State8.691380 
82Lehigh8.481472 
83St. Thomas8.473187 
84Bryant8.441486 
85Lamar8.370589 
86Dayton8.253184   
87The Citadel8.131366 
88Brown8.051251   
89Nicholls7.910595 
90McNeese7.801494   
91Florida A&M7.7432108 
92Morgan State7.5722100 
93Lindenwood7.122290   
94Delaware State7.003296 
95Butler6.892281 
96Northwestern State6.8323105 
97Texas A&M-Commerce6.782299 
98Alabama State6.7732104 
99Sacred Heart6.6432113 
100Western Illinois6.610592 
101Texas Southern6.2914106 
102Idaho State6.0205115 
103Wofford5.720597 
104Robert Morris5.3704102 
105Morehead State5.3714107 
106Utah Tech5.221491 
107Arkansas-Pine Bluff5.162385 
108Valparaiso4.8622103 
109Stony Brook4.5904114 
110Howard4.3714110   
111Maine4.2204117   
112Murray State4.2105112 
113Duquesne4.2014111   
114South Carolina State4.0213101 
115San Diego3.9013109 
116Grambling State3.0214116 
117Tennessee State2.750493 
118Bucknell2.6904118 
119Marist2.6313120 
120Alabama A&M2.5814126 
121Long Island2.2205121 
122Bethune-Cookman2.1313119 
123Presbyterian1.9723123 
124Central Connecticut State0.4305124 
125Drake0.1905125 
126Norfolk State-1.2905127   
127Wagner-2.2904122 
128Mississippi Valley State-3.0005128