The Madness FCS Power Rankings - Week 11
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.
| RANK | TEAM | RATING | Won | Lost | Prev | RANK | CONFERENCE | RATING | |
| 1 | North Dakota State | 48.55 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | MISSOURI VALLEY | 29.90 | |
| 2 | James Madison | 44.49 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | COLONIAL | 29.89 | |
| 3 | Montana | 42.51 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | SOUTHERN | 27.27 | |
| 4 | Dartmouth | 41.53 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 4 | BIG SKY | 26.60 | |
| 5 | Weber State | 40.27 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | OHIO VALLEY | 25.88 | |
| 6 | South Dakota State | 39.90 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | SOUTHLAND | 24.99 | |
| 7 | Furman | 37.58 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | IVY LEAGUE | 24.07 | |
| 8 | Towson | 36.83 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 8 | BIG SOUTH | 23.80 | |
| 9 | Central Arkansas | 36.37 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 9 | PATRIOT | 22.23 | |
| 10 | Sacramento State | 36.14 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 10 | NORTHEAST | 18.89 | |
| 11 | Villanova | 35.63 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 11 | MID-EASTERN | 14.90 | |
| 12 | Austin Peay | 35.53 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 12 | PIONEER | 14.50 | |
| 13 | Northern Iowa | 35.26 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 13 | SOUTHWESTERN | 14.42 | |
| 14 | Illinois State | 34.07 | 7 | 3 | 25 | ||||
| 15 | Southeastern Louisiana | 33.96 | 6 | 3 | 29 | ||||
| 16 | Tennessee-Martin | 33.83 | 6 | 4 | 16 | ||||
| 17 | Monmouth | 33.72 | 8 | 2 | 20 | ||||
| 18 | UC Davis | 33.48 | 5 | 5 | 18 | ||||
| 19 | Wofford | 33.22 | 6 | 3 | 22 | ||||
| 20 | Southeast Missouri State | 32.65 | 7 | 3 | 19 | ||||
| 21 | Sam Houston State | 32.04 | 6 | 4 | 23 | ||||
| 22 | North Dakota | 31.68 | 5 | 4 | 27 | ||||
| 23 | New Hampshire | 31.66 | 5 | 4 | 12 | ||||
| 24 | Southern Illinois | 31.38 | 6 | 4 | 17 | ||||
| 25 | Albany | 30.61 | 6 | 4 | 33 | ||||
| 26 | San Diego | 30.54 | 7 | 2 | 38 | ||||
| 27 | Montana State | 30.40 | 7 | 3 | 31 | ||||
| 28 | McNeese | 30.35 | 6 | 4 | 26 | ||||
| 29 | Maine | 30.17 | 5 | 5 | 34 | ||||
| 30 | Youngstown State | 30.06 | 5 | 5 | 14 | ||||
| 31 | The Citadel | 29.87 | 6 | 4 | 28 | ||||
| 32 | Princeton | 29.81 | 7 | 1 | 36 | ||||
| 33 | Yale | 29.58 | 7 | 1 | 24 | ||||
| 34 | Kennesaw State | 29.39 | 8 | 2 | 44 | ||||
| 35 | Jacksonville State | 28.49 | 6 | 5 | 37 | ||||
| 36 | Elon | 28.44 | 4 | 6 | 21 | ||||
| 37 | Nicholls | 28.19 | 6 | 4 | 41 | ||||
| 38 | Richmond | 28.06 | 5 | 5 | 32 | ||||
| 39 | Eastern Washington | 26.99 | 5 | 5 | 45 | ||||
| 40 | Abilene Christian | 26.65 | 5 | 5 | 35 | ||||
| 41 | Campbell | 26.25 | 6 | 3 | 48 | ||||
| 42 | William & Mary | 26.19 | 4 | 6 | 52 | ||||
| 43 | Delaware | 25.94 | 4 | 6 | 42 | ||||
| 44 | Chattanooga | 25.93 | 5 | 5 | 50 | ||||
| 45 | Stony Brook | 25.68 | 5 | 5 | 39 | ||||
| 46 | Harvard | 25.68 | 4 | 4 | 30 | ||||
| 47 | South Dakota | 25.08 | 4 | 6 | 60 | ||||
| 48 | Central Connecticut State | 24.87 | 9 | 1 | 49 | ||||
| 49 | Samford | 24.68 | 4 | 6 | 46 | ||||
| 50 | Holy Cross | 24.57 | 5 | 5 | 40 | ||||
| 51 | Mercer | 24.52 | 4 | 6 | 47 | ||||
| 52 | Eastern Kentucky | 24.44 | 5 | 5 | 53 | ||||
| 53 | Georgetown | 23.63 | 5 | 4 | 59 | ||||
| 54 | Murray State | 23.30 | 4 | 6 | 57 | ||||
| 55 | Lafayette | 23.25 | 3 | 7 | 77 | ||||
| 56 | North Carolina A&T | 23.17 | 6 | 3 | 43 | ||||
| 57 | Columbia | 22.80 | 3 | 5 | 74 | ||||
| 58 | Indiana State | 22.69 | 3 | 7 | 73 | ||||
| 59 | East Tennessee State | 22.51 | 2 | 8 | 56 | ||||
| 60 | Florida A&M | 22.48 | 8 | 1 | 65 | ||||
| 61 | Grambling State | 22.42 | 5 | 4 | 79 | ||||
| 62 | Dayton | 22.40 | 6 | 3 | 62 | ||||
| 63 | Idaho | 22.38 | 4 | 6 | 58 | ||||
| 64 | Tennessee Tech | 22.36 | 6 | 4 | 80 | ||||
| 65 | Cal Poly | 22.36 | 2 | 7 | 61 | ||||
| 66 | North Alabama | 22.26 | 3 | 6 | 68 | ||||
| 67 | Lehigh | 21.99 | 4 | 5 | 51 | ||||
| 68 | Incarnate Word | 21.95 | 5 | 5 | 55 | ||||
| 69 | Northern Arizona | 21.79 | 4 | 6 | 75 | ||||
| 70 | Southern | 21.72 | 6 | 4 | 63 | ||||
| 71 | South Carolina State | 21.67 | 6 | 3 | 70 | ||||
| 72 | Alcorn State | 21.61 | 6 | 3 | 71 | ||||
| 73 | Fordham | 21.38 | 3 | 7 | 54 | ||||
| 74 | Charleston Southern | 21.01 | 4 | 6 | 82 | ||||
| 75 | Virginia Military | 20.91 | 4 | 6 | 69 | ||||
| 76 | St. Francis | 20.90 | 4 | 6 | 84 | ||||
| 77 | Portland State | 20.82 | 5 | 6 | 64 | ||||
| 78 | Duquesne | 20.47 | 6 | 3 | 67 | ||||
| 79 | Davidson | 20.37 | 7 | 3 | 81 | ||||
| 80 | Colgate | 20.12 | 3 | 8 | 86 | ||||
| 81 | Sacred Heart | 19.84 | 6 | 4 | 91 | ||||
| 82 | Idaho State | 19.63 | 3 | 7 | 66 | ||||
| 83 | Penn | 19.48 | 4 | 4 | 90 | ||||
| 84 | Lamar | 19.18 | 4 | 6 | 72 | ||||
| 85 | Gardner-Webb | 19.09 | 3 | 7 | 76 | ||||
| 86 | Bucknell | 18.82 | 2 | 7 | 97 | ||||
| 87 | Houston Baptist | 18.25 | 4 | 6 | 92 | ||||
| 88 | Eastern Illinois | 18.22 | 1 | 9 | 93 | ||||
| 89 | Rhode Island | 18.15 | 2 | 8 | 78 | ||||
| 90 | Missouri State | 18.07 | 1 | 8 | 88 | ||||
| 91 | Southern Utah | 17.75 | 2 | 8 | 94 | ||||
| 92 | Cornell | 17.51 | 2 | 6 | 89 | ||||
| 93 | Alabama State | 17.30 | 5 | 4 | 87 | ||||
| 94 | Bethune-Cookman | 17.28 | 6 | 3 | 85 | ||||
| 95 | Western Illinois | 17.07 | 1 | 9 | 98 | ||||
| 96 | Tennessee State | 16.74 | 2 | 8 | 83 | ||||
| 97 | Prairie View A&M | 16.63 | 4 | 5 | 95 | ||||
| 98 | Northern Colorado | 15.84 | 2 | 8 | 96 | ||||
| 99 | Northwestern State | 15.76 | 2 | 8 | 104 | ||||
| 100 | Stephen F. Austin | 15.45 | 2 | 8 | 107 | ||||
| 101 | Western Carolina | 15.25 | 3 | 7 | 102 | ||||
| 102 | Norfolk State | 14.65 | 4 | 6 | 106 | ||||
| 103 | Robert Morris | 14.60 | 6 | 4 | 110 | ||||
| 104 | Marist | 14.18 | 3 | 6 | 99 | ||||
| 105 | Drake | 14.11 | 5 | 4 | 105 | ||||
| 106 | Presbyterian | 14.05 | 1 | 9 | 108 | ||||
| 107 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 13.99 | 5 | 5 | 100 | ||||
| 108 | North Carolina Central | 13.75 | 4 | 6 | 103 | ||||
| 109 | Alabama A&M | 13.69 | 6 | 4 | 111 | ||||
| 110 | Morehead State | 13.55 | 5 | 5 | 112 | ||||
| 111 | Bryant | 12.41 | 2 | 8 | 113 | ||||
| 112 | Hampton | 12.21 | 5 | 5 | 109 | ||||
| 113 | Stetson | 12.20 | 6 | 3 | 101 | ||||
| 114 | Jacksonville | 11.46 | 2 | 8 | 115 | ||||
| 115 | Morgan State | 11.44 | 2 | 8 | 121 | ||||
| 116 | Wagner | 11.10 | 1 | 9 | 114 | ||||
| 117 | Merrimack | 10.97 | 4 | 5 | 117 | ||||
| 118 | Long Island | 10.67 | 0 | 8 | 116 | ||||
| 119 | Brown | 10.28 | 1 | 7 | 118 | ||||
| 120 | Delaware State | 10.19 | 2 | 8 | 122 | ||||
| 121 | Mississippi Valley State | 9.48 | 2 | 7 | 119 | ||||
| 122 | Jackson State | 9.31 | 4 | 6 | 120 | ||||
| 123 | Butler | 6.60 | 2 | 8 | 123 | ||||
| 124 | Howard | 4.11 | 1 | 9 | 124 | ||||
| 125 | Valparaiso | 3.80 | 1 | 9 | 125 | ||||
| 126 | Texas Southern | 3.43 | 0 | 10 | 126 |
