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Week 4 FCS Power Rankings

Mon, 09/27/2021

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	Montana	40.13	3	0	N/A	1	MISSOURI VALLEY	24.94
2	Southern Illinois	38.10	3	1	N/A	2	COLONIAL	19.47
3	James Madison	35.70	3	0	N/A	3	AQ7	18.82
4	Missouri State	32.48	2	1	N/A	4	SOUTHERN	17.68
5	Princeton	32.46	2	0	N/A	5	IVY LEAGUE	15.77
6	Villanova	32.43	3	1	N/A	6	BIG SKY	15.70
7	Sam Houston State	31.39	3	0	N/A	7	SOUTHLAND	14.14
8	South Dakota State	30.11	3	0	N/A	8	BIG SOUTH	11.78
9	Northern Iowa	29.43	2	1	N/A	9	OHIO VALLEY	10.96
10	North Dakota State	28.53	3	0	N/A	10	PATRIOT	9.25
11	Incarnate Word	27.89	3	1	N/A	11	PIONEER	5.56
12	East Tennessee State	27.47	4	0	N/A	12	SOUTHWESTERN	5.15
13	Montana State	27.05	3	1	N/A	13	NORTHEAST	4.47
14	Dartmouth	25.63	2	0	N/A	14	MID-EASTERN	2.89
15	Harvard	25.08	2	0	N/A	15	WESTERN	2.68
16	Holy Cross	24.61	3	1	N/A
17	Mercer	24.44	2	1	N/A
18	Rhode Island	23.90	3	0	N/A
19	Youngstown State	23.52	1	2	N/A
20	Eastern Washington	23.37	4	0	N/A
21	Samford	22.08	2	2	N/A
22	UC-Davis	22.04	4	0	N/A
23	North Dakota	21.88	2	1	N/A
24	Austin Peay	21.83	2	2	N/A
25	Abilene Christian	21.40	3	1	N/A
26	Tennessee-Martin	21.39	3	1	N/A
27	Southeastern Louisiana	21.21	2	1	N/A
28	Stephen F. Austin	21.20	3	1	N/A
29	Illinois State	20.01	2	2	N/A
30	Campbell	19.73	1	2	N/A
31	Columbia	19.34	2	0	N/A
32	Delaware	18.21	2	1	N/A
33	Virginia Military	18.05	3	1	N/A
34	William & Mary	18.04	3	1	N/A
35	Western Illinois	17.95	1	3	N/A
36	South Dakota	17.48	2	2	N/A
37	Chattanooga	17.37	1	2	N/A
38	Weber State	17.30	1	3	N/A
39	Jacksonville State	17.09	2	2	N/A
40	New Hampshire	17.07	3	1	N/A
41	Nicholls	17.04	1	2	N/A
42	Eastern Kentucky	16.71	2	2	N/A
43	Merrimack	16.09	3	1	N/A
44	Richmond	16.02	2	2	N/A
45	North Carolina A&T	15.89	1	2	N/A
46	Southeast Missouri State	15.83	1	3	N/A
47	Furman	14.89	2	2	N/A
48	Lafayette	14.78	1	3	N/A
49	Towson	14.72	1	3	N/A
50	Albany	14.44	0	3	N/A
51	Charleston Southern	14.39	1	2	N/A
52	Central Arkansas	14.35	1	3	N/A
53	Monmouth	14.13	2	2	N/A
54	Indiana State	14.03	2	2	N/A
55	Southern Utah	13.84	1	3	N/A
56	Wofford	13.31	1	2	N/A
57	Maine	13.30	1	3	N/A
58	Stony Brook	13.02	1	3	N/A
59	Elon	12.60	1	3	N/A
60	Dayton	12.59	1	1	N/A
61	Kennesaw State	12.40	2	1	N/A
62	Murray State	11.94	1	2	N/A
63	Gardner-Webb	11.67	2	2	N/A
64	Northern Arizona	11.64	1	3	N/A
65	Lamar	11.30	2	2	N/A
66	Yale	11.14	1	1	N/A
67	Northern Colorado	10.71	2	2	N/A
68	Idaho	10.70	1	2	N/A
69	Prairie View A&M	10.32	3	1	N/A
70	Bryant	10.18	2	2	N/A
71	The Citadel	9.60	1	2	N/A
72	McNeese	9.39	1	3	N/A
73	Alabama A&M	9.21	3	0	N/A
74	Western Carolina	9.18	0	4	N/A
75	Fordham	9.18	1	3	N/A
76	Norfolk State	8.87	2	2	N/A
77	Colgate	8.70	1	3	N/A
78	Duquesne	8.56	2	1	N/A
79	Jackson State	8.56	3	1	N/A
80	Georgetown	8.25	1	2	N/A
81	Sacramento State	8.03	2	2	N/A
82	Alcorn State	8.00	2	2	N/A
83	Stetson	7.72	2	1	N/A
84	Cal Poly	7.65	1	3	N/A
85	Davidson	7.64	2	1	N/A
86	Hampton	7.63	2	1	N/A
87	Portland State	7.33	1	3	N/A
88	Idaho State	7.07	0	3	N/A
89	Eastern Illinois	7.00	1	4	N/A
90	Houston Baptist	6.99	0	3	N/A
91	Butler	6.44	2	2	N/A
92	Tarleton State	6.42	2	2	N/A
93	Presbyterian	6.23	2	2	N/A
94	Robert Morris	6.18	1	1	N/A
95	St. Francis	5.72	1	3	N/A
96	Morehead State	5.55	0	2	N/A
97	Cornell	5.32	0	2	N/A
98	Sacred Heart	5.31	2	2	N/A
99	St. Thomas	5.13	2	1	N/A
100	Tennessee State	5.06	1	3	N/A
101	North Alabama	4.67	0	4	N/A
102	Penn	4.58	1	1	N/A
103	Northwestern State	4.31	0	3	N/A
104	Florida A&M	4.20	1	2	N/A
105	Southern	4.00	2	2	N/A
106	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	3.99	1	2	N/A
107	Bethune-Cookman	3.86	0	4	N/A
108	North Carolina Central	3.85	2	2	N/A
109	Brown	3.75	0	2	N/A
110	Alabama State	3.70	2	1	N/A
111	Drake	3.56	1	3	N/A
112	South Carolina State	2.63	0	3	N/A
113	Delaware State	2.21	1	3	N/A
114	Marist	2.06	0	2	N/A
115	Tennessee Tech	1.73	0	4	N/A
116	Bucknell	1.69	0	3	N/A
117	Lehigh	1.54	0	4	N/A
118	San Diego	0.57	0	4	N/A
119	Grambling State	0.57	1	3	N/A
120	Wagner	0.53	0	4	N/A
121	Howard	0.40	0	4	N/A
122	Texas Southern	0.30	0	3	N/A
123	Valparaiso	-0.03	1	3	N/A
124	Central Connecticut State	-0.55	1	3	N/A
125	Morgan State	-0.65	0	3	N/A
126	Mississippi Valley State	-0.86	0	3	N/A
127	Long Island	-1.80	0	3	N/A
128	Dixie State	-2.09	0	3	N/A

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