Week 9 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
1Holy Cross40.898011MISSOURI VALLEY19.49
2Sacramento State36.158022COLONIAL19.45
3Incarnate Word33.068143BIG SKY19.24
4William & Mary31.587154ATLANTIC SUN19.17
5South Dakota State30.468185SOUTHERN18.67
6Samford29.797196IVY LEAGUE15.53
7Delaware29.746237PATRIOT15.47
8Montana State29.577168OHIO VALLEY13.85
9Weber State29.5071119WESTERN13.83
10North Dakota State28.74621510SOUTHLAND13.73
11Jackson State27.80801711BIG SOUTH12.79
12Fordham27.27622012SOUTHWESTERN8.38
13Mercer27.13721213PIONEER8.24
14Southeast Missouri26.7962714MID-EASTERN7.43
15Elon26.63632515NORTHEAST7.42
16Chattanooga26.616210   
17Richmond26.536214   
18UC-Davis26.494418   
19Montana26.245313   
20Eastern Kentucky25.685323   
21Princeton25.657021   
22Idaho25.335322   
23Southern Illinois24.745416   
24Rhode Island24.285319   
25Furman24.227227   
26North Dakota24.005328   
27Southeastern Louisiana23.965324   
28Tennessee-Martin23.715335   
29Central Arkansas23.214432   
30Austin Peay21.895330   
31New Hampshire21.276234   
33Northern Iowa21.055438   
32Campbell20.994433   
34Monmouth20.644529   
35Stephen F. Austin20.295426   
36Youngstown State20.205336   
37Missouri State19.703545 
38Harvard19.635239   
39Penn19.246131 
40Villanova18.665351 
41Yale18.345241 
42Gardner-Webb18.174540   
43North Carolina A&T17.425353 
44Illinois State17.275337 
45Abilene Christian17.175349 
46Southern Utah16.833542   
47North Carolina Central16.706248 
49Davidson16.616252 
50Albany16.552655 
48St. Francis16.406257 
51Western Carolina16.303543   
52Kennesaw State16.034454 
53Butler15.316260 
54Eastern Washington15.282646   
55Cal Poly15.282647 
56East Tennessee State15.033644 
57Southern14.775350 
58Prairie View A&M14.425363 
59Tennessee Tech13.382662 
60Portland State13.343568 
61Towson13.213575 
62South Dakota13.192656 
63Colgate13.023561 
64Merrimack12.677264 
65St. Thomas12.597172 
66Northern Arizona12.403570 
67Columbia12.163459   
68Brown12.093487   
69Hampton12.024467   
70Dayton11.886283   
71Lafayette11.882658 
72Texas A&M-Commerce11.795369 
73Wofford11.552694 
74Lindenwood11.466278   
75Eastern Illinois11.212666 
76Bryant10.952684 
77Northern Colorado10.752677 
78North Alabama10.571771 
79Maine10.462681   
80Dartmouth10.452565 
81Florida A&M10.376293 
82Georgetown10.352695 
83Texas Southern10.104491 
84Charleston Southern10.041780   
85Indiana State10.031776 
87The Citadel9.932679 
86Nicholls9.692774 
88Northwestern State9.663585 
89Valparaiso9.454482 
92Lehigh9.351789 
90Sacred Heart8.954492 
91San Diego8.9534104 
93Cornell8.874373   
94Houston Christian8.812699   
95Stonehill8.543388 
96McNeese8.5317100   
97Alabama State8.5253105 
98Tarleton State8.495386 
99Lamar8.4817107 
100Howard8.1035108   
101Virginia Military7.901797 
102Tennessee State7.863590 
103Idaho State7.8617103 
104Marist7.4235113 
105Murray State7.1418114 
106Stony Brook7.081796 
107Stetson7.0734101 
108South Carolina State6.7435102 
109Delaware State6.5444109 
110Alcorn State6.453598 
111Morgan State6.3335117 
112Western Illinois6.2408106 
113Alabama A&M6.0135110 
114Duquesne5.9526111   
115Grambling State5.5126119 
116Utah Tech5.4926120 
117Bucknell5.1717116 
118Morehead State4.9917112 
119Robert Morris4.4208118 
120Arkansas-Pine Bluff4.2826115 
121Bethune-Cookman4.1226121 
122Long Island3.8817123 
123Central Connecticut State2.8117125 
124Wagner1.5717122 
125Drake1.1518127 
126Norfolk State0.9417124   
127Presbyterian0.6018126 
128Mississippi Valley State-1.9008128