Week 6 FCS Football Power Rankings

October 10, 2022 · Jason Groomes
 
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 Holy Cross 39.00 6 0 2 1 MISSOURI VALLEY 19.39
2 Delaware 34.86 5 1 1 2 COLONIAL 18.83
3 Incarnate Word 33.08 5 1 3 3 SOUTHERN 18.00
4 Sacramento State 32.89 5 0 6 4 BIG SKY 17.91
5 William & Mary 32.80 5 1 9 5 ATLANTIC SUN 17.57
6 Southern Illinois 31.82 4 2 5 6 IVY LEAGUE 16.46
7 Montana 28.50 5 0 7 7 PATRIOT 15.34
8 Elon 27.30 5 1 11 8 WESTERN 14.06
9 Mercer 27.21 5 1 21 9 OHIO VALLEY 13.23
10 Samford 27.09 5 1 4 10-t SOUTHLAND 12.34
11 Monmouth 26.52 4 2 13 10-t BIG SOUTH 12.34
12 Southeast Missouri 26.32 5 1 15 12 SOUTHWESTERN 6.61
13 Fordham 25.60 5 1 14 13 PIONEER 6.54
14 Princeton 25.47 4 0 10 14 MID-EASTERN 6.33
15 Eastern Kentucky 25.40 3 2 12 15 NORTHEAST 5.69
16 Chattanooga 25.31 4 1 17      
17 North Dakota State 24.82 5 1 8      
18 Jackson State 24.58 5 0 24      
19 Weber State 23.40 5 0 28      
20 Rhode Island 23.37 3 2 25      
21 South Dakota State 23.21 5 1 22      
22 Montana State 23.18 5 1 16      
23 Harvard 22.09 3 1 30      
24 Richmond 21.69 3 2 23      
25 Idaho 21.33 3 2 19      
26 North Dakota 20.93 4 2 39  
27 Furman 20.60 4 2 31      
28 Campbell 20.33 3 2 26      
29 Stephen F. Austin 20.26 3 3 48      
30 UC-Davis 19.96 1 4 36      
31 Youngstown State 19.91 2 3 18      
32 Austin Peay 19.81 4 2 27      
33 Illinois State 19.66 3 2 46  
34 Western Carolina 19.64 3 3 20      
35 Tennessee-Martin 19.52 4 2 37  
36 Missouri State 18.58 2 4 29  
37 Penn 18.55 4 0 42  
38 New Hampshire 17.93 4 2 32      
39 Gardner-Webb 17.63 2 4 54      
40 Central Arkansas 17.37 2 4 34      
41 Columbia 17.32 3 1 41      
42 Northern Iowa 17.22 2 4 38      
43 Yale 17.21 3 1 40  
44 Southern Utah 17.14 3 3 43      
45 Southeastern Louisiana 17.13 3 3 35      
46 Eastern Washington 15.72 1 4 45      
47 Cal Poly 15.72 1 4 53  
48 Kennesaw State 15.72 2 3 62  
49 North Carolina Central 15.70 4 1 52  
50 Villanova 15.40 3 2 60  
51 Tennessee Tech 15.35 1 4 47  
52 Davidson 15.29 4 2 33  
53 Southern 15.02 3 2 50  
54 Portland State 14.79 2 3 51  
55 Albany 14.54 1 4 59  
56 East Tennessee State 13.93 3 3 64  
57 North Carolina A&T 13.88 2 3 56  
58 Abilene Christian 13.79 4 2 49  
59 South Dakota 13.74 1 4 44  
60 Dartmouth 13.15 1 3 57  
61 Stonehill 12.88 3 0 61  
62 Lafayette 12.06 2 4 63  
63 Northern Arizona 12.03 2 4 78  
64 Tarleton State 11.88 4 1 72  
65 Eastern Illinois 11.78 2 3 80  
66 Hampton 11.28 3 2 58      
67 Colgate 11.20 1 4 70  
68 Georgetown 11.20 1 5 74  
69 St. Thomas 11.00 4 1 83  
70 Northern Colorado 10.93 2 4 68  
71 Towson 10.45 2 4 69  
72 Cornell 10.27 2 2 71      
73 Indiana State 10.07 1 4 81  
74 Lehigh 10.07 1 5 82  
75 Alcorn State 10.00 3 2 79  
76 Butler 9.91 3 2 95  
77 Houston Christian 9.90 2 3 67      
78 Charleston Southern 9.88 0 5 77      
79 Nicholls 9.86 1 5 89  
80 Bryant 9.60 2 4 84  
81 Lindenwood 9.59 3 2 93      
82 Merrimack 9.50 4 2 66  
83 Prairie View A&M 9.49 3 3 55  
84 St. Francis 9.43 3 2 75  
85 Virginia Military 9.42 1 4 65  
86 Brown 9.41 2 2 88      
87 Texas A&M-Commerce 9.09 3 2 97  
88 The Citadel 8.76 1 4 87  
89 North Alabama 8.75 1 4 76  
90 McNeese 8.58 1 4 90      
91 Stetson 8.28 3 2 73  
92 Florida A&M 8.15 4 2 91  
93 Maine 7.83 1 4 111      
94 Valparaiso 7.80 3 2 108  
95 Lamar 7.34 0 6 85  
96 Wofford 6.94 0 6 103  
97 Texas Southern 6.85 2 4 101  
98 Delaware State 6.83 3 2 94  
99 Northwestern State 6.82 2 4 96  
100 Sacred Heart 6.78 3 2 99  
101 Marist 6.48 2 3 119  
102 Western Illinois 6.40 0 5 100  
103 Idaho State 6.02 0 6 102  
104 Alabama State 6.00 3 3 98  
105 Dayton 5.96 3 2 86      
106 Stony Brook 5.66 0 5 109  
107 Morgan State 5.35 2 3 92  
108 San Diego 5.20 2 3 115  
109 Tennessee State 5.16 1 4 117  
110 Utah Tech 5.06 1 4 106  
111 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4.73 2 4 107  
112 Murray State 4.58 0 6 112  
113 Morehead State 4.51 1 4 105  
114 Alabama A&M 4.50 2 4 120  
115 Howard 4.23 1 4 110      
116 South Carolina State 4.17 1 4 114  
117 Duquesne 4.09 1 5 113      
118 Robert Morris 4.08 0 5 104  
119 Bucknell 3.25 0 5 118  
120 Grambling State 2.85 1 5 116  
121 Long Island 2.35 0 5 121  
122 Bethune-Cookman 1.43 1 4 122  
123 Norfolk State 1.30 1 5 126      
124 Central Connecticut State 1.09 0 6 124  
125 Presbyterian 1.07 1 5 123  
126 Drake 0.24 0 6 125  
127 Wagner -1.32 0 5 127  
128 Mississippi Valley State -3.03 0 6 128