Week 7 FCS Football Power Rankings

October 17, 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 40.46 6 0 1 1 MISSOURI VALLEY 19.37
2 Delaware 35.61 5 1 2 2 COLONIAL 18.68
3 Incarnate Word 32.10 6 1 3 3 BIG SKY 18.53
4 Sacramento State 31.50 6 0 4 4 ATLANTIC SUN 18.33
5 William & Mary 31.42 5 1 5 5 SOUTHERN 18.06
6 Southern Illinois 30.93 5 2 6 6 IVY LEAGUE 16.30
7 Mercer 28.17 6 1 9 7 PATRIOT 15.20
8 Montana 26.82 5 1 7 8 WESTERN 13.95
9 Samford 26.82 5 1 10 9 OHIO VALLEY 13.18
10 Southeast Missouri 26.71 5 1 12 10 SOUTHLAND 13.02
11 Weber State 26.58 6 0 19 11 BIG SOUTH 12.36
12 South Dakota State 26.43 6 1 21 12 SOUTHWESTERN 7.21
13 Jackson State 25.63 6 0 18 13 PIONEER 7.10
14 Montana State 25.57 6 1 22 14 MID-EASTERN 7.08
15 Chattanooga 25.47 5 1 16 15 NORTHEAST 6.36
16 North Dakota State 25.11 5 2 17      
17 Elon 24.52 5 2 8      
18 Princeton 24.18 5 0 14      
19 Fordham 24.16 6 1 13      
20 Eastern Kentucky 23.62 3 3 15      
21 UC-Davis 23.26 2 4 30      
22 Idaho 23.22 4 2 25      
23 Stephen F. Austin 23.03 4 3 29      
24 Richmond 22.56 4 2 24      
25 Rhode Island 22.45 4 2 20      
26 Monmouth 22.39 4 3 11      
27 Furman 22.31 5 2 27      
28 Campbell 21.91 4 2 28      
29 North Dakota 21.52 4 2 26  
30 Central Arkansas 21.42 3 4 40      
31 Harvard 21.36 4 1 23      
33 Austin Peay 21.23 5 2 32      
32 Youngstown State 21.11 3 3 31      
34 Penn 20.36 5 0 37  
35 Western Carolina 19.88 3 4 34      
36 Missouri State 19.65 2 4 36  
37 Southeastern Louisiana 19.49 3 3 45      
38 Tennessee-Martin 19.37 4 2 35  
39 North Carolina Central 18.97 5 1 49  
40 Yale 18.78 4 1 43  
41 Illinois State 18.45 4 2 33  
42 Northern Iowa 18.21 3 4 42      
43 New Hampshire 17.36 5 2 38      
44 Gardner-Webb 17.18 2 5 39      
45 Southern Utah 16.40 3 4 44      
46 Eastern Washington 15.86 1 5 46      
47 Cal Poly 15.86 1 5 47  
49 Abilene Christian 15.62 5 2 58  
50 Davidson 15.61 5 2 52  
48 Southern 15.61 4 2 53  
51 Columbia 15.60 3 2 41      
52 Villanova 15.59 3 3 50  
53 East Tennessee State 15.27 3 4 56  
54 Albany 14.98 1 5 55  
55 North Carolina A&T 14.19 3 3 57  
56 Kennesaw State 13.94 2 4 48  
57 Eastern Illinois 13.62 2 4 65  
58 Portland State 13.18 2 4 54  
59 Tennessee Tech 12.86 1 5 51  
60 Hampton 12.51 4 2 66      
61 South Dakota 12.33 1 5 59  
62 Northern Colorado 12.17 2 5 70  
63 Lafayette 12.12 2 4 62  
64 Butler 11.72 4 2 76  
65 Maine 11.30 2 4 93      
66 St. Francis 11.27 4 2 84  
67 Merrimack 11.20 5 2 82  
68 Dartmouth 11.01 1 4 60  
69 Colgate 11.00 1 5 67  
70 Charleston Southern 10.97 1 5 78      
71 Cornell 10.66 3 2 72      
72 Northern Arizona 10.64 2 5 63  
73 Georgetown 10.54 1 5 68  
74 Lindenwood 10.54 4 2 81      
75 Indiana State 10.43 1 5 73  
76 St. Thomas 10.40 5 1 69  
77 Stonehill 10.40 3 1 61  
78 Texas A&M-Commerce 10.39 4 2 87  
79 Prairie View A&M 10.20 3 3 83  
80 Towson 10.18 2 4 71  
81 North Alabama 10.05 1 5 89  
82 Lehigh 10.04 1 6 74  
83 Tarleton State 9.94 4 2 64  
84 Brown 9.93 2 3 86      
85 Nicholls 9.69 1 6 79  
87 Northwestern State 9.20 3 4 99  
86 Alcorn State 9.19 3 3 75  
88 Sacred Heart 9.14 4 2 100  
89 Virginia Military 9.11 1 5 85  
92 Florida A&M 9.01 5 2 92  
90 Wofford 9.00 1 6 96  
91 Bryant 8.80 2 5 80  
93 Houston Christian 8.71 2 4 77      
94 Idaho State 8.42 1 6 103  
95 Valparaiso 8.34 3 3 94  
96 Stetson 8.32 3 2 91  
97 Dayton 8.25 4 2 105      
98 Lamar 8.01 0 6 95  
99 McNeese 7.93 1 5 90      
100 Delaware State 7.84 4 2 98  
101 The Citadel 7.79 1 5 88  
102 Texas Southern 7.44 2 4 97  
103 San Diego 6.85 3 3 108  
104 Tennessee State 6.70 2 4 109  
105 Alabama State 6.66 4 3 104  
106 Stony Brook 6.40 0 6 106  
107 Western Illinois 6.31 0 6 102  
115 Alabama A&M 6.23 3 4 114  
108 South Carolina State 6.14 2 4 116  
109 Marist 5.80 2 4 101  
110 Morehead State 5.32 1 5 113  
111 Morgan State 5.12 2 4 107  
112 Howard 4.96 1 5 115      
113 Murray State 4.92 0 7 112  
114 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4.56 2 5 111  
116 Duquesne 4.40 1 5 117      
117 Robert Morris 4.22 0 6 118  
118 Bucknell 3.94 0 6 119  
119 Utah Tech 3.73 1 5 110  
120 Grambling State 3.37 1 6 120  
121 Bethune-Cookman 1.63 1 5 122  
122 Long Island 1.39 0 6 121  
123 Central Connecticut State 1.10 0 6 124  
124 Norfolk State 1.05 1 6 123      
125 Presbyterian 0.80 1 6 125  
126 Drake 0.37 0 7 126  
127 Wagner -1.02 0 6 127  
128 Mississippi Valley State -2.84 0 7 128