Week 10 FCS Football Power Rankings

November 7, 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 38.60 9 0 1 1 ATLANTIC SUN 19.80
2 Sacramento State 37.46 9 0 2 2 COLONIAL 19.55
3 Incarnate Word 34.03 9 1 3 3 BIG SKY 19.50
4 William & Mary 32.40 8 1 4 4 MISSOURI VALLEY 19.43
5 Delaware 31.48 7 2 7 5 SOUTHERN 18.45
6 South Dakota State 31.44 9 1 5 6 PATRIOT 15.74
7 Weber State 30.95 7 2 9 7 IVY LEAGUE 15.62
8 Samford 29.26 8 1 6 8 SOUTHLAND 14.58
9 North Dakota State 28.82 7 2 10 9 WESTERN 13.91
10 Southeast Missouri 28.67 7 2 14 10 OHIO VALLEY 13.59
11 Montana State 28.61 8 1 8 11 BIG SOUTH 13.32
12 Richmond 27.88 7 2 17 12 PIONEER 8.87
13 Montana 27.88 6 3 19 13 SOUTHWESTERN 8.60
14 Jackson State 27.86 9 0 11 14 NORTHEAST 7.88
15 Eastern Kentucky 27.86 6 3 20 15 MID-EASTERN 7.54
16 Fordham 27.60 7 2 12      
17 Mercer 26.85 7 2 13      
18 Elon 26.63 7 3 15      
19 Idaho 26.43 6 3 22      
20 UC-Davis 25.43 5 4 18      
21 Chattanooga 24.90 7 2 16      
22 Rhode Island 24.57 6 3 24      
23 Southern Illinois 24.55 5 4 23      
24 Furman 24.54 7 2 25      
25 North Dakota 24.19 6 3 26      
26 Southeastern Louisiana 23.78 6 3 27      
27 Princeton 23.32 8 0 21      
28 Youngstown State 22.95 6 3 36      
29 Northern Iowa 21.58 5 5 33      
30 Austin Peay 21.53 6 3 30      
31 New Hampshire 21.37 6 3 31      
33 Yale 21.24 6 2 41  
32 Tennessee-Martin 21.03 5 4 28      
34 Central Arkansas 20.98 4 5 29      
35 Stephen F. Austin 20.85 5 4 35      
36 Campbell 19.92 4 5 32      
37 Penn 19.83 7 1 39  
38 Monmouth 19.35 4 6 34      
39 Gardner-Webb 19.21 4 5 42      
40 Kennesaw State 18.67 5 4 52  
41 North Carolina A&T 18.52 6 3 43  
42 Abilene Christian 18.23 6 3 45  
43 Davidson 17.61 7 2 49  
44 North Carolina Central 17.45 7 2 47  
45 Western Carolina 17.15 4 5 51      
46 St. Francis 17.07 7 2 48  
47 Harvard 16.99 5 3 38      
49 Missouri State 16.91 3 6 37  
50 Illinois State 16.77 5 4 44  
48 Villanova 16.15 5 4 40  
51 Southern Utah 15.88 3 6 46      
52 Butler 15.78 7 2 53  
53 Albany 15.32 2 7 50  
54 Towson 15.14 4 5 61  
55 Tennessee Tech 15.05 3 6 59  
56 East Tennessee State 14.79 3 6 56  
57 Portland State 14.62 4 5 60  
58 South Dakota 14.19 3 6 62  
59 Eastern Washington 14.13 2 7 54      
60 Cal Poly 14.13 2 7 55  
61 Northern Arizona 14.04 3 6 66  
62 St. Thomas 13.74 8 1 65  
63 Southern 13.68 5 4 57  
64 Bryant 13.61 3 6 76  
65 Columbia 13.49 4 4 67      
66 Lafayette 13.13 3 6 71  
67 Merrimack 13.11 7 2 64  
68 Dayton 13.04 7 2 70      
69 Prairie View A&M 12.77 5 4 58  
70 Hampton 12.29 4 5 69      
71 Northwestern State 12.24 4 5 88  
72 Florida A&M 11.70 7 2 81  
73 Wofford 11.61 2 7 73  
74 Colgate 11.57 3 6 63  
75 Charleston Southern 11.43 2 7 84      
76 Georgetown 11.26 2 7 82  
77 North Alabama 11.19 1 8 78  
78 Cornell 10.73 4 4 93      
79 Maine 10.55 2 7 79      
80 Northern Colorado 10.46 2 7 77  
81 Texas A&M-Commerce 10.40 5 4 72  
82 McNeese 10.36 2 7 96      
83 The Citadel 10.26 2 7 87  
84 Dartmouth 10.26 2 6 80  
85 Nicholls 10.23 2 7 86  
87 Stonehill 10.19 4 3 95  
86 Lindenwood 10.17 6 3 74      
88 Eastern Illinois 10.09 2 7 75  
89 Brown 10.05 3 5 68      
92 Texas Southern 9.64 4 5 83  
90 Lehigh 9.47 1 8 92  
91 San Diego 9.40 3 5 91  
93 Alabama State 9.37 6 3 97  
94 Lamar 9.22 1 8 99  
95 Indiana State 9.11 1 8 85  
96 Valparaiso 8.72 4 5 89  
97 Houston Christian 8.56 2 7 94      
98 Sacred Heart 8.44 4 5 90  
99 Marist 8.41 4 5 104  
100 Stony Brook 8.32 2 7 106  
101 Virginia Military 8.26 1 8 101  
102 Stetson 8.15 3 5 107  
103 Tarleton State 8.09 5 4 98  
104 Alcorn State 7.77 4 5 110  
105 Howard 7.71 3 6 100      
106 Duquesne 7.70 3 6 114      
107 Tennessee State 7.44 3 6 102  
108 Idaho State 7.25 1 8 103  
109 Delaware State 7.22 5 4 109  
110 Grambling State 7.05 3 6 115  
111 Murray State 6.93 1 8 105  
112 Utah Tech 6.90 3 6 116  
113 South Carolina State 6.82 3 6 108  
114 Western Illinois 6.10 0 9 112  
115 Morgan State 5.86 3 6 111  
116 Bucknell 5.74 1 8 117  
117 Alabama A&M 5.36 3 6 113  
118 Long Island 4.99 2 7 122  
119 Morehead State 4.85 1 8 118  
120 Robert Morris 4.64 0 9 119  
121 Bethune-Cookman 4.06 2 7 121  
122 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 3.49 2 7 120  
123 Central Connecticut State 2.89 1 8 123  
124 Drake 1.21 1 8 125  
125 Wagner 1.17 1 8 124  
126 Norfolk State 1.11 1 8 126      
127 Presbyterian 0.93 1 9 127  
128 Mississippi Valley State -1.21 0 8 128