Week 11 FCS Football Power Rankings

November 14, 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 38.05 10 0 1 1 ATLANTIC SUN 20.12
2 Sacramento State 37.94 10 0 2 2 BIG SKY 19.80
3 Incarnate Word 34.47 9 1 3 3 COLONIAL 19.71
4 William & Mary 32.64 9 1 4 4 MISSOURI VALLEY 19.39
5 South Dakota State 32.60 10 1 6 5 SOUTHERN 18.71
6 Weber State 31.48 8 2 7 6 PATRIOT 16.01
7 Samford 31.32 9 1 8 7 IVY LEAGUE 15.40
8 Montana State 29.93 9 1 11 8 SOUTHLAND 14.42
9 Delaware 29.87 7 3 5 9 WESTERN 14.32
10 Fordham 29.36 8 2 16 10 OHIO VALLEY 14.15
11 North Dakota State 29.34 8 2 9 11 BIG SOUTH 13.03
12 Montana 28.56 7 3 13 12 PIONEER 9.22
13 Richmond 28.43 8 2 12 13 SOUTHWESTERN 8.79
14 Southeast Missouri 28.16 8 2 10 14 NORTHEAST 8.30
15 Elon 27.93 8 3 18 15 MID-EASTERN 7.41
16 UC-Davis 27.57 6 4 20      
17 Mercer 26.77 7 3 17      
18 Eastern Kentucky 26.71 6 4 15      
19 Jackson State 26.62 10 0 14      
20 Furman 25.90 8 2 24      
21 Idaho 25.04 6 4 19      
22 Southeastern Louisiana 24.94 7 3 26      
23 Chattanooga 24.21 7 3 21      
24 North Dakota 24.16 7 3 25      
25 Southern Illinois 24.12 5 5 23      
26 Austin Peay 23.59 7 3 30      
27 Rhode Island 23.34 6 4 22      
28 New Hampshire 23.02 7 3 31      
29 Yale 22.84 7 2 33  
30 Central Arkansas 22.35 5 5 34      
31 Northern Iowa 22.22 5 5 29      
33 Tennessee-Martin 22.19 6 4 32      
32 Princeton 22.02 8 1 27      
34 Youngstown State 21.03 6 4 28      
35 Abilene Christian 20.51 7 3 42  
36 Gardner-Webb 19.93 5 5 39      
37 Monmouth 19.50 4 6 38      
38 Harvard 19.26 6 3 47      
39 Stephen F. Austin 19.22 5 5 35      
40 Campbell 19.19 4 6 36      
41 Kennesaw State 18.50 5 5 40  
42 St. Francis 18.31 8 2 46  
43 Missouri State 18.29 4 6 49  
44 North Carolina A&T 18.16 7 3 41  
45 North Carolina Central 17.97 8 2 44  
46 Western Carolina 17.75 5 5 45      
47 Penn 17.50 7 2 37  
49 Southern Utah 16.83 4 6 51      
50 Villanova 16.61 5 5 48  
48 Illinois State 16.19 5 5 50  
51 Towson 15.96 5 5 54  
52 Davidson 15.71 7 3 43  
53 Tennessee Tech 15.38 4 6 55  
54 Albany 15.30 3 7 53  
55 Bryant 14.82 3 7 64  
56 Portland State 14.68 4 6 57  
57 St. Thomas 14.48 9 1 62  
58 East Tennessee State 14.38 3 7 56  
59 Southern 14.19 6 4 63  
60 Prairie View A&M 14.06 6 4 69  
61 Butler 14.04 7 3 52  
62 South Dakota 14.00 3 7 58  
63 Columbia 13.61 5 4 65      
64 Dayton 13.58 8 2 68      
65 Northern Arizona 12.79 3 7 61  
66 Merrimack 12.68 8 2 67  
67 Hampton 12.56 4 6 70      
68 Wofford 12.48 3 7 73  
69 Florida A&M 12.47 8 2 72  
70 The Citadel 12.26 3 7 83  
71 Lafayette 12.26 3 7 66  
72 Eastern Washington 12.12 2 8 59      
73 Cal Poly 12.12 2 8 60  
74 Northwestern State 11.85 4 6 71  
75 San Diego 11.79 4 5 91  
76 Nicholls 11.40 3 7 85  
77 McNeese 11.32 3 7 82      
78 Texas Southern 11.27 5 5 92  
79 Northern Colorado 11.25 3 7 80  
80 Lindenwood 11.19 7 3 86      
81 Charleston Southern 11.11 2 8 75      
82 Lehigh 10.95 2 8 90  
83 North Alabama 10.85 1 9 77  
84 Cornell 10.78 5 4 78      
85 Colgate 10.76 3 7 74  
87 Eastern Illinois 10.57 2 8 88  
86 Georgetown 10.54 2 8 76  
88 Valparaiso 10.24 5 5 96  
89 Indiana State 10.17 2 8 95  
92 Dartmouth 9.77 2 7 84  
90 Maine 9.77 2 8 79      
91 Brown 9.35 3 6 89      
93 Alabama State 9.15 6 4 93  
94 Texas A&M-Commerce 9.12 5 5 81  
95 Stonehill 9.06 4 4 87  
96 Sacred Heart 9.06 5 5 98  
97 Lamar 8.96 1 9 94  
98 Stony Brook 8.73 2 8 100  
99 Howard 8.40 4 6 105      
100 Murray State 8.36 2 8 111  
101 Alcorn State 8.21 5 5 104  
102 Houston Christian 8.14 2 8 97      
103 Marist 7.99 4 6 99  
104 Utah Tech 7.96 4 6 112  
105 Virginia Military 7.80 1 9 101  
106 Stetson 7.58 3 6 102  
107 Idaho State 7.57 1 9 108  
108 Tarleton State 7.56 5 5 103  
109 Tennessee State 7.48 3 7 107  
110 Morgan State 7.45 4 6 115  
111 Duquesne 7.42 3 7 106      
112 Bucknell 7.15 2 8 116  
113 Long Island 6.33 3 7 118  
114 Grambling State 6.12 3 7 110  
115 Delaware State 6.10 5 5 109  
116 Western Illinois 5.63 0 10 114  
117 Alabama A&M 5.53 3 7 117  
118 Morehead State 4.86 1 9 119  
119 Robert Morris 4.30 0 10 120  
120 Bethune-Cookman 4.01 2 8 121  
121 South Carolina State 3.77 3 7 113  
122 Central Connecticut State 3.45 1 9 123  
123 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 3.44 2 8 122  
124 Drake 2.32 2 8 124  
125 Wagner 1.78 1 9 125  
126 Norfolk State 0.98 1 9 126      
127 Presbyterian 0.97 1 9 127  
128 Mississippi Valley State -1.03 1 9 128