Week 12 FCS Football Power Rankings

November 21, 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 Sacramento State 37.93 11 0 2 1 BIG SKY 20.00
2 Holy Cross 37.76 11 0 1 2 COLONIAL 19.88
3 Incarnate Word 35.45 10 1 3 3 ATLANTIC SUN 19.35
4 William & Mary 34.57 10 1 4 4 MISSOURI VALLEY 19.20
5 Montana State 32.59 10 1 8 5 SOUTHERN 18.85
6 South Dakota State 32.37 10 1 5 6 PATRIOT 16.53
7 Samford 31.99 10 1 7 7 IVY LEAGUE 15.22
8 Weber State 31.23 9 2 6 8 WESTERN 14.83
9 North Dakota State 30.40 9 2 11 9 OHIO VALLEY 14.50
10 Fordham 29.91 9 2 10 10 SOUTHLAND 14.14
11 UC-Davis 28.03 6 5 16 11 BIG SOUTH 13.73
12 Delaware 27.95 7 4 9 12 PIONEER 9.30
13 Elon 27.80 8 3 15 13 SOUTHWESTERN 8.92
14 Montana 27.79 7 4 12 14 NORTHEAST 8.76
15 Richmond 27.77 8 3 13 15 MID-EASTERN 7.80
16 Southeast Missouri 27.65 9 2 14      
17 Eastern Kentucky 27.56 7 4 18      
18 Mercer 27.36 7 4 17      
19 Furman 27.20 9 2 20      
20 Jackson State 26.59 11 0 19      
21 Southeastern Louisiana 25.25 8 3 22      
22 Idaho 24.99 7 4 21      
23 Rhode Island 23.71 7 4 27      
24 Northern Iowa 23.62 6 5 31      
25 Southern Illinois 23.58 5 6 25      
26 New Hampshire 23.36 8 3 28      
27 Yale 23.13 8 2 29  
28 North Dakota 22.80 7 4 24      
29 Austin Peay 22.64 7 4 26      
30 Chattanooga 22.61 7 4 23      
31 Gardner-Webb 21.95 6 5 36      
32 Tennessee-Martin 21.68 7 4 33      
33 Youngstown State 21.56 7 4 34      
34 Central Arkansas 21.30 5 6 30      
35 Princeton 21.12 8 2 32      
36 St. Francis 20.91 9 2 42  
37 Campbell 20.74 5 6 40      
38 Stephen F. Austin 20.19 6 5 39      
39 Abilene Christian 19.67 7 4 35  
40 Monmouth 19.41 5 6 37      
41 Western Carolina 19.37 6 5 46      
42 Penn 18.44 8 2 47  
43 Missouri State 18.39 5 6 43  
44 Villanova 18.25 6 5 50  
45 North Carolina Central 18.15 9 2 45  
46 North Carolina A&T 17.98 7 4 44  
47 Southern Utah 17.95 5 6 49      
49 Harvard 17.92 6 4 38      
50 Kennesaw State 17.79 5 6 41  
48 Davidson 17.25 8 3 52  
51 Towson 17.19 6 5 51  
52 Illinois State 15.84 6 5 48  
53 St. Thomas 15.79 10 1 57  
54 Bryant 15.63 4 7 55  
55 Tennessee Tech 15.31 4 7 53  
56 Albany 15.19 3 8 54  
57 Columbia 15.00 6 4 63      
58 Southern 14.48 6 4 59  
59 Eastern Washington 14.10 3 8 72      
60 Cal Poly 14.10 3 8 73  
61 Portland State 14.02 4 7 56  
62 East Tennessee State 13.54 3 8 58  
63 Butler 13.50 7 4 61  
64 Dayton 13.43 8 3 64      
65 Florida A&M 13.25 9 2 69  
66 Northern Arizona 13.21 3 8 65  
67 The Citadel 12.80 4 7 70  
68 South Dakota 12.78 3 8 62  
69 Lafayette 12.55 4 7 71  
70 Wofford 12.37 3 8 68  
71 Hampton 11.94 4 7 67      
72 Colgate 11.80 3 8 85  
73 Merrimack 11.78 8 3 66  
74 San Diego 11.71 5 5 75  
75 McNeese 11.56 4 7 77      
76 Prairie View A&M 11.53 6 5 60  
77 Charleston Southern 11.34 2 8 81      
78 Nicholls 11.27 3 8 76  
79 Lindenwood 11.25 7 3 80      
80 Georgetown 11.16 2 9 86  
81 Eastern Illinois 11.03 2 9 87  
82 Northwestern State 10.91 4 7 74  
83 Dartmouth 10.82 3 7 92  
84 Maine 10.52 2 9 90      
85 Lehigh 10.42 2 9 82  
87 Texas Southern 10.35 5 6 78  
86 Northern Colorado 10.06 3 8 79  
88 Cornell 9.79 5 5 84      
89 North Alabama 9.70 1 10 83  
92 Indiana State 9.64 2 9 89  
90 Howard 9.54 5 6 99      
91 Alabama State 9.33 6 4 93  
93 Sacred Heart 9.17 5 6 96  
94 Tarleton State 9.05 6 5 108  
95 Duquesne 9.00 4 7 111      
96 Stony Brook 8.86 2 9 98  
97 Valparaiso 8.77 5 6 88  
98 Tennessee State 8.73 4 7 109  
99 Murray State 8.71 2 9 100  
100 Stetson 8.54 4 6 106  
101 Bucknell 8.52 3 8 112  
102 Alcorn State 8.41 5 6 101  
103 Lamar 8.39 1 10 97  
104 Texas A&M-Commerce 8.19 5 6 94  
105 Brown 8.09 3 7 91      
106 Virginia Military 7.86 1 10 105  
107 Long Island 7.61 4 7 113  
108 Houston Christian 7.50 2 9 102      
109 Utah Tech 7.48 4 7 104  
110 Stonehill 7.46 4 5 95  
111 Idaho State 7.26 1 10 107  
112 Marist 7.24 4 7 103  
113 Alabama A&M 6.46 4 7 117  
114 Morgan State 6.43 4 7 110  
115 Western Illinois 6.07 0 11 116  
116 Grambling State 6.05 3 7 114  
117 South Carolina State 6.03 3 8 121  
118 Delaware State 5.39 5 6 115  
119 Central Connecticut State 4.96 2 9 122  
120 Morehead State 4.63 1 10 118  
121 Robert Morris 4.13 0 11 119  
122 Bethune-Cookman 4.09 2 9 120  
123 Drake 3.69 3 8 124  
124 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 3.45 2 8 123  
125 Norfolk State 2.37 2 9 126      
126 Wagner 1.34 1 10 125  
127 Presbyterian 1.11 1 10 127  
128 Mississippi Valley State 0.03 2 9 128