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Week 4 FCS Football Power Rankings

Sun, 09/25/2022

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	Delaware	41.12	4	0	N/A	1	MISSOURI VALLEY	19.61
2	Incarnate Word	33.93	3	1	N/A	2	IVY LEAGUE	18.88
3	Holy Cross	33.57	4	0	N/A	3	COLONIAL	18.83
4	Montana	31.13	4	0	N/A	4	SOUTHERN	18.04
5	Samford	31.10	3	1	N/A	5	BIG SKY	17.88
6	Youngstown State	30.60	2	1	N/A	6	ATLANTIC SUN	16.62
7	South Dakota State	30.52	3	1	N/A	7	PATRIOT	13.52
8	Princeton	29.90	2	0	N/A	8	WESTERN	13.19
9	Mercer	29.36	3	1	N/A	9	OHIO VALLEY	12.80
10	Montana State	28.82	3	1	N/A	10	SOUTHLAND	11.70
11	Southern Illinois	28.24	2	2	N/A	11	BIG SOUTH	10.95
12	William & Mary	28.16	3	1	N/A	12	MID-EASTERN	7.20
13	Columbia	27.70	2	0	N/A	13	SOUTHWESTERN	5.84
14	Monmouth	27.66	2	2	N/A	14	PIONEER	5.62
15	New Hampshire	26.99	3	1	N/A	15	NORTHEAST	5.22
16	Elon	26.12	3	1	N/A
17	Sacramento State	25.63	3	0	N/A
18	Fordham	24.90	3	1	N/A
19	Richmond	24.37	3	1	N/A
20	Harvard	23.91	2	0	N/A
21	Austin Peay	23.80	4	1	N/A
22	Southeast Missouri	23.24	3	1	N/A
23	North Dakota State	23.23	3	1	N/A
24	Missouri State	23.09	2	2	N/A
25	Rhode Island	23.08	2	2	N/A
26	Weber State	22.45	4	0	N/A
27	Jackson State	22.08	4	0	N/A
28	Chattanooga	22.06	3	1	N/A
29	Eastern Kentucky	22.02	2	2	N/A
30	Eastern Washington	21.83	2	2	N/A
31	Idaho	21.83	2	2	N/A
32	UC-Davis	20.63	1	3	N/A
33	Southeastern Louisiana	20.49	2	2	N/A
34	Furman	19.85	3	1	N/A
35	Yale	19.80	1	1	N/A
36	North Carolina Central	19.77	4	0	N/A
37	Illinois State	19.36	2	1	N/A
38	Stephen F. Austin	17.72	2	2	N/A
39	Southern Utah	17.54	3	1	N/A
40	Tennessee-Martin	16.95	2	2	N/A
41	South Dakota	16.83	1	3	N/A
42	Western Carolina	16.59	2	2	N/A
43	Penn	16.29	2	0	N/A
44	Tennessee Tech	16.25	1	2	N/A
45	Cal Poly	16.22	1	2	N/A
46	Northern Iowa	15.99	1	3	N/A
47	Albany	15.41	1	3	N/A
48	Davidson	15.26	3	1	N/A
49	Dartmouth	14.98	1	1	N/A
50	Gardner-Webb	14.66	1	3	N/A
51	Brown	14.29	1	1	N/A
52	Stonehill	14.25	2	0	N/A
53	Campbell	14.07	1	2	N/A
54	Abilene Christian	13.98	3	1	N/A
55	Hampton	13.62	3	1	N/A
56	Houston Christian	12.80	1	2	N/A
57	Central Arkansas	12.39	1	3	N/A
58	North Carolina A&T	12.24	1	3	N/A
59	Portland State	12.05	0	3	N/A
60	Villanova	11.94	2	2	N/A
61	East Tennessee State	11.81	2	2	N/A
62	Merrimack	11.77	2	2	N/A
63	North Dakota	11.52	2	2	N/A
64	Virginia Military	11.11	1	2	N/A
65	Colgate	10.81	1	3	N/A
66	The Citadel	10.72	1	2	N/A
67	Prairie View A&M	10.47	2	2	N/A
68	Northern Colorado	10.34	2	2	N/A
69	Kennesaw State	10.16	1	2	N/A
70	Towson	10.14	2	2	N/A
71	Lafayette	10.04	1	3	N/A
72	Lehigh	9.68	1	3	N/A
73	Charleston Southern	9.59	0	4	N/A
74	Alcorn State	9.46	2	2	N/A
75	Tarleton State	9.30	3	1	N/A
76	St. Francis	9.28	2	2	N/A
77	Stetson	9.17	3	1	N/A
78	Eastern Illinois	9.14	1	3	N/A
79	North Alabama	8.91	1	3	N/A
80	Indiana State	8.40	1	2	N/A
81	Butler	8.39	2	1	N/A
82	Georgetown	8.17	1	3	N/A
83	Northern Arizona	8.09	1	3	N/A
84	Dayton	7.67	2	1	N/A
85	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	7.66	2	2	N/A
86	Bryant	7.35	1	3	N/A
87	St. Thomas	7.31	2	1	N/A
88	Cornell	7.00	1	1	N/A
89	Lamar	6.79	0	4	N/A
90	Lindenwood	6.69	2	1	N/A
91	Utah Tech	6.56	1	3	N/A
92	Western Illinois	6.56	0	4	N/A
93	Tennessee State	6.49	0	3	N/A
94	McNeese	6.47	1	3	N/A
95	Nicholls	6.28	0	4	N/A
96	Delaware State	6.26	2	2	N/A
97	Wofford	6.10	0	4	N/A
98	Southern	6.03	1	2	N/A
99	Texas A&M-Commerce	5.93	2	2	N/A
100	Morgan State	5.58	1	2	N/A
101	South Carolina State	5.38	1	2	N/A
102	Robert Morris	5.34	0	3	N/A
103	Valparaiso	5.31	2	2	N/A
104	Alabama State	5.08	2	2	N/A
105	Northwestern State	5.00	1	3	N/A
106	Texas Southern	4.73	1	3	N/A
107	Morehead State	4.67	1	3	N/A
108	Florida A&M	4.53	2	2	N/A
109	San Diego	4.30	1	3	N/A
110	Howard	4.26	1	3	N/A
111	Duquesne	4.13	1	3	N/A
112	Murray State	3.95	0	4	N/A
113	Sacred Heart	3.47	2	2	N/A
114	Stony Brook	3.39	0	3	N/A
115	Idaho State	3.38	0	4	N/A
116	Grambling State	2.93	1	3	N/A
117	Maine	2.67	0	3	N/A
118	Bucknell	2.65	0	3	N/A
119	Bethune-Cookman	2.15	1	2	N/A
120	Marist	2.07	1	2	N/A
121	Long Island	0.75	0	4	N/A
122	Wagner	0.48	0	3	N/A
123	Presbyterian	0.29	1	3	N/A
124	Central Connecticut State	0.19	0	4	N/A
125	Drake	0.09	0	4	N/A
126	Alabama A&M	-0.82	0	4	N/A
127	Norfolk State	-2.22	0	4	N/A
128	Mississippi Valley State	-2.95	0	4	N/A

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