Conference Power Rankings through 11.12.11

[dystopiamembrane]

Here are my calculations for FCS conference order.

Missouri Valley 100 points (5 teams in top 25)
Southern 67 (5)
Big Sky 59 (4)
Colonial 42 (5)
Southland 21 (1)
Great West 18 (3)
Patriot 12 (1)
Ivy 6 (1)

[hawkineer]

Here are my calculations for FCS conference order.

Missouri Valley 100 points (5 teams in top 25)
Southern 67 (5)
Big Sky 59 (4)
Colonial 42 (5)
Southland 21 (1)
Great West 18 (3)
Patriot 12 (1)
Ivy 6 (1)

CAA rated 4th. xthumbsdownx While I have no love for the CAA, come on man!

[dystopiamembrane]

CAA rated 4th. While I have no love for the CAA, come on man!
Please post your rankings. Points should be given to teams based on where they land in your top 25 system, 25 points for 1st place, 24 for 2nd, etc.
I'd love to see what you come up with.
This kind of stuff is sort of what I live for - college football and math.

Here is my top 25

North Dakota State Bison
Northern Iowa Panthers
Montana State Bobcats
Georgia Southern Eagles
Sam Houston State Bearkats
Montana Grizzlies
Youngstown State Penguins
Wofford Terriers
Indiana State Sycamores
Maine Black Bears
Illinois State Redbirds
Appalachian State Mountaineers
Towson Tigers
Lehigh Mountain Hawks
Portland State Vikings
Chattanooga Mocs
Southern Utah Thunderbirds
New Hampshire Wildcats
Cal Poly Mustangs
Harvard Crimson
Eastern Washington Eagles
Old Dominion Monarchs
Furman Paladins
South Dakota Coyotes
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens

[gasoutherneagle]

There is GOOD reason that CAA teams have been beating the crap out of one another. Parity... at the top. They are still in the top spot, with the SoCon a close second.

[phoenix3]

There is GOOD reason that CAA teams have been beating the crap out of one another. Parody... at the top. They are still in the top spot, with the SoCon a close second.

Agreed

[JmuSkinsfan]

Please post your rankings. Points should be given to teams based on where they land in your top 25 system, 25 points for 1st place, 24 for 2nd, etc.
I'd love to see what you come up with.
This kind of stuff is sort of what I live for - college football and math.

Here is my top 25

North Dakota State Bison
Northern Iowa Panthers
Montana State Bobcats
Georgia Southern Eagles
Sam Houston State Bearkats
Montana Grizzlies
Youngstown State Penguins
Wofford Terriers
Indiana State Sycamores
Maine Black Bears
Illinois State Redbirds
Appalachian State Mountaineers
Towson Tigers
Lehigh Mountain Hawks
Portland State Vikings
Chattanooga Mocs
Southern Utah Thunderbirds
New Hampshire Wildcats
Cal Poly Mustangs
Harvard Crimson
Eastern Washington Eagles
Old Dominion Monarchs
Furman Paladins
South Dakota Coyotes
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens

Uhh ... you have Delaware at #25 and 6-4 JMU unranked? Yeah, you have no authority to be ranking conferences, let alone teams.

[GSU Eagle]

There is no way a #1 ranked team loses at home to an unranked conference opponent and stays at #1.

[chattanoogamocs]

There is a lot of parity too. ;)

[Engineer86]

Uhh ... you have Delaware at #25 and 6-4 JMU unranked? Yeah, you have no authority to be ranking conferences, let alone teams.

He has five MVFC teams in the top 11. If you are going to post a conference ranking, try to remove the homer rankings.

[dystopiamembrane]

There is no way a #1 ranked team loses at home to an unranked conference opponent and stays at #1.
Please see other thread regarding this.

[dystopiamembrane]

He has five MVFC teams in the top 11. If you are going to post a conference ranking, try to remove the homer rankings.
I'm a Portland State supporter.

[dystopiamembrane]

Uhh ... you have Delaware at #25 and 6-4 JMU unranked? Yeah, you have no authority to be ranking conferences, let alone teams.
I have JMU at 27.

[gasoutherneagle]

There is a lot of parity too. ;)

Yeah, yeah... savor it. It doesn't happen often. heh heh...xdontknowx

Although, I think there is plenty of both on this board! xlolx

[DJKyR0]

There is GOOD reason that CAA teams have been beating the crap out of one another. Parody... at the top. They are still in the top spot, with the SoCon a close second.

LOL at a rather well-placed grammatical error. :)

[JmuSkinsfan]

I have JMU at 27.

I'll agree that JMU hasn't blown the doors off anyone this year, but they lost @ 9-2 ODU by 3 points, to 8-2 Maine by 1 pt in OT. Lost to 8-2 UNH in a pretty ugly game, and lost big to FBS UNC. We are also 4-0 against FCS teams with our starting QB (Thorpe) and were 2-3 without him starting a rFr. Not making excuses, but I think JMU is better than 27!

[dystopiamembrane]

I'll agree that JMU hasn't blown the doors off anyone this year, but they lost @ 9-2 ODU by 3 points, to 8-2 Maine by 1 pt in OT. Lost to 8-2 UNH in a pretty ugly game, and lost big to FBS UNC. We are also 4-0 against FCS teams with our starting QB (Thorpe) and were 2-3 without him starting a rFr. Not making excuses, but I think JMU is better than 27!
That's a good argument.
Please post your conference power rankings.
Points should be given to teams based on where they land in your top 25 system, 25 points for 1st place, 24 for 2nd, etc.

[CorrosionDoc]

LOL at a rather well-placed grammatical error. :)
The OP still hasn't caught on...

[dystopiamembrane]

Would one of you please, please post your conference power rankings?
Points should be given to teams based on where they land in your top 25 system, 25 points for 1st place, 24 for 2nd, etc.

[JmuSkinsfan]

I think the CAA is suffering from the teams it has at the top. ODU/Maine/Towson and UNH are all likely going to finish at 8-3 or better. Four teams at 8-3 or better is remarkable for any conference ... and if those 4 teams were JMU/UD/Richmond and Villanova ... you bet they would be much higher ranked than Maine/ODU/Towson and UNH are currently. Having a 5th team at 7-4 (if JMU wins at UMass) furthers the argument ... 4 teams at 8-3 or better and one at 7-4. I think the CAA is suffering from not having the name recognition at the top this year.

[UIWWildthing]

Please post your rankings. Points should be given to teams based on where they land in your top 25 system, 25 points for 1st place, 24 for 2nd, etc.
I'd love to see what you come up with.
This kind of stuff is sort of what I live for - college football and math.

Here is my top 25

North Dakota State Bison
Northern Iowa Panthers
Montana State Bobcats
Georgia Southern Eagles
Sam Houston State Bearkats
Montana Grizzlies
Youngstown State Penguins
Wofford Terriers
Indiana State Sycamores
Maine Black Bears
Illinois State Redbirds
Appalachian State Mountaineers
Towson Tigers
Lehigh Mountain Hawks
Portland State Vikings
Chattanooga Mocs
Southern Utah Thunderbirds
New Hampshire Wildcats
Cal Poly Mustangs
Harvard Crimson
Eastern Washington Eagles
Old Dominion Monarchs
Furman Paladins
South Dakota Coyotes
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens

You have Maine 3 spots ahead of a team they lost 40-30 to at Home?

[gasoutherneagle]

The OP still hasn't caught on...

Yeah, I have. If you look a couple of posts down from the original post... I just decided not to edit it. Thought it was pretty funny as is.

[MTfan4life]

My conference power ratings:
CAA - 86
MVFC - 66
SoCon - 59
Big Sky - 53
Sland - 35
Patriot - 16
BSouth - 4
Ivy - 4
MEAC - 2

[JmuSkinsfan]

TEAM CONF OVERALL
Maine 6-1 8-2
Towson 6-1 8-2
Old Dominion 6-2 9-2
New Hampshire 5-2 7-3
Delaware 4-3 6-4
James Madison 4-3 6-4
Massachusetts 3-4 5-5
William & Mary 2-5 4-6
Rhode Island 2-5 3-7
Villanova 1-6 2-8
Richmond 0-7 3-7

That looks pretty accurate to me. I bet if you go back to the conference standings at this point the last few years and you've got similar results, just different team names.

[dystopiamembrane]

You have Maine 3 spots ahead of a team they lost 40-30 to at Home?
Body of work
It should be noted that the separation between these schools in the ranking system I use is very, very small. Looks like it comes down to SOS.

[dystopiamembrane]

My conference power ratings:
CAA - 86
MVFC - 66
SoCon - 59
Big Sky - 53
Sland - 35
Patriot - 16
BSouth - 4
Ivy - 4
MEAC - 2

Central Arkansas is 26th for me.

[darell1976]

Please post your rankings. Points should be given to teams based on where they land in your top 25 system, 25 points for 1st place, 24 for 2nd, etc.
I'd love to see what you come up with.
This kind of stuff is sort of what I live for - college football and math.

Here is my top 25

North Dakota State Bison
Northern Iowa Panthers
Montana State Bobcats
Georgia Southern Eagles
Sam Houston State Bearkats
Montana Grizzlies
Youngstown State Penguins
Wofford Terriers
Indiana State Sycamores
Maine Black Bears
Illinois State Redbirds
Appalachian State Mountaineers
Towson Tigers
Lehigh Mountain Hawks
Portland State Vikings
Chattanooga Mocs
Southern Utah Thunderbirds
New Hampshire Wildcats
Cal Poly Mustangs
Harvard Crimson
Eastern Washington Eagles
Old Dominion Monarchs
Furman Paladins
South Dakota Coyotes
Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens

Why would you have South Dakota ranked??? Half their wins were against Non DI teams??

[heath]

Would one of you please, please post your conference power rankings?
Points should be given to teams based on where they land in your top 25 system, 25 points for 1st place, 24 for 2nd, etc.

This is all good assuming all teams in the conferences are ranked in the top 25,but top to bottom the CAA is the toughest conference.Conference power ranking are solidified based upon the bottom half,everyone has their hand full of ranked teams.
1a-CAA
1b-SoCon