Non-FBS College Football Ratings Through 13 Weeks

by Chase Stuart on November 25, 2013

in SRS

Every week, I publish my college football ratings for FBS teams. To generate those ratings – using this methodology — my program also generates ratings for teams at all other levels. This week, I will separate out the non-FBS teams based on their levels of play (instead of just lumping all non-FBS teams together). As always, thanks to Dr. Peter Wolfe for providing the final scores for every college football game.

Let’s start with the FCS schools:

Rk	Team	Conf	G	MOV	SOS	SRS	REC
1	North Dakota St	fcs	11	21.8	23.3	45.1	11-0
2	Eastern Illinois	fcs	12	23.2	21.7	44.9	11-1
3	SE Louisiana St	fcs	12	16.3	18.6	35	10-2
4	Eastern Washington	fcs	12	12.1	19.9	32	10-2
5	Towson	fcs	12	14.8	16.7	31.5	10-2
6	Villanova	fcs	11	8.4	22.3	30.7	6-5
7	Northern Iowa	fcs	12	6.8	23.5	30.3	7-5
8	South Dakota St	fcs	12	6.1	24	30.1	8-4
9	Montana	fcs	12	15	14.5	29.5	10-2
10	McNeese St	fcs	12	12.8	16.3	29.1	10-2
11	Missouri St	fcs	12	3.7	24.7	28.4	5-7
12	Coastal Carolina	fcs	12	13.2	14.3	27.5	10-2
13	Southern Illinois	fcs	12	2.9	24.3	27.2	7-5
14	Princeton	fcs	10	16.2	10.7	26.9	8-2
15	Maine	fcs	12	9.7	17.1	26.8	10-2
16	New Hampshire	fcs	11	8.5	17.9	26.4	7-4
17	William & Mary	fcs	12	6	20.4	26.4	7-5
18	Harvard	fcs	10	13.5	12.3	25.8	9-1
19	Cal Poly SLO	fcs	12	5.2	20.5	25.7	6-6
20	Youngstown St	fcs	12	5.8	19.8	25.6	8-4
21	Jacksonville St	fcs	12	8.7	16.8	25.5	9-3
22	Chattanooga	fcs	12	6.8	18.5	25.2	8-4
23	Sam Houston St	fcs	12	9.9	15.3	25.2	8-4
24	Tennessee St	fcs	12	10.6	14.4	25	9-3
25	Old Dominion	fcs	12	7.3	17.5	24.8	8-4
26	Bethune-Cookman	fcs	12	14.4	10.2	24.6	10-2
27	Northern Arizona	fcs	11	4.5	19.1	23.5	9-2
28	Fordham	fcs	12	14	9.3	23.4	11-1
29	South Carolina St	fcs	12	13.7	9.6	23.3	9-3
30	Samford	fcs	12	5.3	17.6	22.9	8-4
31	Central Arkansas	fcs	12	5.2	17.6	22.7	7-5
32	Georgia Southern	fcs	11	7.6	15.1	22.7	7-4
33	Illinois St	fcs	11	-4.7	26.9	22.2	5-6
34	Liberty	fcs	12	15	7.2	22.2	8-4
35	Tennessee-Martin	fcs	12	-1.4	23.5	22.1	7-5
36	Montana St	fcs	12	6.8	14.9	21.8	7-5
37	James Madison	fcs	12	4	17	21	6-6
38	Richmond	fcs	12	3.2	17.1	20.3	6-6
39	Murray St	fcs	12	-2.2	22.5	20.3	6-6
40	Eastern Kentucky	fcs	12	1.3	18.3	19.6	6-6
41	Dartmouth	fcs	10	7.3	11.8	19.1	6-4
42	Stony Brook	fcs	11	0.2	19	19.1	5-6
43	Furman	fcs	12	0.4	18.5	18.9	7-5
44	Portland St	fcs	12	5.9	12.9	18.8	6-6
45	Brown	fcs	10	8.5	9.7	18.2	6-4
46	Southern Utah	fcs	12	0.6	16.7	17.3	8-4
47	Delaware	fcs	12	0.8	16.4	17.2	7-5
48	South Dakota	fcs	12	-8	24.9	16.8	4-8
49	The Citadel	fcs	12	-2	18.6	16.6	5-7
50	Western Illinois	fcs	12	-3.8	20.3	16.5	4-8
51	Wofford	fcs	11	-2.4	18.8	16.4	5-6
52	Lafayette	fcs	11	1.8	14.5	16.3	5-6
53	Appalachian St	fcs	12	-4	19.8	15.9	4-8
54	Sacred Heart	fcs	12	13.8	1.5	15.3	10-2
55	Sacramento St	fcs	12	-4.6	19.7	15.1	5-7
56	Abilene Christian	fcs	11	14.8	0.2	15.1	6-5
57	Tennessee Tech	fcs	12	-3.5	18.5	14.9	5-7
58	Lamar	fcs	12	1.8	12.9	14.7	5-7
59	UC-Davis	fcs	12	-3.3	18	14.7	5-7
60	Yale	fcs	10	-0.8	14.8	14	5-5
61	Northwestern St	fcs	12	-4.3	17.8	13.5	6-6
62	San Diego	fcs	11	11.5	1.8	13.2	8-3
63	North Carolina A&T	fcs	11	8.6	3.8	12.4	7-4
64	Pennsylvania	fcs	10	-4.9	17.1	12.2	4-6
65	Lehigh	fcs	11	2.3	9.8	12.1	8-3
66	Charleston Southern	fcs	13	3.2	7.8	11	10-3
67	Monmouth NJ	fcs	12	2.6	7.3	10	6-6
68	Bucknell	fcs	11	0	9.6	9.7	6-5
69	Alabama St	fcs	11	6.9	2.7	9.6	7-4
70	Marist	fcs	11	13.2	-3.8	9.5	8-3
71	SE Missouri St	fcs	12	-13.8	23.3	9.4	3-9
72	Holy Cross	fcs	12	-3.4	12.6	9.2	3-9
73	Butler	fcs	12	8.6	0.3	8.9	9-3
74	Idaho St	fcs	12	-8.8	17.6	8.8	3-9
75	Stephen F. Austin	fcs	12	-8.9	17.3	8.4	3-9
76	Indiana St	fcs	12	-13.9	22.2	8.3	1-11
77	Elon	fcs	12	-10.3	18.3	8	2-10
78	Jackson St	fcs	10	2.9	4.7	7.5	7-3
79	Gardner-Webb	fcs	12	-0.4	7.8	7.4	7-5
80	Nicholls St	fcs	12	-12.8	19.9	7.1	4-8
81	Bryant	fcs	12	-1.4	8.2	6.8	5-7
82	Hampton	fcs	12	-7.4	13.8	6.4	4-8
83	Western Carolina	fcs	12	-16.1	22.3	6.1	2-10
84	Drake	fcs	11	4.6	1.2	5.8	6-5
85	Alcorn St	fcs	12	10	-4.2	5.7	9-3
86	St Francis PA	fcs	11	-0.5	6.1	5.6	5-6
87	North Dakota	fcs	11	-10.7	16.2	5.5	3-8
88	Duquesne	fcs	11	0.6	4.4	5	7-4
89	Howard	fcs	12	0.8	4.2	5	6-6
90	Dayton	fcs	11	6	-1.1	4.9	7-4
91	Florida A&M	fcs	12	-8.9	13.6	4.7	3-9
92	Prairie View A&M	fcs	12	2.6	2	4.6	6-6
93	UNC-Charlotte	fcs	11	-0.2	4.8	4.6	5-6
94	Northern Colorado	fcs	12	-11.7	16.2	4.6	1-11
95	Weber St	fcs	12	-20.1	24.6	4.5	2-10
96	Delaware St	fcs	11	-8.9	13.2	4.3	5-6
97	Cornell	fcs	10	-8.7	12.8	4.1	3-7
98	North Carolina Central	fcs	12	-8	12.1	4.1	5-7
99	Norfolk St	fcs	12	-9.1	12.6	3.5	3-9
100	Morgan St	fcs	12	-8.1	11.6	3.4	5-7
101	Robert Morris PA	fcs	11	-2.3	5.5	3.2	5-6
102	Colgate	fcs	12	-9.6	12.5	2.9	4-8
103	Rhode Island	fcs	12	-16.7	19.5	2.8	3-9
104	Albany NY	fcs	12	-14	16.3	2.4	1-11
105	Southern U.	fcs	11	-0.5	2.3	1.9	7-4
106	Presbyterian	fcs	11	-8.6	9.3	0.7	3-8
107	Jacksonville FL	fcs	11	5.1	-4.4	0.7	5-6
108	Incarnate Word	fcs	11	-2.5	3.2	0.7	6-5
109	Austin Peay	fcs	12	-26.9	25.6	-1.3	0-12
110	VMI	fcs	12	-13.1	11.4	-1.7	2-10
111	Central Conn St	fcs	12	-6.5	4.7	-1.9	4-8
112	Mercer	fcs	12	11	-13.1	-2.1	10-2
113	Alabama A&M	fcs	12	-9.1	5.6	-3.5	4-8
114	Georgetown DC	fcs	11	-12.9	8.7	-4.2	2-9
115	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	fcs	11	-10.8	4.4	-6.3	2-9
116	Wagner	fcs	11	-14.4	7.8	-6.6	3-8
117	Savannah St	fcs	12	-22.4	13.3	-9.1	1-11
118	Mississippi Valley St	fcs	11	-10.4	0.7	-9.6	2-9
119	Texas Southern	fcs	11	-12.2	2.3	-9.9	2-9
120	Columbia	fcs	10	-27.2	16.6	-10.6	0-10
121	Campbell	fcs	12	-8.3	-4.4	-12.7	3-9
122	Grambling St	fcs	10	-16.4	1.8	-14.6	1-9
123	Morehead St	fcs	12	-18.2	0.5	-17.6	3-9
124	Houston Baptist	fcs	7	-7.9	-11.1	-19	3-4
125	Stetson	fcs	11	-13.8	-6.1	-19.9	2-9
126	Valparaiso	fcs	11	-19	-1.3	-20.3	1-10
127	Davidson	fcs	11	-23.6	-2.3	-25.9	0-11

Next, the schools that play in Division 2:

Rk	Team	Conf	G	MOV	SOS	SRS	REC
1	Minn St-Mankato	div2	11	24.7	22.4	47	11-0
2	Minnesota-Duluth	div2	12	24.1	20.5	44.6	11-1
3	St Cloud St	div2	12	18.3	19.9	38.1	11-1
4	NW Missouri St	div2	11	25.2	11.3	36.6	11-0
5	Sioux Falls	div2	11	5	24	29	6-5
6	SW Minnesota St	div2	11	5.2	22.7	27.9	7-4
7	Winona St	div2	11	4.1	22.8	26.9	6-5
8	Pittsburg St	div2	11	19.8	4.9	24.7	9-2
9	North Alabama	div2	11	17.5	6.5	24	9-2
10	Henderson St	div2	12	23.7	0	23.6	11-1
11	Mary	div2	11	0.7	22.5	23.2	6-5
12	West Texas A&M	div2	12	19.3	3.5	22.8	10-2
13	Colorado St-Pueblo	div2	11	22.8	-0.2	22.7	11-0
14	Augustana SD	div2	11	-0.6	23.2	22.5	4-7
15	Ohio Dominican	div2	10	21	1.2	22.2	10-0
16	Upper Iowa	div2	11	-2.5	24.6	22.1	6-5
17	Missouri Western	div2	11	10.5	10.6	21.1	8-3
18	Central Missouri	div2	10	12.1	8.1	20.1	6-4
19	UNC-Pembroke	div2	10	18.2	1.8	20	9-1
20	West Alabama	div2	11	20.5	-0.8	19.7	8-3
21	Emporia St	div2	11	11.6	8	19.7	9-2
22	Winston-Salem St	div2	11	19.8	-1.2	18.6	10-1
23	Washburn	div2	11	15.1	3.3	18.3	8-3
24	Midwestern St	div2	10	11.9	5.4	17.3	7-3
25	Grand Valley St	div2	12	12.1	4.9	17	10-2
26	Concordia-St Paul	div2	11	-7.1	23.7	16.6	5-6
27	Northern St SD	div2	11	-6.9	23.1	16.3	4-7
28	Ferris St	div2	11	9.2	6.9	16	8-3
29	Tarleton St	div2	10	5.2	10.7	15.9	7-3
30	Slippery Rock	div2	12	15.3	0.2	15.4	9-3
31	Colorado Mines	div2	11	15.4	-0.3	15	8-3
32	Lenoir-Rhyne	div2	11	19.1	-4.2	14.9	10-1
33	Harding	div2	10	16.5	-1.9	14.6	8-2
34	Minn St-Moorhead	div2	11	-7.7	21.7	14	4-7
35	Shepherd	div2	10	23.2	-9.3	13.9	10-0
36	Carson-Newman	div2	12	12.8	1	13.8	10-2
37	Saginaw Valley St	div2	12	6.3	7.4	13.6	9-3
38	Wayne St NE	div2	11	-11.9	25.4	13.5	2-9
39	Bemidji St	div2	11	-8.3	21.8	13.5	3-8
40	West Chester	div2	12	17.6	-5	12.6	11-1
41	Missouri Southern	div2	10	8.9	3.7	12.6	7-3
42	Chadron St	div2	11	10.8	1.1	11.9	8-3
43	Bloomsburg	div2	11	17	-5.3	11.7	10-1
44	Indiana PA	div2	11	17.9	-7.1	10.7	9-2
45	Findlay	div2	11	9.6	0.8	10.4	8-3
46	Valdosta St	div2	10	5.3	5	10.3	6-4
47	Ouachita Baptist	div2	10	11.7	-1.4	10.2	7-3
48	Tuskegee	div2	11	13.5	-3.4	10.2	8-3
49	Newberry	div2	12	7.4	1.9	9.3	9-3
50	Indianapolis	div2	12	14.6	-5.7	8.9	10-2
51	Hillsdale	div2	11	2.2	6.3	8.5	5-6
52	Delta St	div2	10	6.8	1.5	8.2	7-3
53	California PA	div2	11	10.2	-2.3	7.9	7-4
54	Eastern New Mexico	div2	10	5.5	2.3	7.8	7-3
55	West Georgia	div2	11	2	4.6	6.6	6-5
56	Ashland	div2	10	4	2.5	6.5	5-5
57	TAMU-Commerce	div2	11	6	0.5	6.5	7-4
58	Minot St	div2	11	-16.2	22.4	6.2	2-9
59	Southern Arkansas	div2	10	6.8	-1	5.8	6-4
60	Fort Hays St	div2	11	1.2	4.5	5.8	6-5
61	Shaw	div2	10	5.7	-0.1	5.6	6-4
62	Angelo St	div2	11	-1.6	6.8	5.3	5-6
63	Virginia St	div2	10	13.7	-8.4	5.2	9-1
64	SW Oklahoma St	div2	11	4	0.7	4.7	6-5
65	Michigan Tech	div2	10	0.6	3.8	4.4	6-4
66	East Stroudsburg	div2	11	11.4	-7.6	3.8	7-4
67	Shippensburg	div2	11	7.5	-3.7	3.8	7-4
68	Concord	div2	11	11.5	-7.8	3.7	8-3
69	Azusa Pacific	div2	12	9.7	-6.6	3.1	10-2
70	Minnesota-Crookston	div2	11	-21.2	24.3	3.1	2-9
71	Mercyhurst	div2	11	9.7	-6.6	3.1	7-4
72	New Haven	div2	11	12.2	-9.3	2.9	8-3
73	American Int'l	div2	12	10	-7.9	2.2	9-3
74	Fayetteville St	div2	10	2.3	-0.3	2	6-4
75	Urbana	div2	11	6.9	-5	1.9	7-4
76	Colorado Mesa	div2	11	0.4	1.5	1.9	5-6
77	Western Oregon	div2	11	4.8	-3	1.8	7-4
78	Central Washington	div2	11	6.1	-6	0.1	7-4
79	East Central OK	div2	10	0.5	-0.4	0.1	5-5
80	Albany St GA	div2	10	7.7	-7.7	0	6-4
81	Gannon	div2	11	-0.9	0	-0.9	6-5
82	Miles	div2	10	0.5	-1.5	-1	6-4
83	Northern Michigan	div2	10	-10.1	8.9	-1.1	3-7
84	Catawba	div2	11	-1.7	0.5	-1.2	6-5
85	Wingate	div2	10	-4.6	3.3	-1.2	4-6
86	Western New Mexico	div2	10	-3.8	2.6	-1.2	4-6
87	Lake Erie	div2	11	-4	2.6	-1.3	4-7
88	Charleston WV	div2	11	3.7	-5.1	-1.4	6-5
89	Arkansas Tech	div2	11	-2.6	0.5	-2.2	5-6
90	North Greenville	div2	11	-4.7	2.4	-2.2	5-6
91	Stonehill	div2	11	5.5	-8.2	-2.7	8-3
92	Truman St	div2	11	4.2	-7.1	-2.8	7-4
93	Wayne St MI	div2	11	-8.5	5.6	-2.9	3-8
94	St Augustine's	div2	10	-1.9	-1.1	-3	4-6
95	Western St CO	div2	11	-7.5	4.2	-3.3	2-9
96	Central Oklahoma	div2	10	-16.2	12.8	-3.4	2-8
97	Nebraska-Kearney	div2	11	-13	9.5	-3.6	3-8
98	Northeastern St OK	div2	11	-16.6	12.4	-4.2	2-9
99	TAMU-Kingsville	div2	10	-14.2	9.8	-4.4	2-8
100	Johnson C. Smith	div2	10	2.3	-6.7	-4.4	5-5
101	Adams St	div2	11	0	-4.4	-4.5	7-4
102	Mars Hill	div2	11	-6.7	2	-4.7	3-8
103	Bowie St	div2	10	2	-6.6	-4.7	5-5
104	Merrimack	div2	11	6.1	-10.8	-4.7	7-4
105	Lane	div2	10	3.9	-9.5	-5.6	6-4
106	Assumption	div2	11	2.3	-8.2	-5.9	6-5
107	Tusculum	div2	10	-9.5	3.4	-6.1	3-7
108	Lindenwood	div2	9	-12.3	6.1	-6.2	3-6
109	New Mexico Highlands	div2	11	-10	3.7	-6.4	2-9
110	Northwood	div2	11	-9.7	3.2	-6.5	2-9
111	Edinboro	div2	11	-4.6	-1.8	-6.5	5-6
112	Kutztown	div2	11	-3.2	-3.3	-6.5	4-7
113	Glenville St	div2	11	2.6	-9.7	-7	6-5
114	SE Oklahoma St	div2	11	-8	0.9	-7.1	2-9
115	Lincoln MO	div2	11	-10.4	3.2	-7.2	3-8
116	Dixie St	div2	11	-3.8	-3.4	-7.2	4-7
117	Brevard	div2	10	-11.8	4.6	-7.2	2-8
118	Elizabeth City St	div2	10	-2.2	-5.2	-7.3	4-6
119	Walsh	div2	11	-9.6	1.7	-7.9	3-8
120	Chowan	div2	10	-3	-5	-8	4-6
121	Clarion	div2	11	-7.5	-0.6	-8.1	4-7
122	St Joseph's IN	div2	11	7	-15.1	-8.1	8-3
123	Kentucky St	div2	10	2.6	-11.1	-8.5	5-5
124	Arkansas-Monticello	div2	11	-7.2	-1.7	-8.9	5-6
125	Notre Dame OH	div2	11	-1.5	-7.6	-9.1	5-6
126	Tiffin	div2	11	-10.2	1	-9.2	2-9
127	Florida Tech	div2	12	-5.5	-3.8	-9.3	5-7
128	Fort Valley St	div2	10	-1.5	-7.8	-9.3	4-6
129	Missouri S&T	div2	11	-2.9	-6.7	-9.5	6-5
130	Stillman	div2	9	1.8	-11.6	-9.8	5-4
131	WV Wesleyan	div2	10	-1.8	-8.1	-9.8	5-5
132	Malone	div2	11	-10.5	0.6	-9.9	2-9
133	Shorter	div2	11	-12.8	2.4	-10.4	2-9
134	McKendree	div2	10	-4.7	-6.2	-10.9	4-6
135	Southern Conn St	div2	11	-3	-8.1	-11.1	3-8
136	McMurry	div2	11	-9.6	-1.8	-11.4	3-8
137	Simon Fraser	div2	10	-7.7	-3.8	-11.5	3-7
138	LIU Post	div2	11	3	-14.6	-11.6	5-6
139	Benedict	div2	10	-5.4	-6.6	-12	4-6
140	Fort Lewis	div2	11	-12.6	0.5	-12.1	4-7
141	Black Hills St	div2	11	-14.2	1.4	-12.8	3-8
142	Bentley	div2	11	-2.5	-10.4	-12.9	6-5
143	South Dakota Tech	div2	9	-4.8	-8.6	-13.5	5-4
144	SW Baptist	div2	11	-18.4	4.9	-13.5	1-10
145	Livingstone	div2	10	-5.7	-8.6	-14.3	3-7
146	Virginia Union	div2	10	-14.5	-1	-15.4	3-7
147	West Liberty	div2	11	-8.5	-8.5	-16.9	3-8
148	Humboldt St	div2	11	-16.2	-0.8	-16.9	0-11
149	NW Oklahoma St	div2	11	-21.1	3.5	-17.6	2-9
150	Fairmont St	div2	10	-8.5	-9.8	-18.3	3-7
151	Quincy	div2	11	-11	-7.7	-18.7	2-9
152	Central St OH	div2	11	-20.8	1.3	-19.5	2-9
153	OK Panhandle St	div2	11	-4.1	-16	-20.2	4-7
154	Lock Haven	div2	11	-13.3	-7	-20.3	3-8
155	William Jewell	div2	11	-11.6	-10.3	-21.9	3-8
156	Morehouse	div2	10	-12.4	-9.9	-22.3	2-8
157	St Anselm	div2	11	-15.2	-9	-24.3	1-10
158	Alderson-Broaddus	div2	11	-9	-15.5	-24.5	4-7
159	Seton Hill	div2	11	-23.9	-1.6	-25.5	1-10
160	Clark Atlanta	div2	9	-18.2	-8.4	-26.6	2-7
161	Virginia-Wise	div2	11	-16.5	-10.2	-26.7	2-9
162	Southern Nazarene	div2	11	-28.3	1.1	-27.2	0-11
163	Millersville	div2	11	-26.8	-1.2	-28	1-10
164	Cheyney	div2	11	-22.8	-6	-28.8	0-11
165	West Virginia St	div2	11	-22	-8.2	-30.2	0-11
166	Lincoln PA	div2	10	-25.6	-5.7	-31.2	1-9
167	Kentucky Wesleyan	div2	11	-27.6	-7	-34.6	0-11
168	Pace	div2	11	-28.5	-9.5	-38	0-11

Division 3:

Rk	Team	Conf	G	MOV	SOS	SRS	REC
1	Linfield	div3	10	31.8	-16.4	15.4	10-0
2	Trinity CT	div3	8	15.3	-1.9	13.4	6-2
3	UW-Whitewater	div3	11	24.4	-11.5	12.9	11-0
4	Bethel MN	div3	11	24	-11.4	12.5	11-0
5	Wesleyan	div3	8	15.3	-2.8	12.5	7-1
6	North Central	div3	11	27.7	-17.2	10.5	11-0
7	Mary Hardin-Baylor	div3	11	28.4	-18.6	9.8	11-0
8	Middlebury	div3	8	12.5	-2.8	9.7	7-1
9	Amherst	div3	8	9.6	-0.6	9	7-1
10	Mount Union	div3	11	25.9	-17.9	8	11-0
11	John Carroll	div3	11	25.2	-18.4	6.9	9-2
12	UW-Oshkosh	div3	10	14.9	-9.4	5.5	8-2
13	UW-Platteville	div3	11	15.8	-10.9	4.9	10-1
14	St Thomas	div3	10	16.3	-11.4	4.9	8-2
15	Johns Hopkins	div3	11	20.2	-16	4.3	10-1
16	Wittenberg	div3	11	25.1	-20.8	4.3	10-1
17	St John Fisher	div3	11	12	-10.2	1.8	9-2
18	Colby	div3	8	3.4	-1.9	1.5	4-4
19	Wabash	div3	10	26.6	-25.3	1.3	9-1
20	Salisbury	div3	11	11.3	-10.6	0.7	7-4
21	Wheaton	div3	10	19.2	-19.2	-0.1	8-2
22	Thomas More	div3	10	23.7	-23.7	-0.1	9-1
23	Wesley	div3	11	9.5	-10.2	-0.7	9-2
24	Heidelberg	div3	10	20.5	-21.4	-0.9	8-2
25	Concordia-Moorhead	div3	10	10.1	-11.1	-1	8-2
26	Hampden-Sydney	div3	11	14.6	-15.7	-1.1	9-2
27	Hobart	div3	10	22.6	-23.9	-1.3	10-0
28	Williams	div3	8	-3.1	1.1	-2	2-6
29	Central IA	div3	10	9.5	-12.9	-3.4	6-4
30	Franklin	div3	11	21.3	-24.7	-3.4	8-3
31	Muhlenberg	div3	11	15.5	-18.9	-3.5	8-3
32	Pacific OR	div3	10	12.3	-15.9	-3.6	7-3
33	Gustavus Adolphus	div3	10	6.3	-10	-3.7	6-4
34	Dubuque	div3	10	7.3	-11.1	-3.9	5-5
35	Wash & Jeff	div3	11	13.2	-17.2	-3.9	8-3
36	Bates	div3	8	-3.3	-0.6	-3.9	4-4
37	Wartburg	div3	11	11.7	-16	-4.3	9-2
38	Coe	div3	10	8.8	-13.2	-4.4	7-3
39	Willamette	div3	9	11.2	-16.2	-5	7-2
40	Maryville	div3	11	14.1	-19.2	-5.1	8-3
41	Randolph-Macon	div3	10	8.8	-14	-5.2	7-3
42	Pacific Lutheran	div3	10	5.1	-10.5	-5.4	8-2
43	Brockport St	div3	11	9.9	-15.7	-5.8	8-3
44	Christopher Newport	div3	10	12	-18.1	-6.1	8-2
45	Alfred	div3	11	5.9	-12	-6.1	8-3
46	Ithaca	div3	11	6.5	-12.8	-6.3	9-2
47	Augsburg	div3	10	5.7	-12.3	-6.6	5-5
48	Bowdoin	div3	8	-7.8	1.1	-6.7	3-5
49	UW-Stevens Point	div3	10	1.3	-8.1	-6.8	5-5
50	Chapman	div3	9	20.8	-27.9	-7.1	8-1
51	St John's MN	div3	10	2.6	-10.1	-7.5	7-3
52	Illinois Wesleyan	div3	11	10	-18.1	-8.2	9-2
53	Buffalo St	div3	10	-1.2	-7.4	-8.6	5-5
54	Rhodes	div3	10	12.6	-21.4	-8.8	8-2
55	Franklin & Marshall	div3	11	7.7	-16.6	-8.9	7-4
56	Centre	div3	10	9.6	-18.6	-9	7-3
57	Rowan	div3	11	6.1	-15.4	-9.3	9-2
58	Illinois College	div3	10	19.5	-28.8	-9.3	8-2
59	Washington U.	div3	11	7.1	-16.6	-9.5	8-3
60	Redlands	div3	10	8.3	-17.9	-9.7	7-3
61	Albright	div3	11	11.6	-21.7	-10.1	8-3
62	Huntingdon AL	div3	10	9.2	-19.3	-10.1	7-3
63	Millsaps	div3	10	10.9	-21.1	-10.2	9-1
64	Hope	div3	10	14.3	-24.5	-10.2	7-3
65	Cortland St	div3	11	2.6	-12.9	-10.3	6-5
66	Catholic	div3	10	8.6	-19.2	-10.6	6-4
67	Simpson	div3	10	5.8	-16.4	-10.7	7-3
68	Buena Vista	div3	10	-3.5	-7.4	-10.8	4-6
69	Louisiana College	div3	10	8.5	-19.5	-11	7-3
70	Western Conn St	div3	10	20.1	-31.4	-11.3	8-2
71	Framingham St	div3	11	13.5	-25.1	-11.6	9-2
72	Texas Lutheran	div3	9	15.3	-27	-11.7	8-1
73	Washington and Lee	div3	10	0.4	-12.1	-11.7	5-5
74	Ursinus	div3	10	5.5	-17.4	-11.9	7-3
75	Widener	div3	10	8.4	-20.5	-12.2	6-4
76	Emory & Henry	div3	10	1.6	-13.7	-12.2	5-5
77	UW-La Crosse	div3	10	-8.7	-3.6	-12.2	3-7
78	Cornell IA	div3	10	12.1	-24.6	-12.5	7-3
79	Hartwick	div3	10	3.6	-16.3	-12.8	6-4
80	Lebanon Valley	div3	11	6.3	-19.8	-13.5	8-3
81	UW-Stout	div3	10	-7.8	-5.9	-13.7	4-6
82	Juniata	div3	11	3.2	-17	-13.8	7-4
83	Monmouth IL	div3	10	10.7	-24.8	-14.1	5-5
84	Lycoming	div3	10	6.2	-20.8	-14.6	7-3
85	Delaware Valley	div3	11	5.1	-20	-14.9	7-4
86	Guilford	div3	10	0.7	-15.8	-15.1	6-4
87	St Norbert	div3	11	6.3	-21.5	-15.2	8-3
88	Methodist	div3	10	2.2	-17.4	-15.2	8-2
89	Baldwin Wallace	div3	10	5	-20.2	-15.2	6-4
90	Ohio Northern	div3	10	5.7	-21.1	-15.4	6-4
91	Cal Lutheran	div3	9	4.2	-19.7	-15.5	4-5
92	LaGrange	div3	10	2.8	-18.4	-15.6	5-5
93	UW-Eau Claire	div3	10	-12	-3.7	-15.7	2-8
94	Waynesburg	div3	11	5.1	-21.1	-16	7-4
95	Tufts	div3	8	-20.6	4.2	-16.5	0-8
96	Carleton	div3	10	-4.1	-12.6	-16.7	5-5
97	Birmingham-Southern	div3	9	0.2	-16.9	-16.7	5-4
98	Utica	div3	10	-5.1	-11.7	-16.7	3-7
99	Bridgewater VA	div3	10	1.3	-18.1	-16.8	4-6
100	Hamilton	div3	8	-21.1	4.2	-17	0-8
101	Adrian	div3	10	6.9	-24.2	-17.4	6-4
102	Augustana IL	div3	10	0.3	-18	-17.7	5-5
103	St Lawrence	div3	10	5.6	-23.5	-18	7-3
104	Whitworth	div3	10	-1	-17.2	-18.2	4-6
105	Endicott	div3	11	13.5	-31.9	-18.4	8-3
106	Kean	div3	10	-5.2	-13.3	-18.5	2-8
107	Hardin-Simmons	div3	10	-2.4	-16.4	-18.8	4-6
108	Sewanee	div3	10	-3	-15.9	-18.9	4-6
109	Albion	div3	11	-2.2	-17.1	-19.2	8-3
110	Montclair St	div3	10	-3.9	-15.4	-19.2	4-6
111	Geneva	div3	10	2.5	-21.8	-19.3	5-5
112	UW-River Falls	div3	10	-16	-3.8	-19.8	0-10
113	Wooster	div3	10	0.5	-20.4	-20	7-3
114	New Jersey	div3	10	-1.2	-19	-20.2	5-5
115	Ohio Wesleyan	div3	10	3.2	-23.6	-20.4	5-5
116	Springfield	div3	10	4.5	-24.9	-20.4	7-3
117	Gettysburg	div3	10	-2.3	-18.2	-20.5	4-6
118	Chicago	div3	10	3.1	-23.7	-20.6	6-4
119	Trinity TX	div3	10	4.6	-25.2	-20.6	5-5
120	Rose-Hulman	div3	10	8.5	-29.2	-20.7	7-3
121	Salve Regina	div3	11	7.6	-28.3	-20.7	7-4
122	Kalamazoo	div3	10	2	-22.8	-20.8	6-4
123	Bethany WV	div3	10	-3.4	-17.6	-21	4-6
124	Denison	div3	10	3.6	-24.8	-21.2	7-3
125	Elmhurst	div3	10	-2.5	-19.2	-21.7	4-6
126	Luther	div3	10	-8	-13.7	-21.7	2-8
127	Lake Forest	div3	10	4.6	-26.3	-21.7	8-2
128	Union NY	div3	10	-1.5	-20.3	-21.8	3-7
129	Southern Virginia	div3	10	13.6	-35.5	-22	8-2
130	Carroll WI	div3	10	4.9	-27.5	-22.6	6-4
131	Morrisville St	div3	10	-6.3	-16.4	-22.7	3-7
132	King's PA	div3	10	-0.7	-22.1	-22.7	6-4
133	Wilkes	div3	10	-1.5	-21.6	-23.1	4-6
134	Bridgewater St MA	div3	10	4.7	-27.8	-23.2	6-4
135	DePauw	div3	10	-2	-21.5	-23.5	4-6
136	Shenandoah	div3	10	-10.1	-13.6	-23.7	4-6
137	Otterbein	div3	10	-8.3	-15.6	-23.9	5-5
138	Stevenson	div3	10	-1.9	-22	-23.9	4-6
139	RPI	div3	10	-0.7	-23.2	-23.9	5-5
140	Case Western Reserve	div3	9	-2.6	-21.6	-24.2	5-4
141	Carnegie Mellon	div3	10	-1.5	-22.7	-24.2	3-7
142	Gallaudet	div3	11	9.6	-33.9	-24.3	9-2
143	Concordia WI	div3	11	6.8	-31.1	-24.3	8-3
144	Trine	div3	10	-3	-21.3	-24.3	4-6
145	Benedictine IL	div3	10	9.3	-33.6	-24.4	7-3
146	Rochester	div3	9	-1.1	-23.5	-24.6	5-4
147	Moravian	div3	10	-10.1	-14.7	-24.7	2-8
148	St Scholastica	div3	11	12	-36.8	-24.8	9-2
149	Norwich	div3	11	8.3	-33.6	-25.3	7-4
150	Occidental	div3	9	-2.2	-23.1	-25.3	5-4
151	Mississippi College	div3	10	-9.3	-16.1	-25.3	4-6
152	St Olaf	div3	10	-14.5	-10.8	-25.3	1-9
153	Thiel	div3	10	-5.9	-19.5	-25.4	3-7
154	Westfield St	div3	10	5.5	-31	-25.5	5-5
155	Mt St Joseph	div3	10	1.4	-27.5	-26.1	6-4
156	Olivet	div3	10	2.2	-28.3	-26.1	6-4
157	Susquehanna	div3	10	-9.3	-16.8	-26.1	1-9
158	Ripon	div3	10	1.3	-27.5	-26.2	7-3
159	Austin	div3	10	1.2	-27.9	-26.7	5-5
160	William Paterson	div3	10	-8	-18.8	-26.8	3-7
161	North Carolina Wesleyan	div3	10	-8.4	-18.6	-26.9	2-8
162	Carthage	div3	10	-12	-15.2	-27.2	1-9
163	Grove City	div3	10	-4.7	-23.2	-27.9	5-5
164	Dickinson	div3	10	-14.2	-13.9	-28.1	3-7
165	MIT	div3	9	8	-36.3	-28.3	6-3
166	East Texas Baptist	div3	10	-8.5	-20.1	-28.6	3-7
167	Oberlin	div3	10	-7.1	-21.6	-28.7	3-7
168	Greenville	div3	11	9.7	-38.5	-28.8	9-2
169	Merchant Marine	div3	8	-4.6	-24.2	-28.8	4-4
170	Capital	div3	10	-13.8	-15.3	-29.1	3-7
171	Greensboro	div3	10	-10.1	-19	-29.1	2-8
172	Westminster PA	div3	10	-7.8	-21.4	-29.1	4-6
173	Muskingum	div3	10	-12.5	-16.8	-29.3	2-8
174	Defiance	div3	10	-0.8	-29	-29.7	3-7
175	Hamline	div3	10	-17.9	-12	-29.9	2-8
176	Fitchburg St	div3	10	0.3	-30.2	-29.9	6-4
177	Sul Ross St	div3	10	-17.9	-12.3	-30.2	1-9
178	Hendrix	div3	10	-7	-23.6	-30.5	3-7
179	North Park	div3	10	-15.3	-15.7	-31	3-7
180	Kenyon	div3	10	-7.3	-23.8	-31	4-6
181	Lewis & Clark	div3	9	-20.1	-11	-31.1	1-8
182	Lakeland	div3	10	5	-36	-31.1	7-3
183	Frostburg St	div3	10	-20.4	-10.8	-31.1	1-9
184	Western New England	div3	10	0	-31.3	-31.3	4-6
185	Howard Payne	div3	10	-10.2	-21.3	-31.4	4-6
186	Millikin	div3	10	-14.9	-16.8	-31.6	2-8
187	Macalester	div3	10	-1.4	-30.3	-31.6	4-6
188	Hanover	div3	10	-5.7	-25.9	-31.6	5-5
189	WPI	div3	10	-7.9	-24.1	-32	3-7
190	Averett	div3	10	-18.7	-13.3	-32	1-9
191	McDaniel	div3	10	-17.8	-14.4	-32.1	2-8
192	Ferrum	div3	10	-14.8	-17.8	-32.6	2-8
193	Manchester	div3	10	-3.2	-29.5	-32.7	3-7
194	Alma	div3	10	-17.6	-15.3	-32.9	1-9
195	Aurora	div3	10	0.2	-33.4	-33.2	3-7
196	Wisconsin Lutheran	div3	10	0.6	-33.8	-33.3	4-6
197	Husson	div3	10	1.2	-34.5	-33.4	5-5
198	La Verne	div3	9	-11.3	-22.4	-33.7	3-6
199	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	div3	9	-10.6	-23.2	-33.8	3-6
200	Eureka	div3	10	8.5	-42.6	-34.2	8-2
201	UMass-Dartmouth	div3	9	-5.9	-28.5	-34.4	3-6
202	Coast Guard	div3	10	-5.5	-29	-34.5	3-7
203	Mass Maritime	div3	10	-3.7	-31	-34.7	5-5
204	Bluffton	div3	10	-7.7	-28.2	-35.9	4-6
205	SUNY-Maritime	div3	10	-0.8	-35.5	-36.2	5-5
206	Hiram	div3	10	-15.2	-21.3	-36.5	2-8
207	Puget Sound	div3	9	-23.6	-13.3	-36.8	1-8
208	Knox	div3	10	-13	-24	-37	1-9
209	Curry	div3	9	-3.9	-33.4	-37.3	4-5
210	Mount Ida	div3	10	-1.4	-36.1	-37.5	5-5
211	Misericordia	div3	10	-17.7	-19.9	-37.6	1-9
212	Pomona-Pitzer	div3	9	-14.6	-23.1	-37.7	2-7
213	Grinnell	div3	10	-15.8	-22.2	-38	2-8
214	Berry	div3	9	-25.9	-12.3	-38.3	0-9
215	Marietta	div3	10	-22	-16.7	-38.7	1-9
216	Northwestern MN	div3	10	2.4	-41	-38.7	6-4
217	Worcester St	div3	10	-10	-29.6	-39.5	3-7
218	St Vincent	div3	10	-21.2	-18.4	-39.6	0-10
219	Lawrence	div3	10	-15.7	-24.1	-39.7	1-9
220	Whittier	div3	9	-16	-24.2	-40.2	1-8
221	Becker	div3	10	-7.8	-33.1	-40.9	3-7
222	Loras	div3	10	-26.8	-14.8	-41.6	1-9
223	Crown	div3	10	-1.6	-41.2	-42.8	4-6
224	Plymouth St	div3	10	-13.5	-30.1	-43.6	2-8
225	Wilmington	div3	10	-27.7	-16.4	-44	0-10
226	FDU-Florham	div3	10	-24.8	-19.3	-44.1	1-9
227	Beloit	div3	10	-20.6	-23.5	-44.1	1-9
228	Allegheny	div3	10	-24.5	-20	-44.5	0-10
229	Minnesota-Morris	div3	10	-3.7	-40.9	-44.5	3-7
230	Alfred St	div3	7	-18.5	-26.2	-44.7	1-6
231	Apprentice	div3	9	-23.6	-23.3	-46.9	0-9
232	Westminster MO	div3	10	-7	-40.7	-47.6	2-8
233	Concordia IL	div3	10	-16	-32	-48	2-8
234	Earlham	div3	10	-20.3	-28.6	-48.9	2-8
235	Anna Maria	div3	10	-13.9	-35.6	-49.5	2-8
236	Rockford	div3	10	-16.5	-33.3	-49.8	1-9
237	Southwestern TX	div3	10	-25.7	-24.6	-50.3	0-10
238	Nichols	div3	9	-21.6	-29.2	-50.8	1-8
239	Iowa Wesleyan	div3	10	-12.5	-38.3	-50.8	2-8
240	Castleton St	div3	10	-20.2	-33.3	-53.5	1-9
241	Anderson	div3	10	-27.3	-26.5	-53.7	0-10
242	Martin Luther	div3	10	-11.1	-43.4	-54.5	4-6
243	Maine Maritime	div3	9	-21.2	-34	-55.1	1-8
244	MacMurray	div3	10	-19.9	-37.1	-56.9	0-10
245	Maranatha Baptist	div3	10	-26.1	-38.6	-64.7	1-9

And finally, the NAIA schools:

Rk	Team	Conf	G	MOV	SOS	SRS	REC
1	Grand View	naia	11	19.8	-7.6	12.1	11-0
2	Morningside	naia	11	26.4	-15.7	10.7	10-1
3	Carroll MT	naia	12	17.6	-9.7	7.9	11-1
4	Cumberlands KY	naia	11	23.8	-16.2	7.6	11-0
5	Faulkner	naia	12	21.3	-14.6	6.7	9-3
6	Southern Oregon	naia	11	12.1	-7.2	4.9	6-5
7	St Francis IN	naia	11	10.8	-6.1	4.7	9-2
8	Rocky Mountain	naia	12	12.6	-9.1	3.5	9-3
9	St Ambrose	naia	11	12	-9.9	2	7-4
10	Missouri Valley	naia	11	16.2	-16.1	0.1	9-2
11	Baker	naia	12	15.9	-16.9	-1	11-1
12	Georgetown KY	naia	11	9	-10.1	-1.1	7-4
13	Ottawa	naia	12	13.9	-15.9	-2.1	8-4
14	Benedictine KS	naia	12	12.6	-16.6	-4	10-2
15	Lindsey Wilson	naia	11	12.4	-16.5	-4.1	8-3
16	St Xavier	naia	11	1.1	-6.2	-5.1	7-4
17	Tabor	naia	12	13.3	-18.5	-5.1	10-2
18	St Francis IL	naia	11	5.6	-11.4	-5.8	7-4
19	Doane	naia	10	8.5	-14.7	-6.2	5-5
20	Eastern Oregon	naia	11	-1.8	-4.7	-6.6	6-5
21	William Penn	naia	11	2.6	-9.3	-6.7	5-6
22	Friends	naia	11	12.2	-18.9	-6.7	8-3
23	Siena Heights	naia	10	4.5	-11.6	-7.1	5-5
24	Robert Morris IL	naia	11	6.2	-13.6	-7.5	7-4
25	Marian IN	naia	11	-0.4	-7.3	-7.7	6-5
26	Taylor	naia	10	5.1	-12.8	-7.7	5-5
27	Reinhardt	naia	10	4.7	-12.7	-8.1	6-4
28	Nebraska Wesleyan	naia	10	5.3	-14.3	-9	6-4
29	Concordia NE	naia	11	8.6	-17.7	-9.1	7-4
30	MidAmerica Nazarene	naia	10	7	-16.2	-9.2	5-5
31	Northwestern IA	naia	11	5.4	-14.6	-9.3	8-3
32	Sterling	naia	12	11	-20.3	-9.3	9-3
33	Dakota Wesleyan	naia	11	6.2	-16.9	-10.6	8-3
34	Montana St-Northern	naia	10	-4.5	-6.3	-10.8	4-6
35	Montana Tech	naia	10	-6.1	-6	-12.1	3-7
36	Peru St	naia	11	7.2	-19.8	-12.5	7-4
37	Trinity Int'l	naia	10	3.5	-16.2	-12.8	5-5
38	Ave Maria	naia	9	10.7	-23.5	-12.8	7-2
39	Langston	naia	10	3.8	-17.6	-13.8	6-4
40	Montana-Western	naia	10	-8.5	-5.6	-14.1	4-6
41	Menlo	naia	10	-2.2	-12.4	-14.6	5-5
42	Cumberland TN	naia	11	0	-14.8	-14.7	7-4
43	Campbellsville	naia	10	-7.4	-7.5	-14.9	4-6
44	Pikeville	naia	11	1.1	-19.2	-18.1	7-4
45	Webber Int'l	naia	10	3.6	-22	-18.5	5-5
46	Valley City St	naia	10	5.6	-25	-19.4	5-5
47	Olivet Nazarene	naia	11	-8.2	-11.8	-20	3-8
48	Kentucky Christian	naia	11	-9.8	-12.4	-22.1	3-8
49	McPherson	naia	11	-0.9	-21.6	-22.5	5-6
50	Lindenwood-Belleville	naia	11	-2.6	-21	-23.6	4-7
51	Midland U.	naia	10	-8.3	-15.4	-23.7	4-6
52	Bacone	naia	11	4.5	-28.4	-23.9	7-4
53	Evangel	naia	10	-7.2	-17	-24.1	4-6
54	Union KY	naia	11	-11.5	-12.9	-24.4	3-8
55	Hastings	naia	10	-9.8	-15	-24.7	2-8
56	Avila	naia	11	-3.9	-20.9	-24.8	4-7
57	Briar Cliff	naia	11	-10.8	-14.6	-25.4	4-7
58	St Mary KS	naia	11	-7.4	-19.4	-26.8	4-7
59	Point U.	naia	10	-13.1	-13.7	-26.8	3-7
60	Jamestown	naia	10	-8.4	-19.3	-27.7	3-7
61	Culver-Stockton	naia	11	-12.1	-15.6	-27.7	2-9
62	Southwestern KS	naia	11	-7.6	-20.3	-28	5-6
63	Kansas Wesleyan	naia	11	-7.5	-20.5	-28	4-7
64	Dickinson St	naia	11	-24.2	-4.9	-29.2	1-10
65	Bethel TN	naia	11	-13.5	-15.9	-29.3	2-9
66	Belhaven	naia	11	-13.9	-15.9	-29.7	3-8
67	Central Methodist	naia	11	-12.5	-18.1	-30.6	4-7
68	Mayville St	naia	10	1.6	-33.2	-31.6	6-4
69	Graceland	naia	11	-15.1	-17.1	-32.2	1-10
70	SW Assem of God	naia	10	0.8	-33	-32.3	6-4
71	Presentation	naia	9	0.3	-32.8	-32.5	4-5
72	Edward Waters	naia	10	-12.6	-20.5	-33	1-9
73	Oklahoma Baptist	naia	11	-6	-28.8	-34.8	3-8
74	Waldorf	naia	11	-24.2	-11	-35.1	1-10
75	Bethany KS	naia	11	-15.4	-20.5	-35.9	2-9
76	Dakota St	naia	10	-13.8	-22.1	-35.9	2-8
77	Warner U.	naia	11	-25.3	-12.2	-37.5	1-10
78	Dordt	naia	11	-20.9	-18.1	-39	2-9
79	Bethel KS	naia	11	-17.5	-22.5	-40	2-9
80	Concordia MI	naia	10	-29.8	-10.7	-40.5	1-9
81	Bluefield	naia	11	-25.7	-16.8	-42.5	0-11
82	Wayland Baptist	naia	10	-20.5	-23.7	-44.2	0-10
83	Texas College	naia	10	-22.8	-23.6	-46.3	1-9
84	Haskell	naia	8	-20	-33.1	-53.1	1-7

Something fascinating happened this week to people who like making computer rating systems. At first I thought there was a bug in my program, as these 16 teams all saw their SRS ratings rise by 20 points this week relative to last.

Concordia-St Paul
Minnesota-Duluth
Upper Iowa
Wayne St NE
Minn St-Mankato
Sioux Falls
Mary
Northern St SD
Minnesota-Crookston
Bemidji St
Minn St-Moorhead
Minot St
SW Minnesota St
Augustana SD
St Cloud St
Winona St

That makes no sense, this late in the season. But then I figured it out: All 16 teams reside in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference, a division two conference whose teams had played a combined zero out of conference games this year prior to Saturday. The D2 playoffs began last week, with Minnesota-Duluth defeating Emporia State (which ranked 44th in last week’s non-FBS ratings) 55-13. Minnesota-Duluth is 11-1, with the only loss coming to MSU Mankato, a team that boasts an 11-0 record (and on a bye in the first round of the playoffs). The other Northern Sun team to make the playoffs was St. Cloud State, which beat a previously undefeated Henderson State. St. Cloud State’s only loss is to Minnesota-Duluth.

So you have three teams atop the Northern Sun that are a combined 29-0 in conference in games against the rest of the conference. And the entire conference was a closed system. Then, two of those teams played out-of-conference games. One of them defeated a previously undefeated team. The other blew out a team with one loss, and that team’s one loss was to undefeated NW Missouri State. The SRS reconciles every game, but it’s very difficult for a computer to reconcile a conference that has three quasi-undefeated teams that go out and beat two more quasi-undefeated teams; as a result, the ratings and strengths of schedule went through the roof for every team in the Northern Sun.

Remember, the SRS treats each game like a dial, and it keeps wanting to give more credit to all the Northern Sun teams. It kept jacking up all of their ratings until the system assumed that the best team in the Northern Sun was 42 points better than another good team. This isn’t really a bug, but it’s not appropriate (or a good thing). Hence my decision to break down the teams into separate levels of football today to post the rankings (the way I generated the ratings did not change, just the way I am presenting them. As you can see, Minn St-Mankato — which was 33rd last week — has the highest rating of any non-FBS school, including all of the FCS teams).

This is actually a topic worth discussing in greater depth, but that is best left to another day.

Tagged as: FCS, NCAA SRS

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