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Since College Sporting News produces the Gridiron Power Index (GPI) which is officially used by the NCAA D-I Football Championship Committee, I can speak with knowledge of computer rating systems that measure the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).

The public GPI uses seven systems advised by Dr. Kenneth Massey as being representative as the best but one is different than the others. In conversations with the owners of these systems, all but one measured all the opponents ...

Well oh well how time flies. So many good games as we are approaching the end. Together we can watch how it affects the GPI:

10/29/2012 GPI Top 25

Rank School (No. of #1 Ratings) (Rating)
1. N Dakota St won 21-17 at #32 Missouri St
2. Ga Southern hosted and lost 31-28 vs. #16 Appalachian St
3. Montana St won 20-17 at #32 Sacramento St
4. Sam Houston St hosted and won 70-0 vs. #57 SE Louisiana
5. Indiana St hosted and lost 17-10 vs. ...

A wonderful three day weekend in the FCS, but vacation's over for conference play. Let's see ...

Thursday, September 20, 2012
Ark-Pine Bluff 24 ALABAMA STATE 21

Friday, September 21, 2012
Georgetown 21 PRINCETON 20

Saturday, September 22, 2012
Lafayette 20 BUCKNELL 14
BUTLER 35 Campbell 14
MARIST 34 Davidson 21
(5) OLD DOMINION 64 (18) New Hampshire 61
Furman 31 PRESBYTERIAN 21
Alabama A&M 42 ...

Another two days of FCS action this week 3.

Thursday, September 13, 2012
CHATTANOOGA 35 Glenville St 0
Miss Valley St 6 SOUTHERN U 0
TENN-MARTIN 23 SE Louisiana 6

Saturday, September 15, 2012
AKRON 66 Morgan State 6
ALABAMA A&M 42 Prairie View 30
Alabama State 19 GRAMBLING ST 18
Ark-Pine Bluff 24 ALCORN STATE 6
BAYLOR 48 Sam Houston St 23
Brown 24 HOLY CROSS 21
CENTRAL ARKANSAS 70 Bacone College ...

Four days of games this week. The MSU Cowboys and EWU Eagles are the first 2012 FCS teams to beat an FBS foe: McNeese State 27 - Middle Tennessee 21 and Eastern Washington 20 - Idaho 3. Youngstown State continues the tally by destroying FBS Pittsburgh, 31 - 17 and Tennessee-Martin tops it off with a last minute win over Memphis, 20-17.

Thursday, August 30, 2012
Final Shorter 31 CAMPBELL 20
Final CENTRAL MICH 38 SE Missouri St 27
Final FORDHAM 55 Lock Haven 0 ...