Final 2011 Modified GPI

In agreement with the NCAA, College Sporting News supplies a modified version of their GPI to be used in evaluating at-large selections for conferences that qualify but do not have an automatic qualifier for the Division I Football Championships.

This is the final top 25 used this year:

Ranking School (Rating)
1. Sam Houston State (1.20)
2. North Dakota State (2.60)
3. Northern Iowa (2.80)
4. Georgia Southern (3.60)
5. Towson (5.80)
6. Lehigh (7.80)
7T. Wofford (8.20)
7T. Appalachian State (8.20)
9. New Hampshire (8.80)
10. Montana (10.40)
11. Maine (11.20)
12. Central Arkansas (12.40)
13. Harvard (12.80)
14. Montana State (13.00)
15. Old Dominion (13.60)
16T. Indiana State (17.80)
16T. James Madison (17.80)
18. Furman (19.60)
19. Illinois State (20.20)
20. Delaware (23.00)
21. Chattanooga (25.20)
22. Cal Poly (25.40)
23T. Youngstown State (25.60)
23T. Samford (25.60)
25. S.F. Austin (26.20)

The NCAA selection document states: "For those conferences that qualify for automatic qualification but do not receive it, a guaranteed at-large position shall be awarded in any year in which its conference champion team meets all of the following conditions:
a. Team wins a minimum of eight Division I games during the season;
b. Team wins a minimum of two non-conference games against Division I teams representing a conference that has earned an automatic qualification in that year; and
c. Team finishes the season ranked 20 or higher in an average of the last regular season media, coaches and/or computer polls (which will be determined by the committee on an annual basis). For 2011, the media poll will be the Sports Network Poll, the coaches poll will be the FCS Coaches poll and the computer poll will be a variation of the Gridiron Power Index – using only the following computer rankings: The Massey Ratings, Wolfe Rankings, Ashburn Rankings, Self Rankings and the Laz Index."

This year only Harvard qualified under the modified GPI.The Ivy League does not allow its teams to participate in the tournament.