The Gridiron Power Index (GPI), the index ranking for the NCAA Division I FCS and a top indicator of at-large playoff selection continues with James Madison in the top spot again this week. No other team has been ranked No. 1 this year in the GPI.

The Colonial Athletic Association, the largest league in the FCS has eight teams in the top 25; the Southern Conference has five; the Big Sky Conferences has four; the Missouri Valley Football has three; the Southland Conference has two; and the Great West Football and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conferences plus the Ivy and Patriot Leagues have one each. (Games through 11/15)

Rank	Team	Conf	W/L	Total	ARC	MAS	LAZ	SAU	SAG	SEL	KEE	ASH	AGS	SNW	FCP
1	James Madison	CAA	9-1	1.00	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Appalachian St	SOCON	9-2	2.00	10	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
3	Montana	BSC	10-1	4.63	22	2	3	5	6	6	4	4	5	5	5
4	Richmond	CAA	8-3	4.88	19	5	4	3	3	4	5	3	7	7	6
5	Villanova	CAA	8-2	5.25	23	7	5	6	4	3	3	5	6	6	7
6	Cal Poly	GWFC	8-1	5.88	38	4	8	7	12	9	6	8	3	3	3
7	Weber St	BSC	9-2	6.50	28	3	6	4	7	5	7	6	8	8	8
8	Wofford	SOCON	8-2	8.38	38	9	7	8	5	7	9	7	10	9	10
9	Northern Iowa	MVFC	9-2	8.63	57	11	9	12	14	12	8	13	4	4	4
10	New Hampshire	CAA	8-2	10.00	47	8	10	9	9	10	12	9	11	11	11
11	Elon	SOCON	8-3	12.25	60	17	11	13	11	13	11	12	12	12	14
12	William & Mary	CAA	7-3	12.50	50	10	12	10	8	8	13	10	15	16	19
13	S Illinois	MVFC	8-2	12.63	73	13	14	15	19	15	10	16	9	10	9
14	Maine	CAA	8-3	13.25	58	12	13	11	10	11	14	11	14	17	17
15	Cent Arkansas	SLC	9-2	16.38	93	18	17	24	23	17	17	18	13	13	12
16	Harvard	IVY	8-1	18.13	92	15	18	23	18	23	16	17	18	19	16
17T	McNeese St	SLC	7-3	18.38	104	20	22	21	24	19	21	20	16	14	13
17T	Furman	SOCON	7-4	18.38	84	25	15	17	15	18	19	15	20	20	23
19	Massachusetts	CAA	6-5	18.88	73	16	16	14	13	14	15	14	26	26	26
20	Ga Southern	SOCON	6-5	22.25	100	27	19	18	17	20	24	19	26	26	26
21	Montana St	BSC	7-4	22.63	103	14	24	20	26	16	22	21	26	26	26
22	S Carolina St	MEAC	9-2	22.75	135	23	21	31	34	36	23	24	17	15	15
23	E Washington	BSC	5-5	23.38	109	19	28	19	27	21	20	22	26	26	26
24	Holy Cross	PL	7-3	26.00	130	22	26	30	21	29	26	27	26	26	26
25T	W Illinois	MVFC	6-4	26.38	140	26	30	26	28	28	28	33	22	23	26
25T	Delaware	CAA	4-7	26.38	133	32	34	22	20	26	30	23	26	26	26
27T	S Dakota St	MVFC	6-5	27.25	141	29	27	29	29	27	18	35	25	26	26
27T	Liberty	BSO	9-2	27.25	152	35	20	34	25	37	32	26	24	22	20
27T	Samford	SOCON	5-5	27.25	140	39	35	16	16	22	40	28	26	26	26
30	N Dakota St	MVFC	6-4	28.25	150	28	32	27	30	33	27	40	26	26	24
31	Colgate	PL	8-2	28.50	164	30	29	41	35	39	31	25	21	21	22
32	Lafayette	PL	7-3	28.75	152	31	33	32	22	35	25	31	26	26	26
33	N Arizona	BSC	6-5	28.88	153	24	38	28	36	24	36	29	26	26	26
34	Sacramento St	BSC	6-5	29.13	155	21	40	25	37	25	34	34	26	26	26
35T	Jacksonville St	OVC	8-3	32.00	188	40	23	38	42	45	38	30	23	24	21
35T	TN Martin	OVC	8-3	32.00	201	42	25	42	44	41	44	32	19	18	18
37	Brown	IVY	6-3	32.63	183	37	36	39	33	40	35	36	26	26	26
38	Hofstra	CAA	4-7	33.13	187	44	48	33	38	34	33	38	26	26	26
39	Texas St	SLC	7-4	33.75	192	36	37	37	43	32	43	39	26	26	26
40	UC Davis	GWFC	5-6	34.63	199	38	46	35	46	30	37	43	26	26	26
41	Albany	NEC	8-3	35.00	202	34	43	40	32	44	47	41	26	26	26
42	Northwestern St	SLC	6-5	35.75	208	45	41	46	49	31	39	37	26	26	26
43	Yale	IVY	6-3	37.00	218	41	42	44	31	47	56	44	26	26	26
44	Tennessee St	OVC	8-3	38.38	231	52	31	50	52	57	29	46	26	25	25
45	Northeastern	CAA	2-9	39.00	234	53	58	36	41	38	53	49	26	26	26
46	South Dakota	GWFC	6-4	39.13	235	33	49	45	45	46	60	50	26	26	26
47	Penn	IVY	5-4	39.25	236	46	50	48	39	50	45	47	26	26	26
48	Sam Houston St	SLC	4-5	39.75	240	51	53	47	48	49	41	45	26	26	26
49	The Citadel	SOCON	4-7	39.88	241	62	52	43	40	43	55	48	26	26	26
50	E Kentucky	OVC	7-3	40.00	242	47	39	53	51	53	49	42	26	26	26
51	SE Louisiana	SLC	5-6	40.88	249	49	55	52	55	42	42	51	26	26	26
52	Grambling	SWAC	8-2	41.00	250	43	45	49	53	51	57	52	26	26	26
53	Coastal Carolina	BSO	6-5	42.00	258	55	47	54	47	58	48	54	26	26	26
54	Southern Utah	GWFC	4-6	43.00	266	48	64	55	58	52	46	53	26	26	26
55	Portland St	BSC	3-7	44.00	274	50	67	51	57	48	61	55	26	26	26
56	Stony Brook	BSO	5-6	44.75	280	60	54	56	54	59	52	57	26	26	26
57	Florida A&M	MEAC	8-3	45.88	289	54	44	57	67	71	51	60	26	26	26
58	Nicholls St	SLC	2-6	47.50	302	63	82	64	63	54	54	58	26	26	26
59	SF Austin	SLC	4-7	48.38	309	64	66	62	68	55	50	62	26	26	26
60	Charleston So	BSO	6-5	48.88	313	61	59	65	65	61	72	61	26	26	26
61	Towson	CAA	3-8	49.00	314	66	69	63	62	60	63	59	26	26	26
62	Lehigh	PL	4-6	49.88	321	67	62	59	50	65	70	68	26	26	26
63	Bethune-Cookman	MEAC	8-2	50.13	323	59	51	68	76	72	58	66	26	26	26
64T	Monmouth	NEC	7-4	50.75	328	57	61	66	59	73	75	69	26	26	26
64T	North Dakota	GWFC	5-4	50.75	328	58	57	78	82	56	79	56	26	26	26
66T	Prairie View	SWAC	9-1	51.13	331	56	56	69	77	66	76	64	26	26	26
66T	Gardner Webb	BSO	5-6	51.13	331	68	60	70	70	68	62	63	26	26	26
66T	Rhode Island	CAA	2-9	51.13	331	71	81	61	66	63	64	67	26	26	26
69	Fordham	PL	5-5	52.38	341	65	72	73	56	67	67	70	26	26	26
70	W Carolina	SOCON	3-8	53.13	347	82	71	67	64	64	80	65	26	26	26
71	N Colorado	BSC	1-9	53.75	352	69	88	58	78	62	65	78	26	26	26
72	Princeton	IVY	3-6	53.88	353	73	79	71	61	70	68	71	26	26	26
73	Missouri St	MVFC	3-7	54.63	359	72	76	60	73	69	71	74	26	26	26
74	Central Conn	NEC	7-4	55.88	369	70	68	74	69	80	82	76	26	26	26
75	Morgan St	MEAC	6-5	56.50	374	74	63	77	83	79	69	75	26	26	26
76	E Illinois	OVC	4-7	56.88	377	83	65	75	80	76	73	73	26	26	26
77	Cornell	IVY	4-5	57.13	379	79	77	80	72	74	77	72	26	26	26
78	Southern	SWAC	6-4	58.00	386	75	70	81	86	83	59	77	26	26	26
79	Illinois St	MVFC	3-7	58.38	389	76	80	72	79	75	81	79	26	26	26
80	Youngstown St	MVFC	3-8	59.88	401	81	86	76	84	78	74	82	26	26	26
81T	Jacksonville	PFL	8-3	60.88	409	77	75	82	60	93	90	85	26	26	26
81T	VMI	BSO	3-7	60.88	409	84	91	79	74	77	88	81	26	26	26
83	Dayton	PFL	9-2	61.00	410	78	73	85	71	87	92	87	26	26	26
84T	San Diego	PFL	8-2	62.00	418	80	74	88	75	92	87	88	26	26	26
84T	Hampton	MEAC	5-5	62.00	418	86	78	84	90	86	66	84	26	26	26
86	Presbyterian	BSO	4-7	63.25	428	91	84	89	85	81	89	80	26	26	26
87	Delaware St	MEAC	4-6	64.25	436	87	85	83	92	90	78	91	26	26	26
88	Columbia	IVY	2-7	64.88	441	88	94	87	81	82	94	90	26	26	26
89	Norfolk St	MEAC	4-7	65.00	442	89	83	86	91	91	85	92	26	26	26
90	Murray St	OVC	4-7	66.25	452	92	90	91	97	85	93	86	26	26	26
91	Sacred Heart	NEC	8-3	66.75	456	85	87	90	88	96	101	95	26	26	26
92	Bucknell	PL	4-6	66.88	457	93	95	92	87	88	96	89	26	26	26
93	Chattanooga	SOCON	1-10	67.38	461	100	93	96	89	97	86	83	26	26	26
94	Jackson St	SWAC	6-4	67.75	464	90	89	94	100	95	84	96	26	26	26
95	Austin Peay	OVC	2-8	68.00	466	95	97	93	94	89	91	93	26	26	26
96	Idaho St	BSC	0-11	68.63	471	97	100	95	98	84	83	97	26	26	26
97	Tennessee Tech	OVC	3-8	70.38	485	99	98	99	101	94	95	94	26	26	26
98	Bryant	INDEP	6-4	70.63	487	94	92	100	95	99	100	99	26	26	26
99	SE Missouri St	OVC	3-8	70.88	489	98	96	98	99	98	97	98	26	26	26
100	Robert Morris	NEC	5-6	71.13	491	96	99	97	93	100	99	100	26	26	26
101	Alabama A&M	SWAC	4-7	73.25	508	103	102	101	110	101	98	101	26	26	26
102	Butler	PFL	6-4	74.50	518	102	101	106	96	105	115	104	26	26	26
103	Dartmouth	IVY	0-9	74.88	521	110	106	105	103	103	104	102	26	26	26
104	Georgetown	PL	2-8	75.00	522	107	104	107	106	102	102	103	26	26	26
105	NC Central	INDEP	3-7	75.25	524	105	103	102	105	106	106	105	26	26	26
106	Duquesne	NEC	3-7	75.38	525	104	110	103	102	104	108	106	26	26	26
107	W Salem St	MEAC	3-7	75.88	529	101	105	104	111	108	105	107	26	26	26
108	Morehead St	PFL	5-6	77.38	541	106	107	109	104	110	109	110	26	26	26
109	Marist	INDEP	4-7	77.63	543	108	109	110	107	107	113	109	26	26	26
110	Alabama St	SWAC	2-8	77.88	545	109	111	108	113	109	103	108	26	26	26
111	Drake	PFL	5-5	79.00	554	111	108	115	109	113	110	111	26	26	26
112	NC A&T	MEAC	3-8	80.50	566	112	113	112	116	111	116	113	26	26	26
113	Alcorn St	SWAC	2-9	80.88	569	114	115	111	119	114	112	114	26	26	26
114	TX Southern	SWAC	4-6	81.00	570	113	112	121	122	112	111	112	26	26	26
115	Indiana St	MVFC	0-11	82.13	579	120	116	117	115	116	107	115	26	26	26
116	Howard	MEAC	1-9	82.38	581	115	119	113	118	115	114	120	26	26	26
117	Ark Pine Bluff	SWAC	2-9	82.75	584	116	117	114	117	118	117	117	26	26	26
118	Wagner	NEC	3-8	83.38	589	118	120	116	112	117	120	118	26	26	26
119	Savannah St	INDEP	5-6	83.50	590	117	114	118	120	119	121	116	26	26	26
120	Davidson	PFL	3-7	84.00	594	119	118	119	108	121	119	119	26	26	26
121	MS Valley St	SWAC	3-7	85.50	606	121	121	120	124	122	118	122	26	26	26
122	Iona	INDEP	3-8	85.75	608	122	122	124	121	120	122	121	26	26	26
123	Valparaiso	PFL	3-7	86.63	615	123	123	122	114	124	124	123	26	26	26
124	St Francis PA	NEC	0-10	86.88	617	124	124	123	123	123	123	124	26	26	26
125	Campbell	PFL	1-9	87.88	625	125	125	125	125	125	125	125	26	26	26

Column Definitions
Total = (ARC + 3 polls used)/8
ARC (Adjusted Rankings of the Computers) = Sum of 5 computer ranking numbers (removing the max and min number from the 7 used)
Computer rankings:
MAS = Massey, SAU = Sauceda, SAG = Sagarin, LAZ = Laz Index, SEL = Self, ASH = Ashburn, KEE = Keeper.
Polls:
SNW = Sports Network, FCP = FCS Coaches, AGS = Any Given Saturday

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