The Gridiron Power Index (GPI), the index ranking for the NCAA Division I FCS and an official top indicator of at-large playoff selection for the NCAA committee finishes the 2008 season with the Division I National Champion University of Richmond Spiders in the top spot.

The Colonial Athletic Association, the largest league in the FCS has seven teams in the top 25; the Southern and Big Sky Conferences have four each; the Missouri Valley Football Conference has three, the Southland Conference has two; and the Big South, Great West Football, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conferences plus the Ivy and Patriot Leagues have one each. (all games completed)

Rank	Team	Conf	W/L	Total	ARC	ASH	LAZ	SAU	MAS	SAG	SEL	KEE	AGS	SNW	FCP
1	Richmond	CAA	13-3	1.38	8	3	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1
2	James Madison	CAA	12-2	2.13	7	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	4	3	3
3	Montana	BSC	14-2	2.63	15	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
4	Villanova	CAA	10-3	4.75	20	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	6
5	Appalachian St	SOCON	11-3	5.00	25	5	4	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	5
6	Northern Iowa	MVFC	12-3	6.13	38	9	6	11	7	9	7	6	3	4	4
7	Weber St	BSC	10-4	7.25	35	6	9	6	5	10	6	8	7	7	9
8	New Hampshire	CAA	10-3	7.75	39	8	7	8	6	7	9	10	8	8	7
9	Cal Poly	GWFC	8-3	8.75	43	10	10	7	8	11	8	7	9	10	8
10	Wofford	SOCON	9-3	9.25	44	7	8	9	11	6	11	9	10	9	11
11	S Illinois	MVFC	9-3	13.38	75	17	12	15	15	16	16	13	11	11	10
12	William & Mary	CAA	7-4	13.50	52	11	11	10	10	8	10	11	16	20	20
13	Cent Arkansas	SLC	10-2	14.50	79	15	14	17	17	22	15	15	13	12	12
14	Maine	CAA	8-5	14.63	69	13	15	14	14	13	12	17	14	18	16
15	Harvard	IVY	9-1	15.63	81	18	17	18	13	15	19	12	15	15	14
16	Elon	SOCON	8-4	16.88	79	16	13	16	22	14	17	16	20	17	19
17	Massachusetts	CAA	7-5	18.13	67	12	16	12	16	12	13	14	26	26	26
18T	E Washington	BSC	6-5	19.50	78	14	21	13	12	18	14	19	26	26	26
18T	Liberty	BSO	10-2	19.50	108	23	18	26	23	19	25	18	19	14	15
20	S Carolina St	MEAC	10-3	21.25	132	25	20	30	26	28	32	23	12	13	13
21	Furman	SOCON	7-5	22.75	105	19	19	22	35	20	23	21	25	26	26
22	McNeese St	SLC	7-4	22.88	119	21	27	27	20	29	20	24	22	21	21
23	Montana St	BSC	7-5	23.75	112	20	28	21	18	31	18	25	26	26	26
24	Colgate	PL	9-3	23.88	140	27	22	39	28	32	31	22	18	16	17
25	S Dakota St	MVFC	7-5	24.00	116	28	24	24	19	26	22	20	24	26	26
26	Ga Southern	SOCON	6-5	24.50	118	22	23	20	33	21	24	28	26	26	26
27	N Arizona	BSC	6-5	26.38	133	24	41	23	21	33	21	32	26	26	26
28T	Holy Cross	PL	7-4	27.75	144	33	30	29	24	25	34	27	26	26	26
28T	Texas St	SLC	8-5	27.75	156	30	31	33	29	38	29	33	21	22	23
30	Delaware	CAA	4-8	27.88	145	26	40	25	34	24	26	34	26	26	26
31	Samford	SOCON	6-5	28.25	148	29	33	19	41	17	27	40	26	26	26
32	Brown	IVY	7-3	29.13	155	34	29	34	31	27	35	26	26	26	26
33	N Dakota St	MVFC	6-5	30.25	164	43	36	28	32	34	33	29	26	26	26
34	Jacksonville St	OVC	8-3	31.13	181	31	25	37	38	42	40	35	23	23	22
35	Northwestern St	SLC	7-5	31.50	174	32	35	40	36	44	28	31	26	26	26
36	Albany	NEC	9-3	31.63	175	37	37	36	27	23	39	38	26	26	26
37	Sacramento St	BSC	6-6	32.13	179	35	46	31	30	41	30	42	26	26	26
38T	W Illinois	MVFC	6-5	32.88	185	41	38	32	37	37	37	36	26	26	26
38T	E Kentucky	OVC	8-4	32.88	209	36	34	51	43	45	44	41	17	19	18
40T	Grambling	SWAC	11-2	33.13	191	39	26	44	25	46	36	62	26	24	24
40T	Lafayette	PL	7-4	33.13	187	42	39	38	39	30	41	30	26	26	26
42	Hofstra	CAA	4-8	34.88	201	40	48	35	45	39	38	39	26	26	26
43	Penn	IVY	6-4	35.63	207	44	45	43	40	35	43	37	26	26	26
44	TN Martin	OVC	8-4	37.75	224	38	32	45	49	48	49	44	26	26	26
45	Yale	IVY	6-4	38.38	229	49	44	42	42	36	52	55	26	26	26
46	UC Davis	GWFC	5-7	39.25	236	51	50	41	48	47	45	46	26	26	26
47	The Citadel	SOCON	4-8	39.75	240	47	47	46	67	40	53	47	26	26	26
48	Sam Houston St	SLC	4-6	41.13	251	48	54	48	54	51	50	43	26	26	26
49	Portland St	BSC	4-7	41.50	254	46	62	50	47	52	42	59	26	26	26
50	Southern Utah	GWFC	4-7	42.00	258	50	64	55	50	54	47	49	26	26	26
51	North Dakota	GWFC	6-4	42.63	263	45	49	66	46	71	51	51	26	26	26
52	Charleston So	BSO	7-5	43.00	266	56	51	52	51	50	56	61	26	26	26
53	South Dakota	GWFC	6-5	43.75	272	55	52	54	44	56	55	58	26	26	26
54	Lehigh	PL	5-6	44.25	276	60	55	49	52	43	60	60	26	26	26
55T	Florida A&M	MEAC	9-3	44.75	280	57	42	56	53	68	66	48	26	26	26
55T	Nicholls St	SLC	3-6	44.75	280	52	69	58	59	58	46	53	26	26	26
55T	Tennessee St	OVC	8-4	44.75	280	54	43	59	60	64	62	45	26	26	26
58	SE Louisiana	SLC	5-7	45.00	282	53	59	57	56	61	48	57	26	26	26
59	Stony Brook	BSO	5-6	45.63	287	59	57	60	61	53	58	50	26	26	26
60	Northeastern	CAA	2-10	46.13	291	58	67	47	63	49	54	70	26	26	26
61	Coastal Carolina	BSO	6-6	46.88	297	63	53	63	65	57	61	52	26	26	26
62	Rhode Island	CAA	3-9	47.25	300	61	68	53	58	59	57	65	26	26	26
63	Prairie View	SWAC	9-1	50.00	324	64	56	71	55	81	65	68	26	25	25
64	Monmouth	NEC	7-4	50.38	325	70	63	64	57	55	72	71	26	26	26
65	Towson	CAA	3-9	50.50	326	62	66	68	70	66	63	63	26	26	26
66	Gardner Webb	BSO	5-6	51.38	333	66	61	72	66	73	68	56	26	26	26
67	SF Austin	SLC	4-8	51.63	335	65	70	69	72	77	59	54	26	26	26
68T	Youngstown St	MVFC	4-8	53.13	347	72	79	62	64	78	67	66	26	26	26
68T	Princeton	IVY	4-6	53.13	347	68	74	70	71	60	69	69	26	26	26
70	San Diego	PFL	9-2	54.13	355	80	60	77	62	63	80	73	26	26	26
71	N Colorado	BSC	1-10	54.63	359	74	91	61	68	74	64	79	26	26	26
72	Missouri St	MVFC	4-7	55.25	364	69	76	65	73	76	70	83	26	26	26
73	W Carolina	SOCON	3-9	55.50	366	67	73	74	87	70	73	76	26	26	26
74	Bethune-Cookman	MEAC	8-3	55.88	369	73	58	80	74	83	78	64	26	26	26
75	Central Conn	NEC	7-4	56.50	374	81	71	75	69	67	82	78	26	26	26
76	VMI	BSO	4-7	57.13	379	76	84	73	78	65	71	81	26	26	26
77	E Illinois	OVC	5-7	57.75	384	71	65	76	81	80	76	82	26	26	26
78	Illinois St	MVFC	3-8	57.88	385	77	82	67	77	79	75	77	26	26	26
79	Fordham	PL	5-6	58.25	388	78	81	78	75	62	77	80	26	26	26
80	Cornell	IVY	4-6	58.88	393	75	83	81	83	75	79	75	26	26	26
81	Jacksonville	PFL	9-4	59.50	398	86	72	79	76	69	87	85	26	26	26
82	Southern	SWAC	6-5	60.50	406	82	78	84	79	93	83	74	26	26	26
83	Morgan St	MEAC	6-6	61.50	414	84	75	85	84	87	86	72	26	26	26
84T	Idaho St	BSC	1-11	61.75	416	79	96	83	82	86	74	86	26	26	26
84T	Hampton	MEAC	6-5	61.75	416	83	77	86	85	90	85	67	26	26	26
86	Dayton	PFL	9-3	62.25	420	89	80	82	80	72	90	89	26	26	26
87	Murray St	OVC	5-7	63.88	433	85	86	88	86	94	81	88	26	26	26
88	Bucknell	PL	5-6	64.75	440	87	90	92	88	82	84	91	26	26	26
89	Delaware St	MEAC	5-6	65.63	447	91	87	87	91	96	91	84	26	26	26
90	Norfolk St	MEAC	5-7	65.75	448	90	85	89	90	95	92	87	26	26	26
91	Presbyterian	BSO	4-8	66.63	455	88	94	93	96	89	89	90	26	26	26
92	Sacred Heart	NEC	8-3	67.13	459	96	88	91	89	85	96	95	26	26	26
93	Columbia	IVY	2-8	67.25	460	95	97	90	93	84	88	94	26	26	26
94	Jackson St	SWAC	7-5	68.63	471	94	89	97	92	108	95	93	26	26	26
95	SE Missouri St	OVC	4-8	68.88	473	93	93	94	97	97	93	96	26	26	26
96T	Bryant	INDEP	7-4	69.50	478	97	92	98	94	88	98	97	26	26	26
96T	Chattanooga	SOCON	1-11	69.50	478	92	95	99	110	91	100	92	26	26	26
98	Robert Morris	NEC	5-6	70.50	486	101	98	95	95	92	99	99	26	26	26
99	Austin Peay	OVC	2-9	70.88	489	98	100	96	98	99	94	98	26	26	26
100	Alabama A&M	SWAC	5-7	72.38	501	100	99	101	99	110	101	100	26	26	26
101	Tennessee Tech	OVC	3-9	72.75	504	99	101	100	103	104	97	101	26	26	26
102	Georgetown	PL	2-8	74.38	517	103	104	103	105	105	102	102	26	26	26
103	Duquesne	NEC	3-7	74.88	521	108	110	102	100	98	103	108	26	26	26
104	Alabama St	SWAC	3-8	75.38	525	102	106	109	102	115	104	104	26	26	26
105	Butler	PFL	6-5	75.75	528	107	103	108	104	100	106	112	26	26	26
106	Dartmouth	IVY	0-10	75.88	529	104	111	104	111	103	105	105	26	26	26
107	Drake	PFL	6-5	76.00	530	106	102	111	106	101	109	107	26	26	26
108T	Morehead St	PFL	6-6	76.38	533	109	107	105	101	102	110	111	26	26	26
108T	NC Central	INDEP	4-7	76.38	533	105	105	107	108	109	108	103	26	26	26
110	W Salem St	MEAC	3-8	77.50	542	110	108	106	107	112	111	106	26	26	26
111	Marist	INDEP	4-7	77.88	545	111	109	110	109	106	107	110	26	26	26
112	Indiana St	MVFC	0-12	80.38	565	112	118	113	114	113	113	109	26	26	26
113	Ark Pine Bluff	SWAC	3-9	80.63	567	114	112	112	112	114	115	115	26	26	26
114	Davidson	PFL	4-7	80.75	568	115	113	114	113	107	116	113	26	26	26
115	Alcorn St	SWAC	2-10	81.38	573	113	114	115	115	120	112	116	26	26	26
116	NC A&T	MEAC	3-9	82.13	579	117	115	117	116	117	114	114	26	26	26
117	Howard	MEAC	1-10	83.63	591	121	120	116	117	119	118	117	26	26	26
118T	Wagner	NEC	3-8	83.75	592	118	119	118	118	111	119	119	26	26	26
118T	TX Southern	SWAC	4-8	83.75	592	116	116	121	120	123	117	118	26	26	26
120	Savannah St	INDEP	5-7	84.50	598	119	117	119	119	121	121	120	26	26	26
121	Iona	INDEP	3-8	85.25	604	120	121	124	122	118	120	121	26	26	26
122	MS Valley St	SWAC	3-8	85.88	609	122	122	120	121	125	122	122	26	26	26
123T	St Francis PA	NEC	0-11	86.75	616	124	124	123	123	122	123	123	26	26	26
123T	Valparaiso	PFL	3-8	86.75	616	123	123	122	124	116	124	124	26	26	26
125	Campbell	PFL	1-10	87.88	625	125	125	125	125	124	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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