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 unbeaten Georgia Southern in the top spot.

The Southern Conference has seven teams in the top 25; the Colonial Athletic Association has six; the Big Sky and Missouri Valley Football Conferences have three teams each; the Great West Conference has two; and the Big South, Ohio Valley and Southland Conferences plus the Ivy and Patriot Leagues have one each. (Games through 10/9/11)

As conference average rankings the Southern Conference maintains their sizable lead at #1 while the Colonial Athletic Association, Great West and Missouri Valley Football Conferences stay bunched at #2-3-4 respectively. The Big Sky is closing in at #5.

The greatest movement this week included Samford moving up six places and Southern Utah falling seven. Four new schools entered the top 25. The Final 2011 GPI will be released once all the college football games have been played, in January 2012.

Rank	Team	Conf	W/L	Total	ARC	LAZ	SAG	MAS	ASH	KEE	SEL	BRN	FCP	SNW
1	Ga Southern	SOCON	5-0	1.43	8	1	2	2	1	1	2	3	1	1
2	Wofford	SOCON	4-1	2.43	8	2	1	1	2	2	1	5	4	5
3	Northern Iowa	MVFC	4-1	2.71	15	3	3	3	3	5	3	1	2	2
4	N Dakota St	MVFC	5-0	5.29	28	6	4	4	7	7	10	2	5	4
5	Montana St	BIG SKY	5-1	6.29	38	7	7	6	15	3	11	7	3	3
6	Sam Houston St	SLC	5-0	7.00	27	4	11	7	5	4	5	6	12	10
7	New Hampshire	CAA	4-1	7.86	43	10	5	9	6	11	9	9	6	6
8	Maine	CAA	4-1	8.00	28	5	6	5	4	6	6	11	16	12
9	Lehigh	PL	5-1	11.00	60	8	13	12	12	9	14	18	9	8
10	Appalachian St	SOCON	3-2	11.86	69	21	8	10	10	21	7	20	7	7
11	South Dakota	GWC	4-2	12.43	58	9	19	8	22	10	12	8	14	15
12	James Madison	CAA	4-2	12.86	64	13	10	11	14	14	15	12	13	13
13	Delaware	CAA	4-2	15.43	91	16	9	22	18	34	20	15	8	9
14	Montana	BIG SKY	4-2	15.71	85	18	12	15	25	8	23	17	11	14
15	Samford	SOCON	3-2	17.14	68	12	17	13	9	17	8	35	26	26
16	Furman	SOCON	3-2	17.43	70	11	15	18	8	13	13	19	26	26
17	Indiana St	MVFC	4-2	18.86	90	14	30	17	13	15	21	23	21	21
18	Towson	CAA	4-1	20.43	103	15	26	26	11	20	16	28	23	17
19	Chattanooga	SOCON	2-4	21.57	99	25	21	14	20	26	19	13	26	26
20	Coastal Carolina	BSO	4-1	22.57	112	24	25	19	26	18	4	59	20	26
21	Harvard	IVY	3-1	23.71	114	19	16	25	24	29	17	30	26	26
22	E Washington	BIG SKY	2-4	24.57	120	38	14	20	45	19	29	14	26	26
23	Southern Utah	GWC	3-3	26.14	131	26	22	16	35	33	34	4	26	26
24	Old Dominion	CAA	5-1	26.86	148	17	35	34	17	30	41	32	22	18
25	Elon	SOCON	4-2	27.43	140	29	27	43	19	22	18	61	26	26
26	Weber St	BIG SKY	2-3	27.57	141	45	20	23	43	16	33	22	26	26
27T	Texas St	INDEP	4-2	28.57	148	31	39	28	21	28	22	51	26	26
27T	Liberty	BSO	3-3	28.57	148	36	24	32	47	24	30	26	26	26
29	Jacksonville St	OVC	4-1	28.86	181	28	40	31	31	38	43	41	10	11
30	Sacramento St	BIG SKY	3-3	29.00	151	53	23	21	38	23	38	29	26	26
31	McNeese St	SLC	3-2	29.71	169	32	38	45	28	31	35	33	17	22
32	Richmond	CAA	3-3	32.14	180	47	18	38	29	53	28	38	25	20
33	Tennessee Tech	OVC	4-1	32.43	189	33	48	29	40	41	36	39	19	19
34T	Northwestern St	SLC	3-3	32.86	178	22	51	42	16	32	39	43	26	26
34T	Brown	IVY	3-1	32.86	178	35	37	33	33	45	24	40	26	26
36T	Portland St	BIG SKY	3-2	33.00	179	27	46	35	46	12	37	34	26	26
36T	North Dakota	GWC	4-2	33.00	190	37	34	24	50	43	45	31	18	23
38	TN Martin	OVC	3-2	33.14	180	20	53	47	37	27	49	10	26	26
39	The Citadel	SOCON	2-3	34.14	187	39	45	36	23	42	25	62	26	26
40	Cal Poly	GWC	2-3	34.29	188	49	28	30	44	39	47	21	26	26
41	Norfolk St	MEAC	5-1	34.43	189	23	42	54	27	35	31	60	26	26
42	Yale	IVY	3-1	36.71	205	30	41	50	34	50	26	57	26	26
43	Massachusetts	CAA	3-2	37.00	207	55	29	37	30	52	51	37	26	26
44	Cent Arkansas	SLC	3-3	37.71	212	43	54	39	32	44	40	46	26	26
45	South Alabama	INDEP	3-2	37.86	213	40	32	48	41	36	48	48	26	26
46	Holy Cross	PL	2-3	38.86	220	42	36	49	42	55	42	45	26	26
47	W Illinois	MVFC	2-3	39.29	223	60	43	27	36	59	32	53	26	26
48	S Illinois	MVFC	2-3	40.43	231	59	33	41	55	47	55	16	26	26
49	Illinois St	MVFC	3-3	41.71	240	54	56	44	49	37	70	27	26	26
50	Northern Arizona	BIG SKY	2-3	42.00	242	61	49	51	75	25	56	25	26	26
51	Youngstown St	MVFC	2-3	42.14	243	46	52	52	53	40	60	36	26	26
52	E Kentucky	OVC	2-3	43.57	253	50	55	46	48	54	62	42	26	26
53	S Carolina St	MEAC	3-3	45.14	264	51	47	59	51	57	58	24	26	26
54T	William & Mary	CAA	3-3	45.29	286	70	31	55	54	63	65	49	15	16
54T	S Dakota St	MVFC	2-4	45.29	265	73	50	40	52	48	57	58	26	26
56	Stony Brook	BSO	2-3	47.57	281	67	59	53	61	61	44	47	26	26
57	Murray St	OVC	3-3	48.29	286	58	62	56	62	51	59	44	26	26
58	Albany	NEC	3-2	50.57	302	65	58	58	67	49	68	54	26	26
59	Bucknell	PL	4-2	50.71	303	41	72	64	56	58	53	80	26	26
60	Jackson St	SWAC	5-1	50.86	307	34	61	77	76	46	74	50	24	25
61	UC Davis	GWC	1-4	52.14	313	64	44	57	63	68	61	68	26	26
62	SF Austin	SLC	1-5	52.71	317	72	78	60	58	72	52	55	26	26
63	Georgetown	PL	4-2	54.71	331	57	79	68	57	64	63	88	26	26
64	Cornell	IVY	2-2	55.00	333	56	67	69	66	82	50	75	26	26
65T	Alabama St	SWAC	5-1	55.71	340	48	60	74	73	65	72	70	26	24
65T	W Carolina	SOCON	1-4	55.71	338	66	81	70	39	78	46	78	26	26
67	Jacksonville	PFL	4-2	56.43	343	71	64	71	65	75	64	72	26	26
68	NC A&T	MEAC	3-2	56.57	344	74	83	62	59	66	27	90	26	26
69	Drake	PFL	5-1	56.86	346	52	68	79	68	62	69	99	26	26
70	Rhode Island	CAA	1-4	57.00	347	83	65	66	60	81	75	56	26	26
71	Colgate	PL	3-3	57.43	350	80	63	63	72	67	79	69	26	26
72	Bethune-Cookman	MEAC	2-3	57.86	353	63	69	86	74	73	71	66	26	26
73	Bryant	NEC	4-2	59.43	364	62	66	80	77	71	77	73	26	26
74	San Diego	PFL	5-1	60.43	371	44	82	87	64	56	82	91	26	26
75	Duquesne	NEC	4-2	60.71	373	68	73	76	81	70	73	86	26	26
76	Hampton	MEAC	3-2	61.00	375	69	76	85	71	74	80	74	26	26
77	Lamar	SLC	3-2	62.29	384	76	71	89	70	60	78	95	26	26
78	Presbyterian	BSO	1-4	64.00	396	78	99	65	69	87	54	97	26	26
79	Tennessee St	OVC	2-4	64.86	402	86	75	81	87	77	83	65	26	26
80	Austin Peay	OVC	2-3	65.14	404	85	89	72	79	79	67	93	26	26
81	Idaho St	BIG SKY	2-4	65.43	406	79	93	82	88	69	86	71	26	26
82	Lafayette	PL	1-4	65.71	408	94	74	73	86	88	81	79	26	26
83T	Monmouth	NEC	2-3	66.00	410	81	77	78	89	85	90	76	26	26
83T	Missouri St	MVFC	0-6	66.00	410	90	86	61	84	89	99	52	26	26
85	Villanova	CAA	1-5	66.14	411	100	57	67	82	101	95	67	26	26
86	UT San Antonio	INDEP	2-4	66.43	413	75	90	83	94	80	85	64	26	26
87	SE Louisiana	SLC	1-4	69.00	431	96	88	95	78	76	88	82	26	26
88	Penn	IVY	2-2	69.86	437	105	70	84	93	86	104	63	26	26
89	E Illinois	OVC	1-5	71.43	448	102	84	75	92	108	89	81	26	26
90	Nicholls St	SLC	1-5	72.14	453	88	103	92	83	94	76	96	26	26
91	Howard	MEAC	3-3	72.43	455	82	109	97	80	83	84	112	26	26
92	Robert Morris	NEC	2-3	72.57	456	101	85	91	97	91	92	77	26	26
93	Florida A&M	MEAC	3-3	73.00	459	77	87	99	91	99	100	83	26	26
94	Morgan St	MEAC	3-3	73.29	461	95	92	93	85	96	66	114	26	26
95T	Gardner Webb	BSO	1-4	73.71	464	87	106	94	90	84	87	106	26	26
95T	Sacred Heart	NEC	3-2	75.71	478	93	104	96	98	90	101	87	26	26
97	Georgia St	INDEP	1-4	76.29	482	92	108	100	95	93	93	101	26	26
98	Dartmouth	IVY	1-3	76.57	484	99	91	90	100	114	102	92	26	26
99	Dayton	PFL	3-3	77.00	487	91	80	101	101	103	91	111	26	26
100	Central Conn	NEC	2-4	78.71	499	103	95	98	103	100	105	84	26	26
101	Butler	PFL	3-3	79.14	502	84	105	107	102	92	96	118	26	26
102	Alabama A&M	SWAC	4-2	79.71	506	89	98	106	109	95	110	98	26	26
103	SE Missouri St	OVC	1-4	79.86	507	112	97	88	108	111	97	94	26	26
104	Princeton	IVY	1-3	81.43	518	104	107	103	96	98	106	107	26	26
105	NC Central	MEAC	1-4	82.29	524	98	121	109	99	106	107	103	26	26
106	Prairie View	SWAC	4-2	82.71	527	106	94	108	111	97	111	105	26	26
107T	Marist	PFL	2-4	84.14	537	108	111	105	104	109	98	119	26	26
107T	Fordham	PL	1-4	84.14	537	117	102	102	105	112	116	85	26	26
109	N Colorado	BIG SKY	0-6	84.43	539	119	112	104	113	102	108	89	26	26
110	Davidson	PFL	2-3	86.00	550	97	123	112	107	107	103	121	26	26
111	Campbell	PFL	2-3	86.57	554	107	115	113	106	113	94	117	26	26
112	Ark Pine Bluff	SWAC	3-3	87.57	561	109	96	116	118	104	117	115	26	26
113	Wagner	NEC	1-5	87.71	562	113	114	110	112	116	109	113	26	26
114	Southern Univ	SWAC	2-4	88.14	565	111	101	118	119	115	113	108	26	26
115	Morehead St	PFL	2-4	89.00	571	110	119	121	110	110	112	120	26	26
116	Charleston So	BSO	0-5	89.29	573	116	110	111	115	118	115	116	26	26
117	TX Southern	SWAC	2-3	89.57	575	114	113	119	123	105	120	109	26	26
118	Grambling	SWAC	1-4	90.29	580	115	100	120	122	119	122	104	26	26
119	VMI	BSO	0-5	91.71	590	121	120	115	117	117	121	102	26	26
120	Delaware St	MEAC	2-4	92.14	593	120	118	114	114	122	119	122	26	26
121	Columbia	IVY	0-4	93.00	599	122	117	117	120	124	123	110	26	26
122	Alcorn St	SWAC	1-4	93.14	600	118	116	122	124	120	124	100	26	26
123	Savannah St	MEAC	1-5	94.43	609	124	124	124	116	121	114	125	26	26
124	St Francis PA	NEC	1-5	94.86	612	123	122	123	121	123	118	123	26	26
125	MS Valley St	SWAC	0-6	97.00	627	126	125	125	126	125	126	124	26	26
126	Valparaiso	PFL	0-5	97.14	628	125	126	126	125	126	125	126	26	26

Column Definitions
Total = (ARC + 2 polls used)/7
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, ASH = Ashburn, SAG = Sagarin, LAZ = Laz Index, KEE = Keeper, SEL = Self, BRN = Born.
Polls:
FCP = FCS Coaches, SNW = Sports Network

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