Unbeaten Georgia Southern remains atop the Gridiron Power Index (GPI), the index ranking for the NCAA Division I FCS and a top indicator of at-large playoff selection.

The Southern Conference has six teams in the top 25; and Colonial Athletic Association has five; the Big Sky and Missouri Valley Football Conferences have three teams each; the Great West Conference and Ivy League have two each; and the Big South, Ohio Valley and Southland Conferences plus the Patriot League each have one. (Games through 10/16/11)

As conference average rankings the Southern Conference maintains their big 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 in at a solid #5.

The greatest movement this week included Harvard moving up seven places and South Dakota plummeting 13. Five new schools entered the top 25 as Elon. Old Dominion, Eastern Washington, Coastal Carolina and Southern Utah made their departure. 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	6-0	1.14	6	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1
2	Wofford	SOCON	5-1	2.86	11	2	2	2	2	3	1	14	4	5
3	Northern Iowa	MVFC	5-1	3.14	18	4	4	3	7	4	3	1	2	2
4	N Dakota St	MVFC	6-0	4.00	20	5	3	4	3	6	5	2	5	3
5	Montana St	BIG SKY	6-1	4.86	27	6	6	5	5	2	10	5	3	4
6	Sam Houston St	SLC	6-0	6.00	25	3	5	7	15	5	4	4	10	7
7	Maine	CAA	5-1	8.29	35	7	7	6	6	8	7	12	14	9
8	Appalachian St	SOCON	4-2	9.14	52	15	8	9	4	14	6	23	6	6
9	James Madison	CAA	5-2	10.71	53	13	10	10	10	12	11	8	11	11
10	Lehigh	PL	6-1	12.00	69	8	14	13	25	9	14	19	7	8
11	Indiana St	MVFC	5-2	12.71	56	10	15	8	9	10	12	16	16	17
12	Montana	BIG SKY	5-2	12.86	69	16	16	14	8	7	21	15	9	12
13	Towson	CAA	5-1	14.86	72	11	11	15	22	13	9	26	17	15
14	Harvard	IVY	4-1	15.57	57	9	9	12	12	11	13	20	26	26
15	New Hampshire	CAA	4-2	16.71	92	18	13	19	18	23	16	21	12	13
16	Samford	SOCON	4-2	17.57	71	12	12	16	14	17	8	39	26	26
17	Chattanooga	SOCON	3-4	18.71	79	14	19	11	20	24	15	6	26	26
18	Liberty	BSO	4-3	20.71	93	26	17	23	13	20	20	10	26	26
19	Delaware	CAA	4-3	21.86	124	27	18	34	11	44	23	22	13	16
20	Weber St	BIG SKY	3-3	23.57	113	42	24	17	17	15	38	17	26	26
21	Cal Poly	GWC	3-3	24.57	120	37	21	21	24	30	24	13	26	26
22T	Brown	IVY	4-1	25.29	125	25	20	28	26	26	17	34	26	26
22T	Furman	SOCON	3-3	25.29	125	20	25	31	19	32	18	30	26	26
22T	South Dakota	GWC	4-3	25.29	133	19	39	26	23	27	33	24	19	25
25	Jacksonville St	OVC	5-1	26.29	166	23	38	30	37	28	36	35	8	10
26	Texas St	INDEP	5-2	27.00	137	22	32	32	29	18	22	46	26	26
27	Massachusetts	CAA	4-2	28.00	148	40	23	24	35	35	26	28	26	22
28	Youngstown St	MVFC	3-3	29.29	153	33	35	25	33	19	37	27	26	26
29	E Washington	BIG SKY	3-4	29.57	155	39	26	22	43	25	43	11	26	26
30T	Old Dominion	CAA	5-2	30.14	168	21	30	40	38	33	29	38	22	21
30T	Illinois St	MVFC	4-3	30.14	159	32	37	27	50	16	47	9	26	26
32	Sacramento St	BIG SKY	3-3	31.57	169	57	28	18	47	22	41	31	26	26
33	Southern Utah	GWC	3-4	31.71	170	41	31	29	28	41	45	7	26	26
34	William & Mary	CAA	4-3	32.43	198	52	34	41	16	51	39	33	15	14
35	North Dakota	GWC	4-2	32.71	191	43	33	20	40	40	42	36	18	20
36	Coastal Carolina	BSO	4-2	32.86	178	36	41	35	27	39	19	69	26	26
37	Richmond	CAA	3-3	33.43	195	53	27	42	21	56	30	43	21	18
38	Norfolk St	MEAC	6-1	33.86	188	24	22	51	45	34	34	55	25	24
39	Northwestern St	SLC	4-3	34.00	186	17	40	38	44	29	35	47	26	26
40	Cent Arkansas	SLC	4-3	34.29	188	30	45	36	41	37	25	44	26	26
41	Holy Cross	PL	3-3	34.57	190	38	29	45	31	45	31	50	26	26
42	Portland St	BIG SKY	3-3	35.71	198	34	46	39	42	21	50	37	26	26
43	Elon	SOCON	4-3	35.86	199	31	44	54	32	38	27	62	26	26
44	South Alabama	INDEP	4-2	36.29	202	29	47	47	36	31	48	41	26	26
45	The Citadel	SOCON	2-4	39.00	221	47	43	44	30	58	28	57	26	26
46	McNeese St	SLC	3-3	39.43	226	44	48	48	55	36	44	42	24	26
47	TN Martin	OVC	3-3	39.86	227	28	51	52	53	43	55	18	26	26
48	S Dakota St	MVFC	2-5	42.71	247	71	52	33	48	47	49	51	26	26
49	Stony Brook	BSO	3-3	42.86	248	61	53	46	51	49	32	49	26	26
50	E Kentucky	OVC	3-3	43.71	254	46	55	43	52	59	58	40	26	26
51T	UC Davis	GWC	2-4	44.29	258	54	36	53	46	52	53	59	26	26
51T	W Illinois	MVFC	2-4	44.29	258	64	49	37	49	60	40	60	26	26
53	Albany	NEC	4-2	46.57	274	59	54	57	54	46	56	53	26	26
54T	Yale	IVY	3-2	47.29	279	45	50	58	75	54	52	65	26	26
54T	Tennessee Tech	OVC	4-2	47.29	282	55	61	55	63	48	67	45	23	26
56	Murray St	OVC	4-3	47.57	281	56	57	56	62	50	66	48	26	26
57	S Illinois	MVFC	2-4	48.14	285	70	59	49	56	61	60	25	26	26
58T	Alabama St	SWAC	6-1	48.71	296	49	42	69	34	66	71	70	26	19
58T	Northern Arizona	BIG SKY	2-4	48.71	289	67	60	50	76	42	70	29	26	26
60	S Carolina St	MEAC	4-3	49.29	293	50	56	64	61	63	63	32	26	26
61	San Diego	PFL	6-1	51.14	306	35	66	75	39	53	73	91	26	26
62T	Jackson St	SWAC	6-1	52.71	326	48	58	83	67	55	80	66	20	23
62T	Georgetown	PL	5-2	52.71	317	51	70	66	60	57	64	82	26	26
64	Colgate	PL	4-3	52.86	318	74	62	62	58	62	65	67	26	26
65	Jacksonville	PFL	5-2	53.57	323	60	63	68	57	64	69	68	26	26
66	NC A&T	MEAC	4-2	54.86	332	68	68	65	59	72	46	92	26	26
67	Lafayette	PL	2-4	55.29	335	79	64	60	66	71	61	73	26	26
68	Rhode Island	CAA	1-5	55.57	337	83	65	61	73	76	62	52	26	26
69	SF Austin	SLC	1-5	56.00	340	72	85	59	82	73	51	54	26	26
70	Bucknell	PL	4-3	57.43	350	62	73	70	77	68	59	94	26	26
71	Tennessee St	OVC	3-4	57.57	351	82	67	73	65	69	77	58	26	26
72	Bethune-Cookman	MEAC	3-3	58.00	354	63	72	81	74	67	78	61	26	26
73	Cornell	IVY	2-3	58.43	357	66	69	76	68	78	68	76	26	26
74	Duquesne	NEC	5-2	58.57	358	65	76	72	71	65	74	83	26	26
75	Monmouth	NEC	3-3	59.57	365	78	71	71	72	74	76	72	26	26
76T	Drake	PFL	5-2	62.43	385	58	75	80	81	70	79	104	26	26
76T	Hampton	MEAC	3-3	62.43	385	73	77	84	70	80	81	74	26	26
78	Bryant	NEC	4-3	62.86	388	69	78	87	69	82	84	75	26	26
79	Villanova	CAA	1-6	63.71	394	99	74	74	64	101	83	64	26	26
80	Presbyterian	BSO	2-4	65.14	404	76	89	67	92	83	54	89	26	26
81	Morgan St	MEAC	4-3	66.71	415	84	81	85	88	81	72	84	26	26
82	Penn	IVY	3-2	67.14	418	97	79	78	87	79	95	63	26	26
83	Missouri St	MVFC	0-7	67.86	423	94	88	63	93	88	91	56	26	26
84	W Carolina	SOCON	1-5	68.00	424	75	97	82	95	84	57	88	26	26
85	Lamar	SLC	3-3	68.71	429	86	87	93	78	75	85	99	26	26
86	Robert Morris	NEC	2-4	69.57	435	96	82	88	86	91	88	79	26	26
87	Florida A&M	MEAC	4-3	69.71	436	77	83	96	89	90	99	78	26	26
88	UT San Antonio	INDEP	2-5	69.86	437	80	92	89	97	89	87	71	26	26
89T	Dayton	PFL	4-3	70.43	441	85	80	95	79	95	86	103	26	26
89T	E Illinois	OVC	1-6	70.43	441	103	84	77	84	104	90	80	26	26
91	Austin Peay	OVC	2-4	70.71	443	92	86	79	94	92	75	102	26	26
92	Idaho St	BIG SKY	2-5	71.43	448	93	98	86	100	77	94	77	26	26
93	Dartmouth	IVY	1-4	73.86	465	100	90	90	83	110	98	87	26	26
94	Alabama A&M	SWAC	5-2	75.14	474	87	93	105	91	87	106	98	26	26
95T	Butler	PFL	4-3	75.57	477	81	94	104	85	97	97	117	26	26
95T	Sacred Heart	NEC	4-2	75.57	477	89	103	94	108	86	101	90	26	26
97	SE Louisiana	SLC	1-5	76.71	485	102	100	102	103	85	96	81	26	26
98	Nicholls St	SLC	1-6	77.00	487	91	108	92	105	99	82	100	26	26
99	Howard	MEAC	3-4	77.57	491	88	101	101	102	94	93	116	26	26
100	Campbell	PFL	3-3	77.71	492	90	96	103	98	105	89	113	26	26
101	Central Conn	NEC	2-5	78.57	498	101	99	97	101	100	102	93	26	26
102	Georgia St	INDEP	1-5	79.14	502	98	109	100	113	93	100	95	26	26
103	SE Missouri St	OVC	1-5	80.00	508	114	104	91	96	107	104	97	26	26
104	Gardner Webb	BSO	1-5	80.29	510	95	115	98	110	98	92	109	26	26
105	Prairie View	SWAC	4-3	80.57	512	107	95	108	90	96	111	106	26	26
106	Fordham	PL	1-5	81.43	518	115	105	99	99	108	107	85	26	26
107	Ark Pine Bluff	SWAC	4-3	82.43	525	106	91	112	80	102	114	114	26	26
108	Princeton	IVY	1-4	83.86	535	104	110	107	107	106	105	111	26	26
109	Marist	PFL	2-5	85.00	543	110	107	109	104	113	103	119	26	26
110	N Colorado	BIG SKY	0-7	85.43	546	121	113	106	112	103	112	86	26	26
111	Grambling	SWAC	2-4	86.14	551	109	106	114	111	111	119	96	26	26
112	Southern Univ	SWAC	2-5	87.86	563	113	102	117	109	115	116	110	26	26
113T	TX Southern	SWAC	2-4	88.00	564	117	111	119	106	109	120	108	26	26
113T	Wagner	NEC	1-5	88.00	564	112	114	110	119	116	109	112	26	26
115	VMI	BSO	1-5	89.00	571	116	117	111	123	114	113	105	26	26
116	Delaware St	MEAC	2-5	90.71	583	120	112	113	118	120	110	121	26	26
117	Davidson	PFL	2-4	90.86	584	108	125	115	126	112	108	124	26	26
118	Alcorn St	SWAC	1-4	91.43	588	118	116	120	115	119	124	101	26	26
119	NC Central	MEAC	1-5	92.14	593	105	123	121	116	121	117	118	26	26
120T	Morehead St	PFL	2-5	92.29	594	111	118	122	122	117	115	122	26	26
120T	Columbia	IVY	0-5	92.29	594	122	120	116	114	123	122	107	26	26
122	Charleston So	BSO	0-6	92.57	596	119	121	118	120	118	123	115	26	26
123	St Francis PA	NEC	1-6	93.86	605	123	119	123	117	122	118	123	26	26
124	Savannah St	MEAC	1-6	95.71	618	124	122	124	124	124	121	125	26	26
125	MS Valley St	SWAC	0-7	96.00	620	126	124	125	121	125	125	120	26	26
126	Valparaiso	PFL	0-6	97.29	629	125	126	126	125	126	126	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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