The Gridiron Power Index (GPI), the index ranking for the NCAA Division I FCS and a top indicator of at-large playoff selection finishes the 2011-12 season with NCAA Division I Football Champion North Dakota State University in the top spot.

The Missouri Valley Football and Southern Conferences plus the Colonial Athletic Association each have five teams in the top 25; the Big Sky Conference has three; the Great West and Southland Conferences have two each; and the Big South Conference is joined with the Ivy and Patriot Leagues with one each. (Games through 1/10/12)

As conference average rankings the Missouri Valley Football Conference ended far in front at #1 while the Great West and Southern Conferences plus the Colonial Athletic Association are bunched at #2-3-4 respectively.

The 2012-13 GPI will debut for the 14th year in the first week of October for the upcoming season.

Rank	Team	Conf	W/L	Total	ARC	LAZ	SAG	MAS	ASH	KEE	SEL	BRN	FCP	SNW
1	N Dakota St	MVFC	14-1	1.00	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
2	Sam Houston St	SLC	14-1	2.00	10	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2
3T	Ga Southern	SC	11-3	4.00	21	3	5	5	4	3	5	4	3	4
3T	Montana	BSC	11-3	4.00	21	5	3	4	5	5	4	3	4	3
5	Northern Iowa	MVFC	10-3	4.14	18	4	4	2	3	4	3	7	5	6
6	Lehigh	PL	11-2	6.86	37	6	8	9	6	7	7	21	6	5
7	Montana St	BSC	10-3	7.00	35	8	6	7	8	6	6	25	7	7
8	Maine	CAA	9-4	8.43	43	7	7	11	7	9	9	11	8	8
9	Towson	CAA	9-3	11.00	59	10	13	13	9	13	10	15	9	9
10	Wofford	SC	8-4	11.14	52	11	11	12	10	8	8	22	13	13
11	New Hampshire	CAA	8-4	13.14	69	14	17	15	11	11	12	17	12	11
12	Old Dominion	CAA	10-3	14.00	78	9	19	19	13	15	18	13	10	10
13T	Harvard	Ivy	9-1	14.14	66	13	16	14	14	10	15	10	17	16
13T	Illinois St	MVFC	7-4	14.14	57	15	9	6	17	16	11	6	22	20
15	Cent Arkansas	SLC	9-4	16.29	85	12	21	23	12	12	17	29	15	14
16T	Appalachian St	SC	8-4	16.71	94	16	26	22	16	14	14	30	11	12
16T	James Madison	CAA	8-5	16.71	88	17	18	17	19	17	20	16	14	15
18	Indiana St	MVFC	6-5	18.71	79	18	15	10	15	18	13	24	26	26
19	Youngstown St	MVFC	6-5	19.00	81	19	14	8	18	23	16	14	26	26
20	Cal Poly	GWC	6-5	20.86	94	25	10	21	21	21	19	12	26	26
21	Southern Utah	GWC	6-5	22.00	102	24	12	18	25	24	24	5	26	26
22	Furman	SC	6-5	23.29	111	23	28	26	22	19	21	19	26	26
23	Chattanooga	SC	5-6	23.57	113	22	22	24	23	25	22	8	26	26
24	E Washington	BSC	6-5	23.71	114	29	20	20	27	22	25	20	26	26
25	Stony Brook	BSo	9-4	23.86	133	20	30	28	29	26	32	18	16	18
26	Delaware	CAA	7-4	24.14	132	27	24	29	26	35	26	23	20	17
27	SF Austin	SLC	6-5	25.86	129	21	32	34	20	27	29	9	26	26
28	S Dakota St	MVFC	5-6	27.00	137	31	31	16	24	28	23	34	26	26
29	Portland St	BSC	7-4	27.86	143	33	27	25	31	20	27	36	26	26
30	South Dakota	GWC	6-5	28.86	150	32	25	30	30	31	28	31	26	26
31	Samford	SC	6-5	29.29	153	28	33	33	28	29	30	33	26	26
32	Weber St	BSC	5-6	29.43	154	49	29	27	34	30	33	28	26	26
33	North Dakota	GWC	8-3	29.86	160	34	23	31	32	32	31	39	26	23
34	E Kentucky	OVC	7-5	32.29	181	26	40	36	35	38	37	35	21	24
35	S Illinois	MVFC	4-7	35.29	195	52	35	32	40	55	36	26	26	26
36	Liberty	BSo	7-4	35.43	198	40	37	37	44	48	34	40	25	25
37	Tennessee Tech	OVC	7-4	36.43	215	41	47	42	47	41	44	37	19	21
38	Norfolk St	MEAC	9-3	36.71	220	30	44	53	39	36	48	54	18	19
39	Brown	Ivy	7-3	37.29	209	36	41	51	42	33	39	63	26	26
40	Georgetown	PL	8-3	37.57	211	37	45	44	36	42	43	69	26	26
41	Massachusetts	CAA	5-6	37.86	213	54	38	39	38	51	35	47	26	26
42	Holy Cross	PL	6-5	38.00	214	39	43	45	37	49	38	59	26	26
43T	Jacksonville St	OVC	7-4	38.29	216	38	50	41	45	34	47	45	26	26
43T	The Citadel	SC	4-7	38.29	216	51	42	43	46	45	40	32	26	26
45	Sacramento St	BSC	4-7	41.14	236	68	34	40	57	50	46	43	26	26
46T	Bethune-Cookman	MEAC	8-3	41.29	237	35	48	57	51	43	58	38	26	26
46T	Murray St	OVC	7-4	41.29	237	42	49	50	52	40	56	44	26	26
48	Missouri St	MVFC	2-9	42.29	244	61	46	35	49	59	49	41	26	26
49	Northwestern St	SLC	5-6	42.43	245	44	53	56	33	47	45	65	26	26
50	Northern Arizona	BSC	4-7	42.57	246	67	36	38	65	57	50	27	26	26
51	William & Mary	CAA	5-6	42.71	247	59	51	47	48	60	42	42	26	26
52	Elon	SC	5-6	42.86	248	57	56	52	50	37	41	49	26	26
53	Albany	NEC	8-4	43.86	258	48	54	46	58	44	62	52	23	26
54	UC Davis	GWC	4-7	44.71	261	65	39	49	55	58	51	48	26	26
55	McNeese St	SLC	6-5	44.86	262	45	57	54	41	54	52	58	26	26
56	Duquesne	NEC	9-2	45.00	263	43	58	48	54	39	61	60	26	26
57	Texas St	FCSI	6-6	47.57	281	50	61	60	43	62	53	57	26	26
58	South Alabama	FCSI	6-4	49.29	293	56	64	64	56	61	54	56	26	26
59	Rhode Island	CAA	3-8	49.71	296	75	52	55	60	74	55	50	26	26
60	Drake	PFL	9-2	50.43	301	47	59	69	53	56	64	81	26	26
61	Bucknell	PL	6-5	50.86	304	60	62	59	59	63	60	79	26	26
62	Jackson St	SWAC	9-2	51.00	311	46	71	77	72	46	76	46	24	22
63	S Carolina St	MEAC	7-4	51.57	309	55	55	66	62	66	65	61	26	26
64	Coastal Carolina	BSo	7-4	51.71	310	58	70	62	63	52	57	78	26	26
65	Richmond	CAA	3-8	53.57	323	79	60	58	67	83	59	53	26	26
66	TN Martin	OVC	5-6	54.71	331	66	63	63	70	72	69	51	26	26
67	San Diego	PFL	9-2	55.00	333	53	73	75	61	53	71	82	26	26
68	W Illinois	MVFC	2-9	55.43	336	81	65	61	64	69	63	75	26	26
69	Lafayette	PL	4-7	56.86	346	72	67	65	66	75	66	80	26	26
70	Yale	Ivy	5-5	57.29	349	70	69	72	68	70	67	86	26	26
71	Presbyterian	BSo	4-7	58.00	354	76	77	68	73	64	70	67	26	26
72	Cornell	Ivy	5-5	58.14	355	71	68	70	74	77	72	66	26	26
73T	Colgate	PL	5-6	58.29	356	77	72	67	69	71	68	76	26	26
73T	Tennessee St	OVC	5-6	58.29	356	78	66	73	76	65	73	68	26	26
75	Jacksonville	PFL	7-4	60.43	371	62	74	79	71	68	79	99	26	26
76	Dartmouth	Ivy	5-5	61.00	375	74	78	74	77	76	74	73	26	26
77	Florida A&M	MEAC	7-4	62.00	382	69	75	81	79	78	80	70	26	26
78	Villanova	CAA	2-9	62.57	386	86	76	71	78	88	75	55	26	26
79	Hampton	MEAC	7-4	63.00	389	63	79	82	75	81	77	77	26	26
80	Bryant	NEC	7-4	63.71	394	73	83	76	80	73	82	84	26	26
81	Penn	Ivy	5-5	64.43	399	80	82	78	81	82	78	64	26	26
82	Alabama St	SWAC	8-3	64.71	401	64	84	83	83	67	84	87	26	26
83	UT San Antonio	FCSI	4-6	66.29	412	83	80	85	84	84	81	62	26	26
84	SE Louisiana	SLC	3-8	68.00	424	85	87	88	82	87	83	72	26	26
85	E Illinois	OVC	2-9	68.43	427	95	81	80	89	92	85	74	26	26
86	Grambling	SWAC	8-4	69.71	436	82	93	90	86	79	97	85	26	26
87	NC A&T	MEAC	5-6	70.00	438	87	86	89	85	94	86	90	26	26
88	Monmouth	NEC	5-6	70.14	439	88	91	84	87	86	87	98	26	26
89	Idaho St	BSC	2-9	71.86	451	102	85	86	97	85	89	94	26	26
90	Georgia St	FCSI	3-8	72.86	458	92	88	95	95	90	90	91	26	26
91	Alabama A&M	SWAC	8-4	73.43	462	84	102	94	92	80	99	93	26	26
92	Dayton	PFL	6-5	75.14	474	89	90	99	93	97	95	109	26	26
93T	Howard	MEAC	5-6	75.43	476	91	94	100	88	98	93	111	26	26
93T	SE Missouri St	OVC	3-8	75.43	476	99	95	91	103	99	92	83	26	26
95	Morgan St	MEAC	5-6	75.71	478	93	92	101	91	96	96	106	26	26
96	Central Conn	NEC	4-7	76.57	484	100	98	93	100	93	102	89	26	26
97	Wagner	NEC	4-7	76.71	485	98	99	87	99	102	101	88	26	26
98T	Campbell	PFL	6-5	76.86	486	90	96	103	90	103	94	114	26	26
98T	Sacred Heart	NEC	5-6	76.86	486	94	103	92	102	91	103	95	26	26
100	Gardner Webb	BSo	4-7	78.00	494	97	101	98	98	89	100	110	26	26
101	Lamar	SLC	4-7	78.43	497	96	100	102	94	105	91	117	26	26
102	W Carolina	SC	1-10	78.86	500	105	97	106	96	101	88	101	26	26
103	N Colorado	BSC	0-11	80.14	509	112	89	96	113	107	105	71	26	26
104	Austin Peay	OVC	3-8	80.71	513	107	104	97	104	104	98	103	26	26
105	Prairie View	SWAC	5-6	81.29	517	101	110	104	107	95	108	97	26	26
106	Marist	PFL	4-7	82.29	524	104	105	105	101	106	104	118	26	26
107	Ark Pine Bluff	SWAC	6-5	82.86	528	103	108	109	108	100	112	92	26	26
108	Nicholls St	SLC	1-10	84.86	542	108	106	116	106	110	110	108	26	26
109	Fordham	PL	1-10	85.29	545	113	107	111	109	111	107	105	26	26
110	Butler	PFL	5-6	85.43	546	106	111	115	105	108	106	122	26	26
111	Princeton	Ivy	1-9	86.29	552	111	109	112	111	113	109	100	26	26
112	Southern Univ	SWAC	4-7	87.14	558	109	115	114	112	109	114	104	26	26
113T	VMI	BSo	2-9	88.43	567	115	114	113	114	116	111	102	26	26
113T	Columbia	Ivy	1-9	88.43	567	118	112	107	117	121	113	96	26	26
115	St Francis PA	NEC	2-9	88.86	570	116	118	110	116	112	116	107	26	26
116	Morehead St	PFL	3-8	89.29	573	110	113	117	110	118	115	119	26	26
117	Robert Morris	NEC	2-9	90.71	583	119	116	108	118	119	117	113	26	26
118	Davidson	PFL	4-7	91.57	589	114	123	119	115	114	118	124	26	26
119	Charleston So	BSo	0-11	91.86	591	122	117	118	121	115	120	112	26	26
120	NC Central	MEAC	2-9	92.57	596	117	119	120	119	122	121	115	26	26
121	TX Southern	SWAC	4-7	93.43	602	120	122	121	122	117	122	116	26	26
122	Delaware St	MEAC	3-8	93.57	603	121	120	122	120	120	119	123	26	26
123	Alcorn St	SWAC	2-8	95.71	618	123	124	123	124	124	124	121	26	26
124	Savannah St	MEAC	1-10	96.00	620	124	121	125	123	125	123	125	26	26
125	MS Valley St	SWAC	1-10	96.29	622	125	125	124	126	123	125	120	26	26
126	Valparaiso	PFL	1-10	97.43	630	126	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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