Despite a loss to top 25 Indiana State, the Bison of North Dakota State remain on top of the Gridiron Power Index (GPI), the index ranking for the NCAA Division I FCS and a top indicator of at-large playoff selection.

The Missouri Valley Football Conference and the Colonial Athletic Association have five teams in the top 25; the Big Sky Conference has four teams; the Southern Conference has three; the Ohio Valley and Southland Conference have two each; the Northeast and Big South Conferences plus the Ivy and Patriot Leagues each have one. (Games through 10/14/12)

For conference average rankings, the Missouri Valley Football Conference extended their lead with the Southern and Big Sky Conferences maintaining at two and three. The Colonial Athletic Association and the Southland Conference are in a virtual tie at fourth and fifth and the Ohio Valley Conference is close behind in sixth.

The Final 2012 GPI will be released once all the college football games have been played, in January 2013.

Rank	Team	Conf	W/L	Total	ARC	LAZ	SAG	MAS	ASH	KEE	SEL	BRN	FCP	SNW
1	N Dakota St (4)	MVFC	5-1	2.14	7	2	1	1	5	2	1	1	4	4
2	E Washington (2)	BSC	5-1	3.43	22	8	2	5	3	5	6	3	1	1
3	Ga Southern	SC	5-1	5.29	31	5	3	11	6	3	13	6	3	3
4	Cal Poly (2)	BSC	6-0	5.71	14	1	5	2	1	7	4	2	12	14
5	Montana St	BSC	6-1	8.29	48	4	14	10	10	6	12	10	5	5
6T	S Dakota St	MVFC	5-1	11.00	31	9	13	3	2	4	2	20	26	20
6T	Northern Arizona (1)	BSC	5-1	11.00	46	13	15	6	8	1	5	14	15	16
8	Sam Houston St	SLC	4-2	11.14	66	23	8	9	20	11	18	5	6	6
9	Illinois St	MVFC	6-1	11.86	59	7	22	12	7	10	8	23	13	11
10	James Madison	CAA	5-1	12.00	80	11	6	21	15	29	16	17	2	2
11	Appalachian St	SC	5-2	12.43	63	14	12	14	14	9	17	7	11	13
12	Indiana St	MVFC	5-2	13.71	50	12	20	4	9	13	3	12	25	21
13	Harvard	Ivy	5-0	14.00	56	3	4	13	23	16	19	4	20	22
14	Wofford	SC	5-1	14.29	83	19	7	17	17	14	24	16	9	8
15	Youngstown St	MVFC	4-2	14.57	71	17	16	7	16	12	10	21	16	15
16	Cent Arkansas	SLC	5-2	15.14	70	10	25	8	13	8	14	25	17	19
17	Stony Brook	BSo	6-1	16.57	96	24	17	16	25	20	15	19	10	10
18	Old Dominion	CAA	5-1	17.43	107	15	21	29	24	18	26	18	8	7
19	Tennessee St	OVC	7-0	19.57	102	6	38	31	4	28	7	30	18	17
20	Villanova	CAA	5-2	20.14	91	26	10	18	22	15	23	13	26	24
21	New Hampshire	CAA	5-2	21.14	122	27	11	25	32	23	35	15	14	12
22	E Kentucky	OVC	5-2	22.29	109	16	36	20	12	33	11	28	24	23
23	Albany	NEC	6-1	22.86	111	18	24	15	34	19	28	22	23	26
24	Towson	CAA	3-3	23.71	129	30	26	27	29	17	31	11	19	18
25	Lehigh	PL	7-0	24.43	155	22	33	35	26	24	37	56	7	9
26	TN Martin	OVC	5-2	24.57	120	21	43	23	11	34	9	31	26	26
27	McNeese St	SLC	4-2	26.00	135	25	34	24	27	25	22	35	21	26
28	Samford	SC	5-2	26.14	131	20	29	33	21	22	27	32	26	26
29	S Illinois	MVFC	4-3	27.29	139	38	32	19	18	30	21	37	26	26
30	Chattanooga	SC	3-3	27.57	141	36	23	28	31	26	33	9	26	26
31	Northern Iowa	MVFC	1-5	28.00	144	41	9	22	43	38	34	8	26	26
32	Southern Utah	BSC	3-4	29.43	154	34	30	30	33	27	36	27	26	26
33	E Illinois	OVC	4-3	29.86	157	29	46	36	19	36	20	36	26	26
34	Montana	BSC	3-4	31.57	169	37	18	34	42	32	42	24	26	26
35	Richmond	CAA	4-3	31.86	171	32	19	39	40	31	41	29	26	26
36	Citadel	SC	4-3	32.71	177	33	42	37	30	35	29	51	26	26
37	North Dakota	BSC	3-4	33.71	184	40	35	32	38	45	25	39	26	26
38	SF Austin	SLC	2-4	33.86	185	48	49	26	46	21	32	33	26	26
39	Jacksonville St	OVC	3-3	35.29	195	53	41	41	28	39	30	44	26	26
40	UC Davis	BSC	3-4	36.29	202	44	37	38	44	44	38	38	26	26
41	Sacramento St	BSC	5-2	36.71	205	45	40	40	36	40	43	42	26	26
42	Delaware	CAA	4-2	37.00	212	28	27	43	41	51	50	50	22	25
43	Murray St	OVC	3-4	37.29	209	47	54	45	37	41	39	34	26	26
44	Portland St	BSC	2-4	38.57	218	54	39	48	47	37	47	26	26	26
45	W Illinois	MVFC	3-3	39.00	221	35	65	42	39	42	44	54	26	26
46	Bethune-Cookman	MEAC	4-2	39.86	227	31	53	55	35	48	45	46	26	26
47	Maine	CAA	2-4	42.00	242	65	28	44	58	47	52	41	26	26
48	Princeton	Ivy	3-2	42.57	246	42	45	51	51	60	54	45	26	26
49	Missouri St	MVFC	1-6	44.00	256	73	60	47	48	43	49	52	26	26
50	Elon	SC	2-4	44.14	257	68	51	50	53	46	48	55	26	26
51	SE Louisiana	SLC	3-4	45.14	264	57	78	46	45	49	40	67	26	26
52	Northwestern St	SLC	3-4	45.57	267	49	57	53	50	52	55	59	26	26
53	Colgate	PL	3-3	45.86	269	62	47	49	66	50	60	48	26	26
54	Fordham	PL	4-3	46.86	276	46	64	58	49	54	51	64	26	26
55	South Dakota	MVFC	1-5	47.00	277	72	52	52	61	55	57	47	26	26
56	Furman	SC	2-5	47.86	283	71	48	56	64	56	59	40	26	26
57	Coastal Carolina	BSo	2-4	48.00	284	56	58	54	56	61	46	60	26	26
58	Cornell	Ivy	3-2	49.29	293	51	61	60	63	57	58	57	26	26
59T	Monmouth	NEC	3-3	50.57	302	61	55	59	68	59	62	61	26	26
59T	William & Mary	CAA	2-5	50.57	302	67	31	57	65	66	65	49	26	26
61	Brown	Ivy	3-2	51.14	306	50	50	62	67	65	66	63	26	26
62	Drake	PFL	5-2	52.29	314	43	62	63	70	63	56	75	26	26
63	Weber St	BSC	0-7	53.57	323	87	56	61	81	64	61	53	26	26
64	Alabama A&M	SWAC	6-1	54.14	327	39	69	88	52	67	67	72	26	26
65	Liberty	BSo	2-4	55.14	334	79	44	70	83	58	87	43	26	26
66	Jacksonville	PFL	6-1	56.14	341	58	67	65	79	53	72	93	26	26
67	Florida A&M	MEAC	3-4	56.86	346	60	71	85	55	68	76	71	26	26
68	NC Central	MEAC	4-2	57.14	348	74	84	71	57	70	63	70	26	26
69	Delaware St	MEAC	3-3	57.29	349	59	74	80	62	73	75	65	26	26
70	SE Missouri St	OVC	2-4	57.57	351	83	79	66	54	88	53	69	26	26
71	Lafayette	PL	4-2	58.43	357	70	59	64	72	77	74	85	26	26
72	Ark Pine Bluff	SWAC	4-2	59.71	366	55	85	89	59	71	64	87	26	26
73	N Colorado	BSC	1-5	60.14	369	84	80	72	76	72	69	68	26	26
74	Tennessee Tech	OVC	2-4	60.29	370	94	72	74	69	85	70	66	26	26
75	Alabama St	SWAC	4-3	60.86	374	63	68	99	71	95	77	62	26	26
76	Howard	MEAC	4-2	61.43	378	52	95	91	60	69	85	73	26	26
77	Dartmouth	Ivy	3-2	62.43	385	66	66	73	86	86	88	74	26	26
78	Penn	Ivy	2-3	62.86	388	78	63	67	84	82	84	77	26	26
79	W Carolina	SC	1-6	63.86	395	91	82	75	74	80	68	84	26	26
80	Nicholls St	SLC	1-4	64.00	396	80	102	68	80	62	78	90	26	26
81	Wagner	NEC	3-3	64.14	397	88	77	69	87	75	82	76	26	26
81	NC A&T	MEAC	3-3	65.57	407	75	99	87	75	97	73	58	26	26
83	San Diego	PFL	3-3	65.86	409	64	70	90	92	74	86	89	26	26
84T	Duquesne	NEC	4-2	66.14	411	77	73	79	88	78	89	94	26	26
84T	S Carolina St	MEAC	2-5	66.14	411	76	75	92	73	79	90	91	26	26
86	Lamar	SLC	3-4	66.29	412	81	89	77	85	87	79	80	26	26
87	Georgetown	PL	3-4	68.57	428	89	81	76	91	92	81	86	26	26
88	Jackson St	SWAC	3-4	69.29	433	82	86	104	78	81	92	92	26	26
89	Morgan St	MEAC	3-3	70.00	438	86	101	81	77	98	71	96	26	26
90	Butler	PFL	5-2	70.57	442	69	87	86	96	76	97	98	26	26
91	St Francis	NEC	3-4	71.29	447	90	93	78	93	83	94	88	26	26
92	Sacred Heart	NEC	2-4	72.71	457	99	91	82	98	91	95	81	26	26
93	Holy Cross	PL	1-5	73.57	463	95	76	83	104	105	99	82	26	26
94	Southern Univ	SWAC	3-3	73.71	464	85	90	107	82	99	91	99	26	26
95	Idaho St	BSC	1-5	74.86	472	100	100	84	95	93	80	101	26	26
96	Norfolk St	MEAC	2-5	75.43	476	92	94	105	97	90	103	83	26	26
97	Hampton	MEAC	1-4	75.71	478	101	97	95	94	94	98	78	26	26
98	Dayton	PFL	3-4	76.43	483	93	83	96	106	89	105	100	26	26
99	Gardner Webb	BSo	1-5	78.00	494	103	98	97	101	84	101	97	26	26
100	Bucknell	PL	1-5	78.14	495	96	92	93	107	107	108	79	26	26
101	Georgia St	CAA	1-6	78.57	498	108	88	102	99	96	106	95	26	26
102	Columbia	Ivy	1-4	80.00	508	97	106	94	103	103	102	103	26	26
103	Charleston So	BSo	2-4	80.86	514	105	109	101	100	100	96	108	26	26
104	Austin Peay	OVC	0-7	81.00	515	107	116	106	89	101	83	112	26	26
105	Central Conn	NEC	1-5	81.14	516	112	103	98	105	102	100	106	26	26
106	Alcorn St	SWAC	3-4	81.86	521	98	115	111	90	104	93	115	26	26
107	Robert Morris	NEC	1-5	83.29	531	106	105	103	111	106	110	104	26	26
108	Yale	Ivy	1-4	83.86	535	110	104	100	109	109	104	109	26	26
109	Marist	PFL	2-4	84.00	536	104	96	108	116	108	111	105	26	26
110	VMI	BSo	2-4	84.43	539	102	111	109	102	110	107	113	26	26
111	MS Valley St	SWAC	2-4	87.14	558	109	117	115	108	111	109	114	26	26
112	Rhode Island	CAA	0-6	87.29	559	114	107	114	110	114	118	107	26	26
113	Presbyterian	BSo	2-5	87.86	563	113	108	112	114	113	116	111	26	26
114T	Prairie View	SWAC	1-5	88.29	566	115	112	116	112	112	115	110	26	26
114T	Bryant	NEC	1-6	88.29	566	119	110	110	117	116	113	102	26	26
116	Morehead St	PFL	1-5	88.71	569	111	113	113	119	115	112	116	26	26
117	TX Southern	SWAC	1-6	90.57	582	116	118	117	113	117	114	119	26	26
118	Grambling	SWAC	0-6	91.57	589	117	114	118	118	119	119	117	26	26
119	Savannah St	MEAC	0-6	92.57	596	120	122	121	115	118	117	120	26	26
120	Campbell	PFL	1-5	93.14	600	118	120	120	120	120	120	121	26	26
121	Davidson	PFL	0-6	93.71	604	122	119	119	122	122	122	118	26	26
122	Valparaiso	PFL	0-6	94.00	606	121	121	122	121	121	121	122	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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