The Gridiron Power Index (GPI), the index ranking for the NCAA Division I FCS and a top indicator of at-large playoff selection is unanimous with defending national champion North Dakota State firmly at #1.

The Missouri Valley Football Conference has six teams in the top 25; the Big Sky Conference and the Colonial Athletic Association have four teams each; the Big Sky Conference has four teams; the Ohio Valley, Southland and Southern Conferences have three each; the Big South Conference plus the Ivy League each have one. (Games through 11/3/12)

For conference average rankings, the Missouri Valley Football Conference continues as the top league and the Big Sky and Southern Conferences slot at two and three. The Southland and Ohio Valley Conferences are nearly tied at four and five while the Colonial Athletic Association is a solid six.

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	MVFC	8-1	1.00	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Sam Houston St	SLC	7-2	3.14	16	7	2	2	5	3	4	2	3	3
3	Montana St	BIG SKY	8-1	3.43	20	2	7	8	2	2	6	3	2	2
4	E Washington	BIG SKY	7-2	5.00	24	3	5	6	3	6	8	4	6	5
5	Ga Southern	SOCON	7-2	7.14	36	4	6	11	9	5	14	5	7	7
6	Northern Arizona	BIG SKY	8-1	7.43	30	11	8	3	4	4	2	16	11	11
7	Illinois St	MVFC	8-2	9.86	39	5	10	7	7	8	7	13	15	15
8	Indiana St	MVFC	7-3	10.29	33	8	3	4	10	12	3	8	21	18
9	S Dakota St	MVFC	7-2	10.43	37	10	9	5	6	7	5	20	20	16
10	Cent Arkansas	SLC	8-2	11.00	50	6	11	9	11	10	9	28	13	14
11	Stony Brook	BSO	9-1	12.71	75	12	16	13	19	24	12	15	8	6
12	Cal Poly	BIG SKY	7-2	13.29	55	9	12	10	13	11	15	7	19	19
13	Old Dominion	CAA	8-1	13.71	88	13	25	20	20	13	22	11	4	4
14	Appalachian St	SOCON	7-3	14.14	75	15	20	16	14	9	18	12	12	12
15	Wofford	SOCON	7-2	17.43	95	18	17	21	16	15	23	23	14	13
16	S Illinois	MVFC	5-5	18.57	78	26	13	12	15	20	13	17	26	26
17	TN Martin	OVC	7-2	18.86	85	16	19	17	8	23	10	35	24	23
18	E Illinois	OVC	6-3	19.57	85	19	14	18	12	22	11	31	26	26
19	Northern Iowa	MVFC	3-6	21.86	101	35	4	14	25	32	16	14	26	26
20	James Madison	CAA	7-2	22.00	136	27	26	27	30	26	30	19	9	9
21	Towson	CAA	5-4	22.43	123	29	27	25	28	14	34	9	17	17
22	McNeese St	SLC	6-3	22.57	106	21	24	19	22	18	20	32	26	26
23	Harvard	IVY	7-1	22.86	119	14	15	36	38	16	40	6	16	25
24	New Hampshire	CAA	8-2	23.00	141	24	35	22	32	19	33	30	10	10
25	E Kentucky	OVC	7-3	23.29	123	20	23	28	17	33	19	33	18	22
26	Chattanooga	SOCON	5-4	24.43	119	28	22	23	26	21	27	10	26	26
27	Youngstown St	MVFC	5-4	25.29	125	36	21	15	24	27	17	40	26	26
28	Samford	SOCON	6-3	26.00	130	23	30	30	23	17	28	26	26	26
29	Richmond	CAA	6-3	26.43	142	30	18	33	35	29	32	18	23	20
30	Missouri St	MVFC	3-7	28.00	144	40	29	24	31	34	26	22	26	26
31	Tennessee St	OVC	8-2	28.57	150	17	31	40	18	30	31	49	26	24
32	Murray St	OVC	4-5	29.86	157	37	28	38	27	39	25	27	26	26
33	Jacksonville St	OVC	5-4	30.14	159	31	34	35	21	38	21	38	26	26
34	Sacramento St	BIG SKY	6-4	30.29	160	32	41	29	34	36	29	21	26	26
35	Villanova	CAA	6-3	30.43	167	34	33	34	39	28	38	25	25	21
36	Lehigh	PL	9-0	31.57	208	25	51	42	37	35	43	55	5	8
37	North Dakota	BIG SKY	5-5	32.43	175	38	38	26	33	40	24	43	26	26
38	Bethune-Cookman	MEAC	7-2	33.29	185	22	37	55	29	42	41	36	22	26
39	Southern Utah	BIG SKY	4-6	33.57	183	42	36	32	40	37	36	34	26	26
40	SF Austin	SLC	4-5	33.71	184	43	39	31	42	25	35	37	26	26
41	Montana	BIG SKY	5-5	34.57	190	41	32	37	41	41	39	29	26	26
42	The Citadel	SOCON	5-4	35.00	193	39	42	39	36	31	37	42	26	26
43T	Albany	NEC	7-2	38.57	218	33	44	41	44	43	46	53	26	26
43T	Coastal Carolina	BSO	5-4	38.57	218	44	43	44	43	44	42	47	26	26
45	Portland St	BIG SKY	3-6	39.00	221	51	40	43	45	48	45	24	26	26
46	Delaware	CAA	5-4	41.00	235	45	48	48	48	46	52	45	26	26
47	UC Davis	BIG SKY	3-6	41.71	240	56	46	47	46	50	47	50	26	26
48	Colgate	PL	6-3	42.29	244	47	53	45	52	47	58	41	26	26
49T	Furman	SOCON	3-6	42.57	246	59	52	50	50	45	49	39	26	26
49T	N Colorado	BIG SKY	3-6	42.57	246	65	54	46	49	49	48	46	26	26
51	Weber St	BIG SKY	1-8	45.57	267	78	49	52	61	55	50	48	26	26
52	Maine	CAA	3-6	45.71	268	70	47	49	62	56	54	44	26	26
53	Northwestern St	SLC	4-5	47.43	280	55	56	57	55	52	57	69	26	26
54	Wagner	NEC	6-3	47.86	283	62	55	56	59	51	59	54	26	26
55	Princeton	IVY	4-4	48.43	287	49	45	60	66	69	60	52	26	26
56	Ark Pine Bluff	SWAC	7-2	48.86	290	46	50	87	47	62	66	65	26	26
57	SE Louisiana	SLC	3-6	49.71	296	69	72	51	51	53	44	90	26	26
58	Elon	SOCON	3-6	51.00	305	73	63	59	63	58	56	62	26	26
59	South Dakota	MVFC	1-8	51.14	306	82	60	53	65	67	55	59	26	26
60	W Illinois	MVFC	3-6	51.57	309	66	79	54	56	57	51	76	26	26
61	Brown	IVY	5-3	51.71	310	60	62	61	69	61	63	63	26	26
62	San Diego	PFL	5-3	53.14	320	58	59	65	78	54	72	66	26	26
63	Delaware St	MEAC	5-4	53.43	322	52	64	81	60	65	69	64	26	26
64	SE Missouri St	OVC	3-6	54.00	326	75	65	62	54	87	53	70	26	26
65	NC Central	MEAC	6-3	54.14	327	61	67	73	53	70	62	67	26	26
66	Alabama St	SWAC	6-3	54.71	331	48	57	96	58	79	80	57	26	26
67	S Carolina St	MEAC	4-5	54.86	332	54	68	83	57	60	73	74	26	26
68T	Fordham	PL	5-4	55.00	333	57	69	67	67	66	64	73	26	26
68T	William & Mary	CAA	2-7	55.00	333	85	58	58	79	73	65	51	26	26
70	Dartmouth	IVY	5-3	55.71	338	64	75	66	74	64	70	61	26	26
71	Tennessee Tech	OVC	2-7	56.29	342	84	61	68	68	90	61	56	26	26
72	Cornell	IVY	4-4	57.71	352	72	70	70	75	72	68	68	26	26
73	Drake	PFL	6-3	58.29	356	53	71	71	77	63	74	91	26	26
74	Monmouth	NEC	4-4	59.00	361	77	66	64	76	80	71	71	26	26
75	Liberty	BSO	4-5	61.00	375	76	77	80	73	71	78	60	26	26
76	NC A&T	MEAC	5-4	61.71	380	68	74	91	72	85	81	58	26	26
77	Penn	IVY	4-4	62.43	385	80	83	63	80	78	75	72	26	26
78	Alabama A&M	SWAC	7-2	63.43	392	50	73	102	64	82	84	89	26	26
79T	Lafayette	PL	5-4	64.71	401	79	81	69	82	83	76	87	26	26
79T	Duquesne	NEC	5-4	64.71	401	83	76	76	87	81	82	79	26	26
79T	Lamar	SLC	3-7	64.71	401	86	89	74	84	77	77	77	26	26
82	Jackson St	SWAC	5-4	65.00	403	71	80	104	71	75	93	84	26	26
83T	Howard	MEAC	6-3	65.29	405	67	84	100	70	76	90	85	26	26
83T	W Carolina	SOCON	1-9	65.29	405	93	82	77	83	88	67	75	26	26
85	Butler	PFL	8-2	66.14	411	63	94	78	86	68	85	99	26	26
86T	Jacksonville	PFL	6-3	67.57	421	74	90	79	90	59	88	101	26	26
86T	Nicholls St	SLC	1-7	67.57	421	90	85	72	89	74	83	95	26	26
88	Georgetown	PL	4-5	68.29	426	88	86	75	85	92	79	88	26	26
89	Florida A&M	MEAC	3-6	69.14	432	81	78	105	81	89	101	80	26	26
90	Dayton	PFL	5-5	71.29	447	87	88	86	93	84	94	93	26	26
91	Morgan St	MEAC	3-6	71.86	451	89	87	98	88	102	89	81	26	26
92	Gardner Webb	BSO	2-7	72.14	453	91	93	92	91	86	87	92	26	26
93	St Francis	NEC	3-6	73.29	461	94	91	82	94	91	91	94	26	26
94	Georgia St	CAA	1-9	74.86	472	108	95	93	96	93	95	82	26	26
95	Robert Morris	NEC	3-6	75.86	479	96	100	85	97	94	96	96	26	26
96	Bucknell	PL	2-7	77.00	487	98	98	94	103	98	99	78	26	26
97	Idaho St	BIG SKY	1-8	77.57	491	111	101	88	95	96	86	114	26	26
98	Austin Peay	OVC	1-8	78.00	494	103	92	107	92	100	92	110	26	26
99	Bryant	NEC	3-6	78.71	499	112	107	84	107	99	100	86	26	26
100	Holy Cross	PL	1-8	79.29	503	107	97	95	109	107	97	83	26	26
101	Charleston So	BSO	4-5	79.57	505	92	114	103	98	95	105	104	26	26
102	Central Conn	NEC	2-6	79.86	507	105	105	89	102	97	98	105	26	26
103	Sacred Heart	NEC	2-7	80.14	509	109	99	90	106	103	104	97	26	26
104	Marist	PFL	3-5	80.43	511	95	96	101	113	105	106	103	26	26
105	Hampton	MEAC	2-6	82.29	524	101	106	110	100	110	107	100	26	26
106	Norfolk St	MEAC	3-7	82.43	525	99	109	109	101	101	108	106	26	26
107T	Columbia	IVY	2-6	82.86	528	100	110	99	110	106	102	112	26	26
107T	Prairie View	SWAC	3-6	82.86	528	102	108	113	104	104	110	102	26	26
109	Southern	SWAC	3-6	83.57	533	97	102	114	99	112	109	111	26	26
110	Morehead St	PFL	3-6	84.29	538	104	104	106	117	113	111	98	26	26
111	Yale	IVY	2-6	84.43	539	110	111	97	108	114	103	107	26	26
112	MS Valley St	SWAC	3-6	86.71	555	106	103	115	111	116	114	109	26	26
113T	Alcorn St	SWAC	3-6	87.71	562	113	112	116	105	108	113	116	26	26
113T	Rhode Island	CAA	0-9	87.71	562	117	113	108	115	111	115	108	26	26
115	VMI	BSO	2-7	88.00	564	114	115	111	112	109	112	115	26	26
116	Presbyterian	BSO	2-7	89.71	576	115	117	112	116	115	117	113	26	26
117	TX Southern	SWAC	2-7	90.86	584	116	116	118	114	118	116	118	26	26
118	Savannah St	MEAC	1-8	92.14	593	118	119	120	118	117	118	120	26	26
119	Grambling	SWAC	1-8	92.29	594	119	118	121	119	119	119	117	26	26
120	Davidson	PFL	1-8	93.14	600	120	121	117	120	121	120	119	26	26
121	Valparaiso	PFL	1-8	93.57	603	121	120	119	121	120	121	121	26	26
122	Campbell	PFL	1-8	94.57	610	122	122	122	122	122	122	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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