North Dakota State has lead the entire 2012 regular season in 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 has seven teams in the top 25; the Colonial Athletic Association and the Big Sky Conference have four each; the Ohio Valley, Southern and Southland Conferences have three each; and the Big South Conference has one. (Games through 11/17/12)

For conference average rankings, the Missouri Valley Football Conference finished in first with the Big Sky and Southern Conferences at two and three. The Ohio Valley and Southland Conferences are in fourth and fifth with the Colonial Athletic Association solid 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 (9)	MVFC	10-1	1.00	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Montana St	BIG SKY	10-1	2.43	13	2	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	2
3	Sam Houston St	SLC	8-3	3.43	14	5	2	2	4	4	2	2	5	5
4	E Washington	BIG SKY	9-2	4.29	22	3	5	5	3	3	6	8	4	4
5	Cent Arkansas	SLC	9-2	6.71	31	7	6	6	6	6	5	15	8	8
6	Cal Poly	BIG SKY	9-2	8.43	35	4	7	7	7	7	10	7	12	12
7T	S Dakota St	MVFC	8-3	9.43	26	8	4	4	5	5	3	9	21	19
7T	Ga Southern	SOCON	8-3	9.43	53	6	11	17	8	11	17	4	7	6
9	Old Dominion	CAA	10-1	9.71	62	9	19	10	12	10	18	12	3	3
10	Illinois St	MVFC	8-3	10.86	45	10	10	8	9	8	7	17	15	16
11	Appalachian St	SOCON	8-3	14.00	85	13	23	19	18	9	19	16	6	7
12	Wofford	SOCON	8-3	14.43	83	14	20	21	14	15	20	11	9	9
13	E Kentucky	OVC	8-3	15.71	73	11	14	18	10	19	16	14	16	21
14T	Towson	CAA	7-4	16.43	86	18	21	16	19	12	24	6	14	15
14T	Indiana St	MVFC	7-4	16.43	68	15	9	11	16	17	9	27	24	23
16	S Illinois	MVFC	6-5	17.43	70	21	12	12	15	18	11	13	26	26
17	Villanova	CAA	8-3	17.71	92	16	22	15	24	16	23	10	18	14
18	Youngstown St	MVFC	7-4	17.86	73	22	13	9	17	13	8	21	26	26
19	Northern Arizona	BIG SKY	8-3	18.00	87	20	18	14	20	14	15	24	19	20
20	Northern Iowa	MVFC	5-6	18.57	78	27	8	13	21	23	13	5	26	26
21	TN Martin	OVC	8-3	19.57	85	12	15	25	11	21	12	35	26	26
22	E Illinois	OVC	7-4	20.00	89	17	16	20	13	22	14	36	26	25
23	Stony Brook	BSO	9-2	23.00	140	19	30	29	27	29	25	31	11	10
24	Richmond	CAA	8-3	23.43	129	26	25	24	28	28	26	20	17	18
25	McNeese St	SLC	7-4	23.71	114	25	17	22	25	20	22	25	26	26
26	New Hampshire	CAA	8-3	26.71	163	35	33	26	34	26	35	40	13	11
27	Jacksonville St	OVC	6-5	27.57	141	29	24	33	22	37	21	33	26	26
28	Southern Utah	BIG SKY	5-6	28.00	144	38	28	23	32	31	27	26	26	26
29	Chattanooga	SOCON	6-5	28.43	147	33	29	31	29	27	31	19	26	26
30	James Madison	CAA	7-4	29.00	166	37	34	30	36	30	36	29	20	17
31	Tennessee St	OVC	8-3	29.57	155	23	26	45	23	32	29	49	26	26
32	Samford	SOCON	7-4	30.00	158	28	36	35	26	24	33	38	26	26
32	Sacramento St	BIG SKY	6-5	31.71	170	40	37	27	35	38	32	28	26	26
34	Missouri St	MVFC	3-8	33.00	179	45	31	32	38	44	34	30	26	26
35T	Bethune-Cookman	MEAC	9-2	33.14	188	24	35	54	30	40	44	39	22	22
35T	The Citadel	SOCON	7-4	33.14	180	32	41	37	33	25	37	43	26	26
35T	Murray St	OVC	5-6	33.14	180	39	27	40	31	47	28	42	26	26
38	North Dakota	BIG SKY	5-6	33.29	181	43	32	28	37	39	30	44	26	26
39	Lehigh	PL	10-1	34.14	216	31	50	44	40	35	47	54	10	13
40	Montana	BIG SKY	5-6	35.00	193	42	38	34	41	42	38	22	26	26
41	Harvard	IVY	8-2	35.43	199	34	39	48	44	34	48	23	23	26
42	SF Austin	SLC	5-6	36.29	202	44	40	36	43	33	39	46	26	26
43	Coastal Carolina	BSO	7-4	36.71	205	36	44	49	39	43	43	32	26	26
44	Albany	NEC	9-2	37.14	208	30	45	39	42	36	46	52	26	26
45	UC Davis	BIG SKY	4-7	38.14	215	46	42	41	45	48	41	37	26	26
46	N Colorado	BIG SKY	5-6	39.14	222	48	47	38	46	46	42	41	26	26
47	Colgate	PL	8-3	39.43	227	41	48	42	47	45	49	45	25	24
48	SE Louisiana	SLC	5-6	40.43	231	50	49	43	48	41	40	66	26	26
49	Portland St	BIG SKY	3-8	41.43	238	61	43	47	49	54	45	34	26	26
50	Maine	CAA	5-6	41.71	240	49	46	46	51	49	50	18	26	26
51	Delaware	CAA	5-6	44.71	261	55	56	50	52	51	53	48	26	26
52	Weber St	BIG SKY	2-9	46.43	273	72	51	52	59	60	51	51	26	26
53	Wagner	NEC	8-3	46.86	276	51	61	51	55	50	58	61	26	26
54	Furman	SOCON	3-8	47.57	281	67	55	56	57	57	56	50	26	26
55	Liberty	BSO	6-5	48.71	289	56	64	61	54	59	59	53	26	26
56	Brown	IVY	7-3	50.00	298	53	62	57	64	56	61	62	26	26
57	South Dakota	MVFC	1-10	50.14	299	80	54	53	69	67	54	55	26	26
58	Penn	IVY	6-4	50.71	303	59	69	55	71	55	63	57	26	26
59	SE Missouri St	OVC	3-8	52.14	313	73	52	66	53	80	52	69	26	26
60	Northwestern St	SLC	4-7	52.57	316	71	59	60	66	53	60	71	26	26
61	Ark Pine Bluff	SWAC	9-2	52.86	318	47	58	93	50	61	71	78	26	26
62	Drake	PFL	8-3	53.00	319	54	70	64	65	52	66	79	26	26
63	NC A&T	MEAC	7-4	53.14	320	52	65	79	60	68	68	59	26	26
64	Tennessee Tech	OVC	3-8	53.29	321	74	53	69	58	82	57	63	26	26
65T	Fordham	PL	6-5	54.00	326	58	66	65	70	66	65	64	26	26
65T	W Illinois	MVFC	3-8	54.00	326	77	67	58	61	63	55	89	26	26
67	Princeton	IVY	5-5	54.14	327	66	57	62	75	77	64	60	26	26
68	Dartmouth	IVY	6-4	54.86	332	65	73	63	78	62	69	56	26	26
69	Elon	SOCON	3-8	55.29	335	76	68	67	73	65	62	58	26	26
70	William & Mary	CAA	2-9	56.00	340	82	60	59	79	75	67	47	26	26
71	Alabama St	SWAC	7-3	56.14	341	57	63	96	56	78	78	65	26	26
72	San Diego	PFL	7-3	58.29	356	68	72	68	76	58	72	76	26	26
73	Jackson St	SWAC	7-4	59.14	362	60	71	100	62	72	83	74	26	26
74	Delaware St	MEAC	6-5	59.29	363	63	74	84	68	74	74	73	26	26
75	Howard	MEAC	7-4	59.57	365	62	79	92	63	64	77	82	26	26
76	S Carolina St	MEAC	5-6	61.14	376	64	77	90	67	73	79	80	26	26
77	NC Central	MEAC	6-5	62.29	384	70	76	87	74	84	80	70	26	26
78	Lamar	SLC	4-8	63.43	392	85	82	72	80	70	73	86	26	26
79	W Carolina	SOCON	1-10	65.14	404	91	84	82	82	81	75	67	26	26
80	St Francis PA	NEC	5-6	65.71	408	84	86	70	86	79	84	75	26	26
81	Monmouth	NEC	5-5	65.86	409	81	81	71	83	87	81	83	26	26
82	Florida A&M	MEAC	4-7	66.29	412	75	80	102	77	89	91	72	26	26
83T	Jacksonville	PFL	7-4	67.00	417	79	88	76	87	69	87	101	26	26
83T	Lafayette	PL	5-6	67.00	417	86	83	73	84	88	76	91	26	26
85T	Alabama A&M	SWAC	7-4	67.57	421	69	78	108	72	85	90	96	26	26
85T	Butler	PFL	8-3	67.57	421	78	92	78	85	71	88	111	26	26
87	Duquesne	NEC	5-6	68.14	425	87	85	75	91	90	86	77	26	26
88T	Dayton	PFL	6-5	69.29	433	83	90	80	88	76	93	92	26	26
88T	Austin Peay	OVC	2-9	69.29	433	95	75	88	81	94	70	95	26	26
90	Cornell	IVY	4-6	69.71	436	89	91	81	90	93	85	81	26	26
91	Georgetown	PL	5-6	70.86	444	88	93	74	89	92	82	94	26	26
92	Holy Cross	PL	2-9	71.71	450	99	87	77	98	101	89	68	26	26
93	Charleston So	BSO	5-6	73.29	461	90	105	94	93	86	94	90	26	26
94	Nicholls St	SLC	1-9	74.29	468	101	89	86	96	83	96	104	26	26
95	Norfolk St	MEAC	4-7	75.86	479	92	96	105	92	100	99	87	26	26
96	Robert Morris	NEC	4-7	76.29	482	94	100	83	97	95	98	98	26	26
97	Gardner Webb	BSO	3-8	77.29	489	93	104	101	94	91	97	105	26	26
98	Hampton	MEAC	3-7	78.14	495	96	97	107	95	104	103	93	26	26
99	Georgia St	CAA	1-10	78.57	498	107	99	97	102	96	101	99	26	26
100T	Columbia	IVY	3-7	78.86	500	98	107	89	105	99	95	103	26	26
100T	Bryant	NEC	4-7	78.86	500	105	109	85	107	98	102	88	26	26
100T	Bucknell	PL	3-8	78.86	500	103	106	91	104	102	100	84	26	26
103	Idaho St	BIG SKY	1-10	79.14	502	109	98	95	103	97	92	114	26	26
104	MS Valley St	SWAC	5-6	81.14	516	97	94	113	100	106	111	102	26	26
105	Morgan St	MEAC	3-8	82.43	525	100	103	109	99	112	105	108	26	26
106	Marist	PFL	4-6	82.71	527	102	101	104	113	107	107	107	26	26
107	Yale	IVY	2-8	83.29	531	111	110	99	109	109	104	97	26	26
108T	Southern Univ	SWAC	3-7	84.00	536	106	95	114	101	115	109	106	26	26
108T	Morehead St	PFL	4-7	84.00	536	104	108	106	114	108	110	85	26	26
110	Central Conn	NEC	2-8	84.86	542	113	112	98	111	103	106	110	26	26
111	Prairie View	SWAC	3-8	85.43	546	108	102	115	108	116	113	100	26	26
112	Sacred Heart	NEC	2-9	86.43	553	115	111	103	112	113	108	109	26	26
113	VMI	BSO	2-9	86.86	556	112	114	110	110	105	112	112	26	26
114	Alcorn St	SWAC	4-7	87.86	563	110	113	116	106	110	114	117	26	26
115	Rhode Island	CAA	0-11	89.00	571	116	115	111	116	111	116	113	26	26
116	Presbyterian	BSO	2-9	89.29	573	114	118	112	115	114	115	115	26	26
117	TX Southern	SWAC	2-9	91.71	590	118	116	120	117	118	117	120	26	26
118	Savannah St	MEAC	1-10	91.86	591	117	119	118	118	117	119	119	26	26
119T	Grambling	SWAC	1-9	92.43	595	119	117	121	119	120	120	116	26	26
119T	Davidson	PFL	2-9	92.43	595	120	120	117	120	119	118	118	26	26
121	Valparaiso	PFL	1-10	93.86	605	121	121	119	121	121	121	122	26	26
122	Campbell	PFL	1-10	94.57	610	122	122	122	122	122	122	121	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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