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Power Ratings — 2017 50 teams

Power = points vs. an average D1 team (Off + Def), opponent-adjusted, FBS and FCS on one scale. Point-in-time and calibrated (walk-forward ECE 0.037), but a model rating — not a betting edge.

#	Team	Div	Conference	Power	Off (higher = better)	Def (higher = better)
1	North Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+22.1	+7.7	+14.4
2	South Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+17.1	+12.9	+4.2
3	Western Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	+12.3	+7.3	+5.0
4	Youngstown State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+12.0	+3.1	+8.9
5	Northern Iowa	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+11.5	+3.5	+8.0
6	Weber State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+11.2	+1.9	+9.3
7	South Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+9.6	+9.3	+0.2
8	Yale	FCS	Ivy League	+9.4	+2.4	+7.0
9	Southern Utah	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+8.5	+6.8	+1.7
10	Illinois State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+8.4	-0.7	+9.1
11	San Diego	FCS	Pioneer Football League	+8.3	+3.4	+5.0
12	Central Arkansas	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+8.0	+3.2	+4.8
13	Furman	FCS	Southern Conference	+7.8	+6.2	+1.6
14	Samford	FCS	Southern Conference	+7.5	+3.6	+3.9
15	Eastern Washington	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+7.0	+9.0	-2.0
16	Stony Brook	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+5.9	+0.2	+5.7
17	Richmond	FCS	Patriot League	+5.8	+5.6	+0.3
18	Princeton	FCS	Ivy League	+5.2	+9.8	-4.6
19	Wofford	FCS	Southern Conference	+5.0	+0.4	+4.6
20	Mercer	FCS	Southern Conference	+4.3	+0.1	+4.2
21	Montana	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+4.2	+5.9	-1.7
22	North Carolina A&T	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+3.5	+0.2	+3.3
23	Northern Arizona	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+2.7	+2.6	+0.1
24	Villanova	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+2.6	-6.6	+9.2
25	Duquesne	FCS	Northeast Conference	+2.5	+2.8	-0.2
26	New Hampshire	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+2.1	-2.8	+4.9
27	Colgate	FCS	Patriot League	+2.0	-2.5	+4.6
28	Montana State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+1.9	-2.5	+4.5
29	Southern Illinois	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+1.8	+1.0	+0.8
30	Dartmouth	FCS	Ivy League	+1.5	-2.1	+3.6
31	East Texas A&M	FCS	Southland Conference	+1.4	+2.3	-0.8
32	Pennsylvania	FCS	Ivy League	+1.2	+0.1	+1.1
33	Western Carolina	FCS	Southern Conference	+0.3	+4.2	-3.9
34	UC Davis	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+0.2	+4.1	-4.0
35	Sacramento State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+0.0	+4.8	-4.7
36	McNeese	FCS	Southland Conference	+0.0	-3.2	+3.3
37	Idaho	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-0.1	-4.6	+4.5
38	The Citadel	FCS	Southern Conference	-0.1	-2.2	+2.1
39	Maine	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-0.6	-1.5	+0.9
40	Grambling	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-0.7	+0.5	-1.2
41	Monmouth	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-0.9	+4.2	-5.0
42	Columbia	FCS	Ivy League	-1.1	-5.5	+4.5
43	Charleston Southern	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-1.6	-5.8	+4.1
44	Central Connecticut	FCS	Northeast Conference	-1.7	+0.1	-1.8
45	UT Martin	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-2.0	-8.5	+6.5
46	UAlbany	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-2.1	-8.7	+6.6
47	SE Louisiana	FCS	Southland Conference	-2.2	+1.2	-3.3
48	Saint Francis	FCS	Northeast Conference	-2.9	-9.5	+6.6
49	Elon	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-2.9	-4.3	+1.4
50	Drake	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-3.3	-3.6	+0.3

SRS — season 2017 reference

The prior per-season opponent-adjusted-margin rating, kept for comparison. Season-final only (no preseason or point-in-time), which is why the rewrite replaced it as the headline number.

#	Team	Div	Conference	SRS	Off (higher = better)	Def (lower = better)
1	North Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+21.9	+12.5	-18.9
2	South Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+17.5	+16.7	-7.4
3	East Texas A&M	FCS	Southland Conference	+15.3	+3.8	-4.3
4	Weber State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+15.1	+5.5	-14.5
5	Western Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	+14.4	+11.1	-9.4
6	Northern Iowa	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+12.7	+6.9	-11.0
7	Youngstown State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+12.0	+6.1	-11.6
8	South Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+11.3	+14.3	-5.2
9	Southern Utah	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+10.8	+9.8	-3.5
10	Central Arkansas	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+10.4	+5.3	-6.0
11	Yale	FCS	Ivy League	+9.3	+0.2	-5.4
12	Stony Brook	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+9.1	+3.5	-6.2
13	Richmond	FCS	Patriot League	+8.8	+7.9	-2.1
14	Furman	FCS	Southern Conference	+8.2	+6.2	-1.1
15	Illinois State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+7.8	+1.3	-11.7
16	Samford	FCS	Southern Conference	+7.3	+0.7	-5.7
17	North Carolina A&T	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+6.8	-0.6	-3.5
18	Eastern Washington	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+6.4	+9.6	+0.6
19	Sacramento State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+5.8	+9.6	+0.7
20	Montana	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+5.2	+7.2	+0.1
21	Northern Arizona	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+4.2	+4.1	-2.8
22	Villanova	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+4.0	-3.8	-10.5
23	Montana State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+3.7	-0.1	-7.8
24	Mercer	FCS	Southern Conference	+3.4	-1.7	-3.2
25	Idaho	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+3.3	-3.4	-9.8
26	New Hampshire	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+3.3	-3.2	-5.5
27	Southern Illinois	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+3.2	+2.0	-4.7
28	UC Davis	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+3.1	+7.6	+1.4
29	Wofford	FCS	Southern Conference	+2.5	-0.8	-2.4
30	Maine	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+2.5	+1.5	-3.6
31	Elon	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+1.8	-0.9	-2.8
32	McNeese	FCS	Southland Conference	+1.4	-3.9	-4.3
33	UAlbany	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+0.9	-8.8	-9.2
34	Colgate	FCS	Patriot League	+0.7	-4.3	-3.1
35	SE Louisiana	FCS	Southland Conference	+0.7	+3.0	+2.3
36	Grambling	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	+0.5	-2.6	+2.0
37	Nicholls	FCS	Southland Conference	-0.2	-3.0	-0.1
38	San Diego	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-0.3	-1.4	-0.4
39	Monmouth	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-0.6	+3.1	+8.1
40	Princeton	FCS	Ivy League	-0.7	+7.9	+9.7
41	Western Carolina	FCS	Southern Conference	-0.8	+2.6	+4.9
42	Bethune-Cookman	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-2.4	-8.4	-0.4
43	UT Martin	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-2.5	-10.3	-8.1
44	Austin Peay	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-2.5	-0.2	+0.7
45	Dartmouth	FCS	Ivy League	-2.6	-5.5	+1.5
46	Pennsylvania	FCS	Ivy League	-3.2	-4.3	+3.5
47	Howard	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-3.4	-1.9	+8.6
48	Towson	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-3.6	-7.2	-1.7
49	Duquesne	FCS	Northeast Conference	-3.6	-2.7	+5.4
50	Charleston Southern	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-4.0	-10.9	-3.9

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#	Team	Div	Elo
1	North Dakota State	FCS	1764
2	Montana State	FCS	1749
3	Lehigh	FCS	1696
4	Tarleton State	FCS	1685
5	Montana	FCS	1681
6	South Dakota	FCS	1677
7	Stephen F. Austin	FCS	1661
8	Illinois State	FCS	1660
9	South Carolina State	FCS	1636
10	UC Davis	FCS	1635
11	North Dakota	FCS	1633
12	Jackson State	FCS	1629
13	Tennessee Tech	FCS	1624
14	Alabama State	FCS	1598
15	Rhode Island	FCS	1597
16	Villanova	FCS	1597
17	South Dakota State	FCS	1595
18	Mercer	FCS	1578
19	Idaho State	FCS	1576
20	Presbyterian	FCS	1562
21	Southern Illinois	FCS	1562
22	Dayton	FCS	1562
23	St. Thomas-Minnesota	FCS	1561
24	Austin Peay	FCS	1553
25	North Carolina Central	FCS	1553

Independent check — SP+ reference, not an input

SP+ is built by someone else from different inputs. Showing it beside our number is the point: two honest estimates, and where they disagree you can see it instead of taking our word for it. Nothing here is fitted to agree with SP+ — it is a yardstick, never an input.

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