2012 Gridiron Power Index (GPI) Week 1

[lost_soul]

10/09/2012 GPI Top 25
Rank, School, Rating
1. N Dakota St (1.00)
2. Montana St (5.00)
3. E Washington (5.43)
4. Old Dominion (6.00)
5. Cal Poly (6.57)
6. Youngstown St (7.29)
7. Ga Southern (7.43)
8T. James Madison (9.14)
8T. Wofford (9.14)
10. Harvard (11.86)
11. Northern Arizona (13.00)
12. S Dakota St (15.00)
13. Sam Houston St (16.00)
14. Appalachian St (16.57)
15. Stony Brook (17.00)
16. Illinois St (17.71)
17. Cent Arkansas (18.86)
18. Tennessee St (19.14)
19. McNeese St (19.71)
20. Northern Iowa (20.14)
21. Albany (20.57)
22. New Hampshire (20.71)
23. E Kentucky (21.57)
24. Samford (21.71)
25. Indiana St (22.86)

Conference Ranking:
Rank, League, Total Average
1. Missouri Valley Football Conference (25.34)
2. Southern Conference (30.00)
3. Big Sky Conference (33.18)
4. Colonial Athletic Association (37.01)
5. Southland Conference (38.77)
6. Ohio Valley Conference (42.00)
7. Ivy League (53.50)
8. Patriot League (57.63)
9. Big South Conference (63.86)
10. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (65.61)
11. Northeast Conference (66.83)
12. Southwestern Athletic Conference (75.96)
13. Pioneer Football League (76.77)


Conference Ranking Detail:
3. Big Sky Conference (33.18)
2. Montana St (5.00)
3. E Washington (5.43)
5. Cal Poly (6.57)
11. Northern Arizona (13.00)
29. Montana (27.29)
32. North Dakota (31.86)
35. UC Davis (33.57)
42. Southern Utah (37.29)
44Sacramento St38.29
49. Portland St (41.71)
63T. Weber St (52.00)
79T. N Colorado (62.43)
97. Idaho St (76.86)

 

[EverettGriz]

11 teams in the top 50. Criminey.

 

[AZGrizFan]

Conference Ranking:
Rank, League, Total Average
1. Missouri Valley Football Conference (25.34)
2. Southern Conference (30.00)
3. Big Sky Conference (33.18)
4. Colonial Athletic Association (37.01)
5. Southland Conference (38.77)
6. Ohio Valley Conference (42.00)
7. Ivy League (53.50)
8. Patriot League (57.63)
9. Big South Conference (63.86)
10. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (65.61)
11. Northeast Conference (66.83)
12. Southwestern Athletic Conference (75.96)
13. Pioneer Football League (76.77)

I guess I don't understand how the "conference" rankings are established. MFVC top 5 are #'s 1,6,12,20,25. BSC top 5 are #'s 2,3,5,11 and 29. SoCon's top 5 are #'s 7, 8, 14, 24 & ?. How is the SoCon ranked above the BSC? Do the ISU's and UNC's of our conference drag us down THAT bad?

 

[grizcountry420]

Conference Ranking:
Rank, League, Total Average
1. Missouri Valley Football Conference (25.34)
2. Southern Conference (30.00)
3. Big Sky Conference (33.18)
4. Colonial Athletic Association (37.01)
5. Southland Conference (38.77)
6. Ohio Valley Conference (42.00)
7. Ivy League (53.50)
8. Patriot League (57.63)
9. Big South Conference (63.86)
10. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (65.61)
11. Northeast Conference (66.83)
12. Southwestern Athletic Conference (75.96)
13. Pioneer Football League (76.77)

I guess I don't understand how the "conference" rankings are established. MFVC top 5 are #'s 1,6,12,20,25. BSC top 5 are #'s 2,3,5,11 and 29. SoCon's top 5 are #'s 7, 8, 14, 24 & ?. How is the SoCon ranked above the BSC? Do the ISU's and UNC's of our conference drag us down THAT bad?

Yeah i think that those 3 teams in the Big Sky who havent won a game yet really drags our conference down in these polls....... :twocents:

 

[StingersUp]

This is why these polls are idiotic to pay attention to. Sac State beats Southern Utah last week in Utah and has a better record, yet is ranked lower? Simple common sense isn't applied to these things. Grain of salt.