Jan. 7, 2006

CHICAGO, Ill. - Final 2005 Gridiron Power Index (GPI)

The final 2005 Gridiron Power Index (GPI), the BCS-style ranking for I-AA and top indicator of at-large playoff selection has national champion Appalachian State No. 1. The Gateway Football Conference is the top ranked Conference. I-AA's largest conference, the Atlantic 10 placed five of their teams in the top 25; the Big Sky and Gateway Football Conferences placed four each; the Great West Football and Southern Conferences placed three apiece; the Southland Conference placed two and the Ivy League, Mid-Eastern Athletic, Ohio Valley and Southwestern Athletic Conferences placed one team each.

Final 2005 Gridiron Power Index (GPI)
1. Appalachian St (1.00)
2. N Iowa (2.44)
3. Texas St (3.00)
4. Furman (5.00)
5. New Hampshire (5.33)
6. Cal Poly (7.00)
7. S Illinois (8.00)
8. Montana (10.00)
9. Ga Southern (10.44)
10. Richmond (10.67)
11. Youngstown St (11.78)
12. Illinois St (12.78)
13. E Washington (13.11)
14. Montana St (15.89)
15. Brown (17.00)
16. Massachusetts (17.11)
17. Nicholls St (17.56)
18. N Dakota St (18.67)
19. Portland St (20.56)
20. Hofstra (21.11)
21. James Madison (21.22)
22. UC Davis (23.22)
23. Hampton (23.33)
24. E Illinois (23.56)
25. Grambling (24.33)


Conference Rank
1. Gateway Football Conference (25.82)
2. Southern Conference (26.99)
3. Big Sky Conference (28.27)
4. Southland Conference (30.44)
5. Great West Football Conference (31.65)
6. Atlantic 10 Conference (32.24)
7. Ivy League (42.63)
8. Ohio Valley Conference (53.37)
9. Patriot League (53.38)
10. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (55.74)
11. Big South Conference (60.27)
12. Southwestern Athletic Conference (64.71)
13. Pioneer Football League (68.42)
14. Northeast Conference (73.75)
15. Metro-Atlantic Athletic Conference (77.82)