2019 Keepratings site ....

[Redbird 4th & short]

So I love this site .. lot of work goes into this. He got the FBS link up last week. The FCS link is going to be up sometime this month. Take a look.

http://www.keepratings.net/#

Great site .. very helpful in offseason and early season while were all trying to figure out who's got what coming back .... note he takes donations. Lot of work goes into this and he keeps it update based on verified feedback. Tracks returning starters and production on both offense and defense.

[Catbooster]

Bump in preparation for preseason polls

[BisonTru]

I don't even put a lot of preseason thought in till I get to digest Keepers numbers, but he said on his site they won't be out till late July. So a couple weeks yet I would assume. Great stuff tho.

[SpreadTheWord]

As a CPA I love well organized spreadsheets...especially when it comes to football stats xlolx. Great stuff. Can't wait to see the FCS stuff they post.

[Redbird 4th & short]

I made another donation this year .. not a lot, but something to let him know his work is appreciated. Please consider ... as everyone above said, this is really good stuff heading into a new season with so little known about teams.

Nice work Kim at keepratings !!!

http://keepratings.net/# (http://www.keepratings.net/#)

[ursus arctos horribilis]

Donated. Love what they do and it is a great resource as mentioned.

[Redbird 4th & short]

at long last keeprating site for 2019 FCS is up ... have at it prognosticators !!!

http://www.keepratings.net/#

as usual .. awesome work and undertaking Kim. I know FBS probably is way more woth your while, so thanks for doing this for FCS. Hope you are able to monetize this somehow .. it is worth something to pollsters and gamblers, and stat junkies like me.

He takes donations ... I donated again this year, though a little less than last year.

[Redbird 4th & short]

Not sure his ranking column is working right ... he has it sorted in descending order within each conference, which I like .... but I can't make sense of the ranking #'s he assigned.

[Redbird 4th & short]

So dropped this into pivot, ranked myself based on total starts returning, then picked the 40 most likely playoff contenders in 2019 (probably missed a couple).

Based solely on this and last years finish, looks like Big Sky could have another big year. And teams like JMU, UCD, and SDSU should also be very strong again this year. On the flipside, NDSU, EWU, Weber St, UNI, KSU, and Colgate are all in bottom quartile ... NDSU being the lowest of playoff contenders and 2nd lowest of all FCS teams.





Team
Conf
Off Starts
Rush
Pass
Rec
OL
Def Starts
DL
LB
DB
Total
Tot Starts
Total rank
Playoff Contender


James Madison
CAA
8.9
57
224
172
4
8.5
21%
27%
30%
77%
17.4
4
Yes


San Diego
PFL
9.0
115
5
303
5
8.1
18%
21%
39%
78%
17.1
5
Yes


Montana
BIG SKY
9.4
136
269
218
4
7.0
9%
26%
36%
72%
16.4
7
Yes


Montana State
BIG SKY
8.6
226
141
125
4
7.6
20%
18%
33%
71%
16.2
8
Yes


UC-Davis
BIG SKY
9.0
135
323
208
4
6.8
13%
29%
23%
65%
15.8
12
Yes


South Dakota State
MVFC
8.1
170
11
230
3
7.2
22%
26%
22%
70%
15.3
20
Yes


Albany
CAA
7.5
49
55
220
4
7.7
10%
37%
32%
79%
15.2
22
Yes


Idaho State
BIG SKY
8.3
83
8
272
4
6.7
15%
24%
29%
68%
15.0
26
Yes


Jacksonville State
OVC
8.8
169
297
263
3
6.2
8%
24%
41%
73%
15.0
26
Yes


SE Missouri
OVC
5.2
78
219
150
1
9.6
12%
41%
30%
83%
14.8
32
Yes


Wofford
SOUTHERN
8.8
174
115
104
5
5.7
12%
32%
16%
61%
14.5
40
Yes


Chattanooga
SOUTHERN
9.2
82
247
142
5
5.2
6%
20%
27%
53%
14.4
44
Yes


Indiana State
MVFC
8.8
134
161
158
4
5.5
9%
26%
19%
54%
14.3
46
Yes


Sam Houston State
SLC
6.2
92
292
196
2
8.0
11%
29%
35%
75%
14.2
51
Yes


Illinois State
MVFC
7.3
131
177
116
3
6.8
20%
20%
22%
62%
14.1
54
Yes


Central Arkansas
SLC
7.6
127
261
98
4
6.5
14%
4%
43%
62%
14.1
54
Yes


Furman
SOUTHERN
7.4
131
22
114
5
6.5
12%
31%
34%
77%
13.9
57
Yes


Elon
CAA
6.5
142
132
142
2
7.1
21%
13%
35%
68%
13.6
60
Yes


East Tennessee State
SOUTHERN
6.0
125
0
115
3
7.5
11%
27%
30%
68%
13.5
61
Yes


Incarnate Word
SLC
8.0
56
323
139
5
5.4
6%
25%
21%
52%
13.4
62
Yes


Eastern Kentucky
OVC
5.8
126
148
101
2
7.6
22%
16%
33%
71%
13.4
64
Yes


McNeese State
SLC
5.5
46
37
100
3
7.6
19%
2%
35%
57%
13.1
69
Yes


Towson
CAA
5.7
188
275
198
2
7.2
17%
24%
23%
64%
12.9
72
Yes


New Hampshire
CAA
6.3
78
26
53
4
6.5
16%
18%
33%
67%
12.8
73
Yes


Lamar
SLC
7.6
177
55
101
4
4.5
20%
15%
3%
38%
12.1
86
Yes


Duquesne
NEC
5.5
140
194
107
2
6.5
9%
27%
32%
68%
12.0
88
Yes


Weber State
BIG SKY
8.0
115
179
127
4
3.9
25%
9%
8%
42%
11.9
90
Yes


Northern Iowa
MVFC
5.6
63
1
183
3
6.3
13%
16%
33%
62%
11.9
92
Yes


Monmouth
BIG SOUTH
5.6
200
240
91
2
6.0
12%
18%
34%
64%
11.6
94
Yes


Samford
SOUTHERN
6.0
65
3
196
4
5.5
17%
21%
21%
58%
11.5
95
Yes


Nicholls
SLC
5.2
241
227
137
1
5.9
8%
23%
24%
56%
11.1
99
Yes


Stony Brook
CAA
3.5
9
14
41
3
7.6
16%
11%
33%
59%
11.1
102
Yes


Youngstown State
MVFC
4.7
51
28
164
1
6.0
15%
16%
21%
52%
10.7
111
Yes


Western Illinois
MVFC
6.1
44
9
168
4
4.4
11%
13%
16%
40%
10.5
114
Yes


Kennesaw State
BIG SOUTH
1.7
151
21
40
0
8.1
20%
28%
23%
72%
9.8
117
Yes


Delaware
CAA
5.3
54
186
26
3
4.1
19%
11%
5%
34%
9.4
119
Yes


Eastern Washington
BIG SKY
5.2
144
173
117
3
3.6
16%
14%
25%
55%
8.8
120
Yes


North Carolina A&T
MEAC
4.3
79
31
137
2
4.5
10%
14%
27%
52%
8.8
120
Yes


Colgate
PL
4.4
65
134
17
3
3.3
12%
9%
12%
34%
7.7
124
Yes


North Dakota State
MVFC
3.8
116
2
51
2
3.7
14%
17%
18%
49%
7.5
125
Yes

[Redbird 4th & short]

Here is the average for all of FCS:



Team
Conf
Off Starts
Rush
Pass
Rec
OL
Def Starts
DL
LB
DB
Total
Tot Starts
Total rank


AVERAGES
FCS
6.7
112
136
132
3
6.5
14%
22%
27%
62%
13.2
67

[Redbird 4th & short]

Note ISUr had 2 defensive starters grad transfer to FBS schools .. OLB Jason Harris and Safety Willie Edward's, or we would have been much higher like I was touting. Weve got more than enough to step up for these, so this hurt our returning depth more than our starting lineup.

[Bisonator]

NDSU being the lowest of playoff contenders and 2nd lowest of all FCS teams.
We're doomed I tell ya!

https://preview.redd.it/h0f6pas019sz.png?auto=webp&130582b0

[Redbird 4th & short]

We're doomed I tell ya!

https://preview.redd.it/h0f6pas019sz.png?auto=webp&130582b0

You can always drop back to D-II while you rebuild !!!!