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INDIANAPOLIS – The Slippery Rock University football team stayed No. 1 in Super Region One and No. 2 nationally when the NCAA Division II NPI Rankings were updated Sunday morning.
 
The NCAA Power Index (NPI) is the new ranking system that will be used to determine postseason fields in Division II in 2026-27, replacing the ranking committees and former criteria. The NPI ranks all programs in the division and will replace the regional rankings announcements from previous years. The data can be sorted by region to determine the regional rankings. Each sport committee was responsible for determining the criteria and setting the "dials" for their respective sport. More info on NPI is available HERE.
 
NPI evaluates a team's season by considering both results and the strength of the teams it plays. Each contest produces a value based on whether the team won, lost or tied and the opponent's NPI. The NPI rating is dynamic, changing each week with the results of all games.
 
Ferris State stayed No. 1 nationally this week with an NPI score of 70.999 as the only team in the country to top 70 in the ratings. Slippery Rock is No. 2 at 69.007 with a cushion of just over 1.5 points over No. 3 Harding (67.461). The rest of the top five includes No. 4 Northwood (65.939) and No. 5 Colorado State Pueblo (64.297).
 
The top 10 is rounded out by East Stroudsburg (64.147), Benedict (62.956), Western Colorado (62.837), Northwest Missouri State (62775) and Kutztown (62.771) to give the PSAC three teams in the top 10 nationally.
 
The current Super Region One top 10 rankings include Slippery Rock leading the way, followed by East Stroudsburg, Kutztown, Virginia Union and Johnson C. Smith rounding out the top five, which was unchanged this week. There was some shakeup in positions 6-10 this week with California (Pa.) moving up to No. 6 (55.944), followed by Fayetteville State (55.558), Assumption (55.352), Virginia State (55.159) and Shepherd (54.587).
 
Super Region One includes all schools in the PSAC, the Mountain East Conference, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Northeast 10 Conference.
 
The Rock may already have the No. 1 seed in Super Region One locked up, but can guarantee that top seed with a win next week in the PSAC Championship game against East Stroudsburg. The No. 2 and No. 6 teams in the national NPI will meet for the second time this season next Saturday at 1 p.m. at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium. SRU earned a 59-35 win at ESU back on Sept. 12. Since then, the Warriors have won seven straight games to get to 9-1 on the year.
 
The NPI will not be made public next Sunday morning and will instead be held until after the NCAA Selection Show next Sunday evening at 6 p.m. After the playoff field is announced, the final regular season NPI will be made public.
 
SUPER REGION ONE RANKINGS
Nov. 8

Rank	Team	DII W-L	NPI
1	SLIPPERY ROCK	10-0	69.007
2	East Stroudsburg	8-1	64.147
3	Kutztown	8-1	62.771
4	Virginia Union	9-1	61.090
5	Johnson C. Smith	8-2	57.642
6	California (Pa.)	7-3	55.944
7	Fayetteville State	7-3	55.558
8	Assumption	7-2	55.352
9	Virginia State	7-2	55.159
10	Shepherd	6-3	54.587

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