There are a total of 749 college football programs in the Nation. Below is how Ky programs ranked nationally (Dolphin Ratings). There are other power indexes that differ a little.

 

Western Ky-Ranking-38..D1-FBS

Louisville-41..D1-FBS

Kentucky-90..D1-FBS

EKU-184..D1-FCS

Morehead St-237..D1-FCS (Non-Scholly)

Murray St-273..D1-FCS

Thomas More-306..D3

Campbellsville-327..NAIA

Lindsey Wilson-334..NAIA

Cumberlands-366..NAIA

Georgetown-397..NAIA

Centre-470..D3

Kentucky Wesleyan-482..D2

Kentucky St-517..D2

Pikeville-520..NAIA

Ky Christian-583..NAIA

Union Ky-662..NAIA

Edited December 11, 201510 yr by Justafan#85

Thomas More not on the list? Centre is the only D3 team.

Fixed

Go BlueRaiders !!!

90:lol2:

This might come in handy for our monthly debate on which is better- D3 or NAIA.

This might come in handy for our monthly debate on which is better- D3 or NAIA.

 

Based on this list you could say D3=Good NAIA and D2=Bad NAIA. LOL! Are the D2 teams in KY that bad or are the D3 teams that good?

Those 2 D2 schools are bad. I have never seen Thomas More play but I have watched many Centre games. Seems to me NAIA kinda falls between D2 and D3 on average. If I can explain my opinion (and a humble one at that), if the top 5-10 teams in D3 played the top 5-10 teams in NAIA I thinks it's a coin toss. However if teams 11-50 D3 played teams 11-50 in NAIA I think NAIA wins 30-35 of those 40 games. Any given year the top of the heap in both divisions are some pretty good football team. But talent pool in the upper and middle of the pack would seem to favor NAIA because of money differences and higher academic standards at many D3 schools.

I find it hard to believe Thomas More could play Murray State as close as this ranking would lead you to believe.

UPIKE beat Morehead St. couple years ago. UPIKE has gone down a little in those two years and Morehead St. has gotten a little better but if Morehead is better than Murray this year and Thomas more is better than all the NAIA schools I actually could see it.