Week 8
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Montana (8 - 0) Schedule: 2.537 (31) | 5.173 5.173  | |||
| 2. McNeese St (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.089 (9) | 5.063 5.063  1 | |||
| 3. Villanova (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.803 (17) | 4.906 4.906  1 | |||
| 4. Western Illinois (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.343 (44) | 4.859 4.859  1 | |||
| 5. Maine (8 - 1) Schedule: 2.127 (45) | 4.53 4.53  1 | |||
| 6. Pennsylvania (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.363 (43) | 4.511 4.511  1 | |||
| 7. Georgia Southern (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.471 (39) | 4.402 4.402  1 | |||
| 8. Furman (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.507 (33) | 4.35 4.35  4 | |||
| 9. William & Mary (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.094 (8) | 4.341 4.341  2 | |||
| 10. Northeastern (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.576 (26) | 4.147 4.147  4 | |||
| 11. Eastern Illinois (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.632 (2) | 4.098 4.098  2 | |||
| 12. Idaho St (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.622 (25) | 3.978 3.978  1 | |||
| 13. Massachusetts (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.808 (16) | 3.914 3.914  3 | |||
| 14. Eastern Kentucky (6 - 3) Schedule: 1.968 (50) | 3.827 3.827  4 | |||
| 15. Northwestern St (7 - 1) Schedule: 1.679 (61) | 3.734 3.734  4 | |||
| 16. Western Kentucky (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.769 (19) | 3.71 3.71  1 | |||
| 17. Bethune-Cookman (8 - 0) Schedule: 0.096 (100) | 3.66 3.66  2 | |||
| 18. Portland St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.242 (6) | 3.628 3.628  2 | |||
| 19. Delaware (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.498 (35) | 3.502 3.502  1 | |||
| 20. Appalachian St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.359 (5) | 3.435 3.435  6 | |||
| 21. Lehigh (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.098 (47) | 3.336 3.336  | |||
| 22. Wofford (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.493 (37) | 3.145 3.145  9 | |||
| 23. Eastern Washington (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.376 (42) | 3.083 3.083  1 | |||
| 24. Stephen F. Austin (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.789 (57) | 3.007 3.007  | |||
| 25. Illinois St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.572 (27) | 2.982 2.982  3 | |||
| 26. Montana St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.124 (7) | 2.957 2.957  3 | |||
| 27. The Citadel (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.911 (1) | 2.941 2.941  1 | |||
| 28. Nicholls St (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.059 (49) | 2.94 2.94  3 | |||
| 29. Harvard (4 - 2) Schedule: 1.894 (52) | 2.798 2.798  2 | |||
| 30. Northern Arizona (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.565 (29) | 2.662 2.662  2 | |||
| 31. Western Carolina (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.711 (22) | 2.613 2.613  4 | |||
| 32. Grambling St (7 - 1) Schedule: 0.755 (88) | 2.571 2.571  8 | |||
| 33. Richmond (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.908 (13) | 2.57 2.57  19 | |||
| 34. South Carolina St (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.896 (83) | 2.538 2.538  10 | |||
| 35. St Mary's CA (5 - 4) Schedule: 1.699 (60) | 2.52 2.52  2 | |||
| 36. Hampton (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.896 (84) | 2.485 2.485  2 | |||
| 37. Colgate (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.756 (58) | 2.405 2.405  1 | |||
| 38. Yale (3 - 3) Schedule: 1.705 (59) | 2.267 2.267  1 | |||
| 39. Princeton (4 - 2) Schedule: 1.839 (55) | 2.219 2.219  10 | |||
| 40. Hofstra (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.391 (3) | 2.207 2.207  9 | |||
| 41. SE Missouri St (5 - 4) Schedule: 1.619 (63) | 2.187 2.187  | |||
| 42. Fordham (6 - 1) Schedule: 0.078 (101) | 2.182 2.182  3 | |||
| 43. SW Texas St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.751 (21) | 2.126 2.126  4 | |||
| 44. East Tennessee St (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.708 (23) | 2.123 2.123  1 | |||
| 45. Jacksonville St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.556 (30) | 2.114 2.114  | |||
| 46. Youngstown St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.569 (28) | 2.113 2.113  4 | |||
| 47. Duquesne (8 - 0) Schedule: -0.776 (109) | 2.112 2.112  17 | |||
| 48. Murray St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.456 (40) | 2.071 2.071  2 | |||
| 49. Towson (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.382 (72) | 2.032 2.032  11 | |||
| 50. Northern Iowa (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.506 (34) | 2.014 2.014  4 | |||
| 51. Gardner-Webb (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.405 (71) | 1.965 1.965  | |||
| 52. Sacramento St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.924 (12) | 1.955 1.955  11 | |||
| 53. Alcorn St (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.015 (80) | 1.907 1.907  | |||
| 54. Dayton (7 - 1) Schedule: -1.204 (114) | 1.823 1.823  6 | |||
| 55. VMI (5 - 4) Schedule: 1.965 (51) | 1.778 1.778  17 | |||
| 56. Florida A&M (6 - 3) Schedule: 1.33 (73) | 1.773 1.773  | |||
| 57. James Madison (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.934 (11) | 1.72 1.72  5 | |||
| 58. Southern Illinois (4 - 5) Schedule: 1.462 (68) | 1.704 1.704  3 | |||
| 59. Jackson St (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.618 (64) | 1.68 1.68  5 | |||
| 60. Alabama St (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.464 (93) | 1.651 1.651  2 | |||
| 61. Dartmouth (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.091 (48) | 1.625 1.625  6 | |||
| 62. Holy Cross (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.854 (54) | 1.535 1.535  2 | |||
| 63. SW Missouri St (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.125 (46) | 1.535 1.535  7 | |||
| 64. Weber St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.497 (36) | 1.507 1.507  5 | |||
| 65. Alabama A&M (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.725 (89) | 1.486 1.486  8 | |||
| 66. Tennessee Tech (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.871 (14) | 1.477 1.477  9 | |||
| 67. Lafayette (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.487 (67) | 1.476 1.476  6 | |||
| 68. Sam Houston St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.756 (20) | 1.449 1.449  2 | |||
| 69. Indiana St (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.811 (15) | 1.428 1.428  4 | |||
| 70. Morgan St (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.233 (74) | 1.334 1.334  2 | |||
| 71. New Hampshire (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.985 (10) | 1.259 1.259  7 | |||
| 72. Albany NY (5 - 3) Schedule: -0.14 (103) | 1.225 1.225  3 | |||
| 73. Morehead St (8 - 1) Schedule: -1.326 (118) | 1.083 1.083  11 | |||
| 74. Cal Poly SLO (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.683 (24) | 1.054 1.054  3 | |||
| 75. Rhode Island (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.472 (38) | 1.048 1.048  15 | |||
| 76. Florida Int'l (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.421 (69) | 1.044 1.044  | |||
| 77. Florida Atlantic (0 - 7) Schedule: 3.377 (4) | 1.037 1.037  2 | |||
| 78. Samford (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.105 (78) | 0.935 0.935  2 | |||
| 79. Bucknell (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.119 (77) | 0.845 0.845  8 | |||
| 80. North Carolina A&T (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.874 (85) | 0.827 0.827  1 | |||
| 81. Howard (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.417 (70) | 0.808 0.808  | |||
| 82. Texas Southern (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.473 (92) | 0.79 0.79  1 | |||
| 83. Columbia (1 - 5) Schedule: 2.403 (41) | 0.569 0.569  1 | |||
| 84. Tennessee St (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.164 (75) | 0.555 0.555  4 | |||
| 85. Southern U. (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.507 (66) | 0.545 0.545  2 | |||
| 86. Stony Brook (5 - 2) Schedule: -1.035 (111) | 0.512 0.512  | |||
| 87. Brown (0 - 6) Schedule: 1.659 (62) | 0.452 0.452  13 | |||
| 88. Chattanooga (0 - 8) Schedule: 2.797 (18) | 0.388 0.388  2 | |||
| 89. Sacred Heart (4 - 3) Schedule: -0.749 (107) | 0.374 0.374  | |||
| 90. Elon (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.607 (65) | 0.309 0.309  2 | |||
| 91. Liberty (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.878 (53) | 0.233 0.233  6 | |||
| 92. Southern Utah (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.511 (32) | 0.099 0.099  1 | |||
| 93. Wagner (6 - 2) Schedule: -1.253 (115) | 0.047 0.047  2 | |||
| 94. Drake (5 - 4) Schedule: 0.17 (97) | -0.121 -0.121  | |||
| 95. Delaware St (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.158 (76) | -0.193 -0.193  | |||
| 96. Davidson (5 - 3) Schedule: -1.283 (117) | -0.252 -0.252  9 | |||
| 97. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.851 (87) | -0.296 -0.296  1 | |||
| 98. Cornell NY (2 - 4) Schedule: 1.8 (56) | -0.327 -0.327  2 | |||
| 99. Norfolk St (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.087 (79) | -0.426 -0.426  2 | |||
| 100. San Diego (4 - 3) Schedule: -0.779 (110) | -0.45 -0.45  7 | |||
| 101. Mississippi Valley St (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.423 (94) | -0.676 -0.676  1 | |||
| 102. Georgetown DC (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.923 (82) | -0.716 -0.716  6 | |||
| 103. Marist (5 - 3) Schedule: -1.113 (112) | -0.832 -0.832  6 | |||
| 104. Central Conn St (4 - 5) Schedule: 0.161 (98) | -0.841 -0.841  5 | |||
| 105. St Peter's (5 - 4) Schedule: -1.157 (113) | -0.857 -0.857  9 | |||
| 106. Monmouth NJ (1 - 6) Schedule: 0.205 (96) | -1.01 -1.01  | |||
| 107. Charleston Southern (4 - 4) Schedule: -1.257 (116) | -1.043 -1.043  4 | |||
| 108. Austin Peay (5 - 4) Schedule: -0.489 (105) | -1.065 -1.065  2 | |||
| 109. Tennessee-Martin (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.863 (86) | -1.175 -1.175  | |||
| 110. Butler (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.1 (99) | -1.228 -1.228  2 | |||
| 111. Robert Morris (3 - 4) Schedule: -0.68 (106) | -1.463 -1.463  7 | |||
| 112. Prairie View A&M (1 - 7) Schedule: 0.929 (81) | -1.749 -1.749  1 | |||
| 113. Jacksonville FL (2 - 5) Schedule: -0.234 (104) | -1.792 -1.792  3 | |||
| 114. Morris Brown (1 - 7) Schedule: 0.481 (91) | -1.823 -1.823  1 | |||
| 115. Iona (5 - 3) Schedule: -2.293 (123) | -2.008 -2.008  1 | |||
| 116. St John's NY (2 - 5) Schedule: -0.763 (108) | -2.364 -2.364  1 | |||
| 117. Siena (2 - 5) Schedule: -1.438 (119) | -2.681 -2.681  2 | |||
| 118. Savannah St (1 - 6) Schedule: 0.482 (90) | -2.745 -2.745  2 | |||
| 119. Fairfield (3 - 5) Schedule: -1.8 (122) | -2.783 -2.783  | |||
| 120. St Francis PA (0 - 7) Schedule: 0.326 (95) | -2.835 -2.835  2 | |||
| 121. Valparaiso (0 - 8) Schedule: 0.021 (102) | -2.985 -2.985  | |||
| 122. Canisius (2 - 6) Schedule: -1.739 (121) | -3.427 -3.427  | |||
| 123. La Salle (1 - 7) Schedule: -1.451 (120) | -3.615 -3.615  |