Week 8
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All | Atlantic 10 Conference | Big Sky Conference | Big South-Ohio Valley Conference | Division I-AA Independents | Gateway Football Conference | Great West Conference | Ivy League | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | Northeast Conference | Ohio Valley Conference | Patriot League | Pioneer Football Conference | Southern Conference | Southland Conference | SouthWAC
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Massachusetts (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.696 (31) | 5.61 5.61  | |||
| 2. Appalachian St (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.752 (25) | 5.062 5.062  | |||
| 3. Illinois St (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.71 (29) | 4.991 4.991  2 | |||
| 4. James Madison (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.725 (27) | 4.975 4.975  | |||
| 5. North Dakota St (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.51 (38) | 4.846 4.846  2 | |||
| 6. Montana (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.366 (8) | 4.828 4.828  3 | |||
| 7. Youngstown St (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.98 (19) | 4.594 4.594  1 | |||
| 8. Portland St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.55 (4) | 4.498 4.498  5 | |||
| 9. New Hampshire (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.039 (17) | 4.493 4.493  | |||
| 10. Northern Iowa (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.608 (32) | 4.473 4.473  2 | |||
| 11. UC-Davis (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.195 (15) | 4.424 4.424  1 | |||
| 12. Richmond (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.371 (44) | 4.336 4.336  4 | |||
| 13. Princeton (6 - 0) Schedule: 2.16 (53) | 4.127 4.127  3 | |||
| 14. Harvard (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.265 (47) | 4.102 4.102  | |||
| 15. Maine (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.909 (21) | 3.925 3.925  | |||
| 16. Cal Poly SLO (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.594 (34) | 3.773 3.773  5 | |||
| 17. Montana St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.424 (6) | 3.56 3.56  | |||
| 18. San Diego (7 - 0) Schedule: -0.508 (113) | 3.449 3.449  1 | |||
| 19. Southern Illinois (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.95 (58) | 3.26 3.26  1 | |||
| 20. Northeastern (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.304 (1) | 3.259 3.259  12 | |||
| 21. Delaware (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.604 (33) | 3.137 3.137  12 | |||
| 22. Furman (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.782 (62) | 3.118 3.118  1 | |||
| 23. Northern Arizona (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.312 (10) | 3.078 3.078  4 | |||
| 24. Wofford (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.302 (12) | 3.066 3.066  13 | |||
| 25. Central Arkansas (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.788 (22) | 3.059 3.059  3 | |||
| 26. Tennessee-Martin (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.124 (79) | 2.984 2.984  4 | |||
| 27. Lehigh (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.255 (48) | 2.896 2.896  13 | |||
| 28. Towson (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.527 (37) | 2.834 2.834  3 | |||
| 29. Hampton (7 - 1) Schedule: 0.162 (97) | 2.825 2.825  4 | |||
| 30. Yale (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.095 (54) | 2.792 2.792  4 | |||
| 31. Coastal Carolina (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.892 (60) | 2.782 2.782  8 | |||
| 32. Western Kentucky (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.981 (18) | 2.78 2.78  6 | |||
| 33. Sam Houston St (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.509 (39) | 2.765 2.765  13 | |||
| 34. Eastern Illinois (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.47 (41) | 2.741 2.741  5 | |||
| 35. Pennsylvania (4 - 2) Schedule: 1.508 (70) | 2.716 2.716  11 | |||
| 36. Eastern Washington (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.034 (2) | 2.694 2.694  15 | |||
| 37. South Dakota St (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.977 (20) | 2.665 2.665  7 | |||
| 38. Jacksonville St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.018 (57) | 2.602 2.602  12 | |||
| 39. Georgia Southern (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.716 (28) | 2.509 2.509  7 | |||
| 40. William & Mary (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.325 (9) | 2.504 2.504  1 | |||
| 41. Idaho St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.773 (24) | 2.422 2.422  1 | |||
| 42. Elon (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.5 (40) | 2.356 2.356  6 | |||
| 43. Western Illinois (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.241 (49) | 2.268 2.268  | |||
| 44. Sacramento St (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.856 (3) | 2.263 2.263  14 | |||
| 45. Villanova (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.391 (7) | 2.241 2.241  10 | |||
| 46. Monmouth NJ (7 - 1) Schedule: -0.084 (105) | 2.231 2.231  2 | |||
| 47. Hofstra (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.784 (23) | 2.097 2.097  2 | |||
| 48. Northwestern St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.03 (56) | 2.028 2.028  5 | |||
| 49. Grambling St (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.513 (69) | 2.005 2.005  15 | |||
| 50. Holy Cross (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.112 (80) | 1.979 1.979  13 | |||
| 51. Rhode Island (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.445 (5) | 1.973 1.973  3 | |||
| 52. Chattanooga (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.432 (42) | 1.97 1.97  | |||
| 53. South Carolina St (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.488 (71) | 1.963 1.963  19 | |||
| 54. Colgate (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.859 (61) | 1.956 1.956  8 | |||
| 55. The Citadel (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.264 (13) | 1.908 1.908  4 | |||
| 56. Charleston Southern (7 - 0) Schedule: -0.213 (109) | 1.889 1.889  11 | |||
| 57. Stephen F. Austin (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.308 (11) | 1.828 1.828  10 | |||
| 58. Brown (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.181 (52) | 1.801 1.801  21 | |||
| 59. Central Conn St (6 - 2) Schedule: -0.328 (111) | 1.689 1.689  11 | |||
| 60. Lafayette (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.283 (46) | 1.689 1.689  10 | |||
| 61. Weber St (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.056 (16) | 1.657 1.657  3 | |||
| 62. Albany NY (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.813 (86) | 1.63 1.63  3 | |||
| 63. Tennessee St (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.622 (64) | 1.529 1.529  11 | |||
| 64. Delaware St (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.293 (95) | 1.475 1.475  17 | |||
| 65. Gardner-Webb (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.179 (78) | 1.326 1.326  3 | |||
| 66. Stony Brook (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.605 (65) | 1.298 1.298  9 | |||
| 67. Southern Utah (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.533 (68) | 1.293 1.293  4 | |||
| 68. Liberty (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.646 (90) | 1.23 1.23  11 | |||
| 69. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.603 (66) | 1.2 1.2  16 | |||
| 70. Eastern Kentucky (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.038 (55) | 1.198 1.198  10 | |||
| 71. Missouri St (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.702 (30) | 1.185 1.185  5 | |||
| 72. Alabama A&M (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.471 (92) | 1.129 1.129  1 | |||
| 73. Cornell NY (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.228 (50) | 1.096 1.096  17 | |||
| 74. Bucknell (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.441 (73) | 1.087 1.087  14 | |||
| 75. Drake (6 - 2) Schedule: -0.685 (114) | 1.064 1.064  20 | |||
| 76. Samford (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.413 (75) | 1.05 1.05  2 | |||
| 77. Jackson St (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.217 (96) | 1.035 1.035  16 | |||
| 78. Nicholls St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.317 (45) | 0.971 0.971  13 | |||
| 79. SE Missouri St (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.602 (67) | 0.948 0.948  10 | |||
| 80. Duquesne (6 - 2) Schedule: -0.894 (118) | 0.882 0.882  4 | |||
| 81. SE Louisiana St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.193 (51) | 0.85 0.85  14 | |||
| 82. Florida A&M (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.425 (74) | 0.846 0.846  8 | |||
| 83. Bethune-Cookman (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.131 (100) | 0.797 0.797  1 | |||
| 84. Dartmouth (1 - 5) Schedule: 2.409 (43) | 0.723 0.723  16 | |||
| 85. McNeese St (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.457 (72) | 0.715 0.715  8 | |||
| 86. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.031 (82) | 0.713 0.713  6 | |||
| 87. Robert Morris (5 - 3) Schedule: -0.096 (106) | 0.684 0.684  4 | |||
| 88. Indiana St (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.237 (14) | 0.579 0.579  1 | |||
| 89. Southern U. (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.652 (89) | 0.548 0.548  13 | |||
| 90. Mississippi Valley St (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.806 (87) | 0.544 0.544  3 | |||
| 91. Columbia (3 - 3) Schedule: 0.843 (85) | 0.517 0.517  14 | |||
| 92. Tennessee Tech (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.927 (59) | 0.509 0.509  1 | |||
| 93. Murray St (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.583 (35) | 0.318 0.318  1 | |||
| 94. Western Carolina (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.205 (77) | 0.309 0.309  3 | |||
| 95. Davidson (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.04 (101) | 0.254 0.254  7 | |||
| 96. Morgan St (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.879 (83) | 0.226 0.226  10 | |||
| 97. VMI (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.533 (36) | 0.187 0.187  1 | |||
| 98. Alcorn St (4 - 3) Schedule: -0.178 (108) | 0.133 0.133  7 | |||
| 99. Northern Colorado (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.738 (26) | 0.105 0.105  1 | |||
| 100. Norfolk St (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.311 (94) | 0.056 0.056  5 | |||
| 101. Winston-Salem St (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.137 (99) | 0.045 0.045  1 | |||
| 102. Alabama St (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.521 (91) | 0.016 0.016  3 | |||
| 103. Howard (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.877 (84) | -0.191 -0.191  3 | |||
| 104. Georgetown DC (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.648 (63) | -0.192 -0.192  | |||
| 105. Wagner (4 - 4) Schedule: -0.793 (116) | -0.467 -0.467  4 | |||
| 106. Fordham (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.043 (81) | -0.586 -0.586  3 | |||
| 107. Sacred Heart (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.454 (93) | -0.819 -0.819  | |||
| 108. Texas Southern (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.758 (88) | -0.896 -0.896  | |||
| 109. Prairie View A&M (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.022 (104) | -0.944 -0.944  | |||
| 110. Jacksonville FL (4 - 3) Schedule: -0.89 (117) | -1.171 -1.171  | |||
| 111. Dayton (3 - 4) Schedule: -1.117 (120) | -1.237 -1.237  | |||
| 112. Austin Peay (1 - 6) Schedule: -0.321 (110) | -1.731 -1.731  | |||
| 113. Iona (2 - 5) Schedule: -1.093 (119) | -1.733 -1.733  2 | |||
| 114. Marist (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.029 (103) | -1.897 -1.897  | |||
| 115. Morehead St (1 - 7) Schedule: -0.103 (107) | -1.932 -1.932  2 | |||
| 116. St Francis PA (1 - 7) Schedule: 0.145 (98) | -2.208 -2.208  1 | |||
| 117. Butler (3 - 5) Schedule: -0.709 (115) | -2.418 -2.418  2 | |||
| 118. North Carolina A&T (0 - 7) Schedule: 1.219 (76) | -2.461 -2.461  2 | |||
| 119. St Peter's (1 - 6) Schedule: 0.039 (102) | -2.965 -2.965  3 | |||
| 120. Valparaiso (2 - 6) Schedule: -1.164 (121) | -3.075 -3.075  2 | |||
| 121. Savannah St (1 - 6) Schedule: -0.393 (112) | -3.398 -3.398  | |||
| 122. La Salle (2 - 5) Schedule: -2.018 (122) | -3.532 -3.532  2 |