Week 4
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All | Big Sky Conference | Big South-Ohio Valley Conference | Colonial Athletic Association | 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. Northern Iowa (4 - 0) Schedule: 3.152 (13) | 6.451 6.451  | |||
| 2. Massachusetts (4 - 0) Schedule: 2.505 (32) | 5.619 5.619  | |||
| 3. Delaware (4 - 0) Schedule: 1.972 (46) | 5.577 5.577  | |||
| 4. McNeese St (3 - 0) Schedule: 1.366 (70) | 4.963 4.963  | |||
| 5. Hofstra (3 - 0) Schedule: 2.297 (38) | 4.91 4.91  | |||
| 6. Eastern Washington (3 - 0) Schedule: 1.681 (56) | 4.796 4.796  | |||
| 7. Elon (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.777 (19) | 4.426 4.426  | |||
| 8. Montana (3 - 0) Schedule: 0.695 (88) | 4.09 4.09  | |||
| 9. Dayton (4 - 0) Schedule: 1.136 (75) | 4.024 4.024  | |||
| 10. North Dakota St (3 - 0) Schedule: 1.496 (64) | 3.657 3.657  | |||
| 11. Yale (2 - 0) Schedule: 0.329 (97) | 3.652 3.652  | |||
| 12. Villanova (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.708 (23) | 3.615 3.615  | |||
| 13. Holy Cross (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.541 (30) | 3.608 3.608  | |||
| 14. Southern Illinois (4 - 0) Schedule: 0.328 (98) | 3.578 3.578  | |||
| 15. Appalachian St (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.191 (40) | 3.574 3.574  | |||
| 16. The Citadel (2 - 1) Schedule: 1.779 (52) | 3.527 3.527  | |||
| 17. Youngstown St (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.31 (37) | 3.514 3.514  | |||
| 18. Wofford (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.371 (35) | 3.495 3.495  | |||
| 19. Richmond (2 - 1) Schedule: 1.783 (51) | 3.418 3.418  | |||
| 20. James Madison (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.743 (54) | 3.352 3.352  | |||
| 21. Western Illinois (3 - 1) Schedule: 2.147 (43) | 3.298 3.298  | |||
| 22. South Dakota St (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.457 (8) | 3.266 3.266  | |||
| 23. Lehigh (2 - 1) Schedule: 1.863 (48) | 3.163 3.163  | |||
| 24. Grambling St (2 - 1) Schedule: 1.765 (53) | 3.095 3.095  | |||
| 25. Illinois St (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.934 (16) | 3.074 3.074  | |||
| 26. Furman (1 - 2) Schedule: 3.923 (5) | 3.044 3.044  | |||
| 27. Eastern Kentucky (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.508 (6) | 3.024 3.024  | |||
| 28. William & Mary (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.408 (10) | 3.018 3.018  | |||
| 29. UC-Davis (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.39 (33) | 2.961 2.961  | |||
| 30. Eastern Illinois (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.34 (36) | 2.872 2.872  | |||
| 31. New Hampshire (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.064 (45) | 2.848 2.848  | |||
| 32. South Carolina St (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.451 (9) | 2.848 2.848  | |||
| 33. Norfolk St (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.387 (34) | 2.693 2.693  | |||
| 34. Fordham (2 - 2) Schedule: 2.174 (41) | 2.569 2.569  | |||
| 35. Princeton (1 - 1) Schedule: 2.674 (25) | 2.372 2.372  | |||
| 36. San Diego (3 - 0) Schedule: -0.563 (109) | 2.348 2.348  | |||
| 37. Colgate (2 - 1) Schedule: 2.745 (21) | 2.325 2.325  | |||
| 38. Harvard (1 - 1) Schedule: 2.096 (44) | 2.31 2.31  | |||
| 39. Southern U. (4 - 0) Schedule: 0.258 (102) | 2.291 2.291  | |||
| 40. Gardner-Webb (1 - 2) Schedule: 3.033 (15) | 2.259 2.259  | |||
| 41. Drake (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.238 (72) | 2.215 2.215  | |||
| 42. Lafayette (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.277 (100) | 2.184 2.184  | |||
| 43. Montana St (2 - 1) Schedule: 0.891 (81) | 2.127 2.127  | |||
| 44. Towson (2 - 2) Schedule: 3.156 (12) | 2.125 2.125  | |||
| 45. Alabama A&M (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.091 (105) | 2.02 2.02  | |||
| 46. Liberty (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.406 (67) | 2.014 2.014  | |||
| 47. Western Carolina (1 - 3) Schedule: 4.208 (2) | 1.988 1.988  | |||
| 48. Albany NY (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.474 (7) | 1.986 1.986  | |||
| 49. Maine (1 - 3) Schedule: 3.936 (4) | 1.96 1.96  | |||
| 50. Missouri St (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.384 (69) | 1.884 1.884  | |||
| 51. Austin Peay (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.396 (95) | 1.865 1.865  | |||
| 52. Rhode Island (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.112 (3) | 1.86 1.86  | |||
| 53. Robert Morris (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.261 (71) | 1.85 1.85  | |||
| 54. Delaware St (2 - 1) Schedule: 1.628 (58) | 1.684 1.684  | |||
| 55. Northern Arizona (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.107 (76) | 1.624 1.624  | |||
| 56. Bethune-Cookman (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.799 (86) | 1.583 1.583  | |||
| 57. Jackson St (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.435 (94) | 1.545 1.545  | |||
| 58. Sam Houston St (2 - 1) Schedule: 0.259 (101) | 1.52 1.52  | |||
| 59. Nicholls St (3 - 1) Schedule: 1.058 (78) | 1.366 1.366  | |||
| 60. Idaho St (1 - 2) Schedule: 2.721 (22) | 1.315 1.315  | |||
| 61. Tennessee St (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.93 (47) | 1.283 1.283  | |||
| 62. Cal Poly SLO (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.544 (90) | 1.26 1.26  | |||
| 63. Hampton (3 - 0) Schedule: -1.127 (116) | 1.174 1.174  | |||
| 64. Morehead St (2 - 1) Schedule: -0.274 (107) | 1.163 1.163  | |||
| 65. Stony Brook (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.508 (92) | 1.131 1.131  | |||
| 66. Northwestern St (2 - 1) Schedule: 0.847 (85) | 1.107 1.107  | |||
| 67. SE Missouri St (2 - 2) Schedule: 1.227 (73) | 1.079 1.079  | |||
| 68. Stephen F. Austin (0 - 3) Schedule: 3.25 (11) | 1.076 1.076  | |||
| 69. Cornell NY (1 - 1) Schedule: 1.016 (79) | 0.963 0.963  | |||
| 70. Central Arkansas (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.824 (50) | 0.946 0.946  | |||
| 71. Northeastern (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.785 (18) | 0.934 0.934  | |||
| 72. Central Conn St (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.752 (87) | 0.928 0.928  | |||
| 73. Georgia Southern (2 - 1) Schedule: -0.323 (108) | 0.86 0.86  | |||
| 74. Columbia (1 - 1) Schedule: 0.464 (93) | 0.828 0.828  | |||
| 75. Tennessee Tech (3 - 1) Schedule: -1.053 (115) | 0.816 0.816  | |||
| 76. Jacksonville St (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.834 (49) | 0.807 0.807  | |||
| 77. Charleston Southern (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.64 (27) | 0.795 0.795  | |||
| 78. Southern Utah (0 - 4) Schedule: 4.514 (1) | 0.763 0.763  | |||
| 79. Pennsylvania (0 - 2) Schedule: 2.9 (17) | 0.685 0.685  | |||
| 80. Samford (3 - 1) Schedule: 0.863 (84) | 0.683 0.683  | |||
| 81. Portland St (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.62 (28) | 0.671 0.671  | |||
| 82. Wagner (2 - 1) Schedule: -0.737 (111) | 0.651 0.651  | |||
| 83. Prairie View A&M (2 - 1) Schedule: -0.76 (112) | 0.632 0.632  | |||
| 84. Dartmouth (0 - 2) Schedule: 2.587 (29) | 0.63 0.63  | |||
| 85. SE Louisiana St (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.72 (55) | 0.603 0.603  | |||
| 86. Alabama St (4 - 0) Schedule: -0.768 (113) | 0.587 0.587  | |||
| 87. Winston-Salem St (2 - 2) Schedule: 0.292 (99) | 0.586 0.586  | |||
| 88. Brown (1 - 1) Schedule: 0.258 (103) | 0.583 0.583  | |||
| 89. Texas St-San Marcos (1 - 3) Schedule: 2.286 (39) | 0.565 0.565  | |||
| 90. Iona (3 - 1) Schedule: -0.641 (110) | 0.5 0.5  | |||
| 91. Morgan St (1 - 3) Schedule: 0.545 (89) | 0.498 0.498  | |||
| 92. Monmouth NJ (0 - 3) Schedule: 1.647 (57) | 0.441 0.441  | |||
| 93. Coastal Carolina (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.621 (59) | 0.382 0.382  | |||
| 94. Tennessee-Martin (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.173 (42) | 0.347 0.347  | |||
| 95. Chattanooga (1 - 2) Schedule: 1.441 (65) | 0.306 0.306  | |||
| 96. Florida A&M (1 - 2) Schedule: 0.885 (82) | 0.214 0.214  | |||
| 97. Butler (4 - 0) Schedule: -2.284 (118) | 0.188 0.188  | |||
| 98. Presbyterian (1 - 3) Schedule: 0.865 (83) | 0.03 0.03  | |||
| 99. Indiana St (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.706 (24) | -0.207 -0.207  | |||
| 100. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 3) Schedule: 0.359 (96) | -0.237 -0.237  | |||
| 101. Georgetown DC (0 - 4) Schedule: 2.644 (26) | -0.306 -0.306  | |||
| 102. Sacramento St (0 - 3) Schedule: 2.754 (20) | -0.315 -0.315  | |||
| 103. VMI (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.6 (60) | -0.4 -0.4  | |||
| 104. Murray St (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.191 (74) | -0.557 -0.557  | |||
| 105. St Francis PA (0 - 2) Schedule: 1.506 (62) | -0.581 -0.581  | |||
| 106. Northern Colorado (0 - 4) Schedule: 3.151 (14) | -0.598 -0.598  | |||
| 107. Jacksonville FL (1 - 2) Schedule: 0.127 (104) | -0.638 -0.638  | |||
| 108. Davidson (2 - 1) Schedule: -1.377 (117) | -0.851 -0.851  | |||
| 109. Mississippi Valley St (1 - 3) Schedule: 1.405 (68) | -1.098 -1.098  | |||
| 110. Weber St (0 - 3) Schedule: 2.507 (31) | -1.251 -1.251  | |||
| 111. Howard (0 - 3) Schedule: 1.06 (77) | -1.321 -1.321  | |||
| 112. Bucknell (1 - 3) Schedule: 0.929 (80) | -1.619 -1.619  | |||
| 113. Alcorn St (0 - 4) Schedule: 1.546 (61) | -1.629 -1.629  | |||
| 114. Marist (0 - 4) Schedule: 1.503 (63) | -1.641 -1.641  | |||
| 115. Savannah St (1 - 2) Schedule: 0.081 (106) | -1.706 -1.706  | |||
| 116. Duquesne (1 - 2) Schedule: -1.032 (114) | -1.794 -1.794  | |||
| 117. Texas Southern (0 - 4) Schedule: 1.437 (66) | -2.013 -2.013  | |||
| 118. Sacred Heart (2 - 2) Schedule: -2.562 (120) | -2.062 -2.062  | |||
| 119. Valparaiso (3 - 1) Schedule: -3.279 (121) | -2.086 -2.086  | |||
| 120. North Carolina A&T (0 - 4) Schedule: 0.537 (91) | -2.559 -2.559  | |||
| 121. La Salle (0 - 3) Schedule: -2.56 (119) | -5.56 -5.56  |