Week 8
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Northern Iowa (7 - 0) Schedule: 2.723 (21) | 5.691 5.691  | |||
| 2. McNeese St (7 - 0) Schedule: 2.017 (47) | 5.431 5.431  | |||
| 3. Massachusetts (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.092 (9) | 5.238 5.238  | |||
| 4. Yale (6 - 0) Schedule: 1.83 (55) | 4.925 4.925  | |||
| 5. Delaware (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.951 (50) | 4.66 4.66  2 | |||
| 6. New Hampshire (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.109 (8) | 4.59 4.59  7 | |||
| 7. James Madison (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.48 (32) | 4.578 4.578  1 | |||
| 8. North Dakota St (7 - 0) Schedule: 2.045 (45) | 4.528 4.528  1 | |||
| 9. Appalachian St (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.921 (13) | 4.447 4.447  4 | |||
| 10. Wofford (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.512 (30) | 4.241 4.241  4 | |||
| 11. Richmond (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.414 (33) | 4.21 4.21  3 | |||
| 12. Elon (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.152 (7) | 4.11 4.11  6 | |||
| 13. Southern Illinois (7 - 1) Schedule: 1.442 (77) | 4.109 4.109  2 | |||
| 14. Holy Cross (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.533 (29) | 3.865 3.865  6 | |||
| 15. Hofstra (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.072 (44) | 3.808 3.808  5 | |||
| 16. Montana (7 - 0) Schedule: 0.872 (92) | 3.691 3.691  4 | |||
| 17. Villanova (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.332 (5) | 3.689 3.689  2 | |||
| 18. Eastern Kentucky (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.376 (36) | 3.684 3.684  1 | |||
| 19. Grambling St (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.764 (62) | 3.474 3.474  2 | |||
| 20. Georgia Southern (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.094 (43) | 3.307 3.307  12 | |||
| 21. South Dakota St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.751 (18) | 3.299 3.299  1 | |||
| 22. Eastern Washington (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.279 (39) | 3.233 3.233  3 | |||
| 23. Youngstown St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.353 (37) | 3.192 3.192  7 | |||
| 24. Harvard (4 - 2) Schedule: 1.934 (51) | 3.112 3.112  | |||
| 25. Cal Poly SLO (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.564 (71) | 2.888 2.888  1 | |||
| 26. South Carolina St (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.652 (24) | 2.855 2.855  1 | |||
| 27. Alabama A&M (6 - 1) Schedule: 0.706 (97) | 2.842 2.842  2 | |||
| 28. Illinois St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.595 (26) | 2.75 2.75  9 | |||
| 29. The Citadel (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.714 (64) | 2.732 2.732  1 | |||
| 30. Western Illinois (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.158 (42) | 2.726 2.726  7 | |||
| 31. Montana St (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.767 (61) | 2.714 2.714  4 | |||
| 32. Central Arkansas (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.793 (59) | 2.57 2.57  4 | |||
| 33. Norfolk St (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.336 (80) | 2.546 2.546  | |||
| 34. Liberty (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.069 (86) | 2.456 2.456  18 | |||
| 35. Sam Houston St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.766 (17) | 2.448 2.448  13 | |||
| 36. William & Mary (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.912 (15) | 2.443 2.443  2 | |||
| 37. Delaware St (6 - 1) Schedule: 0.983 (88) | 2.428 2.428  6 | |||
| 38. Southern U. (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.149 (84) | 2.422 2.422  11 | |||
| 39. Jacksonville St (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.464 (75) | 2.392 2.392  10 | |||
| 40. Eastern Illinois (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.661 (67) | 2.363 2.363  1 | |||
| 41. San Diego (7 - 0) Schedule: -0.951 (117) | 2.314 2.314  2 | |||
| 42. Jackson St (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.492 (74) | 2.272 2.272  12 | |||
| 43. Furman (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.873 (16) | 2.266 2.266  | |||
| 44. Cornell NY (4 - 2) Schedule: 1.811 (57) | 2.222 2.222  1 | |||
| 45. Fordham (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.201 (83) | 2.192 2.192  6 | |||
| 46. Nicholls St (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.901 (53) | 2.185 2.185  12 | |||
| 47. Prairie View A&M (4 - 2) Schedule: 0.581 (100) | 2.072 2.072  3 | |||
| 48. Hampton (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.108 (85) | 2.046 2.046  6 | |||
| 49. Lehigh (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.546 (27) | 2 2  9 | |||
| 50. Dayton (7 - 1) Schedule: -0.542 (112) | 1.969 1.969  | |||
| 51. Northern Arizona (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.39 (79) | 1.943 1.943  7 | |||
| 52. Colgate (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.032 (46) | 1.895 1.895  13 | |||
| 53. Pennsylvania (2 - 4) Schedule: 1.756 (63) | 1.863 1.863  16 | |||
| 54. Towson (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.048 (11) | 1.817 1.817  8 | |||
| 55. UC-Davis (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.384 (35) | 1.799 1.799  7 | |||
| 56. Missouri St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.649 (25) | 1.776 1.776  9 | |||
| 57. Northeastern (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.76 (1) | 1.768 1.768  3 | |||
| 58. Albany NY (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.305 (81) | 1.718 1.718  1 | |||
| 59. Chattanooga (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.085 (10) | 1.715 1.715  5 | |||
| 60. Lafayette (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.595 (98) | 1.672 1.672  6 | |||
| 61. SE Louisiana St (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.981 (48) | 1.596 1.596  8 | |||
| 62. Gardner-Webb (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.312 (38) | 1.483 1.483  1 | |||
| 63. Western Carolina (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.679 (2) | 1.474 1.474  16 | |||
| 64. Stony Brook (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.68 (66) | 1.471 1.471  4 | |||
| 65. Brown (2 - 4) Schedule: 1.768 (60) | 1.424 1.424  5 | |||
| 66. Weber St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.409 (34) | 1.403 1.403  9 | |||
| 67. Rhode Island (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.424 (4) | 1.382 1.382  4 | |||
| 68. Texas St-San Marcos (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.913 (14) | 1.306 1.306  14 | |||
| 69. Tennessee St (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.929 (52) | 1.294 1.294  14 | |||
| 70. Dartmouth (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.726 (20) | 1.278 1.278  8 | |||
| 71. Maine (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.25 (6) | 1.264 1.264  5 | |||
| 72. Central Conn St (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.078 (108) | 1.254 1.254  12 | |||
| 73. Northwestern St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.541 (28) | 1.239 1.239  17 | |||
| 74. Austin Peay (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.797 (95) | 1.14 1.14  2 | |||
| 75. Portland St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.501 (31) | 1.056 1.056  8 | |||
| 76. Idaho St (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.81 (58) | 1.053 1.053  18 | |||
| 77. Winston-Salem St (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.582 (99) | 1.038 1.038  3 | |||
| 78. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.96 (49) | 0.981 0.981  1 | |||
| 79. Sacramento St (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.014 (12) | 0.928 0.928  4 | |||
| 80. Coastal Carolina (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.512 (73) | 0.905 0.905  8 | |||
| 81. Morgan St (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.354 (103) | 0.874 0.874  1 | |||
| 82. Drake (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.122 (106) | 0.855 0.855  11 | |||
| 83. Tennessee-Martin (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.878 (54) | 0.815 0.815  3 | |||
| 84. Florida A&M (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.812 (56) | 0.786 0.786  3 | |||
| 85. Alabama St (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.209 (82) | 0.728 0.728  | |||
| 86. Morehead St (5 - 2) Schedule: -0.934 (115) | 0.725 0.725  10 | |||
| 87. Presbyterian (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.099 (107) | 0.716 0.716  8 | |||
| 88. Southern Utah (0 - 7) Schedule: 3.62 (3) | 0.694 0.694  15 | |||
| 89. Samford (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.603 (69) | 0.622 0.622  1 | |||
| 90. Iona (5 - 2) Schedule: -0.656 (113) | 0.62 0.62  | |||
| 91. Wagner (5 - 2) Schedule: -0.678 (114) | 0.614 0.614  8 | |||
| 92. Princeton (2 - 4) Schedule: 1.578 (70) | 0.423 0.423  | |||
| 93. Tennessee Tech (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.251 (104) | 0.354 0.354  2 | |||
| 94. Murray St (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.458 (76) | 0.291 0.291  9 | |||
| 95. SE Missouri St (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.691 (65) | 0.251 0.251  8 | |||
| 96. Stephen F. Austin (0 - 7) Schedule: 2.742 (19) | 0.15 0.15  3 | |||
| 97. Charleston Southern (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.923 (91) | 0.12 0.12  8 | |||
| 98. Howard (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.425 (102) | 0.099 0.099  1 | |||
| 99. Bethune-Cookman (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.786 (96) | 0.023 0.023  1 | |||
| 100. Bucknell (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.966 (89) | -0.244 -0.244  2 | |||
| 101. Georgetown DC (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.246 (40) | -0.246 -0.246  6 | |||
| 102. Davidson (4 - 3) Schedule: -0.132 (109) | -0.256 -0.256  3 | |||
| 103. Monmouth NJ (1 - 5) Schedule: 0.95 (90) | -0.263 -0.263  3 | |||
| 104. Mississippi Valley St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.195 (41) | -0.284 -0.284  5 | |||
| 105. VMI (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.069 (87) | -0.387 -0.387  4 | |||
| 106. Duquesne (5 - 2) Schedule: -1.252 (120) | -0.395 -0.395  2 | |||
| 107. Alcorn St (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.611 (68) | -0.52 -0.52  2 | |||
| 108. Robert Morris (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.17 (105) | -0.544 -0.544  4 | |||
| 109. Indiana St (0 - 8) Schedule: 2.712 (22) | -0.658 -0.658  3 | |||
| 110. Columbia (1 - 5) Schedule: 0.839 (94) | -0.784 -0.784  2 | |||
| 111. Northern Colorado (0 - 8) Schedule: 2.704 (23) | -0.88 -0.88  2 | |||
| 112. Jacksonville FL (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.447 (101) | -1.09 -1.09  1 | |||
| 113. Texas Southern (0 - 7) Schedule: 1.558 (72) | -1.154 -1.154  1 | |||
| 114. Butler (4 - 4) Schedule: -1.163 (119) | -1.368 -1.368  4 | |||
| 115. North Carolina A&T (0 - 8) Schedule: 1.391 (78) | -1.467 -1.467  | |||
| 116. Sacred Heart (3 - 5) Schedule: -1.026 (118) | -1.764 -1.764  | |||
| 117. St Francis PA (0 - 6) Schedule: 0.869 (93) | -2.157 -2.157  2 | |||
| 118. Valparaiso (4 - 4) Schedule: -1.555 (121) | -2.161 -2.161  1 | |||
| 119. Marist (1 - 7) Schedule: -0.349 (110) | -2.395 -2.395  1 | |||
| 120. Savannah St (1 - 6) Schedule: -0.401 (111) | -3.15 -3.15  | |||
| 121. La Salle (0 - 6) Schedule: -0.944 (116) | -4.208 -4.208  |