Week 8
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Montana (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.622 (9) | 5.549 5.549  1 | |||
| 2. James Madison (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.921 (3) | 5.413 5.413  2 | |||
| 3. Richmond (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.543 (10) | 5.342 5.342  2 | |||
| 4. Cal Poly SLO (5 - 1) Schedule: 3.031 (23) | 5.263 5.263  1 | |||
| 5. Weber St (7 - 2) Schedule: 3.436 (12) | 5.179 5.179  2 | |||
| 6. Villanova (5 - 2) Schedule: 4.109 (1) | 5.097 5.097  3 | |||
| 7. Wofford (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.549 (44) | 4.852 4.852  3 | |||
| 8. William & Mary (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.146 (21) | 4.72 4.72  2 | |||
| 9. New Hampshire (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.378 (49) | 4.576 4.576  1 | |||
| 10. Appalachian St (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.008 (24) | 4.509 4.509  1 | |||
| 11. Massachusetts (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.904 (4) | 4.155 4.155  | |||
| 12. Lafayette (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.804 (76) | 4.077 4.077  13 | |||
| 13. Harvard (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.613 (41) | 3.963 3.963  1 | |||
| 14. Maine (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.745 (7) | 3.901 3.901  13 | |||
| 15. Western Illinois (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.988 (70) | 3.776 3.776  | |||
| 16. Northern Iowa (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.748 (36) | 3.773 3.773  | |||
| 17. Elon (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.669 (39) | 3.679 3.679  5 | |||
| 18. UC-Davis (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.926 (27) | 3.61 3.61  4 | |||
| 19. Southern Illinois (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.711 (38) | 3.606 3.606  1 | |||
| 20. Eastern Washington (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.809 (6) | 3.548 3.548  6 | |||
| 21. Jacksonville St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.203 (60) | 3.532 3.532  3 | |||
| 22. Central Arkansas (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.084 (67) | 3.532 3.532  3 | |||
| 23. Northern Arizona (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.356 (50) | 3.529 3.529  10 | |||
| 24. Furman (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.793 (33) | 3.461 3.461  3 | |||
| 25. Georgia Southern (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.337 (16) | 3.433 3.433  1 | |||
| 26. Holy Cross (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.261 (58) | 3.322 3.322  6 | |||
| 27. McNeese St (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.338 (52) | 3.314 3.314  10 | |||
| 28. Delaware (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.382 (14) | 3.311 3.311  9 | |||
| 29. Brown (4 - 2) Schedule: 2.308 (53) | 3.309 3.309  9 | |||
| 30. North Dakota St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.355 (51) | 3.286 3.286  5 | |||
| 31. Liberty (7 - 1) Schedule: 1.438 (85) | 3.247 3.247  9 | |||
| 32. Tennessee-Martin (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.64 (80) | 3.229 3.229  4 | |||
| 33. Northeastern (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.959 (2) | 3.097 3.097  10 | |||
| 34. North Dakota (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.705 (77) | 3.058 3.058  5 | |||
| 35. Pennsylvania (4 - 2) Schedule: 2.042 (69) | 3.055 3.055  8 | |||
| 36. South Dakota St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.851 (31) | 2.951 2.951  3 | |||
| 37. Grambling St (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.174 (90) | 2.93 2.93  1 | |||
| 38. Northwestern St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.659 (40) | 2.859 2.859  7 | |||
| 39. Missouri St (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.258 (18) | 2.782 2.782  5 | |||
| 40. Texas St-San Marcos (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.094 (66) | 2.755 2.755  13 | |||
| 41. Sam Houston St (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.994 (25) | 2.727 2.727  11 | |||
| 42. Montana St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.927 (26) | 2.722 2.722  13 | |||
| 43. South Carolina St (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.675 (79) | 2.684 2.684  5 | |||
| 44. Tennessee St (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.382 (87) | 2.623 2.623  13 | |||
| 45. Southern Utah (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.407 (13) | 2.556 2.556  4 | |||
| 46. Yale (3 - 3) Schedule: 1.543 (84) | 2.543 2.543  5 | |||
| 47. Coastal Carolina (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.111 (65) | 2.521 2.521  8 | |||
| 48. Northern Colorado (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.726 (8) | 2.494 2.494  4 | |||
| 49. Portland St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.734 (37) | 2.41 2.41  13 | |||
| 50. Hofstra (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.208 (19) | 2.4 2.4  8 | |||
| 51. Gardner-Webb (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.894 (74) | 2.39 2.39  4 | |||
| 52. Colgate (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.556 (83) | 2.335 2.335  11 | |||
| 53. Sacramento St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.899 (28) | 2.272 2.272  3 | |||
| 54. Albany NY (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.92 (71) | 2.268 2.268  2 | |||
| 55. Bethune-Cookman (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.451 (103) | 2.187 2.187  9 | |||
| 56. Eastern Kentucky (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.237 (59) | 2.174 2.174  11 | |||
| 57. Rhode Island (2 - 7) Schedule: 3.45 (11) | 2.169 2.169  8 | |||
| 58. Samford (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.563 (81) | 2.164 2.164  15 | |||
| 59. Lehigh (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.292 (56) | 2.123 2.123  5 | |||
| 60. Florida A&M (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.737 (98) | 2.085 2.085  4 | |||
| 61. SE Louisiana St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.556 (42) | 2.067 2.067  3 | |||
| 62. San Diego (6 - 1) Schedule: -0.997 (123) | 2.031 2.031  5 | |||
| 63. Morgan St (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.688 (101) | 1.999 1.999  12 | |||
| 64. Eastern Illinois (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.818 (32) | 1.931 1.931  18 | |||
| 65. VMI (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.893 (75) | 1.833 1.833  1 | |||
| 66. Stephen F. Austin (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.115 (64) | 1.79 1.79  6 | |||
| 67. Hampton (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.906 (95) | 1.778 1.778  16 | |||
| 68. The Citadel (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.404 (47) | 1.776 1.776  7 | |||
| 69. Monmouth NJ (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.934 (92) | 1.729 1.729  8 | |||
| 70. Fordham (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.195 (61) | 1.702 1.702  2 | |||
| 71. Prairie View A&M (7 - 1) Schedule: -0.628 (119) | 1.696 1.696  4 | |||
| 72. Southern U. (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.253 (88) | 1.696 1.696  2 | |||
| 73. Murray St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.19 (62) | 1.616 1.616  1 | |||
| 74. Charleston Southern (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.293 (55) | 1.607 1.607  2 | |||
| 75. Illinois St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.295 (54) | 1.602 1.602  16 | |||
| 76. Youngstown St (2 - 7) Schedule: 3.036 (22) | 1.594 1.594  2 | |||
| 77. Central Conn St (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.863 (96) | 1.577 1.577  7 | |||
| 78. Stony Brook (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.875 (29) | 1.548 1.548  7 | |||
| 79. Nicholls St (1 - 4) Schedule: 3.148 (20) | 1.547 1.547  17 | |||
| 80. Cornell NY (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.467 (45) | 1.445 1.445  9 | |||
| 81. Princeton (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.384 (48) | 1.4 1.4  5 | |||
| 82. Western Carolina (2 - 7) Schedule: 2.758 (35) | 1.336 1.336  2 | |||
| 83. Towson (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.287 (17) | 1.325 1.325  3 | |||
| 84. Dayton (7 - 1) Schedule: -1.039 (124) | 1.314 1.314  5 | |||
| 85. Sacred Heart (7 - 1) Schedule: -0.726 (120) | 1.25 1.25  5 | |||
| 86. SE Missouri St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.285 (57) | 1.233 1.233  3 | |||
| 87. South Dakota (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.913 (94) | 1.218 1.218  5 | |||
| 88. Jacksonville FL (5 - 3) Schedule: -0.28 (114) | 1.049 1.049  4 | |||
| 89. Chattanooga (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.9 (5) | 0.984 0.984  1 | |||
| 90. Norfolk St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.158 (63) | 0.914 0.914  3 | |||
| 91. Delaware St (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.7 (78) | 0.814 0.814  10 | |||
| 92. Columbia (1 - 5) Schedule: 1.9 (72) | 0.801 0.801  5 | |||
| 93. Butler (6 - 1) Schedule: -1.728 (125) | 0.772 0.772  4 | |||
| 94. Tennessee Tech (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.075 (68) | 0.712 0.712  1 | |||
| 95. Idaho St (0 - 8) Schedule: 3.357 (15) | 0.686 0.686  4 | |||
| 96. Bucknell (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.924 (93) | 0.527 0.527  1 | |||
| 97. Presbyterian (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.896 (73) | 0.467 0.467  2 | |||
| 98. Jackson St (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.357 (108) | 0.428 0.428  4 | |||
| 99. Austin Peay (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.433 (46) | 0.392 0.392  3 | |||
| 100. Bryant (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.709 (100) | 0.384 0.384  1 | |||
| 101. Robert Morris (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.428 (105) | 0.249 0.249  3 | |||
| 102. Duquesne (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.728 (99) | 0.175 0.175  4 | |||
| 103. Alcorn St (2 - 7) Schedule: 1.218 (89) | -0.014 -0.014  3 | |||
| 104. Marist (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.427 (106) | -0.03 -0.03  2 | |||
| 105. Georgetown DC (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.55 (43) | -0.109 -0.109  5 | |||
| 106. Dartmouth (0 - 6) Schedule: 2.772 (34) | -0.156 -0.156  1 | |||
| 107. Alabama A&M (4 - 5) Schedule: 0.934 (91) | -0.179 -0.179  4 | |||
| 108. Alabama St (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.396 (86) | -0.49 -0.49  | |||
| 109. North Carolina Central (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.56 (82) | -0.511 -0.511  | |||
| 110. Texas Southern (4 - 5) Schedule: 0.383 (107) | -0.55 -0.55  2 | |||
| 111. Indiana St (0 - 8) Schedule: 2.865 (30) | -0.67 -0.67  4 | |||
| 112. Morehead St (3 - 5) Schedule: -0.063 (112) | -0.712 -0.712  1 | |||
| 113. Drake (4 - 4) Schedule: -0.453 (117) | -0.885 -0.885  1 | |||
| 114. Howard (1 - 6) Schedule: 0.271 (109) | -1.016 -1.016  1 | |||
| 115. North Carolina A&T (3 - 6) Schedule: 0.154 (110) | -1.089 -1.089  2 | |||
| 116. Wagner (3 - 5) Schedule: -0.179 (113) | -1.241 -1.241  5 | |||
| 117. Winston-Salem St (1 - 6) Schedule: 0.773 (97) | -1.328 -1.328  1 | |||
| 118. Davidson (2 - 5) Schedule: -0.322 (115) | -1.332 -1.332  1 | |||
| 119. Savannah St (3 - 5) Schedule: -0.536 (118) | -1.438 -1.438  1 | |||
| 120. Iona (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.002 (111) | -1.532 -1.532  4 | |||
| 121. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 7) Schedule: 0.432 (104) | -1.841 -1.841  | |||
| 122. Mississippi Valley St (2 - 5) Schedule: -0.322 (116) | -1.855 -1.855  | |||
| 123. St Francis PA (0 - 8) Schedule: 0.659 (102) | -2.085 -2.085  | |||
| 124. Valparaiso (2 - 5) Schedule: -0.734 (121) | -2.483 -2.483  | |||
| 125. Campbell (1 - 7) Schedule: -0.834 (122) | -3.516 -3.516  |