Week 9
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All | Big Sky Conference | Big South-Ohio Valley Conference | Colonial Athletic Association | Division I-AA Independents | Great West Conference | Ivy League | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference | Northeast Conference | Ohio Valley Conference | Patriot League | Pioneer Football Conference | Southern Conference | Southland Conference | SouthWAC
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. James Madison (8 - 1) Schedule: 3.983 (3) | 5.713 5.713  1 | |||
| 2. Montana (8 - 1) Schedule: 3.526 (12) | 5.643 5.643  1 | |||
| 3. Richmond (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.561 (10) | 5.359 5.359  | |||
| 4. Cal Poly SLO (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.8 (37) | 5.232 5.232  | |||
| 5. Appalachian St (7 - 2) Schedule: 3.476 (14) | 5.214 5.214  5 | |||
| 6. Villanova (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.133 (2) | 5.209 5.209  | |||
| 7. Weber St (8 - 2) Schedule: 3.27 (19) | 4.982 4.982  2 | |||
| 8. William & Mary (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.948 (29) | 4.799 4.799  | |||
| 9. New Hampshire (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.445 (50) | 4.696 4.696  | |||
| 10. Wofford (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.052 (23) | 4.612 4.612  3 | |||
| 11. Massachusetts (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.843 (4) | 4.552 4.552  | |||
| 12. Northern Iowa (7 - 2) Schedule: 3.075 (22) | 4.471 4.471  4 | |||
| 13. Harvard (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.322 (55) | 4.102 4.102  | |||
| 14. Southern Illinois (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.764 (39) | 3.877 3.877  5 | |||
| 15. Elon (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.773 (38) | 3.782 3.782  2 | |||
| 16. Maine (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.203 (21) | 3.746 3.746  2 | |||
| 17. Lafayette (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.857 (78) | 3.672 3.672  5 | |||
| 18. Furman (7 - 3) Schedule: 2.913 (31) | 3.65 3.65  6 | |||
| 19. McNeese St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.418 (51) | 3.572 3.572  8 | |||
| 20. UC-Davis (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.865 (35) | 3.549 3.549  2 | |||
| 21. Brown (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.46 (48) | 3.541 3.541  8 | |||
| 22. Georgia Southern (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.292 (18) | 3.529 3.529  3 | |||
| 23. Holy Cross (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.183 (60) | 3.43 3.43  3 | |||
| 24. North Dakota St (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.179 (62) | 3.412 3.412  6 | |||
| 25. Western Illinois (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.383 (52) | 3.403 3.403  10 | |||
| 26. Jacksonville St (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.017 (70) | 3.403 3.403  5 | |||
| 27. South Dakota St (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.896 (33) | 3.389 3.389  9 | |||
| 28. Northern Arizona (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.739 (41) | 3.377 3.377  5 | |||
| 29. Eastern Washington (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.733 (6) | 3.335 3.335  9 | |||
| 30. Delaware (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.767 (5) | 3.3 3.3  2 | |||
| 31. Central Arkansas (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.029 (69) | 3.246 3.246  9 | |||
| 32. Northeastern (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.192 (1) | 3.237 3.237  1 | |||
| 33. Tennessee-Martin (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.604 (82) | 3.194 3.194  1 | |||
| 34. Northwestern St (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.739 (40) | 3.068 3.068  4 | |||
| 35. Montana St (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.867 (34) | 2.967 2.967  7 | |||
| 36. Liberty (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.424 (84) | 2.962 2.962  5 | |||
| 37. Grambling St (7 - 2) Schedule: 0.858 (97) | 2.854 2.854  | |||
| 38. Pennsylvania (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.191 (59) | 2.837 2.837  3 | |||
| 39. Sam Houston St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.922 (30) | 2.785 2.785  2 | |||
| 40. Tennessee St (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.273 (86) | 2.78 2.78  4 | |||
| 41. North Dakota (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.909 (77) | 2.762 2.762  7 | |||
| 42. Colgate (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.91 (76) | 2.756 2.756  10 | |||
| 43. South Carolina St (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.676 (81) | 2.752 2.752  | |||
| 44. Yale (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.424 (83) | 2.642 2.642  2 | |||
| 45. Texas St-San Marcos (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.182 (61) | 2.618 2.618  5 | |||
| 46. Coastal Carolina (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.144 (65) | 2.555 2.555  1 | |||
| 47. Sacramento St (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.955 (28) | 2.549 2.549  6 | |||
| 48. Gardner-Webb (5 - 4) Schedule: 1.954 (73) | 2.546 2.546  3 | |||
| 49. Albany NY (6 - 3) Schedule: 1.92 (75) | 2.526 2.526  5 | |||
| 50. Southern Utah (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.377 (16) | 2.525 2.525  5 | |||
| 51. Portland St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.987 (26) | 2.523 2.523  2 | |||
| 52. Samford (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.1 (67) | 2.456 2.456  6 | |||
| 53. Eastern Kentucky (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.197 (58) | 2.449 2.449  3 | |||
| 54. Lehigh (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.099 (68) | 2.431 2.431  5 | |||
| 55. Hofstra (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.366 (17) | 2.355 2.355  5 | |||
| 56. Eastern Illinois (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.734 (42) | 2.349 2.349  8 | |||
| 57. Missouri St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.211 (20) | 2.34 2.34  18 | |||
| 58. Morgan St (6 - 3) Schedule: 0.955 (93) | 2.271 2.271  5 | |||
| 59. Bethune-Cookman (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.517 (106) | 2.246 2.246  4 | |||
| 60. Nicholls St (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.421 (15) | 2.193 2.193  19 | |||
| 61. Northern Colorado (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.578 (9) | 2.182 2.182  13 | |||
| 62. The Citadel (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.814 (36) | 2.104 2.104  6 | |||
| 63. Florida A&M (6 - 3) Schedule: 0.996 (91) | 2.043 2.043  3 | |||
| 64. Rhode Island (2 - 8) Schedule: 3.59 (8) | 2.001 2.001  7 | |||
| 65. SE Louisiana St (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.69 (43) | 1.988 1.988  4 | |||
| 66. Fordham (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.965 (72) | 1.937 1.937  4 | |||
| 67. Stephen F. Austin (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.259 (57) | 1.899 1.899  1 | |||
| 68. Illinois St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.376 (53) | 1.894 1.894  7 | |||
| 69. Charleston Southern (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.279 (56) | 1.83 1.83  5 | |||
| 70. Princeton (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.448 (49) | 1.798 1.798  11 | |||
| 71. San Diego (6 - 2) Schedule: -0.64 (120) | 1.782 1.782  9 | |||
| 72. Western Carolina (3 - 7) Schedule: 2.658 (44) | 1.726 1.726  10 | |||
| 73. VMI (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.945 (74) | 1.713 1.713  8 | |||
| 74. Prairie View A&M (7 - 1) Schedule: -0.663 (122) | 1.66 1.66  2 | |||
| 75. Dayton (8 - 1) Schedule: -0.662 (121) | 1.632 1.632  9 | |||
| 76. Jacksonville FL (6 - 3) Schedule: -0.056 (114) | 1.609 1.609  12 | |||
| 77. Youngstown St (2 - 8) Schedule: 2.986 (27) | 1.588 1.588  1 | |||
| 78. Stony Brook (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.897 (32) | 1.566 1.566  | |||
| 79. Monmouth NJ (5 - 4) Schedule: 1.153 (88) | 1.561 1.561  10 | |||
| 80. South Dakota (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.747 (100) | 1.559 1.559  7 | |||
| 81. Cornell NY (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.557 (46) | 1.487 1.487  1 | |||
| 82. Sacred Heart (8 - 1) Schedule: -0.631 (119) | 1.462 1.462  3 | |||
| 83. Hampton (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.778 (99) | 1.372 1.372  16 | |||
| 84. Towson (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.5 (13) | 1.335 1.335  1 | |||
| 85. Southern U. (5 - 4) Schedule: 0.832 (98) | 1.326 1.326  14 | |||
| 86. Central Conn St (5 - 4) Schedule: 0.921 (95) | 1.318 1.318  9 | |||
| 87. Murray St (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.169 (63) | 1.254 1.254  14 | |||
| 88. Norfolk St (3 - 6) Schedule: 1.778 (80) | 1.157 1.157  2 | |||
| 89. SE Missouri St (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.322 (54) | 1.08 1.08  3 | |||
| 90. Presbyterian (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.149 (64) | 0.95 0.95  7 | |||
| 91. Delaware St (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.817 (79) | 0.841 0.841  | |||
| 92. Idaho St (0 - 9) Schedule: 3.527 (11) | 0.748 0.748  3 | |||
| 93. Chattanooga (1 - 8) Schedule: 3.708 (7) | 0.728 0.728  4 | |||
| 94. Robert Morris (4 - 5) Schedule: 0.643 (103) | 0.722 0.722  7 | |||
| 95. Bryant (5 - 4) Schedule: 0.727 (101) | 0.715 0.715  5 | |||
| 96. Columbia (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.016 (71) | 0.713 0.713  4 | |||
| 97. Bucknell (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.296 (85) | 0.63 0.63  1 | |||
| 98. Austin Peay (1 - 8) Schedule: 2.569 (45) | 0.551 0.551  1 | |||
| 99. Tennessee Tech (3 - 7) Schedule: 2.142 (66) | 0.551 0.551  5 | |||
| 100. Jackson St (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.286 (111) | 0.357 0.357  2 | |||
| 101. Butler (6 - 2) Schedule: -1.36 (125) | 0.281 0.281  8 | |||
| 102. Duquesne (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.87 (96) | 0.074 0.074  | |||
| 103. Alabama A&M (4 - 5) Schedule: 1.019 (90) | -0.093 -0.093  4 | |||
| 104. Dartmouth (0 - 7) Schedule: 3.025 (25) | -0.108 -0.108  2 | |||
| 105. Marist (3 - 6) Schedule: 0.639 (104) | -0.124 -0.124  1 | |||
| 106. Alabama St (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.169 (87) | -0.258 -0.258  2 | |||
| 107. Alcorn St (2 - 8) Schedule: 0.985 (92) | -0.303 -0.303  4 | |||
| 108. Georgetown DC (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.477 (47) | -0.33 -0.33  3 | |||
| 109. North Carolina Central (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.034 (89) | -0.396 -0.396  | |||
| 110. Morehead St (4 - 5) Schedule: -0.266 (115) | -0.438 -0.438  2 | |||
| 111. Indiana St (0 - 9) Schedule: 3.03 (24) | -0.516 -0.516  | |||
| 112. Texas Southern (4 - 5) Schedule: 0.296 (110) | -0.637 -0.637  2 | |||
| 113. Winston-Salem St (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.949 (94) | -0.719 -0.719  4 | |||
| 114. Drake (4 - 4) Schedule: -0.408 (116) | -0.84 -0.84  1 | |||
| 115. North Carolina A&T (3 - 7) Schedule: 0.434 (108) | -0.852 -0.852  | |||
| 116. Davidson (3 - 5) Schedule: -0.619 (118) | -0.957 -0.957  2 | |||
| 117. Savannah St (4 - 5) Schedule: -0.587 (117) | -1.058 -1.058  2 | |||
| 118. Wagner (3 - 6) Schedule: 0.116 (112) | -1.165 -1.165  2 | |||
| 119. Howard (1 - 7) Schedule: 0.486 (107) | -1.185 -1.185  5 | |||
| 120. Iona (3 - 6) Schedule: 0.53 (105) | -1.238 -1.238  | |||
| 121. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 8) Schedule: 0.419 (109) | -1.701 -1.701  | |||
| 122. Mississippi Valley St (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.029 (113) | -1.801 -1.801  | |||
| 123. St Francis PA (0 - 8) Schedule: 0.701 (102) | -2.043 -2.043  | |||
| 124. Valparaiso (2 - 6) Schedule: -0.715 (123) | -2.7 -2.7  | |||
| 125. Campbell (1 - 8) Schedule: -0.853 (124) | -3.722 -3.722  |