Week 8
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Appalachian St (7 - 0) Schedule: 1.528 (57) | 4.457 4.457  1 | |||
| 2. Delaware (7 - 1) Schedule: 1.893 (47) | 4.407 4.407  1 | |||
| 3. Villanova (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.252 (31) | 4.286 4.286  | |||
| 4. Stephen F. Austin (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.59 (16) | 4.162 4.162  | |||
| 5. New Hampshire (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.409 (23) | 4.055 4.055  3 | |||
| 6. William & Mary (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.337 (27) | 3.86 3.86  3 | |||
| 7. Wofford (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.928 (46) | 3.633 3.633  | |||
| 8. Chattanooga (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.392 (24) | 3.583 3.583  6 | |||
| 9. Jacksonville St (8 - 0) Schedule: 1.704 (53) | 3.582 3.582  6 | |||
| 10. Western Illinois (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.124 (38) | 3.558 3.558  5 | |||
| 11. Northern Arizona (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.326 (28) | 3.49 3.49  5 | |||
| 12. Northern Iowa (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.988 (6) | 3.356 3.356  9 | |||
| 13. Georgia Southern (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.938 (44) | 3.317 3.317  3 | |||
| 14. James Madison (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.958 (8) | 3.311 3.311  2 | |||
| 15. Montana St (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.936 (45) | 3.213 3.213  4 | |||
| 16. Sam Houston St (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.178 (35) | 3.077 3.077  6 | |||
| 17. Montana (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.665 (56) | 3.074 3.074  | |||
| 18. Eastern Washington (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.96 (7) | 3.063 3.063  1 | |||
| 19. North Dakota St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.191 (34) | 2.988 2.988  2 | |||
| 20. Furman (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.104 (39) | 2.988 2.988  6 | |||
| 21. Sacramento St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.813 (9) | 2.902 2.902  1 | |||
| 22. Southern Utah (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.143 (37) | 2.895 2.895  2 | |||
| 23. SE Missouri St (7 - 1) Schedule: 1.475 (59) | 2.88 2.88  7 | |||
| 24. South Dakota St (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.495 (1) | 2.844 2.844  1 | |||
| 25. Bethune-Cookman (7 - 0) Schedule: -0.751 (122) | 2.755 2.755  2 | |||
| 26. Liberty (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.801 (74) | 2.722 2.722  | |||
| 27. Cal Poly SLO (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.502 (19) | 2.684 2.684  1 | |||
| 28. Missouri St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.654 (12) | 2.65 2.65  3 | |||
| 29. Massachusetts (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.228 (33) | 2.586 2.586  7 | |||
| 30. McNeese St (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.424 (2) | 2.41 2.41  4 | |||
| 31. Portland St (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.183 (3) | 2.362 2.362  4 | |||
| 32. North Dakota (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.649 (13) | 2.352 2.352  4 | |||
| 33. Robert Morris (6 - 1) Schedule: 0.531 (84) | 2.293 2.293  4 | |||
| 34. Richmond (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.506 (18) | 2.23 2.23  12 | |||
| 35. Grambling St (6 - 1) Schedule: 0.77 (76) | 2.221 2.221  3 | |||
| 36. Youngstown St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.282 (29) | 2.217 2.217  1 | |||
| 37. Elon (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.638 (15) | 2.185 2.185  6 | |||
| 38. Tennessee Tech (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.972 (43) | 2.181 2.181  11 | |||
| 39. Old Dominion (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.401 (63) | 2.136 2.136  3 | |||
| 40. Indiana St (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.757 (50) | 2.096 2.096  11 | |||
| 41. Samford (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.547 (17) | 2.081 2.081  | |||
| 42. South Dakota (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.704 (10) | 2.031 2.031  9 | |||
| 43. Murray St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.158 (36) | 2.029 2.029  8 | |||
| 44. Jacksonville FL (7 - 1) Schedule: 0.041 (102) | 2.025 2.025  4 | |||
| 45. Central Arkansas (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.415 (62) | 2.02 2.02  9 | |||
| 46. Southern Illinois (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.23 (32) | 1.995 1.995  2 | |||
| 47. Weber St (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.064 (41) | 1.911 1.911  1 | |||
| 48. UC-Davis (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.455 (20) | 1.866 1.866  9 | |||
| 49. Illinois St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.999 (5) | 1.793 1.793  11 | |||
| 50. South Carolina St (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.539 (83) | 1.759 1.759  5 | |||
| 51. Texas Southern (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.205 (66) | 1.684 1.684  1 | |||
| 52. Jackson St (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.407 (87) | 1.668 1.668  5 | |||
| 53. Maine (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.007 (4) | 1.643 1.643  4 | |||
| 54. Pennsylvania (5 - 1) Schedule: 0.353 (89) | 1.617 1.617  2 | |||
| 55. SE Louisiana St (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.705 (52) | 1.413 1.413  3 | |||
| 56. Central Conn St (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.9 (71) | 1.331 1.331  12 | |||
| 57. Northern Colorado (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.431 (21) | 1.329 1.329  4 | |||
| 58. Monmouth NJ (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.917 (70) | 1.288 1.288  2 | |||
| 59. Eastern Kentucky (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.834 (48) | 1.283 1.283  4 | |||
| 60. Dayton (7 - 1) Schedule: -0.899 (123) | 1.267 1.267  2 | |||
| 61. Prairie View A&M (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.287 (94) | 1.181 1.181  1 | |||
| 62. Lehigh (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.77 (75) | 1.147 1.147  5 | |||
| 63. Tennessee-Martin (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.68 (54) | 1.124 1.124  13 | |||
| 64. Rhode Island (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.354 (26) | 1.092 1.092  1 | |||
| 65. Colgate (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.46 (86) | 1.041 1.041  12 | |||
| 66. Tennessee St (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.198 (67) | 1.024 1.024  | |||
| 67. Alcorn St (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.869 (72) | 1.022 1.022  12 | |||
| 68. Harvard (4 - 2) Schedule: -0.579 (118) | 0.965 0.965  6 | |||
| 69. Northwestern St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.097 (40) | 0.925 0.925  18 | |||
| 70. Austin Peay (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.425 (22) | 0.906 0.906  | |||
| 71. Stony Brook (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.738 (78) | 0.9 0.9  10 | |||
| 72. Albany NY (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.316 (64) | 0.832 0.832  1 | |||
| 73. Western Carolina (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.639 (14) | 0.726 0.726  4 | |||
| 74. Brown (4 - 2) Schedule: -0.202 (108) | 0.68 0.68  3 | |||
| 75. Lamar (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.668 (55) | 0.661 0.661  4 | |||
| 76. Dartmouth (4 - 2) Schedule: -0.204 (109) | 0.607 0.607  12 | |||
| 77. Texas St-San Marcos (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.468 (60) | 0.59 0.59  18 | |||
| 78. Coastal Carolina (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.259 (65) | 0.559 0.559  3 | |||
| 79. Duquesne (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.699 (80) | 0.54 0.54  5 | |||
| 80. Florida A&M (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.382 (88) | 0.467 0.467  2 | |||
| 81. Yale (4 - 2) Schedule: -0.049 (104) | 0.462 0.462  3 | |||
| 82. Hampton (5 - 2) Schedule: -0.302 (113) | 0.435 0.435  1 | |||
| 83. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.348 (90) | 0.42 0.42  7 | |||
| 84. Charleston Southern (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.975 (42) | 0.398 0.398  20 | |||
| 85. The Citadel (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.265 (30) | 0.392 0.392  5 | |||
| 86. Alabama St (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.292 (93) | 0.355 0.355  3 | |||
| 87. Columbia (3 - 3) Schedule: -0.132 (106) | 0.25 0.25  8 | |||
| 88. Drake (5 - 3) Schedule: -0.47 (117) | 0.248 0.248  3 | |||
| 89. Gardner-Webb (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.614 (82) | 0.217 0.217  17 | |||
| 90. VMI (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.036 (68) | 0.206 0.206  13 | |||
| 91. Bryant (4 - 3) Schedule: -0.393 (116) | -0.013 -0.013  6 | |||
| 92. Towson (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.363 (25) | -0.071 -0.071  6 | |||
| 93. Fordham (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.147 (97) | -0.071 -0.071  1 | |||
| 94. Eastern Illinois (0 - 8) Schedule: 2.674 (11) | -0.088 -0.088  6 | |||
| 95. Morgan St (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.203 (96) | -0.099 -0.099  1 | |||
| 96. Norfolk St (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.832 (73) | -0.202 -0.202  2 | |||
| 97. San Diego (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.326 (92) | -0.221 -0.221  2 | |||
| 98. Alabama A&M (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.348 (91) | -0.252 -0.252  | |||
| 99. Wagner (4 - 3) Schedule: -0.291 (112) | -0.254 -0.254  6 | |||
| 100. Holy Cross (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.233 (95) | -0.275 -0.275  2 | |||
| 101. North Carolina Central (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.624 (81) | -0.297 -0.297  | |||
| 102. Nicholls St (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.817 (49) | -0.308 -0.308  17 | |||
| 103. Idaho St (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.439 (61) | -0.45 -0.45  4 | |||
| 104. Sacred Heart (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.132 (98) | -0.921 -0.921  5 | |||
| 105. Morehead St (3 - 4) Schedule: -0.151 (107) | -1.004 -1.004  | |||
| 106. Presbyterian (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.484 (58) | -1.023 -1.023  10 | |||
| 107. Georgetown DC (3 - 5) Schedule: -0.721 (120) | -1.126 -1.126  3 | |||
| 108. Lafayette (1 - 6) Schedule: 0.114 (100) | -1.134 -1.134  1 | |||
| 109. Campbell (2 - 5) Schedule: -0.321 (115) | -1.158 -1.158  3 | |||
| 110. St Francis PA (1 - 6) Schedule: 0.708 (79) | -1.218 -1.218  2 | |||
| 111. Marist (2 - 5) Schedule: -0.724 (121) | -1.359 -1.359  1 | |||
| 112. Southern U. (2 - 5) Schedule: -0.028 (103) | -1.392 -1.392  1 | |||
| 113. Delaware St (1 - 6) Schedule: 0.125 (99) | -1.516 -1.516  | |||
| 114. Butler (3 - 5) Schedule: -0.615 (119) | -1.616 -1.616  2 | |||
| 115. Princeton (1 - 5) Schedule: 0.492 (85) | -1.737 -1.737  | |||
| 116. North Carolina A&T (1 - 7) Schedule: -0.311 (114) | -1.848 -1.848  2 | |||
| 117. Savannah St (0 - 8) Schedule: 1.736 (51) | -1.855 -1.855  3 | |||
| 118. Cornell NY (1 - 5) Schedule: 0.09 (101) | -2.155 -2.155  1 | |||
| 119. Davidson (2 - 5) Schedule: -0.262 (110) | -2.331 -2.331  2 | |||
| 120. Bucknell (1 - 6) Schedule: -0.104 (105) | -2.354 -2.354  | |||
| 121. Mississippi Valley St (0 - 7) Schedule: 0.973 (69) | -2.629 -2.629  2 | |||
| 122. Howard (1 - 6) Schedule: -0.282 (111) | -2.814 -2.814  1 | |||
| 123. Valparaiso (0 - 8) Schedule: 0.743 (77) | -2.839 -2.839  1 |