Week 8
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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. Georgia Southern (7 - 0) Schedule: 2.373 (51) | 5.583 5.583  | |||
| 2. North Dakota St (7 - 0) Schedule: 2.183 (60) | 5.315 5.315  4 | |||
| 3. Northern Iowa (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.865 (24) | 5.279 5.279  1 | |||
| 4. Wofford (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.45 (7) | 5.201 5.201  1 | |||
| 5. Sam Houston St (7 - 0) Schedule: 1.944 (70) | 5.129 5.129  | |||
| 6. Harvard (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.419 (50) | 4.726 4.726  2 | |||
| 7. Lehigh (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.994 (66) | 4.528 4.528  1 | |||
| 8. Chattanooga (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.675 (5) | 4.51 4.51  1 | |||
| 9. Maine (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.94 (22) | 4.47 4.47  2 | |||
| 10. Appalachian St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.438 (8) | 4.302 4.302  4 | |||
| 11. Furman (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.338 (11) | 4.104 4.104  2 | |||
| 12. Towson (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.361 (54) | 3.942 3.942  | |||
| 13. Brown (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.634 (35) | 3.854 3.854  6 | |||
| 14. Indiana St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.237 (13) | 3.82 3.82  3 | |||
| 15. Illinois St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.545 (41) | 3.784 3.784  5 | |||
| 16. James Madison (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.775 (30) | 3.679 3.679  1 | |||
| 17. Montana St (7 - 1) Schedule: 1.834 (72) | 3.63 3.63  7 | |||
| 18. Old Dominion (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.976 (68) | 3.613 3.613  7 | |||
| 19. Liberty (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.818 (73) | 3.594 3.594  1 | |||
| 20. Northwestern St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.019 (19) | 3.539 3.539  3 | |||
| 21. Southern Utah (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.463 (46) | 3.533 3.533  | |||
| 22. New Hampshire (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.169 (15) | 3.472 3.472  1 | |||
| 23. Samford (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.029 (18) | 3.385 3.385  7 | |||
| 24. The Citadel (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.35 (10) | 3.365 3.365  14 | |||
| 25. Eastern Kentucky (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.457 (47) | 3.341 3.341  6 | |||
| 26. Holy Cross (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.842 (25) | 3.327 3.327  2 | |||
| 27. Montana (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.272 (56) | 3.132 3.132  1 | |||
| 28. Weber St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.464 (45) | 3.119 3.119  6 | |||
| 29. South Dakota (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.003 (20) | 3.116 3.116  | |||
| 30. Cal Poly SLO (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.969 (21) | 3.031 3.031  | |||
| 31. Georgetown DC (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.19 (93) | 3.03 3.03  15 | |||
| 32. Massachusetts (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.725 (33) | 2.922 2.922  4 | |||
| 33. Eastern Washington (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.812 (28) | 2.865 2.865  8 | |||
| 34. Jacksonville St (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.369 (52) | 2.84 2.84  1 | |||
| 35. Central Arkansas (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.613 (39) | 2.828 2.828  4 | |||
| 36. Youngstown St (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.173 (62) | 2.803 2.803  4 | |||
| 37. Albany NY (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.94 (101) | 2.773 2.773  11 | |||
| 38. Delaware (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.501 (43) | 2.72 2.72  3 | |||
| 39. Stony Brook (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.711 (77) | 2.707 2.707  14 | |||
| 40. Stephen F. Austin (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.406 (9) | 2.687 2.687  9 | |||
| 41. Texas St-San Marcos (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.246 (57) | 2.675 2.675  15 | |||
| 42. Tennessee-Martin (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.364 (90) | 2.625 2.625  1 | |||
| 43. North Dakota (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.604 (80) | 2.58 2.58  6 | |||
| 44. Southern Illinois (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.186 (14) | 2.57 2.57  17 | |||
| 45. Coastal Carolina (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.164 (63) | 2.561 2.561  18 | |||
| 46. Murray St (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.639 (79) | 2.527 2.527  12 | |||
| 47. Yale (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.311 (55) | 2.521 2.521  15 | |||
| 48. Sacramento St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.819 (27) | 2.464 2.464  4 | |||
| 49. Richmond (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.527 (42) | 2.455 2.455  6 | |||
| 50. Rhode Island (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.245 (12) | 2.439 2.439  13 | |||
| 51. Norfolk St (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.132 (97) | 2.414 2.414  17 | |||
| 52. McNeese St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.838 (26) | 2.409 2.409  10 | |||
| 53. Bucknell (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.55 (40) | 2.372 2.372  7 | |||
| 54. Missouri St (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.617 (1) | 2.355 2.355  15 | |||
| 55. Lafayette (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.725 (32) | 2.351 2.351  7 | |||
| 56. Portland St (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.805 (74) | 2.324 2.324  5 | |||
| 57. South Alabama (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.965 (69) | 2.269 2.269  12 | |||
| 58. Jacksonville FL (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.909 (103) | 2.262 2.262  7 | |||
| 59. UC-Davis (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.16 (16) | 2.247 2.247  12 | |||
| 60. Presbyterian (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.659 (6) | 2.201 2.201  4 | |||
| 61. South Dakota St (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.142 (2) | 2.149 2.149  7 | |||
| 62. Alabama St (6 - 1) Schedule: 0.253 (115) | 2.11 2.11  8 | |||
| 63. North Carolina A&T (3 - 3) Schedule: 1.681 (78) | 2.105 2.105  11 | |||
| 64. Western Illinois (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.948 (3) | 2.088 2.088  14 | |||
| 65. Bethune-Cookman (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.909 (71) | 2.087 2.087  9 | |||
| 66. William & Mary (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.436 (49) | 2.086 2.086  10 | |||
| 67. Cornell NY (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.438 (48) | 2.047 2.047  10 | |||
| 68. Elon (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.802 (29) | 2.002 2.002  9 | |||
| 69. Northern Arizona (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.173 (61) | 1.811 1.811  3 | |||
| 70. Duquesne (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.478 (112) | 1.712 1.712  2 | |||
| 71. Tennessee Tech (4 - 2) Schedule: 1.168 (95) | 1.686 1.686  5 | |||
| 72. South Carolina St (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.497 (86) | 1.647 1.647  4 | |||
| 73. Monmouth NJ (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.311 (91) | 1.575 1.575  2 | |||
| 74. Tennessee St (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.803 (75) | 1.567 1.567  6 | |||
| 75. Colgate (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.195 (58) | 1.549 1.549  4 | |||
| 76. Bryant (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.621 (110) | 1.546 1.546  3 | |||
| 77. Hampton (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.457 (88) | 1.534 1.534  | |||
| 78. Jackson St (6 - 1) Schedule: -0.304 (123) | 1.523 1.523  5 | |||
| 79. Florida A&M (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.764 (107) | 1.418 1.418  6 | |||
| 80. Morgan St (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.521 (85) | 1.283 1.283  2 | |||
| 81. Drake (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.121 (117) | 1.184 1.184  3 | |||
| 82. Dayton (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.243 (116) | 1.164 1.164  2 | |||
| 83. San Diego (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.114 (118) | 1.132 1.132  16 | |||
| 84. Texas-San Antonio (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.734 (76) | 1.108 1.108  3 | |||
| 85. Western Carolina (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.695 (4) | 1.071 1.071  12 | |||
| 86. Eastern Illinois (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.622 (37) | 1.001 1.001  3 | |||
| 87. Dartmouth (2 - 4) Schedule: 1.133 (96) | 0.999 0.999  3 | |||
| 88. Gardner-Webb (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.92 (23) | 0.965 0.965  5 | |||
| 89. Robert Morris (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.561 (83) | 0.945 0.945  3 | |||
| 90. Georgia St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.483 (44) | 0.938 0.938  7 | |||
| 91. SE Louisiana St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.149 (64) | 0.928 0.928  4 | |||
| 92. Pennsylvania (4 - 2) Schedule: 0.826 (104) | 0.912 0.912  7 | |||
| 93. Howard (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.572 (82) | 0.875 0.875  1 | |||
| 94. Campbell (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.642 (109) | 0.765 0.765  9 | |||
| 95. Austin Peay (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.638 (34) | 0.581 0.581  3 | |||
| 96. Princeton (1 - 5) Schedule: 2.615 (38) | 0.56 0.56  6 | |||
| 97. Villanova (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.131 (17) | 0.546 0.546  6 | |||
| 98. Marist (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.18 (94) | 0.467 0.467  12 | |||
| 99. Idaho St (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.979 (67) | 0.369 0.369  1 | |||
| 100. Nicholls St (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.762 (31) | 0.292 0.292  13 | |||
| 101. Alabama A&M (5 - 2) Schedule: -0.507 (124) | 0.268 0.268  1 | |||
| 102. Butler (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.111 (119) | 0.256 0.256  14 | |||
| 103. Central Conn St (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.477 (87) | 0.243 0.243  7 | |||
| 104. SE Missouri St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.188 (59) | 0.133 0.133  7 | |||
| 105. Lamar (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.931 (102) | -0.021 -0.021  4 | |||
| 106. Fordham (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.117 (65) | -0.135 -0.135  2 | |||
| 107. Charleston Southern (0 - 7) Schedule: 2.626 (36) | -0.159 -0.159  3 | |||
| 108. North Carolina Central (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.064 (99) | -0.16 -0.16  1 | |||
| 109. Southern U. (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.32 (114) | -0.167 -0.167  5 | |||
| 110. Sacred Heart (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.356 (113) | -0.182 -0.182  3 | |||
| 111. Morehead St (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.485 (111) | -0.196 -0.196  6 | |||
| 112. Davidson (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.083 (98) | -0.225 -0.225  6 | |||
| 113. Alcorn St (2 - 4) Schedule: -0.654 (125) | -0.293 -0.293  6 | |||
| 114. Prairie View A&M (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.109 (120) | -0.308 -0.308  2 | |||
| 115. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (4 - 3) Schedule: -0.069 (122) | -0.318 -0.318  | |||
| 116. Wagner (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.432 (89) | -0.395 -0.395  4 | |||
| 117. Grambling St (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.033 (121) | -0.398 -0.398  4 | |||
| 118. Texas Southern (3 - 4) Schedule: -0.737 (126) | -0.638 -0.638  3 | |||
| 119. Northern Colorado (0 - 8) Schedule: 2.365 (53) | -0.647 -0.647  1 | |||
| 120. St Francis PA (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.597 (81) | -1.01 -1.01  2 | |||
| 121. Delaware St (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.049 (100) | -1.021 -1.021  3 | |||
| 122. VMI (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.533 (84) | -1.07 -1.07  5 | |||
| 123. Columbia (0 - 6) Schedule: 0.821 (105) | -1.326 -1.326  | |||
| 124. Savannah St (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.295 (92) | -1.381 -1.381  | |||
| 125. Mississippi Valley St (0 - 8) Schedule: 0.658 (108) | -1.914 -1.914  | |||
| 126. Valparaiso (0 - 7) Schedule: 0.785 (106) | -2.865 -2.865  |