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. North Dakota St (8 - 0) Schedule: 2.746 (31) | 5.639 5.639  1 | |||
| 2. Northern Iowa (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.376 (10) | 5.336 5.336  1 | |||
| 3. Georgia Southern (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.578 (38) | 5.256 5.256  2 | |||
| 4. Wofford (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.225 (14) | 5.075 5.075  | |||
| 5. Sam Houston St (8 - 0) Schedule: 1.667 (78) | 4.917 4.917  | |||
| 6. Harvard (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.191 (62) | 4.693 4.693  | |||
| 7. Lehigh (7 - 1) Schedule: 1.816 (72) | 4.446 4.446  | |||
| 8. Appalachian St (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.543 (7) | 4.439 4.439  2 | |||
| 9. Maine (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.624 (36) | 4.315 4.315  | |||
| 10. Furman (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.293 (12) | 4.236 4.236  1 | |||
| 11. Chattanooga (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.706 (4) | 4.2 4.2  3 | |||
| 12. Illinois St (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.754 (29) | 4.036 4.036  3 | |||
| 13. Indiana St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.413 (8) | 3.991 3.991  1 | |||
| 14. Southern Utah (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.469 (44) | 3.824 3.824  7 | |||
| 15. Montana St (8 - 1) Schedule: 1.804 (73) | 3.808 3.808  2 | |||
| 16. Brown (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.4 (50) | 3.748 3.748  3 | |||
| 17. Old Dominion (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.191 (63) | 3.72 3.72  1 | |||
| 18. Northwestern St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.806 (26) | 3.638 3.638  2 | |||
| 19. Montana (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.453 (45) | 3.625 3.625  8 | |||
| 20. Towson (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.285 (60) | 3.504 3.504  8 | |||
| 21. James Madison (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.772 (28) | 3.482 3.482  5 | |||
| 22. Samford (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.71 (32) | 3.468 3.468  1 | |||
| 23. Eastern Kentucky (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.448 (46) | 3.39 3.39  2 | |||
| 24. New Hampshire (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.009 (19) | 3.386 3.386  2 | |||
| 25. Massachusetts (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.655 (35) | 3.36 3.36  7 | |||
| 26. Liberty (6 - 3) Schedule: 1.636 (80) | 3.329 3.329  7 | |||
| 27. Youngstown St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.313 (59) | 3.325 3.325  9 | |||
| 28. Georgetown DC (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.324 (94) | 3.324 3.324  3 | |||
| 29. Cal Poly SLO (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.095 (17) | 3.23 3.23  1 | |||
| 30. The Citadel (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.752 (30) | 3.226 3.226  6 | |||
| 31. South Dakota (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.055 (18) | 3.085 3.085  2 | |||
| 32. Albany NY (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.855 (106) | 2.998 2.998  5 | |||
| 33. Holy Cross (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.983 (21) | 2.995 2.995  7 | |||
| 34. Stony Brook (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.622 (83) | 2.954 2.954  5 | |||
| 35. Stephen F. Austin (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.212 (15) | 2.953 2.953  5 | |||
| 36. Central Arkansas (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.402 (49) | 2.943 2.943  1 | |||
| 37. Portland St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.116 (67) | 2.938 2.938  19 | |||
| 38. Delaware (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.583 (37) | 2.929 2.929  | |||
| 39. Bucknell (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.546 (40) | 2.873 2.873  14 | |||
| 40. Weber St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.699 (33) | 2.812 2.812  12 | |||
| 41. Eastern Washington (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.935 (22) | 2.653 2.653  8 | |||
| 42. Southern Illinois (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.387 (9) | 2.642 2.642  2 | |||
| 43. South Alabama (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.889 (70) | 2.611 2.611  14 | |||
| 44. Murray St (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.964 (69) | 2.573 2.573  2 | |||
| 45. Tennessee-Martin (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.33 (93) | 2.557 2.557  3 | |||
| 46. South Dakota St (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.155 (2) | 2.538 2.538  15 | |||
| 47. Norfolk St (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.297 (95) | 2.518 2.518  4 | |||
| 48. Jacksonville St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.317 (58) | 2.495 2.495  14 | |||
| 49. North Dakota (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.426 (86) | 2.448 2.448  6 | |||
| 50. Rhode Island (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.261 (13) | 2.438 2.438  | |||
| 51. Texas St-San Marcos (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.342 (57) | 2.382 2.382  10 | |||
| 52. Cornell NY (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.144 (66) | 2.357 2.357  15 | |||
| 53. Sacramento St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.812 (23) | 2.329 2.329  5 | |||
| 54. Duquesne (7 - 2) Schedule: 0.702 (108) | 2.28 2.28  16 | |||
| 55. Jacksonville FL (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.923 (105) | 2.276 2.276  3 | |||
| 56. Bethune-Cookman (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.55 (84) | 2.247 2.247  9 | |||
| 57. Yale (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.877 (71) | 2.246 2.246  10 | |||
| 58. Northern Arizona (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.391 (52) | 2.243 2.243  11 | |||
| 59. Missouri St (1 - 8) Schedule: 4.406 (1) | 2.233 2.233  5 | |||
| 60. Tennessee Tech (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.507 (85) | 2.217 2.217  11 | |||
| 61. Presbyterian (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.555 (6) | 2.15 2.15  1 | |||
| 62. Coastal Carolina (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.187 (65) | 2.078 2.078  17 | |||
| 63. UC-Davis (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.32 (11) | 2.061 2.061  4 | |||
| 64. McNeese St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.797 (27) | 2.055 2.055  12 | |||
| 65. William & Mary (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.4 (51) | 2.051 2.051  1 | |||
| 66. Elon (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.002 (20) | 2.007 2.007  2 | |||
| 67. South Carolina St (5 - 4) Schedule: 1.374 (91) | 1.988 1.988  5 | |||
| 68. Richmond (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.552 (39) | 1.954 1.954  20 | |||
| 69. North Carolina A&T (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.696 (76) | 1.954 1.954  5 | |||
| 70. Lafayette (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.811 (24) | 1.941 1.941  15 | |||
| 71. Western Illinois (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.936 (3) | 1.847 1.847  7 | |||
| 72. Alabama St (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.286 (115) | 1.784 1.784  10 | |||
| 73. Jackson St (7 - 1) Schedule: -0.331 (124) | 1.773 1.773  5 | |||
| 74. Tennessee St (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.996 (68) | 1.754 1.754  | |||
| 75. Hampton (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.13 (100) | 1.691 1.691  2 | |||
| 76. Bryant (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.603 (110) | 1.528 1.528  | |||
| 77. Colgate (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.39 (53) | 1.445 1.445  2 | |||
| 78. Drake (7 - 2) Schedule: 0.208 (119) | 1.421 1.421  3 | |||
| 79. Florida A&M (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.734 (107) | 1.386 1.386  | |||
| 80. Eastern Illinois (2 - 7) Schedule: 2.508 (41) | 1.333 1.333  6 | |||
| 81. Dayton (6 - 3) Schedule: 0.029 (120) | 1.329 1.329  1 | |||
| 82. San Diego (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.267 (117) | 1.28 1.28  1 | |||
| 83. Texas-San Antonio (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.738 (75) | 1.276 1.276  1 | |||
| 84. Morgan St (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.945 (104) | 1.211 1.211  4 | |||
| 85. Monmouth NJ (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.379 (90) | 1.067 1.067  12 | |||
| 86. Dartmouth (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.671 (77) | 1.031 1.031  1 | |||
| 87. Pennsylvania (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.191 (98) | 0.967 0.967  5 | |||
| 88. Georgia St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.376 (54) | 0.943 0.943  2 | |||
| 89. Gardner-Webb (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.414 (47) | 0.889 0.889  1 | |||
| 90. Western Carolina (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.625 (5) | 0.888 0.888  5 | |||
| 91. Campbell (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.564 (111) | 0.862 0.862  3 | |||
| 92. SE Louisiana St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.19 (64) | 0.722 0.722  1 | |||
| 93. Alabama A&M (6 - 2) Schedule: -0.11 (123) | 0.698 0.698  8 | |||
| 94. Idaho St (2 - 7) Schedule: 2.411 (48) | 0.572 0.572  5 | |||
| 95. Robert Morris (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.414 (87) | 0.543 0.543  6 | |||
| 96. Howard (4 - 5) Schedule: 1.638 (79) | 0.538 0.538  3 | |||
| 97. Villanova (1 - 8) Schedule: 3.124 (16) | 0.509 0.509  | |||
| 98. Marist (3 - 6) Schedule: 1.393 (88) | 0.487 0.487  | |||
| 99. SE Missouri St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.368 (56) | 0.447 0.447  5 | |||
| 100. Princeton (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.697 (34) | 0.393 0.393  4 | |||
| 101. Butler (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.247 (118) | 0.392 0.392  1 | |||
| 102. Austin Peay (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.476 (43) | 0.375 0.375  7 | |||
| 103. Nicholls St (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.809 (25) | 0.34 0.34  3 | |||
| 104. Sacred Heart (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.413 (113) | 0.279 0.279  6 | |||
| 105. Southern U. (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.278 (116) | 0.177 0.177  4 | |||
| 106. Lamar (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.38 (89) | 0.091 0.091  1 | |||
| 107. Central Conn St (2 - 7) Schedule: 1.366 (92) | 0.006 0.006  4 | |||
| 108. Morehead St (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.684 (109) | 0.003 0.003  3 | |||
| 109. Charleston Southern (0 - 8) Schedule: 2.482 (42) | -0.149 -0.149  2 | |||
| 110. Fordham (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.228 (61) | -0.207 -0.207  4 | |||
| 111. Davidson (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.112 (101) | -0.223 -0.223  1 | |||
| 112. Grambling St (4 - 4) Schedule: -0.077 (121) | -0.242 -0.242  5 | |||
| 113. North Carolina Central (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.28 (96) | -0.333 -0.333  5 | |||
| 114. Wagner (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.753 (74) | -0.39 -0.39  2 | |||
| 115. St Francis PA (2 - 7) Schedule: 1.632 (82) | -0.427 -0.427  5 | |||
| 116. Northern Colorado (0 - 9) Schedule: 2.37 (55) | -0.455 -0.455  3 | |||
| 117. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (4 - 4) Schedule: -0.089 (122) | -0.519 -0.519  2 | |||
| 118. Prairie View A&M (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.337 (114) | -0.53 -0.53  4 | |||
| 119. Alcorn St (2 - 5) Schedule: -0.587 (125) | -0.651 -0.651  6 | |||
| 120. Texas Southern (3 - 5) Schedule: -0.85 (126) | -0.841 -0.841  2 | |||
| 121. Columbia (0 - 7) Schedule: 1.101 (102) | -0.93 -0.93  2 | |||
| 122. VMI (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.634 (81) | -1.101 -1.101  | |||
| 123. Delaware St (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.136 (99) | -1.156 -1.156  2 | |||
| 124. Savannah St (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.248 (97) | -1.593 -1.593  | |||
| 125. Mississippi Valley St (1 - 8) Schedule: 0.527 (112) | -1.685 -1.685  | |||
| 126. Valparaiso (0 - 8) Schedule: 1.07 (103) | -2.667 -2.667  |