Week 9
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. North Dakota St (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.715 (46) | 5.316 5.316  | |||
| 2. Georgia Southern (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.752 (40) | 4.982 4.982  1 | |||
| 3. Indiana St (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.962 (30) | 4.917 4.917  1 | |||
| 4. Montana St (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.914 (31) | 4.888 4.888  2 | |||
| 5. Cal Poly SLO (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.625 (50) | 4.817 4.817  3 | |||
| 6. Eastern Washington (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.24 (21) | 4.541 4.541  1 | |||
| 7. Sam Houston St (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.221 (58) | 4.376 4.376  4 | |||
| 8. South Dakota St (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.251 (19) | 4.349 4.349  | |||
| 9. Central Arkansas (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.681 (48) | 4.281 4.281  6 | |||
| 10. Harvard (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.576 (87) | 4.252 4.252  1 | |||
| 11. Tennessee St (8 - 1) Schedule: 2.332 (53) | 4.151 4.151  4 | |||
| 12. Southern Illinois (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.792 (7) | 4.126 4.126  7 | |||
| 13. Northern Arizona (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.718 (45) | 4.094 4.094  | |||
| 14. Eastern Illinois (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.303 (18) | 3.991 3.991  18 | |||
| 15. Wofford (7 - 1) Schedule: 1.819 (74) | 3.976 3.976  1 | |||
| 16. Illinois St (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.766 (38) | 3.949 3.949  10 | |||
| 17. Albany NY (7 - 1) Schedule: 1.488 (91) | 3.942 3.942  7 | |||
| 18. Tennessee-Martin (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.899 (32) | 3.855 3.855  3 | |||
| 19. Northern Iowa (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.022 (3) | 3.85 3.85  5 | |||
| 20. Chattanooga (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.354 (17) | 3.847 3.847  | |||
| 21. Stony Brook (8 - 1) Schedule: 1.198 (100) | 3.846 3.846  4 | |||
| 22. Eastern Kentucky (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.785 (36) | 3.749 3.749  10 | |||
| 23. Old Dominion (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.108 (63) | 3.706 3.706  1 | |||
| 24. New Hampshire (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.94 (70) | 3.665 3.665  | |||
| 25. Samford (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.739 (41) | 3.663 3.663  3 | |||
| 26. Bethune-Cookman (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.253 (55) | 3.651 3.651  4 | |||
| 27. Appalachian St (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.141 (25) | 3.604 3.604  4 | |||
| 28. Villanova (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.133 (62) | 3.584 3.584  11 | |||
| 29. Princeton (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.051 (65) | 3.45 3.45  11 | |||
| 30. Southern Utah (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.81 (6) | 3.449 3.449  13 | |||
| 31. Towson (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.514 (10) | 3.429 3.429  8 | |||
| 32. Jacksonville St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.602 (8) | 3.428 3.428  3 | |||
| 33. Stephen F. Austin (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.393 (14) | 3.399 3.399  6 | |||
| 34. Montana (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.725 (44) | 3.379 3.379  3 | |||
| 35. McNeese St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.764 (39) | 3.37 3.37  7 | |||
| 36. Murray St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.482 (13) | 3.368 3.368  | |||
| 37. Richmond (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.199 (60) | 3.359 3.359  8 | |||
| 38. Youngstown St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.491 (11) | 3.351 3.351  7 | |||
| 39. Lehigh (8 - 0) Schedule: 1.298 (98) | 3.309 3.309  5 | |||
| 40. Missouri St (3 - 6) Schedule: 4.317 (2) | 3.272 3.272  5 | |||
| 41. Portland St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.222 (24) | 3.27 3.27  7 | |||
| 42. The Citadel (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.369 (16) | 3.121 3.121  2 | |||
| 43. Delaware (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.959 (69) | 3.099 3.099  5 | |||
| 44. James Madison (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.787 (76) | 2.984 2.984  11 | |||
| 45. North Dakota (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.377 (15) | 2.982 2.982  4 | |||
| 46. Coastal Carolina (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.666 (49) | 2.935 2.935  1 | |||
| 47. Sacramento St (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.818 (35) | 2.918 2.918  8 | |||
| 48. Maine (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.84 (34) | 2.793 2.793  5 | |||
| 49. Colgate (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.505 (89) | 2.627 2.627  3 | |||
| 50. UC-Davis (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.233 (23) | 2.617 2.617  6 | |||
| 51. Furman (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.236 (22) | 2.515 2.515  11 | |||
| 52. Alabama St (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.922 (109) | 2.437 2.437  9 | |||
| 53. South Carolina St (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.883 (33) | 2.369 2.369  5 | |||
| 54. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.141 (102) | 2.356 2.356  5 | |||
| 55. Northwestern St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.362 (52) | 2.291 2.291  4 | |||
| 56. Delaware St (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.973 (66) | 2.221 2.221  | |||
| 57. Drake (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.836 (111) | 2.195 2.195  6 | |||
| 58. Elon (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.735 (42) | 2.175 2.175  12 | |||
| 59. Florida A&M (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.252 (56) | 2.163 2.163  5 | |||
| 60. Fordham (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.963 (67) | 2.157 2.157  1 | |||
| 61. Cornell NY (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.962 (68) | 2.077 2.077  9 | |||
| 62. Weber St (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.319 (1) | 2.03 2.03  6 | |||
| 63. South Dakota (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.914 (5) | 2.008 2.008  2 | |||
| 64. Alabama A&M (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.61 (114) | 1.996 1.996  14 | |||
| 65. SE Missouri St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.685 (47) | 1.981 1.981  11 | |||
| 66. Brown (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.596 (84) | 1.967 1.967  9 | |||
| 67. Tennessee Tech (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.975 (29) | 1.965 1.965  7 | |||
| 68. Northern Colorado (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.248 (20) | 1.953 1.953  11 | |||
| 69. Monmouth NJ (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.502 (90) | 1.936 1.936  2 | |||
| 70. San Diego (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.082 (104) | 1.812 1.812  10 | |||
| 71. North Carolina Central (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.538 (88) | 1.808 1.808  11 | |||
| 72. SE Louisiana St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.538 (9) | 1.759 1.759  6 | |||
| 73. Western Illinois (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.483 (12) | 1.722 1.722  9 | |||
| 74. Wagner (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.94 (108) | 1.632 1.632  7 | |||
| 75. William & Mary (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.288 (54) | 1.559 1.559  8 | |||
| 76. Duquesne (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.588 (115) | 1.545 1.545  4 | |||
| 77. Jackson St (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.867 (72) | 1.513 1.513  4 | |||
| 78. Jacksonville FL (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.354 (118) | 1.511 1.511  4 | |||
| 79. Lamar (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.08 (64) | 1.484 1.484  10 | |||
| 80. Lafayette (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.917 (110) | 1.349 1.349  3 | |||
| 81. Liberty (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.811 (75) | 1.329 1.329  6 | |||
| 82. North Carolina A&T (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.782 (113) | 1.326 1.326  5 | |||
| 83. Georgetown DC (4 - 5) Schedule: 1.588 (85) | 1.24 1.24  1 | |||
| 84. Western Carolina (1 - 8) Schedule: 3.138 (26) | 1.211 1.211  1 | |||
| 85. Howard (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.456 (93) | 1.191 1.191  7 | |||
| 86. Dartmouth (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.947 (107) | 1.18 1.18  1 | |||
| 87. Nicholls St (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.041 (27) | 1.084 1.084  4 | |||
| 88. Morgan St (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.478 (92) | 1.047 1.047  2 | |||
| 89. Butler (7 - 2) Schedule: -0.621 (122) | 0.743 0.743  1 | |||
| 90. St Francis PA (3 - 6) Schedule: 1.436 (94) | 0.727 0.727  2 | |||
| 91. Gardner-Webb (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.572 (51) | 0.666 0.666  12 | |||
| 92. Sacred Heart (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.732 (78) | 0.65 0.65  8 | |||
| 93. Pennsylvania (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.373 (95) | 0.626 0.626  2 | |||
| 94. Idaho St (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.023 (28) | 0.567 0.567  4 | |||
| 95. Marist (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.019 (121) | 0.539 0.539  4 | |||
| 96. Hampton (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.847 (73) | 0.451 0.451  2 | |||
| 97. Prairie View A&M (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.109 (103) | 0.423 0.423  4 | |||
| 98. Holy Cross (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.17 (61) | 0.383 0.383  1 | |||
| 99. Dayton (4 - 5) Schedule: 0.549 (116) | 0.345 0.345  6 | |||
| 100. Southern U. (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.209 (99) | 0.277 0.277  11 | |||
| 101. Charleston Southern (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.982 (106) | 0.258 0.258  3 | |||
| 102. Austin Peay (0 - 8) Schedule: 3.932 (4) | 0.185 0.185  6 | |||
| 103. Columbia (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.582 (86) | 0.163 0.163  3 | |||
| 104. Bucknell (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.204 (59) | 0.161 0.161  1 | |||
| 105. Norfolk St (2 - 7) Schedule: 1.723 (79) | 0.141 0.141  13 | |||
| 106. Robert Morris (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.623 (83) | 0.103 0.103  4 | |||
| 107. Georgia St (1 - 8) Schedule: 2.769 (37) | 0.097 0.097  2 | |||
| 108. Central Conn St (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.935 (71) | -0.05 -0.05  6 | |||
| 109. Alcorn St (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.738 (77) | -0.075 -0.075  2 | |||
| 110. Yale (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.323 (96) | -0.187 -0.187  1 | |||
| 111. Bryant (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.652 (82) | -0.281 -0.281  2 | |||
| 112. Presbyterian (2 - 7) Schedule: 1.301 (97) | -0.359 -0.359  3 | |||
| 113. Morehead St (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.25 (119) | -0.378 -0.378  3 | |||
| 114. Mississippi Valley St (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.01 (105) | -0.43 -0.43  6 | |||
| 115. VMI (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.682 (81) | -0.446 -0.446  5 | |||
| 116. Savannah St (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.244 (57) | -0.502 -0.502  4 | |||
| 117. Texas Southern (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.713 (80) | -0.784 -0.784  1 | |||
| 118. Grambling St (1 - 7) Schedule: 0.816 (112) | -0.853 -0.853  1 | |||
| 119. Rhode Island (0 - 8) Schedule: 2.734 (43) | -0.855 -0.855  | |||
| 120. Davidson (1 - 7) Schedule: 0.418 (117) | -2.016 -2.016  2 | |||
| 121. Campbell (1 - 7) Schedule: 0.189 (120) | -2.271 -2.271  1 | |||
| 122. Valparaiso (0 - 8) Schedule: 1.155 (101) | -2.327 -2.327  1 |