Week 8
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. North Dakota St (8 - 0) Schedule: 3.173 (10) | 6.187 6.187  | |||
| 2. Eastern Illinois (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.189 (9) | 5.932 5.932  | |||
| 3. Towson (8 - 1) Schedule: 2.218 (55) | 4.898 4.898  | |||
| 4. Villanova (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.053 (3) | 4.734 4.734  | |||
| 5. Bethune-Cookman (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.337 (46) | 4.721 4.721  | |||
| 6. Maine (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.854 (17) | 4.693 4.693  4 | |||
| 7. McNeese St (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.399 (43) | 4.625 4.625  4 | |||
| 8. Coastal Carolina (8 - 0) Schedule: 1.902 (67) | 4.605 4.605  1 | |||
| 9. Eastern Washington (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.799 (19) | 4.465 4.465  3 | |||
| 10. Tennessee St (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.413 (41) | 4.458 4.458  4 | |||
| 11. William & Mary (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.895 (16) | 4.408 4.408  3 | |||
| 12. Northern Iowa (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.102 (12) | 4.186 4.186  4 | |||
| 13. Fordham (8 - 0) Schedule: 1.485 (84) | 4.186 4.186  4 | |||
| 14. Youngstown St (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.063 (59) | 4.028 4.028  2 | |||
| 15. Montana St (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.741 (73) | 3.971 3.971  | |||
| 16. SE Louisiana St (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.266 (53) | 3.969 3.969  3 | |||
| 17. Sam Houston St (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.048 (60) | 3.859 3.859  8 | |||
| 18. New Hampshire (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.654 (25) | 3.784 3.784  6 | |||
| 19. Southern Illinois (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.537 (5) | 3.754 3.754  1 | |||
| 20. Samford (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.327 (47) | 3.745 3.745  1 | |||
| 21. Harvard (5 - 1) Schedule: 1.875 (68) | 3.731 3.731  1 | |||
| 22. South Carolina St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.572 (33) | 3.698 3.698  3 | |||
| 23. Montana (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.584 (77) | 3.664 3.664  1 | |||
| 24. Princeton (5 - 1) Schedule: 1.321 (93) | 3.647 3.647  1 | |||
| 25. Chattanooga (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.688 (74) | 3.598 3.598  8 | |||
| 26. Jacksonville St (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.4 (42) | 3.501 3.501  4 | |||
| 27. Eastern Kentucky (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.399 (44) | 3.424 3.424  6 | |||
| 28. Northern Arizona (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.016 (14) | 3.364 3.364  | |||
| 29. Tennessee-Martin (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.944 (15) | 3.317 3.317  2 | |||
| 30. Central Arkansas (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.439 (37) | 3.28 3.28  9 | |||
| 31. South Dakota St (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.273 (7) | 3.25 3.25  1 | |||
| 32. Missouri St (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.289 (6) | 3.2 3.2  3 | |||
| 33. Murray St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.82 (18) | 3.178 3.178  6 | |||
| 34. Old Dominion (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.63 (27) | 3.03 3.03  | |||
| 35. Stony Brook (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.059 (13) | 2.978 2.978  9 | |||
| 36. James Madison (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.818 (71) | 2.909 2.909  | |||
| 37. Liberty (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.559 (79) | 2.891 2.891  6 | |||
| 38. Wofford (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.422 (40) | 2.761 2.761  1 | |||
| 39. Illinois St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.198 (8) | 2.737 2.737  7 | |||
| 40. Sacramento St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.494 (36) | 2.697 2.697  1 | |||
| 41. Cal Poly SLO (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.798 (20) | 2.519 2.519  1 | |||
| 42. Delaware (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.639 (76) | 2.505 2.505  7 | |||
| 43. Brown (4 - 2) Schedule: 1.512 (81) | 2.479 2.479  3 | |||
| 44. Pennsylvania (4 - 2) Schedule: 2.322 (48) | 2.453 2.453  11 | |||
| 45. Georgia Southern (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.046 (61) | 2.447 2.447  16 | |||
| 46. Richmond (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.635 (26) | 2.37 2.37  1 | |||
| 47. Sacred Heart (7 - 2) Schedule: 0.239 (116) | 2.328 2.328  3 | |||
| 48. Yale (3 - 3) Schedule: 1.94 (64) | 2.279 2.279  3 | |||
| 49. Alabama St (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.412 (112) | 2.181 2.181  8 | |||
| 50. Southern Utah (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.131 (57) | 2.157 2.157  2 | |||
| 51. South Dakota (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.667 (24) | 2.026 2.026  3 | |||
| 52. Jackson St (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.338 (92) | 2.017 2.017  6 | |||
| 53. Charleston Southern (8 - 1) Schedule: 0.454 (111) | 1.997 1.997  15 | |||
| 54. Lehigh (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.439 (85) | 1.972 1.972  16 | |||
| 55. Furman (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.61 (29) | 1.963 1.963  7 | |||
| 56. Lafayette (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.625 (28) | 1.949 1.949  20 | |||
| 57. North Carolina A&T (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.433 (88) | 1.915 1.915  9 | |||
| 58. Nicholls St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.61 (30) | 1.913 1.913  4 | |||
| 59. Western Illinois (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.575 (32) | 1.834 1.834  1 | |||
| 60. Abilene Christian (5 - 4) Schedule: 0.292 (114) | 1.76 1.76  7 | |||
| 61. Monmouth NJ (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.422 (89) | 1.711 1.711  | |||
| 62. Portland St (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.107 (98) | 1.696 1.696  1 | |||
| 63. Bryant (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.753 (72) | 1.691 1.691  8 | |||
| 64. Stephen F. Austin (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.522 (35) | 1.691 1.691  13 | |||
| 65. Dartmouth (3 - 3) Schedule: 1.042 (100) | 1.586 1.586  13 | |||
| 66. St Francis PA (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.5 (83) | 1.584 1.584  11 | |||
| 67. Gardner-Webb (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.166 (56) | 1.548 1.548  17 | |||
| 68. The Citadel (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.269 (52) | 1.54 1.54  7 | |||
| 69. SE Missouri St (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.275 (2) | 1.529 1.529  13 | |||
| 70. UC-Davis (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.428 (39) | 1.512 1.512  5 | |||
| 71. Northwestern St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.23 (54) | 1.473 1.473  12 | |||
| 72. North Carolina Central (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.937 (65) | 1.466 1.466  1 | |||
| 73. Holy Cross (3 - 6) Schedule: 1.828 (70) | 1.465 1.465  4 | |||
| 74. Tennessee Tech (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.722 (23) | 1.429 1.429  7 | |||
| 75. San Diego (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.643 (108) | 1.32 1.32  14 | |||
| 76. Prairie View A&M (5 - 4) Schedule: 0.525 (109) | 1.309 1.309  6 | |||
| 77. Hampton (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.433 (38) | 1.246 1.246  16 | |||
| 78. Lamar (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.58 (78) | 1.244 1.244  9 | |||
| 79. Dayton (6 - 2) Schedule: -0.049 (118) | 1.225 1.225  6 | |||
| 80. Appalachian St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.298 (49) | 1.225 1.225  18 | |||
| 81. Indiana St (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.773 (21) | 1.195 1.195  1 | |||
| 82. Idaho St (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.343 (91) | 1.14 1.14  10 | |||
| 83. Western Carolina (2 - 7) Schedule: 3.146 (11) | 1.132 1.132  5 | |||
| 84. Delaware St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.725 (22) | 1.121 1.121  20 | |||
| 85. Elon (2 - 7) Schedule: 2.347 (45) | 1.112 1.112  | |||
| 86. Marist (5 - 3) Schedule: -0.573 (121) | 0.86 0.86  6 | |||
| 87. Florida A&M (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.093 (58) | 0.854 0.854  4 | |||
| 88. Weber St (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.875 (4) | 0.809 0.809  2 | |||
| 89. Rhode Island (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.524 (34) | 0.79 0.79  8 | |||
| 90. Howard (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.435 (86) | 0.775 0.775  5 | |||
| 91. Duquesne (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.657 (107) | 0.75 0.75  17 | |||
| 92. Butler (6 - 3) Schedule: -0.009 (117) | 0.731 0.731  10 | |||
| 93. UNC-Charlotte (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.089 (99) | 0.702 0.702  14 | |||
| 94. Drake (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.365 (113) | 0.62 0.62  10 | |||
| 95. North Dakota (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.284 (50) | 0.54 0.54  1 | |||
| 96. Colgate (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.434 (87) | 0.505 0.505  7 | |||
| 97. Alcorn St (7 - 2) Schedule: -0.691 (124) | 0.499 0.499  4 | |||
| 98. Austin Peay (0 - 8) Schedule: 4.319 (1) | 0.477 0.477  7 | |||
| 99. Norfolk St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.027 (62) | 0.458 0.458  | |||
| 100. Southern U. (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.181 (96) | 0.401 0.401  6 | |||
| 101. Cornell NY (1 - 5) Schedule: 1.841 (69) | 0.392 0.392  5 | |||
| 102. Bucknell (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.508 (82) | 0.344 0.344  16 | |||
| 103. Presbyterian (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.82 (103) | 0.236 0.236  1 | |||
| 104. Northern Colorado (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.995 (63) | 0.211 0.211  2 | |||
| 105. Incarnate Word (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.49 (110) | 0.142 0.142  4 | |||
| 106. Morgan St (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.683 (75) | 0.129 0.129  8 | |||
| 107. Robert Morris (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.861 (101) | 0.12 0.12  | |||
| 108. Central Conn St (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.147 (97) | 0.04 0.04  | |||
| 109. Albany NY (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.928 (66) | -0.029 -0.029  4 | |||
| 110. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.343 (90) | -0.125 -0.125  6 | |||
| 111. Savannah St (1 - 8) Schedule: 2.271 (51) | -0.131 -0.131  11 | |||
| 112. Jacksonville FL (4 - 4) Schedule: -0.592 (122) | -0.323 -0.323  | |||
| 113. Mercer (7 - 1) Schedule: -2.186 (127) | -0.454 -0.454  3 | |||
| 114. Wagner (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.26 (94) | -0.546 -0.546  3 | |||
| 115. Alabama A&M (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.719 (106) | -0.621 -0.621  2 | |||
| 116. VMI (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.524 (80) | -0.668 -0.668  3 | |||
| 117. Texas Southern (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.852 (102) | -0.979 -0.979  3 | |||
| 118. Columbia (0 - 6) Schedule: 2.592 (31) | -1.023 -1.023  1 | |||
| 119. Mississippi Valley St (1 - 7) Schedule: 0.766 (104) | -1.063 -1.063  4 | |||
| 120. Georgetown DC (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.227 (95) | -1.179 -1.179  6 | |||
| 121. Morehead St (3 - 5) Schedule: -0.269 (119) | -1.456 -1.456  | |||
| 122. Houston Christian (2 - 3) Schedule: -0.89 (126) | -1.766 -1.766  | |||
| 123. Campbell (1 - 7) Schedule: -0.737 (125) | -2.269 -2.269  | |||
| 124. Grambling St (0 - 8) Schedule: 0.758 (105) | -2.301 -2.301  | |||
| 125. Valparaiso (1 - 7) Schedule: -0.651 (123) | -2.608 -2.608  | |||
| 126. Stetson (1 - 6) Schedule: -0.533 (120) | -2.73 -2.73  | |||
| 127. Davidson (0 - 8) Schedule: 0.258 (115) | -3.288 -3.288  |