Week 9
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All | Big Sky Conference | Big South-Ohio Valley Conference | Colonial Athletic Association | Division I-AA Independents | 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: 3.104 (8) | 6.118 6.118  | |||
| 2. Eastern Illinois (8 - 1) Schedule: 3.012 (12) | 5.863 5.863  | |||
| 3. Bethune-Cookman (8 - 1) Schedule: 2.09 (55) | 4.672 4.672  2 | |||
| 4. Coastal Carolina (9 - 0) Schedule: 1.769 (69) | 4.533 4.533  4 | |||
| 5. William & Mary (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.722 (19) | 4.479 4.479  6 | |||
| 6. SE Louisiana St (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.455 (31) | 4.446 4.446  10 | |||
| 7. Maine (8 - 1) Schedule: 2.655 (20) | 4.385 4.385  1 | |||
| 8. Towson (8 - 2) Schedule: 2.034 (61) | 4.316 4.316  5 | |||
| 9. Eastern Washington (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.453 (32) | 4.28 4.28  | |||
| 10. Villanova (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.633 (3) | 4.07 4.07  6 | |||
| 11. Tennessee St (7 - 3) Schedule: 2.553 (26) | 4.022 4.022  1 | |||
| 12. Youngstown St (8 - 1) Schedule: 2.108 (54) | 3.999 3.999  2 | |||
| 13. Eastern Kentucky (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.632 (23) | 3.955 3.955  14 | |||
| 14. McNeese St (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.401 (36) | 3.904 3.904  7 | |||
| 15. Fordham (9 - 0) Schedule: 1.248 (90) | 3.727 3.727  2 | |||
| 16. Montana (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.691 (72) | 3.683 3.683  6 | |||
| 17. Northern Iowa (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.996 (13) | 3.683 3.683  4 | |||
| 18. Southern Illinois (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.33 (5) | 3.669 3.669  1 | |||
| 19. Sam Houston St (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.91 (64) | 3.632 3.632  2 | |||
| 20. Princeton (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.091 (94) | 3.615 3.615  4 | |||
| 21. South Carolina St (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.129 (50) | 3.605 3.605  1 | |||
| 22. Tennessee-Martin (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.841 (14) | 3.585 3.585  7 | |||
| 23. Montana St (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.43 (78) | 3.576 3.576  8 | |||
| 24. Harvard (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.865 (67) | 3.558 3.558  3 | |||
| 25. Jacksonville St (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.086 (56) | 3.541 3.541  1 | |||
| 26. Chattanooga (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.645 (74) | 3.506 3.506  1 | |||
| 27. Samford (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.227 (48) | 3.408 3.408  7 | |||
| 28. Missouri St (4 - 6) Schedule: 3.013 (11) | 3.304 3.304  4 | |||
| 29. South Dakota St (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.313 (6) | 3.291 3.291  2 | |||
| 30. Northern Arizona (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.65 (22) | 3.264 3.264  2 | |||
| 31. James Madison (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.084 (57) | 3.222 3.222  5 | |||
| 32. Illinois St (5 - 4) Schedule: 3.226 (7) | 3.092 3.092  7 | |||
| 33. Old Dominion (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.307 (44) | 3.075 3.075  1 | |||
| 34. New Hampshire (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.532 (27) | 3.056 3.056  16 | |||
| 35. Central Arkansas (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.291 (45) | 2.96 2.96  5 | |||
| 36. Delaware (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.874 (66) | 2.786 2.786  6 | |||
| 37. Murray St (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.84 (15) | 2.745 2.745  4 | |||
| 38. Brown (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.363 (81) | 2.722 2.722  5 | |||
| 39. Cal Poly SLO (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.584 (25) | 2.711 2.711  2 | |||
| 40. Liberty (5 - 4) Schedule: 1.271 (87) | 2.693 2.693  3 | |||
| 41. Sacramento St (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.614 (24) | 2.652 2.652  1 | |||
| 42. Wofford (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.308 (43) | 2.649 2.649  4 | |||
| 43. Stony Brook (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.773 (17) | 2.594 2.594  8 | |||
| 44. Richmond (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.189 (49) | 2.284 2.284  2 | |||
| 45. Sacred Heart (8 - 2) Schedule: 0.238 (115) | 2.189 2.189  2 | |||
| 46. Charleston Southern (9 - 1) Schedule: 0.51 (107) | 2.138 2.138  7 | |||
| 47. Georgia Southern (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.945 (62) | 2.136 2.136  2 | |||
| 48. Furman (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.521 (28) | 2.088 2.088  7 | |||
| 49. Yale (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.265 (88) | 2.086 2.086  1 | |||
| 50. Southern Utah (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.053 (59) | 2.079 2.079  | |||
| 51. South Dakota (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.726 (18) | 2.013 2.013  | |||
| 52. Portland St (5 - 4) Schedule: 1.083 (95) | 1.923 1.923  10 | |||
| 53. Alabama St (6 - 3) Schedule: 0.701 (103) | 1.86 1.86  4 | |||
| 54. Western Illinois (3 - 7) Schedule: 2.652 (21) | 1.854 1.854  5 | |||
| 55. Lafayette (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.075 (58) | 1.854 1.854  1 | |||
| 56. Lehigh (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.314 (85) | 1.847 1.847  2 | |||
| 57. Pennsylvania (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.235 (47) | 1.817 1.817  13 | |||
| 58. Abilene Christian (5 - 4) Schedule: 0.349 (111) | 1.816 1.816  2 | |||
| 59. The Citadel (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.375 (37) | 1.806 1.806  9 | |||
| 60. North Carolina A&T (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.912 (100) | 1.797 1.797  3 | |||
| 61. Northwestern St (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.341 (41) | 1.747 1.747  10 | |||
| 62. Jackson St (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.049 (97) | 1.729 1.729  10 | |||
| 63. Dartmouth (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.355 (83) | 1.721 1.721  2 | |||
| 64. Stephen F. Austin (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.48 (30) | 1.63 1.63  | |||
| 65. Monmouth NJ (4 - 5) Schedule: 1.411 (80) | 1.588 1.588  4 | |||
| 66. Lamar (4 - 5) Schedule: 1.575 (75) | 1.571 1.571  12 | |||
| 67. SE Missouri St (2 - 7) Schedule: 3.914 (2) | 1.552 1.552  2 | |||
| 68. Tennessee Tech (3 - 7) Schedule: 3.057 (10) | 1.522 1.522  6 | |||
| 69. Nicholls St (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.434 (33) | 1.52 1.52  11 | |||
| 70. Holy Cross (3 - 7) Schedule: 1.885 (65) | 1.487 1.487  3 | |||
| 71. San Diego (6 - 3) Schedule: 0.316 (113) | 1.395 1.395  4 | |||
| 72. Appalachian St (2 - 7) Schedule: 2.407 (35) | 1.291 1.291  7 | |||
| 73. UC-Davis (3 - 7) Schedule: 2.429 (34) | 1.266 1.266  3 | |||
| 74. North Carolina Central (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.12 (52) | 1.238 1.238  2 | |||
| 75. Gardner-Webb (5 - 4) Schedule: 1.355 (82) | 1.219 1.219  8 | |||
| 76. Prairie View A&M (5 - 4) Schedule: 0.396 (109) | 1.179 1.179  | |||
| 77. St Francis PA (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.351 (84) | 1.161 1.161  11 | |||
| 78. Dayton (6 - 3) Schedule: 0.167 (117) | 1.157 1.157  2 | |||
| 79. Idaho St (3 - 6) Schedule: 1.663 (73) | 1.136 1.136  3 | |||
| 80. Elon (2 - 7) Schedule: 2.339 (42) | 1.104 1.104  5 | |||
| 81. Western Carolina (2 - 7) Schedule: 3.098 (9) | 1.084 1.084  2 | |||
| 82. Butler (7 - 3) Schedule: 0.252 (114) | 1.047 1.047  10 | |||
| 83. Bryant (4 - 5) Schedule: 1.512 (77) | 1.045 1.045  20 | |||
| 84. Delaware St (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.341 (40) | 0.994 0.994  | |||
| 85. Indiana St (1 - 8) Schedule: 2.806 (16) | 0.99 0.99  4 | |||
| 86. Hampton (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.123 (51) | 0.987 0.987  9 | |||
| 87. Duquesne (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.624 (105) | 0.969 0.969  4 | |||
| 88. Florida A&M (3 - 6) Schedule: 1.704 (71) | 0.913 0.913  1 | |||
| 89. Marist (6 - 3) Schedule: -0.511 (122) | 0.851 0.851  3 | |||
| 90. Bucknell (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.265 (89) | 0.778 0.778  12 | |||
| 91. Drake (5 - 4) Schedule: 0.133 (118) | 0.772 0.772  3 | |||
| 92. Robert Morris (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.953 (99) | 0.769 0.769  15 | |||
| 93. UNC-Charlotte (4 - 5) Schedule: 1.425 (79) | 0.721 0.721  | |||
| 94. Howard (3 - 6) Schedule: 1.305 (86) | 0.639 0.639  4 | |||
| 95. Rhode Island (3 - 7) Schedule: 2.495 (29) | 0.563 0.563  6 | |||
| 96. North Dakota (2 - 7) Schedule: 2.354 (38) | 0.5 0.5  1 | |||
| 97. Weber St (1 - 8) Schedule: 3.532 (4) | 0.489 0.489  9 | |||
| 98. Northern Colorado (1 - 8) Schedule: 2.116 (53) | 0.367 0.367  6 | |||
| 99. Central Conn St (4 - 5) Schedule: 0.864 (101) | 0.356 0.356  9 | |||
| 100. Austin Peay (0 - 9) Schedule: 4.209 (1) | 0.316 0.316  2 | |||
| 101. Cornell NY (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.036 (60) | 0.264 0.264  | |||
| 102. Southern U. (4 - 5) Schedule: 0.772 (102) | 0.25 0.25  2 | |||
| 103. Morgan St (3 - 6) Schedule: 1.525 (76) | 0.221 0.221  3 | |||
| 104. Incarnate Word (5 - 4) Schedule: 0.358 (110) | 0.192 0.192  1 | |||
| 105. Presbyterian (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.986 (98) | 0.175 0.175  2 | |||
| 106. Alcorn St (7 - 3) Schedule: -0.788 (124) | 0.154 0.154  9 | |||
| 107. Norfolk St (2 - 7) Schedule: 1.802 (68) | 0.098 0.098  8 | |||
| 108. Colgate (3 - 6) Schedule: 1.204 (92) | -0.095 -0.095  12 | |||
| 109. Albany NY (1 - 8) Schedule: 1.942 (63) | -0.13 -0.13  | |||
| 110. Jacksonville FL (4 - 5) Schedule: -0.296 (120) | -0.145 -0.145  2 | |||
| 111. Mercer (8 - 1) Schedule: -2.165 (127) | -0.202 -0.202  2 | |||
| 112. Savannah St (1 - 9) Schedule: 2.242 (46) | -0.349 -0.349  1 | |||
| 113. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.052 (96) | -0.417 -0.417  3 | |||
| 114. VMI (1 - 8) Schedule: 1.739 (70) | -0.447 -0.447  2 | |||
| 115. Alabama A&M (4 - 5) Schedule: 0.519 (106) | -0.53 -0.53  | |||
| 116. Wagner (2 - 7) Schedule: 1.217 (91) | -0.864 -0.864  2 | |||
| 117. Texas Southern (2 - 7) Schedule: 0.631 (104) | -1.17 -1.17  | |||
| 118. Columbia (0 - 7) Schedule: 2.343 (39) | -1.287 -1.287  | |||
| 119. Georgetown DC (1 - 8) Schedule: 1.146 (93) | -1.322 -1.322  1 | |||
| 120. Mississippi Valley St (1 - 8) Schedule: 0.332 (112) | -1.375 -1.375  1 | |||
| 121. Morehead St (3 - 6) Schedule: -0.025 (119) | -1.493 -1.493  | |||
| 122. Houston Christian (3 - 3) Schedule: -1.645 (126) | -1.757 -1.757  | |||
| 123. Campbell (2 - 7) Schedule: -0.827 (125) | -2.045 -2.045  | |||
| 124. Grambling St (1 - 8) Schedule: 0.454 (108) | -2.183 -2.183  | |||
| 125. Valparaiso (1 - 8) Schedule: -0.4 (121) | -2.617 -2.617  | |||
| 126. Stetson (1 - 7) Schedule: -0.607 (123) | -2.69 -2.69  | |||
| 127. Davidson (0 - 9) Schedule: 0.228 (116) | -3.345 -3.345  |