Week 8
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. North Dakota St (7 - 0) Schedule: 3.055 (17) | 6.173 6.173  | |||
| 2. Illinois St (6 - 0) Schedule: 2.255 (50) | 5.049 5.049  | |||
| 3. Villanova (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.489 (38) | 4.999 4.999  1 | |||
| 4. New Hampshire (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.774 (28) | 4.721 4.721  1 | |||
| 5. Eastern Washington (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.656 (30) | 4.532 4.532  2 | |||
| 6. South Dakota St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.526 (10) | 4.504 4.504  6 | |||
| 7. Coastal Carolina (7 - 0) Schedule: 1.639 (74) | 4.401 4.401  | |||
| 8. Indiana St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.087 (1) | 4.354 4.354  2 | |||
| 9. Missouri St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.718 (3) | 4.332 4.332  2 | |||
| 10. Northern Iowa (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.352 (13) | 4.199 4.199  2 | |||
| 11. Jacksonville St (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.887 (25) | 4.171 4.171  2 | |||
| 12. SE Louisiana (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.146 (54) | 4.151 4.151  3 | |||
| 13. Northwestern St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.677 (4) | 4.098 4.098  3 | |||
| 14. Youngstown St (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.596 (31) | 4.052 4.052  9 | |||
| 15. Chattanooga (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.857 (26) | 3.992 3.992  1 | |||
| 16. McNeese St (4 - 2) Schedule: 2.296 (47) | 3.901 3.901  2 | |||
| 17. Southern Illinois (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.929 (22) | 3.857 3.857  4 | |||
| 18. Fordham (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.069 (93) | 3.849 3.849  3 | |||
| 19. Montana (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.507 (37) | 3.743 3.743  1 | |||
| 20. Stephen F. Austin (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.991 (65) | 3.657 3.657  3 | |||
| 21. Richmond (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.207 (53) | 3.589 3.589  3 | |||
| 22. Sam Houston St (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.661 (6) | 3.553 3.553  4 | |||
| 23. Eastern Kentucky (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.041 (94) | 3.507 3.507  4 | |||
| 24. Harvard (5 - 0) Schedule: 0.561 (108) | 3.473 3.473  1 | |||
| 25. Bethune-Cookman (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.768 (70) | 3.449 3.449  5 | |||
| 26. Idaho St (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.956 (21) | 3.434 3.434  1 | |||
| 27. Montana St (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.26 (48) | 3.405 3.405  5 | |||
| 28. Western Carolina (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.497 (77) | 3.28 3.28  4 | |||
| 29. William & Mary (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.982 (20) | 3.214 3.214  1 | |||
| 30. Liberty (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.542 (35) | 3.059 3.059  5 | |||
| 31. Western Illinois (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.554 (9) | 3.055 3.055  2 | |||
| 32. Bryant (5 - 1) Schedule: 1.44 (82) | 3.02 3.02  2 | |||
| 33. Central Arkansas (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.475 (39) | 2.996 2.996  4 | |||
| 34. Sacred Heart (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.128 (91) | 2.994 2.994  10 | |||
| 35. James Madison (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.779 (27) | 2.921 2.921  3 | |||
| 36. Duquesne (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.073 (61) | 2.913 2.913  5 | |||
| 37. Yale (4 - 1) Schedule: 1.475 (79) | 2.817 2.817  1 | |||
| 38. Albany NY (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.168 (90) | 2.8 2.8  7 | |||
| 39. Bucknell (5 - 1) Schedule: 0.973 (96) | 2.796 2.796  2 | |||
| 40. Monmouth NJ (5 - 1) Schedule: 0.66 (106) | 2.788 2.788  2 | |||
| 41. Samford (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.544 (34) | 2.75 2.75  13 | |||
| 42. Eastern Illinois (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.301 (14) | 2.695 2.695  10 | |||
| 43. Alcorn St (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.271 (114) | 2.693 2.693  6 | |||
| 44. Stony Brook (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.833 (68) | 2.671 2.671  7 | |||
| 45. Dartmouth (4 - 1) Schedule: 2.054 (63) | 2.616 2.616  5 | |||
| 46. South Carolina St (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.21 (52) | 2.545 2.545  3 | |||
| 47. Jacksonville FL (6 - 1) Schedule: 0.497 (111) | 2.459 2.459  3 | |||
| 48. Cal Poly SLO (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.104 (59) | 2.445 2.445  15 | |||
| 49. South Dakota (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.676 (5) | 2.309 2.309  3 | |||
| 50. Delaware (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.257 (49) | 2.298 2.298  11 | |||
| 51. North Carolina A&T (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.715 (103) | 2.28 2.28  3 | |||
| 52. Presbyterian (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.43 (42) | 2.075 2.075  12 | |||
| 53. Northern Arizona (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.903 (67) | 2.066 2.066  7 | |||
| 54. Abilene Christian (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.021 (95) | 2.004 2.004  3 | |||
| 55. The Citadel (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.032 (19) | 1.947 1.947  6 | |||
| 56. North Dakota (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.753 (29) | 1.912 1.912  9 | |||
| 57. Wofford (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.605 (75) | 1.899 1.899  11 | |||
| 58. Wagner (3 - 3) Schedule: 1.464 (80) | 1.854 1.854  4 | |||
| 59. Sacramento St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.002 (64) | 1.853 1.853  13 | |||
| 60. Furman (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.916 (23) | 1.853 1.853  2 | |||
| 61. Colgate (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.551 (76) | 1.822 1.822  5 | |||
| 62. Tennessee Tech (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.357 (44) | 1.761 1.761  9 | |||
| 63. Mercer (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.678 (105) | 1.725 1.725  8 | |||
| 64. Tennessee-Martin (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.52 (36) | 1.686 1.686  5 | |||
| 65. Charleston Southern (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.506 (110) | 1.684 1.684  12 | |||
| 66. Lamar (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.238 (89) | 1.658 1.658  13 | |||
| 67. Lafayette (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.141 (56) | 1.655 1.655  8 | |||
| 68. Tennessee St (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.741 (102) | 1.64 1.64  14 | |||
| 69. Morgan St (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.632 (107) | 1.569 1.569  1 | |||
| 70. Grambling St (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.446 (81) | 1.497 1.497  6 | |||
| 71. Weber St (0 - 7) Schedule: 3.645 (7) | 1.482 1.482  7 | |||
| 72. Lehigh (1 - 5) Schedule: 2.55 (33) | 1.454 1.454  9 | |||
| 73. North Carolina Central (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.701 (71) | 1.451 1.451  7 | |||
| 74. Towson (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.247 (51) | 1.437 1.437  12 | |||
| 75. Maine (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.045 (18) | 1.412 1.412  3 | |||
| 76. Southern Utah (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.75 (2) | 1.41 1.41  1 | |||
| 77. UNC-Charlotte (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.477 (112) | 1.344 1.344  10 | |||
| 78. SE Missouri St (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.646 (73) | 1.33 1.33  20 | |||
| 79. Princeton (3 - 2) Schedule: -0.241 (120) | 1.312 1.312  4 | |||
| 80. Alabama St (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.904 (98) | 1.31 1.31  6 | |||
| 81. Holy Cross (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.142 (55) | 1.243 1.243  1 | |||
| 82. Northern Colorado (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.41 (43) | 1.212 1.212  5 | |||
| 83. Dayton (5 - 1) Schedule: -0.355 (122) | 1.177 1.177  7 | |||
| 84. Portland St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.559 (32) | 1.129 1.129  1 | |||
| 85. Murray St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.318 (46) | 1.083 1.083  16 | |||
| 86. UC-Davis (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.288 (16) | 1.063 1.063  4 | |||
| 87. Elon (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.383 (12) | 0.895 0.895  14 | |||
| 88. Prairie View A&M (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.796 (100) | 0.892 0.892  6 | |||
| 89. Pennsylvania (1 - 4) Schedule: 2.459 (41) | 0.862 0.862  6 | |||
| 90. Southern U. (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.101 (92) | 0.773 0.773  1 | |||
| 91. San Diego (5 - 1) Schedule: 0.039 (118) | 0.635 0.635  5 | |||
| 92. Central Conn St (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.48 (78) | 0.627 0.627  4 | |||
| 93. Gardner-Webb (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.966 (97) | 0.598 0.598  | |||
| 94. Howard (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.065 (62) | 0.513 0.513  10 | |||
| 95. Brown (2 - 3) Schedule: 1.261 (88) | 0.38 0.38  4 | |||
| 96. St Francis PA (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.346 (84) | 0.345 0.345  5 | |||
| 97. Norfolk St (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.329 (85) | 0.337 0.337  7 | |||
| 98. VMI (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.115 (58) | 0.287 0.287  6 | |||
| 99. Georgetown DC (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.312 (86) | 0.267 0.267  1 | |||
| 100. Texas Southern (5 - 2) Schedule: -0.484 (123) | 0.262 0.262  1 | |||
| 101. Austin Peay (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.413 (11) | 0.243 0.243  7 | |||
| 102. Drake (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.165 (116) | 0.224 0.224  4 | |||
| 103. Alabama A&M (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.293 (87) | 0.202 0.202  5 | |||
| 104. Incarnate Word (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.901 (24) | 0.08 0.08  2 | |||
| 105. Delaware St (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.919 (66) | 0.027 0.027  2 | |||
| 106. Rhode Island (0 - 7) Schedule: 3.294 (15) | 0.011 0.011  1 | |||
| 107. Hampton (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.124 (57) | -0.109 -0.109  2 | |||
| 108. Florida A&M (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.692 (72) | -0.121 -0.121  3 | |||
| 109. Butler (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.679 (104) | -0.189 -0.189  | |||
| 110. Nicholls St (0 - 8) Schedule: 3.556 (8) | -0.215 -0.215  13 | |||
| 111. Robert Morris (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.094 (60) | -0.66 -0.66  7 | |||
| 112. Campbell (4 - 3) Schedule: -0.063 (119) | -0.732 -0.732  | |||
| 113. Cornell NY (0 - 5) Schedule: 2.472 (40) | -0.742 -0.742  3 | |||
| 114. Jackson St (3 - 4) Schedule: -0.345 (121) | -0.848 -0.848  | |||
| 115. Morehead St (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.757 (101) | -1.06 -1.06  2 | |||
| 116. Stetson (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.09 (117) | -1.147 -1.147  1 | |||
| 117. Marist (1 - 6) Schedule: 0.842 (99) | -1.177 -1.177  2 | |||
| 118. Mississippi Valley St (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.366 (83) | -1.319 -1.319  2 | |||
| 119. Savannah St (0 - 7) Schedule: 1.777 (69) | -1.341 -1.341  2 | |||
| 120. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 5) Schedule: 0.214 (115) | -1.391 -1.391  3 | |||
| 121. Houston Christian (1 - 6) Schedule: 0.522 (109) | -1.625 -1.625  1 | |||
| 122. Columbia (0 - 5) Schedule: 2.322 (45) | -1.628 -1.628  2 | |||
| 123. Valparaiso (2 - 5) Schedule: -0.735 (124) | -2.197 -2.197  | |||
| 124. Davidson (0 - 7) Schedule: 0.287 (113) | -2.413 -2.413  |