Week 8
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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 League | Southern Conference | Southland Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Harvard (6 - 0) Schedule: 1.934 (75) | 5.863 5.863  3 | |||
| 2. Dartmouth (6 - 0) Schedule: 2.418 (60) | 5.778 5.778  1 | |||
| 3. Illinois St (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.593 (5) | 5.286 5.286  3 | |||
| 4. North Dakota St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.241 (18) | 5.147 5.147  1 | |||
| 5. South Dakota St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.539 (6) | 5.067 5.067  3 | |||
| 6. James Madison (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.638 (49) | 5.035 5.035  3 | |||
| 7. William & Mary (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.438 (58) | 4.805 4.805  1 | |||
| 8. The Citadel (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.992 (32) | 4.584 4.584  6 | |||
| 9. Portland St (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.329 (64) | 4.559 4.559  2 | |||
| 10. Richmond (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.587 (51) | 4.454 4.454  8 | |||
| 11. Western Illinois (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.167 (2) | 4.339 4.339  1 | |||
| 12. Coastal Carolina (7 - 0) Schedule: 2.166 (68) | 4.291 4.291  1 | |||
| 13. Southern Utah (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.098 (70) | 4.279 4.279  1 | |||
| 14. Youngstown St (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.944 (3) | 4.219 4.219  5 | |||
| 15. Jacksonville St (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.695 (83) | 4.169 4.169  | |||
| 16. Charleston Southern (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.899 (77) | 4.118 4.118  6 | |||
| 17. McNeese St (7 - 0) Schedule: 0.801 (115) | 4.113 4.113  4 | |||
| 18. Fordham (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.482 (56) | 4.1 4.1  2 | |||
| 19. Northern Iowa (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.455 (1) | 4.09 4.09  2 | |||
| 20. Chattanooga (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.283 (66) | 4.085 4.085  3 | |||
| 21. Princeton (4 - 2) Schedule: 2.693 (45) | 3.972 3.972  5 | |||
| 22. Eastern Kentucky (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.826 (82) | 3.776 3.776  3 | |||
| 23. Southern Illinois (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.04 (29) | 3.755 3.755  1 | |||
| 24. Pennsylvania (3 - 3) Schedule: 3.478 (9) | 3.666 3.666  9 | |||
| 25. Western Carolina (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.066 (28) | 3.568 3.568  10 | |||
| 26. North Carolina A&T (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.485 (91) | 3.523 3.523  3 | |||
| 27. Towson (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.37 (13) | 3.465 3.465  2 | |||
| 28. Eastern Washington (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.765 (43) | 3.397 3.397  1 | |||
| 29. Montana St (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.94 (74) | 3.315 3.315  | |||
| 30. Brown (4 - 2) Schedule: 2.88 (37) | 3.237 3.237  14 | |||
| 31. Villanova (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.347 (14) | 3.234 3.234  3 | |||
| 32. Yale (4 - 2) Schedule: 2.815 (41) | 3.18 3.18  6 | |||
| 33. Samford (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.094 (26) | 3.15 3.15  1 | |||
| 34. Montana (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.425 (59) | 3.134 3.134  14 | |||
| 35. Indiana St (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.208 (22) | 3.131 3.131  5 | |||
| 36. South Dakota (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.102 (25) | 3.129 3.129  4 | |||
| 37. Wofford (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.486 (8) | 3.111 3.111  | |||
| 38. Grambling St (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.309 (97) | 3.055 3.055  7 | |||
| 39. Eastern Illinois (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.825 (40) | 2.977 2.977  10 | |||
| 40. Tennessee-Martin (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.69 (84) | 2.958 2.958  1 | |||
| 41. Bryant (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.238 (67) | 2.939 2.939  4 | |||
| 42. Cal Poly SLO (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.507 (7) | 2.931 2.931  1 | |||
| 43. Dayton (7 - 0) Schedule: 1.098 (104) | 2.881 2.881  7 | |||
| 44. Sam Houston St (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.881 (112) | 2.834 2.834  2 | |||
| 45. Holy Cross (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.352 (62) | 2.811 2.811  9 | |||
| 46. Stony Brook (2 - 4) Schedule: 3.209 (21) | 2.682 2.682  18 | |||
| 47. St Francis PA (3 - 3) Schedule: 1.843 (80) | 2.677 2.677  3 | |||
| 48. Central Arkansas (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.919 (76) | 2.636 2.636  7 | |||
| 49. Lehigh (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.253 (16) | 2.551 2.551  3 | |||
| 50. Georgetown DC (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.666 (47) | 2.516 2.516  9 | |||
| 51. New Hampshire (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.646 (48) | 2.407 2.407  13 | |||
| 52. Furman (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.435 (12) | 2.395 2.395  5 | |||
| 53. Delaware (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.013 (31) | 2.358 2.358  14 | |||
| 54. Duquesne (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.947 (111) | 2.339 2.339  8 | |||
| 55. Colgate (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.155 (23) | 2.303 2.303  2 | |||
| 56. San Diego (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.684 (117) | 2.299 2.299  5 | |||
| 57. Weber St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.898 (36) | 2.296 2.296  5 | |||
| 58. Jacksonville FL (6 - 1) Schedule: 0.708 (116) | 2.224 2.224  1 | |||
| 59. Maine (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.955 (35) | 2.17 2.17  25 | |||
| 60. Kennesaw St (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.32 (121) | 2.115 2.115  4 | |||
| 61. Monmouth NJ (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.125 (24) | 2.064 2.064  17 | |||
| 62. Northern Arizona (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.987 (72) | 2.061 2.061  13 | |||
| 63. Liberty (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.338 (63) | 2.049 2.049  8 | |||
| 64. Columbia (1 - 5) Schedule: 3.248 (17) | 2.025 2.025  25 | |||
| 65. Mercer (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.975 (109) | 1.986 1.986  4 | |||
| 66. Morehead St (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.188 (101) | 1.974 1.974  | |||
| 67. Bethune-Cookman (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.48 (92) | 1.952 1.952  4 | |||
| 68. SE Missouri St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.842 (38) | 1.947 1.947  4 | |||
| 69. Butler (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.036 (107) | 1.899 1.899  4 | |||
| 70. Southern U. (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.392 (95) | 1.84 1.84  2 | |||
| 71. North Dakota (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.366 (61) | 1.838 1.838  13 | |||
| 72. SE Louisiana (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.636 (87) | 1.827 1.827  12 | |||
| 73. Sacred Heart (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.876 (113) | 1.753 1.753  30 | |||
| 74. Prairie View A&M (4 - 2) Schedule: 0.968 (110) | 1.694 1.694  1 | |||
| 75. Alcorn St (4 - 2) Schedule: 0.056 (124) | 1.687 1.687  7 | |||
| 76. Northern Colorado (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.407 (94) | 1.662 1.662  3 | |||
| 77. Campbell (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.82 (114) | 1.594 1.594  | |||
| 78. Elon (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.458 (10) | 1.581 1.581  8 | |||
| 79. South Carolina St (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.47 (119) | 1.556 1.556  3 | |||
| 80. VMI (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.84 (39) | 1.517 1.517  7 | |||
| 81. Bucknell (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.96 (73) | 1.448 1.448  7 | |||
| 82. Hampton (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.229 (100) | 1.437 1.437  1 | |||
| 83. Stephen F. Austin (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.487 (55) | 1.386 1.386  2 | |||
| 84. Central Conn St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.739 (44) | 1.37 1.37  7 | |||
| 85. Tennessee St (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.872 (78) | 1.296 1.296  3 | |||
| 86. Rhode Island (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.449 (11) | 1.275 1.275  17 | |||
| 87. Lamar (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.574 (88) | 1.254 1.254  18 | |||
| 88. Murray St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.126 (69) | 1.232 1.232  4 | |||
| 89. Sacramento St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.517 (53) | 1.207 1.207  10 | |||
| 90. North Carolina Central (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.142 (103) | 1.141 1.141  5 | |||
| 91. Albany NY (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.031 (30) | 1.112 1.112  10 | |||
| 92. Presbyterian (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.094 (27) | 1.11 1.11  2 | |||
| 93. Gardner-Webb (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.448 (57) | 1.064 1.064  8 | |||
| 94. Marist (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.51 (89) | 1.051 1.051  | |||
| 95. Robert Morris (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.286 (65) | 1.038 1.038  15 | |||
| 96. Drake (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.976 (108) | 0.984 0.984  2 | |||
| 97. Morgan St (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.608 (118) | 0.98 0.98  4 | |||
| 98. Tennessee Tech (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.342 (15) | 0.934 0.934  12 | |||
| 99. Norfolk St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.57 (52) | 0.812 0.812  3 | |||
| 100. Alabama A&M (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.011 (71) | 0.758 0.758  | |||
| 101. Missouri St (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.858 (4) | 0.754 0.754  4 | |||
| 102. Incarnate Word (3 - 3) Schedule: 1.507 (90) | 0.74 0.74  2 | |||
| 103. UC-Davis (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.768 (42) | 0.654 0.654  2 | |||
| 104. Idaho St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.592 (50) | 0.539 0.539  16 | |||
| 105. Northwestern St (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.956 (34) | 0.49 0.49  1 | |||
| 106. Cornell NY (0 - 6) Schedule: 2.964 (33) | 0.423 0.423  4 | |||
| 107. Lafayette (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.235 (19) | 0.181 0.181  1 | |||
| 108. Alabama St (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.329 (120) | -0.013 -0.013  1 | |||
| 109. Jackson St (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.048 (106) | -0.168 -0.168  2 | |||
| 110. Abilene Christian (2 - 4) Schedule: 1.329 (96) | -0.173 -0.173  1 | |||
| 111. Stetson (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.093 (105) | -0.186 -0.186  3 | |||
| 112. Nicholls St (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.866 (79) | -0.279 -0.279  2 | |||
| 113. Howard (0 - 7) Schedule: 2.682 (46) | -0.38 -0.38  1 | |||
| 114. Wagner (0 - 7) Schedule: 2.498 (54) | -0.543 -0.543  6 | |||
| 115. Austin Peay (0 - 8) Schedule: 3.215 (20) | -0.579 -0.579  | |||
| 116. Florida A&M (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.302 (98) | -0.597 -0.597  3 | |||
| 117. Savannah St (1 - 5) Schedule: 1.835 (81) | -0.922 -0.922  | |||
| 118. Texas Southern (3 - 4) Schedule: -0.758 (125) | -1.056 -1.056  2 | |||
| 119. Davidson (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.255 (99) | -1.262 -1.262  1 | |||
| 120. East Tennessee St (0 - 7) Schedule: 1.688 (85) | -1.539 -1.539  1 | |||
| 121. Valparaiso (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.464 (93) | -1.818 -1.818  2 | |||
| 122. Delaware St (0 - 7) Schedule: 1.185 (102) | -2.11 -2.11  1 | |||
| 123. Mississippi Valley St (0 - 8) Schedule: 1.676 (86) | -2.257 -2.257  1 | |||
| 124. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 6) Schedule: 0.186 (123) | -2.26 -2.26  2 | |||
| 125. Houston Christian (1 - 6) Schedule: 0.276 (122) | -2.42 -2.42  |