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 League | Southern Conference | Southland Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference
| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Harvard (7 - 0) Schedule: 2.496 (57) | 5.968 5.968  | |||
| 2. Dartmouth (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.101 (29) | 5.877 5.877  | |||
| 3. North Dakota St (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.396 (10) | 5.225 5.225  1 | |||
| 4. Illinois St (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.58 (6) | 5.152 5.152  1 | |||
| 5. South Dakota St (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.236 (21) | 5.106 5.106  | |||
| 6. James Madison (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.943 (36) | 4.993 4.993  | |||
| 7. Portland St (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.562 (51) | 4.881 4.881  2 | |||
| 8. William & Mary (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.711 (45) | 4.873 4.873  1 | |||
| 9. Jacksonville St (7 - 1) Schedule: 1.978 (78) | 4.609 4.609  6 | |||
| 10. Chattanooga (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.503 (56) | 4.547 4.547  10 | |||
| 11. The Citadel (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.9 (40) | 4.384 4.384  3 | |||
| 12. Charleston Southern (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.277 (68) | 4.359 4.359  4 | |||
| 13. Southern Utah (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.177 (71) | 4.341 4.341  | |||
| 14. Northern Iowa (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.312 (1) | 4.322 4.322  5 | |||
| 15. Youngstown St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.891 (4) | 4.291 4.291  1 | |||
| 16. Richmond (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.43 (64) | 4.172 4.172  6 | |||
| 17. Pennsylvania (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.527 (7) | 4.139 4.139  7 | |||
| 18. Coastal Carolina (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.395 (65) | 4.114 4.114  6 | |||
| 19. Western Illinois (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.12 (2) | 4.113 4.113  8 | |||
| 20. Princeton (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.512 (55) | 4.111 4.111  1 | |||
| 21. Fordham (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.694 (46) | 4.052 4.052  3 | |||
| 22. McNeese St (8 - 0) Schedule: 0.933 (112) | 3.99 3.99  5 | |||
| 23. Southern Illinois (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.357 (12) | 3.823 3.823  | |||
| 24. Towson (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.269 (20) | 3.818 3.818  3 | |||
| 25. North Carolina A&T (7 - 1) Schedule: 1.38 (94) | 3.622 3.622  1 | |||
| 26. Villanova (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.352 (13) | 3.566 3.566  5 | |||
| 27. Eastern Kentucky (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.175 (72) | 3.415 3.415  5 | |||
| 28. Eastern Washington (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.729 (44) | 3.373 3.373  | |||
| 29. Indiana St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.506 (8) | 3.347 3.347  6 | |||
| 30. Wofford (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.279 (18) | 3.34 3.34  7 | |||
| 31. Sam Houston St (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.358 (97) | 3.317 3.317  13 | |||
| 32. Western Carolina (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.294 (16) | 3.268 3.268  7 | |||
| 33. Montana St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.127 (75) | 3.239 3.239  4 | |||
| 34. Grambling St (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.371 (96) | 3.116 3.116  4 | |||
| 35. Montana (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.853 (42) | 3.107 3.107  1 | |||
| 36. Dayton (8 - 0) Schedule: 1.154 (105) | 3.062 3.062  7 | |||
| 37. Eastern Illinois (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.593 (49) | 3.06 3.06  2 | |||
| 38. Tennessee-Martin (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.323 (67) | 2.967 2.967  1 | |||
| 39. Holy Cross (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.474 (61) | 2.967 2.967  7 | |||
| 40. Brown (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.096 (30) | 2.952 2.952  10 | |||
| 41. Samford (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.05 (32) | 2.941 2.941  8 | |||
| 42. South Dakota (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.222 (23) | 2.916 2.916  6 | |||
| 43. St Francis PA (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.952 (79) | 2.897 2.897  4 | |||
| 44. Cal Poly SLO (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.654 (5) | 2.894 2.894  2 | |||
| 45. Yale (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.918 (38) | 2.844 2.844  13 | |||
| 46. Central Arkansas (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.069 (76) | 2.799 2.799  2 | |||
| 47. Bryant (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.277 (69) | 2.798 2.798  6 | |||
| 48. Lehigh (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.271 (19) | 2.748 2.748  1 | |||
| 49. Furman (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.451 (9) | 2.7 2.7  3 | |||
| 50. Georgetown DC (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.906 (39) | 2.692 2.692  | |||
| 51. Colgate (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.313 (15) | 2.659 2.659  4 | |||
| 52. Columbia (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.314 (14) | 2.65 2.65  12 | |||
| 53. San Diego (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.693 (114) | 2.64 2.64  3 | |||
| 54. Northern Arizona (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.986 (77) | 2.517 2.517  8 | |||
| 55. Kennesaw St (6 - 2) Schedule: 0.663 (115) | 2.462 2.462  5 | |||
| 56. New Hampshire (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.555 (52) | 2.436 2.436  5 | |||
| 57. Weber St (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.021 (34) | 2.404 2.404  | |||
| 58. Duquesne (6 - 3) Schedule: 0.824 (113) | 2.369 2.369  4 | |||
| 59. Alcorn St (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.337 (124) | 2.345 2.345  16 | |||
| 60. SE Missouri St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.603 (48) | 2.211 2.211  8 | |||
| 61. Stony Brook (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.121 (27) | 2.194 2.194  15 | |||
| 62. Mercer (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.375 (95) | 2.168 2.168  3 | |||
| 63. Elon (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.38 (11) | 2.154 2.154  15 | |||
| 64. North Dakota (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.534 (54) | 2.145 2.145  7 | |||
| 65. Delaware (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.146 (25) | 2.106 2.106  12 | |||
| 66. Liberty (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.392 (66) | 2.103 2.103  3 | |||
| 67. SE Louisiana (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.952 (80) | 2.017 2.017  5 | |||
| 68. Bethune-Cookman (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.122 (106) | 2.015 2.015  1 | |||
| 69. Jacksonville FL (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.021 (109) | 2 2  11 | |||
| 70. Stephen F. Austin (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.494 (58) | 1.998 1.998  13 | |||
| 71. Monmouth NJ (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.084 (31) | 1.939 1.939  10 | |||
| 72. Maine (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.897 (41) | 1.897 1.897  13 | |||
| 73. South Carolina St (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.658 (116) | 1.875 1.875  6 | |||
| 74. Morehead St (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.007 (110) | 1.786 1.786  8 | |||
| 75. Sacred Heart (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.176 (104) | 1.742 1.742  2 | |||
| 76. Central Conn St (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.475 (60) | 1.673 1.673  8 | |||
| 77. Bucknell (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.849 (82) | 1.667 1.667  4 | |||
| 78. Campbell (5 - 4) Schedule: 0.472 (120) | 1.635 1.635  1 | |||
| 79. Lamar (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.345 (98) | 1.599 1.599  8 | |||
| 80. Marist (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.531 (89) | 1.538 1.538  14 | |||
| 81. Tennessee St (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.636 (85) | 1.489 1.489  4 | |||
| 82. Prairie View A&M (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.409 (123) | 1.479 1.479  8 | |||
| 83. Gardner-Webb (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.473 (62) | 1.429 1.429  10 | |||
| 84. Albany NY (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.21 (24) | 1.423 1.423  7 | |||
| 85. Butler (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.073 (107) | 1.418 1.418  16 | |||
| 86. VMI (2 - 7) Schedule: 2.978 (35) | 1.407 1.407  6 | |||
| 87. Southern U. (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.516 (91) | 1.375 1.375  17 | |||
| 88. Northern Colorado (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.537 (88) | 1.293 1.293  12 | |||
| 89. Hampton (4 - 5) Schedule: 1.293 (100) | 1.24 1.24  7 | |||
| 90. Rhode Island (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.232 (22) | 1.238 1.238  4 | |||
| 91. Sacramento St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.539 (53) | 1.229 1.229  2 | |||
| 92. North Carolina Central (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.947 (111) | 1.116 1.116  2 | |||
| 93. Murray St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.204 (70) | 1.088 1.088  5 | |||
| 94. Presbyterian (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.938 (37) | 1.034 1.034  2 | |||
| 95. Morgan St (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.587 (118) | 0.958 0.958  2 | |||
| 96. Drake (4 - 5) Schedule: 1.026 (108) | 0.952 0.952  | |||
| 97. Northwestern St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.592 (50) | 0.797 0.797  8 | |||
| 98. Tennessee Tech (2 - 7) Schedule: 3.28 (17) | 0.791 0.791  | |||
| 99. Norfolk St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.452 (63) | 0.743 0.743  | |||
| 100. Missouri St (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.931 (3) | 0.682 0.682  1 | |||
| 101. UC-Davis (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.772 (43) | 0.658 0.658  2 | |||
| 102. Idaho St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.653 (47) | 0.6 0.6  2 | |||
| 103. Robert Morris (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.148 (74) | 0.589 0.589  8 | |||
| 104. Incarnate Word (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.484 (92) | 0.533 0.533  2 | |||
| 105. Cornell NY (0 - 7) Schedule: 3.135 (26) | 0.454 0.454  1 | |||
| 106. Alabama St (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.421 (122) | 0.438 0.438  2 | |||
| 107. Abilene Christian (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.803 (83) | 0.426 0.426  3 | |||
| 108. Alabama A&M (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.778 (84) | 0.342 0.342  8 | |||
| 109. Lafayette (1 - 8) Schedule: 3.102 (28) | 0.15 0.15  2 | |||
| 110. Howard (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.16 (73) | -0.053 -0.053  3 | |||
| 111. Jackson St (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.577 (119) | -0.208 -0.208  2 | |||
| 112. Stetson (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.275 (101) | -0.378 -0.378  1 | |||
| 113. Nicholls St (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.852 (81) | -0.388 -0.388  1 | |||
| 114. Wagner (0 - 8) Schedule: 2.488 (59) | -0.519 -0.519  | |||
| 115. Florida A&M (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.584 (86) | -0.537 -0.537  1 | |||
| 116. Austin Peay (0 - 9) Schedule: 3.032 (33) | -0.658 -0.658  1 | |||
| 117. Texas Southern (3 - 4) Schedule: -0.738 (125) | -1.036 -1.036  1 | |||
| 118. East Tennessee St (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.201 (102) | -1.157 -1.157  2 | |||
| 119. Savannah St (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.522 (90) | -1.374 -1.374  2 | |||
| 120. Davidson (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.188 (103) | -1.548 -1.548  1 | |||
| 121. Valparaiso (1 - 6) Schedule: 1.412 (93) | -1.869 -1.869  | |||
| 122. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 7) Schedule: 0.432 (121) | -2.099 -2.099  2 | |||
| 123. Delaware St (0 - 8) Schedule: 1.303 (99) | -2.114 -2.114  1 | |||
| 124. Mississippi Valley St (0 - 9) Schedule: 1.58 (87) | -2.163 -2.163  1 | |||
| 125. Houston Christian (1 - 7) Schedule: 0.614 (117) | -2.279 -2.279  |