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. Eastern Washington (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.005 (3) | 6.087 6.087  1 | |||
| 2. North Dakota St (7 - 1) Schedule: 4.406 (1) | 6.024 6.024  1 | |||
| 3. Jacksonville St (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.072 (22) | 5.35 5.35  1 | |||
| 4. Central Arkansas (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.629 (45) | 5.251 5.251  1 | |||
| 5. The Citadel (8 - 0) Schedule: 2.452 (55) | 4.675 4.675  4 | |||
| 6. Sam Houston St (8 - 0) Schedule: 1.318 (96) | 4.662 4.662  4 | |||
| 7. South Dakota St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.821 (6) | 4.617 4.617  4 | |||
| 8. Youngstown St (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.502 (9) | 4.617 4.617  2 | |||
| 9. Coastal Carolina (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.357 (58) | 4.461 4.461  2 | |||
| 10. Chattanooga (8 - 1) Schedule: 1.924 (76) | 4.459 4.459  2 | |||
| 11. Northern Iowa (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.057 (2) | 4.411 4.411  3 | |||
| 12. Charleston Southern (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.843 (33) | 4.389 4.389  5 | |||
| 13. Lehigh (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.084 (69) | 4.282 4.282  | |||
| 14. Cal Poly SLO (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.088 (21) | 4.249 4.249  6 | |||
| 15. Richmond (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.485 (53) | 4.227 4.227  1 | |||
| 16. Samford (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.956 (26) | 4.208 4.208  1 | |||
| 17. Western Illinois (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.569 (7) | 4.057 4.057  2 | |||
| 18. James Madison (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.041 (72) | 3.98 3.98  2 | |||
| 19. Montana (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.863 (31) | 3.933 3.933  1 | |||
| 20. North Dakota (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.634 (44) | 3.916 3.916  1 | |||
| 21. Villanova (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.679 (39) | 3.846 3.846  1 | |||
| 22. Wofford (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.534 (49) | 3.66 3.66  2 | |||
| 23. Grambling St (5 - 1) Schedule: 0.802 (114) | 3.66 3.66  6 | |||
| 24. Liberty (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.115 (18) | 3.579 3.579  1 | |||
| 25. San Diego (7 - 1) Schedule: 0.697 (115) | 3.508 3.508  1 | |||
| 26. Albany NY (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.244 (63) | 3.497 3.497  3 | |||
| 27. North Carolina A&T (7 - 1) Schedule: 1.013 (110) | 3.409 3.409  5 | |||
| 28. New Hampshire (6 - 3) Schedule: 2.303 (60) | 3.364 3.364  10 | |||
| 29. South Dakota (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.83 (5) | 3.364 3.364  1 | |||
| 30. Princeton (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.508 (91) | 3.309 3.309  3 | |||
| 31. Illinois St (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.454 (10) | 3.299 3.299  12 | |||
| 32. McNeese St (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.346 (59) | 3.174 3.174  6 | |||
| 33. Southern Utah (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.323 (15) | 3.169 3.169  2 | |||
| 34. Northern Arizona (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.983 (24) | 3.165 3.165  4 | |||
| 35. Stony Brook (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.943 (27) | 3.117 3.117  12 | |||
| 36. Colgate (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.548 (47) | 3.105 3.105  | |||
| 37. Weber St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.833 (34) | 3.03 3.03  6 | |||
| 38. Harvard (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.254 (99) | 2.907 2.907  4 | |||
| 39. SE Louisiana (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.199 (17) | 2.852 2.852  2 | |||
| 40. St Francis PA (6 - 3) Schedule: 1.46 (92) | 2.791 2.791  9 | |||
| 41. Lamar (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.406 (13) | 2.779 2.779  13 | |||
| 42. Furman (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.439 (11) | 2.761 2.761  11 | |||
| 43. Kennesaw St (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.15 (102) | 2.698 2.698  18 | |||
| 44. Northern Colorado (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.657 (42) | 2.696 2.696  3 | |||
| 45. Maine (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.778 (36) | 2.696 2.696  1 | |||
| 46. Indiana St (4 - 5) Schedule: 3.092 (20) | 2.69 2.69  5 | |||
| 47. Nicholls St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.821 (35) | 2.59 2.59  10 | |||
| 48. Pennsylvania (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.349 (93) | 2.517 2.517  8 | |||
| 49. Portland St (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.538 (8) | 2.494 2.494  5 | |||
| 50. UC-Davis (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.964 (4) | 2.48 2.48  2 | |||
| 51. Mercer (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.896 (29) | 2.44 2.44  5 | |||
| 52. Dayton (7 - 2) Schedule: 0.476 (120) | 2.348 2.348  2 | |||
| 53. South Carolina St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.661 (40) | 2.317 2.317  12 | |||
| 54. Southern Illinois (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.774 (37) | 2.301 2.301  4 | |||
| 55. Stephen F. Austin (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.877 (30) | 2.286 2.286  17 | |||
| 56. Gardner-Webb (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.365 (56) | 2.284 2.284  4 | |||
| 57. Duquesne (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.981 (74) | 2.275 2.275  1 | |||
| 58. Fordham (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.84 (82) | 2.274 2.274  11 | |||
| 59. Eastern Illinois (5 - 4) Schedule: 2.503 (52) | 2.266 2.266  4 | |||
| 60. Missouri St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.626 (46) | 2.159 2.159  2 | |||
| 61. Southern U. (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.986 (112) | 2.112 2.112  3 | |||
| 62. Sacred Heart (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.032 (109) | 2.11 2.11  20 | |||
| 63. Prairie View A&M (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.682 (86) | 2.077 2.077  | |||
| 64. Tennessee-Martin (5 - 4) Schedule: 1.545 (90) | 2.063 2.063  7 | |||
| 65. Montana St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.762 (38) | 1.979 1.979  | |||
| 66. Tennessee St (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.346 (94) | 1.937 1.937  7 | |||
| 67. Delaware (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.185 (66) | 1.909 1.909  8 | |||
| 68. North Carolina Central (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.073 (106) | 1.892 1.892  2 | |||
| 69. William & Mary (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.363 (57) | 1.837 1.837  4 | |||
| 70. Dartmouth (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.776 (84) | 1.757 1.757  2 | |||
| 71. Western Carolina (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.376 (14) | 1.665 1.665  7 | |||
| 72. SE Missouri St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.009 (73) | 1.628 1.628  5 | |||
| 73. VMI (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.531 (50) | 1.584 1.584  9 | |||
| 74. Tennessee Tech (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.265 (61) | 1.575 1.575  2 | |||
| 75. Towson (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.428 (12) | 1.57 1.57  8 | |||
| 76. Houston Christian (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.212 (16) | 1.515 1.515  14 | |||
| 77. Monmouth NJ (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.191 (65) | 1.409 1.409  8 | |||
| 78. Murray St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.041 (71) | 1.4 1.4  7 | |||
| 79. Bucknell (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.851 (79) | 1.383 1.383  | |||
| 80. Cornell NY (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.948 (75) | 1.379 1.379  10 | |||
| 81. Wagner (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.075 (105) | 1.246 1.246  7 | |||
| 82. Holy Cross (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.194 (64) | 1.166 1.166  2 | |||
| 83. Idaho St (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.037 (23) | 1.127 1.127  2 | |||
| 84. Abilene Christian (1 - 8) Schedule: 3.107 (19) | 1.124 1.124  3 | |||
| 85. Bryant (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.083 (104) | 1.062 1.062  3 | |||
| 86. Northwestern St (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.636 (43) | 1.054 1.054  6 | |||
| 87. Alcorn St (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.617 (88) | 0.902 0.902  2 | |||
| 88. Eastern Kentucky (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.072 (70) | 0.873 0.873  6 | |||
| 89. Florida A&M (3 - 6) Schedule: 2.085 (68) | 0.865 0.865  3 | |||
| 90. East Tennessee St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.547 (48) | 0.797 0.797  7 | |||
| 91. Texas Southern (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.033 (108) | 0.752 0.752  3 | |||
| 92. Elon (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.514 (51) | 0.737 0.737  | |||
| 93. Jacksonville FL (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.393 (121) | 0.732 0.732  7 | |||
| 94. Hampton (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.161 (101) | 0.703 0.703  8 | |||
| 95. Georgetown DC (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.59 (89) | 0.648 0.648  12 | |||
| 96. Sacramento St (1 - 8) Schedule: 2.658 (41) | 0.629 0.629  8 | |||
| 97. Lafayette (2 - 7) Schedule: 2.125 (67) | 0.585 0.585  12 | |||
| 98. Presbyterian (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.967 (25) | 0.54 0.54  3 | |||
| 99. Drake (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.211 (100) | 0.522 0.522  1 | |||
| 100. Yale (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.248 (62) | 0.485 0.485  3 | |||
| 101. Incarnate Word (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.455 (54) | 0.482 0.482  5 | |||
| 102. Columbia (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.822 (83) | 0.423 0.423  11 | |||
| 103. Bethune-Cookman (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.303 (98) | 0.422 0.422  7 | |||
| 104. Alabama St (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.829 (113) | 0.378 0.378  5 | |||
| 105. Brown (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.621 (87) | 0.335 0.335  1 | |||
| 106. Marist (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.667 (117) | 0.324 0.324  13 | |||
| 107. Robert Morris (2 - 7) Schedule: 1.867 (77) | 0.215 0.215  7 | |||
| 108. Jackson St (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.343 (95) | 0.214 0.214  7 | |||
| 109. Rhode Island (1 - 8) Schedule: 2.926 (28) | 0.182 0.182  1 | |||
| 110. Savannah St (2 - 4) Schedule: 1.85 (80) | 0.158 0.158  3 | |||
| 111. Alabama A&M (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.996 (111) | 0.119 0.119  1 | |||
| 112. Stetson (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.145 (123) | -0.01 -0.01  1 | |||
| 113. Butler (4 - 5) Schedule: 0.19 (122) | -0.014 -0.014  3 | |||
| 114. Central Conn St (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.843 (81) | -0.111 -0.111  9 | |||
| 115. Austin Peay (0 - 8) Schedule: 2.845 (32) | -0.161 -0.161  2 | |||
| 116. Morehead St (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.67 (116) | -0.254 -0.254  1 | |||
| 117. Norfolk St (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.147 (103) | -0.319 -0.319  2 | |||
| 118. Campbell (3 - 4) Schedule: -0.524 (125) | -0.654 -0.654  1 | |||
| 119. Howard (1 - 8) Schedule: 1.746 (85) | -0.708 -0.708  1 | |||
| 120. Valparaiso (3 - 6) Schedule: 0.507 (118) | -0.808 -0.808  2 | |||
| 121. Morgan St (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.506 (119) | -1.136 -1.136  | |||
| 122. Davidson (2 - 7) Schedule: -0.155 (124) | -1.387 -1.387  | |||
| 123. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.042 (107) | -1.521 -1.521  2 | |||
| 124. Delaware St (0 - 8) Schedule: 1.307 (97) | -1.57 -1.57  1 | |||
| 125. Mississippi Valley St (0 - 8) Schedule: 1.865 (78) | -1.6 -1.6  1 |