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. North Dakota St (8 - 0) Schedule: 3.948 (8) | 7.261 7.261  | |||
| 2. Dartmouth (7 - 0) Schedule: 2.957 (60) | 6.245 6.245  | |||
| 3. UC-Davis (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.678 (19) | 5.703 5.703  1 | |||
| 4. Princeton (7 - 0) Schedule: 1.909 (100) | 5.516 5.516  2 | |||
| 5. Colgate (7 - 0) Schedule: 1.944 (98) | 5.287 5.287  3 | |||
| 6. James Madison (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.994 (56) | 5.214 5.214  3 | |||
| 7. Eastern Washington (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.495 (30) | 5.204 5.204  5 | |||
| 8. Delaware (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.752 (13) | 5.158 5.158  3 | |||
| 9. South Dakota St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.569 (24) | 5.044 5.044  4 | |||
| 10. Illinois St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.437 (31) | 4.927 4.927  5 | |||
| 11. Towson (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.223 (40) | 4.919 4.919  4 | |||
| 12. Weber St (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.979 (6) | 4.865 4.865  3 | |||
| 13. Elon (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.842 (11) | 4.786 4.786  1 | |||
| 14. North Dakota (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.242 (39) | 4.617 4.617  4 | |||
| 15. Northern Iowa (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.286 (2) | 4.558 4.558  6 | |||
| 16. Idaho St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.681 (18) | 4.55 4.55  1 | |||
| 17. Kennesaw St (7 - 1) Schedule: 1.317 (110) | 4.549 4.549  4 | |||
| 18. Stony Brook (6 - 3) Schedule: 3.095 (48) | 4.529 4.529  2 | |||
| 19. Nicholls St (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.617 (21) | 4.462 4.462  3 | |||
| 20. Wofford (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.825 (65) | 4.438 4.438  3 | |||
| 21. Jacksonville St (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.24 (87) | 4.383 4.383  3 | |||
| 22. North Carolina A&T (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.257 (86) | 4.063 4.063  4 | |||
| 23. SE Missouri St (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.761 (66) | 4.059 4.059  8 | |||
| 24. Central Arkansas (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.575 (75) | 3.797 3.797  5 | |||
| 25. Florida A&M (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.936 (99) | 3.78 3.78  4 | |||
| 26. Western Illinois (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.137 (4) | 3.761 3.761  8 | |||
| 27. Yale (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.401 (32) | 3.756 3.756  7 | |||
| 28. Rhode Island (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.034 (53) | 3.746 3.746  4 | |||
| 29. Harvard (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.52 (27) | 3.744 3.744  7 | |||
| 30. Abilene Christian (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.982 (57) | 3.721 3.721  3 | |||
| 31. Incarnate Word (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.731 (15) | 3.66 3.66  13 | |||
| 32. Chattanooga (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.421 (83) | 3.645 3.645  4 | |||
| 33. Furman (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.201 (3) | 3.578 3.578  13 | |||
| 34. Montana St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.752 (14) | 3.545 3.545  1 | |||
| 35. Samford (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.583 (73) | 3.475 3.475  5 | |||
| 36. McNeese St (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.202 (42) | 3.366 3.366  5 | |||
| 37. Austin Peay (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.922 (61) | 3.336 3.336  7 | |||
| 38. Montana (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.511 (28) | 3.324 3.324  8 | |||
| 39. Maine (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.836 (64) | 3.244 3.244  4 | |||
| 40. Cornell NY (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.961 (7) | 3.226 3.226  3 | |||
| 41. East Tennessee St (7 - 2) Schedule: 2.498 (78) | 3.205 3.205  9 | |||
| 42. Sam Houston St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.978 (58) | 3.187 3.187  3 | |||
| 43. Tennessee St (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.694 (70) | 3.153 3.153  1 | |||
| 44. Columbia (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.222 (41) | 3.147 3.147  17 | |||
| 45. Sacred Heart (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.124 (92) | 3.098 3.098  2 | |||
| 46. Portland St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.181 (46) | 3.094 3.094  8 | |||
| 47. Alcorn St (7 - 2) Schedule: 1.42 (105) | 3.062 3.062  11 | |||
| 48. Villanova (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.349 (36) | 3.031 3.031  23 | |||
| 49. South Dakota (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.009 (5) | 3.018 3.018  4 | |||
| 50. Idaho (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.699 (17) | 3.003 3.003  1 | |||
| 51. Pennsylvania (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.5 (77) | 3 3  3 | |||
| 52. Murray St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.6 (22) | 2.985 2.985  19 | |||
| 53. Missouri St (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.087 (50) | 2.983 2.983  15 | |||
| 54. Southern Illinois (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.64 (20) | 2.917 2.917  5 | |||
| 55. Southern U. (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.526 (76) | 2.884 2.884  12 | |||
| 56. Cal Poly SLO (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.877 (10) | 2.814 2.814  7 | |||
| 57. Indiana St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.583 (74) | 2.75 2.75  12 | |||
| 58. Monmouth NJ (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.072 (95) | 2.744 2.744  7 | |||
| 59. Lamar (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.727 (69) | 2.673 2.673  3 | |||
| 60. Mercer (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.727 (68) | 2.62 2.62  3 | |||
| 61. SE Louisiana (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.585 (23) | 2.597 2.597  6 | |||
| 62. The Citadel (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.377 (34) | 2.578 2.578  2 | |||
| 63. Alabama A&M (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.064 (96) | 2.574 2.574  14 | |||
| 64. New Hampshire (2 - 6) Schedule: 4.312 (1) | 2.569 2.569  18 | |||
| 65. Drake (5 - 2) Schedule: 0.737 (118) | 2.443 2.443  1 | |||
| 66. Tennessee-Martin (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.799 (12) | 2.436 2.436  10 | |||
| 67. San Diego (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.066 (112) | 2.421 2.421  5 | |||
| 68. Charleston Southern (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.68 (71) | 2.415 2.415  15 | |||
| 69. Northern Arizona (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.196 (44) | 2.395 2.395  4 | |||
| 70. Richmond (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.523 (26) | 2.328 2.328  | |||
| 71. Holy Cross (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.554 (25) | 2.321 2.321  7 | |||
| 72. Eastern Kentucky (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.858 (62) | 2.313 2.313  3 | |||
| 73. North Alabama (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.196 (88) | 2.301 2.301  1 | |||
| 74. Savannah St (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.321 (37) | 2.227 2.227  7 | |||
| 75. Northwestern St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.197 (43) | 2.147 2.147  4 | |||
| 76. William & Mary (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.728 (16) | 2.144 2.144  8 | |||
| 77. Youngstown St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.029 (54) | 2.122 2.122  11 | |||
| 78. Stephen F. Austin (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.505 (29) | 2.028 2.028  2 | |||
| 79. Howard (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.031 (97) | 2.009 2.009  6 | |||
| 80. Campbell (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.371 (107) | 1.991 1.991  28 | |||
| 81. Northern Colorado (2 - 7) Schedule: 3.281 (38) | 1.98 1.98  1 | |||
| 82. South Carolina St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.968 (59) | 1.784 1.784  10 | |||
| 83. Western Carolina (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.422 (82) | 1.733 1.733  11 | |||
| 84. Bethune-Cookman (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.302 (85) | 1.657 1.657  1 | |||
| 85. Georgetown DC (4 - 5) Schedule: 2.141 (91) | 1.629 1.629  2 | |||
| 86. Central Conn St (5 - 4) Schedule: 0.713 (120) | 1.596 1.596  9 | |||
| 87. Eastern Illinois (2 - 7) Schedule: 3.087 (49) | 1.53 1.53  1 | |||
| 88. Morgan St (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.063 (51) | 1.514 1.514  4 | |||
| 89. Prairie View A&M (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.106 (93) | 1.504 1.504  6 | |||
| 90. Grambling St (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.375 (106) | 1.502 1.502  1 | |||
| 91. Southern Utah (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.195 (45) | 1.37 1.37  5 | |||
| 92. Dayton (4 - 5) Schedule: 0.952 (113) | 1.279 1.279  5 | |||
| 93. Albany NY (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.015 (55) | 1.267 1.267  3 | |||
| 94. VMI (0 - 8) Schedule: 3.377 (35) | 1.231 1.231  12 | |||
| 95. Lafayette (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.491 (79) | 1.183 1.183  4 | |||
| 96. Brown (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.382 (33) | 1.167 1.167  2 | |||
| 97. Gardner-Webb (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.038 (52) | 1.113 1.113  16 | |||
| 98. Sacramento St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.593 (72) | 1.098 1.098  10 | |||
| 99. Jackson St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.075 (94) | 1.077 1.077  8 | |||
| 100. North Carolina Central (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.619 (103) | 0.996 0.996  21 | |||
| 101. Duquesne (5 - 3) Schedule: 0.723 (119) | 0.984 0.984  | |||
| 102. Stetson (6 - 1) Schedule: -0.098 (124) | 0.982 0.982  1 | |||
| 103. Norfolk St (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.861 (102) | 0.907 0.907  10 | |||
| 104. Marist (4 - 4) Schedule: 0.819 (115) | 0.814 0.814  6 | |||
| 105. Alabama St (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.108 (47) | 0.803 0.803  5 | |||
| 106. Bryant (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.352 (108) | 0.717 0.717  2 | |||
| 107. Hampton (4 - 3) Schedule: 0.675 (121) | 0.709 0.709  2 | |||
| 108. Texas Southern (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.164 (90) | 0.691 0.691  6 | |||
| 109. St Francis PA (3 - 5) Schedule: -0.046 (123) | 0.641 0.641  1 | |||
| 110. Bucknell (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.851 (63) | 0.534 0.534  3 | |||
| 111. Wagner (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.465 (81) | 0.495 0.495  9 | |||
| 112. Presbyterian (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.569 (104) | 0.409 0.409  3 | |||
| 113. Houston Christian (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.364 (84) | 0.306 0.306  2 | |||
| 114. Tennessee Tech (0 - 8) Schedule: 3.937 (9) | 0.276 0.276  2 | |||
| 115. Delaware St (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.731 (67) | 0.011 0.011  7 | |||
| 116. Davidson (5 - 4) Schedule: -0.609 (125) | -0.092 -0.092  3 | |||
| 117. Fordham (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.879 (101) | -0.118 -0.118  1 | |||
| 118. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.328 (109) | -0.177 -0.177  | |||
| 119. Butler (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.298 (111) | -0.221 -0.221  4 | |||
| 120. Lehigh (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.482 (80) | -0.444 -0.444  1 | |||
| 121. Morehead St (3 - 5) Schedule: 0.625 (122) | -0.504 -0.504  4 | |||
| 122. Jacksonville FL (1 - 6) Schedule: 0.818 (116) | -0.603 -0.603  1 | |||
| 123. Mississippi Valley St (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.187 (89) | -0.642 -0.642  3 | |||
| 124. Valparaiso (1 - 7) Schedule: 0.783 (117) | -0.872 -0.872  1 | |||
| 125. Robert Morris (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.932 (114) | -0.965 -0.965  1 |