Week 8
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. North Dakota St (7 - 0) Schedule: 3.781 (20) | 6.785 6.785  | |||
| 2. Northern Iowa (4 - 3) Schedule: 5.143 (1) | 6.135 6.135  1 | |||
| 3. South Dakota St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.791 (19) | 6.033 6.033  1 | |||
| 4. Sam Houston St (6 - 0) Schedule: 2.855 (60) | 5.901 5.901  5 | |||
| 5. Southern Illinois (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.956 (17) | 5.759 5.759  1 | |||
| 6. James Madison (6 - 1) Schedule: 3.226 (38) | 5.595 5.595  4 | |||
| 7. Missouri St (4 - 3) Schedule: 4.699 (4) | 5.592 5.592  1 | |||
| 8. Harvard (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.507 (75) | 5.483 5.483  2 | |||
| 9. Eastern Washington (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.032 (47) | 5.286 5.286  4 | |||
| 10. South Dakota (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.755 (21) | 5.257 5.257  3 | |||
| 11. Montana (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.198 (40) | 5.138 5.138  2 | |||
| 12. Montana St (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.33 (84) | 5.088 5.088  | |||
| 13. Chattanooga (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.732 (25) | 5.087 5.087  5 | |||
| 14. Kennesaw St (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.664 (69) | 5.047 5.047  2 | |||
| 15. Princeton (6 - 0) Schedule: 2.386 (81) | 4.942 4.942  6 | |||
| 16. Jackson St (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.561 (72) | 4.89 4.89  1 | |||
| 17. Villanova (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.911 (55) | 4.726 4.726  2 | |||
| 18. East Tennessee St (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.455 (77) | 4.7 4.7  4 | |||
| 19. North Dakota (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.05 (14) | 4.655 4.655  1 | |||
| 20. Incarnate Word (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.907 (56) | 4.547 4.547  5 | |||
| 21. Weber St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.273 (8) | 4.384 4.384  6 | |||
| 22. UC-Davis (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.353 (82) | 4.366 4.366  1 | |||
| 23. SE Louisiana (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.809 (108) | 4.295 4.295  3 | |||
| 24. Sacramento St (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.189 (41) | 4.279 4.279  5 | |||
| 25. William & Mary (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.099 (46) | 4.272 4.272  8 | |||
| 26. Dartmouth (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.512 (74) | 4.191 4.191  15 | |||
| 27. Eastern Kentucky (5 - 2) Schedule: 3.371 (33) | 4.039 4.039  9 | |||
| 28. Tennessee-Martin (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.667 (68) | 3.967 3.967  6 | |||
| 29. Mercer (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.954 (53) | 3.883 3.883  10 | |||
| 30. Elon (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.397 (32) | 3.786 3.786  15 | |||
| 31. Columbia (5 - 1) Schedule: 2.213 (88) | 3.721 3.721  25 | |||
| 32. Austin Peay (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.736 (23) | 3.721 3.721  23 | |||
| 33. VMI (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.892 (58) | 3.709 3.709  3 | |||
| 34. Holy Cross (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.557 (73) | 3.706 3.706  2 | |||
| 35. Central Arkansas (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.398 (31) | 3.604 3.604  9 | |||
| 36. Stephen F. Austin (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.157 (92) | 3.571 3.571  7 | |||
| 37. Youngstown St (2 - 4) Schedule: 5.032 (2) | 3.56 3.56  13 | |||
| 38. Monmouth NJ (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.109 (44) | 3.556 3.556  3 | |||
| 39. Florida A&M (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.146 (93) | 3.516 3.516  2 | |||
| 40. Furman (4 - 3) Schedule: 3.138 (43) | 3.461 3.461  9 | |||
| 41. New Hampshire (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.241 (10) | 3.453 3.453  16 | |||
| 42. Rhode Island (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.905 (57) | 3.304 3.304  14 | |||
| 43. Nicholls St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.957 (52) | 3.292 3.292  4 | |||
| 44. McNeese St (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.717 (27) | 3.149 3.149  12 | |||
| 45. Prairie View A&M (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.514 (117) | 3.144 3.144  22 | |||
| 46. Illinois St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.209 (13) | 3.137 3.137  17 | |||
| 47. Samford (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.249 (37) | 3.131 3.131  9 | |||
| 48. Towson (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.747 (22) | 3.068 3.068  14 | |||
| 49. Jacksonville St (3 - 4) Schedule: 4.455 (6) | 3.026 3.026  1 | |||
| 50. Indiana St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.225 (12) | 2.981 2.981  1 | |||
| 51. Stony Brook (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.156 (42) | 2.948 2.948  2 | |||
| 52. Fordham (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.388 (80) | 2.918 2.918  10 | |||
| 53. Western Illinois (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.814 (3) | 2.845 2.845  12 | |||
| 54. Maine (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.909 (18) | 2.829 2.829  12 | |||
| 55. Portland St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.805 (64) | 2.825 2.825  5 | |||
| 56. Delaware (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.484 (29) | 2.821 2.821  4 | |||
| 57. Abilene Christian (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.334 (83) | 2.796 2.796  8 | |||
| 58. Merrimack (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.621 (113) | 2.764 2.764  1 | |||
| 59. Yale (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.029 (99) | 2.641 2.641  2 | |||
| 60. Norfolk St (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.764 (111) | 2.636 2.636  15 | |||
| 61. SE Missouri St (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.733 (24) | 2.632 2.632  8 | |||
| 62. St Thomas (4 - 2) Schedule: 1.591 (115) | 2.591 2.591  11 | |||
| 63. Duquesne (4 - 2) Schedule: 2.062 (97) | 2.559 2.559  23 | |||
| 64. Richmond (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.217 (39) | 2.502 2.502  | |||
| 65. Northern Arizona (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.261 (36) | 2.495 2.495  12 | |||
| 66. Campbell (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.996 (49) | 2.494 2.494  8 | |||
| 67. Tennessee St (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.202 (90) | 2.447 2.447  16 | |||
| 68. Murray St (3 - 4) Schedule: 3.308 (35) | 2.435 2.435  22 | |||
| 69. Albany NY (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.37 (7) | 2.391 2.391  2 | |||
| 70. Bryant (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.869 (104) | 2.347 2.347  | |||
| 71. Idaho (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.967 (15) | 2.327 2.327  11 | |||
| 72. Lafayette (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.477 (30) | 2.32 2.32  4 | |||
| 73. Sacred Heart (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.309 (119) | 2.094 2.094  8 | |||
| 74. Alcorn St (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.339 (118) | 2.089 2.089  17 | |||
| 75. The Citadel (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.358 (34) | 2.052 2.052  20 | |||
| 76. Brown (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.931 (54) | 2.032 2.032  2 | |||
| 77. Western Carolina (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.732 (26) | 2.031 2.031  16 | |||
| 78. Wofford (1 - 6) Schedule: 3.959 (16) | 2.025 2.025  6 | |||
| 79. Alabama St (3 - 3) Schedule: 2.871 (59) | 1.985 1.985  3 | |||
| 80. Davidson (5 - 1) Schedule: 0.715 (127) | 1.935 1.935  4 | |||
| 81. Charleston Southern (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.294 (86) | 1.878 1.878  19 | |||
| 82. Morehead St (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.232 (120) | 1.866 1.866  5 | |||
| 83. Grambling St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.709 (67) | 1.815 1.815  9 | |||
| 84. Tarleton St (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.204 (122) | 1.81 1.81  10 | |||
| 85. Lamar (2 - 5) Schedule: 3.102 (45) | 1.804 1.804  5 | |||
| 86. Northern Colorado (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.986 (50) | 1.782 1.782  2 | |||
| 87. North Carolina A&T (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.409 (78) | 1.749 1.749  13 | |||
| 88. Idaho St (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.245 (9) | 1.724 1.724  | |||
| 89. Cal Poly SLO (1 - 6) Schedule: 4.551 (5) | 1.701 1.701  4 | |||
| 90. Pennsylvania (2 - 4) Schedule: 1.948 (101) | 1.674 1.674  10 | |||
| 91. Southern U. (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.887 (103) | 1.657 1.657  12 | |||
| 92. Hampton (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.197 (91) | 1.601 1.601  14 | |||
| 93. Marist (3 - 3) Schedule: 1.862 (105) | 1.579 1.579  7 | |||
| 94. North Alabama (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.77 (66) | 1.543 1.543  10 | |||
| 95. San Diego (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.801 (109) | 1.508 1.508  7 | |||
| 96. South Carolina St (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.932 (102) | 1.497 1.497  4 | |||
| 97. Dayton (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.592 (114) | 1.486 1.486  21 | |||
| 98. Valparaiso (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.644 (70) | 1.486 1.486  1 | |||
| 99. Alabama A&M (3 - 3) Schedule: 1.992 (100) | 1.458 1.458  | |||
| 100. St Francis PA (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.565 (116) | 1.451 1.451  3 | |||
| 101. Gardner-Webb (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.624 (112) | 1.223 1.223  4 | |||
| 102. Cornell NY (1 - 5) Schedule: 2.298 (85) | 1.147 1.147  7 | |||
| 103. Texas Southern (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.478 (76) | 1.104 1.104  | |||
| 104. Southern Utah (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.656 (28) | 1.07 1.07  6 | |||
| 105. Tennessee Tech (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.054 (98) | 1.052 1.052  4 | |||
| 106. Bethune-Cookman (0 - 8) Schedule: 3 (48) | 1.014 1.014  4 | |||
| 107. Eastern Illinois (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.782 (65) | 0.987 0.987  18 | |||
| 108. Georgetown DC (2 - 4) Schedule: 2.213 (89) | 0.893 0.893  1 | |||
| 109. Dixie St (0 - 7) Schedule: 4.226 (11) | 0.783 0.783  | |||
| 110. Howard (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.832 (106) | 0.587 0.587  2 | |||
| 111. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.622 (71) | 0.551 0.551  9 | |||
| 112. Northwestern St (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.98 (51) | 0.545 0.545  1 | |||
| 113. Mississippi Valley St (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.094 (94) | 0.491 0.491  5 | |||
| 114. Delaware St (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.187 (124) | 0.445 0.445  3 | |||
| 115. North Carolina Central (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.081 (125) | 0.375 0.375  2 | |||
| 116. Colgate (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.397 (79) | 0.364 0.364  2 | |||
| 117. Robert Morris (2 - 4) Schedule: 1.811 (107) | 0.343 0.343  9 | |||
| 118. Stetson (2 - 4) Schedule: 1.2 (123) | 0.264 0.264  2 | |||
| 119. LIU-Post (1 - 5) Schedule: 2.812 (63) | 0.141 0.141  6 | |||
| 120. Drake (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.22 (121) | 0.082 0.082  1 | |||
| 121. Central Conn St (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.083 (96) | 0.002 0.002  6 | |||
| 122. Houston Christian (0 - 7) Schedule: 2.818 (62) | -0.089 -0.089  | |||
| 123. Bucknell (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.253 (87) | -0.442 -0.442  | |||
| 124. Presbyterian (2 - 5) Schedule: 0.532 (128) | -0.616 -0.616  3 | |||
| 125. Butler (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.72 (126) | -0.736 -0.736  1 | |||
| 126. Lehigh (0 - 7) Schedule: 2.824 (61) | -0.742 -0.742  1 | |||
| 127. Wagner (0 - 7) Schedule: 2.093 (95) | -0.765 -0.765  3 | |||
| 128. Morgan St (0 - 7) Schedule: 1.778 (110) | -1.537 -1.537  |