Week 9
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| Place | Team | Rating | Strength of Schedule | +/- | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. North Dakota St (8 - 0) Schedule: 3.616 (26) | 6.715 6.715  | |||
| 2. Northern Iowa (5 - 3) Schedule: 5.206 (2) | 6.228 6.228  | |||
| 3. South Dakota St (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.724 (21) | 6.213 6.213  | |||
| 4. Sam Houston St (7 - 0) Schedule: 2.791 (59) | 5.816 5.816  | |||
| 5. James Madison (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.229 (37) | 5.722 5.722  1 | |||
| 6. Southern Illinois (6 - 2) Schedule: 4.243 (10) | 5.667 5.667  1 | |||
| 7. Missouri St (5 - 3) Schedule: 4.66 (3) | 5.539 5.539  | |||
| 8. Eastern Washington (7 - 1) Schedule: 3.05 (49) | 5.303 5.303  1 | |||
| 9. South Dakota (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.745 (18) | 5.247 5.247  1 | |||
| 10. Montana St (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.428 (77) | 5.184 5.184  2 | |||
| 11. Chattanooga (5 - 3) Schedule: 3.656 (24) | 5.161 5.161  2 | |||
| 12. Harvard (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.599 (68) | 4.974 4.974  4 | |||
| 13. Montana (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.004 (52) | 4.796 4.796  2 | |||
| 14. Princeton (7 - 0) Schedule: 2.119 (91) | 4.784 4.784  1 | |||
| 15. North Dakota (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.256 (9) | 4.691 4.691  4 | |||
| 16. Weber St (4 - 4) Schedule: 4.022 (14) | 4.605 4.605  5 | |||
| 17. East Tennessee St (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.352 (81) | 4.597 4.597  1 | |||
| 18. Jackson St (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.318 (84) | 4.596 4.596  2 | |||
| 19. William & Mary (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.219 (39) | 4.567 4.567  6 | |||
| 20. Dartmouth (6 - 1) Schedule: 2.891 (55) | 4.506 4.506  6 | |||
| 21. Incarnate Word (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.579 (69) | 4.487 4.487  1 | |||
| 22. SE Louisiana (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.164 (89) | 4.443 4.443  1 | |||
| 23. UC-Davis (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.388 (79) | 4.404 4.404  1 | |||
| 24. Kennesaw St (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.204 (87) | 4.386 4.386  10 | |||
| 25. Sacramento St (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.194 (41) | 4.303 4.303  1 | |||
| 26. Villanova (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.024 (50) | 4.293 4.293  9 | |||
| 27. Eastern Kentucky (6 - 2) Schedule: 3.228 (38) | 4.282 4.282  | |||
| 28. Mercer (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.781 (60) | 4.12 4.12  1 | |||
| 29. Tennessee-Martin (7 - 1) Schedule: 2.739 (63) | 3.974 3.974  1 | |||
| 30. Central Arkansas (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.218 (40) | 3.915 3.915  5 | |||
| 31. Monmouth NJ (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.95 (53) | 3.773 3.773  7 | |||
| 32. Stephen F. Austin (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.243 (85) | 3.725 3.725  4 | |||
| 33. Florida A&M (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.048 (96) | 3.719 3.719  6 | |||
| 34. VMI (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.874 (56) | 3.687 3.687  1 | |||
| 35. Columbia (5 - 2) Schedule: 2.482 (73) | 3.642 3.642  3 | |||
| 36. Austin Peay (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.732 (19) | 3.624 3.624  5 | |||
| 37. Elon (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.694 (22) | 3.618 3.618  7 | |||
| 38. Holy Cross (6 - 2) Schedule: 2.105 (92) | 3.563 3.563  4 | |||
| 39. Nicholls St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.764 (61) | 3.434 3.434  4 | |||
| 40. Youngstown St (2 - 5) Schedule: 5.226 (1) | 3.361 3.361  3 | |||
| 41. Furman (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.323 (32) | 3.286 3.286  1 | |||
| 42. McNeese St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.862 (17) | 3.271 3.271  2 | |||
| 43. Portland St (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.799 (58) | 3.195 3.195  12 | |||
| 44. Prairie View A&M (6 - 1) Schedule: 1.558 (115) | 3.192 3.192  1 | |||
| 45. Samford (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.335 (31) | 3.137 3.137  2 | |||
| 46. Maine (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.647 (25) | 3.121 3.121  8 | |||
| 47. Towson (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.454 (29) | 3.115 3.115  1 | |||
| 48. Yale (4 - 3) Schedule: 2.384 (80) | 3.041 3.041  11 | |||
| 49. St Thomas (5 - 2) Schedule: 1.654 (112) | 3.032 3.032  13 | |||
| 50. New Hampshire (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.028 (13) | 3.016 3.016  9 | |||
| 51. Illinois St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.984 (15) | 2.934 2.934  5 | |||
| 52. Indiana St (4 - 5) Schedule: 4.453 (5) | 2.928 2.928  2 | |||
| 53. Western Illinois (2 - 7) Schedule: 4.552 (4) | 2.905 2.905  | |||
| 54. Stony Brook (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.096 (46) | 2.888 2.888  3 | |||
| 55. Richmond (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.184 (42) | 2.882 2.882  9 | |||
| 56. Fordham (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.334 (83) | 2.863 2.863  4 | |||
| 57. SE Missouri St (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.367 (30) | 2.78 2.78  4 | |||
| 58. Delaware (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.149 (43) | 2.754 2.754  2 | |||
| 59. Northern Arizona (4 - 4) Schedule: 3.248 (36) | 2.75 2.75  6 | |||
| 60. Abilene Christian (4 - 4) Schedule: 2.553 (70) | 2.711 2.711  3 | |||
| 61. Rhode Island (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.714 (64) | 2.645 2.645  19 | |||
| 62. Western Carolina (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.598 (27) | 2.53 2.53  15 | |||
| 63. Jacksonville St (3 - 5) Schedule: 4.281 (8) | 2.515 2.515  14 | |||
| 64. Tennessee St (5 - 3) Schedule: 2.141 (90) | 2.472 2.472  3 | |||
| 65. Murray St (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.25 (35) | 2.373 2.373  3 | |||
| 66. Norfolk St (6 - 2) Schedule: 1.361 (118) | 2.347 2.347  6 | |||
| 67. Charleston Southern (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.337 (82) | 2.309 2.309  14 | |||
| 68. Lafayette (3 - 5) Schedule: 3.074 (47) | 2.213 2.213  4 | |||
| 69. Pennsylvania (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.903 (106) | 2.21 2.21  21 | |||
| 70. Albany NY (0 - 8) Schedule: 4.156 (11) | 2.171 2.171  1 | |||
| 71. Davidson (6 - 1) Schedule: 0.875 (125) | 2.14 2.14  9 | |||
| 72. Tarleton St (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.966 (99) | 2.133 2.133  12 | |||
| 73. Idaho (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.731 (20) | 2.127 2.127  2 | |||
| 74. Campbell (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.811 (57) | 2.085 2.085  8 | |||
| 75. Bryant (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.591 (114) | 2.072 2.072  5 | |||
| 76. Northern Colorado (3 - 6) Schedule: 3.257 (34) | 2.054 2.054  10 | |||
| 77. Alcorn St (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.473 (117) | 2.036 2.036  3 | |||
| 78. Sacred Heart (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.249 (119) | 2.03 2.03  5 | |||
| 79. Duquesne (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.869 (108) | 2.023 2.023  16 | |||
| 80. Merrimack (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.519 (116) | 1.995 1.995  22 | |||
| 81. Southern U. (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.978 (98) | 1.872 1.872  10 | |||
| 82. The Citadel (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.485 (28) | 1.812 1.812  7 | |||
| 83. Alabama A&M (4 - 3) Schedule: 1.94 (101) | 1.789 1.789  16 | |||
| 84. St Francis PA (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.631 (113) | 1.773 1.773  16 | |||
| 85. Idaho St (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.438 (6) | 1.751 1.751  3 | |||
| 86. Lamar (2 - 6) Schedule: 3.322 (33) | 1.717 1.717  1 | |||
| 87. Grambling St (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.929 (54) | 1.677 1.677  4 | |||
| 88. South Carolina St (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.881 (107) | 1.659 1.659  8 | |||
| 89. San Diego (5 - 4) Schedule: 1.773 (110) | 1.656 1.656  6 | |||
| 90. Gardner-Webb (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.067 (94) | 1.619 1.619  11 | |||
| 91. Alabama St (3 - 4) Schedule: 2.683 (66) | 1.615 1.615  12 | |||
| 92. Cal Poly SLO (1 - 7) Schedule: 4.435 (7) | 1.566 1.566  3 | |||
| 93. Wofford (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.67 (23) | 1.56 1.56  15 | |||
| 94. Morehead St (5 - 3) Schedule: 1.179 (122) | 1.544 1.544  12 | |||
| 95. North Alabama (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.757 (62) | 1.527 1.527  1 | |||
| 96. Southern Utah (1 - 8) Schedule: 3.901 (16) | 1.518 1.518  8 | |||
| 97. Texas Southern (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.23 (86) | 1.498 1.498  6 | |||
| 98. North Carolina A&T (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.455 (76) | 1.449 1.449  11 | |||
| 99. Hampton (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.944 (100) | 1.324 1.324  7 | |||
| 100. Valparaiso (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.495 (72) | 1.321 1.321  3 | |||
| 101. Brown (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.611 (67) | 1.301 1.301  25 | |||
| 102. Marist (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.911 (105) | 1.151 1.151  9 | |||
| 103. Dayton (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.089 (123) | 1.112 1.112  5 | |||
| 104. Bethune-Cookman (0 - 8) Schedule: 3.064 (48) | 1.081 1.081  2 | |||
| 105. Tennessee Tech (3 - 5) Schedule: 2.053 (95) | 1.051 1.051  | |||
| 106. Cornell NY (1 - 6) Schedule: 2.501 (71) | 1.041 1.041  4 | |||
| 107. Dixie St (0 - 8) Schedule: 4.117 (12) | 0.919 0.919  2 | |||
| 108. Central Conn St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.191 (88) | 0.897 0.897  13 | |||
| 109. Mississippi Valley St (2 - 6) Schedule: 2.48 (74) | 0.837 0.837  4 | |||
| 110. Georgetown DC (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.085 (93) | 0.781 0.781  2 | |||
| 111. Eastern Illinois (1 - 8) Schedule: 2.708 (65) | 0.725 0.725  4 | |||
| 112. Robert Morris (3 - 4) Schedule: 1.804 (109) | 0.66 0.66  5 | |||
| 113. Stetson (3 - 4) Schedule: 0.853 (126) | 0.651 0.651  5 | |||
| 114. Northwestern St (1 - 7) Schedule: 3.114 (45) | 0.606 0.606  2 | |||
| 115. Colgate (3 - 6) Schedule: 1.935 (102) | 0.549 0.549  1 | |||
| 116. Howard (2 - 6) Schedule: 1.732 (111) | 0.509 0.509  6 | |||
| 117. LIU-Post (2 - 5) Schedule: 2.427 (78) | 0.489 0.489  2 | |||
| 118. Delaware St (4 - 4) Schedule: 1.006 (124) | 0.483 0.483  4 | |||
| 119. North Carolina Central (3 - 5) Schedule: 1.21 (121) | 0.442 0.442  4 | |||
| 120. Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1 - 7) Schedule: 2.465 (75) | 0.181 0.181  9 | |||
| 121. Houston Christian (0 - 8) Schedule: 3.127 (44) | 0.113 0.113  1 | |||
| 122. Drake (2 - 5) Schedule: 1.244 (120) | 0.109 0.109  2 | |||
| 123. Lehigh (0 - 8) Schedule: 3.023 (51) | -0.551 -0.551  3 | |||
| 124. Butler (2 - 7) Schedule: 0.814 (127) | -0.581 -0.581  1 | |||
| 125. Bucknell (1 - 7) Schedule: 1.998 (97) | -0.831 -0.831  2 | |||
| 126. Wagner (0 - 8) Schedule: 1.933 (104) | -0.868 -0.868  1 | |||
| 127. Morgan St (0 - 8) Schedule: 1.933 (103) | -1.184 -1.184  1 | |||
| 128. Presbyterian (2 - 6) Schedule: 0.314 (128) | -1.22 -1.22  4 |