2018 FCS College Football Power Ratings
Last updated: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 - final ratings
I will be updating this page by each Monday night during the season.
These ratings are based on a mathematical formula which includes several
factors, including win-loss record, schedule strength, and margin of victory
in games. The most recent games are counted with more slightly emphasis than
those played earlier in the season.
The strength of schedule ranking shown here is vs. all opponents and is the
ranking among the 125 FCS teams in these ratings only. To see the strength of
schedule ranking among all 255 Div. I teams, please refer to the overall
ratings or alphabetical ratings pages.
The strength of schedule ranking reflects only games played so far during the
season, not future opponents.
SS = strength of schedule ranking among all 125 FCS teams in these ratings
(1 is strongest and 125 is weakest)
| | FCS RATINGS | W | L | RATING | SS
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| 1 | North Dakota State | 15 | 0 | 124.6 | 9
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| 2 | Eastern Washington | 12 | 3 | 114.8 | 12
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| 3 | South Dakota State | 10 | 3 | 112.9 | 16
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| 4 | Princeton | 10 | 0 | 112.8 | 82
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| 5 | James Madison | 9 | 4 | 110.0 | 19
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| 6 | UC-Davis | 10 | 3 | 107.6 | 15
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| 7 | Dartmouth | 9 | 1 | 107.0 | 64
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| 8 | Colgate | 10 | 2 | 106.2 | 55
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| 9 | Kennesaw State | 11 | 2 | 104.6 | 87
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| 10 | Weber State | 10 | 3 | 103.9 | 27
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| 11 | Maine | 10 | 4 | 103.2 | 13
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| 12 | Illinois State | 6 | 5 | 102.3 | 20
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| 13 | Northern Iowa | 7 | 6 | 102.3 | 3
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| 14 | Nicholls State | 9 | 4 | 100.7 | 45
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| 15 | Wofford | 9 | 4 | 100.0 | 52
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| 16 | Towson | 7 | 5 | 99.8 | 17
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| 17 | Elon | 6 | 5 | 99.5 | 7
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| 18 | Stony Brook | 7 | 5 | 98.8 | 33
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| 19 | Furman | 6 | 4 | 98.5 | 14
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| 20 | Montana State | 8 | 5 | 98.0 | 18
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| 21 | Jacksonville State | 9 | 4 | 97.9 | 72
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| 22 | Delaware | 7 | 5 | 97.8 | 21
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| 23 | Indiana State | 7 | 4 | 96.8 | 44
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| 24 | Samford | 6 | 5 | 96.3 | 60
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| 25 | Western Illinois | 5 | 6 | 96.3 | 5
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| 26 | Southeast Missouri State | 9 | 4 | 96.0 | 61
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| 27 | Harvard | 6 | 4 | 95.8 | 49
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| 28 | Rhode Island | 6 | 5 | 95.4 | 30
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| 29 | North Carolina A&T | 10 | 2 | 94.9 | 95
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| 30 | Idaho State | 6 | 5 | 94.9 | 31
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| 31 | Villanova | 5 | 6 | 94.8 | 26
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| 32 | Citadel | 5 | 6 | 94.4 | 23
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| 33 | New Hampshire | 4 | 7 | 93.5 | 4
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| 34 | Montana | 6 | 5 | 93.5 | 47
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| 35 | North Dakota | 6 | 5 | 92.7 | 51
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| 36 | South Dakota | 4 | 7 | 92.4 | 2
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| 37 | East Tennessee State | 8 | 4 | 92.2 | 62
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| 38 | Youngstown State | 4 | 7 | 92.0 | 11
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| 39 | Chattanooga | 6 | 5 | 91.6 | 46
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| 40 | Incarnate Word | 6 | 5 | 91.5 | 36
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| 41 | Yale | 5 | 5 | 90.7 | 42
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| 42 | Cal Poly | 5 | 6 | 89.4 | 25
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| 43 | Abilene Christian | 6 | 5 | 89.4 | 66
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| 44 | Central Arkansas | 6 | 5 | 89.0 | 73
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| 45 | Lamar | 7 | 5 | 88.6 | 79
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| 46 | Monmouth | 8 | 3 | 88.4 | 86
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| 47 | William & Mary | 4 | 6 | 88.2 | 10
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| 48 | Duquesne | 9 | 4 | 87.5 | 91
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| 49 | Sam Houston State | 6 | 5 | 87.4 | 75
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| 50 | Portland State | 4 | 7 | 87.3 | 24
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| 51 | Alcorn State | 9 | 4 | 87.3 | 103
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| 52 | Columbia | 6 | 4 | 87.2 | 65
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| 53 | Pennsylvania | 6 | 4 | 87.1 | 67
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| 54 | Mercer | 5 | 6 | 87.0 | 50
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| 55 | McNeese State | 6 | 5 | 87.0 | 63
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| 56 | Northern Arizona | 4 | 6 | 86.9 | 37
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| 57 | Southern Illinois | 2 | 9 | 86.8 | 1
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| 58 | Idaho | 4 | 7 | 86.7 | 6
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| 59 | Missouri State | 4 | 7 | 86.7 | 8
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| 60 | Richmond | 4 | 7 | 86.4 | 22
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| 61 | Sacred Heart | 7 | 4 | 85.5 | 96
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| 62 | Eastern Kentucky | 7 | 4 | 85.4 | 84
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| 63 | San Diego | 9 | 3 | 85.3 | 109
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| 64 | Tennessee State | 4 | 5 | 85.3 | 59
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| 65 | Holy Cross | 5 | 6 | 85.1 | 58
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| 66 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4 | 7 | 84.9 | 34
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| 67 | Southern | 7 | 4 | 84.7 | 94
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| 68 | Austin Peay | 5 | 6 | 84.4 | 74
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| 69 | Murray State | 5 | 6 | 84.4 | 53
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| 70 | Drake | 7 | 4 | 84.2 | 108
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| 71 | Albany | 3 | 8 | 84.1 | 29
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| 72 | Northwestern State | 5 | 6 | 84.0 | 56
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| 73 | Cornell | 3 | 7 | 82.8 | 28
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| 74 | Tennessee-Martin | 2 | 9 | 82.3 | 39
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| 75 | Bethune-Cookman | 7 | 5 | 80.9 | 93
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| 76 | South Carolina State | 5 | 6 | 80.9 | 76
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| 77 | Charleston Southern | 5 | 6 | 80.7 | 81
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| 78 | Eastern Illinois | 3 | 8 | 80.4 | 48
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| 79 | Florida A&M | 6 | 5 | 80.3 | 99
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| 80 | Central Connecticut State | 6 | 5 | 80.0 | 114
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| 81 | Campbell | 6 | 5 | 80.0 | 104
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| 82 | North Alabama | 7 | 3 | 79.4 | 116
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| 83 | Prairie View A&M | 5 | 6 | 78.7 | 101
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| 84 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 9 | 78.5 | 38
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| 85 | Western Carolina | 3 | 8 | 78.5 | 57
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| 86 | Howard | 4 | 6 | 77.8 | 88
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| 87 | Alabama A&M | 6 | 5 | 77.4 | 112
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| 88 | Sacramento State | 2 | 8 | 76.5 | 54
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| 89 | Dayton | 6 | 5 | 76.4 | 120
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| 90 | Wagner | 4 | 7 | 76.4 | 77
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| 91 | Georgetown | 5 | 6 | 76.1 | 92
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| 92 | Stephen F. Austin | 2 | 8 | 75.9 | 43
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| 93 | Grambling State | 6 | 5 | 75.6 | 117
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| 94 | Morgan State | 4 | 7 | 75.6 | 85
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| 95 | St. Francis(PA) | 4 | 7 | 74.6 | 113
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| 96 | Southern Utah | 1 | 10 | 74.4 | 32
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| 97 | Bryant | 6 | 5 | 73.8 | 102
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| 98 | Gardner-Webb | 3 | 8 | 72.7 | 71
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| 99 | Jackson State | 5 | 5 | 72.6 | 98
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| 100 | Lafayette | 3 | 8 | 72.4 | 69
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| 101 | Lehigh | 3 | 8 | 72.0 | 70
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| 102 | North Carolina Central | 5 | 6 | 72.0 | 110
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| 103 | Stetson | 8 | 2 | 71.5 | 123
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| 104 | Savannah State | 2 | 8 | 71.1 | 68
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| 105 | Norfolk State | 4 | 7 | 70.1 | 100
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| 106 | Brown | 1 | 9 | 70.0 | 40
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| 107 | Marist | 5 | 6 | 69.7 | 118
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| 108 | Fordham | 2 | 9 | 69.4 | 83
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| 109 | VMI | 1 | 10 | 69.1 | 41
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| 110 | Tennessee Tech | 1 | 10 | 68.2 | 35
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| 111 | Hampton | 7 | 3 | 67.9 | 125
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| 112 | Delaware State | 3 | 8 | 67.4 | 90
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| 113 | Bucknell | 1 | 10 | 66.3 | 80
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| 114 | Houston Baptist | 1 | 10 | 66.1 | 78
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| 115 | Alabama State | 4 | 7 | 64.8 | 89
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| 116 | Presbyterian | 2 | 8 | 63.6 | 105
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| 117 | Davidson | 6 | 5 | 63.4 | 124
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| 118 | Butler | 4 | 7 | 63.1 | 115
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| 119 | Texas Southern | 2 | 9 | 60.3 | 107
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| 120 | Robert Morris | 2 | 9 | 59.3 | 97
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| 121 | Valparaiso | 2 | 9 | 59.0 | 119
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| 122 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2 | 9 | 57.2 | 111
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| 123 | Morehead State | 3 | 8 | 56.7 | 121
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| 124 | Jacksonville | 2 | 8 | 55.8 | 122
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| 125 | Mississippi Valley State | 1 | 10 | 54.7 | 106
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