2025 FCS College Football Power Ratings



Last updated:  Tuesday, January 20, 2026 - 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 129 FCS teams in these ratings only.  To see the strength of
schedule ranking among all 265 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 129 FCS teams in these ratings 
(1 is strongest and 129 is weakest)

*  = ineligible for postseason play
** = ineligible for conference championship and postseason play
FCS RATINGS W L RATING SS
1 Montana State 14 2 117.6 5
2 North Dakota State 12 1 115.8 26
3 Montana 13 2 110.1 15
4 Tarleton State 12 2 109.3 36
5 Illinois State 12 5 109.3 4
6 Villanova 12 3 106.0 24
7 North Dakota 8 6 104.5 12
8 Stephen F. Austin 11 3 102.9 53
9 South Dakota State 9 5 102.7 10
10 South Dakota 10 5 102.7 9
11 UC-Davis 9 4 102.3 8
12 Abilene Christian 9 5 101.1 11
13 Lehigh 12 1 101.0 80
14 Yale 9 3 100.1 38
15 Youngstown State 8 5 98.4 18
16 Southern Illinois 7 5 98.3 27
17 Idaho State 6 6 97.5 14
18 Southeastern Louisiana 9 4 97.2 54
19 Austin Peay 7 5 96.8 30
20 West Georgia* 8 3 96.1 45
21 Southern Utah 7 5 96.1 28
22 Tennessee Tech 11 2 96.1 88
23 Mercer 9 3 96.1 56
24 Rhode Island 11 3 96.0 64
25 Harvard 9 2 96.0 77
26 Sacramento State 7 5 95.6 35
27 Northern Arizona 7 5 95.2 16
28 Lamar 8 5 92.6 34
29 New Hampshire 8 5 92.3 40
30 Monmouth 9 3 92.2 89
31 South Carolina State 10 3 92.2 81
32 Cal Poly 4 8 91.6 6
33 East Tennessee State 7 5 90.9 55
34 Dartmouth 7 3 90.7 72
35 Western Carolina 7 5 90.3 61
36 Alabama State 10 2 90.2 122
37 William & Mary 7 5 89.4 63
38 Eastern Kentucky 5 7 89.1 23
39 Gardner-Webb 7 5 89.0 43
40 UT-Rio Grande Valley 9 3 88.5 120
41 Elon 6 6 88.3 60
42 Idaho 4 8 87.9 22
43 Lafayette 8 4 87.7 83
44 Wofford 6 6 87.7 74
45 Weber State 4 8 87.5 3
46 Incarnate Word 5 7 87.5 42
47 Eastern Washington 5 7 87.5 19
48 Stony Brook 6 6 86.9 67
49 Pennsylvania 6 4 86.7 70
50 North Carolina Central 8 4 86.1 103
51 Prairie View A&M 10 4 86.1 116
52 Maine 6 6 85.9 69
53 UT-Martin 6 6 85.7 48
54 Lindenwood 6 6 85.4 57
55 Jackson State 9 3 85.1 117
56 Drake 8 4 84.8 96
57 Towson 6 6 84.8 73
58 Northern Iowa 3 9 84.3 13
59 Indiana State 3 9 84.2 1
60 Charleston Southern 5 7 84.0 37
61 Brown 5 5 84.0 68
62 Nicholls 4 8 83.9 33
63 Richmond 7 5 83.8 82
64 Northern Colorado 4 8 83.0 29
65 Sacred Heart 8 4 82.8 102
66 San Diego 8 4 82.6 106
67 Central Arkansas 3 9 82.6 17
68 Furman 6 6 82.4 62
69 Central Connecticut 8 5 82.1 100
70 Citadel 4 8 82.1 46
71 Chattanooga 5 7 82.0 58
72 St. Thomas 7 5 82.0 112
73 Delaware State 8 4 81.4 114
74 McNeese 5 7 81.4 71
75 Colgate 5 7 81.3 66
76 Princeton 3 7 81.1 52
77 Duquesne 7 5 80.6 104
78 Long Island 6 6 80.5 85
79 Southeast Missouri State 4 8 80.5 49
80 Holy Cross 3 9 80.0 51
81 Presbyterian 10 2 79.7 129
82 Bethune-Cookman 6 6 78.7 93
83 North Alabama 2 10 78.5 20
84 Cornell 4 6 78.2 75
85 East Texas A&M 3 9 78.2 31
86 Utah Tech 2 10 78.0 25
87 Western Illinois 4 8 78.0 47
88 Murray State 1 11 77.5 7
89 Mercyhurst* 5 7 77.4 79
90 Eastern Illinois 3 9 76.6 44
91 Portland State 1 11 76.1 2
92 Campbell 2 10 75.7 41
93 Dayton 7 4 75.6 128
94 Merrimack 4 8 75.5 84
95 Columbia 2 8 74.8 50
96 Texas Southern 6 5 74.7 118
97 Grambling State 7 5 74.3 115
98 Albany 2 10 74.2 39
99 Georgetown 6 6 73.2 105
100 Wagner 5 7 73.0 98
101 Bryant 3 9 72.7 78
102 Butler 6 6 72.1 113
103 Stonehill* 4 8 72.1 92
104 Samford 1 11 71.8 21
105 Howard 5 7 71.5 108
106 Bucknell 5 7 71.5 97
107 Alcorn State 5 7 70.3 123
108 Marist 5 7 69.7 119
109 Morgan State 4 8 68.8 110
110 Florida A&M 5 7 68.0 109
111 Fordham 1 11 67.7 59
112 New Haven** 5 5 67.1 126
113 Tennessee State 2 10 66.8 86
114 Robert Morris 3 9 66.7 101
115 Houston Christian 2 10 65.9 87
116 North Carolina A&T 2 10 65.3 65
117 Alabama A&M 4 8 64.8 111
118 Arkansas-Pine Bluff* 3 8 64.3 99
119 Northwestern State 1 11 63.9 32
120 Norfolk State 1 11 63.6 90
121 Morehead State 6 6 63.4 125
122 Hampton 2 10 63.3 91
123 Southern 2 10 62.8 95
124 VMI 1 11 62.2 76
125 Mississippi Valley State* 2 10 58.4 107
126 St. Francis 0 11 58.3 94
127 Valparaiso 2 10 52.9 124
128 Davidson 2 10 52.4 121
129 Stetson 3 9 47.7 127