2026 FCS College Football Power Ratings
Last updated: Monday, September 28, 2026 - thru games of September 27
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 128 FCS teams in these ratings only. To see the strength of
schedule ranking among all 266 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 128 FCS teams in these ratings
(1 is strongest and 128 is weakest)
* = ineligible for postseason play
** = ineligible for conference championship and postseason play
| | FCS RATINGS | W | L | RATING | SS
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| 1 | Montana State | 5 | 0 | 110.2 | 78
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| 2 | South Dakota State | 4 | 1 | 109.5 | 84
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| 3 | Stephen F. Austin | 5 | 0 | 109.4 | 86
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| 4 | Youngstown State | 3 | 2 | 106.4 | 18
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| 5 | Montana | 4 | 1 | 105.8 | 60
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| 6 | Austin Peay | 4 | 1 | 105.0 | 49
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| 7 | North Dakota | 4 | 1 | 104.9 | 35
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| 8 | Tarleton State | 4 | 0 | 104.5 | 70
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| 9 | Idaho State | 4 | 0 | 103.8 | 85
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| 10 | Lehigh | 5 | 0 | 103.4 | 94
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| 11 | South Dakota | 3 | 2 | 103.1 | 10
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| 12 | Illinois State | 4 | 1 | 101.6 | 107
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| 13 | Tennessee Tech | 4 | 0 | 100.6 | 59
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| 14 | Lamar | 3 | 1 | 99.6 | 30
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| 15 | Southern Illinois | 3 | 2 | 96.4 | 34
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| 16 | Northern Arizona | 3 | 2 | 95.7 | 20
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| 17 | Harvard | 2 | 0 | 95.4 | 97
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| 18 | Mercer | 3 | 2 | 94.3 | 72
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| 19 | Colgate | 4 | 1 | 94.1 | 65
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| 20 | Gardner-Webb | 1 | 4 | 92.9 | 13
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| 21 | South Carolina State | 5 | 0 | 92.6 | 125
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| 22 | Campbell | 4 | 1 | 92.6 | 44
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| 23 | Chattanooga | 3 | 2 | 92.4 | 81
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| 24 | Monmouth | 3 | 2 | 92.4 | 26
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| 25 | West Florida* | 3 | 1 | 92.0 | 31
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| 26 | UC-Davis | 3 | 2 | 91.8 | 50
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| 27 | UT-Rio Grande Valley | 2 | 2 | 91.7 | 61
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| 28 | Yale | 1 | 1 | 91.6 | 75
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| 29 | Northern Iowa | 2 | 2 | 91.5 | 12
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| 30 | Stony Brook | 3 | 2 | 91.0 | 79
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| 31 | Abilene Christian | 1 | 4 | 90.7 | 4
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| 32 | East Tennessee State | 3 | 2 | 90.3 | 80
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| 33 | Dartmouth | 0 | 2 | 89.9 | 14
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| 34 | Southeastern Louisiana | 3 | 2 | 89.8 | 82
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| 35 | Southern Utah | 1 | 4 | 89.3 | 9
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| 36 | Cal Poly | 3 | 2 | 89.0 | 66
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| 37 | Elon | 4 | 1 | 88.8 | 117
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| 38 | Idaho | 0 | 4 | 88.6 | 5
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| 39 | Southeast Missouri State | 2 | 3 | 88.3 | 25
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| 40 | St. Thomas | 4 | 1 | 87.9 | 103
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| 41 | North Alabama | 3 | 2 | 87.9 | 54
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| 42 | Alabama State | 3 | 1 | 87.4 | 118
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| 43 | Prairie View A&M | 2 | 3 | 87.2 | 17
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| 44 | Eastern Washington | 1 | 4 | 87.1 | 7
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| 45 | Pennsylvania | 1 | 1 | 86.8 | 62
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| 46 | Villanova | 2 | 3 | 86.6 | 45
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| 47 | Western Carolina | 2 | 3 | 86.4 | 46
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| 48 | Furman | 2 | 3 | 86.4 | 19
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| 49 | Richmond | 4 | 1 | 86.3 | 87
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| 50 | Indiana State | 2 | 3 | 86.3 | 63
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| 51 | Princeton | 1 | 1 | 86.0 | 93
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| 52 | Central Arkansas | 2 | 3 | 85.8 | 43
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| 53 | Cornell | 1 | 1 | 85.8 | 37
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| 54 | Jackson State | 4 | 0 | 85.4 | 128
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| 55 | Rhode Island | 2 | 3 | 85.4 | 53
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| 56 | Bryant | 3 | 1 | 84.6 | 68
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| 57 | Western Illinois | 2 | 3 | 84.6 | 83
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| 58 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 3 | 84.6 | 76
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| 59 | McNeese | 2 | 3 | 84.1 | 92
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| 60 | Wofford | 2 | 3 | 84.0 | 41
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| 61 | Tennessee-Martin | 1 | 4 | 83.8 | 23
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| 62 | Eastern Kentucky | 1 | 3 | 83.6 | 38
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| 63 | Central Connecticut | 0 | 3 | 83.6 | 1
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| 64 | Samford | 1 | 3 | 83.0 | 67
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| 65 | Incarnate Word | 2 | 2 | 82.9 | 105
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| 66 | Dayton | 3 | 0 | 82.8 | 123
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| 67 | Weber State | 2 | 3 | 82.7 | 71
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| 68 | Portland State | 1 | 4 | 81.8 | 3
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| 69 | Delaware State | 3 | 2 | 81.6 | 90
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| 70 | Albany | 2 | 3 | 80.9 | 74
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| 71 | William & Mary | 2 | 3 | 80.5 | 21
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| 72 | Brown | 1 | 1 | 80.1 | 98
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| 73 | Lindenwood | 1 | 3 | 79.7 | 29
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| 74 | Robert Morris | 2 | 2 | 79.5 | 101
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| 75 | Charleston Southern | 2 | 2 | 79.4 | 115
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| 76 | East Texas A&M | 1 | 4 | 79.4 | 36
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| 77 | Fordham | 1 | 4 | 79.3 | 15
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| 78 | Maine | 1 | 4 | 79.3 | 33
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| 79 | Sacred Heart | 1 | 3 | 79.1 | 42
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| 80 | Morgan State | 3 | 1 | 78.7 | 110
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| 81 | Holy Cross | 1 | 4 | 78.1 | 22
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| 82 | Towson | 0 | 5 | 77.8 | 24
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| 83 | Houston Christian | 2 | 3 | 77.4 | 100
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| 84 | Columbia | 2 | 0 | 77.2 | 112
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| 85 | Grambling State | 2 | 2 | 77.2 | 111
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| 86 | Eastern Illinois | 1 | 4 | 77.2 | 8
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| 87 | Nicholls | 2 | 3 | 77.1 | 32
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| 88 | Merrimack | 2 | 3 | 76.9 | 51
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| 89 | Alabama A&M | 4 | 1 | 76.6 | 126
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| 90 | West Georgia* | 1 | 4 | 76.6 | 57
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| 91 | San Diego | 1 | 3 | 76.3 | 28
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| 92 | Long Island | 0 | 5 | 76.3 | 11
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| 93 | New Hampshire | 1 | 4 | 76.2 | 52
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| 94 | Norfolk State | 3 | 2 | 76.0 | 108
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| 95 | Lafayette | 1 | 3 | 74.6 | 73
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| 96 | North Carolina Central | 2 | 3 | 74.3 | 99
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| 97 | Citadel | 1 | 3 | 74.1 | 64
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| 98 | Marist | 2 | 2 | 74.0 | 119
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| 99 | Utah Tech | 0 | 5 | 73.9 | 2
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| 100 | Duquesne | 1 | 3 | 73.8 | 77
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| 101 | Stonehill | 1 | 4 | 73.7 | 55
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| 102 | Butler | 4 | 1 | 73.2 | 124
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| 103 | Drake | 1 | 3 | 73.1 | 96
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| 104 | Georgetown | 0 | 3 | 72.9 | 58
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| 105 | Alcorn State | 3 | 2 | 72.8 | 109
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| 106 | Bethune-Cookman | 2 | 2 | 72.2 | 116
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| 107 | Bucknell | 1 | 4 | 72.0 | 47
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| 108 | Texas Southern | 1 | 3 | 71.9 | 89
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| 109 | North Carolina A&T | 1 | 4 | 70.9 | 56
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| 110 | Mercyhurst* | 1 | 4 | 70.8 | 16
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| 111 | Murray State | 1 | 4 | 69.7 | 40
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| 112 | Wagner | 1 | 3 | 69.3 | 39
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| 113 | Howard | 1 | 3 | 69.3 | 6
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| 114 | Tennessee State | 1 | 3 | 68.9 | 27
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| 115 | Southern | 2 | 3 | 68.2 | 91
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| 116 | New Haven* | 1 | 4 | 66.3 | 95
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| 117 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2 | 2 | 65.7 | 113
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| 118 | Florida A&M* | 1 | 4 | 65.5 | 69
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| 119 | Hampton | 1 | 4 | 61.4 | 106
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| 120 | VMI | 0 | 5 | 59.8 | 48
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| 121 | Presbyterian | 1 | 3 | 59.0 | 104
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| 122 | Valparaiso | 1 | 3 | 58.7 | 120
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| 123 | Morehead State | 1 | 3 | 57.7 | 121
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| 124 | Northwestern State | 0 | 5 | 56.6 | 88
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| 125 | Davidson | 2 | 3 | 55.0 | 122
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| 126 | Mississippi Valley State* | 1 | 4 | 54.0 | 114
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| 127 | Stetson | 1 | 3 | 53.8 | 102
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| 128 | Chicago State | 1 | 4 | 47.2 | 127
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