FCS Rankings
Athletic Vector Rankings team strengths for the Championship Subdivision, on the shared Division I scale.
Updated: Week 7 - 10.11.26 21:57 EDT
128 teams, ordered by rating.
| #▲ | Team | Conference | Rec | Rating | SOS | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota State | MVFC1st | 5-1 | 9.3 | -1.7#79 | — |
| 2 | Montana State | Big Sky1st | 5-1 | 8.7 | -0.6#73 | — |
| 3 | Youngstown State | MVFC | 5-2 | 8.2 | 7.9#7 | — |
| 4 | Stephen F. Austin | Southland1st | 6-0 | 3.3 | 3.4#36 | — |
| 5 | North Dakota | MVFC | 5-2 | 1.9 | -3.0#93 | — |
| 6 | South Dakota | MVFC | 5-2 | 1.7 | 5.9#21 | 2 |
| 7 | Lehigh | Patriot1st | 6-0 | 1.2 | -1.4#78 | — |
| 8 | Austin Peay | UAC1st | 5-2 | 0.5 | -1.9#82 | 2 |
| 9 | Illinois State | MVFC | 4-2 | 0.4 | 4.5#28 | — |
| 10 | Tarleton State | UAC | 6-0 | -1.0 | -2.4#88 | 1 |
| 11 | Montana | Big Sky | 5-2 | -1.2 | 0.6#62 | 1 |
| 12 | Harvard | Ivy1st | 4-0 | -1.8 | 3.3#37 | 2 |
| 13 | Southern Illinois | MVFC | 3-4 | -2.9 | 3.6#32 | 1 |
| 14 | Yale | Ivy | 3-1 | -4.5 | -0.3#72 | 5 |
| 15 | Idaho State | Big Sky | 4-2 | -4.5 | -3.6#99 | 2 |
| 16 | Tennessee Tech | Southern1st | 5-1 | -4.8 | 2.1#51 | 1 |
| 17 | Colgate | Patriot | 4-2 | -5.1 | 3.5#33 | — |
| 18 | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | 5-2 | -5.1 | 7.4#9 | — |
| 19 | Mercer | Southern | 5-2 | -5.7 | -2.6#91 | 3 |
| 20 | Lamar | Southland | 5-1 | -6.0 | 0.1#69 | — |
| 21 | West Florida | UAC | 3-3 | -6.1 | 6.4#16 | 1 |
| 22 | Eastern Washington | Big Sky | 2-5 | -6.5 | 6.2#17 | 6 |
| 23 | Princeton | Ivy | 3-1 | -7.1 | -4.7#108 | 2 |
| 24 | UC Davis | Big Sky | 4-2 | -7.2 | -5.6#113 | 1 |
| 25 | Abilene Christian | UAC | 3-4 | -7.3 | 7.2#11 | 1 |
| 26 | Northern Iowa | MVFC | 3-2 | -7.4 | 7.8#8 | 6 |
| 27 | Idaho | Big Sky | 1-5 | -7.5 | 8.6#4 | 1 |
| 28 | Brown | Ivy | 2-2 | -7.6 | 2.3#46 | 2 |
| 29 | UT Rio Grande Valley | Southland | 3-3 | -8.3 | 2.8#40 | 2 |
| 30 | Southeast Missouri State | OVC1st | 3-3 | -8.8 | 2.6#43 | 9 |
| 31 | Wofford | Southern | 4-3 | -8.8 | 2.1#52 | 3 |
| 32 | Chattanooga | Southern | 4-3 | -9.0 | 2.4#44 | 4 |
| 33 | East Tennessee State | Southern | 5-2 | -9.6 | 3.1#39 | 12 |
| 34 | Cornell | Ivy | 2-2 | -9.7 | 6.1#18 | 3 |
| 35 | Villanova | Patriot | 2-4 | -9.7 | -2.1#84 | 2 |
| 36 | SE Louisiana | Southland | 3-3 | -9.7 | -4.3#106 | 3 |
| 37 | Cal Poly | Big Sky | 4-3 | -10.2 | 0.1#68 | 2 |
| 38 | Campbell | Coastal Athletic1st | 5-1 | -10.2 | -2.0#83 | — |
| 39 | Stony Brook | Coastal Athletic | 4-2 | -10.3 | 0.1#67 | 7 |
| 40 | North Alabama | UAC | 4-2 | -10.3 | -1.2#75 | 1 |
| 41 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 1-3 | -10.4 | 9.4#3 | 16 |
| 42 | Southern Utah | Big Sky | 2-4 | -10.9 | 2.4#45 | 5 |
| 43 | Incarnate Word | Southland | 2-4 | -10.9 | 7.0#13 | 5 |
| 44 | Western Carolina | Southern | 3-4 | -11.0 | 5.5#23 | 5 |
| 45 | Gardner-Webb | OVC | 2-5 | -11.1 | 1.8#54 | 16 |
| 46 | Monmouth | Coastal Athletic | 4-2 | -11.2 | 1.9#53 | 3 |
| 47 | Indiana State | MVFC | 2-5 | -11.2 | 5.5#22 | 3 |
| 48 | Furman | Southern | 2-5 | -12.3 | 7.4#10 | 4 |
| 49 | Rhode Island | Coastal Athletic | 3-3 | -12.4 | -1.4#76 | 1 |
| 50 | UT Martin | OVC | 2-4 | -12.5 | -5.2#110 | 8 |
| 51 | Northern Colorado | Big Sky | 2-5 | -12.6 | 5.1#24 | 5 |
| 52 | Sacred Heart | Coastal Athletic | 2-4 | -12.6 | 0.2#64 | 12 |
| 53 | Western Illinois | OVC | 3-3 | -12.6 | -4.8#109 | 1 |
| 54 | Butler | Pioneer1st | 5-1 | -13.1 | -5.4#112 | 20 |
| 55 | Jackson State | SWAC1st | 5-1 | -13.5 | -8.7#123 | 7 |
| 56 | McNeese | Southland | 2-4 | -13.5 | 10.9#1 | 5 |
| 57 | Charleston Southern | OVC | 3-3 | -13.5 | 0.1#65 | 6 |
| 58 | Eastern Kentucky | UAC | 2-4 | -13.7 | 2.3#47 | 10 |
| 59 | Weber State | Big Sky | 4-3 | -13.9 | -3.4#96 | 1 |
| 60 | South Carolina State | MEAC1st | 5-2 | -13.9 | -5.3#111 | 5 |
| 61 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 2-2 | -14.1 | 2.2#50 | 8 |
| 62 | Columbia | Ivy | 3-1 | -14.2 | -1.7#81 | 8 |
| 63 | Central Arkansas | UAC | 2-4 | -14.4 | 3.5#35 | 1 |
| 64 | Richmond | Patriot | 5-2 | -14.4 | -4.1#105 | 1 |
| 65 | Alabama A&M | SWAC | 5-2 | -14.4 | -5.8#114 | 13 |
| 66 | Elon | Coastal Athletic | 4-3 | -14.5 | -3.8#101 | 24 |
| 67 | Towson | Coastal Athletic | 0-7 | -15.1 | 1.2#60 | 1 |
| 68 | Alabama State | SWAC | 3-3 | -15.3 | -13.2#128 | 9 |
| 69 | Morgan State | MEAC | 5-1 | -15.3 | -2.1#85 | 2 |
| 70 | Prairie View A&M | SWAC | 2-5 | -15.6 | -1.7#80 | 13 |
| 71 | Central Connecticut | NEC1st | 2-3 | -15.7 | 10.2#2 | 6 |
| 72 | Dayton | Pioneer | 4-1 | -15.8 | -9.1#124 | 3 |
| 73 | Lindenwood | OVC | 1-4 | -16.2 | 1.7#55 | 8 |
| 74 | UAlbany | Coastal Athletic | 3-3 | -16.2 | 1.5#58 | 2 |
| 75 | Houston Christian | Southland | 3-3 | -16.3 | 6.5#15 | 4 |
| 76 | St. Thomas (MN) | Pioneer | 5-2 | -16.3 | -4.5#107 | 4 |
| 77 | Eastern Illinois | OVC | 2-4 | -16.4 | 6.0#19 | 14 |
| 78 | Holy Cross | Patriot | 2-4 | -16.6 | 7.1#12 | 3 |
| 79 | Lafayette | Patriot | 1-4 | -16.7 | -2.4#89 | 4 |
| 80 | The Citadel | Southern | 2-4 | -16.9 | 3.8#30 | 9 |
| 81 | Stonehill | NEC | 2-4 | -16.9 | -3.5#98 | 13 |
| 82 | Bryant | Coastal Athletic | 4-2 | -17.1 | -4.0#104 | 10 |
| 83 | Merrimack | FCS Independents1st | 2-4 | -17.3 | 4.6#26 | 1 |
| 84 | Samford | Southern | 1-5 | -17.4 | 0.9#61 | 11 |
| 85 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | SWAC | 3-2 | -17.7 | -9.7#125 | 8 |
| 86 | Robert Morris | NEC | 3-3 | -17.9 | -5.9#116 | 6 |
| 87 | Maine | Coastal Athletic | 1-5 | -18.1 | -2.5#90 | 3 |
| 88 | Portland State | Big Sky | 2-4 | -18.2 | 3.7#31 | 1 |
| 89 | East Texas A&M | Southland | 2-4 | -18.3 | 4.6#27 | 2 |
| 90 | Delaware State | MEAC | 4-3 | -18.8 | -0.3#71 | 4 |
| 91 | Marist | Pioneer | 3-3 | -19.0 | -10.2#126 | 6 |
| 92 | North Carolina Central | MEAC | 2-5 | -19.6 | -3.2#94 | 9 |
| 93 | Long Island University | NEC | 2-5 | -19.7 | 3.5#34 | 6 |
| 94 | Bucknell | Patriot | 1-5 | -20.0 | -3.9#102 | 4 |
| 95 | Howard | MEAC | 2-4 | -20.0 | -3.9#103 | 7 |
| 96 | Fordham | Patriot | 2-5 | -20.1 | 5.9#20 | 8 |
| 97 | West Georgia | UAC | 1-5 | -20.2 | 4.5#29 | 1 |
| 98 | Tennessee State | OVC | 1-5 | -20.2 | -2.9#92 | 1 |
| 99 | William & Mary | Patriot | 3-4 | -20.3 | 2.8#42 | 3 |
| 100 | Norfolk State | MEAC | 4-3 | -20.4 | -13.2#127 | 7 |
| 101 | Mercyhurst | NEC | 1-5 | -20.4 | 8.0#5 | 7 |
| 102 | Duquesne | NEC | 1-4 | -20.6 | 8.0#5 | 10 |
| 103 | Grambling | SWAC | 4-2 | -20.8 | 0.4#63 | — |
| 104 | Murray State | MVFC | 1-5 | -21.1 | 2.2#49 | — |
| 105 | San Diego | Pioneer | 2-4 | -21.2 | -3.4#97 | 10 |
| 106 | New Hampshire | Coastal Athletic | 2-5 | -21.5 | -0.9#74 | 6 |
| 107 | North Carolina A&T | Coastal Athletic | 2-5 | -21.6 | 1.6#56 | 1 |
| 108 | Utah Tech | Big Sky | 0-7 | -21.9 | 6.9#14 | 3 |
| 109 | Valparaiso | Pioneer | 3-3 | -22.1 | -8.5#121 | 6 |
| 110 | New Haven | NEC | 1-5 | -22.2 | 3.1#38 | 1 |
| 111 | Alcorn State | SWAC | 4-3 | -22.8 | -6.7#120 | 2 |
| 112 | Georgetown | Patriot | 1-4 | -22.8 | 1.3#59 | 3 |
| 113 | Nicholls | Southland | 2-4 | -22.9 | -2.3#87 | 3 |
| 114 | Drake | Pioneer | 2-4 | -23.8 | -5.9#115 | — |
| 115 | Bethune-Cookman | SWAC | 3-3 | -24.1 | -6.2#119 | 14 |
| 116 | Southern | SWAC | 3-4 | -24.3 | 0.1#66 | 2 |
| 117 | Florida A&M | SWAC | 2-4 | -25.5 | -1.4#77 | 2 |
| 118 | Texas Southern | SWAC | 1-5 | -25.7 | -6.1#118 | 2 |
| 119 | Wagner | NEC | 1-5 | -26.0 | 1.5#57 | 2 |
| 120 | Northwestern State | Southland | 0-6 | -29.4 | 4.9#25 | — |
| 121 | Hampton | Coastal Athletic | 1-5 | -30.6 | -2.2#86 | — |
| 122 | Chicago State | FCS Independents | 1-5 | -30.9 | 2.3#48 | — |
| 123 | Presbyterian | Pioneer | 3-3 | -31.4 | -3.2#95 | — |
| 124 | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | 3-4 | -33.4 | 0.0#70 | 2 |
| 125 | VMI | Southern | 0-6 | -33.8 | -6.1#117 | 1 |
| 126 | Stetson | Pioneer | 1-5 | -35.5 | 2.8#41 | 1 |
| 127 | Morehead State | Pioneer | 1-5 | -40.7 | -3.7#100 | 1 |
| 128 | Davidson | Pioneer | 2-5 | -41.2 | -8.7#122 | 1 |
1
South Dakota State—
MVFC1st5-1SOS -1.7 #79
9.3
2
Montana State—
Big Sky1st5-1SOS -0.6 #73
8.7
3
Youngstown State—
MVFC5-2SOS 7.9 #7
8.2
4
Stephen F. Austin—
Southland1st6-0SOS 3.4 #36
3.3
5
North Dakota—
MVFC5-2SOS -3.0 #93
1.9
6
South Dakota2
MVFC5-2SOS 5.9 #21
1.7
7
Lehigh—
Patriot1st6-0SOS -1.4 #78
1.2
8
Austin Peay2
UAC1st5-2SOS -1.9 #82
0.5
9
Illinois State—
MVFC4-2SOS 4.5 #28
0.4
10
Tarleton State1
UAC6-0SOS -2.4 #88
-1.0
11
Montana1
Big Sky5-2SOS 0.6 #62
-1.2
12
Harvard2
Ivy1st4-0SOS 3.3 #37
-1.8
13
Southern Illinois1
MVFC3-4SOS 3.6 #32
-2.9
14
Yale5
Ivy3-1SOS -0.3 #72
-4.5
15
Idaho State2
Big Sky4-2SOS -3.6 #99
-4.5
16
Tennessee Tech1
Southern1st5-1SOS 2.1 #51
-4.8
17
Colgate—
Patriot4-2SOS 3.5 #33
-5.1
18
Northern Arizona—
Big Sky5-2SOS 7.4 #9
-5.1
19
Mercer3
Southern5-2SOS -2.6 #91
-5.7
20
Lamar—
Southland5-1SOS 0.1 #69
-6.0
21
West Florida1
UAC3-3SOS 6.4 #16
-6.1
22
Eastern Washington6
Big Sky2-5SOS 6.2 #17
-6.5
23
Princeton2
Ivy3-1SOS -4.7 #108
-7.1
24
UC Davis1
Big Sky4-2SOS -5.6 #113
-7.2
25
Abilene Christian1
UAC3-4SOS 7.2 #11
-7.3
26
Northern Iowa6
MVFC3-2SOS 7.8 #8
-7.4
27
Idaho1
Big Sky1-5SOS 8.6 #4
-7.5
28
Brown2
Ivy2-2SOS 2.3 #46
-7.6
29
UT Rio Grande Valley2
Southland3-3SOS 2.8 #40
-8.3
30
Southeast Missouri State9
OVC1st3-3SOS 2.6 #43
-8.8
31
Wofford3
Southern4-3SOS 2.1 #52
-8.8
32
Chattanooga4
Southern4-3SOS 2.4 #44
-9.0
33
East Tennessee State12
Southern5-2SOS 3.1 #39
-9.6
34
Cornell3
Ivy2-2SOS 6.1 #18
-9.7
35
Villanova2
Patriot2-4SOS -2.1 #84
-9.7
36
SE Louisiana3
Southland3-3SOS -4.3 #106
-9.7
37
Cal Poly2
Big Sky4-3SOS 0.1 #68
-10.2
38
Campbell—
Coastal Athletic1st5-1SOS -2.0 #83
-10.2
39
Stony Brook7
Coastal Athletic4-2SOS 0.1 #67
-10.3
40
North Alabama1
UAC4-2SOS -1.2 #75
-10.3
41
Dartmouth16
Ivy1-3SOS 9.4 #3
-10.4
42
Southern Utah5
Big Sky2-4SOS 2.4 #45
-10.9
43
Incarnate Word5
Southland2-4SOS 7.0 #13
-10.9
44
Western Carolina5
Southern3-4SOS 5.5 #23
-11.0
45
Gardner-Webb16
OVC2-5SOS 1.8 #54
-11.1
46
Monmouth3
Coastal Athletic4-2SOS 1.9 #53
-11.2
47
Indiana State3
MVFC2-5SOS 5.5 #22
-11.2
48
Furman4
Southern2-5SOS 7.4 #10
-12.3
49
Rhode Island1
Coastal Athletic3-3SOS -1.4 #76
-12.4
50
UT Martin8
OVC2-4SOS -5.2 #110
-12.5
51
Northern Colorado5
Big Sky2-5SOS 5.1 #24
-12.6
52
Sacred Heart12
Coastal Athletic2-4SOS 0.2 #64
-12.6
53
Western Illinois1
OVC3-3SOS -4.8 #109
-12.6
54
Butler20
Pioneer1st5-1SOS -5.4 #112
-13.1
55
Jackson State7
SWAC1st5-1SOS -8.7 #123
-13.5
56
McNeese5
Southland2-4SOS 10.9 #1
-13.5
57
Charleston Southern6
OVC3-3SOS 0.1 #65
-13.5
58
Eastern Kentucky10
UAC2-4SOS 2.3 #47
-13.7
59
Weber State1
Big Sky4-3SOS -3.4 #96
-13.9
60
South Carolina State5
MEAC1st5-2SOS -5.3 #111
-13.9
61
Pennsylvania8
Ivy2-2SOS 2.2 #50
-14.1
62
Columbia8
Ivy3-1SOS -1.7 #81
-14.2
63
Central Arkansas1
UAC2-4SOS 3.5 #35
-14.4
64
Richmond1
Patriot5-2SOS -4.1 #105
-14.4
65
Alabama A&M13
SWAC5-2SOS -5.8 #114
-14.4
66
Elon24
Coastal Athletic4-3SOS -3.8 #101
-14.5
67
Towson1
Coastal Athletic0-7SOS 1.2 #60
-15.1
68
Alabama State9
SWAC3-3SOS -13.2 #128
-15.3
69
Morgan State2
MEAC5-1SOS -2.1 #85
-15.3
70
Prairie View A&M13
SWAC2-5SOS -1.7 #80
-15.6
71
Central Connecticut6
NEC1st2-3SOS 10.2 #2
-15.7
72
Dayton3
Pioneer4-1SOS -9.1 #124
-15.8
73
Lindenwood8
OVC1-4SOS 1.7 #55
-16.2
74
UAlbany2
Coastal Athletic3-3SOS 1.5 #58
-16.2
75
Houston Christian4
Southland3-3SOS 6.5 #15
-16.3
76
St. Thomas (MN)4
Pioneer5-2SOS -4.5 #107
-16.3
77
Eastern Illinois14
OVC2-4SOS 6.0 #19
-16.4
78
Holy Cross3
Patriot2-4SOS 7.1 #12
-16.6
79
Lafayette4
Patriot1-4SOS -2.4 #89
-16.7
80
The Citadel9
Southern2-4SOS 3.8 #30
-16.9
81
Stonehill13
NEC2-4SOS -3.5 #98
-16.9
82
Bryant10
Coastal Athletic4-2SOS -4.0 #104
-17.1
83
Merrimack1
FCS Independents1st2-4SOS 4.6 #26
-17.3
84
Samford11
Southern1-5SOS 0.9 #61
-17.4
85
Arkansas-Pine Bluff8
SWAC3-2SOS -9.7 #125
-17.7
86
Robert Morris6
NEC3-3SOS -5.9 #116
-17.9
87
Maine3
Coastal Athletic1-5SOS -2.5 #90
-18.1
88
Portland State1
Big Sky2-4SOS 3.7 #31
-18.2
89
East Texas A&M2
Southland2-4SOS 4.6 #27
-18.3
90
Delaware State4
MEAC4-3SOS -0.3 #71
-18.8
91
Marist6
Pioneer3-3SOS -10.2 #126
-19.0
92
North Carolina Central9
MEAC2-5SOS -3.2 #94
-19.6
93
Long Island University6
NEC2-5SOS 3.5 #34
-19.7
94
Bucknell4
Patriot1-5SOS -3.9 #102
-20.0
95
Howard7
MEAC2-4SOS -3.9 #103
-20.0
96
Fordham8
Patriot2-5SOS 5.9 #20
-20.1
97
West Georgia1
UAC1-5SOS 4.5 #29
-20.2
98
Tennessee State1
OVC1-5SOS -2.9 #92
-20.2
99
William & Mary3
Patriot3-4SOS 2.8 #42
-20.3
100
Norfolk State7
MEAC4-3SOS -13.2 #127
-20.4
101
Mercyhurst7
NEC1-5SOS 8.0 #5
-20.4
102
Duquesne10
NEC1-4SOS 8.0 #5
-20.6
103
Grambling—
SWAC4-2SOS 0.4 #63
-20.8
104
Murray State—
MVFC1-5SOS 2.2 #49
-21.1
105
San Diego10
Pioneer2-4SOS -3.4 #97
-21.2
106
New Hampshire6
Coastal Athletic2-5SOS -0.9 #74
-21.5
107
North Carolina A&T1
Coastal Athletic2-5SOS 1.6 #56
-21.6
108
Utah Tech3
Big Sky0-7SOS 6.9 #14
-21.9
109
Valparaiso6
Pioneer3-3SOS -8.5 #121
-22.1
110
New Haven1
NEC1-5SOS 3.1 #38
-22.2
111
Alcorn State2
SWAC4-3SOS -6.7 #120
-22.8
112
Georgetown3
Patriot1-4SOS 1.3 #59
-22.8
113
Nicholls3
Southland2-4SOS -2.3 #87
-22.9
114
Drake—
Pioneer2-4SOS -5.9 #115
-23.8
115
Bethune-Cookman14
SWAC3-3SOS -6.2 #119
-24.1
116
Southern2
SWAC3-4SOS 0.1 #66
-24.3
117
Florida A&M2
SWAC2-4SOS -1.4 #77
-25.5
118
Texas Southern2
SWAC1-5SOS -6.1 #118
-25.7
119
Wagner2
NEC1-5SOS 1.5 #57
-26.0
120
Northwestern State—
Southland0-6SOS 4.9 #25
-29.4
121
Hampton—
Coastal Athletic1-5SOS -2.2 #86
-30.6
122
Chicago State—
FCS Independents1-5SOS 2.3 #48
-30.9
123
Presbyterian—
Pioneer3-3SOS -3.2 #95
-31.4
124
Mississippi Valley State2
SWAC3-4SOS 0.0 #70
-33.4
125
VMI1
Southern0-6SOS -6.1 #117
-33.8
126
Stetson1
Pioneer1-5SOS 2.8 #41
-35.5
127
Morehead State1
Pioneer1-5SOS -3.7 #100
-40.7
128
Davidson1
Pioneer2-5SOS -8.7 #122
-41.2
Neutral team strength on the shared Division I scale. FCS ranks are the FCS subset of the same ordering.