2023 FCS Rankings
Ratings for the Championship Subdivision, on a points-above-average scale.
- Season
- 2023
- Week
- 13
- Teams
- 128
128 teams, ordered by rating.
| #▲ | Team | Conference | Rec | Rating | SOS | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota State | MVFC1st | 11-0 | 34.6 | 12.0#1 | — |
| 2 | North Dakota State | MVFC | 8-3 | 23.5 | 6.9#13 | 1 |
| 3 | Montana State | Big Sky1st | 8-3 | 22.6 | 5.2#24 | 1 |
| 4 | Montana | Big Sky | 10-1 | 19.1 | 4.1#27 | — |
| 5 | Delaware | CAA1st | 8-3 | 15.7 | 1.2#56 | — |
| 6 | Holy Cross | Patriot1st | 7-4 | 15.6 | 0.7#64 | — |
| 7 | Idaho | Big Sky | 8-3 | 15.3 | 2.6#40 | — |
| 8 | Southern Illinois | MVFC | 7-4 | 15.2 | 8.5#6 | 1 |
| 9 | Villanova | CAA | 9-2 | 14.2 | 2.7#39 | 1 |
| 10 | Youngstown State | MVFC | 7-4 | 13.5 | 5.3#22 | 4 |
| 11 | UC Davis | Big Sky | 7-4 | 12.8 | 2.0#51 | 1 |
| 12 | Sacramento State | Big Sky | 7-4 | 12.3 | 2.8#37 | 3 |
| 13 | North Dakota | MVFC | 7-4 | 12.2 | 5.6#17 | 3 |
| 14 | Austin Peay | UAC1st | 9-2 | 12.2 | 2.5#46 | 3 |
| 15 | Incarnate Word | Southland1st | 9-2 | 12.1 | -6.4#115 | 2 |
| 16 | Furman | Southern1st | 9-2 | 11.9 | -0.9#78 | — |
| 17 | Northern Iowa | MVFC | 6-5 | 11.9 | 8.5#5 | — |
| 18 | New Hampshire | CAA | 6-5 | 11.2 | 3.3#31 | — |
| 19 | Mercer | Southern | 8-3 | 11.2 | -2.1#82 | 1 |
| 20 | South Dakota | MVFC | 9-2 | 11.0 | 6.0#15 | 1 |
| 21 | Yale | Ivy1st | 7-3 | 10.7 | 2.1#50 | 2 |
| 22 | UAlbany | CAA | 9-3 | 10.5 | 3.2#32 | — |
| 23 | Illinois State | MVFC | 6-5 | 10.5 | 2.6#41 | 1 |
| 24 | Central Arkansas | UAC | 7-4 | 10.3 | 7.8#7 | 1 |
| 25 | Harvard | Ivy | 8-2 | 10.3 | 3.5#29 | 2 |
| 26 | Missouri State | MVFC | 4-7 | 10.2 | 9.1#2 | — |
| 27 | Chattanooga | Southern | 7-4 | 10.0 | -0.6#75 | 2 |
| 28 | Richmond | CAA | 8-3 | 9.8 | -2.4#87 | 4 |
| 29 | Weber State | Big Sky | 6-5 | 9.3 | 3.7#28 | 2 |
| 30 | UT Martin | Big South-OVC1st | 8-3 | 9.2 | -0.1#72 | 2 |
| 31 | Elon | CAA | 6-5 | 9.2 | 5.9#16 | 4 |
| 32 | Southern Utah | UAC | 6-5 | 8.7 | 3.5#30 | 1 |
| 33 | Jackson State | SWAC1st | 7-4 | 8.5 | -6.3#113 | 1 |
| 34 | Southeast Missouri State | Big South-OVC | 4-7 | 8.5 | 1.2#58 | 1 |
| 35 | William & Mary | CAA | 6-5 | 8.4 | 1.2#57 | 1 |
| 36 | Tarleton State | UAC | 8-3 | 7.8 | 0.6#65 | 1 |
| 37 | Western Carolina | Southern | 7-4 | 7.7 | -0.1#71 | 2 |
| 38 | North Carolina Central | MEAC1st | 9-2 | 7.7 | -5.4#108 | 8 |
| 39 | Princeton | Ivy | 5-5 | 7.6 | 2.3#48 | 1 |
| 40 | Samford | Southern | 6-5 | 7.1 | 1.2#59 | 2 |
| 41 | Eastern Kentucky | UAC | 5-6 | 6.9 | 5.4#18 | — |
| 42 | Monmouth | CAA | 4-7 | 6.7 | 2.0#52 | 1 |
| 43 | Gardner-Webb | Big South-OVC | 7-4 | 6.6 | 1.0#62 | 3 |
| 44 | Fordham | Patriot | 6-5 | 6.5 | -3.3#92 | — |
| 45 | Florida A&M | SWAC | 10-1 | 6.5 | -4.2#97 | — |
| 46 | Rhode Island | CAA | 6-5 | 6.4 | 2.6#45 | — |
| 47 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 6-4 | 6.1 | 1.0#61 | — |
| 48 | SE Louisiana | Southland | 3-8 | 5.1 | -3.9#95 | — |
| 49 | Lafayette | Patriot | 9-2 | 5.0 | 0.3#67 | 1 |
| 50 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 6-4 | 4.6 | 2.9#36 | 1 |
| 51 | Abilene Christian | UAC | 5-6 | 3.8 | 1.9#53 | — |
| 52 | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | 5-6 | 3.8 | 7.2#10 | — |
| 53 | Bryant | Big South-OVC | 6-5 | 3.3 | -1.9#81 | — |
| 54 | Campbell | CAA | 5-6 | 3.3 | 2.6#42 | — |
| 55 | Saint Francis | NEC1st | 4-6 | 2.2 | -7.6#119 | — |
| 56 | Stephen F. Austin | UAC | 3-8 | 1.3 | 2.1#49 | — |
| 57 | Columbia | Ivy | 3-7 | 0.9 | 1.1#60 | — |
| 58 | Towson | CAA | 5-6 | 0.4 | 5.2#23 | — |
| 59 | Howard | MEAC | 6-5 | 0.0 | -5.8#109 | — |
| 60 | Eastern Washington | Big Sky | 4-7 | -0.5 | 7.0#12 | — |
| 61 | Eastern Illinois | Big South-OVC | 8-3 | -0.9 | -2.7#88 | — |
| 62 | Portland State | Big Sky | 5-6 | -1.1 | 3.2#33 | 3 |
| 63 | Southern | SWAC | 6-5 | -1.2 | -4.1#96 | 1 |
| 64 | Alabama State | SWAC | 7-4 | -1.2 | -3.7#93 | 2 |
| 65 | Texas Southern | SWAC | 3-8 | -1.8 | -3.9#94 | 1 |
| 66 | Nicholls | Southland | 7-4 | -1.9 | -1.6#79 | 3 |
| 67 | Colgate | Patriot | 6-5 | -1.9 | 2.6#43 | — |
| 68 | Kennesaw State | FCS Independents1st | 3-6 | -2.0 | 0.9#63 | 1 |
| 69 | Butler | Pioneer1st | 7-4 | -2.2 | -9.5#124 | 1 |
| 70 | Merrimack | NEC | 5-6 | -2.7 | -6.3#112 | 1 |
| 71 | North Alabama | UAC | 3-8 | -2.7 | 6.4#14 | 1 |
| 72 | Utah Tech | UAC | 2-9 | -3.0 | 8.6#4 | 2 |
| 73 | Duquesne | NEC | 7-4 | -3.1 | -6.0#110 | 3 |
| 74 | St. Thomas (MN) | Pioneer | 8-3 | -3.2 | -8.3#121 | 1 |
| 75 | Brown | Ivy | 5-5 | -3.3 | 3.1#34 | — |
| 76 | Alcorn State | SWAC | 7-4 | -3.7 | -5.4#107 | — |
| 77 | Maine | CAA | 2-9 | -3.9 | 4.3#26 | 1 |
| 78 | Tennessee Tech | Big South-OVC | 4-7 | -3.9 | -0.8#77 | 1 |
| 79 | Indiana State | MVFC | 1-10 | -4.1 | 5.4#19 | 1 |
| 80 | Cornell | Ivy | 3-7 | -4.3 | 1.9#54 | 1 |
| 81 | North Carolina A&T | CAA | 1-10 | -4.8 | 4.8#25 | — |
| 82 | Tennessee State | Big South-OVC | 6-5 | -5.2 | -4.7#103 | — |
| 83 | Grambling | SWAC | 5-6 | -5.6 | -6.6#117 | — |
| 84 | Prairie View A&M | SWAC | 6-5 | -5.7 | -5.2#106 | — |
| 85 | Georgetown | Patriot | 5-6 | -5.9 | -2.2#83 | — |
| 86 | Morgan State | MEAC | 4-7 | -5.9 | -0.8#76 | — |
| 87 | Davidson | Pioneer | 7-4 | -6.1 | -14.1#128 | — |
| 88 | Lamar | Southland | 6-5 | -6.7 | -0.5#74 | — |
| 89 | East Tennessee State | Southern | 3-8 | -7.0 | 3.1#35 | — |
| 90 | Murray State | MVFC | 2-9 | -7.1 | 7.7#8 | 1 |
| 91 | Idaho State | Big Sky | 3-8 | -7.1 | 7.5#9 | 1 |
| 92 | Wofford | Southern | 2-9 | -7.5 | 0.1#69 | 1 |
| 93 | South Carolina State | MEAC | 5-6 | -7.8 | -4.4#99 | 1 |
| 94 | Lehigh | Patriot | 2-9 | -7.9 | 2.7#38 | — |
| 95 | Charleston Southern | Big South-OVC | 4-7 | -8.0 | 0.2#68 | — |
| 96 | Alabama A&M | SWAC | 5-6 | -8.1 | -4.8#104 | — |
| 97 | Hampton | CAA | 5-6 | -8.3 | 2.6#44 | — |
| 98 | Bucknell | Patriot | 4-7 | -8.3 | -1.7#80 | — |
| 99 | Bethune-Cookman | SWAC | 3-8 | -8.7 | -2.3#85 | — |
| 100 | Stonehill | NEC | 5-5 | -9.5 | -4.5#101 | 1 |
| 101 | Long Island University | NEC | 4-7 | -9.8 | -6.4#116 | 1 |
| 102 | San Diego | Pioneer | 4-7 | -10.2 | -11.6#127 | 1 |
| 103 | VMI | Southern | 5-6 | -10.2 | 0.4#66 | 3 |
| 104 | Drake | Pioneer | 8-3 | -10.4 | -6.1#111 | 4 |
| 105 | Norfolk State | MEAC | 3-8 | -10.6 | -4.5#100 | — |
| 106 | Sacred Heart | NEC | 2-9 | -10.6 | -4.6#102 | 2 |
| 107 | East Texas A&M | Southland | 2-9 | -10.8 | 0.0#70 | 1 |
| 108 | Northwestern State | Southland | 0-11 | -10.8 | -2.9#90 | 1 |
| 109 | Lindenwood | Big South-OVC | 3-7 | -11.5 | -0.1#73 | — |
| 110 | McNeese | Southland | 1-10 | -11.8 | -2.2#84 | — |
| 111 | Northern Colorado | Big Sky | 0-11 | -11.8 | 5.4#21 | 1 |
| 112 | Stony Brook | CAA | 0-11 | -11.8 | 7.1#11 | 1 |
| 113 | Houston Christian | Southland | 6-5 | -12.5 | -2.4#86 | — |
| 114 | Dayton | Pioneer | 4-7 | -12.7 | -9.3#123 | — |
| 115 | Cal Poly | Big Sky | 3-8 | -13.5 | 5.4#20 | 1 |
| 116 | Valparaiso | Pioneer | 3-8 | -13.9 | -8.5#122 | 1 |
| 117 | Central Connecticut | NEC | 3-8 | -14.6 | -8.0#120 | — |
| 118 | The Citadel | Southern | 0-11 | -14.7 | 1.9#55 | — |
| 119 | Robert Morris | Big South-OVC | 4-7 | -15.0 | 2.3#47 | — |
| 120 | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | 1-10 | -15.6 | -2.9#89 | — |
| 121 | Morehead State | Pioneer | 4-7 | -16.0 | -6.3#114 | — |
| 122 | Delaware State | MEAC | 1-10 | -16.7 | -3.1#91 | — |
| 123 | Western Illinois | MVFC | 0-11 | -17.5 | 8.8#3 | — |
| 124 | Wagner | NEC | 4-7 | -18.4 | -5.2#105 | — |
| 125 | Stetson | Pioneer | 3-8 | -19.3 | -7.4#118 | — |
| 126 | Marist | Pioneer | 4-7 | -19.7 | -10.2#125 | — |
| 127 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | SWAC | 2-9 | -20.9 | -4.3#98 | — |
| 128 | Presbyterian | Pioneer | 4-7 | -23.0 | -11.1#126 | — |
1
South Dakota State—
MVFC1st11-0SOS 12.0 #1
34.6
2
North Dakota State1
MVFC8-3SOS 6.9 #13
23.5
3
Montana State1
Big Sky1st8-3SOS 5.2 #24
22.6
4
Montana—
Big Sky10-1SOS 4.1 #27
19.1
5
Delaware—
CAA1st8-3SOS 1.2 #56
15.7
6
Holy Cross—
Patriot1st7-4SOS 0.7 #64
15.6
7
Idaho—
Big Sky8-3SOS 2.6 #40
15.3
8
Southern Illinois1
MVFC7-4SOS 8.5 #6
15.2
9
Villanova1
CAA9-2SOS 2.7 #39
14.2
10
Youngstown State4
MVFC7-4SOS 5.3 #22
13.5
11
UC Davis1
Big Sky7-4SOS 2.0 #51
12.8
12
Sacramento State3
Big Sky7-4SOS 2.8 #37
12.3
13
North Dakota3
MVFC7-4SOS 5.6 #17
12.2
14
Austin Peay3
UAC1st9-2SOS 2.5 #46
12.2
15
Incarnate Word2
Southland1st9-2SOS -6.4 #115
12.1
16
Furman—
Southern1st9-2SOS -0.9 #78
11.9
17
Northern Iowa—
MVFC6-5SOS 8.5 #5
11.9
18
New Hampshire—
CAA6-5SOS 3.3 #31
11.2
19
Mercer1
Southern8-3SOS -2.1 #82
11.2
20
South Dakota1
MVFC9-2SOS 6.0 #15
11.0
21
Yale2
Ivy1st7-3SOS 2.1 #50
10.7
22
UAlbany—
CAA9-3SOS 3.2 #32
10.5
23
Illinois State1
MVFC6-5SOS 2.6 #41
10.5
24
Central Arkansas1
UAC7-4SOS 7.8 #7
10.3
25
Harvard2
Ivy8-2SOS 3.5 #29
10.3
26
Missouri State—
MVFC4-7SOS 9.1 #2
10.2
27
Chattanooga2
Southern7-4SOS -0.6 #75
10.0
28
Richmond4
CAA8-3SOS -2.4 #87
9.8
29
Weber State2
Big Sky6-5SOS 3.7 #28
9.3
30
UT Martin2
Big South-OVC1st8-3SOS -0.1 #72
9.2
31
Elon4
CAA6-5SOS 5.9 #16
9.2
32
Southern Utah1
UAC6-5SOS 3.5 #30
8.7
33
Jackson State1
SWAC1st7-4SOS -6.3 #113
8.5
34
Southeast Missouri State1
Big South-OVC4-7SOS 1.2 #58
8.5
35
William & Mary1
CAA6-5SOS 1.2 #57
8.4
36
Tarleton State1
UAC8-3SOS 0.6 #65
7.8
37
Western Carolina2
Southern7-4SOS -0.1 #71
7.7
38
North Carolina Central8
MEAC1st9-2SOS -5.4 #108
7.7
39
Princeton1
Ivy5-5SOS 2.3 #48
7.6
40
Samford2
Southern6-5SOS 1.2 #59
7.1
41
Eastern Kentucky—
UAC5-6SOS 5.4 #18
6.9
42
Monmouth1
CAA4-7SOS 2.0 #52
6.7
43
Gardner-Webb3
Big South-OVC7-4SOS 1.0 #62
6.6
44
Fordham—
Patriot6-5SOS -3.3 #92
6.5
45
Florida A&M—
SWAC10-1SOS -4.2 #97
6.5
46
Rhode Island—
CAA6-5SOS 2.6 #45
6.4
47
Pennsylvania—
Ivy6-4SOS 1.0 #61
6.1
48
SE Louisiana—
Southland3-8SOS -3.9 #95
5.1
49
Lafayette1
Patriot9-2SOS 0.3 #67
5.0
50
Dartmouth1
Ivy6-4SOS 2.9 #36
4.6
51
Abilene Christian—
UAC5-6SOS 1.9 #53
3.8
52
Northern Arizona—
Big Sky5-6SOS 7.2 #10
3.8
53
Bryant—
Big South-OVC6-5SOS -1.9 #81
3.3
54
Campbell—
CAA5-6SOS 2.6 #42
3.3
55
Saint Francis—
NEC1st4-6SOS -7.6 #119
2.2
56
Stephen F. Austin—
UAC3-8SOS 2.1 #49
1.3
57
Columbia—
Ivy3-7SOS 1.1 #60
0.9
58
Towson—
CAA5-6SOS 5.2 #23
0.4
59
Howard—
MEAC6-5SOS -5.8 #109
0.0
60
Eastern Washington—
Big Sky4-7SOS 7.0 #12
-0.5
61
Eastern Illinois—
Big South-OVC8-3SOS -2.7 #88
-0.9
62
Portland State3
Big Sky5-6SOS 3.2 #33
-1.1
63
Southern1
SWAC6-5SOS -4.1 #96
-1.2
64
Alabama State2
SWAC7-4SOS -3.7 #93
-1.2
65
Texas Southern1
SWAC3-8SOS -3.9 #94
-1.8
66
Nicholls3
Southland7-4SOS -1.6 #79
-1.9
67
Colgate—
Patriot6-5SOS 2.6 #43
-1.9
68
Kennesaw State1
FCS Independents1st3-6SOS 0.9 #63
-2.0
69
Butler1
Pioneer1st7-4SOS -9.5 #124
-2.2
70
Merrimack1
NEC5-6SOS -6.3 #112
-2.7
71
North Alabama1
UAC3-8SOS 6.4 #14
-2.7
72
Utah Tech2
UAC2-9SOS 8.6 #4
-3.0
73
Duquesne3
NEC7-4SOS -6.0 #110
-3.1
74
St. Thomas (MN)1
Pioneer8-3SOS -8.3 #121
-3.2
75
Brown—
Ivy5-5SOS 3.1 #34
-3.3
76
Alcorn State—
SWAC7-4SOS -5.4 #107
-3.7
77
Maine1
CAA2-9SOS 4.3 #26
-3.9
78
Tennessee Tech1
Big South-OVC4-7SOS -0.8 #77
-3.9
79
Indiana State1
MVFC1-10SOS 5.4 #19
-4.1
80
Cornell1
Ivy3-7SOS 1.9 #54
-4.3
81
North Carolina A&T—
CAA1-10SOS 4.8 #25
-4.8
82
Tennessee State—
Big South-OVC6-5SOS -4.7 #103
-5.2
83
Grambling—
SWAC5-6SOS -6.6 #117
-5.6
84
Prairie View A&M—
SWAC6-5SOS -5.2 #106
-5.7
85
Georgetown—
Patriot5-6SOS -2.2 #83
-5.9
86
Morgan State—
MEAC4-7SOS -0.8 #76
-5.9
87
Davidson—
Pioneer7-4SOS -14.1 #128
-6.1
88
Lamar—
Southland6-5SOS -0.5 #74
-6.7
89
East Tennessee State—
Southern3-8SOS 3.1 #35
-7.0
90
Murray State1
MVFC2-9SOS 7.7 #8
-7.1
91
Idaho State1
Big Sky3-8SOS 7.5 #9
-7.1
92
Wofford1
Southern2-9SOS 0.1 #69
-7.5
93
South Carolina State1
MEAC5-6SOS -4.4 #99
-7.8
94
Lehigh—
Patriot2-9SOS 2.7 #38
-7.9
95
Charleston Southern—
Big South-OVC4-7SOS 0.2 #68
-8.0
96
Alabama A&M—
SWAC5-6SOS -4.8 #104
-8.1
97
Hampton—
CAA5-6SOS 2.6 #44
-8.3
98
Bucknell—
Patriot4-7SOS -1.7 #80
-8.3
99
Bethune-Cookman—
SWAC3-8SOS -2.3 #85
-8.7
100
Stonehill1
NEC5-5SOS -4.5 #101
-9.5
101
Long Island University1
NEC4-7SOS -6.4 #116
-9.8
102
San Diego1
Pioneer4-7SOS -11.6 #127
-10.2
103
VMI3
Southern5-6SOS 0.4 #66
-10.2
104
Drake4
Pioneer8-3SOS -6.1 #111
-10.4
105
Norfolk State—
MEAC3-8SOS -4.5 #100
-10.6
106
Sacred Heart2
NEC2-9SOS -4.6 #102
-10.6
107
East Texas A&M1
Southland2-9SOS 0.0 #70
-10.8
108
Northwestern State1
Southland0-11SOS -2.9 #90
-10.8
109
Lindenwood—
Big South-OVC3-7SOS -0.1 #73
-11.5
110
McNeese—
Southland1-10SOS -2.2 #84
-11.8
111
Northern Colorado1
Big Sky0-11SOS 5.4 #21
-11.8
112
Stony Brook1
CAA0-11SOS 7.1 #11
-11.8
113
Houston Christian—
Southland6-5SOS -2.4 #86
-12.5
114
Dayton—
Pioneer4-7SOS -9.3 #123
-12.7
115
Cal Poly1
Big Sky3-8SOS 5.4 #20
-13.5
116
Valparaiso1
Pioneer3-8SOS -8.5 #122
-13.9
117
Central Connecticut—
NEC3-8SOS -8.0 #120
-14.6
118
The Citadel—
Southern0-11SOS 1.9 #55
-14.7
119
Robert Morris—
Big South-OVC4-7SOS 2.3 #47
-15.0
120
Mississippi Valley State—
SWAC1-10SOS -2.9 #89
-15.6
121
Morehead State—
Pioneer4-7SOS -6.3 #114
-16.0
122
Delaware State—
MEAC1-10SOS -3.1 #91
-16.7
123
Western Illinois—
MVFC0-11SOS 8.8 #3
-17.5
124
Wagner—
NEC4-7SOS -5.2 #105
-18.4
125
Stetson—
Pioneer3-8SOS -7.4 #118
-19.3
126
Marist—
Pioneer4-7SOS -10.2 #125
-19.7
127
Arkansas-Pine Bluff—
SWAC2-9SOS -4.3 #98
-20.9
128
Presbyterian—
Pioneer4-7SOS -11.1 #126
-23.0
Points relative to the average FCS team.