2023 FCS Rankings
Athletic Vector Rankings team strengths for the Championship Subdivision, on the shared Division I scale.
Updated: Week 16 - 09.07.26 23:29 EDT
128 teams, ordered by rating.
| #▲ | Team | Conference | Rec | Rating | SOS | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota State | MVFC1st | 11-0 | 23.3 | 12.0#1 | — |
| 2 | North Dakota State | MVFC | 8-3 | 14.3 | 6.9#13 | — |
| 3 | Montana State | Big Sky1st | 8-3 | 10.5 | 5.2#24 | — |
| 4 | Montana | Big Sky | 10-1 | 6.3 | 4.1#27 | 1 |
| 5 | Villanova | CAA1st | 9-2 | 6.0 | 2.7#39 | 2 |
| 6 | Idaho | Big Sky | 8-3 | 5.7 | 2.6#40 | 2 |
| 7 | Youngstown State | MVFC | 7-4 | 4.1 | 5.3#22 | 1 |
| 8 | Central Arkansas | UAC1st | 7-4 | 3.6 | 7.8#7 | 1 |
| 9 | South Dakota | MVFC | 9-2 | 3.3 | 6.0#15 | 3 |
| 10 | Southern Illinois | MVFC | 7-4 | 3.2 | 8.5#6 | — |
| 11 | UAlbany | CAA | 9-3 | 2.9 | 3.2#32 | — |
| 12 | North Dakota | MVFC | 7-4 | 2.0 | 5.6#17 | — |
| 13 | Northern Iowa | MVFC | 6-5 | 1.3 | 8.5#5 | — |
| 14 | Holy Cross | Patriot1st | 7-4 | 0.5 | 0.7#64 | 1 |
| 15 | New Hampshire | CAA | 6-5 | 0.5 | 3.3#31 | 1 |
| 16 | Sacramento State | Big Sky | 7-4 | 0.4 | 2.8#37 | 2 |
| 17 | Furman | Southern1st | 9-2 | -0.8 | -0.9#78 | — |
| 18 | Monmouth | CAA | 4-7 | -1.3 | 2.0#52 | 2 |
| 19 | Illinois State | MVFC | 6-5 | -1.5 | 2.6#41 | 1 |
| 20 | UC Davis | Big Sky | 7-4 | -1.8 | 2.0#51 | 1 |
| 21 | Yale | Ivy1st | 7-3 | -1.9 | 2.1#50 | 1 |
| 22 | Southern Utah | UAC | 6-5 | -2.0 | 3.5#30 | 1 |
| 23 | Mercer | Southern | 8-3 | -2.0 | -2.1#82 | — |
| 24 | William & Mary | CAA | 6-5 | -2.3 | 1.2#57 | — |
| 25 | Lafayette | Patriot | 9-2 | -3.2 | 0.3#67 | 2 |
| 26 | Austin Peay | UAC | 9-2 | -3.2 | 2.5#46 | 1 |
| 27 | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | 5-6 | -3.7 | 7.2#10 | 1 |
| 28 | Tarleton State | UAC | 8-3 | -3.7 | 0.6#65 | — |
| 29 | Delaware | CAA | 8-3 | -4.4 | 1.2#56 | 2 |
| 30 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 6-4 | -4.4 | 2.9#36 | — |
| 31 | Chattanooga | Southern | 7-4 | -4.5 | -0.6#75 | 1 |
| 32 | Western Carolina | Southern | 7-4 | -4.6 | -0.1#71 | 2 |
| 33 | Weber State | Big Sky | 6-5 | -4.8 | 3.7#28 | 4 |
| 34 | Missouri State | MVFC | 4-7 | -4.8 | 9.1#2 | 1 |
| 35 | Southeast Missouri State | Big South-OVC1st | 4-7 | -5.1 | 1.2#58 | — |
| 36 | Florida A&M | SWAC1st | 10-1 | -5.1 | -4.2#97 | — |
| 37 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 6-4 | -5.4 | 1.0#61 | — |
| 38 | Elon | CAA | 6-5 | -5.8 | 5.9#16 | 1 |
| 39 | Bryant | Big South-OVC | 6-5 | -6.2 | -1.9#81 | 1 |
| 40 | Eastern Washington | Big Sky | 4-7 | -6.2 | 7.0#12 | 2 |
| 41 | UT Martin | Big South-OVC | 8-3 | -6.5 | -0.1#72 | — |
| 42 | Richmond | CAA | 8-3 | -6.7 | -2.4#87 | — |
| 43 | Fordham | Patriot | 6-5 | -6.9 | -3.3#92 | 1 |
| 44 | Eastern Kentucky | UAC | 5-6 | -7.1 | 5.4#18 | 1 |
| 45 | Howard | MEAC1st | 6-5 | -7.1 | -5.8#109 | — |
| 46 | Incarnate Word | Southland1st | 9-2 | -7.5 | -6.4#115 | — |
| 47 | Harvard | Ivy | 8-2 | -7.6 | 3.5#29 | — |
| 48 | Samford | Southern | 6-5 | -7.8 | 1.2#59 | — |
| 49 | Nicholls | Southland | 7-4 | -8.2 | -1.6#79 | — |
| 50 | North Carolina Central | MEAC | 9-2 | -8.6 | -5.4#108 | — |
| 51 | Abilene Christian | UAC | 5-6 | -8.9 | 1.9#53 | — |
| 52 | Rhode Island | CAA | 6-5 | -9.1 | 2.6#45 | — |
| 53 | Gardner-Webb | Big South-OVC | 7-4 | -9.5 | 1.0#62 | — |
| 54 | Portland State | Big Sky | 5-6 | -10.3 | 3.2#33 | — |
| 55 | Stephen F. Austin | UAC | 3-8 | -10.3 | 2.1#49 | — |
| 56 | Princeton | Ivy | 5-5 | -10.5 | 2.3#48 | — |
| 57 | Eastern Illinois | Big South-OVC | 8-3 | -10.8 | -2.7#88 | — |
| 58 | SE Louisiana | Southland | 3-8 | -11.0 | -3.9#95 | — |
| 59 | Kennesaw State | FCS Independents1st | 3-6 | -11.2 | 0.9#63 | — |
| 60 | North Alabama | UAC | 3-8 | -12.9 | 6.4#14 | — |
| 61 | Cornell | Ivy | 3-7 | -13.2 | 1.9#54 | 1 |
| 62 | Lamar | Southland | 6-5 | -13.5 | -0.5#74 | 1 |
| 63 | Campbell | CAA | 5-6 | -14.5 | 2.6#42 | — |
| 64 | Brown | Ivy | 5-5 | -14.7 | 3.1#34 | — |
| 65 | Towson | CAA | 5-6 | -14.9 | 5.2#23 | 1 |
| 66 | Columbia | Ivy | 3-7 | -15.1 | 1.1#60 | 1 |
| 67 | Colgate | Patriot | 6-5 | -15.2 | 2.6#43 | — |
| 68 | Morgan State | MEAC | 4-7 | -15.2 | -0.8#76 | — |
| 69 | Tennessee Tech | Big South-OVC | 4-7 | -15.4 | -0.8#77 | — |
| 70 | Alabama State | SWAC | 7-4 | -15.7 | -3.7#93 | 1 |
| 71 | Indiana State | MVFC | 1-10 | -15.9 | 5.4#19 | 1 |
| 72 | Saint Francis | NEC1st | 4-6 | -16.8 | -7.6#119 | 2 |
| 73 | Houston Christian | Southland | 6-5 | -16.8 | -2.4#86 | — |
| 74 | Bucknell | Patriot | 4-7 | -16.9 | -1.7#80 | 1 |
| 75 | Idaho State | Big Sky | 3-8 | -17.1 | 7.5#9 | 3 |
| 76 | Alcorn State | SWAC | 7-4 | -17.2 | -5.4#107 | — |
| 77 | Merrimack | NEC | 5-6 | -17.2 | -6.3#112 | — |
| 78 | Texas Southern | SWAC | 3-8 | -17.5 | -3.9#94 | — |
| 79 | Maine | CAA | 2-9 | -17.9 | 4.3#26 | 3 |
| 80 | Utah Tech | UAC | 2-9 | -18.1 | 8.6#4 | 1 |
| 81 | Tennessee State | Big South-OVC | 6-5 | -18.1 | -4.7#103 | — |
| 82 | Butler | Pioneer1st | 7-4 | -18.2 | -9.5#124 | 2 |
| 83 | Cal Poly | Big Sky | 3-8 | -18.7 | 5.4#20 | — |
| 84 | Murray State | MVFC | 2-9 | -18.7 | 7.7#8 | — |
| 85 | Davidson | Pioneer | 7-4 | -18.8 | -14.1#128 | — |
| 86 | Hampton | CAA | 5-6 | -19.0 | 2.6#44 | — |
| 87 | Lehigh | Patriot | 2-9 | -19.0 | 2.7#38 | — |
| 88 | Wofford | Southern | 2-9 | -19.2 | 0.1#69 | — |
| 89 | Georgetown | Patriot | 5-6 | -19.4 | -2.2#83 | — |
| 90 | St. Thomas (MN) | Pioneer | 8-3 | -20.0 | -8.3#121 | — |
| 91 | South Carolina State | MEAC | 5-6 | -20.1 | -4.4#99 | 1 |
| 92 | Northern Colorado | Big Sky | 0-11 | -20.4 | 5.4#21 | 1 |
| 93 | Jackson State | SWAC | 7-4 | -20.5 | -6.3#113 | — |
| 94 | VMI | Southern | 5-6 | -20.6 | 0.4#66 | — |
| 95 | Southern | SWAC | 6-5 | -21.2 | -4.1#96 | — |
| 96 | Northwestern State | Southland | 0-11 | -21.4 | -2.9#90 | — |
| 97 | Norfolk State | MEAC | 3-8 | -21.7 | -4.5#100 | — |
| 98 | Charleston Southern | Big South-OVC | 4-7 | -22.4 | 0.2#68 | — |
| 99 | Duquesne | NEC | 7-4 | -22.5 | -6.0#110 | — |
| 100 | East Tennessee State | Southern | 3-8 | -22.5 | 3.1#35 | 1 |
| 101 | Stonehill | NEC | 5-5 | -22.6 | -4.5#101 | 1 |
| 102 | North Carolina A&T | CAA | 1-10 | -22.6 | 4.8#25 | 1 |
| 103 | Long Island University | NEC | 4-7 | -22.6 | -6.4#116 | 1 |
| 104 | Grambling | SWAC | 5-6 | -23.2 | -6.6#117 | — |
| 105 | Robert Morris | Big South-OVC | 4-7 | -23.4 | 2.3#47 | — |
| 106 | Stony Brook | CAA | 0-11 | -23.6 | 7.1#11 | 2 |
| 107 | Sacred Heart | NEC | 2-9 | -23.8 | -4.6#102 | — |
| 108 | Drake | Pioneer | 8-3 | -24.1 | -6.1#111 | 2 |
| 109 | East Texas A&M | Southland | 2-9 | -24.2 | 0.0#70 | — |
| 110 | Prairie View A&M | SWAC | 6-5 | -24.4 | -5.2#106 | — |
| 111 | Alabama A&M | SWAC | 5-6 | -24.7 | -4.8#104 | — |
| 112 | San Diego | Pioneer | 4-7 | -25.5 | -11.6#127 | — |
| 113 | Dayton | Pioneer | 4-7 | -27.0 | -9.3#123 | — |
| 114 | The Citadel | Southern | 0-11 | -27.7 | 1.9#55 | — |
| 115 | Lindenwood | Big South-OVC | 3-7 | -28.0 | -0.1#73 | — |
| 116 | McNeese | Southland | 1-10 | -28.2 | -2.2#84 | — |
| 117 | Western Illinois | MVFC | 0-11 | -28.4 | 8.8#3 | — |
| 118 | Valparaiso | Pioneer | 3-8 | -29.8 | -8.5#122 | — |
| 119 | Bethune-Cookman | SWAC | 3-8 | -29.8 | -2.3#85 | — |
| 120 | Central Connecticut | NEC | 3-8 | -31.4 | -8.0#120 | — |
| 121 | Marist | Pioneer | 4-7 | -31.9 | -10.2#125 | — |
| 122 | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | 1-10 | -32.8 | -2.9#89 | — |
| 123 | Delaware State | MEAC | 1-10 | -33.6 | -3.1#91 | 1 |
| 124 | Morehead State | Pioneer | 4-7 | -33.8 | -6.3#114 | 1 |
| 125 | Wagner | NEC | 4-7 | -34.4 | -5.2#105 | — |
| 126 | Stetson | Pioneer | 3-8 | -34.9 | -7.4#118 | — |
| 127 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | SWAC | 2-9 | -37.0 | -4.3#98 | — |
| 128 | Presbyterian | Pioneer | 4-7 | -37.7 | -11.1#126 | — |
1
South Dakota State—
MVFC1st11-0SOS 12.0 #1
23.3
2
North Dakota State—
MVFC8-3SOS 6.9 #13
14.3
3
Montana State—
Big Sky1st8-3SOS 5.2 #24
10.5
4
Montana1
Big Sky10-1SOS 4.1 #27
6.3
5
Villanova2
CAA1st9-2SOS 2.7 #39
6.0
6
Idaho2
Big Sky8-3SOS 2.6 #40
5.7
7
Youngstown State1
MVFC7-4SOS 5.3 #22
4.1
8
Central Arkansas1
UAC1st7-4SOS 7.8 #7
3.6
9
South Dakota3
MVFC9-2SOS 6.0 #15
3.3
10
Southern Illinois—
MVFC7-4SOS 8.5 #6
3.2
11
UAlbany—
CAA9-3SOS 3.2 #32
2.9
12
North Dakota—
MVFC7-4SOS 5.6 #17
2.0
13
Northern Iowa—
MVFC6-5SOS 8.5 #5
1.3
14
Holy Cross1
Patriot1st7-4SOS 0.7 #64
0.5
15
New Hampshire1
CAA6-5SOS 3.3 #31
0.5
16
Sacramento State2
Big Sky7-4SOS 2.8 #37
0.4
17
Furman—
Southern1st9-2SOS -0.9 #78
-0.8
18
Monmouth2
CAA4-7SOS 2.0 #52
-1.3
19
Illinois State1
MVFC6-5SOS 2.6 #41
-1.5
20
UC Davis1
Big Sky7-4SOS 2.0 #51
-1.8
21
Yale1
Ivy1st7-3SOS 2.1 #50
-1.9
22
Southern Utah1
UAC6-5SOS 3.5 #30
-2.0
23
Mercer—
Southern8-3SOS -2.1 #82
-2.0
24
William & Mary—
CAA6-5SOS 1.2 #57
-2.3
25
Lafayette2
Patriot9-2SOS 0.3 #67
-3.2
26
Austin Peay1
UAC9-2SOS 2.5 #46
-3.2
27
Northern Arizona1
Big Sky5-6SOS 7.2 #10
-3.7
28
Tarleton State—
UAC8-3SOS 0.6 #65
-3.7
29
Delaware2
CAA8-3SOS 1.2 #56
-4.4
30
Dartmouth—
Ivy6-4SOS 2.9 #36
-4.4
31
Chattanooga1
Southern7-4SOS -0.6 #75
-4.5
32
Western Carolina2
Southern7-4SOS -0.1 #71
-4.6
33
Weber State4
Big Sky6-5SOS 3.7 #28
-4.8
34
Missouri State1
MVFC4-7SOS 9.1 #2
-4.8
35
Southeast Missouri State—
Big South-OVC1st4-7SOS 1.2 #58
-5.1
36
Florida A&M—
SWAC1st10-1SOS -4.2 #97
-5.1
37
Pennsylvania—
Ivy6-4SOS 1.0 #61
-5.4
38
Elon1
CAA6-5SOS 5.9 #16
-5.8
39
Bryant1
Big South-OVC6-5SOS -1.9 #81
-6.2
40
Eastern Washington2
Big Sky4-7SOS 7.0 #12
-6.2
41
UT Martin—
Big South-OVC8-3SOS -0.1 #72
-6.5
42
Richmond—
CAA8-3SOS -2.4 #87
-6.7
43
Fordham1
Patriot6-5SOS -3.3 #92
-6.9
44
Eastern Kentucky1
UAC5-6SOS 5.4 #18
-7.1
45
Howard—
MEAC1st6-5SOS -5.8 #109
-7.1
46
Incarnate Word—
Southland1st9-2SOS -6.4 #115
-7.5
47
Harvard—
Ivy8-2SOS 3.5 #29
-7.6
48
Samford—
Southern6-5SOS 1.2 #59
-7.8
49
Nicholls—
Southland7-4SOS -1.6 #79
-8.2
50
North Carolina Central—
MEAC9-2SOS -5.4 #108
-8.6
51
Abilene Christian—
UAC5-6SOS 1.9 #53
-8.9
52
Rhode Island—
CAA6-5SOS 2.6 #45
-9.1
53
Gardner-Webb—
Big South-OVC7-4SOS 1.0 #62
-9.5
54
Portland State—
Big Sky5-6SOS 3.2 #33
-10.3
55
Stephen F. Austin—
UAC3-8SOS 2.1 #49
-10.3
56
Princeton—
Ivy5-5SOS 2.3 #48
-10.5
57
Eastern Illinois—
Big South-OVC8-3SOS -2.7 #88
-10.8
58
SE Louisiana—
Southland3-8SOS -3.9 #95
-11.0
59
Kennesaw State—
FCS Independents1st3-6SOS 0.9 #63
-11.2
60
North Alabama—
UAC3-8SOS 6.4 #14
-12.9
61
Cornell1
Ivy3-7SOS 1.9 #54
-13.2
62
Lamar1
Southland6-5SOS -0.5 #74
-13.5
63
Campbell—
CAA5-6SOS 2.6 #42
-14.5
64
Brown—
Ivy5-5SOS 3.1 #34
-14.7
65
Towson1
CAA5-6SOS 5.2 #23
-14.9
66
Columbia1
Ivy3-7SOS 1.1 #60
-15.1
67
Colgate—
Patriot6-5SOS 2.6 #43
-15.2
68
Morgan State—
MEAC4-7SOS -0.8 #76
-15.2
69
Tennessee Tech—
Big South-OVC4-7SOS -0.8 #77
-15.4
70
Alabama State1
SWAC7-4SOS -3.7 #93
-15.7
71
Indiana State1
MVFC1-10SOS 5.4 #19
-15.9
72
Saint Francis2
NEC1st4-6SOS -7.6 #119
-16.8
73
Houston Christian—
Southland6-5SOS -2.4 #86
-16.8
74
Bucknell1
Patriot4-7SOS -1.7 #80
-16.9
75
Idaho State3
Big Sky3-8SOS 7.5 #9
-17.1
76
Alcorn State—
SWAC7-4SOS -5.4 #107
-17.2
77
Merrimack—
NEC5-6SOS -6.3 #112
-17.2
78
Texas Southern—
SWAC3-8SOS -3.9 #94
-17.5
79
Maine3
CAA2-9SOS 4.3 #26
-17.9
80
Utah Tech1
UAC2-9SOS 8.6 #4
-18.1
81
Tennessee State—
Big South-OVC6-5SOS -4.7 #103
-18.1
82
Butler2
Pioneer1st7-4SOS -9.5 #124
-18.2
83
Cal Poly—
Big Sky3-8SOS 5.4 #20
-18.7
84
Murray State—
MVFC2-9SOS 7.7 #8
-18.7
85
Davidson—
Pioneer7-4SOS -14.1 #128
-18.8
86
Hampton—
CAA5-6SOS 2.6 #44
-19.0
87
Lehigh—
Patriot2-9SOS 2.7 #38
-19.0
88
Wofford—
Southern2-9SOS 0.1 #69
-19.2
89
Georgetown—
Patriot5-6SOS -2.2 #83
-19.4
90
St. Thomas (MN)—
Pioneer8-3SOS -8.3 #121
-20.0
91
South Carolina State1
MEAC5-6SOS -4.4 #99
-20.1
92
Northern Colorado1
Big Sky0-11SOS 5.4 #21
-20.4
93
Jackson State—
SWAC7-4SOS -6.3 #113
-20.5
94
VMI—
Southern5-6SOS 0.4 #66
-20.6
95
Southern—
SWAC6-5SOS -4.1 #96
-21.2
96
Northwestern State—
Southland0-11SOS -2.9 #90
-21.4
97
Norfolk State—
MEAC3-8SOS -4.5 #100
-21.7
98
Charleston Southern—
Big South-OVC4-7SOS 0.2 #68
-22.4
99
Duquesne—
NEC7-4SOS -6.0 #110
-22.5
100
East Tennessee State1
Southern3-8SOS 3.1 #35
-22.5
101
Stonehill1
NEC5-5SOS -4.5 #101
-22.6
102
North Carolina A&T1
CAA1-10SOS 4.8 #25
-22.6
103
Long Island University1
NEC4-7SOS -6.4 #116
-22.6
104
Grambling—
SWAC5-6SOS -6.6 #117
-23.2
105
Robert Morris—
Big South-OVC4-7SOS 2.3 #47
-23.4
106
Stony Brook2
CAA0-11SOS 7.1 #11
-23.6
107
Sacred Heart—
NEC2-9SOS -4.6 #102
-23.8
108
Drake2
Pioneer8-3SOS -6.1 #111
-24.1
109
East Texas A&M—
Southland2-9SOS 0.0 #70
-24.2
110
Prairie View A&M—
SWAC6-5SOS -5.2 #106
-24.4
111
Alabama A&M—
SWAC5-6SOS -4.8 #104
-24.7
112
San Diego—
Pioneer4-7SOS -11.6 #127
-25.5
113
Dayton—
Pioneer4-7SOS -9.3 #123
-27.0
114
The Citadel—
Southern0-11SOS 1.9 #55
-27.7
115
Lindenwood—
Big South-OVC3-7SOS -0.1 #73
-28.0
116
McNeese—
Southland1-10SOS -2.2 #84
-28.2
117
Western Illinois—
MVFC0-11SOS 8.8 #3
-28.4
118
Valparaiso—
Pioneer3-8SOS -8.5 #122
-29.8
119
Bethune-Cookman—
SWAC3-8SOS -2.3 #85
-29.8
120
Central Connecticut—
NEC3-8SOS -8.0 #120
-31.4
121
Marist—
Pioneer4-7SOS -10.2 #125
-31.9
122
Mississippi Valley State—
SWAC1-10SOS -2.9 #89
-32.8
123
Delaware State1
MEAC1-10SOS -3.1 #91
-33.6
124
Morehead State1
Pioneer4-7SOS -6.3 #114
-33.8
125
Wagner—
NEC4-7SOS -5.2 #105
-34.4
126
Stetson—
Pioneer3-8SOS -7.4 #118
-34.9
127
Arkansas-Pine Bluff—
SWAC2-9SOS -4.3 #98
-37.0
128
Presbyterian—
Pioneer4-7SOS -11.1 #126
-37.7
Neutral team strength on the shared Division I scale. FCS ranks are the FCS subset of the same ordering.