2024 FCS Rankings
Ratings for the Championship Subdivision, on a points-above-average scale.
- Season
- 2024
- Week
- 16
- Teams
- 129
129 teams, ordered by rating.
| #▲ | Team | Conference | Rec | Rating | SOS | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Dakota State | MVFC1st | 12-2 | 36.1 | 10.5#2 | — |
| 2 | North Dakota State | MVFC | 12-2 | 29.2 | 8.9#11 | — |
| 3 | Montana State | Big Sky1st | 14-0 | 27.1 | 4.5#30 | — |
| 4 | South Dakota | MVFC | 11-3 | 21.9 | 9.0#10 | — |
| 5 | Montana | Big Sky | 9-5 | 16.2 | 7.2#16 | — |
| 6 | UC Davis | Big Sky | 11-3 | 15.3 | 6.2#20 | — |
| 7 | Idaho | Big Sky | 10-4 | 13.4 | 8.4#13 | — |
| 8 | Tarleton State | UAC1st | 10-4 | 13.3 | 3.9#35 | — |
| 9 | UT Martin | Big South-OVC1st | 9-5 | 13.0 | 3.1#40 | — |
| 10 | Villanova | CAA1st | 10-4 | 12.7 | 2.6#44 | — |
| 11 | Missouri State | MVFC | 8-4 | 12.7 | 9.5#6 | 1 |
| 12 | Delaware | CAA | 9-2 | 12.4 | 0.9#63 | 1 |
| 13 | Mercer | Southern1st | 11-3 | 11.8 | 0.5#68 | 1 |
| 14 | Incarnate Word | Southland1st | 11-3 | 11.3 | 5.5#22 | 1 |
| 15 | Southern Utah | UAC | 7-5 | 10.6 | 5.3#23 | — |
| 16 | Illinois State | MVFC | 10-4 | 10.5 | 5.1#25 | — |
| 17 | North Dakota | MVFC | 5-7 | 10.1 | 9.2#9 | 1 |
| 18 | Harvard | Ivy1st | 8-2 | 10.0 | 0.2#75 | 1 |
| 19 | Chattanooga | Southern | 7-5 | 9.6 | 1.0#61 | — |
| 20 | Holy Cross | Patriot1st | 6-6 | 9.5 | 1.2#56 | — |
| 21 | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | 8-5 | 9.0 | 3.3#39 | — |
| 22 | Southern Illinois | MVFC | 4-8 | 8.9 | 11.5#1 | 3 |
| 23 | Western Carolina | Southern | 7-5 | 8.8 | 1.4#54 | 1 |
| 24 | New Hampshire | CAA | 8-5 | 8.8 | 4.1#32 | — |
| 25 | Stephen F. Austin | Southland | 7-5 | 8.6 | -2.6#91 | 2 |
| 26 | Central Arkansas | UAC | 6-6 | 8.6 | 1.5#53 | — |
| 27 | Yale | Ivy | 7-3 | 8.5 | 2.3#45 | — |
| 28 | Monmouth | CAA | 6-6 | 8.5 | 4.1#33 | — |
| 29 | North Carolina Central | MEAC1st | 8-3 | 8.2 | -5.4#112 | — |
| 30 | Jackson State | SWAC1st | 11-2 | 7.9 | -7.9#120 | — |
| 31 | Eastern Kentucky | UAC | 8-5 | 7.8 | 3.5#37 | — |
| 32 | Youngstown State | MVFC | 4-8 | 7.5 | 8.7#12 | 2 |
| 33 | Abilene Christian | UAC | 9-5 | 7.5 | 6.9#18 | 1 |
| 34 | Richmond | CAA | 10-3 | 7.3 | -2.3#90 | 1 |
| 35 | Eastern Washington | Big Sky | 4-8 | 7.0 | 7.3#15 | — |
| 36 | Austin Peay | UAC | 4-8 | 6.8 | 5.1#27 | — |
| 37 | Southeast Missouri State | Big South-OVC | 9-4 | 6.7 | -0.5#80 | 1 |
| 38 | Rhode Island | CAA | 11-3 | 6.7 | 2.6#43 | 1 |
| 39 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 8-2 | 6.3 | 0.8#64 | — |
| 40 | Portland State | Big Sky | 3-9 | 5.5 | 9.8#4 | — |
| 41 | Duquesne | NEC1st | 8-3 | 5.0 | -5.0#106 | 2 |
| 42 | Sacramento State | Big Sky | 3-9 | 5.0 | 5.0#28 | 1 |
| 43 | SE Louisiana | Southland | 7-5 | 4.9 | 4.2#31 | 1 |
| 44 | William & Mary | CAA | 7-5 | 4.7 | -2.3#88 | — |
| 45 | Elon | CAA | 6-6 | 4.6 | 2.0#49 | — |
| 46 | UAlbany | CAA | 4-8 | 4.5 | 2.9#41 | — |
| 47 | Weber State | Big Sky | 4-8 | 4.1 | 0.4#72 | — |
| 48 | Tennessee Tech | Big South-OVC | 7-5 | 3.7 | 0.2#77 | — |
| 49 | South Carolina State | MEAC | 9-2 | 3.6 | -5.2#108 | — |
| 50 | Towson | CAA | 7-5 | 3.6 | 2.7#42 | — |
| 51 | Lehigh | Patriot | 9-4 | 3.4 | 0.3#73 | — |
| 52 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 4-6 | 3.2 | 2.0#50 | — |
| 53 | Northern Iowa | MVFC | 3-9 | 2.9 | 9.4#8 | 2 |
| 54 | Lafayette | Patriot | 6-6 | 2.8 | -4.5#102 | 1 |
| 55 | Samford | Southern | 4-8 | 2.6 | 0.5#69 | 1 |
| 56 | Florida A&M | SWAC | 7-5 | 2.3 | -5.9#114 | — |
| 57 | Columbia | Ivy | 7-3 | 2.1 | 0.4#71 | — |
| 58 | North Alabama | UAC | 3-9 | 1.9 | 7.1#17 | — |
| 59 | Nicholls | Southland | 4-8 | 1.5 | -2.7#92 | — |
| 60 | Gardner-Webb | Big South-OVC | 4-8 | 0.5 | -1.9#84 | — |
| 61 | East Tennessee State | Southern | 7-5 | 0.4 | 4.0#34 | — |
| 62 | Tennessee State | Big South-OVC | 9-4 | 0.1 | -0.2#78 | — |
| 63 | Stony Brook | CAA | 8-4 | 0.0 | 1.0#62 | — |
| 64 | Lamar | Southland | 7-5 | -0.3 | -2.0#85 | — |
| 65 | Furman | Southern | 3-9 | -0.5 | -2.2#87 | — |
| 66 | Merrimack | FCS Independents1st | 5-6 | -0.8 | -4.7#105 | — |
| 67 | Maine | CAA | 5-7 | -0.8 | 6.7#19 | — |
| 68 | West Georgia | UAC | 4-7 | -1.1 | 5.9#21 | — |
| 69 | Idaho State | Big Sky | 5-7 | -1.4 | 8.4#14 | — |
| 70 | Alabama State | SWAC | 7-5 | -1.4 | -3.7#96 | — |
| 71 | Princeton | Ivy | 3-7 | -1.5 | 3.3#38 | — |
| 72 | McNeese | Southland | 6-6 | -1.9 | -0.8#81 | — |
| 73 | Cornell | Ivy | 4-6 | -2.3 | 1.8#52 | — |
| 74 | Robert Morris | NEC | 7-5 | -2.3 | -5.3#110 | — |
| 75 | Hampton | CAA | 5-7 | -2.6 | 1.1#58 | — |
| 76 | Central Connecticut | NEC | 7-6 | -2.8 | -2.0#86 | — |
| 77 | Eastern Illinois | Big South-OVC | 3-9 | -2.8 | 0.7#66 | — |
| 78 | Butler | Pioneer1st | 9-3 | -3.0 | -13.4#128 | — |
| 79 | Long Island University | NEC | 4-8 | -3.5 | -1.2#82 | — |
| 80 | Campbell | CAA | 3-9 | -3.7 | 2.1#48 | — |
| 81 | Fordham | Patriot | 2-10 | -3.7 | 0.7#67 | — |
| 82 | Lindenwood | Big South-OVC | 5-7 | -4.1 | 1.4#55 | — |
| 83 | Bucknell | Patriot | 6-6 | -4.2 | -3.6#95 | — |
| 84 | Bryant | CAA | 2-10 | -4.3 | 5.2#24 | — |
| 85 | Brown | Ivy | 3-7 | -4.4 | 2.0#51 | — |
| 86 | Drake | Pioneer | 8-4 | -4.5 | -6.7#115 | 1 |
| 87 | Wofford | Southern | 5-7 | -4.6 | 2.2#46 | 1 |
| 88 | Grambling | SWAC | 5-7 | -4.8 | -6.8#116 | — |
| 89 | Howard | MEAC | 4-8 | -5.3 | -4.6#104 | — |
| 90 | Indiana State | MVFC | 4-8 | -5.3 | 3.9#36 | 2 |
| 91 | Saint Francis | NEC | 4-7 | -5.3 | -7.7#119 | 1 |
| 92 | Alabama A&M | SWAC | 6-6 | -5.5 | -5.2#109 | 1 |
| 93 | San Diego | Pioneer | 8-3 | -5.6 | -11.3#127 | — |
| 94 | Utah Tech | UAC | 1-11 | -5.7 | 9.7#5 | — |
| 95 | Morgan State | MEAC | 6-6 | -5.8 | -2.3#89 | 2 |
| 96 | Alcorn State | SWAC | 6-6 | -5.8 | -7.3#117 | 1 |
| 97 | Houston Christian | Southland | 5-7 | -6.0 | 0.3#74 | 1 |
| 98 | Southern | SWAC | 8-5 | -6.2 | -3.8#97 | — |
| 99 | Colgate | Patriot | 2-10 | -6.4 | 1.0#60 | — |
| 100 | Texas Southern | SWAC | 5-6 | -7.1 | -5.2#107 | — |
| 101 | Norfolk State | MEAC | 4-8 | -7.8 | -3.9#98 | — |
| 102 | Charleston Southern | Big South-OVC | 1-11 | -8.2 | 0.5#70 | 1 |
| 103 | Cal Poly | Big Sky | 3-8 | -8.3 | 4.8#29 | 1 |
| 104 | Georgetown | Patriot | 5-6 | -8.6 | -4.2#99 | — |
| 105 | The Citadel | Southern | 5-7 | -9.2 | 1.2#57 | — |
| 106 | Mercyhurst | NEC | 4-7 | -9.2 | 0.8#65 | — |
| 107 | St. Thomas (MN) | Pioneer | 6-6 | -9.3 | -11.2#126 | — |
| 108 | Wagner | NEC | 4-8 | -9.6 | -4.2#100 | 1 |
| 109 | Bethune-Cookman | SWAC | 2-10 | -9.6 | -2.8#93 | 1 |
| 110 | Western Illinois | Big South-OVC | 4-8 | -9.8 | 2.2#47 | 1 |
| 111 | East Texas A&M | Southland | 3-9 | -9.9 | 0.2#76 | 1 |
| 112 | Prairie View A&M | SWAC | 5-7 | -10.2 | -7.6#118 | — |
| 113 | Davidson | Pioneer | 6-5 | -10.2 | -14.2#129 | — |
| 114 | Murray State | MVFC | 1-11 | -10.5 | 9.9#3 | — |
| 115 | Sacred Heart | FCS Independents | 5-6 | -10.9 | -5.4#113 | — |
| 116 | VMI | Southern | 1-11 | -12.0 | 1.1#59 | — |
| 117 | Dayton | Pioneer | 6-5 | -12.4 | -10.9#125 | — |
| 118 | Northern Colorado | Big Sky | 1-11 | -13.0 | 9.4#7 | — |
| 119 | Presbyterian | Pioneer | 6-6 | -13.0 | -8.9#122 | — |
| 120 | North Carolina A&T | CAA | 1-11 | -13.2 | 5.1#26 | — |
| 121 | Morehead State | Pioneer | 7-5 | -13.5 | -5.4#111 | — |
| 122 | Stonehill | NEC | 1-10 | -14.8 | -1.7#83 | — |
| 123 | Valparaiso | Pioneer | 4-8 | -19.6 | -9.5#123 | 1 |
| 124 | Northwestern State | Southland | 0-12 | -19.6 | -0.2#79 | 1 |
| 125 | Delaware State | MEAC | 1-11 | -19.8 | -2.9#94 | — |
| 126 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | SWAC | 3-9 | -19.9 | -4.5#103 | — |
| 127 | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | 1-11 | -22.3 | -4.3#101 | — |
| 128 | Marist | Pioneer | 1-10 | -24.4 | -10.2#124 | — |
| 129 | Stetson | Pioneer | 2-10 | -27.7 | -8.0#121 | — |
1
South Dakota State—
MVFC1st12-2SOS 10.5 #2
36.1
2
North Dakota State—
MVFC12-2SOS 8.9 #11
29.2
3
Montana State—
Big Sky1st14-0SOS 4.5 #30
27.1
4
South Dakota—
MVFC11-3SOS 9.0 #10
21.9
5
Montana—
Big Sky9-5SOS 7.2 #16
16.2
6
UC Davis—
Big Sky11-3SOS 6.2 #20
15.3
7
Idaho—
Big Sky10-4SOS 8.4 #13
13.4
8
Tarleton State—
UAC1st10-4SOS 3.9 #35
13.3
9
UT Martin—
Big South-OVC1st9-5SOS 3.1 #40
13.0
10
Villanova—
CAA1st10-4SOS 2.6 #44
12.7
11
Missouri State1
MVFC8-4SOS 9.5 #6
12.7
12
Delaware1
CAA9-2SOS 0.9 #63
12.4
13
Mercer1
Southern1st11-3SOS 0.5 #68
11.8
14
Incarnate Word1
Southland1st11-3SOS 5.5 #22
11.3
15
Southern Utah—
UAC7-5SOS 5.3 #23
10.6
16
Illinois State—
MVFC10-4SOS 5.1 #25
10.5
17
North Dakota1
MVFC5-7SOS 9.2 #9
10.1
18
Harvard1
Ivy1st8-2SOS 0.2 #75
10.0
19
Chattanooga—
Southern7-5SOS 1.0 #61
9.6
20
Holy Cross—
Patriot1st6-6SOS 1.2 #56
9.5
21
Northern Arizona—
Big Sky8-5SOS 3.3 #39
9.0
22
Southern Illinois3
MVFC4-8SOS 11.5 #1
8.9
23
Western Carolina1
Southern7-5SOS 1.4 #54
8.8
24
New Hampshire—
CAA8-5SOS 4.1 #32
8.8
25
Stephen F. Austin2
Southland7-5SOS -2.6 #91
8.6
26
Central Arkansas—
UAC6-6SOS 1.5 #53
8.6
27
Yale—
Ivy7-3SOS 2.3 #45
8.5
28
Monmouth—
CAA6-6SOS 4.1 #33
8.5
29
North Carolina Central—
MEAC1st8-3SOS -5.4 #112
8.2
30
Jackson State—
SWAC1st11-2SOS -7.9 #120
7.9
31
Eastern Kentucky—
UAC8-5SOS 3.5 #37
7.8
32
Youngstown State2
MVFC4-8SOS 8.7 #12
7.5
33
Abilene Christian1
UAC9-5SOS 6.9 #18
7.5
34
Richmond1
CAA10-3SOS -2.3 #90
7.3
35
Eastern Washington—
Big Sky4-8SOS 7.3 #15
7.0
36
Austin Peay—
UAC4-8SOS 5.1 #27
6.8
37
Southeast Missouri State1
Big South-OVC9-4SOS -0.5 #80
6.7
38
Rhode Island1
CAA11-3SOS 2.6 #43
6.7
39
Dartmouth—
Ivy8-2SOS 0.8 #64
6.3
40
Portland State—
Big Sky3-9SOS 9.8 #4
5.5
41
Duquesne2
NEC1st8-3SOS -5.0 #106
5.0
42
Sacramento State1
Big Sky3-9SOS 5.0 #28
5.0
43
SE Louisiana1
Southland7-5SOS 4.2 #31
4.9
44
William & Mary—
CAA7-5SOS -2.3 #88
4.7
45
Elon—
CAA6-6SOS 2.0 #49
4.6
46
UAlbany—
CAA4-8SOS 2.9 #41
4.5
47
Weber State—
Big Sky4-8SOS 0.4 #72
4.1
48
Tennessee Tech—
Big South-OVC7-5SOS 0.2 #77
3.7
49
South Carolina State—
MEAC9-2SOS -5.2 #108
3.6
50
Towson—
CAA7-5SOS 2.7 #42
3.6
51
Lehigh—
Patriot9-4SOS 0.3 #73
3.4
52
Pennsylvania—
Ivy4-6SOS 2.0 #50
3.2
53
Northern Iowa2
MVFC3-9SOS 9.4 #8
2.9
54
Lafayette1
Patriot6-6SOS -4.5 #102
2.8
55
Samford1
Southern4-8SOS 0.5 #69
2.6
56
Florida A&M—
SWAC7-5SOS -5.9 #114
2.3
57
Columbia—
Ivy7-3SOS 0.4 #71
2.1
58
North Alabama—
UAC3-9SOS 7.1 #17
1.9
59
Nicholls—
Southland4-8SOS -2.7 #92
1.5
60
Gardner-Webb—
Big South-OVC4-8SOS -1.9 #84
0.5
61
East Tennessee State—
Southern7-5SOS 4.0 #34
0.4
62
Tennessee State—
Big South-OVC9-4SOS -0.2 #78
0.1
63
Stony Brook—
CAA8-4SOS 1.0 #62
0.0
64
Lamar—
Southland7-5SOS -2.0 #85
-0.3
65
Furman—
Southern3-9SOS -2.2 #87
-0.5
66
Merrimack—
FCS Independents1st5-6SOS -4.7 #105
-0.8
67
Maine—
CAA5-7SOS 6.7 #19
-0.8
68
West Georgia—
UAC4-7SOS 5.9 #21
-1.1
69
Idaho State—
Big Sky5-7SOS 8.4 #14
-1.4
70
Alabama State—
SWAC7-5SOS -3.7 #96
-1.4
71
Princeton—
Ivy3-7SOS 3.3 #38
-1.5
72
McNeese—
Southland6-6SOS -0.8 #81
-1.9
73
Cornell—
Ivy4-6SOS 1.8 #52
-2.3
74
Robert Morris—
NEC7-5SOS -5.3 #110
-2.3
75
Hampton—
CAA5-7SOS 1.1 #58
-2.6
76
Central Connecticut—
NEC7-6SOS -2.0 #86
-2.8
77
Eastern Illinois—
Big South-OVC3-9SOS 0.7 #66
-2.8
78
Butler—
Pioneer1st9-3SOS -13.4 #128
-3.0
79
Long Island University—
NEC4-8SOS -1.2 #82
-3.5
80
Campbell—
CAA3-9SOS 2.1 #48
-3.7
81
Fordham—
Patriot2-10SOS 0.7 #67
-3.7
82
Lindenwood—
Big South-OVC5-7SOS 1.4 #55
-4.1
83
Bucknell—
Patriot6-6SOS -3.6 #95
-4.2
84
Bryant—
CAA2-10SOS 5.2 #24
-4.3
85
Brown—
Ivy3-7SOS 2.0 #51
-4.4
86
Drake1
Pioneer8-4SOS -6.7 #115
-4.5
87
Wofford1
Southern5-7SOS 2.2 #46
-4.6
88
Grambling—
SWAC5-7SOS -6.8 #116
-4.8
89
Howard—
MEAC4-8SOS -4.6 #104
-5.3
90
Indiana State2
MVFC4-8SOS 3.9 #36
-5.3
91
Saint Francis1
NEC4-7SOS -7.7 #119
-5.3
92
Alabama A&M1
SWAC6-6SOS -5.2 #109
-5.5
93
San Diego—
Pioneer8-3SOS -11.3 #127
-5.6
94
Utah Tech—
UAC1-11SOS 9.7 #5
-5.7
95
Morgan State2
MEAC6-6SOS -2.3 #89
-5.8
96
Alcorn State1
SWAC6-6SOS -7.3 #117
-5.8
97
Houston Christian1
Southland5-7SOS 0.3 #74
-6.0
98
Southern—
SWAC8-5SOS -3.8 #97
-6.2
99
Colgate—
Patriot2-10SOS 1.0 #60
-6.4
100
Texas Southern—
SWAC5-6SOS -5.2 #107
-7.1
101
Norfolk State—
MEAC4-8SOS -3.9 #98
-7.8
102
Charleston Southern1
Big South-OVC1-11SOS 0.5 #70
-8.2
103
Cal Poly1
Big Sky3-8SOS 4.8 #29
-8.3
104
Georgetown—
Patriot5-6SOS -4.2 #99
-8.6
105
The Citadel—
Southern5-7SOS 1.2 #57
-9.2
106
Mercyhurst—
NEC4-7SOS 0.8 #65
-9.2
107
St. Thomas (MN)—
Pioneer6-6SOS -11.2 #126
-9.3
108
Wagner1
NEC4-8SOS -4.2 #100
-9.6
109
Bethune-Cookman1
SWAC2-10SOS -2.8 #93
-9.6
110
Western Illinois1
Big South-OVC4-8SOS 2.2 #47
-9.8
111
East Texas A&M1
Southland3-9SOS 0.2 #76
-9.9
112
Prairie View A&M—
SWAC5-7SOS -7.6 #118
-10.2
113
Davidson—
Pioneer6-5SOS -14.2 #129
-10.2
114
Murray State—
MVFC1-11SOS 9.9 #3
-10.5
115
Sacred Heart—
FCS Independents5-6SOS -5.4 #113
-10.9
116
VMI—
Southern1-11SOS 1.1 #59
-12.0
117
Dayton—
Pioneer6-5SOS -10.9 #125
-12.4
118
Northern Colorado—
Big Sky1-11SOS 9.4 #7
-13.0
119
Presbyterian—
Pioneer6-6SOS -8.9 #122
-13.0
120
North Carolina A&T—
CAA1-11SOS 5.1 #26
-13.2
121
Morehead State—
Pioneer7-5SOS -5.4 #111
-13.5
122
Stonehill—
NEC1-10SOS -1.7 #83
-14.8
123
Valparaiso1
Pioneer4-8SOS -9.5 #123
-19.6
124
Northwestern State1
Southland0-12SOS -0.2 #79
-19.6
125
Delaware State—
MEAC1-11SOS -2.9 #94
-19.8
126
Arkansas-Pine Bluff—
SWAC3-9SOS -4.5 #103
-19.9
127
Mississippi Valley State—
SWAC1-11SOS -4.3 #101
-22.3
128
Marist—
Pioneer1-10SOS -10.2 #124
-24.4
129
Stetson—
Pioneer2-10SOS -8.0 #121
-27.7
Points relative to the average FCS team.