2025 FCS Rankings
Ratings for the Championship Subdivision, on a points-above-average scale.
- Season
- 2025
- Week
- 16
- Teams
- 129
129 teams, ordered by rating.
| #▲ | Team | Conference | Rec | Rating | SOS | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Dakota State | MVFC1st | 12-1 | 32.1 | 7.1#17 | — |
| 2 | Montana State | Big Sky1st | 12-2 | 28.8 | 6.5#20 | — |
| 3 | South Dakota State | MVFC | 9-5 | 21.9 | 9.6#3 | 1 |
| 4 | Tarleton State | UAC1st | 12-2 | 21.5 | 2.6#45 | 1 |
| 5 | Montana | Big Sky | 13-1 | 18.8 | 7.1#18 | 1 |
| 6 | Stephen F. Austin | Southland1st | 11-3 | 17.1 | 3.9#33 | 1 |
| 7 | North Dakota | MVFC | 8-6 | 17.1 | 7.9#10 | 1 |
| 8 | South Dakota | MVFC | 10-5 | 16.5 | 8.1#9 | 3 |
| 9 | UC Davis | Big Sky | 9-4 | 14.8 | 6.2#21 | — |
| 10 | Illinois State | MVFC | 11-4 | 14.7 | 8.2#8 | 2 |
| 11 | Lehigh | Patriot1st | 12-1 | 14.5 | 0.7#63 | — |
| 12 | SE Louisiana | Southland | 9-4 | 14.4 | -2.5#91 | 2 |
| 13 | Villanova | CAA1st | 12-2 | 14.1 | 4.2#30 | 2 |
| 14 | Mercer | Southern1st | 9-3 | 13.2 | -0.8#76 | 1 |
| 15 | Abilene Christian | UAC | 9-5 | 12.7 | 7.3#14 | 1 |
| 16 | Tennessee Tech | Big South-OVC1st | 11-2 | 12.0 | -1.9#85 | — |
| 17 | Yale | Ivy1st | 9-3 | 11.9 | 4.7#23 | 1 |
| 18 | Southern Illinois | MVFC | 7-5 | 11.9 | 8.7#6 | 1 |
| 19 | Harvard | Ivy | 9-2 | 11.7 | -0.6#74 | — |
| 20 | Youngstown State | MVFC | 8-5 | 10.5 | 7.5#11 | — |
| 21 | Rhode Island | CAA | 11-3 | 10.4 | 0.0#66 | — |
| 22 | UT Rio Grande Valley | Southland | 9-3 | 9.9 | 3.9#34 | — |
| 23 | Monmouth | CAA | 9-3 | 9.4 | -3.3#98 | 1 |
| 24 | Southern Utah | UAC | 7-5 | 9.3 | 5.7#22 | 1 |
| 25 | Incarnate Word | Southland | 5-7 | 8.7 | 3.2#40 | — |
| 26 | Jackson State | SWAC1st | 9-3 | 7.7 | -8.7#123 | — |
| 27 | Sacramento State | Big Sky | 7-5 | 7.6 | 4.2#28 | — |
| 28 | UT Martin | Big South-OVC | 6-6 | 7.5 | 0.0#65 | — |
| 29 | South Carolina State | MEAC1st | 9-3 | 7.4 | -6.2#110 | — |
| 30 | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | 7-5 | 7.2 | 4.7#24 | — |
| 31 | East Tennessee State | Southern | 7-5 | 7.1 | -1.3#82 | 1 |
| 32 | Austin Peay | UAC | 7-5 | 6.9 | 1.9#50 | 1 |
| 33 | Duquesne | NEC1st | 7-5 | 6.8 | -4.5#105 | — |
| 34 | New Hampshire | CAA | 8-5 | 6.5 | 4.5#26 | 1 |
| 35 | North Carolina Central | MEAC | 8-4 | 6.4 | -6.7#115 | 1 |
| 36 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 7-3 | 6.3 | 1.7#52 | 1 |
| 37 | Western Carolina | Southern | 7-5 | 6.2 | -1.2#81 | 1 |
| 38 | Idaho | Big Sky | 4-8 | 6.0 | 3.4#38 | — |
| 39 | Alabama State | SWAC | 10-2 | 5.7 | -9.6#126 | — |
| 40 | Stony Brook | CAA | 6-6 | 5.4 | -0.7#75 | 2 |
| 41 | Lamar | Southland | 8-5 | 5.2 | 4.3#27 | — |
| 42 | Eastern Kentucky | UAC | 5-7 | 5.2 | 3.8#35 | 2 |
| 43 | Idaho State | Big Sky | 6-6 | 4.4 | 8.6#7 | 1 |
| 44 | West Georgia | UAC | 8-3 | 4.4 | 4.2#29 | 1 |
| 45 | William & Mary | CAA | 7-5 | 4.4 | -2.1#87 | — |
| 46 | Elon | CAA | 6-6 | 4.1 | -1.0#80 | — |
| 47 | Lafayette | Patriot | 8-4 | 3.9 | -2.4#89 | — |
| 48 | Towson | CAA | 6-6 | 3.8 | -1.4#83 | — |
| 49 | Eastern Washington | Big Sky | 5-7 | 3.4 | 4.6#25 | — |
| 50 | Richmond | Patriot | 7-5 | 3.3 | -2.6#93 | — |
| 51 | Central Connecticut | NEC | 8-5 | 3.2 | -2.6#92 | — |
| 52 | Wofford | Southern | 6-6 | 2.7 | -0.9#78 | 1 |
| 53 | McNeese | Southland | 5-7 | 2.7 | 1.2#58 | 1 |
| 54 | Pennsylvania | Ivy | 6-4 | 2.3 | 1.0#60 | 1 |
| 55 | Holy Cross | Patriot | 3-9 | 2.2 | 3.0#41 | 1 |
| 56 | Chattanooga | Southern | 5-7 | 2.2 | -0.6#71 | 2 |
| 57 | Maine | CAA | 6-6 | 1.7 | -2.3#88 | 1 |
| 58 | Central Arkansas | UAC | 3-9 | 1.6 | 4.1#31 | 1 |
| 59 | Lindenwood | Big South-OVC | 6-6 | 1.4 | -0.2#69 | — |
| 60 | Cal Poly | Big Sky | 4-8 | 1.1 | 9.5#5 | 1 |
| 61 | Prairie View A&M | SWAC | 10-3 | 1.0 | -7.9#121 | 1 |
| 62 | Nicholls | Southland | 4-8 | 0.8 | 3.7#36 | — |
| 63 | Southeast Missouri State | Big South-OVC | 4-8 | 0.8 | 3.3#39 | — |
| 64 | Northern Iowa | MVFC | 3-9 | 0.5 | 9.5#4 | — |
| 65 | Gardner-Webb | Big South-OVC | 7-5 | 0.0 | -0.1#68 | — |
| 66 | Drake | Pioneer1st | 8-4 | -0.2 | -4.0#100 | — |
| 67 | Weber State | Big Sky | 4-8 | -0.7 | 7.4#12 | — |
| 68 | San Diego | Pioneer | 8-4 | -1.4 | -6.2#111 | — |
| 69 | Long Island University | NEC | 6-6 | -1.5 | -4.1#101 | — |
| 70 | Princeton | Ivy | 3-7 | -1.5 | 4.1#32 | — |
| 71 | Brown | Ivy | 5-5 | -1.7 | 1.6#53 | — |
| 72 | St. Thomas (MN) | Pioneer | 7-5 | -1.8 | -6.3#112 | — |
| 73 | Colgate | Patriot | 5-7 | -2.4 | 1.3#56 | 2 |
| 74 | North Alabama | UAC | 2-10 | -2.6 | 7.1#19 | 1 |
| 75 | The Citadel | Southern | 4-8 | -2.6 | 2.9#42 | 1 |
| 76 | Cornell | Ivy | 4-6 | -2.6 | 0.9#61 | — |
| 77 | Columbia | Ivy | 2-8 | -2.8 | 3.5#37 | — |
| 78 | Merrimack | FCS Independents1st | 4-8 | -3.5 | -1.6#84 | 1 |
| 79 | Indiana State | MVFC | 3-9 | -3.6 | 12.7#1 | 1 |
| 80 | Presbyterian | Pioneer | 10-2 | -4.1 | -12.1#128 | — |
| 81 | Sacred Heart | FCS Independents | 8-4 | -4.2 | -0.6#73 | — |
| 82 | Charleston Southern | Big South-OVC | 5-7 | -4.8 | 1.2#57 | — |
| 83 | East Texas A&M | Southland | 3-9 | -5.0 | 2.7#44 | — |
| 84 | Campbell | CAA | 2-10 | -5.5 | -0.9#79 | — |
| 85 | Mercyhurst | NEC | 5-7 | -5.7 | 2.2#48 | 1 |
| 86 | Furman | Southern | 6-6 | -5.7 | -0.5#70 | 1 |
| 87 | Robert Morris | NEC | 3-9 | -5.8 | -2.8#95 | — |
| 88 | Western Illinois | Big South-OVC | 4-8 | -5.9 | -1.9#86 | — |
| 89 | Portland State | Big Sky | 1-11 | -6.2 | 7.4#13 | 1 |
| 90 | Morgan State | MEAC | 4-8 | -6.2 | -2.8#94 | 1 |
| 91 | Utah Tech | UAC | 2-10 | -6.3 | 7.3#15 | 2 |
| 92 | Grambling | SWAC | 7-5 | -6.6 | -7.1#116 | — |
| 93 | Eastern Illinois | Big South-OVC | 3-9 | -6.9 | 0.6#64 | — |
| 94 | Alcorn State | SWAC | 5-7 | -7.1 | -10.5#127 | — |
| 95 | Wagner | NEC | 5-7 | -7.1 | -6.4#113 | — |
| 96 | Dayton | Pioneer | 7-4 | -7.2 | -12.3#129 | — |
| 97 | Bucknell | Patriot | 5-7 | -7.2 | -4.4#103 | 1 |
| 98 | Texas Southern | SWAC | 6-5 | -7.3 | -7.8#120 | 1 |
| 99 | Delaware State | MEAC | 8-4 | -7.4 | -3.1#97 | — |
| 100 | Butler | Pioneer | 6-6 | -7.6 | -7.2#118 | — |
| 101 | UAlbany | CAA | 2-10 | -7.9 | 1.8#51 | — |
| 102 | Howard | MEAC | 5-7 | -8.1 | -4.2#102 | 1 |
| 103 | Northern Colorado | Big Sky | 4-8 | -8.2 | 7.3#16 | 1 |
| 104 | Tennessee State | Big South-OVC | 2-10 | -8.3 | -0.1#67 | — |
| 105 | Bethune-Cookman | SWAC | 6-6 | -8.7 | -7.2#117 | — |
| 106 | Murray State | MVFC | 1-11 | -9.2 | 11.1#2 | — |
| 107 | Samford | Southern | 1-11 | -9.5 | 1.5#55 | — |
| 108 | Fordham | Patriot | 1-11 | -9.6 | 2.0#49 | — |
| 109 | Bryant | CAA | 3-9 | -9.7 | 2.5#47 | — |
| 110 | Georgetown | Patriot | 6-6 | -9.8 | -3.0#96 | 1 |
| 111 | Florida A&M | SWAC | 5-7 | -10.0 | -7.3#119 | 1 |
| 112 | Houston Christian | Southland | 2-10 | -10.0 | 2.5#46 | 2 |
| 113 | Stonehill | NEC | 4-8 | -10.9 | -0.6#72 | — |
| 114 | Alabama A&M | SWAC | 4-8 | -11.2 | -5.8#108 | — |
| 115 | Hampton | CAA | 2-10 | -11.6 | 0.8#62 | — |
| 116 | Norfolk State | MEAC | 1-11 | -11.9 | -2.4#90 | — |
| 117 | Saint Francis | NEC | 0-11 | -13.0 | -3.9#99 | — |
| 118 | New Haven | NEC | 5-5 | -14.4 | -4.5#104 | 1 |
| 119 | Southern | SWAC | 2-10 | -14.4 | -5.6#107 | 1 |
| 120 | Marist | Pioneer | 5-7 | -15.4 | -9.5#125 | — |
| 121 | Morehead State | Pioneer | 6-6 | -17.3 | -9.3#124 | — |
| 122 | North Carolina A&T | CAA | 2-10 | -17.6 | 1.6#54 | — |
| 123 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | SWAC | 3-8 | -18.5 | -5.1#106 | — |
| 124 | VMI | Southern | 1-11 | -19.7 | 1.0#59 | — |
| 125 | Northwestern State | Southland | 1-11 | -20.8 | 2.8#43 | — |
| 126 | Davidson | Pioneer | 2-10 | -23.5 | -6.6#114 | — |
| 127 | Valparaiso | Pioneer | 2-10 | -24.5 | -6.0#109 | — |
| 128 | Mississippi Valley State | SWAC | 2-10 | -24.6 | -0.8#77 | — |
| 129 | Stetson | Pioneer | 3-9 | -31.8 | -8.1#122 | — |
1
North Dakota State—
MVFC1st12-1SOS 7.1 #17
32.1
2
Montana State—
Big Sky1st12-2SOS 6.5 #20
28.8
3
South Dakota State1
MVFC9-5SOS 9.6 #3
21.9
4
Tarleton State1
UAC1st12-2SOS 2.6 #45
21.5
5
Montana1
Big Sky13-1SOS 7.1 #18
18.8
6
Stephen F. Austin1
Southland1st11-3SOS 3.9 #33
17.1
7
North Dakota1
MVFC8-6SOS 7.9 #10
17.1
8
South Dakota3
MVFC10-5SOS 8.1 #9
16.5
9
UC Davis—
Big Sky9-4SOS 6.2 #21
14.8
10
Illinois State2
MVFC11-4SOS 8.2 #8
14.7
11
Lehigh—
Patriot1st12-1SOS 0.7 #63
14.5
12
SE Louisiana2
Southland9-4SOS -2.5 #91
14.4
13
Villanova2
CAA1st12-2SOS 4.2 #30
14.1
14
Mercer1
Southern1st9-3SOS -0.8 #76
13.2
15
Abilene Christian1
UAC9-5SOS 7.3 #14
12.7
16
Tennessee Tech—
Big South-OVC1st11-2SOS -1.9 #85
12.0
17
Yale1
Ivy1st9-3SOS 4.7 #23
11.9
18
Southern Illinois1
MVFC7-5SOS 8.7 #6
11.9
19
Harvard—
Ivy9-2SOS -0.6 #74
11.7
20
Youngstown State—
MVFC8-5SOS 7.5 #11
10.5
21
Rhode Island—
CAA11-3SOS 0.0 #66
10.4
22
UT Rio Grande Valley—
Southland9-3SOS 3.9 #34
9.9
23
Monmouth1
CAA9-3SOS -3.3 #98
9.4
24
Southern Utah1
UAC7-5SOS 5.7 #22
9.3
25
Incarnate Word—
Southland5-7SOS 3.2 #40
8.7
26
Jackson State—
SWAC1st9-3SOS -8.7 #123
7.7
27
Sacramento State—
Big Sky7-5SOS 4.2 #28
7.6
28
UT Martin—
Big South-OVC6-6SOS 0.0 #65
7.5
29
South Carolina State—
MEAC1st9-3SOS -6.2 #110
7.4
30
Northern Arizona—
Big Sky7-5SOS 4.7 #24
7.2
31
East Tennessee State1
Southern7-5SOS -1.3 #82
7.1
32
Austin Peay1
UAC7-5SOS 1.9 #50
6.9
33
Duquesne—
NEC1st7-5SOS -4.5 #105
6.8
34
New Hampshire1
CAA8-5SOS 4.5 #26
6.5
35
North Carolina Central1
MEAC8-4SOS -6.7 #115
6.4
36
Dartmouth1
Ivy7-3SOS 1.7 #52
6.3
37
Western Carolina1
Southern7-5SOS -1.2 #81
6.2
38
Idaho—
Big Sky4-8SOS 3.4 #38
6.0
39
Alabama State—
SWAC10-2SOS -9.6 #126
5.7
40
Stony Brook2
CAA6-6SOS -0.7 #75
5.4
41
Lamar—
Southland8-5SOS 4.3 #27
5.2
42
Eastern Kentucky2
UAC5-7SOS 3.8 #35
5.2
43
Idaho State1
Big Sky6-6SOS 8.6 #7
4.4
44
West Georgia1
UAC8-3SOS 4.2 #29
4.4
45
William & Mary—
CAA7-5SOS -2.1 #87
4.4
46
Elon—
CAA6-6SOS -1.0 #80
4.1
47
Lafayette—
Patriot8-4SOS -2.4 #89
3.9
48
Towson—
CAA6-6SOS -1.4 #83
3.8
49
Eastern Washington—
Big Sky5-7SOS 4.6 #25
3.4
50
Richmond—
Patriot7-5SOS -2.6 #93
3.3
51
Central Connecticut—
NEC8-5SOS -2.6 #92
3.2
52
Wofford1
Southern6-6SOS -0.9 #78
2.7
53
McNeese1
Southland5-7SOS 1.2 #58
2.7
54
Pennsylvania1
Ivy6-4SOS 1.0 #60
2.3
55
Holy Cross1
Patriot3-9SOS 3.0 #41
2.2
56
Chattanooga2
Southern5-7SOS -0.6 #71
2.2
57
Maine1
CAA6-6SOS -2.3 #88
1.7
58
Central Arkansas1
UAC3-9SOS 4.1 #31
1.6
59
Lindenwood—
Big South-OVC6-6SOS -0.2 #69
1.4
60
Cal Poly1
Big Sky4-8SOS 9.5 #5
1.1
61
Prairie View A&M1
SWAC10-3SOS -7.9 #121
1.0
62
Nicholls—
Southland4-8SOS 3.7 #36
0.8
63
Southeast Missouri State—
Big South-OVC4-8SOS 3.3 #39
0.8
64
Northern Iowa—
MVFC3-9SOS 9.5 #4
0.5
65
Gardner-Webb—
Big South-OVC7-5SOS -0.1 #68
0.0
66
Drake—
Pioneer1st8-4SOS -4.0 #100
-0.2
67
Weber State—
Big Sky4-8SOS 7.4 #12
-0.7
68
San Diego—
Pioneer8-4SOS -6.2 #111
-1.4
69
Long Island University—
NEC6-6SOS -4.1 #101
-1.5
70
Princeton—
Ivy3-7SOS 4.1 #32
-1.5
71
Brown—
Ivy5-5SOS 1.6 #53
-1.7
72
St. Thomas (MN)—
Pioneer7-5SOS -6.3 #112
-1.8
73
Colgate2
Patriot5-7SOS 1.3 #56
-2.4
74
North Alabama1
UAC2-10SOS 7.1 #19
-2.6
75
The Citadel1
Southern4-8SOS 2.9 #42
-2.6
76
Cornell—
Ivy4-6SOS 0.9 #61
-2.6
77
Columbia—
Ivy2-8SOS 3.5 #37
-2.8
78
Merrimack1
FCS Independents1st4-8SOS -1.6 #84
-3.5
79
Indiana State1
MVFC3-9SOS 12.7 #1
-3.6
80
Presbyterian—
Pioneer10-2SOS -12.1 #128
-4.1
81
Sacred Heart—
FCS Independents8-4SOS -0.6 #73
-4.2
82
Charleston Southern—
Big South-OVC5-7SOS 1.2 #57
-4.8
83
East Texas A&M—
Southland3-9SOS 2.7 #44
-5.0
84
Campbell—
CAA2-10SOS -0.9 #79
-5.5
85
Mercyhurst1
NEC5-7SOS 2.2 #48
-5.7
86
Furman1
Southern6-6SOS -0.5 #70
-5.7
87
Robert Morris—
NEC3-9SOS -2.8 #95
-5.8
88
Western Illinois—
Big South-OVC4-8SOS -1.9 #86
-5.9
89
Portland State1
Big Sky1-11SOS 7.4 #13
-6.2
90
Morgan State1
MEAC4-8SOS -2.8 #94
-6.2
91
Utah Tech2
UAC2-10SOS 7.3 #15
-6.3
92
Grambling—
SWAC7-5SOS -7.1 #116
-6.6
93
Eastern Illinois—
Big South-OVC3-9SOS 0.6 #64
-6.9
94
Alcorn State—
SWAC5-7SOS -10.5 #127
-7.1
95
Wagner—
NEC5-7SOS -6.4 #113
-7.1
96
Dayton—
Pioneer7-4SOS -12.3 #129
-7.2
97
Bucknell1
Patriot5-7SOS -4.4 #103
-7.2
98
Texas Southern1
SWAC6-5SOS -7.8 #120
-7.3
99
Delaware State—
MEAC8-4SOS -3.1 #97
-7.4
100
Butler—
Pioneer6-6SOS -7.2 #118
-7.6
101
UAlbany—
CAA2-10SOS 1.8 #51
-7.9
102
Howard1
MEAC5-7SOS -4.2 #102
-8.1
103
Northern Colorado1
Big Sky4-8SOS 7.3 #16
-8.2
104
Tennessee State—
Big South-OVC2-10SOS -0.1 #67
-8.3
105
Bethune-Cookman—
SWAC6-6SOS -7.2 #117
-8.7
106
Murray State—
MVFC1-11SOS 11.1 #2
-9.2
107
Samford—
Southern1-11SOS 1.5 #55
-9.5
108
Fordham—
Patriot1-11SOS 2.0 #49
-9.6
109
Bryant—
CAA3-9SOS 2.5 #47
-9.7
110
Georgetown1
Patriot6-6SOS -3.0 #96
-9.8
111
Florida A&M1
SWAC5-7SOS -7.3 #119
-10.0
112
Houston Christian2
Southland2-10SOS 2.5 #46
-10.0
113
Stonehill—
NEC4-8SOS -0.6 #72
-10.9
114
Alabama A&M—
SWAC4-8SOS -5.8 #108
-11.2
115
Hampton—
CAA2-10SOS 0.8 #62
-11.6
116
Norfolk State—
MEAC1-11SOS -2.4 #90
-11.9
117
Saint Francis—
NEC0-11SOS -3.9 #99
-13.0
118
New Haven1
NEC5-5SOS -4.5 #104
-14.4
119
Southern1
SWAC2-10SOS -5.6 #107
-14.4
120
Marist—
Pioneer5-7SOS -9.5 #125
-15.4
121
Morehead State—
Pioneer6-6SOS -9.3 #124
-17.3
122
North Carolina A&T—
CAA2-10SOS 1.6 #54
-17.6
123
Arkansas-Pine Bluff—
SWAC3-8SOS -5.1 #106
-18.5
124
VMI—
Southern1-11SOS 1.0 #59
-19.7
125
Northwestern State—
Southland1-11SOS 2.8 #43
-20.8
126
Davidson—
Pioneer2-10SOS -6.6 #114
-23.5
127
Valparaiso—
Pioneer2-10SOS -6.0 #109
-24.5
128
Mississippi Valley State—
SWAC2-10SOS -0.8 #77
-24.6
129
Stetson—
Pioneer3-9SOS -8.1 #122
-31.8
Points relative to the average FCS team.