2025 FCS College Football Power Ratings
Last updated: Monday, October 20, 2025 - thru games of October 19
I will be updating this page by each Monday night during the season.
These ratings are based on a mathematical formula which includes several
factors, including win-loss record, schedule strength, and margin of victory
in games. The most recent games are counted with more slightly emphasis than
those played earlier in the season.
The strength of schedule ranking shown here is vs. all opponents and is the
ranking among the 129 FCS teams in these ratings only. To see the strength of
schedule ranking among all 265 Div. I teams, please refer to the overall
ratings or alphabetical ratings pages.
The strength of schedule ranking reflects only games played so far during the
season, not future opponents.
SS = strength of schedule ranking among all 129 FCS teams in these ratings
(1 is strongest and 129 is weakest)
* = ineligible for postseason play
** = ineligible for conference championship and postseason play
| | FCS RATINGS | W | L | RATING | SS
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| 1 | North Dakota State | 7 | 0 | 118.9 | 63
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| 2 | Montana State | 5 | 2 | 113.4 | 12
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| 3 | Tarleton State | 8 | 0 | 111.7 | 69
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| 4 | South Dakota State | 7 | 0 | 110.9 | 48
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| 5 | North Dakota | 5 | 2 | 109.4 | 39
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| 6 | Montana | 7 | 0 | 106.1 | 60
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| 7 | UC-Davis | 5 | 1 | 103.0 | 9
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| 8 | Harvard | 5 | 0 | 102.9 | 115
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| 9 | Tennessee Tech | 7 | 0 | 102.2 | 122
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| 10 | Lehigh | 7 | 0 | 101.6 | 86
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| 11 | Villanova | 5 | 2 | 100.7 | 34
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| 12 | Mercer | 5 | 1 | 100.3 | 84
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| 13 | Southeastern Louisiana | 5 | 2 | 100.1 | 66
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| 14 | Stephen F. Austin | 5 | 2 | 99.0 | 88
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| 15 | Monmouth | 6 | 1 | 98.9 | 74
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| 16 | Austin Peay | 4 | 3 | 98.1 | 24
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| 17 | Youngstown State | 4 | 3 | 97.4 | 23
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| 18 | Southern Illinois | 4 | 3 | 96.7 | 29
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| 19 | Abilene Christian | 4 | 4 | 96.5 | 7
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| 20 | Sacramento State | 4 | 3 | 96.1 | 38
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| 21 | South Dakota | 5 | 3 | 95.8 | 19
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| 22 | Rhode Island | 6 | 2 | 95.2 | 76
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| 23 | Lamar | 6 | 1 | 95.2 | 41
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| 24 | Northern Arizona | 4 | 3 | 95.1 | 5
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| 25 | Western Carolina | 5 | 3 | 93.5 | 65
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| 26 | West Georgia* | 5 | 3 | 93.4 | 33
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| 27 | North Carolina Central | 5 | 2 | 93.2 | 91
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| 28 | Yale | 3 | 2 | 93.0 | 85
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| 29 | Cal Poly | 3 | 4 | 93.0 | 4
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| 30 | Southern Utah | 2 | 5 | 92.8 | 17
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| 31 | Jackson State | 5 | 1 | 92.0 | 101
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| 32 | Dartmouth | 4 | 1 | 91.9 | 77
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| 33 | Illinois State | 4 | 3 | 91.8 | 37
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| 34 | Pennsylvania | 4 | 1 | 90.8 | 87
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| 35 | Elon | 4 | 4 | 90.5 | 62
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| 36 | William & Mary | 4 | 3 | 90.5 | 35
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| 37 | Alabama State | 4 | 2 | 90.4 | 99
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| 38 | Idaho State | 2 | 5 | 90.0 | 26
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| 39 | New Hampshire | 4 | 4 | 89.3 | 50
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| 40 | Eastern Kentucky | 3 | 4 | 88.9 | 14
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| 41 | Incarnate Word | 2 | 5 | 88.8 | 25
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| 42 | South Carolina State | 4 | 3 | 88.8 | 42
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| 43 | Northern Colorado | 3 | 4 | 88.6 | 47
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| 44 | Stony Brook | 3 | 4 | 88.6 | 59
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| 45 | Idaho | 2 | 5 | 88.2 | 16
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| 46 | East Tennessee State | 3 | 5 | 88.2 | 44
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| 47 | Gardner-Webb | 4 | 3 | 88.1 | 13
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| 48 | Central Arkansas | 3 | 4 | 88.0 | 20
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| 49 | Princeton | 3 | 2 | 87.9 | 80
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| 50 | Weber State | 3 | 4 | 87.2 | 8
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| 51 | UT-Martin | 3 | 5 | 86.8 | 32
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| 52 | Eastern Washington | 3 | 4 | 86.8 | 27
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| 53 | Lafayette | 5 | 3 | 86.6 | 89
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| 54 | East Texas A&M | 2 | 5 | 86.3 | 10
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| 55 | Maine | 3 | 4 | 86.2 | 70
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| 56 | Drake | 4 | 2 | 86.2 | 110
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| 57 | Southeast Missouri State | 3 | 4 | 86.1 | 40
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| 58 | Duquesne | 5 | 3 | 86.0 | 102
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| 59 | Lindenwood | 3 | 4 | 86.0 | 22
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| 60 | Citadel | 3 | 4 | 85.7 | 54
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| 61 | Wofford | 2 | 5 | 85.6 | 49
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| 62 | Presbyterian | 7 | 0 | 85.6 | 128
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| 63 | Chattanooga | 3 | 4 | 84.4 | 45
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| 64 | Charleston Southern | 2 | 6 | 84.3 | 11
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| 65 | Sacred Heart | 5 | 3 | 84.1 | 90
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| 66 | Northern Iowa | 2 | 5 | 84.1 | 18
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| 67 | Towson | 3 | 4 | 83.9 | 55
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| 68 | Furman | 4 | 3 | 83.7 | 78
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| 69 | Nicholls | 1 | 6 | 83.5 | 3
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| 70 | Indiana State | 2 | 5 | 83.3 | 2
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| 71 | Utah Tech | 1 | 6 | 83.1 | 15
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| 72 | Richmond | 4 | 4 | 82.8 | 83
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| 73 | Brown | 3 | 2 | 82.8 | 72
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| 74 | Bethune-Cookman | 3 | 4 | 82.8 | 51
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| 75 | UT-Rio Grande Valley | 5 | 2 | 81.8 | 129
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| 76 | St. Thomas | 4 | 3 | 81.5 | 123
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| 77 | San Diego | 3 | 4 | 81.3 | 53
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| 78 | Prairie View A&M | 5 | 2 | 81.3 | 108
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| 79 | Holy Cross | 1 | 6 | 80.9 | 36
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| 80 | Colgate | 2 | 5 | 80.8 | 57
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| 81 | North Alabama | 2 | 5 | 80.7 | 56
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| 82 | Merrimack | 3 | 5 | 80.4 | 75
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| 83 | Central Connecticut | 5 | 3 | 80.0 | 106
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| 84 | Delaware State | 4 | 3 | 79.1 | 113
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| 85 | McNeese | 2 | 5 | 78.9 | 73
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| 86 | Butler | 5 | 3 | 78.7 | 104
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| 87 | Campbell | 2 | 6 | 78.1 | 30
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| 88 | Mercyhurst* | 3 | 5 | 77.9 | 52
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| 89 | Long Island | 2 | 5 | 77.9 | 46
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| 90 | Columbia | 1 | 4 | 77.4 | 64
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| 91 | Portland State | 0 | 7 | 77.4 | 1
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| 92 | Texas Southern | 4 | 3 | 76.9 | 118
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| 93 | Eastern Illinois | 3 | 4 | 76.5 | 95
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| 94 | Alabama A&M | 4 | 3 | 75.4 | 111
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| 95 | Dayton | 5 | 2 | 75.0 | 127
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| 96 | Georgetown | 4 | 3 | 74.7 | 114
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| 97 | Cornell | 1 | 4 | 74.5 | 82
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| 98 | Bucknell | 4 | 4 | 74.4 | 96
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| 99 | Western Illinois | 1 | 7 | 74.0 | 28
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| 100 | Howard | 3 | 4 | 73.6 | 103
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| 101 | Stonehill* | 2 | 5 | 73.4 | 67
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| 102 | Tennessee State | 2 | 5 | 73.3 | 79
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| 103 | Bryant | 2 | 5 | 73.2 | 97
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| 104 | Murray State | 0 | 7 | 73.0 | 6
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| 105 | Grambling State | 4 | 3 | 72.6 | 109
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| 106 | North Carolina A&T | 1 | 6 | 72.2 | 58
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| 107 | Samford | 1 | 6 | 71.5 | 31
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| 108 | Fordham | 1 | 6 | 70.9 | 43
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| 109 | Morgan State | 3 | 4 | 70.6 | 121
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| 110 | Marist | 3 | 4 | 70.1 | 116
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| 111 | Houston Christian | 2 | 5 | 69.6 | 105
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| 112 | Wagner | 1 | 6 | 69.5 | 81
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| 113 | Florida A&M | 2 | 4 | 69.5 | 94
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| 114 | Southern | 1 | 6 | 68.5 | 68
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| 115 | Albany | 1 | 6 | 67.7 | 71
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| 116 | Northwestern State | 1 | 6 | 67.6 | 21
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| 117 | Norfolk State | 1 | 6 | 67.6 | 92
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| 118 | Robert Morris | 1 | 6 | 66.8 | 93
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| 119 | Hampton | 2 | 6 | 66.3 | 100
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| 120 | VMI | 1 | 6 | 65.6 | 98
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| 121 | Alcorn State | 1 | 6 | 64.4 | 119
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| 122 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff* | 2 | 4 | 62.4 | 107
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| 123 | St. Francis | 0 | 6 | 62.4 | 61
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| 124 | Morehead State | 3 | 5 | 60.8 | 124
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| 125 | Mississippi Valley State* | 1 | 5 | 60.6 | 112
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| 126 | New Haven** | 4 | 3 | 53.8 | 126
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| 127 | Stetson | 3 | 5 | 51.7 | 125
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| 128 | Valparaiso | 1 | 6 | 50.4 | 117
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| 129 | Davidson | 1 | 6 | 50.4 | 120
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