2026 FCS College Football Power Ratings
Last updated: Monday, October 12, 2026 - thru games of October 11
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 128 FCS teams in these ratings only. To see the strength of
schedule ranking among all 266 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 128 FCS teams in these ratings
(1 is strongest and 128 is weakest)
* = ineligible for postseason play
** = ineligible for conference championship and postseason play
| | FCS RATINGS | W | L | RATING | SS
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| 1 | South Dakota State | 5 | 1 | 111.3 | 41
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| 2 | Youngstown State | 5 | 2 | 109.2 | 10
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| 3 | Montana State | 5 | 1 | 107.0 | 45
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| 4 | South Dakota | 5 | 2 | 106.8 | 12
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| 5 | Stephen F. Austin | 6 | 0 | 106.1 | 88
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| 6 | Lehigh | 6 | 0 | 104.5 | 97
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| 7 | Tarleton State | 6 | 0 | 103.9 | 94
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| 8 | Montana | 5 | 2 | 102.7 | 35
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| 9 | Northern Arizona | 5 | 2 | 101.9 | 6
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| 10 | North Dakota | 5 | 2 | 101.7 | 44
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| 11 | Harvard | 4 | 0 | 99.2 | 57
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| 12 | Illinois State | 4 | 2 | 99.0 | 91
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| 13 | Austin Peay | 5 | 2 | 99.0 | 82
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| 14 | Lamar | 5 | 1 | 98.4 | 69
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| 15 | Mercer | 5 | 2 | 97.1 | 79
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| 16 | Idaho State | 4 | 2 | 96.4 | 75
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| 17 | Tennessee Tech | 5 | 1 | 96.1 | 49
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| 18 | Colgate | 4 | 2 | 96.0 | 37
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| 19 | Northern Iowa | 3 | 2 | 95.9 | 7
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| 20 | Abilene Christian | 3 | 4 | 95.7 | 4
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| 21 | East Tennessee State | 5 | 2 | 95.3 | 72
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| 22 | Yale | 3 | 1 | 94.7 | 86
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| 23 | Campbell | 5 | 1 | 93.5 | 51
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| 24 | Southern Illinois | 3 | 4 | 93.4 | 13
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| 25 | Western Carolina | 3 | 4 | 93.3 | 22
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| 26 | UC-Davis | 4 | 2 | 92.7 | 65
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| 27 | Chattanooga | 4 | 3 | 91.6 | 76
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| 28 | Stony Brook | 4 | 2 | 91.3 | 83
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| 29 | UT-Rio Grande Valley | 3 | 3 | 90.9 | 62
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| 30 | Princeton | 3 | 1 | 90.7 | 99
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| 31 | Monmouth | 4 | 2 | 90.6 | 36
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| 32 | Cal Poly | 4 | 3 | 90.4 | 54
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| 33 | Wofford | 4 | 3 | 90.3 | 53
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| 34 | Southeast Missouri State | 3 | 3 | 89.8 | 29
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| 35 | North Alabama | 4 | 2 | 89.6 | 64
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| 36 | Idaho | 1 | 5 | 88.9 | 1
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| 37 | Southeastern Louisiana | 3 | 3 | 88.8 | 61
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| 38 | Eastern Washington | 2 | 5 | 88.4 | 5
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| 39 | Weber State | 4 | 3 | 88.4 | 68
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| 40 | Southern Utah | 2 | 4 | 88.0 | 25
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| 41 | Cornell | 2 | 2 | 87.8 | 38
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| 42 | Incarnate Word | 2 | 4 | 87.6 | 52
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| 43 | West Florida* | 3 | 2 | 87.4 | 21
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| 44 | Albany | 3 | 3 | 86.5 | 73
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| 45 | Central Arkansas | 2 | 4 | 86.4 | 26
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| 46 | Gardner-Webb | 2 | 5 | 86.1 | 18
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| 47 | Dartmouth | 1 | 3 | 85.8 | 19
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| 48 | Central Connecticut | 2 | 3 | 85.4 | 48
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| 49 | Rhode Island | 3 | 3 | 85.2 | 70
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| 50 | Richmond | 5 | 2 | 85.0 | 93
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| 51 | South Carolina State | 5 | 2 | 84.9 | 119
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| 52 | Furman | 2 | 5 | 84.8 | 17
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| 53 | Brown | 2 | 2 | 84.7 | 85
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| 54 | Pennsylvania | 2 | 2 | 84.7 | 87
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| 55 | Indiana State | 2 | 5 | 84.7 | 9
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| 56 | McNeese | 2 | 4 | 84.5 | 27
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| 57 | Tennessee-Martin | 2 | 4 | 84.4 | 32
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| 58 | Western Illinois | 3 | 3 | 84.0 | 96
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| 59 | Eastern Illinois | 2 | 4 | 83.7 | 8
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| 60 | Northern Colorado | 2 | 5 | 83.3 | 40
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| 61 | Portland State | 2 | 4 | 83.2 | 3
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| 62 | Holy Cross | 2 | 4 | 83.2 | 23
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| 63 | Bryant | 4 | 2 | 83.1 | 80
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| 64 | East Texas A&M | 2 | 4 | 82.7 | 31
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| 65 | Villanova | 2 | 4 | 82.6 | 55
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| 66 | Jackson State | 5 | 1 | 82.5 | 121
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| 67 | Morgan State | 5 | 1 | 82.4 | 108
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| 68 | Charleston Southern | 3 | 3 | 82.2 | 107
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| 69 | Alabama A&M | 5 | 2 | 81.8 | 124
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| 70 | Eastern Kentucky | 2 | 4 | 81.8 | 50
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| 71 | Houston Christian | 3 | 3 | 81.5 | 95
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| 72 | Samford | 1 | 5 | 81.2 | 43
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| 73 | Fordham | 2 | 5 | 80.8 | 11
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| 74 | St. Thomas | 5 | 2 | 80.3 | 115
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| 75 | Butler | 5 | 1 | 80.3 | 126
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| 76 | Stonehill | 2 | 4 | 80.1 | 63
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| 77 | Elon | 4 | 3 | 79.7 | 112
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| 78 | Robert Morris | 3 | 3 | 79.6 | 102
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| 79 | Delaware State | 4 | 3 | 79.5 | 100
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| 80 | Dayton | 4 | 1 | 78.6 | 128
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| 81 | Grambling State | 4 | 2 | 78.3 | 111
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| 82 | Lindenwood | 1 | 4 | 77.9 | 20
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| 83 | Columbia | 3 | 1 | 77.8 | 105
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| 84 | Citadel | 2 | 4 | 77.7 | 46
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| 85 | New Hampshire | 2 | 5 | 77.7 | 60
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| 86 | Alabama State | 3 | 3 | 77.6 | 116
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| 87 | Long Island | 2 | 5 | 77.4 | 33
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| 88 | William & Mary | 3 | 4 | 77.1 | 39
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| 89 | Towson | 0 | 7 | 76.8 | 16
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| 90 | Prairie View A&M | 2 | 5 | 76.7 | 58
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| 91 | Merrimack | 2 | 4 | 76.7 | 42
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| 92 | Sacred Heart | 2 | 4 | 76.0 | 81
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| 93 | Nicholls | 2 | 4 | 75.8 | 30
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| 94 | Norfolk State | 4 | 3 | 75.5 | 118
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| 95 | North Carolina A&T | 2 | 5 | 75.2 | 71
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| 96 | West Georgia* | 1 | 5 | 74.8 | 59
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| 97 | Maine | 1 | 5 | 74.6 | 56
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| 98 | Howard | 2 | 4 | 74.3 | 24
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| 99 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 3 | 2 | 74.1 | 106
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| 100 | Utah Tech | 0 | 7 | 73.1 | 2
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| 101 | Lafayette | 1 | 4 | 73.0 | 78
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| 102 | San Diego | 2 | 4 | 72.4 | 89
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| 103 | Tennessee State | 1 | 5 | 72.2 | 28
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| 104 | Mercyhurst* | 1 | 5 | 72.2 | 14
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| 105 | Georgetown | 1 | 4 | 71.8 | 90
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| 106 | North Carolina Central | 2 | 5 | 71.8 | 101
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| 107 | Drake | 2 | 4 | 71.8 | 103
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| 108 | Alcorn State | 4 | 3 | 71.7 | 122
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| 109 | Murray State | 1 | 5 | 71.4 | 15
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| 110 | Duquesne | 1 | 4 | 71.4 | 84
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| 111 | Marist | 3 | 3 | 71.2 | 120
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| 112 | Southern | 3 | 4 | 71.2 | 98
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| 113 | Florida A&M* | 2 | 4 | 70.6 | 74
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| 114 | Bethune-Cookman | 3 | 3 | 69.8 | 113
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| 115 | Bucknell | 1 | 5 | 69.3 | 77
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| 116 | Valparaiso | 3 | 3 | 68.8 | 125
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| 117 | New Haven* | 1 | 5 | 68.7 | 66
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| 118 | Presbyterian | 3 | 3 | 68.6 | 110
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| 119 | Wagner | 1 | 5 | 67.3 | 34
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| 120 | Texas Southern | 1 | 5 | 65.0 | 92
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| 121 | Mississippi Valley State* | 3 | 4 | 62.2 | 114
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| 122 | Hampton | 1 | 5 | 60.9 | 109
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| 123 | Northwestern State | 0 | 6 | 58.8 | 47
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| 124 | VMI | 0 | 6 | 57.1 | 67
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| 125 | Stetson | 1 | 5 | 53.4 | 104
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| 126 | Davidson | 2 | 5 | 52.3 | 127
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| 127 | Chicago State | 1 | 5 | 51.2 | 117
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| 128 | Morehead State | 1 | 5 | 50.9 | 123
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