2016 FCS Preseason Rankings

Rank  FCS Team ..................  Conf  Divis  RRWP
    
   1  North Dakota State ........  MVFC  -      .702
   2  Jacksonville State ........  OVC   -      .664
   3  Illinois State ............  MVFC  -      .624
   4  Dartmouth .................  IVY   -      .622
   5  Northern Iowa .............  MVFC  -      .611
   6  Harvard ...................  IVY   -      .607
   7  Chattanooga ...............  SC    -      .605
   8  South Dakota State ........  MVFC  -      .599
   9  The Citadel ...............  SC    -      .568
  10  Southern Utah .............  BSKY  -      .566
  11  Charleston Southern .......  BSOU  -      .564
  12  Richmond ..................  CAA   -      .557
  13  Portland State ............  BSKY  -      .550
  14  James Madison .............  CAA   -      .546
  15  Youngstown State ..........  MVFC  -      .545
  16  McNeese State .............  SLC   -      .542
  17  Western Illinois ..........  MVFC  -      .541
  18  William & Mary ............  CAA   -      .540
  19  Pennsylvania ..............  IVY   -      .528
  20  Coastal Carolina ..........  BSOU  -      .523
  21  Southern Illinois .........  MVFC  -      .518
  22  Montana ...................  BSKY  -      .518
  23  Sam Houston State .........  SLC   -      .517
  24  Tennessee-Martin ..........  OVC   -      .516
  25  Western Carolina ..........  SC    -      .504
  26  Fordham ...................  PATL  -      .492
  27  Samford ...................  SC    -      .487
  28  Villanova .................  CAA   -      .482
  29  Eastern Illinois ..........  OVC   -      .482
  30  Wofford ...................  SC    -      .481
  31  North Carolina A&T ........  MEAC  -      .475
  32  Eastern Kentucky ..........  OVC   -      .470
  33  Indiana State .............  MVFC  -      .470
  34  Princeton .................  IVY   -      .470
  35  Towson ....................  CAA   -      .468
  36  SE Missouri State .........  OVC   -      .457
  37  Northern Arizona ..........  BSKY  -      .456
  38  South Dakota ..............  MVFC  -      .455
  39  North Dakota ..............  BSKY  -      .446
  40  Liberty ...................  BSOU  -      .444
  41  Yale ......................  IVY   -      .440
  42  Holy Cross ................  PATL  -      .439
  43  Weber State ...............  BSKY  -      .437
  44  Colgate ...................  PATL  -      .425
  45  Eastern Washington ........  BSKY  -      .422
  46  Mercer ....................  SC    -      .422
  47  Califonia Poly-SLO ........  BSKY  -      .420
  48  Montana State .............  BSKY  -      .418
  49  New Hampshire .............  CAA   -      .416
  50  Bethune-Cookman ...........  MEAC  -      .411
  51  Central Arkansas ..........  SLC   -      .410
  52  Lehigh ....................  PATL  -      .405
  53  Duquesne ..................  NEC   -      .401
  54  Furman ....................  SC    -      .401
  55  Brown .....................  IVY   -      .394
  56  Saint Francis PA ..........  NEC   -      .390
  57  Monmouth NJ ...............  BSOU  -      .385
  58  Stony Brook ...............  CAA   -      .378
  59  Columbia ..................  IVY   -      .373
  60  North Carolina Central ....  MEAC  -      .372
  61  Georgetown DC .............  PATL  -      .369
  62  Elon ......................  CAA   -      .367
  63  Bryant ....................  NEC   -      .365
  64  Lamar .....................  SLC   -      .359
  65  VMI .......................  SC    -      .357
  66  Maine .....................  CAA   -      .356
  67  Dayton ....................  PFL   -      .353
  68  Tennessee Tech ............  OVC   -      .353
  69  Delaware ..................  CAA   -      .352
  70  San Diego .................  PFL   -      .352
  71  Northern Colorado .........  BSKY  -      .349
  72  Kennesaw State ............  BSOU  -      .344
  73  Presbyterian ..............  BSOU  -      .342
  74  Northwestern State ........  SLC   -      .341
  75  Bucknell ..................  PATL  -      .338
  76  Stephen F. Austin .........  SLC   -      .337
  77  Incarnate Word ............  SLC   -      .337
  78  Sacred Heart ..............  NEC   -      .324
  79  Albany NY .................  CAA   -      .321
  80  UC Davis ..................  BSKY  -      .321
  81  Gardner-Webb ..............  BSOU  -      .321
  82  Jacksonville FL ...........  PFL   -      .319
  83  SE Louisiana ..............  SLC   -      .316
  84  Morehead State ............  PFL   -      .308
  85  Marist ....................  PFL   -      .295
  86  Cornell ...................  IVY   -      .294
  87  Abilene Christian .........  SLC   -      .294
  88  Rhode Island ..............  CAA   -      .293
  89  Central Connecticut State .  NEC   -      .289
  90  Drake .....................  PFL   -      .286
  91  Campbell ..................  PFL   -      .283
  92  Nicholls State ............  SLC   -      .279
  93  Sacramento State ..........  BSKY  -      .277
  94  Butler ....................  PFL   -      .274
  95  Idaho State ...............  BSKY  -      .273
  96  Robert Morris PA ..........  NEC   -      .262
  97  Lafayette .................  PATL  -      .247
  98  Wagner ....................  NEC   -      .229
  99  South Carolina State ......  MEAC  -      .079
 100  Murray State ..............  OVC   -      .079
 101  Tennessee State ...........  OVC   -      .075
 102  Alcorn State ..............  SWAC  East   .070
 103  Grambling State ...........  SWAC  West   .070
 104  Prairie View A&M ..........  SWAC  West   .069
 105  Norfolk State .............  MEAC  -      .065
 106  Hampton ...................  MEAC  -      .062
 107  Southern University .......  SWAC  West   .062
 108  Morgan State ..............  MEAC  -      .058
 109  Stetson ...................  PFL   -      .056
 110  Missouri State ............  MVFC  -      .056
 111  East Tennessee St .........  SC    -      .056
 112  Houston Baptist ...........  SLC   -      .056
 113  Valparaiso ................  PFL   -      .055
 114  Davidson ..................  PFL   -      .055
 115  Alabama State .............  SWAC  East   .054
 116  Austin Peay ...............  OVC   -      .052
 117  Howard ....................  MEAC  -      .045
 118  Florida A&M ...............  MEAC  -      .044
 119  Savannah State ............  MEAC  -      .043
 120  Delaware State ............  MEAC  -      .043
 121  Jackson State .............  SWAC  East   .042
 122  Alabama A&M ...............  SWAC  East   .042
 123  Texas Southern ............  SWAC  West   .039
 124  Arkansas-Pine Bluff .......  SWAC  West   .038
 125  Mississippi Valley State ..  SWAC  East   .038