2017 FCS Preseason Rankings

Rank  FCS Team ..................  Conf  Divis  RRWP
                                                
   1  North Dakota State ........  MVFC  -      .696
   2  Sam Houston State .........  SLC   -      .996
   3  Eastern Washington ........  BSKY  -      .664
   4  Youngstown State ..........  MVFC  -      .613
   5  James Madison .............  CAA   -      .594
   6  South Dakota State ........  MVFC  -      .609
   7  Wofford ...................  SC    -      .593
   8  Chattanooga ...............  SC    -      .592
   9  Jacksonville State ........  OVC   -      .590
  10  Central Arkansas ..........  SLC   -      .577
  11  The Citadel ...............  SC    -      .548
  12  Richmond ..................  CAA   -      .545
  13  Villanova .................  CAA   -      .551
  14  Charleston Southern .......  BSOU  -      .576
  15  Northern Iowa .............  MVFC  -      .594
  16  North Dakota ..............  BSKY  -      .539
  17  Illinois State ............  MVFC  -      .547
  18  Samford ...................  SC    -      .532
  19  Lehigh ....................  PATL  -      .513
  20  Western Illinois ..........  MVFC  -      .524
  21  New Hampshire .............  CAA   -      .499
  22  Califonia Poly-SLO ........  BSKY  -      .505
  23  Southern Utah .............  BSKY  -      .520
  24  San Diego .................  PFL   -      .482
  25  Princeton .................  IVY   -      .495
  26  Albany NY .................  CAA   -      .495
  27  Montana ...................  BSKY  -      .512
  28  Kennesaw State ............  BSOU  -      .469
  29  South Dakota ..............  MVFC  -      .518
  30  Liberty ...................  BSOU  -      .482
  31  Tennessee-Martin ..........  OVC   -      .470
  32  North Carolina A&T ........  MEAC  -      .462
  33  Weber State ...............  BSKY  -      .463
  34  Mercer ....................  SC    -      .471
  35  Southern Illinois .........  MVFC  -      .498
  36  Northern Arizona ..........  BSKY  -      .486
  37  Fordham ...................  PATL  -      .450
  38  Maine .....................  CAA   -      .466
  39  Duquesne ..................  NEC   -      .453
  40  Indiana State .............  MVFC  -      .472
  41  Northern Colorado .........  BSKY  -      .445
  42  Stony Brook ...............  CAA   -      .457
  43  North Carolina Central ....  MEAC  -      .424
  44  Dayton ....................  PFL   -      .420
  45  Pennsylvania ..............  IVY   -      .433
  46  Eastern Illinois ..........  OVC   -      .441
  47  Colgate ...................  PATL  -      .457
  48  Saint Francis PA ..........  NEC   -      .432
  49  William & Mary ............  CAA   -      .443
  50  Gardner-Webb ..............  BSOU  -      .446
  51  Furman ....................  SC    -      .477
  52  Missouri State ............  MVFC  -      .445
  53  Tennessee Tech ............  OVC   -      .436
  54  Montana State .............  BSKY  -      .446
  55  Tennessee State ...........  OVC   -      .395
  56  Delaware ..................  CAA   -      .431
  57  Harvard ...................  IVY   -      .394
  58  Towson ....................  CAA   -      .413
  59  Portland State ............  BSKY  -      .432
  60  Wagner ....................  NEC   -      .392
  61  Bryant ....................  NEC   -      .394
  62  UC Davis ..................  BSKY  -      .416
  63  Murray State ..............  OVC   -      .394
  64  East Tennessee St .........  SC    -      .366
  65  SE Missouri State .........  OVC   -      .410
  66  VMI .......................  SC    -      .392
  67  Sacred Heart ..............  NEC   -      .358
  68  Monmouth NJ ...............  BSOU  -      .374
  69  Drake .....................  PFL   -      .339
  70  Western Carolina ..........  SC    -      .399
  71  Bucknell ..................  PATL  -      .367
  72  Dartmouth .................  IVY   -      .367
  73  Grambling State ...........  SWAC  West   .075
  74  Eastern Kentucky ..........  OVC   -      .359
  75  Idaho State ...............  BSKY  -      .376
  76  Holy Cross ................  PATL  -      .341
  77  Cornell ...................  IVY   -      .337
  78  Sacramento State ..........  BSKY  -      .351
  79  Columbia ..................  IVY   -      .336
  80  Rhode Island ..............  CAA   -      .346
  81  Jacksonville FL ...........  PFL   -      .309
  82  Brown .....................  IVY   -      .313
  83  Yale ......................  IVY   -      .329
  84  SE Louisiana ..............  SLC   -      .076
  85  Elon ......................  CAA   -      .325
  86  Lafayette .................  PATL  -      .330
  87  McNeese State .............  SLC   -      .076
  88  Presbyterian ..............  BSOU  -      .322
  89  Marist ....................  PFL   -      .287
  90  Georgetown DC .............  PATL  -      .299
  91  Nicholls State ............  SLC   -      .076
  92  Morehead State ............  PFL   -      .289
  93  Southern University .......  SWAC  West   .071
  94  Robert Morris PA ..........  NEC   -      .305
  95  Central Connecticut State .  NEC   -      .303
  96  Campbell ..................  PFL   -      .258
  97  Stetson ...................  PFL   -      .262
  98  Stephen F. Austin .........  SLC   -      .073
  99  Valparaiso ................  PFL   -      .253
 100  Prairie View A&M ..........  SWAC  West   .067
 101  Butler ....................  PFL   -      .247
 102  South Carolina State ......  MEAC  -      .064
 103  Houston Baptist ...........  SLC   -      .071
 104  Lamar .....................  SLC   -      .072
 105  Incarnate Word ............  SLC   -      .070
 106  Hampton ...................  MEAC  -      .060
 107  Abilene Christian .........  SLC   -      .071
 108  Bethune-Cookman ...........  MEAC  -      .060
 109  Alcorn State ..............  SWAC  East   .039
 110  Florida A&M ...............  MEAC  -      .060
 111  Norfolk State .............  MEAC  -      .059
 112  Texas Southern ............  SWAC  West   .037
 113  Savannah State ............  MEAC  -      .058
 114  Alabama State .............  SWAC  East   .037
 115  Alabama A&M ...............  SWAC  East   .036
 116  Morgan State ..............  MEAC  -      .057
 117  Howard ....................  MEAC  -      .057
 118  Northwestern State ........  SLC   -      .042
 119  Austin Peay ...............  OVC   -      .057
 120  Jackson State .............  SWAC  East   .035
 121  Davidson ..................  PFL   -      .057
 122  Mississippi Valley State ..  SWAC  East   .033
 123  Delaware State ............  MEAC  -      .042
 124  Arkansas-Pine Bluff .......  SWAC  West   .031