2018 FCS Preseason Rankings

Rank  FCS Team ..................  Conf  Divis  RRWP
                                                
   1  James Madison .............  CAA   -      .741
   2  North Dakota State ........  MVFC  -      .736
   3  South Dakota State ........  MVFC  -      .639
   4  Weber State ...............  BSKY  -      .639
   5  North Carolina A&T ........  MEAC  -      .998
   6  Western Illinois ..........  MVFC  -      .625
   7  Southern Utah .............  BSKY  -      .593
   8  Northern Iowa .............  MVFC  -      .591
   9  Central Arkansas ..........  SLC   -      .575
  10  Sam Houston State .........  SLC   -      .549
  11  Kennesaw State ............  BSOU  -      .557
  12  South Dakota ..............  MVFC  -      .568
  13  Youngstown State ..........  MVFC  -      .583
  14  Stony Brook ...............  CAA   -      .535
  15  Jacksonville State ........  OVC   -      .539
  16  Yale ......................  IVY   -      .532
  17  Delaware ..................  CAA   -      .545
  18  Eastern Washington ........  BSKY  -      .530
  19  Illinois State ............  MVFC  -      .529
  20  Richmond ..................  CAA   -      .532
  21  Samford ...................  SC    -      .507
  22  Northern Arizona ..........  BSKY  -      .512
  23  McNeese State .............  SLC   -      .485
  24  New Hampshire .............  CAA   -      .478
  25  Furman ....................  SC    -      .493
  26  Montana ...................  BSKY  -      .495
  27  Sacramento State ..........  BSKY  -      .494
  28  Wofford ...................  SC    -      .450
  29  Elon ......................  CAA   -      .463
  30  Villanova .................  CAA   -      .504
  31  Grambling State ...........  SWAC  West   .451
  32  Montana State .............  BSKY  -      .498
  33  Idaho .....................  BSKY  -      .502
  34  Nicholls State ............  SLC   -      .436
  35  UC Davis ..................  BSKY  -      .469
  36  Monmouth NJ ...............  BSOU  -      .420
  37  San Diego .................  PFL   -      .414
  38  Southern Illinois .........  MVFC  -      .457
  39  SE Louisiana ..............  SLC   -      .428
  40  Maine .....................  CAA   -      .452
  41  Austin Peay ...............  OVC   -      .408
  42  Colgate ...................  PATL  -      .428
  43  Western Carolina ..........  SC    -      .404
  44  Dartmouth .................  IVY   -      .393
  45  Albany NY .................  CAA   -      .438
  46  Mercer ....................  SC    -      .411
  47  Bethune-Cookman ...........  MEAC  -      .389
  48  Columbia ..................  IVY   -      .368
  49  Towson ....................  CAA   -      .394
  50  Central Connecticut State .  NEC   -      .372
  51  Princeton .................  IVY   -      .398
  52  Pennsylvania ..............  IVY   -      .381
  53  Tennessee-Martin ..........  OVC   -      .380
  54  Alcorn State ..............  SWAC  East   .370
  55  Howard ....................  MEAC  -      .359
  56  Charleston Southern .......  BSOU  -      .363
  57  North Carolina Central ....  MEAC  -      .352
  58  Duquesne ..................  NEC   -      .343
  59  Southern University .......  SWAC  West   .329
  60  Idaho State ...............  BSKY  -      .348
  61  The Citadel ...............  SC    -      .337
  62  Prairie View A&M ..........  SWAC  West   .337
  63  Missouri State ............  MVFC  -      .358
  64  Tennessee State ...........  OVC   -      .330
  65  North Dakota ..............  FCSI  -      .381
  66  Northern Colorado .........  BSKY  -      .348
  67  Stephen F. Austin .........  SLC   -      .328
  68  Northwestern State ........  SLC   -      .328
  69  Harvard ...................  IVY   -      .309
  70  William & Mary ............  CAA   -      .348
  71  Rhode Island ..............  CAA   -      .345
  72  Holy Cross ................  PATL  -      .331
  73  Hampton ...................  FCSI  -      .296
  74  Eastern Illinois ..........  OVC   -      .283
  75  SE Missouri State .........  OVC   -      .319
  76  Lehigh ....................  PATL  -      .297
  77  Eastern Kentucky ..........  OVC   -      .301
  78  Saint Francis PA ..........  NEC   -      .285
  79  Chattanooga ...............  SC    -      .302
  80  East Tennessee St .........  SC    -      .284
  81  Abilene Christian .........  SLC   -      .308
  82  Bryant ....................  NEC   -      .263
  83  Drake .....................  PFL   -      .257
  84  Norfolk State .............  MEAC  -      .278
  85  Cornell ...................  IVY   -      .271
  86  Wagner ....................  NEC   -      .262
  87  Fordham ...................  PATL  -      .264
  88  Alabama State .............  SWAC  East   .250
  89  Presbyterian ..............  BSOU  -      .254
  90  South Carolina State ......  MEAC  -      .271
  91  Florida A&M ...............  MEAC  -      .269
  92  Sacred Heart ..............  NEC   -      .254
  93  Murray State ..............  OVC   -      .260
  94  Savannah State ............  MEAC  -      .256
  95  Butler ....................  PFL   -      .220
  96  Bucknell ..................  PATL  -      .222
  97  Alabama A&M ...............  SWAC  East   .224
  98  Dayton ....................  PFL   -      .212
  99  Campbell ..................  BSOU  -      .190
 100  Jackson State .............  SWAC  East   .222
 101  Valparaiso ................  PFL   -      .192
 102  Lamar .....................  SLC   -      .218
 103  Incarnate Word ............  SLC   -      .234
 104  Tennessee Tech ............  OVC   -      .233
 105  Lafayette .................  PATL  -      .203
 106  Houston Baptist ...........  SLC   -      .213
 107  Jacksonville FL ...........  PFL   -      .161
 108  Delaware State ............  MEAC  -      .194
 109  Morgan State ..............  MEAC  -      .202
 110  Brown .....................  IVY   -      .180
 111  Texas Southern ............  SWAC  West   .179
 112  Arkansas-Pine Bluff .......  SWAC  West   .168
 113  Robert Morris PA ..........  NEC   -      .162
 114  Marist ....................  PFL   -      .144
 115  Georgetown DC .............  PATL  -      .147
 116  Morehead State ............  PFL   -      .121
 117  Mississippi Valley State ..  SWAC  East   .128
 118  Stetson ...................  PFL   -      .118
 119  Califonia Poly-SLO ........  BSKY  -      .018
 120  Gardner-Webb ..............  BSOU  -      .016
 121  Indiana State .............  MVFC  -      .016
 122  Portland State ............  BSKY  -      .012
 123  Davidson ..................  PFL   -      .018
 124  VMI .......................  SC    -      .016
 125  North Alabama .............  FCSI  -      .014