2023 FCS Preseason Rankings

Rank  FCS Team ...............  Conf  Divis  RRWP
                                           
   1  South Dakota State .....  MVFC  -      .733
   2  Jackson State ..........  SWAC  East   .713
   3  North Dakota State .....  MVFC  -      .707
   4  Cal State-Sacramento ...  BSKY  -      .705
   5  Montana State ..........  BSKY  -      .688
   6  Weber State ............  BSKY  -      .661
   7  Incarnate Word .........  SLC   -      .660
   8  William & Mary .........  CAA   -      .613
   9  Samford ................  SC    -      .610
  10  Montana ................  BSKY  -      .598
  11  Furman .................  SC    -      .594
  12  Holy Cross .............  PATL  -      .593
  13  UC Davis ...............  BSKY  -      .585
  14  Idaho ..................  BSKY  -      .569
  15  SE Missouri State ......  BSOV  -      .551
  16  Richmond ...............  CAA   -      .549
  17  Delaware ...............  CAA   -      .543
  18  Elon ...................  CAA   -      .539
  19  Northern Iowa ..........  MVFC  -      .537
  20  Mercer .................  SC    -      .529
  21  SE Louisiana ...........  SLC   -      .528
  22  North Dakota ...........  MVFC  -      .523
  23  Southern Illinois ......  MVFC  -      .518
  24  Princeton ..............  IVY   -      .518
  25  Chattanooga ............  SC    -      .516
  26  Youngstown State .......  MVFC  -      .507
  27  Rhode Island ...........  CAA   -      .506
  28  Gardner Webb ...........  BSOV  -      .504
  29  New Hampshire ..........  CAA   -      .497
  30  Yale ...................  IVY   -      .497
  31  Abilene Christian ......  ASUN  -      .486
  32  Fordham ................  PATL  -      .484
  33  Austin Peay ............  ASUN  -      .474
  34  Florida A&M ............  SWAC  East   .468
  35  North Carolina Central .  MEAC  -      .466
  36  Tennessee-Martin .......  BSOV  -      .462
  37  Eastern Kentucky .......  ASUN  -      .454
  38  Missouri State .........  MVFC  -      .451
  39  Pennsylvania ...........  IVY   -      .451
  40  Saint Francis PA .......  NEC   -      .447
  41  Illinois State .........  MVFC  -      .440
  42  Central Arkansas .......  ASUN  -      .431
  43  Harvard ................  IVY   -      .430
  44  Southern Utah ..........  ASUN  -      .415
  45  Campbell ...............  CAA   -      .413
  46  North Carolina A&T .....  CAA   -      .410
  47  Southern University ....  SWAC  West   .407
  48  Stephen F. Austin ......  ASUN  -      .402
  49  Villanova ..............  CAA   -      .391
  50  Tarleton ...............  ASUN  -      .386
  51  Eastern Washington .....  BSKY  -      .382
  52  Portland State .........  BSKY  -      .373
  53  South Dakota ...........  MVFC  -      .373
  54  Kennesaw State .........  ASUN  -      .372
  55  Western Carolina .......  SC    -      .369
  56  Northern Arizona .......  BSKY  -      .359
  57  Towson .................  CAA   -      .359
  58  Monmouth NJ ............  CAA   -      .359
  59  Texas Southern .........  SWAC  West   .355
  60  Alabama State ..........  SWAC  East   .353
  61  Columbia ...............  IVY   -      .350
  62  Prairie View A&M .......  SWAC  West   .350
  63  Utah Tech ..............  ASUN  -      .340
  64  Lindenwood .............  BSOV  -      .338
  65  Merrimack ..............  NEC   -      .335
  66  Alcorn State ...........  SWAC  West   .334
  67  Howard .................  MEAC  -      .328
  68  TAMU-Commerce ..........  SLC   -      .319
  69  Tennessee Tech .........  BSOV  -      .318
  70  Tennessee State ........  BSOV  -      .318
  71  Bryant .................  BSOV  -      .317
  72  SUNY Albany ............  CAA   -      .316
  73  East Tennessee St ......  SC    -      .316
  74  Wofford ................  SC    -      .313
  75  Dartmouth ..............  IVY   -      .309
  76  Cornell ................  IVY   -      .298
  77  McNeese State ..........  SLC   -      .295
  78  Citadel ................  SC    -      .288
  79  Northwestern State .....  SLC   -      .288
  80  Alabama A&M ............  SWAC  East   .286
  81  Northern Colorado ......  BSKY  -      .278
  82  Hampton ................  CAA   -      .277
  83  Maine ..................  CAA   -      .277
  84  Lafayette ..............  PATL  -      .273
  85  Duquesne ...............  NEC   -      .271
  86  Morgan State ...........  MEAC  -      .271
  87  Cal Poly-SLO ...........  BSKY  -      .269
  88  Brown ..................  IVY   -      .268
  89  Grambling ..............  SWAC  West   .266
  90  Colgate ................  PATL  -      .266
  91  Charleston Southern ....  BSOV  -      .265
  92  Sacred Heart ...........  NEC   -      .263
  93  Nicholls State .........  SLC   -      .263
  94  Eastern Illinois .......  BSOV  -      .259
  95  South Carolina State ...  MEAC  -      .247
  96  LIU Post ...............  NEC   -      .244
  97  Delaware State .........  MEAC  -      .241
  98  Murray State ...........  MVFC  -      .235
  99  Saint Thomas MN ........  PFL   -      .234
 100  Idaho State ............  BSKY  -      .229
 101  Stony Brook ............  CAA   -      .228
 102  Stonehill ..............  NEC   -      .226
 103  Bethune-Cookman ........  SWAC  East   .224
 104  Lehigh .................  PATL  -      .219
 105  Mississippi Valley St ..  SWAC  East   .215
 106  Bucknell ...............  PATL  -      .213
 107  Arkansas-Pine Bluff ....  SWAC  West   .210
 108  Lamar ..................  SLC   -      .208
 109  Georgetown .............  PATL  -      .207
 110  Houston Christian ......  SLC   -      .205
 111  Central Connecticut ....  NEC   -      .203
 112  VMI ....................  SC    -      .178
 113  Norfolk State ..........  MEAC  -      .148
 114  Davidson ...............  PFL   -      .048
 115  Indiana State ..........  MVFC  -      .035
 116  Butler .................  PFL   -      .034
 117  San Diego ..............  PFL   -      .034
 118  Dayton .................  PFL   -      .033
 119  Wagner .................  NEC   -      .032
 120  Valparaiso .............  PFL   -      .032
 121  North Alabama ..........  ASUN  -      .031
 122  Drake ..................  PFL   -      .029
 123  Western Illinois .......  MVFC  -      .025
 124  Marist .................  PFL   -      .025
 125  Stetson ................  PFL   -      .015
 126  Morehead State .........  PFL   -      .012
 127  Robert Morris ..........  BSOV  -      .012
 128  Presbyterian ...........  PFL   -      .008