2024 FCS Preseason Rankings

Rank  FCS Team ...............  Conf  RRWP
                                    
   1  South Dakota State .....  MVFC  .863
   2  Montana ................  BSKY  .689
   3  North Dakota State .....  MVFC  .684
   4  Montana State ..........  BSKY  .663
   5  Villanova ..............  CAA   .655
   6  South Dakota ...........  MVFC  .642
   7  SUNY Albany ............  CAA   .627
   8  Idaho ..................  BSKY  .617
   9  Youngstown State .......  MVFC  .608
  10  Southern Illinois ......  MVFC  .608
  11  Harvard ................  IVY   .549
  12  Cal State-Sacramento ...  BSKY  .539
  13  Holy Cross .............  PATL  .538
  14  Austin Peay ............  UAC   .533
  15  Delaware ...............  CAA   .530
  16  North Dakota ...........  MVFC  .530
  17  Furman .................  SC    .527
  18  Lafayette ..............  PATL  .523
  19  UC Davis ...............  BSKY  .520
  20  Southern Utah ..........  UAC   .519
  21  Central Arkansas .......  UAC   .516
  22  Florida A&M ............  SWAC  .504
  23  Tarleton ...............  UAC   .503
  24  Yale ...................  IVY   .501
  25  Tennessee-Martin .......  BSOV  .500
  26  Illinois State .........  MVFC  .499
  27  Northern Iowa ..........  MVFC  .493
  28  New Hampshire ..........  CAA   .492
  29  Northern Arizona .......  BSKY  .491
  30  Mercer .................  SC    .487
  31  Weber State ............  BSKY  .485
  32  Incarnate Word .........  SLC   .484
  33  Pennsylvania ...........  IVY   .482
  34  Dartmouth ..............  IVY   .469
  35  Chattanooga ............  SC    .463
  36  Missouri State .........  MVFC  .460
  37  Nicholls State .........  SLC   .455
  38  Eastern Kentucky .......  UAC   .454
  39  Princeton ..............  IVY   .452
  40  Eastern Washington .....  BSKY  .450
  41  Portland State .........  BSKY  .446
  42  Rhode Island ...........  CAA   .445
  43  Eastern Illinois .......  BSOV  .445
  44  Richmond ...............  CAA   .444
  45  Western Carolina .......  SC    .436
  46  Bryant .................  CAA   .425
  47  Abilene Christian ......  UAC   .425
  48  Gardner Webb ...........  BSOV  .422
  49  North Carolina Central .  MEAC  .414
  50  William & Mary .........  CAA   .413
  51  Elon ...................  CAA   .410
  52  Fordham ................  PATL  .396
  53  Samford ................  SC    .391
  54  SE Missouri State ......  BSOV  .390
  55  Colgate ................  PATL  .383
  56  Howard .................  MEAC  .382
  57  Monmouth NJ ............  CAA   .379
  58  Brown ..................  IVY   .374
  59  Towson .................  CAA   .371
  60  Idaho State ............  BSKY  .369
  61  Lamar ..................  SLC   .368
  62  Stephen F. Austin ......  SLC   .366
  63  Jackson State ..........  SWAC  .361
  64  Campbell ...............  CAA   .360
  65  Columbia ...............  IVY   .345
  66  Alabama State ..........  SWAC  .338
  67  Houston Christian ......  SLC   .322
  68  North Alabama ..........  UAC   .322
  69  Duquesne ...............  NEC   .319
  70  Georgetown .............  PATL  .315
  71  Drake ..................  PFL   .312
  72  Utah Tech ..............  UAC   .306
  73  Bucknell ...............  PATL  .304
  74  Alcorn State ...........  SWAC  .302
  75  Butler .................  PFL   .299
  76  Saint Thomas MN ........  PFL   .297
  77  Morgan State ...........  MEAC  .293
  78  Tennessee State ........  BSOV  .290
  79  Tennessee Tech .........  BSOV  .286
  80  Cornell ................  IVY   .279
  81  VMI ....................  SC    .279
  82  Hampton ................  CAA   .276
  83  Southern University ....  SWAC  .276
  84  Murray State ...........  MVFC  .275
  85  Merrimack ..............  FCSI  .275
  86  Charleston Southern ....  BSOV  .275
  87  Cal Poly-SLO ...........  BSKY  .273
  88  South Carolina State ...  MEAC  .264
  89  Grambling ..............  SWAC  .263
  90  Prairie View A&M .......  SWAC  .263
  91  Saint Francis PA .......  NEC   .261
  92  Robert Morris ..........  NEC   .261
  93  Davidson ...............  PFL   .255
  94  Maine ..................  CAA   .255
  95  Lehigh .................  PATL  .245
  96  Norfolk State ..........  MEAC  .239
  97  Stonehill ..............  NEC   .238
  98  Texas Southern .........  SWAC  .233
  99  East Tennessee St ......  SC    .230
 100  Bethune-Cookman ........  SWAC  .226
 101  LIU Post ...............  NEC   .225
 102  Lindenwood .............  BSOV  .223
 103  Wofford ................  SC    .222
 104  Alabama A&M ............  SWAC  .215
 105  Morehead State .........  PFL   .200
 106  San Diego ..............  PFL   .197
 107  North Carolina A&T .....  CAA   .196
 108  Wagner .................  NEC   .180
 109  Central Connecticut ....  NEC   .180
 110  Valparaiso .............  PFL   .173
 111  Marist .................  PFL   .172
 112  Dayton .................  PFL   .161
 113  Sacred Heart ...........  FCSI  .161
 114  Presbyterian ...........  PFL   .158
 115  SE Louisiana ...........  SLC   .135
 116  Stetson ................  PFL   .129
 117  Mississippi Valley St ..  SWAC  .029
 118  Arkansas-Pine Bluff ....  SWAC  .025
 119  Indiana State ..........  MVFC  .025
 120  TAMU-Commerce ..........  SLC   .025
 121  Northern Colorado ......  BSKY  .023
 122  West Georgia ...........  UAC   .023
 123  Stony Brook ............  CAA   .023
 124  Delaware State .........  MEAC  .023
 125  Western Illinois .......  BSOV  .021
 126  Citadel ................  SC    .021
 127  Northwestern State .....  SLC   .021
 128  McNeese State ..........  SLC   .021
 129  Mercyhurst .............  NEC   .019