2025 FCS Preseason Rankings

Rank  FCS Team .................  Conf  RRWP
                                        
   1  North Dakota State .......  MVFC  .630
   2  Montana State ............  BSKY  .621
   3  South Dakota State .......  MVFC  .609
   4  South Dakota .............  MVFC  .587
   5  UC Davis .................  BSKY  .548
   6  Idaho ....................  BSKY  .544
   7  Incarnate Word ...........  SLC   .537
   8  Mercer ...................  SC    .536
   9  Tennessee-Martin .........  BSOV  .533
  10  Tarleton State ...........  UAC   .530
  11  Illinois State ...........  MVFC  .530
  12  Montana ..................  BSKY  .527
  13  Abilene Christian ........  UAC   .511
  14  Villanova ................  CAA   .506
  15  Northern Arizona .........  BSKY  .505
  16  Rhode Island .............  CAA   .502
  17  Jackson State ............  SWAC  .498
  18  SE Missouri State ........  BSOV  .497
  19  Southern Utah ............  UAC   .493
  20  Richmond .................  PATL  .489
  21  Chattanooga ..............  SC    .487
  22  Harvard ..................  IVY   .478
  23  Stephen F Austin .........  SLC   .477
  24  Eastern Kentucky .........  UAC   .471
  25  Tennessee Tech ...........  BSOV  .471
  26  East Tennessee State .....  SC    .470
  27  Tennessee State ..........  BSOV  .469
  28  North Dakota .............  MVFC  .469
  29  Lehigh ...................  PATL  .468
  30  New Hampshire ............  CAA   .467
  31  Stony Brook ..............  CAA   .466
  32  Yale .....................  IVY   .465
  33  SE Louisiana .............  SLC   .462
  34  Duquesne .................  NEC   .462
  35  Towson ...................  CAA   .457
  36  Western Carolina .........  SC    .456
  37  Central Arkansas .........  UAC   .455
  38  South Carolina State .....  MEAC  .455
  39  North Carolina Central ...  MEAC  .452
  40  Dartmouth ................  IVY   .442
  41  Eastern Washington .......  BSKY  .441
  42  Columbia .................  IVY   .440
  43  Monmouth .................  CAA   .437
  44  McNeese State ............  SLC   .435
  45  Holy Cross ...............  PATL  .433
  46  Lamar ....................  SLC   .432
  47  Southern Illinois ........  MVFC  .430
  48  Central Connecticut ......  NEC   .429
  49  William & Mary ...........  CAA   .429
  50  Lindenwood ...............  BSOV  .426
  51  Elon .....................  CAA   .422
  52  Youngstown State .........  MVFC  .416
  53  Weber State ..............  BSKY  .414
  54  Idaho State ..............  BSKY  .413
  55  Robert Morris ............  NEC   .413
  56  Portland State ...........  BSKY  .411
  57  Austin Peay ..............  UAC   .410
  58  Samford ..................  SC    .408
  59  Maine ....................  CAA   .405
  60  Sacramento State .........  BSKY  .404
  61  Western Illinois .........  BSOV  .403
  62  North Alabama ............  UAC   .398
  63  Gardner Webb .............  BSOV  .395
  64  Pennsylvania .............  IVY   .393
  65  Hampton ..................  CAA   .390
  66  Drake ....................  PFL   .390
  67  Florida A&M ..............  SWAC  .389
  68  San Diego ................  PFL   .387
  69  Wofford ..................  SC    .386
  70  Citadel ..................  SC    .384
  71  Merrimack ................  FCSI  .379
  72  Nicholls State ...........  SLC   .379
  73  Houston Christian ........  SLC   .378
  74  Alabama State ............  SWAC  .377
  75  Northern Iowa ............  MVFC  .377
  76  West Georgia .............  UAC   .373
  77  Indiana State ............  MVFC  .373
  78  Bucknell .................  PATL  .372
  79  Cornell ..................  IVY   .369
  80  Butler ...................  PFL   .369
  81  Southern University ......  SWAC  .369
  82  SUNY Albany ..............  CAA   .367
  83  Cal Poly .................  BSKY  .367
  84  Alabama A&M ..............  SWAC  .365
  85  LIU Post .................  NEC   .361
  86  Lafayette ................  PATL  .360
  87  Eastern Illinois .........  BSOV  .359
  88  Alcorn State .............  SWAC  .359
  89  Morgan State .............  MEAC  .358
  90  Grambling ................  SWAC  .357
  91  Campbell .................  CAA   .357
  92  Texas Southern ...........  SWAC  .356
  93  Princeton ................  IVY   .349
  94  Utah Tech ................  UAC   .341
  95  Wagner ...................  NEC   .341
  96  Morehead State ...........  PFL   .341
  97  Brown ....................  IVY   .340
  98  Furman ...................  SC    .336
  99  East Texas A&M ...........  SLC   .333
 100  Saint Thomas .............  PFL   .332
 101  Presbyterian .............  PFL   .329
 102  Norfolk State ............  MEAC  .328
 103  Prairie View .............  SWAC  .327
 104  Georgetown ...............  PATL  .326
 105  Murray State .............  MVFC  .326
 106  Sacred Heart .............  FCSI  .316
 107  Fordham ..................  PATL  .315
 108  Charleston Southern ......  BSOV  .310
 109  Saint Francis ............  NEC   .304
 110  Colgate ..................  PATL  .299
 111  Howard ...................  MEAC  .287
 112  Dayton ...................  PFL   .286
 113  Davidson .................  PFL   .271
 114  Bryant ...................  CAA   .270
 115  Northern Colorado ........  BSKY  .269
 116  Bethune-Cookman ..........  SWAC  .265
 117  Mercyhurst ...............  NEC   .249
 118  Arkansas-Pine Bluff ......  SWAC  .246
 119  VMI ......................  SC    .239
 120  Stonehill ................  NEC   .231
 121  Valparaiso ...............  PFL   .230
 122  Delaware State ...........  MEAC  .229
 123  Mississippi Valley State .  SWAC  .227
 124  North Carolina A&T .......  CAA   .208
 125  Marist ...................  PFL   .192
 126  Northwestern LA ..........  SLC   .184
 127  Stetson ..................  PFL   .173
 128  Texas-Rio Grande Valley ..  SLC   .141