2026 FCS Preseason Rankings

Rank  FCS Team ................  Conf  RRWP
                                     
   1  Montana State ...........  BSKY  .638
   2  Montana .................  BSKY  .591
   3  Tarleton State ..........  UAC   .589
   4  Illinois State ..........  MVFC  .575
   5  North Dakota ............  MVFC  .573
   6  Lehigh ..................  PATL  .566
   7  Stephen F. Austin .......  SLC   .565
   8  UC Davis ................  BSKY  .562
   9  South Dakota St .........  MVFC  .547
  10  Villanova ...............  PATL  .540
  11  Abilene Christian .......  UAC   .536
  12  South Dakota ............  MVFC  .522
  13  Yale ....................  IVY   .520
  14  Southern Illinois .......  MVFC  .519
  15  Harvard .................  IVY   .517
  16  Tennessee Tech ..........  SC    .515
  17  Youngstown State ........  MVFC  .514
  18  Southern Utah ...........  BSKY  .509
  19  SE Louisiana ............  SLC   .507
  20  Idaho State .............  BSKY  .501
  21  Rhode Island ............  CAA   .499
  22  Austin Peay .............  UAC   .492
  23  West Georgia ............  UAC   .487
  24  Texas-Rio Grande Valley .  SLC   .486
  25  Northern Arizona ........  BSKY  .485
  26  Mercer ..................  SC    .483
  27  Lamar ...................  SLC   .471
  28  New Hampshire ...........  CAA   .460
  29  Monmouth ................  CAA   .457
  30  Alabama State ...........  SWAC  .455
  31  Dartmouth ...............  IVY   .455
  32  Lafayette ...............  PATL  .454
  33  East Tennessee St .......  SC    .452
  34  Eastern Kentucky ........  UAC   .449
  35  Cal Poly ................  BSKY  .449
  36  South Carolina St .......  MEAC  .448
  37  Idaho ...................  BSKY  .446
  38  Pennsylvania ............  IVY   .443
  39  Incarnate Word ..........  SLC   .443
  40  Eastern Washington ......  BSKY  .442
  41  Gardner Webb ............  OVC   .442
  42  San Diego ...............  PFL   .438
  43  Western Carolina ........  SC    .437
  44  Jackson State ...........  SWAC  .435
  45  Prairie View ............  SWAC  .435
  46  Wofford .................  SC    .433
  47  Presbyterian ............  PFL   .428
  48  Saint Thomas ............  PFL   .428
  49  William & Mary ..........  PATL  .427
  50  Drake ...................  PFL   .424
  51  Weber State .............  BSKY  .421
  52  Central Conn St .........  NEC   .419
  53  Stony Brook .............  CAA   .417
  54  Lindenwood ..............  OVC   .416
  55  Tennessee-Martin ........  OVC   .415
  56  Elon ....................  CAA   .413
  57  Maine ...................  CAA   .413
  58  Northern Colorado .......  BSKY  .407
  59  North Carolina Central ..  MEAC  .407
  60  Brown ...................  IVY   .402
  61  Richmond ................  PATL  .401
  62  Indiana State ...........  MVFC  .399
  63  Central Arkansas ........  UAC   .396
  64  Nicholls State ..........  SLC   .396
  65  Sacred Heart ............  CAA   .394
  66  McNeese State ...........  SLC   .391
  67  Northern Iowa ...........  MVFC  .389
  68  Colgate .................  PATL  .389
  69  Duquesne ................  NEC   .386
  70  Towson ..................  CAA   .386
  71  LIU .....................  NEC   .382
  72  Princeton ...............  IVY   .381
  73  Delaware State ..........  MEAC  .377
  74  Furman ..................  SC    .377
  75  Holy Cross ..............  PATL  .377
  76  Charleston Southern .....  OVC   .372
  77  SE Missouri State .......  OVC   .370
  78  North Alabama ...........  UAC   .369
  79  Chattanooga .............  SC    .368
  80  Citadel .................  SC    .364
  81  Mercyhurst ..............  NEC   .364
  82  Cornell .................  IVY   .362
  83  Dayton ..................  PFL   .361
  84  Georgetown ..............  PATL  .360
  85  Western Illinois ........  OVC   .359
  86  East Texas A&M ..........  SLC   .357
  87  Utah Tech ...............  BSKY  .356
  88  Butler ..................  PFL   .355
  89  Marist ..................  PFL   .349
  90  Eastern Illinois ........  OVC   .345
  91  Bucknell ................  PATL  .345
  92  Merrimack ...............  FCSI  .344
  93  Columbia ................  IVY   .330
  94  Grambling ...............  SWAC  .329
  95  Stonehill ...............  NEC   .328
  96  Bethune-Cookman .........  SWAC  .328
  97  Texas Southern ..........  SWAC  .327
  98  Wagner ..................  NEC   .326
  99  Alcorn State ............  SWAC  .324
 100  Campbell ................  CAA   .318
 101  Portland State ..........  BSKY  .309
 102  Murray State ............  MVFC  .305
 103  Bryant ..................  CAA   .305
 104  Howard ..................  MEAC  .304
 105  Morehead State ..........  PFL   .292
 106  SUNY Albany .............  CAA   .292
 107  New Haven ...............  NEC   .291
 108  Houston Christian .......  SLC   .290
 109  Florida A&M .............  SWAC  .282
 110  Robert Morris ...........  NEC   .277
 111  Alabama A&M .............  SWAC  .276
 112  Tennessee State .........  OVC   .270
 113  North Carolina A&T ......  CAA   .264
 114  Northwestern LA .........  SLC   .257
 115  Fordham .................  PATL  .256
 116  Arkansas-Pine Bluff .....  SWAC  .255
 117  Valparaiso ..............  PFL   .251
 118  Stetson .................  PFL   .248
 119  Davidson ................  PFL   .233
 120  Southern U. .............  SWAC  .232
 121  Mississippi Valley St ...  SWAC  .230
 122  Morgan State ............  MEAC  .226
 123  West Florida ............  UAC   .224
 124  Samford .................  SC    .207
 125  Hampton .................  CAA   .205
 126  VMI .....................  SC    .196
 127  Norfolk State ...........  MEAC  .192
 128  Chicago State ...........  NEC   .174