College Football 2026
	FCS Power Rankings
	Posted October 4, 2026
	1.	South Dakota St.	100.0
	2.	Youngstown State	93.2
	3.	Stephen F. Austin	92.7
	4.	Montana State	90.9
	5.	Illinois State	90.6
	6.	South Dakota	90.1
	7.	Austin Peay	88.9
	8.	Lehigh	84.7
	9.	Tarleton State	83.6
	10.	Montana	83.5
	11.	S. Carolina State	82.9
	12.	North Dakota	82.5
	13.	Northern Arizona	81.0
	14.	Incarnate Word	79.4
	15.	Idaho State	79.2
	16.	McNeese State	77.2
	17.	Texas - Rio Grande	77.0
	18.	Tennessee Tech	76.9
	19.	Southern Illinois	76.6
	20.	Northern Iowa	76.5
	21.	Colgate	76.1
	22.	Princeton	75.6
	23.	Cornell	75.4
	24.	Mercer	75.2
	25.	Gardner-Webb	75.1
	26.	Abilene Christian	74.8
	27.	Lamar	73.8
	28.	Western Illinois	73.8
	29.	Idaho	73.7
	30.	Harvard	72.3
	31.	Dartmouth	71.6
	32.	Indiana State	71.5
	33.	SE Missouri St.	70.9
	34.	Houston Christian	70.8
	35.	E. Washington	70.4
	36.	North Alabama	70.2
	37.	Wofford	69.7
	38.	Jackson State	69.6
	39.	Southern Utah	69.4
	40.	Pennsylvania	69.2
	41.	West Florida	69.0
	42.	UC-Davis	69.0
	43.	SE Louisiana	68.2
	44.	Northern Colorado	67.9
	45.	Stony Brook	67.8
	46.	E. Tennessee St.	67.8
	47.	Morgan State	67.5
	48.	Chattanooga	67.2
	49.	Furman	67.2
	50.	Campbell	66.8
	51.	Yale	66.4
	52.	East Texas A&M	66.3
	53.	Cha'ston Southern	65.8
	54.	UT-Martin	65.6
	55.	Western Carolina	65.2
	56.	Samford	65.0
	57.	Cal Poly	64.6
	58.	Albany	63.7
	59.	Alabama A&M	63.7
	60.	Prairie View	63.5
	61.	Monmouth (NJ)	63.5
	62.	Richmond	62.8
	63.	Portland State	62.7
	64.	Central Arkansas	62.5
	65.	Bethune-Cookman	62.0
	66.	Eastern Illinois	61.3
	67.	Fordham	61.2
	68.	Rhode Island	60.8
	69.	Norfolk State	60.5
	70.	Holy Cross	60.5
	71.	Villanova	59.8
	72.	The Citadel	58.9
	73.	Lindenwood (MO)	58.7
	74.	Butler	57.9
	75.	Howard	57.7
	76.	Utah Tech	57.5
	77.	Bryant	57.2
	78.	Brown	56.3
	79.	Elon	56.0
	80.	Sacred Heart	55.9
	81.	Tennessee State	55.9
	82.	Georgetown	54.8
	83.	Towson	54.7
	84.	Eastern Kentucky	54.0
	85.	Columbia	53.4
	85.	Grambling	53.2
	85.	C. Connecticut St.	53.2
	85.	William & Mary	52.8
	85.	Nicholls	52.2
	85.	West Georgia	51.3
	85.	Lafayette	50.9
	85.	Bucknell	50.4
	85.	Valparaiso	50.0
	94.	Murray State	49.7
	95.	N. C. A&T	49.3
	96.	Long Island	49.1
	97.	New Hampshire	49.0
	98.	Delaware State	49.0
	99.	Alabama State	48.0
	100.	Maine	47.6
	101.	Florida A&M	47.5
	102.	St. Thomas (MN)	47.1
	103.	Robert Morris	46.7
	104.	Weber State	46.7
	105.	Merrimack	46.5
	106.	Alcorn State	46.2
	107.	Stonehill	46.2
	108.	Ark. - Pine Bluff	43.8
	109.	N. C. Central	42.2
	110.	Marist	41.1
	111.	New Haven	39.4
	112.	Duquesne	39.2
	113.	Southern	39.0
	114.	Northwestern State	38.1
	115.	San Diego	36.9
	116.	Hampton	36.1
	117.	Mercyhurst	33.8
	118.	Texas Southern	33.7
	119.	Dayton	33.5
	120.	Virginia Military	33.4
	121.	Drake	28.8
	122.	Chicago State	28.5
	123.	Stetson	26.1
	124.	Wagner	15.9
	125.	Morehead State	12.6
	126.	Presbyterian	6.4
	127.	Davidson	5.2
	128.	Mississippi Valley	0.6