College Football 2026
	FCS Rankings
	(50% Power, 50% Merit)
	Posted October 11, 2026
	1.	South Dakota St.	91.5
	2.	Stephen F. Austin	87.5
	3.	Youngstown State	85.4
	4.	Lehigh	83.3
	5.	Harvard	83.3
	6.	South Dakota	82.1
	7.	Tarleton State	81.8
	8.	Montana State	81.8
	9.	Northern Arizona	79.4
	10.	Illinois State	78.0
	11.	Tennessee Tech	77.1
	12.	Lamar	76.9
	13.	Northern Iowa	76.1
	14.	Montana	75.2
	15.	North Dakota	74.8
	16.	Austin Peay	74.3
	17.	Campbell	74.0
	18.	E. Tennessee St.	73.6
	19.	Mercer	72.4
	20.	Colgate	70.4
	21.	North Alabama	68.7
	22.	Princeton	67.5
	23.	Idaho State	67.0
	24.	Abilene Christian	67.0
	25.	UC-Davis	65.9
	26.	Morgan State	65.7
	27.	Chattanooga	65.0
	28.	Wofford	64.7
	29.	S. Carolina State	64.6
	30.	West Florida	64.3
	31.	Stony Brook	64.2
	32.	Weber State	64.0
	33.	Yale	64.0
	34.	Western Carolina	63.8
	35.	Monmouth (NJ)	63.7
	36.	Southern Illinois	63.6
	37.	Texas - Rio Grande	63.5
	38.	Cornell	62.7
	39.	Jackson State	62.6
	40.	Alabama A&M	62.5
	41.	Western Illinois	62.3
	42.	SE Missouri St.	62.1
	43.	Richmond	62.0
	44.	Butler	61.9
	45.	McNeese State	61.9
	46.	SE Louisiana	60.9
	47.	Incarnate Word	60.9
	48.	Cal Poly	60.5
	49.	Houston Christian	60.2
	50.	E. Washington	58.5
	51.	Cha'ston Southern	58.4
	52.	Portland State	57.0
	53.	Indiana State	57.0
	54.	Bryant	56.9
	55.	Albany	56.6
	56.	Idaho	56.6
	57.	Columbia	56.4
	58.	Eastern Illinois	56.2
	59.	Grambling	55.9
	60.	Brown	55.9
	61.	East Texas A&M	55.4
	62.	Gardner-Webb	54.9
	63.	Norfolk State	54.5
	64.	Pennsylvania	54.3
	65.	Fordham	53.9
	66.	Southern Utah	53.9
	67.	UT-Martin	53.5
	68.	Rhode Island	52.7
	69.	Holy Cross	52.6
	70.	Ark. - Pine Bluff	51.7
	71.	St. Thomas (MN)	51.6
	72.	Delaware State	51.2
	73.	Central Arkansas	51.1
	74.	Howard	51.0
	75.	Northern Colorado	50.8
	76.	C. Connecticut St.	50.4
	77.	The Citadel	49.8
	78.	Eastern Kentucky	49.7
	79.	Elon	49.1
	80.	Dartmouth	48.6
	81.	Villanova	48.6
	82.	William & Mary	47.9
	83.	Alcorn State	47.4
	84.	Bethune-Cookman	47.0
	85.	Robert Morris	46.8
	85.	Stonehill	46.8
	85.	Samford	45.7
	85.	N. C. A&T	45.3
	85.	Nicholls	45.2
	85.	Lindenwood (MO)	45.1
	85.	Long Island	44.6
	85.	Dayton	44.2
	85.	Furman	43.7
	94.	Sacred Heart	43.5
	95.	New Hampshire	42.6
	96.	Prairie View	42.3
	97.	Valparaiso	42.2
	98.	Florida A&M	41.6
	99.	Tennessee State	41.5
	100.	Murray State	40.8
	101.	Georgetown	40.8
	102.	Southern	40.5
	103.	Alabama State	39.6
	104.	Utah Tech	38.2
	105.	West Georgia	38.1
	106.	Marist	37.9
	107.	Lafayette	37.3
	108.	N. C. Central	36.2
	109.	Bucknell	35.9
	110.	Towson	35.4
	111.	San Diego	33.6
	112.	Duquesne	31.8
	113.	Maine	31.4
	114.	Drake	31.0
	115.	Merrimack	29.6
	116.	Mercyhurst	29.2
	117.	New Haven	28.5
	118.	Hampton	28.4
	119.	Northwestern State	28.1
	120.	Presbyterian	27.0
	121.	Wagner	24.7
	122.	Virginia Military	20.0
	123.	Mississippi Valley	18.1
	124.	Stetson	18.1
	125.	Texas Southern	16.8
	126.	Chicago State	15.7
	127.	Morehead State	11.1
	128.	Davidson	8.5