Excel H Sports College Football FCS Rankings October 13 2025

We have our own, in-house strength of schedule method.

Rank	Name	Record	Last Week	Schedule
1	South Dakota State	6-0	1	Murray State 10/18
2	North Dakota State	6-0	2	Indiana State 10/18
3	Tarleton State	7-0	3	West Georgia 10/18
4	Montana	6-0	4	Sacred Heart 10/18
5	Montana State	5-2	5	OFF
6	U C Davis	5-1	7	OFF
7	North Dakota	5-1	8	Southern Illinois 10/18
8	Lehigh	7-0	9	OFF
9	Harvard	4-0	10	Merrimack 10/18
10	Illinois State	4-2	11	Youngstown State 10/18
11	Southern Illinois	4-2	6	North Dakota 10/18
12	Tennessee Tech	6-0	12	Lindenwood 10/18
13	Jackson State	5-1	16	OFF
14	Rhode Island	5-2	14	U Albany 10/18
15	Youngstown State	3-3	13	Illinois State 10/18
16	Stephen F Austin	4-2	19	Nicholls 10/18
17	Villanova	4-2	20	Hampton 10/18
18	Southeast Louisiana	4-2	21	Northwestern State 10/18
19	South Dakota	4-3	23	Northern Iowa 10/18
20	Northern Arizona	4-3	18	OFF
21	Brown	3-1	24	Princeton 10/18
22	Abilene Christian	4-3	NR	Southern Utah 10/18
23	Lamar	5-1	NR	U T Rio Grande 10/18
24	Mercer	5-1	29	OFF
25	Richmond	4-3	NR	Holy Cross 10/18
26	North Carolina Central	5-2	NR	OFF
27	Dartmouth	3-1	NR	Fordham 10/18
28	Yale	2-2	17	Stonehill 10/18
29	Monmouth	5-1	26	Stony Brook 10/18
30	Elon	4-3	28	William & Mary 10/18
30	Alabama State	4-2	30	OFF

BELOW THE 30 (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER):

Austin Peay 4-3, Cal Poly 3-4, Dayton 5-1, Delaware State 4-3, Gardner Webb 4-2, Grambling 3-3, Northern Colorado 3-3, Pennsylvania 3-1, Prairie View A & M 4-2, Presbyterian 6-0, Sacramento State 3-3, Sacred Heart 5-2, Texas Southern 3-3, U T Rio Grande 5-1, West Georgia 5-2

Steven Stremming is a member of the Football Writers Association of America