Excel H Sports College FCS Football rankings November 1 2026

This year will be the same as always; we start the year off with the Top 25 and then after each week add teams to our BELOW THE 25 and remove teams.

Our rankings throughout the year will be based on strength of schedule.

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

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

Rank	Team	Record	Last Week	Schedule
1	Tarleton State	9,0	1	N 7 Abilene Christian
1	Youngstown State	7,2	2	N 7 @ Murray
3	Montana State	8,1	3	N 7 @ Idaho State
4	Stephen F Austin	10,0	4	N 7 @ Lamar
5	Illinois State	7,2	5	N 7 @ North Dakota
6	South Dakota State	7,2	6	N 7 @ Northern Iowa
7	South Dakota	7,3	7	OFF
8	North Dakota	6,4	8	N 7 Illinois State
9	Northern Arizona	7,2	9	N 7 @ Cal Poly
10	Austin Peay	7,2	10	N 7 Eastern Kentucky
11	Tennessee Tech	7,2	12	N 7 Virginia Military
12	Montana	6,3	13	N 7 Portland State
13	Mercer	7,2	14	N 7 @ Chattanooga
14	Lamar	7,2	15	N 7 Stephen F Austin
15	Idaho State	6,3	16	N 7 Montana State
16	Princeton	5,2	17	N 7 Dartmouth
17	Weber State	6,4	18	OFF
18	Northern Iowa	4,4	25	N 7 South Dakota State
19	Villanova	5,4	19	N 7 Richmond
20	U Albany	6,3	20	N 7 @ Bryant
21	Lehigh	6,3	21	N 7 Colgate
22	Harvard	6,1	11	N 7 Columbia
23	Monmouth	7,2	NR	N 7 North Carolina A & T
24	South Carolina State	7,2	NR	N 5 @ Howard
25	Campbell	7,2	23	N 7 Stony Brook

BELOW THE 25 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER):

East Tennessee State 6-3, North Alabama 5-4, Brown 4-3, Colgate 5-4, Yale 4-3, Cornell 3-4, Butler 7-2, Central Connecticut 5-3, Dayton 7-1, Chattanooga 6-3, Western Illinois 5-4, St. Thomas 7-2, Lindenwood 4-4, Incarnate Word 5-4, Alcorn State 5-4, Arkansas Pine Bluff 5-4, Alabama A & M 7-2, Abilene Christian 5-4, Idaho 4-5, Dartmouth 4-3