Excel H Sports College FCS Football rankings October 11 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	South Dakota State	5,1	1	O 17 @ North Dakota
2	Tarleton State	6,0	2	O 17  Central Arkansas
3	Youngstown State	5,2	4	O 17 Northern Iowa
4	Montana State	5,1	5	O 17 @ Eastern Washington
5	Stephen F Austin	6,0	7	O 17 @  Nicholls
6	Lehigh	6,0	8	O 17 @ Cornell
7	Illinois State	4,2	9	O 17 @ Southern Illinois
8	Northern Arizona	5,2	13	O 17 Portland State
9	Montana	5,2	3	O 17 Idaho
10	South Dakota	5,2	10	O 17 @ Murray State
11	Northern Iowa	3,2	16	O 17 @ Youngstown State
12	North Dakota	5,2	8	O 17 South Dakota State
13	Lamar	5,1	11	O 17 @ Southeast Louisiana
14	Austin Peay	5,2	12	O 17 @ West Georgia
15	Harvard	4,0	15	O 17 Holy Cross
16	Yale	3,1	19	O 17 Rhode Island
17	Colgate	4,2	18	O 17 Georgetown
18	U C Davis	4,2	21	O 17 @ Southern Utah
19	Princeton	3,1	22	O 17  Brown
20	Tennessee Tech	4,2	24	O 17 Eastern Kentucky
21	Mercer	5,2	NR	O 17 @ Samford
22	Cal Poly	4,3	NR	O 17 @ Northern Coloardo
23	Idaho State	4,2	14	O 17 @ Weber State
24	Grambling	4,2	NR	O 17 @ Alabama A & M
25	Jackson State	5,1	17	o 17 Florida A & M

BELOW THE 25 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER):

Richmond 5-2, Western Carolina 3-4, Columbia 3-1, Brown 2-2, East Tennessee State 5-2, Butler 5-1, Western Florida 3-2, Charleston Southern 3-3, South Carolina State 5-2, Weber State 4-3, Abilene Christian 3-3, Cornell 2-2, Morgan State 5-1, Dayton 4-1, Chattanooga 4-3, Southeast Missouri State 3-3, Alabama A & M 5-2, Stony Brook 4-2, Texas Rio Grande 3-3, Monmouth 4-2, Campbell 5-1, Western Illinois 3-3, North Alabama 4-2