Excel H Sports College FCS Football rankings October 25 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	8,0	1	O 31 Eastern Kentucky
2	Youngstown State	6,2	2	O 31 North Dakota
3	Montana State	7,1	3	O 31 Cal Poly
4	Stephen F Austin	9,0	4	O 31 Houston Christian
5	Illinois State	6,2	5	O 31 Murray State
6	South Dakota State	6,2	7	O 31 South Dakota
7	South Dakota	7,2	9	O 31 @ South Dakota State
8	North Dakota	6,3	6	O 31 @ Youngstown State
9	Northern Arizona	6,2	8	O 31 @ Southern Utah
10	Austin Peay	7,2	10	OFF
11	Harvard	6,0	11	O 30 @ Dartmouth
12	Tennessee Tech	6,2	15	O 31 @ East Tennessee State
13	Montana	5,3	17	O 31 @ Eastern Washington
14	Mercer	6,2	16	O 31 The Citadel
15	Lamar	6,2	20	O 31 @ Texas Rio Grande Valley
16	Idaho State	5,3	25	O31 @ Utah Tech
17	Princeton	4,2	12	O 31 Cornell
18	Weber State	5,4	18	O 31 U C Davis
19	Villanova	4,4	NR	O 31 @ Lafayette
20	U Albany	5,3	NR	O 31 Campbell
21	Lehigh	6,2	14	O 31 Bucknell
22	Southeast Louisiana	4,4	19	O 31 @ East Texas State A & M
23	Campbell	7,1	NR	O 31 @ U Albany
24	East Tennessee State	6,2	NR	O 31 Tennessee Tech
25	Northern Iowa	3,4	13	O 31 Indiana State

BELOW THE 25 (IN NO PARITICULAR ORDER):

Columbia 4-2, Rhode Island 4-4, Jackson State 6-2, Cornell 3-3, Brown 3-3, Central Connecticut 4-3, Dayton 6-1, St. Thomas 5-2, Penn 3-3, Yale 3-3, Butler 6-2, Bethune Cookman 5-3, Dartmouth 3-3, U C Davis 5-3, South Carolina State 6-2, Monmouth 6-2, Richmond 6-2, Colgate 4-4, Chattanooga 5-3, Southeast Missouri State 5-3, Arkansas Pine Bluff 4-3, Western Illinois 4-4, North Alabama 4-4, Incarnate Word 4-4, Idaho 3-5, Indiana State 3-5