2014 FCS Preseason Rankings

Rank  FCS Team ..................   XWP  OffRtg  Rank  DefRtg  Rank

   1  North Dakota State ........ 0.985   37.95 (  6)   11.44 (  1)
   2  Eastern Illinois .......... 0.889   49.24 (  1)   23.30 ( 14)
   3  Towson .................... 0.836   38.56 (  4)   21.89 (  7)
   4  Villanova ................. 0.797   33.88 ( 13)   21.01 (  5)
   5  New Hampshire ............. 0.769   33.95 ( 11)   22.39 (  8)
   6  William & Mary ............ 0.761   20.78 ( 75)   13.60 (  2)
   7  SE Louisiana State ........ 0.740   33.27 ( 15)   23.22 ( 12)
   8  Jacksonville State ........ 0.735   33.24 ( 16)   23.43 ( 15)
   9  Northern Iowa ............. 0.717   27.40 ( 37)   19.89 (  4)
  10  Eastern Washington ........ 0.707   37.97 (  5)   28.36 ( 42)
  11  South Dakota State ........ 0.697   30.31 ( 21)   22.90 ( 10)
  12  Princeton ................. 0.692   39.51 (  3)   30.29 ( 50)
  13  Liberty ................... 0.691   28.04 ( 33)   21.38 (  6)
  14  Coastal Carolina .......... 0.684   41.44 (  2)   32.21 ( 65)
  15  Montana ................... 0.677   33.92 ( 12)   26.66 ( 30)
  16  Harvard ................... 0.666   33.43 ( 14)   26.79 ( 31)
  17  Missouri State ............ 0.661   29.77 ( 24)   23.97 ( 19)
  18  Southern Illinois ......... 0.655   30.05 ( 22)   24.47 ( 21)
  19  Maine ..................... 0.648   31.02 ( 19)   25.59 ( 24)
  20  Tennessee State ........... 0.625   22.35 ( 64)   19.06 (  3)
  21  McNeese State ............. 0.623   34.02 (  9)   29.33 ( 46)
  22  Fordham ................... 0.603   34.48 (  8)   30.68 ( 53)
  23  Califonia Poly-SLO ........ 0.602   25.40 ( 42)   22.57 (  9)
  24  Bethune-Cookman ........... 0.578   25.37 ( 44)   23.47 ( 16)
  25  Youngstown State .......... 0.575   33.00 ( 17)   30.75 ( 54)
  26  Sam Houston State ......... 0.571   32.98 ( 18)   30.90 ( 57)
  27  Illinois State ............ 0.564   27.47 ( 36)   26.04 ( 26)
  28  Richmond .................. 0.551   28.50 ( 28)   27.60 ( 39)
  29  Abilene Christian ......... 0.546   35.54 (  7)   34.66 ( 76)
  30  Stony Brook ............... 0.540   23.37 ( 58)   23.02 ( 11)
  31  James Madison ............. 0.539   26.99 ( 39)   26.65 ( 29)
  32  Chattanooga ............... 0.537   24.50 ( 45)   24.28 ( 20)
  33  Furman .................... 0.533   23.78 ( 53)   23.69 ( 17)
  34  Sacred Heart .............. 0.533   27.53 ( 34)   27.46 ( 35)
  35  Central Arkansas .......... 0.525   29.40 ( 27)   29.70 ( 47)
  36  Brown ..................... 0.520   26.43 ( 40)   26.90 ( 32)
  37  Samford ................... 0.505   29.51 ( 26)   30.78 ( 55)
  38  Montana State ............. 0.499   29.61 ( 25)   31.17 ( 59)
  39  South Carolina State ...... 0.497   22.00 ( 66)   23.30 ( 13)
  40  Tennessee-Martin .......... 0.496   25.39 ( 43)   26.90 ( 33)
  41  Eastern Kentucky .......... 0.477   24.28 ( 48)   26.57 ( 28)
  42  Dartmouth ................. 0.476   23.26 ( 59)   25.51 ( 23)
  43  Lafayette ................. 0.472   26.12 ( 41)   28.80 ( 44)
  44  Murray State .............. 0.459   28.43 ( 29)   32.00 ( 63)
  45  Portland State ............ 0.447   29.84 ( 23)   34.27 ( 75)
  46  San Diego ................. 0.438   28.24 ( 30)   32.95 ( 67)
  47  Northern Arizona .......... 0.429   21.97 ( 67)   26.12 ( 27)
  48  Delaware .................. 0.427   30.86 ( 20)   36.60 ( 88)
  49  The Citadel ............... 0.404   24.04 ( 50)   29.77 ( 49)
  50  Charleston Southern ....... 0.399   21.95 ( 68)   27.50 ( 36)
  51  Western Illinois .......... 0.395   21.94 ( 69)   27.65 ( 40)
  52  Monmouth NJ ............... 0.389   22.67 ( 62)   28.87 ( 45)
  53  Yale ...................... 0.388   24.21 ( 49)   30.84 ( 56)
  54  Lehigh .................... 0.386   27.52 ( 35)   35.13 ( 78)
  55  Pennsylvania .............. 0.355   22.95 ( 60)   31.05 ( 58)
  56  South Dakota .............. 0.352   19.90 ( 78)   27.18 ( 34)
  57  Tennessee Tech ............ 0.347   23.41 ( 57)   32.14 ( 64)
  58  UNC-Charlotte ............. 0.337   28.05 ( 32)   39.07 (101)
  59  Holy Cross ................ 0.325   23.49 ( 56)   33.59 ( 69)
  60  Wofford ................... 0.314   18.76 ( 87)   27.55 ( 38)
  61  Southern Utah ............. 0.314   16.09 ( 98)   23.76 ( 18)
  62  Lamar ..................... 0.309   23.64 ( 55)   34.84 ( 77)
  63  SE Missouri State ......... 0.309   23.96 ( 51)   35.34 ( 79)
  64  Sacramento State .......... 0.306   22.83 ( 61)   33.87 ( 73)
  65  Bucknell .................. 0.297   17.03 ( 94)   25.97 ( 25)
  66  Stephen F. Austin ......... 0.293   33.99 ( 10)   51.39 (120)
  67  Marist .................... 0.289   21.19 ( 72)   32.57 ( 66)
  68  Northwestern State ........ 0.286   21.90 ( 70)   33.84 ( 71)
  69  Prairie View A&M .......... 0.274   28.22 ( 31)   44.41 (113)
  70  North Carolina A&T ........ 0.269   17.43 ( 92)   28.14 ( 41)
  71  Alcorn State .............. 0.267   23.68 ( 54)   37.94 ( 93)
  72  Alabama State ............. 0.266   22.25 ( 65)   35.83 ( 82)
  73  Gardner-Webb .............. 0.255   15.26 (103)   25.50 ( 22)
  74  Duquesne .................. 0.255   18.31 ( 89)   30.37 ( 51)
  75  Cornell ................... 0.249   24.31 ( 47)   40.47 (106)
  76  Hampton ................... 0.248   21.88 ( 71)   36.62 ( 89)
  77  Bryant .................... 0.242   19.81 ( 79)   33.72 ( 70)
  78  UC Davis .................. 0.239   15.92 ( 99)   27.53 ( 37)
  79  Howard .................... 0.234   20.47 ( 76)   35.39 ( 80)
  80  Nicholls State ............ 0.233   23.84 ( 52)   41.05 (109)
  81  Saint Francis PA .......... 0.233   16.31 ( 97)   28.54 ( 43)
  82  Jacksonville FL ........... 0.232   27.37 ( 38)   47.09 (115)
  83  Western Carolina .......... 0.217   22.41 ( 63)   40.16 (104)
  84  Morgan State .............. 0.214   20.42 ( 77)   36.95 ( 92)
  85  Central Connecticut State . 0.212   24.41 ( 46)   44.07 (111)
  86  Butler .................... 0.211   20.97 ( 74)   38.16 ( 94)
  87  Robert Morris PA .......... 0.210   16.96 ( 95)   31.29 ( 61)
  88  Jackson State ............. 0.202   19.70 ( 81)   36.75 ( 91)
  89  Indiana State ............. 0.197   19.23 ( 83)   36.36 ( 86)
  90  Elon ...................... 0.196   18.94 ( 85)   35.94 ( 85)
  91  Dayton .................... 0.193   18.81 ( 86)   35.93 ( 84)
  92  Idaho State ............... 0.189   21.13 ( 73)   40.61 (107)
  93  Albany NY ................. 0.181   17.08 ( 93)   33.87 ( 72)
  94  Presbyterian .............. 0.181   19.74 ( 80)   38.84 ( 98)
  95  Colgate ................... 0.176   18.17 ( 90)   36.36 ( 87)
  96  VMI ....................... 0.163   18.64 ( 88)   38.64 ( 97)
  97  Southern University ....... 0.157   19.20 ( 84)   40.47 (105)
  98  North Carolina Central .... 0.155   15.59 (100)   33.49 ( 68)
  99  Delaware State ............ 0.148   14.09 (105)   31.24 ( 60)
 100  Rhode Island .............. 0.135   13.64 (106)   31.62 ( 62)
 101  North Dakota .............. 0.127   16.85 ( 96)   39.47 (102)
 102  Northern Colorado ......... 0.115   15.48 (101)   38.22 ( 95)
 103  Mercer .................... 0.112   17.91 ( 91)   44.22 (112)
 104  Florida A&M ............... 0.112   13.32 (108)   33.90 ( 74)
 105  Weber State ............... 0.111   15.47 (102)   38.88 ( 99)
 106  Drake ..................... 0.106   11.43 (110)   30.37 ( 52)
 107  Arkansas-Pine Bluff ....... 0.101   19.36 ( 82)   49.77 (119)
 108  Incarnate Word ............ 0.091   12.56 (109)   35.44 ( 81)
 109  Georgetown DC ............. 0.089   14.24 (104)   40.11 (103)
 110  Austin Peay ............... 0.069   11.10 (113)   36.67 ( 90)
 111  Norfolk State ............. 0.064    8.33 (117)   29.75 ( 48)
 112  Savannah State ............ 0.054   13.32 (107)   49.63 (118)
 113  Wagner .................... 0.054   10.18 (114)   38.97 (100)
 114  Alabama A&M ............... 0.050    8.73 (115)   35.93 ( 83)
 115  Campbell .................. 0.044   11.27 (112)   48.67 (116)
 116  Morehead State ............ 0.034   11.35 (111)   59.03 (123)
 117  Mississippi Valley State .. 0.026    6.46 (120)   41.05 (110)
 118  Grambling State ........... 0.023    7.30 (119)   48.77 (117)
 119  Houston Baptist ........... 0.020    8.49 (116)   61.45 (124)
 120  Valparaiso ................ 0.019    7.56 (118)   57.48 (122)
 121  Columbia .................. 0.018    5.10 (121)   40.77 (108)
 122  Texas Southern ............ 0.018    4.77 (122)   38.57 ( 96)
 123  Stetson ................... 0.005    1.98 (123)   47.01 (114)
 124  Davidson .................. 0.000    0.00 (124)   54.75 (121)