FCS Rankings as of December 19, 2011
| Rank | Conference | Team | Record | Votes | Last Week's Rank | This Week's Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missouri Valley | North Dakota St. | 13-1 | 1.9295 | 1 | North Dakota St. 35 Georgia Southern 7 |
| 2 | Southland | Sam Houston St | 14-0 | 1.6052 | 4 | Sam Houston St 31 Montana 28 |
| 3 | Missouri Valley | Northern Iowa | 10-3 | 1.2279 | 2 | |
| 4 | Big Sky | Montana | 11-3 | 1.1707 | 5 | Sam Houston St 31 Montana 28 |
| 5 | Southern | Georgia Southern | 11-3 | 1.0985 | 3 | North Dakota St. 35 Georgia Southern 7 |
| 6 | Missouri Valley | Illinois St. | 7-4 | 0.8935 | 7 | |
| 7 | Missouri Valley | Youngstown St. | 6-5 | 0.8841 | 8 | |
| 8 | Missouri Valley | Indiana St. | 6-5 | 0.7845 | 12 | |
| 9 | Southern | Wofford | 8-4 | 0.7488 | 9 | |
| 10 | Ivy | Harvard | 9-1 | 0.7069 | 10 | |
| 11 | Patriot | Lehigh | 11-2 | 0.7020 | 6 | |
| 12 | Colonial | Maine | 9-4 | 0.6849 | 11 | |
| 13 | Big Sky | Montana St. | 10-3 | 0.6747 | 13 | |
| 14 | Colonial | Towson | 9-3 | 0.6355 | 14 | |
| 15 | Southland | Central Arkansas | 9-4 | 0.6224 | 21 | |
| 16 | Southern | Appalachian St. | 8-4 | 0.6118 | 15 | |
| 17 | Colonial | Old Dominion | 10-3 | 0.6102 | 17 | |
| 18 | Ohio Valley | Eastern Kentucky | 7-5 | 0.6097 | 19 | |
| 19 | Colonial | New Hampshire | 8-4 | 0.6026 | 16 | |
| 20 | Colonial | James Madison | 8-5 | 0.5870 | 20 | |
| 21 | Southern | Chattanooga | 5-6 | 0.5804 | 18 | |
| 22 | Great West | Southern Utah | 6-5 | 0.5757 | 23 | |
| 23 | Great West | Cal Poly SLO | 6-5 | 0.5666 | 24 | |
| 24 | Big Sky | E. Washington | 6-5 | 0.5480 | 26 | |
| 25 | Missouri Valley | South Dakota St. | 5-6 | 0.5477 | 25 | |
| 26 | Southern | Furman | 6-5 | 0.5450 | 22 | |
| 27 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin | 6-5 | 0.5273 | 28 | |
| 28 | Big South | Stony Brook | 9-4 | 0.5264 | 27 | |
| 29 | Missouri Valley | So. Illinois | 4-7 | 0.5231 | 29 | |
| 30 | Big Sky | Portland St. | 7-4 | 0.5081 | 32 | |
| 31 | Great West | South Dakota | 6-5 | 0.4950 | 31 | |
| 32 | Southland | Northwestern St | 5-6 | 0.4933 | 34 | |
| 33 | Missouri Valley | Missouri St. | 2-9 | 0.4763 | 35 | |
| 34 | Colonial | Delaware | 7-4 | 0.4699 | 30 | |
| 35 | Southern | Samford | 6-5 | 0.4547 | 33 | |
| 36 | Great West | North Dakota | 8-3 | 0.4541 | 37 | |
| 37 | Ohio Valley | Murray St. | 7-4 | 0.4447 | 38 | |
| 38 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee Tech | 7-4 | 0.4429 | 39 | |
| 39 | Southern | The Citadel | 4-7 | 0.4271 | 36 | |
| 40 | Big Sky | Weber St. | 5-6 | 0.4189 | 43 | |
| 41 | Big South | Liberty | 7-4 | 0.4176 | 40 | |
| 42 | Big Sky | Sacramento St. | 4-7 | 0.4166 | 45 | |
| 43 | Ivy | Brown | 7-3 | 0.4077 | 41 | |
| 44 | Ohio Valley | Jacksonville St. | 7-4 | 0.4056 | 44 | |
| 45 | Patriot | Holy Cross | 6-5 | 0.3827 | 42 | |
| 46 | Southland | McNeese St | 6-5 | 0.3527 | 55 | |
| 47 | Patriot | Georgetown | 8-3 | 0.3471 | 46 | |
| 48 | Colonial | Massachusetts | 5-6 | 0.3465 | 47 | |
| 49 | Mid-Eastern | Norfolk St. | 9-3 | 0.3435 | 48 | |
| 50 | Ind | Texas St. | 6-6 | 0.3431 | 58 | |
| 51 | Big Sky | N. Arizona | 4-7 | 0.3429 | 56 | |
| 52 | Mid-Eastern | Bethune-Cookman | 8-3 | 0.3427 | 50 | |
| 53 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee-Martin | 5-6 | 0.3408 | 51 | |
| 54 | SWAC | Jackson St. | 9-2 | 0.3392 | 52 | |
| 55 | Northeast | Albany | 8-4 | 0.3371 | 49 | |
| 56 | Missouri Valley | Western Illinois | 2-9 | 0.3277 | 62 | |
| 57 | Big South | Coastal Carolina | 7-4 | 0.3224 | 54 | |
| 58 | Great West | UC-Davis | 4-7 | 0.3183 | 61 | |
| 59 | Northeast | Duquesne | 9-2 | 0.3169 | 59 | |
| 60 | Southern | Elon | 5-6 | 0.3160 | 53 | |
| 61 | Colonial | William & Mary | 5-6 | 0.3106 | 57 | |
| 62 | Colonial | Rhode Island | 3-8 | 0.3012 | 60 | |
| 63 | Ind | South Alabama | 6-4 | 0.2954 | 64 | |
| 64 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee St. | 5-6 | 0.2818 | 66 | |
| 65 | Pioneer | Drake | 9-2 | 0.2760 | 68 | |
| 66 | Mid-Eastern | S. Carolina St. | 7-4 | 0.2739 | 67 | |
| 67 | SWAC | Alabama St. | 8-3 | 0.2718 | 69 | |
| 68 | Colonial | Richmond | 3-8 | 0.2670 | 65 | |
| 69 | Patriot | Bucknell | 6-5 | 0.2669 | 63 | |
| 70 | Ohio Valley | Eastern Illinois | 2-9 | 0.2610 | 72 | |
| 71 | Mid-Eastern | Hampton | 7-4 | 0.2448 | 74 | |
| 72 | Ivy | Yale | 5-5 | 0.2446 | 70 | |
| 73 | Northeast | Bryant | 7-4 | 0.2436 | 77 | |
| 74 | Big South | Presbyterian | 4-7 | 0.2416 | 75 | |
| 75 | Ivy | Cornell | 5-5 | 0.2416 | 71 | |
| 76 | Patriot | Lafayette | 4-7 | 0.2405 | 76 | |
| 77 | Ind | UTSA | 4-6 | 0.2404 | 83 | |
| 78 | Ivy | Dartmouth | 5-5 | 0.2381 | 73 | |
| 79 | Mid-Eastern | Florida A&M | 7-4 | 0.2349 | 78 | |
| 80 | Pioneer | San Diego | 9-2 | 0.2349 | 80 | |
| 81 | Southland | SE Louisiana St | 3-8 | 0.2332 | 84 | |
| 82 | Pioneer | Jacksonville | 7-4 | 0.2264 | 82 | |
| 83 | Patriot | Colgate | 5-6 | 0.2171 | 79 | |
| 84 | SWAC | Grambling St. | 8-4 | 0.2148 | 86 | |
| 85 | Ivy | Pennsylvania | 5-5 | 0.2133 | 81 | |
| 86 | Colonial | Villanova | 2-9 | 0.1959 | 85 | |
| 87 | Mid-Eastern | N. Carolina A&T | 4-6 | 0.1930 | 88 | |
| 88 | Ind | Georgia St. | 3-8 | 0.1914 | 89 | |
| 89 | SWAC | Alabama A&M | 8-4 | 0.1909 | 87 | |
| 90 | Ohio Valley | SE Missouri St. | 3-8 | 0.1872 | 90 | |
| 91 | Ohio Valley | Austin Peay | 3-8 | 0.1803 | 91 | |
| 92 | Southland | Lamar | 4-7 | 0.1746 | 97 | |
| 93 | Big Sky | Idaho St. | 2-9 | 0.1732 | 94 | |
| 94 | Pioneer | Campbell | 6-5 | 0.1702 | 92 | |
| 95 | Southland | Nicholls St | 1-10 | 0.1681 | 98 | |
| 96 | Big South | Gardner-Webb | 4-7 | 0.1631 | 96 | |
| 97 | Northeast | Monmouth | 5-6 | 0.1630 | 93 | |
| 98 | Northeast | Central Conn St. | 4-7 | 0.1603 | 95 | |
| 99 | Pioneer | Dayton | 6-5 | 0.1496 | 101 | |
| 100 | Mid-Eastern | Howard | 5-6 | 0.1490 | 99 | |
| 101 | Big Sky | N. Colorado | 0-11 | 0.1472 | 103 | |
| 102 | Northeast | Sacred Heart | 5-6 | 0.1467 | 100 | |
| 103 | Pioneer | Butler | 5-6 | 0.1409 | 105 | |
| 104 | SWAC | Prairie View A&M | 5-6 | 0.1387 | 106 | |
| 105 | Northeast | Wagner | 4-7 | 0.1377 | 104 | |
| 106 | Southern | Western Carolina | 1-10 | 0.1375 | 102 | |
| 107 | SWAC | Ark.-Pine Bluff | 6-5 | 0.1325 | 109 | |
| 108 | SWAC | Southern | 4-7 | 0.1319 | 108 | |
| 109 | Northeast | St. Francis | 2-9 | 0.1292 | 112 | |
| 110 | Ivy | Columbia | 1-9 | 0.1261 | 107 | |
| 111 | Pioneer | Marist | 4-7 | 0.1238 | 111 | |
| 112 | Mid-Eastern | Morgan St. | 5-6 | 0.1208 | 113 | |
| 113 | Ivy | Princeton | 1-9 | 0.1181 | 110 | |
| 114 | Big South | Charleston So. | 0-11 | 0.1163 | 114 | |
| 115 | Pioneer | Morehead St. | 3-8 | 0.1121 | 117 | |
| 116 | Mid-Eastern | NC Central | 2-9 | 0.1119 | 116 | |
| 117 | Patriot | Fordham | 1-10 | 0.1068 | 115 | |
| 118 | Big South | VMI | 2-9 | 0.1024 | 118 | |
| 119 | SWAC | Texas Southern | 3-7 | 0.0991 | 120 | |
| 120 | Northeast | Robert Morris | 2-9 | 0.0980 | 119 | |
| 121 | Pioneer | Davidson | 4-7 | 0.0848 | 121 | |
| 122 | SWAC | Alcorn St. | 2-8 | 0.0816 | 123 | |
| 123 | Mid-Eastern | Delaware St | 3-8 | 0.0792 | 122 |