Final 2009 FCS Rankings
| Rank | Conference | Team | Record | Votes | Prior Rank | This Week's Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonial | Villanova | 14-1 | 2.7530 | 1 | Villanova 23 Montana 21 |
| 2 | Colonial | William & Mary | 11-3 | 1.9532 | 2 | |
| 3 | Colonial | Richmond | 11-2 | 1.7071 | 3 | |
| 4 | Big Sky | Montana | 14-1 | 1.6712 | 4 | Villanova 23 Montana 21 |
| 5 | Southern | Appalachian St. | 11-3 | 1.4213 | 5 | |
| 6 | Colonial | New Hampshire | 10-3 | 1.2420 | 6 | |
| 7 | Missouri Valley | So. Illinois | 11-2 | 1.1525 | 7 | |
| 8 | Southern | Elon | 9-3 | 1.0578 | 8 | |
| 9 | Missouri Valley | Northern Iowa | 7-4 | 0.9723 | 11 | |
| 10 | Ivy | Pennsylvania | 8-2 | 0.9600 | 10 | |
| 11 | Ohio Valley | Jacksonville St. | 8-3 | 0.9410 | 9 | |
| 12 | Patriot | Holy Cross | 9-3 | 0.8763 | 15 | |
| 13 | Missouri Valley | South Dakota St. | 8-4 | 0.8658 | 16 | |
| 14 | Colonial | James Madison | 6-5 | 0.8656 | 13 | |
| 15 | Mid-Eastern | S. Carolina St. | 10-2 | 0.8461 | 12 | |
| 16 | Colonial | Delaware | 6-5 | 0.8439 | 17 | |
| 17 | Big South | Liberty | 8-3 | 0.8351 | 14 | |
| 18 | Patriot | Lafayette | 8-3 | 0.7837 | 18 | |
| 19 | Big Sky | Weber St. | 7-5 | 0.7284 | 20 | |
| 20 | Big Sky | E. Washington | 8-4 | 0.7231 | 19 | |
| 21 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin | 10-3 | 0.7113 | 22 | |
| 22 | Southern | Chattanooga | 6-5 | 0.7061 | 23 | |
| 23 | Southland | McNeese St | 9-3 | 0.6823 | 21 | |
| 24 | Colonial | Massachusetts | 5-6 | 0.6788 | 24 | |
| 25 | Ivy | Harvard | 7-3 | 0.6435 | 27 | |
| 26 | SWAC | Prairie View A&M | 9-1 | 0.6391 | 25 | |
| 27 | Great West | UC-Davis | 6-5 | 0.6310 | 31 | |
| 28 | Patriot | Colgate | 9-2 | 0.6234 | 30 | |
| 29 | Southern | Furman | 6-5 | 0.6081 | 26 | |
| 30 | Southland | Texas St. | 7-4 | 0.5978 | 28 | |
| 31 | Ohio Valley | Eastern Illinois | 8-4 | 0.5955 | 32 | |
| 32 | Big Sky | N. Arizona | 5-6 | 0.5951 | 29 | |
| 33 | Big Sky | Montana St. | 7-4 | 0.5766 | 33 | |
| 34 | Colonial | Maine | 5-6 | 0.5682 | 34 | |
| 35 | Colonial | Hofstra | 5-6 | 0.5512 | 35 | |
| 36 | Ivy | Brown | 6-4 | 0.5230 | 37 | |
| 37 | Big South | Charleston So. | 6-5 | 0.5044 | 39 | |
| 38 | Southern | Samford | 5-6 | 0.4963 | 36 | |
| 39 | Northeast | Central Conn St. | 9-3 | 0.4791 | 40 | |
| 40 | Mid-Eastern | Florida A&M | 8-3 | 0.4779 | 38 | |
| 41 | Great West | Southern Utah | 5-6 | 0.4717 | 43 | |
| 42 | Big South | Stony Brook | 6-5 | 0.4715 | 44 | |
| 43 | Great West | South Dakota | 5-5 | 0.4685 | 45 | |
| 44 | Southern | Georgia Southern | 5-6 | 0.4605 | 41 | |
| 45 | Missouri Valley | Illinois St. | 6-5 | 0.4588 | 47 | |
| 46 | SWAC | Grambling St. | 7-4 | 0.4550 | 42 | |
| 47 | Patriot | Lehigh | 4-7 | 0.4534 | 48 | |
| 48 | Missouri Valley | Youngstown St. | 6-5 | 0.4515 | 49 | |
| 49 | Missouri Valley | Missouri St. | 6-5 | 0.4446 | 50 | |
| 50 | Southern | The Citadel | 4-7 | 0.4273 | 46 | |
| 51 | Great West | Cal Poly SLO | 4-7 | 0.4272 | 51 | |
| 52 | Mid-Eastern | Norfolk St. | 7-4 | 0.4099 | 52 | |
| 53 | Ohio Valley | Eastern Kentucky | 5-6 | 0.4058 | 53 | |
| 54 | Great West | North Dakota | 6-5 | 0.4031 | 55 | |
| 55 | Northeast | Albany NY | 7-4 | 0.4030 | 56 | |
| 56 | Southland | SE Louisiana St | 6-5 | 0.4010 | 54 | |
| 57 | Big Sky | Sacramento St. | 5-6 | 0.3939 | 59 | |
| 58 | Pioneer | Butler | 11-1 | 0.3918 | 57 | |
| 59 | Southern | Wofford | 3-8 | 0.3854 | 60 | |
| 60 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee Tech | 6-5 | 0.3834 | 58 | |
| 61 | Pioneer | Dayton | 9-2 | 0.3817 | 62 | |
| 62 | Southland | Central Arkansas | 5-7 | 0.3768 | 61 | |
| 63 | Ind | Old Dominion | 9-2 | 0.3660 | 63 | |
| 64 | Patriot | Fordham | 5-6 | 0.3577 | 65 | |
| 65 | Ivy | Columbia | 4-6 | 0.3551 | 66 | |
| 66 | Colonial | Northeastern | 3-8 | 0.3545 | 64 | |
| 67 | Ivy | Yale | 4-6 | 0.3447 | 67 | |
| 68 | Missouri Valley | North Dakota St. | 3-8 | 0.3330 | 69 | |
| 69 | Big South | Coastal Carolina | 5-6 | 0.3237 | 68 | |
| 70 | Big South | Gardner-Webb | 6-5 | 0.3150 | 70 | |
| 71 | SWAC | Texas Southern | 6-5 | 0.3149 | 71 | |
| 72 | Pioneer | Drake | 8-3 | 0.3093 | 74 | |
| 73 | Pioneer | Jacksonville | 7-4 | 0.3091 | 75 | |
| 74 | Colonial | Rhode Island | 1-10 | 0.3046 | 76 | |
| 75 | Southern | Western Carolina | 2-9 | 0.3041 | 72 | |
| 76 | SWAC | Alabama A&M | 7-5 | 0.3034 | 73 | |
| 77 | Colonial | Towson | 2-9 | 0.2835 | 80 | |
| 78 | Big Sky | N. Colorado | 3-8 | 0.2824 | 78 | |
| 79 | Patriot | Bucknell | 4-7 | 0.2813 | 83 | |
| 80 | Northeast | Robert Morris | 5-6 | 0.2760 | 84 | |
| 81 | Southland | Sam Houston St | 5-6 | 0.2750 | 79 | |
| 82 | SWAC | Southern U. | 6-5 | 0.2705 | 82 | |
| 83 | Mid-Eastern | Hampton | 5-6 | 0.2669 | 81 | |
| 84 | Mid-Eastern | Delaware St | 4-6 | 0.2622 | 85 | |
| 85 | Ohio Valley | SE Missouri St. | 2-9 | 0.2618 | 77 | |
| 86 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee St. | 4-7 | 0.2592 | 86 | |
| 87 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee-Martin | 5-6 | 0.2552 | 87 | |
| 88 | Ivy | Princeton | 4-6 | 0.2543 | 91 | |
| 89 | Southland | Nicholls St | 3-8 | 0.2535 | 89 | |
| 90 | Big South | VMI | 2-9 | 0.2486 | 90 | |
| 91 | Northeast | Monmouth NJ | 5-6 | 0.2480 | 92 | |
| 92 | Mid-Eastern | Morgan St. | 6-5 | 0.2472 | 88 | |
| 93 | Ivy | Dartmouth | 2-8 | 0.2444 | 94 | |
| 94 | Ind | Bryant | 5-6 | 0.2365 | 97 | |
| 95 | Ohio Valley | Austin Peay | 4-7 | 0.2350 | 95 | |
| 96 | Big Sky | Portland St. | 2-9 | 0.2330 | 93 | |
| 97 | Pioneer | Marist | 7-4 | 0.2322 | 98 | |
| 98 | Northeast | Wagner | 6-5 | 0.2319 | 99 | |
| 99 | SWAC | Alcorn St. | 3-6 | 0.2275 | 96 | |
| 100 | Big Sky | Idaho St. | 1-10 | 0.2233 | 101 | |
| 101 | Mid-Eastern | N. Carolina A&T | 4-6 | 0.2201 | 100 | |
| 102 | SWAC | Ark.-Pine Bluff | 5-5 | 0.2156 | 102 | |
| 103 | Ind | NC Central | 4-7 | 0.2074 | 103 | |
| 104 | SWAC | Jackson St | 3-7 | 0.2025 | 104 | |
| 105 | Ivy | Cornell | 2-8 | 0.2003 | 105 | |
| 106 | Missouri Valley | Western Illinois | 1-10 | 0.1954 | 106 | |
| 107 | Mid-Eastern | Bethune-Cookman | 5-6 | 0.1840 | 107 | |
| 108 | Ohio Valley | Murray St. | 3-8 | 0.1819 | 108 | |
| 109 | Pioneer | San Diego | 4-7 | 0.1738 | 110 | |
| 110 | Southland | Northwestern St | 0-11 | 0.1705 | 109 | |
| 111 | Northeast | Duquesne | 3-8 | 0.1609 | 111 | |
| 112 | Northeast | St Francis PA | 2-9 | 0.1608 | 112 | |
| 113 | Pioneer | Davidson | 3-7 | 0.1518 | 113 | |
| 114 | Northeast | Sacred Heart | 2-8 | 0.1505 | 114 | |
| 115 | SWAC | Alabama St. | 4-7 | 0.1431 | 115 | |
| 116 | Patriot | Georgetown | 0-11 | 0.1424 | 118 | |
| 117 | Missouri Valley | Indiana St. | 1-10 | 0.1420 | 119 | |
| 118 | Big South | Presbyterian | 0-11 | 0.1408 | 117 | |
| 119 | Mid-Eastern | Winston-Salem St. | 1-10 | 0.1390 | 116 | |
| 120 | Mid-Eastern | Howard | 2-9 | 0.1333 | 120 | |
| 121 | SWAC | Miss. Valley St. | 3-8 | 0.1194 | 121 | |
| 122 | Pioneer | Morehead St. | 3-8 | 0.1149 | 122 | |
| 123 | Pioneer | Campbell | 3-8 | 0.1102 | 123 | |
| 124 | Ind | Savannah St. | 2-8 | 0.0987 | 124 | |
| 125 | Pioneer | Valparaiso | 1-10 | 0.0637 | 125 |