FCS Rankings as of November 9, 2009
| Rank | Conference | Team | Record | Votes | Last Week's Rank | This Week's Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonial | Villanova | 8-1 | 2.4242 | 2 | Villanova 21 Richmond 20 |
| 2 | Colonial | Richmond | 8-1 | 1.8454 | 1 | Villanova 21 Richmond 20 |
| 3 | Colonial | William & Mary | 8-1 | 1.8297 | 3 | William & Mary 31 Towson 0 |
| 4 | Missouri Valley | So. Illinois | 8-1 | 1.4971 | 8 | So. Illinois 34 South Dakota St. 15 |
| 5 | Colonial | New Hampshire | 8-1 | 1.3442 | 6 | New Hampshire 55 Rhode Island 42 |
| 6 | Big Sky | Montana | 9-0 | 1.3323 | 4 | Montana 12 Idaho St. 10 |
| 7 | Missouri Valley | Northern Iowa | 6-3 | 1.2036 | 7 | Northern Iowa 28 Youngstown St. 7 |
| 8 | Ohio Valley | Jacksonville St. | 6-3 | 1.0382 | 9 | Jacksonville St. 24 SE Missouri St. 3 |
| 9 | Missouri Valley | South Dakota St. | 7-2 | 1.0281 | 5 | So. Illinois 34 South Dakota St. 15 |
| 10 | Big South | Liberty | 7-2 | 0.9259 | 13 | Liberty 54 VMI 14 |
| 11 | Southern | Elon | 8-1 | 0.8940 | 15 | Elon 42 Western Carolina 17 |
| 12 | Colonial | Delaware | 6-3 | 0.8896 | 12 | Delaware 28 Hofstra 24 |
| 13 | Mid-Eastern | S. Carolina St. | 8-1 | 0.8862 | 10 | S. Carolina St. 43 Howard 13 |
| 14 | Ohio Valley | Eastern Illinois | 7-2 | 0.8518 | 11 | |
| 15 | Colonial | Massachusetts | 5-4 | 0.8492 | 14 | Massachusetts 37 Northeastern 7 |
| 16 | Patriot | Lafayette | 8-1 | 0.8313 | 19 | Lafayette 56 Colgate 49 |
| 17 | Southern | Appalachian St. | 7-2 | 0.8179 | 18 | Appalachian St. 35 Chattanooga 20 |
| 18 | Colonial | James Madison | 4-5 | 0.8086 | 17 | James Madison 22 Maine 14 |
| 19 | Patriot | Holy Cross | 8-1 | 0.7649 | 20 | Holy Cross 24 Lehigh 20 |
| 20 | Ivy | Pennsylvania | 6-2 | 0.7396 | 27 | Pennsylvania 42 Princeton 7 |
| 21 | Southland | Texas St. | 6-3 | 0.7313 | 26 | Texas St. 27 Central Arkansas 24 |
| 22 | Big Sky | N. Arizona | 5-4 | 0.7216 | 16 | Mississippi 38 N. Arizona 14 |
| 23 | Great West | UC-Davis | 5-4 | 0.7113 | 21 | UC-Davis 23 Cal Poly SLO 10 |
| 24 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin | 7-2 | 0.6971 | 22 | Stephen F. Austin 31 Nicholls St 27 |
| 25 | Southland | McNeese St | 7-2 | 0.6597 | 30 | McNeese St 63 Sam Houston St 42 |
| 26 | Big Sky | E. Washington | 6-3 | 0.6508 | 25 | |
| 27 | Big Sky | Weber St. | 5-4 | 0.6127 | 28 | |
| 28 | Mid-Eastern | Florida A&M | 7-2 | 0.6117 | 29 | Florida A&M 31 N. Carolina A&T 27 |
| 29 | Ivy | Harvard | 6-2 | 0.5946 | 37 | Harvard 34 Columbia 14 |
| 30 | Great West | Southern Utah | 4-5 | 0.5840 | 23 | South Dakota 45 Southern Utah 21 |
| 31 | SWAC | Prairie View A&M | 6-1 | 0.5818 | 31 | Prairie View A&M 33 Alabama A&M 27 |
| 32 | Southland | SE Louisiana St | 6-3 | 0.5523 | 42 | SE Louisiana St 27 Northwestern St 0 |
| 33 | Big Sky | Montana St. | 6-3 | 0.5483 | 39 | Montana St. 28 Portland St. 10 |
| 34 | Great West | Cal Poly SLO | 4-5 | 0.5465 | 24 | UC-Davis 23 Cal Poly SLO 10 |
| 35 | Ivy | Brown | 5-3 | 0.5375 | 45 | Brown 35 Yale 21 |
| 36 | Ohio Valley | Eastern Kentucky | 5-4 | 0.5320 | 32 | Kentucky 37 Eastern Kentucky 12 |
| 37 | Colonial | Maine | 4-5 | 0.5314 | 33 | James Madison 22 Maine 14 |
| 38 | Patriot | Colgate | 8-2 | 0.5266 | 36 | Lafayette 56 Colgate 49 |
| 39 | Colonial | Hofstra | 4-5 | 0.5221 | 35 | Delaware 28 Hofstra 24 |
| 40 | Great West | South Dakota | 4-5 | 0.5016 | 52 | South Dakota 45 Southern Utah 21 |
| 41 | Missouri Valley | Missouri St. | 6-4 | 0.4987 | 40 | Missouri St. 31 Indiana St. 7 |
| 42 | Big South | Charleston So. | 4-5 | 0.4973 | 41 | Charleston So. 46 Presbyterian 32 |
| 43 | Southland | Central Arkansas | 5-4 | 0.4727 | 44 | Texas St. 27 Central Arkansas 24 |
| 44 | Northeast | Central Conn St. | 7-2 | 0.4621 | 34 | Wagner 32 Central Conn St. 27 |
| 45 | Missouri Valley | Illinois St. | 5-4 | 0.4594 | 47 | Illinois St. 25 Western Illinois 7 |
| 46 | Missouri Valley | Youngstown St. | 4-5 | 0.4583 | 43 | Northern Iowa 28 Youngstown St. 7 |
| 47 | SWAC | Grambling St. | 5-4 | 0.4364 | 38 | Ark.-Pine Bluff 49 Grambling St. 42 |
| 48 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee Tech | 5-4 | 0.4206 | 46 | Georgia 38 Tennessee Tech 0 |
| 49 | Big South | Stony Brook | 5-4 | 0.4091 | 50 | |
| 50 | Great West | North Dakota | 5-4 | 0.4089 | 48 | North Dakota 30 Southern Oregon 24 |
| 51 | Mid-Eastern | Norfolk St. | 5-4 | 0.3975 | 54 | Norfolk St. 31 Morgan St. 23 |
| 52 | Missouri Valley | North Dakota St. | 2-7 | 0.3875 | 51 | |
| 53 | Southern | Wofford | 3-6 | 0.3800 | 61 | Wofford 43 The Citadel 17 |
| 54 | Big South | Coastal Carolina | 4-5 | 0.3747 | 60 | Coastal Carolina 26 Gardner-Webb 21 |
| 55 | Southern | Furman | 4-5 | 0.3687 | 63 | Auburn 63 Furman 31 |
| 56 | Southern | Samford | 4-5 | 0.3607 | 75 | Samford 31 Georgia Southern 10 |
| 57 | Northeast | Albany NY | 6-4 | 0.3578 | 49 | Robert Morris 13 Albany NY 10 |
| 58 | Big Sky | Sacramento St. | 4-5 | 0.3540 | 55 | Sacramento St. 38 N. Colorado 35 |
| 59 | Southern | Georgia Southern | 4-5 | 0.3498 | 53 | Samford 31 Georgia Southern 10 |
| 60 | Pioneer | Butler | 9-0 | 0.3466 | 68 | Butler 31 Dayton 28 |
| 61 | Pioneer | Drake | 8-1 | 0.3459 | 66 | Drake 49 Campbell 6 |
| 62 | SWAC | Southern U. | 5-3 | 0.3331 | 64 | |
| 63 | Colonial | Rhode Island | 1-8 | 0.3294 | 78 | New Hampshire 55 Rhode Island 42 |
| 64 | Southern | The Citadel | 4-5 | 0.3288 | 57 | Wofford 43 The Citadel 17 |
| 65 | Southern | Chattanooga | 5-4 | 0.3287 | 69 | Appalachian St. 35 Chattanooga 20 |
| 66 | Ivy | Yale | 4-4 | 0.3230 | 56 | Brown 35 Yale 21 |
| 67 | SWAC | Texas Southern | 4-4 | 0.3188 | 71 | Texas Southern 30 Miss. Valley St. 7 |
| 68 | Big South | Gardner-Webb | 5-4 | 0.3183 | 58 | Coastal Carolina 26 Gardner-Webb 21 |
| 69 | Patriot | Fordham | 4-5 | 0.3119 | 74 | Fordham 21 Bucknell 7 |
| 70 | Colonial | Northeastern | 1-8 | 0.3023 | 65 | Massachusetts 37 Northeastern 7 |
| 71 | SWAC | Alabama A&M | 5-4 | 0.3001 | 67 | Prairie View A&M 33 Alabama A&M 27 |
| 72 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee-Martin | 4-5 | 0.2988 | 80 | Tennessee-Martin 28 Tennessee St. 7 |
| 73 | Ohio Valley | SE Missouri St. | 1-8 | 0.2987 | 59 | Jacksonville St. 24 SE Missouri St. 3 |
| 74 | Ind | Old Dominion | 8-2 | 0.2938 | 84 | Old Dominion 42 NC Central 28 |
| 75 | Patriot | Lehigh | 2-7 | 0.2930 | 79 | Holy Cross 24 Lehigh 20 |
| 76 | Northeast | Wagner | 6-3 | 0.2876 | 94 | Wagner 32 Central Conn St. 27 |
| 77 | Mid-Eastern | Delaware St | 3-5 | 0.2802 | 70 | Delaware St 24 Winston-Salem St. 21 |
| 78 | Big Sky | N. Colorado | 3-7 | 0.2791 | 73 | Sacramento St. 38 N. Colorado 35 |
| 79 | Ohio Valley | Austin Peay | 3-6 | 0.2783 | 62 | Murray St. 27 Austin Peay 17 |
| 80 | Colonial | Towson | 2-7 | 0.2766 | 85 | William & Mary 31 Towson 0 |
| 81 | SWAC | Ark.-Pine Bluff | 5-3 | 0.2617 | 100 | Ark.-Pine Bluff 49 Grambling St. 42 |
| 82 | Southland | Sam Houston St | 4-5 | 0.2599 | 83 | McNeese St 63 Sam Houston St 42 |
| 83 | Ohio Valley | Murray St. | 3-6 | 0.2573 | 87 | Murray St. 27 Austin Peay 17 |
| 84 | Northeast | Monmouth NJ | 5-4 | 0.2552 | 92 | Monmouth NJ 24 St Francis PA 10 |
| 85 | Big Sky | Portland St. | 2-8 | 0.2545 | 77 | Montana St. 28 Portland St. 10 |
| 86 | Pioneer | Dayton | 7-2 | 0.2540 | 82 | Butler 31 Dayton 28 |
| 87 | Big South | VMI | 2-7 | 0.2536 | 76 | Liberty 54 VMI 14 |
| 88 | Ivy | Columbia | 2-6 | 0.2481 | 81 | Harvard 34 Columbia 14 |
| 89 | SWAC | Jackson St | 3-5 | 0.2468 | 89 | Jackson St 19 Alabama St. 7 |
| 90 | Mid-Eastern | Morgan St. | 5-4 | 0.2424 | 86 | Norfolk St. 31 Morgan St. 23 |
| 91 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee St. | 3-6 | 0.2414 | 72 | Tennessee-Martin 28 Tennessee St. 7 |
| 92 | Missouri Valley | Western Illinois | 1-8 | 0.2284 | 88 | Illinois St. 25 Western Illinois 7 |
| 93 | Ivy | Dartmouth | 2-6 | 0.2284 | 93 | Dartmouth 20 Cornell 17 |
| 94 | SWAC | Alcorn St. | 2-5 | 0.2253 | 90 | |
| 95 | Mid-Eastern | N. Carolina A&T | 4-5 | 0.2181 | 98 | Florida A&M 31 N. Carolina A&T 27 |
| 96 | Mid-Eastern | Hampton | 4-5 | 0.2089 | 91 | Bethune-Cookman 27 Hampton 24 |
| 97 | Southland | Nicholls St | 1-8 | 0.2060 | 104 | Stephen F. Austin 31 Nicholls St 27 |
| 98 | Southland | Northwestern St | 0-9 | 0.2015 | 95 | SE Louisiana St 27 Northwestern St 0 |
| 99 | Big Sky | Idaho St. | 0-10 | 0.1992 | 108 | Montana 12 Idaho St. 10 |
| 100 | Pioneer | Jacksonville | 5-4 | 0.1937 | 105 | Jacksonville 49 Valparaiso 20 |
| 101 | Mid-Eastern | Bethune-Cookman | 4-5 | 0.1872 | 107 | Bethune-Cookman 27 Hampton 24 |
| 102 | Ind | Bryant | 3-6 | 0.1870 | 96 | Sacred Heart 24 Bryant 14 |
| 103 | Northeast | Robert Morris | 3-6 | 0.1862 | 110 | Robert Morris 13 Albany NY 10 |
| 104 | Pioneer | Marist | 6-3 | 0.1836 | 106 | Marist 23 Georgetown 21 |
| 105 | Ivy | Cornell | 2-6 | 0.1799 | 103 | Dartmouth 20 Cornell 17 |
| 106 | Missouri Valley | Indiana St. | 1-9 | 0.1791 | 97 | Missouri St. 31 Indiana St. 7 |
| 107 | Ind | NC Central | 2-7 | 0.1773 | 102 | Old Dominion 42 NC Central 28 |
| 108 | Northeast | St Francis PA | 2-7 | 0.1731 | 101 | Monmouth NJ 24 St Francis PA 10 |
| 109 | SWAC | Alabama St. | 4-5 | 0.1721 | 99 | Jackson St 19 Alabama St. 7 |
| 110 | Ivy | Princeton | 2-6 | 0.1624 | 109 | Pennsylvania 42 Princeton 7 |
| 111 | Southern | Western Carolina | 1-8 | 0.1571 | 112 | Elon 42 Western Carolina 17 |
| 112 | Patriot | Bucknell | 3-6 | 0.1567 | 111 | Fordham 21 Bucknell 7 |
| 113 | Northeast | Sacred Heart | 2-7 | 0.1452 | 117 | Sacred Heart 24 Bryant 14 |
| 114 | Mid-Eastern | Winston-Salem St. | 1-8 | 0.1439 | 113 | Delaware St 24 Winston-Salem St. 21 |
| 115 | Mid-Eastern | Howard | 2-7 | 0.1430 | 115 | S. Carolina St. 43 Howard 13 |
| 116 | Pioneer | San Diego | 3-6 | 0.1411 | 114 | Davidson 34 San Diego 27 |
| 117 | Northeast | Duquesne | 2-7 | 0.1382 | 116 | |
| 118 | Pioneer | Davidson | 3-6 | 0.1352 | 119 | Davidson 34 San Diego 27 |
| 119 | Big South | Presbyterian | 0-9 | 0.1136 | 122 | Charleston So. 46 Presbyterian 32 |
| 120 | Ind | Savannah St. | 2-6 | 0.1128 | 120 | |
| 121 | SWAC | Miss. Valley St. | 2-7 | 0.1121 | 118 | Texas Southern 30 Miss. Valley St. 7 |
| 122 | Patriot | Georgetown | 0-9 | 0.1111 | 121 | Marist 23 Georgetown 21 |
| 123 | Pioneer | Campbell | 2-7 | 0.0966 | 123 | Drake 49 Campbell 6 |
| 124 | Pioneer | Morehead St. | 2-7 | 0.0964 | 124 | |
| 125 | Pioneer | Valparaiso | 1-8 | 0.0653 | 125 | Jacksonville 49 Valparaiso 20 |