FCS Rankings as of November 16, 2009
| Rank | Conference | Team | Record | Votes | Last Week's Rank | This Week's Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonial | Villanova | 9-1 | 2.3947 | 1 | Villanova 49 Towson 7 |
| 2 | Colonial | William & Mary | 9-1 | 1.9176 | 3 | William & Mary 20 New Hampshire 17 |
| 3 | Colonial | Richmond | 9-1 | 1.7167 | 2 | Richmond 49 Georgetown 10 |
| 4 | Missouri Valley | So. Illinois | 9-1 | 1.4230 | 4 | So. Illinois 44 Missouri St. 24 |
| 5 | Big Sky | Montana | 10-0 | 1.3449 | 6 | Montana 38 N. Colorado 10 |
| 6 | Colonial | New Hampshire | 8-2 | 1.2572 | 5 | William & Mary 20 New Hampshire 17 |
| 7 | Missouri Valley | Northern Iowa | 7-3 | 1.1374 | 7 | Northern Iowa 34 Western Illinois 0 |
| 8 | Ohio Valley | Jacksonville St. | 7-3 | 1.1075 | 8 | Jacksonville St. 55 Tennessee Tech 28 |
| 9 | Southern | Appalachian St. | 8-2 | 1.1003 | 17 | Appalachian St. 27 Elon 10 |
| 10 | Big South | Liberty | 8-2 | 0.9579 | 10 | Liberty 51 Gardner-Webb 28 |
| 11 | Missouri Valley | South Dakota St. | 7-3 | 0.9396 | 9 | Minnesota 16 South Dakota St. 13 |
| 12 | Mid-Eastern | S. Carolina St. | 9-1 | 0.9202 | 13 | S. Carolina St. 37 Morgan St. 13 |
| 13 | Patriot | Holy Cross | 9-1 | 0.8527 | 19 | Holy Cross 28 Lafayette 26 |
| 14 | Colonial | James Madison | 5-5 | 0.8491 | 18 | James Madison 17 Massachusetts 14 |
| 15 | Ohio Valley | Eastern Illinois | 8-2 | 0.8399 | 14 | Eastern Illinois 49 Tennessee-Martin 13 |
| 16 | Colonial | Delaware | 6-4 | 0.8330 | 12 | Navy 35 Delaware 18 |
| 17 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin | 8-2 | 0.8225 | 24 | Stephen F. Austin 41 SE Louisiana St 10 |
| 18 | Ivy | Pennsylvania | 7-2 | 0.8212 | 20 | Pennsylvania 17 Harvard 7 |
| 19 | Southland | McNeese St | 8-2 | 0.8067 | 25 | McNeese St 30 Texas St. 27 |
| 20 | Southern | Elon | 8-2 | 0.7918 | 11 | Appalachian St. 27 Elon 10 |
| 21 | Patriot | Lafayette | 8-2 | 0.7770 | 16 | Holy Cross 28 Lafayette 26 |
| 22 | Big Sky | E. Washington | 7-3 | 0.7333 | 26 | E. Washington 41 Southern Utah 28 |
| 23 | Colonial | Massachusetts | 5-5 | 0.7293 | 15 | James Madison 17 Massachusetts 14 |
| 24 | Big Sky | Weber St. | 6-4 | 0.7252 | 27 | Weber St. 27 N. Arizona 9 |
| 25 | Southland | Texas St. | 6-4 | 0.6935 | 21 | McNeese St 30 Texas St. 27 |
| 26 | Great West | UC-Davis | 6-4 | 0.6687 | 23 | UC-Davis 28 North Dakota 20 |
| 27 | Big Sky | N. Arizona | 5-5 | 0.6344 | 22 | Weber St. 27 N. Arizona 9 |
| 28 | SWAC | Prairie View A&M | 7-1 | 0.6271 | 31 | Prairie View A&M 34 Alcorn St. 14 |
| 29 | Big Sky | Montana St. | 7-3 | 0.5855 | 33 | Montana St. 27 Sacramento St. 17 |
| 30 | Ivy | Harvard | 6-3 | 0.5483 | 29 | Pennsylvania 17 Harvard 7 |
| 31 | Ivy | Brown | 6-3 | 0.5418 | 35 | Brown 14 Dartmouth 7 |
| 32 | Patriot | Colgate | 9-2 | 0.5332 | 38 | Colgate 29 Bucknell 14 |
| 33 | Colonial | Maine | 5-5 | 0.5295 | 37 | Maine 41 Rhode Island 17 |
| 34 | Great West | South Dakota | 5-5 | 0.4986 | 40 | South Dakota 50 Cal Poly SLO 48 |
| 35 | Great West | Southern Utah | 4-6 | 0.4980 | 30 | E. Washington 41 Southern Utah 28 |
| 36 | Southland | SE Louisiana St | 6-4 | 0.4906 | 32 | Stephen F. Austin 41 SE Louisiana St 10 |
| 37 | Big South | Charleston So. | 5-5 | 0.4873 | 42 | Charleston So. 30 Stony Brook 27 |
| 38 | Northeast | Central Conn St. | 8-2 | 0.4849 | 44 | Central Conn St. 20 Monmouth NJ 19 |
| 39 | Mid-Eastern | Florida A&M | 7-3 | 0.4843 | 28 | Hampton 25 Florida A&M 0 |
| 40 | SWAC | Grambling St. | 6-4 | 0.4789 | 47 | Grambling St. 47 Texas Southern 33 |
| 41 | Missouri Valley | Youngstown St. | 5-5 | 0.4789 | 46 | Youngstown St. 30 Illinois St. 18 |
| 42 | Missouri Valley | Missouri St. | 6-5 | 0.4752 | 41 | So. Illinois 44 Missouri St. 24 |
| 43 | Great West | Cal Poly SLO | 4-6 | 0.4709 | 34 | South Dakota 50 Cal Poly SLO 48 |
| 44 | Southern | Samford | 5-5 | 0.4681 | 56 | Samford 27 Wofford 24 |
| 45 | Colonial | Hofstra | 4-6 | 0.4677 | 39 | Northeastern 14 Hofstra 13 |
| 46 | Southern | Furman | 5-5 | 0.4436 | 55 | Furman 30 Georgia Southern 22 |
| 47 | Mid-Eastern | Norfolk St. | 6-4 | 0.4364 | 51 | Norfolk St. 21 Delaware St 16 |
| 48 | Ohio Valley | Eastern Kentucky | 5-5 | 0.4291 | 36 | Western Carolina 24 Eastern Kentucky 7 |
| 49 | Southland | Central Arkansas | 5-5 | 0.4246 | 43 | Sam Houston St 17 Central Arkansas 14 |
| 50 | Missouri Valley | Illinois St. | 5-5 | 0.4040 | 45 | Youngstown St. 30 Illinois St. 18 |
| 51 | Southern | Chattanooga | 6-4 | 0.4019 | 65 | Chattanooga 31 The Citadel 28 |
| 52 | Missouri Valley | North Dakota St. | 3-7 | 0.3850 | 52 | North Dakota St. 56 Indiana St. 17 |
| 53 | Big South | Stony Brook | 5-5 | 0.3785 | 49 | Charleston So. 30 Stony Brook 27 |
| 54 | Southern | The Citadel | 4-6 | 0.3777 | 64 | Chattanooga 31 The Citadel 28 |
| 55 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee Tech | 5-5 | 0.3761 | 48 | Jacksonville St. 55 Tennessee Tech 28 |
| 56 | Southern | Wofford | 3-7 | 0.3726 | 53 | Samford 27 Wofford 24 |
| 57 | Great West | North Dakota | 5-5 | 0.3723 | 50 | UC-Davis 28 North Dakota 20 |
| 58 | Big South | Coastal Carolina | 5-5 | 0.3681 | 54 | Coastal Carolina 41 Presbyterian 37 |
| 59 | Southern | Georgia Southern | 4-6 | 0.3636 | 59 | Furman 30 Georgia Southern 22 |
| 60 | Northeast | Albany NY | 6-4 | 0.3627 | 57 | |
| 61 | Big Sky | Sacramento St. | 4-6 | 0.3349 | 58 | Montana St. 27 Sacramento St. 17 |
| 62 | Colonial | Northeastern | 2-8 | 0.3336 | 70 | Northeastern 14 Hofstra 13 |
| 63 | SWAC | Southern U. | 6-3 | 0.3324 | 62 | Southern U. 34 Alabama St. 24 |
| 64 | SWAC | Alabama A&M | 6-4 | 0.3315 | 71 | Alabama A&M 13 Jackson St 5 |
| 65 | Patriot | Lehigh | 3-7 | 0.3272 | 75 | Lehigh 35 Fordham 28 |
| 66 | Pioneer | Dayton | 8-2 | 0.3177 | 86 | Dayton 23 Drake 6 |
| 67 | Ind | Old Dominion | 8-2 | 0.3173 | 74 | |
| 68 | SWAC | Texas Southern | 4-5 | 0.3127 | 67 | Grambling St. 47 Texas Southern 33 |
| 69 | Ohio Valley | SE Missouri St. | 2-8 | 0.3051 | 73 | SE Missouri St. 49 Murray St. 13 |
| 70 | Ivy | Yale | 4-5 | 0.3038 | 66 | Princeton 24 Yale 17 |
| 71 | Big South | Gardner-Webb | 5-5 | 0.3025 | 68 | Liberty 51 Gardner-Webb 28 |
| 72 | Mid-Eastern | Hampton | 5-5 | 0.3021 | 96 | Hampton 25 Florida A&M 0 |
| 73 | Southland | Sam Houston St | 5-5 | 0.3000 | 82 | Sam Houston St 17 Central Arkansas 14 |
| 74 | Colonial | Rhode Island | 1-9 | 0.2989 | 63 | Maine 41 Rhode Island 17 |
| 75 | Pioneer | Drake | 8-2 | 0.2927 | 61 | Dayton 23 Drake 6 |
| 76 | Patriot | Fordham | 4-6 | 0.2922 | 69 | Lehigh 35 Fordham 28 |
| 77 | Colonial | Towson | 2-8 | 0.2866 | 80 | Villanova 49 Towson 7 |
| 78 | Big Sky | N. Colorado | 3-8 | 0.2756 | 78 | Montana 38 N. Colorado 10 |
| 79 | Pioneer | Butler | 9-1 | 0.2752 | 60 | Jacksonville 36 Butler 7 |
| 80 | Ohio Valley | Austin Peay | 4-6 | 0.2703 | 79 | Austin Peay 24 Tennessee St. 21 |
| 81 | SWAC | Ark.-Pine Bluff | 5-3 | 0.2702 | 81 | |
| 82 | Mid-Eastern | Delaware St | 3-6 | 0.2672 | 77 | Norfolk St. 21 Delaware St 16 |
| 83 | Ivy | Columbia | 3-6 | 0.2609 | 88 | Columbia 30 Cornell 20 |
| 84 | Northeast | Monmouth NJ | 5-5 | 0.2602 | 84 | Central Conn St. 20 Monmouth NJ 19 |
| 85 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee-Martin | 4-6 | 0.2553 | 72 | Eastern Illinois 49 Tennessee-Martin 13 |
| 86 | Big South | VMI | 2-8 | 0.2533 | 87 | Army 22 VMI 17 |
| 87 | Pioneer | Jacksonville | 6-4 | 0.2484 | 100 | Jacksonville 36 Butler 7 |
| 88 | Big Sky | Portland St. | 2-9 | 0.2459 | 85 | Idaho St. 41 Portland St. 34 |
| 89 | Northeast | Wagner | 6-4 | 0.2451 | 76 | Robert Morris 37 Wagner 10 |
| 90 | Mid-Eastern | Morgan St. | 5-5 | 0.2370 | 90 | S. Carolina St. 37 Morgan St. 13 |
| 91 | Ivy | Dartmouth | 2-7 | 0.2360 | 93 | Brown 14 Dartmouth 7 |
| 92 | Southland | Nicholls St | 2-8 | 0.2317 | 97 | Nicholls St 28 Northwestern St 21 |
| 93 | SWAC | Jackson St | 3-6 | 0.2298 | 89 | Alabama A&M 13 Jackson St 5 |
| 94 | Northeast | Robert Morris | 4-6 | 0.2277 | 103 | Robert Morris 37 Wagner 10 |
| 95 | Missouri Valley | Western Illinois | 1-9 | 0.2252 | 92 | Northern Iowa 34 Western Illinois 0 |
| 96 | Mid-Eastern | N. Carolina A&T | 4-5 | 0.2220 | 95 | |
| 97 | SWAC | Alcorn St. | 2-6 | 0.2208 | 94 | Prairie View A&M 34 Alcorn St. 14 |
| 98 | Southern | Western Carolina | 2-8 | 0.2196 | 111 | Western Carolina 24 Eastern Kentucky 7 |
| 99 | Ohio Valley | Murray St. | 3-7 | 0.2166 | 83 | SE Missouri St. 49 Murray St. 13 |
| 100 | Big Sky | Idaho St. | 1-10 | 0.2149 | 99 | Idaho St. 41 Portland St. 34 |
| 101 | Mid-Eastern | Bethune-Cookman | 5-5 | 0.2124 | 101 | Bethune-Cookman 21 Howard 10 |
| 102 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee St. | 3-7 | 0.2088 | 91 | Austin Peay 24 Tennessee St. 21 |
| 103 | Pioneer | Marist | 7-3 | 0.2070 | 104 | Marist 14 Davidson 6 |
| 104 | Ind | Bryant | 4-6 | 0.2030 | 102 | Bryant 35 St Francis PA 12 |
| 105 | Ind | NC Central | 3-7 | 0.2003 | 107 | NC Central 18 Winston-Salem St. 10 |
| 106 | Ivy | Princeton | 3-6 | 0.1951 | 110 | Princeton 24 Yale 17 |
| 107 | Southland | Northwestern St | 0-10 | 0.1865 | 98 | Nicholls St 28 Northwestern St 21 |
| 108 | Patriot | Bucknell | 3-7 | 0.1726 | 112 | Colgate 29 Bucknell 14 |
| 109 | SWAC | Alabama St. | 4-6 | 0.1708 | 109 | Southern U. 34 Alabama St. 24 |
| 110 | Ivy | Cornell | 2-7 | 0.1689 | 105 | Columbia 30 Cornell 20 |
| 111 | Missouri Valley | Indiana St. | 1-10 | 0.1609 | 106 | North Dakota St. 56 Indiana St. 17 |
| 112 | Northeast | Duquesne | 3-7 | 0.1577 | 117 | Duquesne 45 Sacred Heart 42 |
| 113 | Northeast | St Francis PA | 2-8 | 0.1535 | 108 | Bryant 35 St Francis PA 12 |
| 114 | Mid-Eastern | Howard | 2-8 | 0.1481 | 115 | Bethune-Cookman 21 Howard 10 |
| 115 | Pioneer | San Diego | 4-6 | 0.1461 | 116 | San Diego 13 Morehead St. 7 |
| 116 | Northeast | Sacred Heart | 2-8 | 0.1409 | 113 | Duquesne 45 Sacred Heart 42 |
| 117 | Mid-Eastern | Winston-Salem St. | 1-9 | 0.1405 | 114 | NC Central 18 Winston-Salem St. 10 |
| 118 | Patriot | Georgetown | 0-10 | 0.1389 | 122 | Richmond 49 Georgetown 10 |
| 119 | Big South | Presbyterian | 0-10 | 0.1249 | 119 | Coastal Carolina 41 Presbyterian 37 |
| 120 | Pioneer | Davidson | 3-7 | 0.1248 | 118 | Marist 14 Davidson 6 |
| 121 | SWAC | Miss. Valley St. | 3-7 | 0.1196 | 121 | Miss. Valley St. 16 Lincoln MO 6 |
| 122 | Ind | Savannah St. | 2-7 | 0.1080 | 120 | Webber Int'l 35 Savannah St. 20 |
| 123 | Pioneer | Campbell | 3-7 | 0.1001 | 123 | Campbell 17 Valparaiso 3 |
| 124 | Pioneer | Morehead St. | 2-8 | 0.0949 | 124 | San Diego 13 Morehead St. 7 |
| 125 | Pioneer | Valparaiso | 1-9 | 0.0595 | 125 | Campbell 17 Valparaiso 3 |