FCS Rankings as of December 7, 2009
| Rank | Conference | Team | Record | Votes | Last Week's Rank | This Week's Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonial | Villanova | 12-1 | 2.4921 | 1 | Villanova 46 New Hampshire 7 |
| 2 | Colonial | William & Mary | 11-2 | 1.9139 | 3 | William & Mary 24 So. Illinois 3 |
| 3 | Colonial | Richmond | 11-2 | 1.6505 | 2 | Appalachian St. 35 Richmond 31 |
| 4 | Big Sky | Montana | 13-0 | 1.5073 | 5 | Montana 51 Stephen F. Austin 0 |
| 5 | Southern | Appalachian St. | 11-2 | 1.5052 | 7 | Appalachian St. 35 Richmond 31 |
| 6 | Colonial | New Hampshire | 10-3 | 1.1723 | 6 | Villanova 46 New Hampshire 7 |
| 7 | Missouri Valley | So. Illinois | 11-2 | 1.0721 | 4 | William & Mary 24 So. Illinois 3 |
| 8 | Southern | Elon | 9-3 | 1.0454 | 8 | |
| 9 | Ohio Valley | Jacksonville St. | 8-3 | 0.9250 | 9 | |
| 10 | Ivy | Pennsylvania | 8-2 | 0.8874 | 11 | |
| 11 | Missouri Valley | Northern Iowa | 7-4 | 0.8594 | 10 | |
| 12 | Mid-Eastern | S. Carolina St. | 10-2 | 0.8546 | 15 | |
| 13 | Colonial | James Madison | 6-5 | 0.8227 | 13 | |
| 14 | Big South | Liberty | 8-3 | 0.8189 | 14 | |
| 15 | Patriot | Holy Cross | 9-3 | 0.8130 | 17 | |
| 16 | Missouri Valley | South Dakota St. | 8-4 | 0.7995 | 12 | |
| 17 | Colonial | Delaware | 6-5 | 0.7868 | 18 | |
| 18 | Patriot | Lafayette | 8-3 | 0.7342 | 19 | |
| 19 | Big Sky | E. Washington | 8-4 | 0.6992 | 20 | |
| 20 | Big Sky | Weber St. | 7-5 | 0.6906 | 22 | |
| 21 | Southland | McNeese St | 9-3 | 0.6817 | 23 | |
| 22 | Southland | Stephen F. Austin | 10-3 | 0.6780 | 16 | Montana 51 Stephen F. Austin 0 |
| 23 | Southern | Chattanooga | 6-5 | 0.6725 | 26 | |
| 24 | Colonial | Massachusetts | 5-6 | 0.6497 | 21 | |
| 25 | SWAC | Prairie View A&M | 8-1 | 0.6193 | 25 | |
| 26 | Southern | Furman | 6-5 | 0.6060 | 32 | |
| 27 | Ivy | Harvard | 7-3 | 0.5993 | 27 | |
| 28 | Southland | Texas St. | 7-4 | 0.5931 | 24 | |
| 29 | Big Sky | N. Arizona | 5-6 | 0.5895 | 31 | |
| 30 | Patriot | Colgate | 9-2 | 0.5849 | 29 | |
| 31 | Great West | UC-Davis | 6-5 | 0.5817 | 30 | |
| 32 | Ohio Valley | Eastern Illinois | 8-4 | 0.5573 | 28 | |
| 33 | Big Sky | Montana St. | 7-4 | 0.5444 | 35 | |
| 34 | Colonial | Maine | 5-6 | 0.5368 | 33 | |
| 35 | Colonial | Hofstra | 5-6 | 0.5227 | 34 | |
| 36 | Southern | Samford | 5-6 | 0.5056 | 40 | |
| 37 | Ivy | Brown | 6-4 | 0.4881 | 38 | |
| 38 | Mid-Eastern | Florida A&M | 8-3 | 0.4848 | 39 | |
| 39 | Big South | Charleston So. | 6-5 | 0.4687 | 36 | |
| 40 | Northeast | Central Conn St. | 9-3 | 0.4582 | 37 | Butler 28 Central Conn St. 23 |
| 41 | Southern | Georgia Southern | 5-6 | 0.4575 | 48 | |
| 42 | SWAC | Grambling St. | 7-4 | 0.4571 | 41 | |
| 43 | Great West | Southern Utah | 5-6 | 0.4508 | 46 | |
| 44 | Big South | Stony Brook | 6-5 | 0.4495 | 43 | |
| 45 | Great West | South Dakota | 5-5 | 0.4440 | 47 | |
| 46 | Southern | The Citadel | 4-7 | 0.4307 | 55 | |
| 47 | Missouri Valley | Illinois St. | 6-5 | 0.4199 | 42 | |
| 48 | Patriot | Lehigh | 4-7 | 0.4196 | 49 | |
| 49 | Missouri Valley | Youngstown St. | 6-5 | 0.4176 | 44 | |
| 50 | Missouri Valley | Missouri St. | 6-5 | 0.4173 | 45 | |
| 51 | Great West | Cal Poly SLO | 4-7 | 0.4065 | 50 | |
| 52 | Mid-Eastern | Norfolk St. | 7-4 | 0.4028 | 56 | |
| 53 | Ohio Valley | Eastern Kentucky | 5-6 | 0.3917 | 53 | |
| 54 | Southland | SE Louisiana St | 6-5 | 0.3896 | 51 | |
| 55 | Great West | North Dakota | 6-5 | 0.3870 | 54 | |
| 56 | Northeast | Albany NY | 7-4 | 0.3837 | 52 | |
| 57 | Pioneer | Butler | 11-1 | 0.3748 | 70 | Butler 28 Central Conn St. 23 |
| 58 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee Tech | 6-5 | 0.3722 | 58 | |
| 59 | Big Sky | Sacramento St. | 5-6 | 0.3719 | 59 | |
| 60 | Southern | Wofford | 3-8 | 0.3695 | 60 | |
| 61 | Southland | Central Arkansas | 5-7 | 0.3635 | 57 | |
| 62 | Pioneer | Dayton | 9-2 | 0.3634 | 62 | |
| 63 | Ind | Old Dominion | 9-2 | 0.3506 | 61 | |
| 64 | Colonial | Northeastern | 3-8 | 0.3361 | 64 | |
| 65 | Patriot | Fordham | 5-6 | 0.3348 | 65 | |
| 66 | Ivy | Columbia | 4-6 | 0.3319 | 66 | |
| 67 | Ivy | Yale | 4-6 | 0.3215 | 68 | |
| 68 | Big South | Coastal Carolina | 5-6 | 0.3123 | 67 | |
| 69 | Missouri Valley | North Dakota St. | 3-8 | 0.3078 | 63 | |
| 70 | Big South | Gardner-Webb | 6-5 | 0.3046 | 69 | |
| 71 | SWAC | Texas Southern | 6-5 | 0.3022 | 72 | Texas Southern 30 Southern U. 25 |
| 72 | Southern | Western Carolina | 2-9 | 0.3019 | 78 | |
| 73 | SWAC | Alabama A&M | 7-4 | 0.2985 | 71 | |
| 74 | Pioneer | Drake | 8-3 | 0.2966 | 77 | |
| 75 | Pioneer | Jacksonville | 7-4 | 0.2952 | 80 | |
| 76 | Colonial | Rhode Island | 1-10 | 0.2844 | 73 | |
| 77 | Ohio Valley | SE Missouri St. | 2-9 | 0.2705 | 75 | |
| 78 | Big Sky | N. Colorado | 3-8 | 0.2697 | 82 | |
| 79 | Southland | Sam Houston St | 5-6 | 0.2658 | 76 | |
| 80 | Colonial | Towson | 2-9 | 0.2652 | 81 | |
| 81 | Mid-Eastern | Hampton | 5-6 | 0.2650 | 83 | |
| 82 | SWAC | Southern U. | 6-5 | 0.2638 | 74 | Texas Southern 30 Southern U. 25 |
| 83 | Patriot | Bucknell | 4-7 | 0.2614 | 85 | |
| 84 | Northeast | Robert Morris | 5-6 | 0.2597 | 79 | |
| 85 | Mid-Eastern | Delaware St | 4-6 | 0.2529 | 89 | |
| 86 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee St. | 4-7 | 0.2505 | 84 | |
| 87 | Ohio Valley | Tennessee-Martin | 5-6 | 0.2482 | 86 | |
| 88 | Mid-Eastern | Morgan St. | 6-5 | 0.2427 | 91 | |
| 89 | Southland | Nicholls St | 3-8 | 0.2384 | 87 | |
| 90 | Big South | VMI | 2-9 | 0.2382 | 88 | |
| 91 | Ivy | Princeton | 4-6 | 0.2370 | 94 | |
| 92 | Northeast | Monmouth NJ | 5-6 | 0.2361 | 90 | |
| 93 | Big Sky | Portland St. | 2-9 | 0.2347 | 96 | |
| 94 | Ivy | Dartmouth | 2-8 | 0.2280 | 97 | |
| 95 | Ohio Valley | Austin Peay | 4-7 | 0.2275 | 92 | |
| 96 | SWAC | Alcorn St. | 3-6 | 0.2254 | 98 | |
| 97 | Ind | Bryant | 5-6 | 0.2244 | 93 | |
| 98 | Pioneer | Marist | 7-4 | 0.2208 | 101 | |
| 99 | Northeast | Wagner | 6-5 | 0.2202 | 95 | |
| 100 | Mid-Eastern | N. Carolina A&T | 4-6 | 0.2183 | 99 | |
| 101 | Big Sky | Idaho St. | 1-10 | 0.2140 | 102 | |
| 102 | SWAC | Ark.-Pine Bluff | 5-5 | 0.2106 | 100 | |
| 103 | Ind | NC Central | 4-7 | 0.2050 | 105 | |
| 104 | SWAC | Jackson St | 3-7 | 0.1978 | 104 | |
| 105 | Ivy | Cornell | 2-8 | 0.1875 | 107 | |
| 106 | Missouri Valley | Western Illinois | 1-10 | 0.1847 | 103 | |
| 107 | Mid-Eastern | Bethune-Cookman | 5-6 | 0.1805 | 109 | |
| 108 | Ohio Valley | Murray St. | 3-8 | 0.1761 | 108 | |
| 109 | Southland | Northwestern St | 0-11 | 0.1741 | 106 | |
| 110 | Pioneer | San Diego | 4-7 | 0.1665 | 112 | |
| 111 | Northeast | Duquesne | 3-8 | 0.1526 | 111 | |
| 112 | Northeast | St Francis PA | 2-9 | 0.1523 | 110 | |
| 113 | Pioneer | Davidson | 3-7 | 0.1459 | 117 | |
| 114 | Northeast | Sacred Heart | 2-8 | 0.1423 | 113 | |
| 115 | SWAC | Alabama St. | 4-7 | 0.1406 | 115 | |
| 116 | Mid-Eastern | Winston-Salem St. | 1-10 | 0.1366 | 119 | |
| 117 | Big South | Presbyterian | 0-11 | 0.1365 | 118 | |
| 118 | Patriot | Georgetown | 0-11 | 0.1344 | 116 | |
| 119 | Missouri Valley | Indiana St. | 1-10 | 0.1326 | 114 | |
| 120 | Mid-Eastern | Howard | 2-9 | 0.1284 | 120 | |
| 121 | SWAC | Miss. Valley St. | 3-8 | 0.1154 | 121 | |
| 122 | Pioneer | Morehead St. | 3-8 | 0.1109 | 122 | |
| 123 | Pioneer | Campbell | 3-8 | 0.1056 | 123 | |
| 124 | Ind | Savannah St. | 2-8 | 0.0958 | 124 | |
| 125 | Pioneer | Valparaiso | 1-10 | 0.0612 | 125 |