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NCAA Football Division 1-AA Rankings

Final: Three-Peat For Appalachian State

The season started with Appalachian State beating Michigan and ended with the Mountaineers winning their third straight Division I-AA title as they defeated Delaware (49-21). As he had all season, QB Armanti Edwards led the way with three TD passes and 89 yards on the ground, while the Mountaineer defense kept the Blue Hen combo of Joe Flacco and Omar Cuff in check. Here are the final rankings for the 2007 season.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	Appalachian State	89.124	13-2	Southern
2	South Dakota State	83.601	7-4	Great West
3	North Dakota State	83.532	10-1	Great West
4	Southern Illinois	81.625	12-2	Gateway
5	Delaware	79.668	11-4	CAA
6	Northern Iowa	78.832	12-1	Gateway
7	Richmond	78.162	11-3	CAA
8	Massachusetts	77.819	10-3	CAA
9	James Madison	76.452	8-4	CAA
10	Eastern Washington	74.693	9-4	Big Sky
11	Youngstown State	74.653	7-4	Gateway
12	Villanova	73.955	7-4	CAA
13	Cal Poly	73.751	7-4	Great West
14	New Hampshire	73.584	7-5	CAA
15	McNeese State	73.142	11-1	Southland
16	Montana	73.005	11-1	Big Sky
17	Wofford	72.495	9-4	Southern
18	Western Illinois	71.461	6-5	Gateway
19	Liberty	70.928	8-3	Big South
20	Georgia Southern	70.428	7-4	Southern
21	The Citadel	70.349	7-4	Southern
22	Eastern Kentucky	67.601	9-3	Ohio Valley
23	Elon	67.173	7-4	Southern
24	Missouri State	66.641	6-5	Gateway
25	Furman	66.564	6-5	Southern
26	Illinois State	66.410	4-7	Gateway
27	Hofstra	66.156	7-4	CAA
28	Harvard	66.021	8-2	Ivy League
29	Yale	64.858	9-1	Ivy League
30	Northeastern	64.686	3-8	CAA
31	Dayton	64.654	11-1	Pioneer League
32	UC-Davis	64.334	5-6	Great West
33	Central Arkansas	63.159	6-5	Southland
34	Eastern Illinois	62.604	8-4	Ohio Valley
35	Nicholls State	62.502	6-5	Southland
36	Lafayette	62.225	7-4	Patriot League
37	Holy Cross	61.646	7-4	Patriot League
38	Sam Houston State	61.536	7-4	Southland
39	Montana State	60.309	6-5	Big Sky
40	Weber State	60.236	5-6	Big Sky
41	Southern	60.138	8-3	SWAC
42	South Carolina State	59.937	7-4	MEAC
43	Maine	59.834	4-7	CAA
44	Towson	59.688	3-8	CAA
45	Delaware State	59.555	10-2	MEAC
46	Colgate	59.046	7-4	Patriot League
47	Jackson State	58.837	8-4	SWAC
48	William & Mary	58.786	4-7	CAA
49	Brown	58.655	5-5	Ivy League
50	Penn	58.582	4-6	Ivy League
51	Northern Arizona	58.509	6-5	Big Sky
52	UT-Chattanooga	58.444	2-9	Southern
53	Coastal Carolina	58.391	5-6	Big South
54	Fordham	58.174	8-3	Patriot League
55	Sacramento State	58.081	3-8	Big Sky
56	SE Louisiana	57.632	3-8	Southland
57	San Diego U.	57.106	9-2	Pioneer League
58	Hampton	57.092	6-5	MEAC
59	Northwestern State	56.673	4-7	Southland
60	Lehigh	56.621	5-6	Patriot League
61	Texas State	56.471	4-7	Southland
62	Rhode Island	56.402	3-8	CAA
63	Grambling	56.038	8-4	SWAC
64	Southern Utah	55.939	0-11	Great West
65	Tennessee Martin	55.920	4-7	Ohio Valley
66	Prairie View	55.889	7-3	SWAC
67	SUNY-Stony Brook	55.540	6-5	Independent
68	SUNY-Albany	55.527	8-4	Northeast
69	Idaho State	54.771	3-8	Big Sky
70	Portland State	54.592	3-8	Big Sky
71	Princeton	54.103	4-6	Ivy League
72	Tennessee State	53.472	5-6	Ohio Valley
73	Dartmouth	53.237	3-7	Ivy League
74	Norfolk State	53.025	8-3	MEAC
75	Alabama A&M	52.352	8-3	SWAC
76	Winston-Salem	51.979	6-5	MEAC
77	Bucknell	51.151	3-8	Patriot League
78	Bethune Cookman	50.951	5-6	MEAC
79	Gardner-Webb	49.782	5-6	Big South
80	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	49.498	4-7	SWAC
81	Northern Colorado	48.726	1-11	Big Sky
82	Morgan State	48.642	5-6	MEAC
83	Western Carolina	48.185	1-10	Southern
84	Alabama State	48.043	5-5	SWAC
85	Jacksonville St. (AL)	47.959	6-5	Ohio Valley
86	Monmouth (NJ)	47.412	4-6	Northeast
87	Austin Peay	47.064	7-4	Ohio Valley
88	Presbyterian	47.025	6-5	Independent
89	Stephen F. Austin	46.548	0-11	Southland
90	Tennessee Tech	46.540	4-7	Ohio Valley
91	Samford	45.783	4-7	Ohio Valley
92	Morehead State	44.884	7-4	Pioneer League
93	Alcorn State	44.301	2-8	SWAC
94	Davidson	43.875	6-4	Pioneer League
95	Cornell	43.566	5-5	Ivy League
96	Columbia	43.411	1-9	Ivy League
97	Murray State	41.651	2-9	Ohio Valley
98	Howard	41.587	4-7	MEAC
99	SE Missouri State	41.490	3-8	Ohio Valley
100	Charleston Southern	40.545	5-6	Big South
101	Duquesne	39.228	6-4	MAAC
102	Florida A&M	39.089	3-8	MEAC
103	Drake	38.723	6-5	Pioneer League
104	Wagner	38.025	7-4	Northeast
105	Mississippi Valley St.	37.297	3-8	SWAC
106	Central Connecticut	36.337	6-5	Northeast
107	St. Francis (PA)	34.935	3-7	Northeast
108	Iona	34.507	7-4	MAAC
109	VMI	34.114	2-9	Big South
110	Marist	33.265	3-8	MAAC
111	Robert Morris	32.288	4-6	Northeast
112	North Carolina A&T	31.103	0-11	MEAC
113	Georgetown	30.161	1-10	Patriot League
114	NC Central	29.920	6-4	Independent
115	Indiana State	29.722	0-11	Gateway
116	Texas Southern	28.959	0-11	SWAC
117	Jacksonville (FL)	26.756	3-8	Pioneer League
118	Valparaiso	23.646	5-6	Pioneer League
119	Sacred Heart	23.586	3-8	Northeast
120	Butler	18.695	4-7	Pioneer League
121	Savannah State	9.763	1-9	Independent
122	La Salle	5.292	0-10	MAAC

Week 15: Appalachian St., Delaware Advance

The Division I-AA final is set as Appalachian State and Delaware advanced. The two-time defending champion Mountaineers beat Richmond (55-35) behind Armanti Edwards 313 rushing yards, the most ever by a QB in I-AA history. They will meet the Blue Hens, who defeated Southern Illinois (20-17) behind QB Joe Flacco's two TD tosses. Here are the complete rankings through games played on December 8.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	Appalachian State	84.488	12-2	Southern
2	Delaware	84.304	11-3	CAA
3	South Dakota State	83.601	7-4	Great West
4	North Dakota State	83.532	10-1	Great West
5	Southern Illinois	81.625	12-2	Gateway
6	Northern Iowa	78.832	12-1	Gateway
7	Richmond	78.162	11-3	CAA
8	Massachusetts	77.819	10-3	CAA
9	James Madison	76.452	8-4	CAA
10	Eastern Washington	74.693	9-4	Big Sky
11	Youngstown State	74.653	7-4	Gateway
12	Villanova	73.955	7-4	CAA
13	Cal Poly	73.751	7-4	Great West
14	New Hampshire	73.584	7-5	CAA
15	McNeese State	73.142	11-1	Southland
16	Montana	73.005	11-1	Big Sky
17	Wofford	72.495	9-4	Southern
18	Western Illinois	71.461	6-5	Gateway
19	Liberty	70.928	8-3	Big South
20	Georgia Southern	70.428	7-4	Southern
21	The Citadel	70.349	7-4	Southern
22	Eastern Kentucky	67.601	9-3	Ohio Valley
23	Elon	67.173	7-4	Southern
24	Missouri State	66.641	6-5	Gateway
25	Furman	66.564	6-5	Southern
26	Illinois State	66.410	4-7	Gateway
27	Hofstra	66.156	7-4	CAA
28	Harvard	66.021	8-2	Ivy League
29	Yale	64.858	9-1	Ivy League
30	Northeastern	64.686	3-8	CAA
31	Dayton	64.654	11-1	Pioneer League
32	UC-Davis	64.334	5-6	Great West
33	Central Arkansas	63.159	6-5	Southland
34	Eastern Illinois	62.604	8-4	Ohio Valley
35	Nicholls State	62.502	6-5	Southland
36	Lafayette	62.225	7-4	Patriot League
37	Holy Cross	61.646	7-4	Patriot League
38	Sam Houston State	61.536	7-4	Southland
39	Montana State	60.309	6-5	Big Sky
40	Weber State	60.236	5-6	Big Sky
41	Southern	60.138	8-3	SWAC
42	South Carolina State	59.937	7-4	MEAC
43	Maine	59.834	4-7	CAA
44	Towson	59.688	3-8	CAA
45	Grambling	59.685	8-3	SWAC
46	Delaware State	59.555	10-2	MEAC
47	Colgate	59.046	7-4	Patriot League
48	William & Mary	58.786	4-7	CAA
49	Brown	58.655	5-5	Ivy League
50	Penn	58.582	4-6	Ivy League
51	Northern Arizona	58.509	6-5	Big Sky
52	UT-Chattanooga	58.444	2-9	Southern
53	Coastal Carolina	58.391	5-6	Big South
54	Fordham	58.174	8-3	Patriot League
55	Sacramento State	58.081	3-8	Big Sky
56	SE Louisiana	57.632	3-8	Southland
57	San Diego U.	57.106	9-2	Pioneer League
58	Hampton	57.092	6-5	MEAC
59	Northwestern State	56.673	4-7	Southland
60	Lehigh	56.621	5-6	Patriot League
61	Texas State	56.471	4-7	Southland
62	Rhode Island	56.402	3-8	CAA
63	Southern Utah	55.939	0-11	Great West
64	Tennessee Martin	55.920	4-7	Ohio Valley
65	Prairie View	55.889	7-3	SWAC
66	SUNY-Stony Brook	55.540	6-5	Independent
67	SUNY-Albany	55.527	8-4	Northeast
68	Idaho State	54.771	3-8	Big Sky
69	Jackson State	54.737	7-4	SWAC
70	Portland State	54.592	3-8	Big Sky
71	Princeton	54.103	4-6	Ivy League
72	Tennessee State	53.472	5-6	Ohio Valley
73	Dartmouth	53.237	3-7	Ivy League
74	Norfolk State	53.025	8-3	MEAC
75	Alabama A&M	52.352	8-3	SWAC
76	Winston-Salem	51.979	6-5	MEAC
77	Bucknell	51.151	3-8	Patriot League
78	Bethune Cookman	50.951	5-6	MEAC
79	Gardner-Webb	49.782	5-6	Big South
80	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	49.498	4-7	SWAC
81	Northern Colorado	48.726	1-11	Big Sky
82	Morgan State	48.642	5-6	MEAC
83	Western Carolina	48.185	1-10	Southern
84	Alabama State	48.043	5-5	SWAC
85	Jacksonville St. (AL)	47.959	6-5	Ohio Valley
86	Monmouth (NJ)	47.412	4-6	Northeast
87	Austin Peay	47.064	7-4	Ohio Valley
88	Presbyterian	47.025	6-5	Independent
89	Stephen F. Austin	46.548	0-11	Southland
90	Tennessee Tech	46.540	4-7	Ohio Valley
91	Samford	45.783	4-7	Ohio Valley
92	Morehead State	44.884	7-4	Pioneer League
93	Alcorn State	44.301	2-8	SWAC
94	Davidson	43.875	6-4	Pioneer League
95	Cornell	43.566	5-5	Ivy League
96	Columbia	43.411	1-9	Ivy League
97	Murray State	41.651	2-9	Ohio Valley
98	Howard	41.587	4-7	MEAC
99	SE Missouri State	41.490	3-8	Ohio Valley
100	Charleston Southern	40.545	5-6	Big South
101	Duquesne	39.228	6-4	MAAC
102	Florida A&M	39.089	3-8	MEAC
103	Drake	38.723	6-5	Pioneer League
104	Wagner	38.025	7-4	Northeast
105	Mississippi Valley St.	37.297	3-8	SWAC
106	Central Connecticut	36.337	6-5	Northeast
107	St. Francis (PA)	34.935	3-7	Northeast
108	Iona	34.507	7-4	MAAC
109	VMI	34.114	2-9	Big South
110	Marist	33.265	3-8	MAAC
111	Robert Morris	32.288	4-6	Northeast
112	North Carolina A&T	31.103	0-11	MEAC
113	Georgetown	30.161	1-10	Patriot League
114	NC Central	29.920	6-4	Independent
115	Indiana State	29.722	0-11	Gateway
116	Texas Southern	28.959	0-11	SWAC
117	Jacksonville (FL)	26.756	3-8	Pioneer League
118	Valparaiso	23.646	5-6	Pioneer League
119	Sacred Heart	23.586	3-8	Northeast
120	Butler	18.695	4-7	Pioneer League
121	Savannah State	9.763	1-9	Independent
122	La Salle	5.292	0-10	MAAC

Week 14: Delaware Knocks Off UNI

Top-ranked Northern Iowa jumped out to an early 10-0 lead, but couldn't hold off a Delaware attack that got two TD passes from QB Joe Flacco and 102 yards on the ground from Omar Cuff en route to a 39-27 upset over the Panthers. The loss ended the season of the last unbeaten team in Division I-AA and moved Delaware up to No. 1 in this week's Index. Here are the complete rankings through games played on December 1.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	Delaware	84.224	10-3	CAA
2	South Dakota State	83.601	7-4	Great West
3	North Dakota State	83.532	10-1	Great West
4	Southern Illinois	83.381	12-1	Gateway
5	Appalachian State	82.234	11-2	Southern
6	Richmond	80.189	11-2	CAA
7	Northern Iowa	78.832	12-1	Gateway
8	Massachusetts	77.819	10-3	CAA
9	James Madison	76.452	8-4	CAA
10	Eastern Washington	74.693	9-4	Big Sky
11	Youngstown State	74.653	7-4	Gateway
12	Villanova	73.955	7-4	CAA
13	Cal Poly	73.751	7-4	Great West
14	New Hampshire	73.584	7-5	CAA
15	McNeese State	73.142	11-1	Southland
16	Montana	73.005	11-1	Big Sky
17	Wofford	72.495	9-4	Southern
18	Western Illinois	71.461	6-5	Gateway
19	Liberty	70.928	8-3	Big South
20	Georgia Southern	70.428	7-4	Southern
21	The Citadel	70.349	7-4	Southern
22	Eastern Kentucky	67.601	9-3	Ohio Valley
23	Elon	67.173	7-4	Southern
24	Missouri State	66.641	6-5	Gateway
25	Furman	66.564	6-5	Southern
26	Illinois State	66.410	4-7	Gateway
27	Hofstra	66.156	7-4	CAA
28	Harvard	66.021	8-2	Ivy League
29	Yale	64.858	9-1	Ivy League
30	Northeastern	64.686	3-8	CAA
31	Dayton	64.654	11-1	Pioneer League
32	UC-Davis	64.334	5-6	Great West
33	Central Arkansas	63.159	6-5	Southland
34	Eastern Illinois	62.604	8-4	Ohio Valley
35	Nicholls State	62.502	6-5	Southland
36	Lafayette	62.225	7-4	Patriot League
37	Holy Cross	61.646	7-4	Patriot League
38	Sam Houston State	61.536	7-4	Southland
39	Montana State	60.309	6-5	Big Sky
40	Weber State	60.236	5-6	Big Sky
41	Southern	60.138	8-3	SWAC
42	South Carolina State	59.937	7-4	MEAC
43	Maine	59.834	4-7	CAA
44	Towson	59.688	3-8	CAA
45	Grambling	59.685	8-3	SWAC
46	Delaware State	59.555	10-2	MEAC
47	Colgate	59.046	7-4	Patriot League
48	William & Mary	58.786	4-7	CAA
49	Brown	58.655	5-5	Ivy League
50	Penn	58.582	4-6	Ivy League
51	Northern Arizona	58.509	6-5	Big Sky
52	UT-Chattanooga	58.444	2-9	Southern
53	Coastal Carolina	58.391	5-6	Big South
54	Fordham	58.174	8-3	Patriot League
55	Sacramento State	58.081	3-8	Big Sky
56	SE Louisiana	57.632	3-8	Southland
57	San Diego U.	57.106	9-2	Pioneer League
58	Hampton	57.092	6-5	MEAC
59	Northwestern State	56.673	4-7	Southland
60	Lehigh	56.621	5-6	Patriot League
61	Texas State	56.471	4-7	Southland
62	Rhode Island	56.402	3-8	CAA
63	Southern Utah	55.939	0-11	Great West
64	Tennessee Martin	55.920	4-7	Ohio Valley
65	Prairie View	55.889	7-3	SWAC
66	SUNY-Stony Brook	55.540	6-5	Independent
67	SUNY-Albany	55.527	8-4	Northeast
68	Idaho State	54.771	3-8	Big Sky
69	Jackson State	54.737	7-4	SWAC
70	Portland State	54.592	3-8	Big Sky
71	Princeton	54.103	4-6	Ivy League
72	Tennessee State	53.472	5-6	Ohio Valley
73	Dartmouth	53.237	3-7	Ivy League
74	Norfolk State	53.025	8-3	MEAC
75	Alabama A&M	52.352	8-3	SWAC
76	Winston-Salem	51.979	6-5	MEAC
77	Bucknell	51.151	3-8	Patriot League
78	Bethune Cookman	50.951	5-6	MEAC
79	Gardner-Webb	49.782	5-6	Big South
80	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	49.498	4-7	SWAC
81	Northern Colorado	48.726	1-11	Big Sky
82	Morgan State	48.642	5-6	MEAC
83	Western Carolina	48.185	1-10	Southern
84	Alabama State	48.043	5-5	SWAC
85	Jacksonville St. (AL)	47.959	6-5	Ohio Valley
86	Monmouth (NJ)	47.412	4-6	Northeast
87	Austin Peay	47.064	7-4	Ohio Valley
88	Presbyterian	47.025	6-5	Independent
89	Stephen F. Austin	46.548	0-11	Southland
90	Tennessee Tech	46.540	4-7	Ohio Valley
91	Samford	45.783	4-7	Ohio Valley
92	Morehead State	44.884	7-4	Pioneer League
93	Alcorn State	44.301	2-8	SWAC
94	Davidson	43.875	6-4	Pioneer League
95	Cornell	43.566	5-5	Ivy League
96	Columbia	43.411	1-9	Ivy League
97	Murray State	41.651	2-9	Ohio Valley
98	Howard	41.587	4-7	MEAC
99	SE Missouri State	41.490	3-8	Ohio Valley
100	Charleston Southern	40.545	5-6	Big South
101	Duquesne	39.228	6-4	MAAC
102	Florida A&M	39.089	3-8	MEAC
103	Drake	38.723	6-5	Pioneer League
104	Wagner	38.025	7-4	Northeast
105	Mississippi Valley St.	37.297	3-8	SWAC
106	Central Connecticut	36.337	6-5	Northeast
107	St. Francis (PA)	34.935	3-7	Northeast
108	Iona	34.507	7-4	MAAC
109	VMI	34.114	2-9	Big South
110	Marist	33.265	3-8	MAAC
111	Robert Morris	32.288	4-6	Northeast
112	North Carolina A&T	31.103	0-11	MEAC
113	Georgetown	30.161	1-10	Patriot League
114	NC Central	29.920	6-4	Independent
115	Indiana State	29.722	0-11	Gateway
116	Texas Southern	28.959	0-11	SWAC
117	Jacksonville (FL)	26.756	3-8	Pioneer League
118	Valparaiso	23.646	5-6	Pioneer League
119	Sacred Heart	23.586	3-8	Northeast
120	Butler	18.695	4-7	Pioneer League
121	Savannah State	9.763	1-9	Independent
122	La Salle	5.292	0-10	MAAC

Week 13: UNI Survives First Round Scare

Top-seeded and No. 1-ranked Northern Iowa needed a TD pass from Eric Sanders with seven seconds left to knock off New Hampshire (38-35) in the first round of the Division I-AA playoffs. Sanders hit Montari Leonard with a 24-yard strike to complete a 71-yard drive in the final 1:16 without any timeouts. The Panthers will host Delaware this weekend after the Blue Hens advanced with a 44-7 win over Delaware State. Here are the complete rankings through games played on November 24.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	Northern Iowa	85.440	12-0	Gateway
2	South Dakota State	83.601	7-4	Great West
3	North Dakota State	83.532	10-1	Great West
4	Southern Illinois	81.507	11-1	Gateway
5	Appalachian State	79.812	10-2	Southern
6	Richmond	79.362	10-2	CAA
7	Massachusetts	78.150	10-2	CAA
8	Delaware	77.616	9-3	CAA
9	James Madison	76.452	8-4	CAA
10	Eastern Washington	76.254	9-3	Big Sky
11	Wofford	75.875	9-3	Southern
12	Youngstown State	74.653	7-4	Gateway
13	Villanova	73.955	7-4	CAA
14	Cal Poly	73.751	7-4	Great West
15	New Hampshire	73.584	7-5	CAA
16	McNeese State	73.142	11-1	Southland
17	Montana	73.005	11-1	Big Sky
18	Western Illinois	71.461	6-5	Gateway
19	Liberty	70.928	8-3	Big South
20	Georgia Southern	70.428	7-4	Southern
21	The Citadel	70.349	7-4	Southern
22	Eastern Kentucky	67.601	9-3	Ohio Valley
23	Elon	67.173	7-4	Southern
24	Missouri State	66.641	6-5	Gateway
25	Furman	66.564	6-5	Southern
26	Illinois State	66.410	4-7	Gateway
27	Hofstra	66.156	7-4	CAA
28	Harvard	66.021	8-2	Ivy League
29	Yale	64.858	9-1	Ivy League
30	Northeastern	64.686	3-8	CAA
31	UC-Davis	64.334	5-6	Great West
32	Central Arkansas	63.159	6-5	Southland
33	Eastern Illinois	62.604	8-4	Ohio Valley
34	Nicholls State	62.502	6-5	Southland
35	Lafayette	62.225	7-4	Patriot League
36	Holy Cross	61.646	7-4	Patriot League
37	Sam Houston State	61.536	7-4	Southland
38	SUNY-Albany	61.464	8-3	Northeast
39	Montana State	60.309	6-5	Big Sky
40	Weber State	60.236	5-6	Big Sky
41	Southern	60.138	8-3	SWAC
42	South Carolina State	59.937	7-4	MEAC
43	Maine	59.834	4-7	CAA
44	Towson	59.688	3-8	CAA
45	Grambling	59.685	8-3	SWAC
46	Delaware State	59.555	10-2	MEAC
47	Colgate	59.046	7-4	Patriot League
48	William & Mary	58.786	4-7	CAA
49	Dayton	58.717	10-1	Pioneer League
50	Brown	58.655	5-5	Ivy League
51	Penn	58.582	4-6	Ivy League
52	Northern Arizona	58.509	6-5	Big Sky
53	UT-Chattanooga	58.444	2-9	Southern
54	Coastal Carolina	58.391	5-6	Big South
55	Fordham	58.174	8-3	Patriot League
56	Sacramento State	58.081	3-8	Big Sky
57	SE Louisiana	57.632	3-8	Southland
58	San Diego U.	57.106	9-2	Pioneer League
59	Hampton	57.092	6-5	MEAC
60	Northwestern State	56.673	4-7	Southland
61	Lehigh	56.621	5-6	Patriot League
62	Texas State	56.471	4-7	Southland
63	Rhode Island	56.402	3-8	CAA
64	Southern Utah	55.939	0-11	Great West
65	Tennessee Martin	55.920	4-7	Ohio Valley
66	Prairie View	55.889	7-3	SWAC
67	SUNY-Stony Brook	55.540	6-5	Independent
68	Idaho State	54.771	3-8	Big Sky
69	Jackson State	54.737	7-4	SWAC
70	Portland State	54.592	3-8	Big Sky
71	Princeton	54.103	4-6	Ivy League
72	Tennessee State	53.472	5-6	Ohio Valley
73	Dartmouth	53.237	3-7	Ivy League
74	Norfolk State	53.025	8-3	MEAC
75	Alabama A&M	52.352	8-3	SWAC
76	Winston-Salem	51.979	6-5	MEAC
77	Bucknell	51.151	3-8	Patriot League
78	Bethune Cookman	50.951	5-6	MEAC
79	Gardner-Webb	49.782	5-6	Big South
80	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	49.498	4-7	SWAC
81	Northern Colorado	48.726	1-11	Big Sky
82	Morgan State	48.642	5-6	MEAC
83	Western Carolina	48.185	1-10	Southern
84	Alabama State	48.043	5-5	SWAC
85	Jacksonville St. (AL)	47.959	6-5	Ohio Valley
86	Monmouth (NJ)	47.412	4-6	Northeast
87	Austin Peay	47.064	7-4	Ohio Valley
88	Presbyterian	47.025	6-5	Independent
89	Stephen F. Austin	46.548	0-11	Southland
90	Tennessee Tech	46.540	4-7	Ohio Valley
91	Samford	45.783	4-7	Ohio Valley
92	Morehead State	44.884	7-4	Pioneer League
93	Alcorn State	44.301	2-8	SWAC
94	Davidson	43.875	6-4	Pioneer League
95	Cornell	43.566	5-5	Ivy League
96	Columbia	43.411	1-9	Ivy League
97	Murray State	41.651	2-9	Ohio Valley
98	Howard	41.587	4-7	MEAC
99	SE Missouri State	41.490	3-8	Ohio Valley
100	Charleston Southern	40.545	5-6	Big South
101	Duquesne	39.228	6-4	MAAC
102	Florida A&M	39.089	3-8	MEAC
103	Drake	38.723	6-5	Pioneer League
104	Wagner	38.025	7-4	Northeast
105	Mississippi Valley St.	37.297	3-8	SWAC
106	Central Connecticut	36.337	6-5	Northeast
107	St. Francis (PA)	34.935	3-7	Northeast
108	Iona	34.507	7-4	MAAC
109	VMI	34.114	2-9	Big South
110	Marist	33.265	3-8	MAAC
111	Robert Morris	32.288	4-6	Northeast
112	North Carolina A&T	31.103	0-11	MEAC
113	Georgetown	30.161	1-10	Patriot League
114	NC Central	29.920	6-4	Independent
115	Indiana State	29.722	0-11	Gateway
116	Texas Southern	28.959	0-11	SWAC
117	Jacksonville (FL)	26.756	3-8	Pioneer League
118	Valparaiso	23.646	5-6	Pioneer League
119	Sacred Heart	23.586	3-8	Northeast
120	Butler	18.695	4-7	Pioneer League
121	Savannah State	9.763	1-9	Independent
122	La Salle	5.292	0-10	MAAC

Week 12: South Wins Battle Of Dakotas

In the battle for first place in the Great West Conference, it was South Dakota State pulled the upset over North Dakota State (29-24) behind two Cory Koenig TDs. Koenig's final TD came with 9:10 left and the Jackrabbits were able to seal the win on a Brock Gentile INT with 1:19 left. The loss knocked the Bison out of first place in this week's Index, allowing Northern Iowa to move back up to No. 1. South Dakota jumps all the way up to No. 2. Here are the complete rankings through games played on November 17.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	Northern Iowa	87.744	11-0	Gateway
2	South Dakota State	83.601	7-4	Great West
3	North Dakota State	83.532	10-1	Great West
4	Southern Illinois	81.483	10-1	Gateway
5	Appalachian State	80.402	9-2	Southern
6	Richmond	78.615	9-2	CAA
7	McNeese State	77.939	11-0	Southland
8	Massachusetts	77.575	9-2	CAA
9	James Madison	75.862	8-3	CAA
10	Youngstown State	74.653	7-4	Gateway
11	Villanova	73.955	7-4	CAA
12	Delaware	73.933	8-3	CAA
13	Cal Poly	73.751	7-4	Great West
14	Montana	73.688	11-0	Big Sky
15	Wofford	72.638	8-3	Southern
16	Western Illinois	71.461	6-5	Gateway
17	Eastern Washington	71.361	8-3	Big Sky
18	Liberty	70.928	8-3	Big South
19	New Hampshire	70.916	7-4	CAA
20	Georgia Southern	70.428	7-4	Southern
21	The Citadel	70.349	7-4	Southern
22	Eastern Kentucky	68.050	9-2	Ohio Valley
23	Elon	67.173	7-4	Southern
24	Missouri State	66.641	6-5	Gateway
25	Furman	66.564	6-5	Southern
26	Illinois State	66.410	4-7	Gateway
27	Hofstra	66.156	7-4	CAA
28	Harvard	66.021	8-2	Ivy League
29	Grambling	64.865	8-2	SWAC
30	Yale	64.858	9-1	Ivy League
31	Northeastern	64.686	3-8	CAA
32	UC-Davis	64.334	5-6	Great West
33	Central Arkansas	63.159	6-5	Southland
34	Eastern Illinois	62.628	8-3	Ohio Valley
35	Nicholls State	62.502	6-5	Southland
36	Lafayette	62.225	7-4	Patriot League
37	Holy Cross	61.646	7-4	Patriot League
38	Sam Houston State	61.536	7-4	Southland
39	SUNY-Albany	61.464	8-3	Northeast
40	Delaware State	60.667	10-1	MEAC
41	Montana State	60.309	6-5	Big Sky
42	Weber State	60.236	5-6	Big Sky
43	South Carolina State	59.937	7-4	MEAC
44	Maine	59.834	4-7	CAA
45	Towson	59.688	3-8	CAA
46	Colgate	59.046	7-4	Patriot League
47	Fordham	58.973	8-2	Patriot League
48	William & Mary	58.786	4-7	CAA
49	Dayton	58.717	10-1	Pioneer League
50	Brown	58.655	5-5	Ivy League
51	Penn	58.582	4-6	Ivy League
52	Northern Arizona	58.509	6-5	Big Sky
53	UT-Chattanooga	58.444	2-9	Southern
54	Coastal Carolina	58.391	5-6	Big South
55	Sacramento State	58.081	3-8	Big Sky
56	SE Louisiana	57.632	3-8	Southland
57	San Diego U.	57.106	9-2	Pioneer League
58	Hampton	57.092	6-5	MEAC
59	Northwestern State	56.673	4-7	Southland
60	Lehigh	56.621	5-6	Patriot League
61	Texas State	56.471	4-7	Southland
62	Rhode Island	56.402	3-8	CAA
63	Southern Utah	55.939	0-11	Great West
64	Tennessee Martin	55.920	4-7	Ohio Valley
65	Prairie View	55.889	7-3	SWAC
66	SUNY-Stony Brook	55.540	6-5	Independent
67	Southern	54.958	7-3	SWAC
68	Idaho State	54.771	3-8	Big Sky
69	Jackson State	54.737	7-4	SWAC
70	Portland State	54.592	3-8	Big Sky
71	Princeton	54.103	4-6	Ivy League
72	Tennessee State	53.472	5-6	Ohio Valley
73	Dartmouth	53.237	3-7	Ivy League
74	Norfolk State	53.025	8-3	MEAC
75	Alabama A&M	52.352	8-3	SWAC
76	Winston-Salem	51.979	6-5	MEAC
77	Bucknell	51.151	3-8	Patriot League
78	Bethune Cookman	50.951	5-6	MEAC
79	Gardner-Webb	49.782	5-6	Big South
80	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	49.498	4-7	SWAC
81	Northern Colorado	48.726	1-11	Big Sky
82	Morgan State	48.642	5-6	MEAC
83	Western Carolina	48.185	1-10	Southern
84	Alabama State	48.043	5-5	SWAC
85	Jacksonville St. (AL)	47.959	6-5	Ohio Valley
86	Monmouth (NJ)	47.412	4-6	Northeast
87	Austin Peay	47.064	7-4	Ohio Valley
88	Presbyterian	47.025	6-5	Independent
89	Stephen F. Austin	46.548	0-11	Southland
90	Tennessee Tech	46.540	4-7	Ohio Valley
91	Samford	45.783	4-7	Ohio Valley
92	Morehead State	44.884	7-4	Pioneer League
93	Alcorn State	44.301	2-8	SWAC
94	Davidson	43.875	6-4	Pioneer League
95	Cornell	43.566	5-5	Ivy League
96	Columbia	43.411	1-9	Ivy League
97	Murray State	41.651	2-9	Ohio Valley
98	Howard	41.587	4-7	MEAC
99	SE Missouri State	41.490	3-8	Ohio Valley
100	Charleston Southern	40.545	5-6	Big South
101	Duquesne	39.228	6-4	MAAC
102	Florida A&M	39.089	3-8	MEAC
103	Drake	38.723	6-5	Pioneer League
104	Wagner	38.025	7-4	Northeast
105	Mississippi Valley St.	37.297	3-8	SWAC
106	Central Connecticut	36.337	6-5	Northeast
107	St. Francis (PA)	34.935	3-7	Northeast
108	Iona	34.507	7-4	MAAC
109	VMI	34.114	2-9	Big South
110	Marist	33.265	3-8	MAAC
111	Robert Morris	32.288	4-6	Northeast
112	North Carolina A&T	31.103	0-11	MEAC
113	Georgetown	30.161	1-10	Patriot League
114	Texas Southern	30.104	0-10	SWAC
115	NC Central	29.920	6-4	Independent
116	Indiana State	29.722	0-11	Gateway
117	Jacksonville (FL)	26.756	3-8	Pioneer League
118	Valparaiso	23.646	5-6	Pioneer League
119	Sacred Heart	23.586	3-8	Northeast
120	Butler	18.695	4-7	Pioneer League
121	Savannah State	9.763	1-9	Independent
122	La Salle	5.292	0-10	MAAC

Week 11: Spiders Catch Delaware In Web

It took five overtimes, but Richmond was finally able to put Delaware away (62-56) on Saturday to clinch the South Division title in the CAA. Delaware tied the game at 38-all on the last play of regulation when QB Joe Flacco took it in from the one-yard line. But the Blue Hens failed to win it in the third OT when Jon Striefsky missed a 22-yard FG attempt. Richmond was finally able to win it on Josh Vaughan's 13-yard TD run. The win keeps the Spiders at No. 5 in this week's Index, while Delaware drops to No. 6. Here are the complete rankings through games played on November 10.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	North Dakota State	86.942	10-0	Great West
2	Northern Iowa	86.196	10-0	Gateway
3	Southern Illinois	83.081	9-1	Gateway
4	Appalachian State	80.892	8-2	Southern
5	Richmond	80.823	8-2	CAA
6	Delaware	77.405	8-2	CAA
7	James Madison	76.272	7-3	CAA
8	South Dakota State	75.795	6-4	Great West
9	Massachusetts	74.930	8-2	CAA
10	McNeese State	74.884	10-0	Southland
11	Montana	74.696	10-0	Big Sky
12	Youngstown State	74.653	7-4	Gateway
13	Yale	72.896	9-0	Ivy League
14	Wofford	72.638	8-3	Southern
15	Western Illinois	71.461	6-5	Gateway
16	Villanova	70.965	6-4	CAA
17	Cal Poly	70.819	6-4	Great West
18	Eastern Washington	70.557	7-3	Big Sky
19	Georgia Southern	69.689	7-3	Southern
20	Furman	69.592	5-5	Southern
21	The Citadel	68.908	6-4	Southern
22	Hofstra	68.802	7-3	CAA
23	Liberty	68.465	7-3	Big South
24	Eastern Kentucky	67.488	8-2	Ohio Valley
25	Fordham	67.454	8-2	Patriot League
26	Nicholls State	66.937	6-4	Southland
27	Illinois State	66.840	4-7	Gateway
28	Missouri State	66.641	6-5	Gateway
29	Elon	66.332	6-4	Southern
30	Central Arkansas	66.214	6-4	Southland
31	UC-Davis	65.391	4-6	Great West
32	Grambling	64.865	8-2	SWAC
33	Northeastern	64.578	3-7	CAA
34	Harvard	64.343	7-2	Ivy League
35	New Hampshire	63.255	6-4	CAA
36	Brown	63.094	4-5	Ivy League
37	Weber State	62.919	5-5	Big Sky
38	Eastern Illinois	62.839	7-3	Ohio Valley
39	Sam Houston State	62.552	6-4	Southland
40	Maine	62.325	4-6	CAA
41	Montana State	62.214	6-4	Big Sky
42	Colgate	61.246	7-3	Patriot League
43	Lafayette	60.710	6-4	Patriot League
44	Delaware State	60.167	9-1	MEAC
45	South Carolina State	60.028	6-4	MEAC
46	Holy Cross	59.445	6-4	Patriot League
47	SUNY-Albany	58.996	7-3	Northeast
48	Dayton	58.717	10-1	Pioneer League
49	Northern Arizona	58.509	6-5	Big Sky
50	Towson	58.144	3-7	CAA
51	UT-Chattanooga	57.955	2-8	Southern
52	Southern Utah	57.487	0-10	Great West
53	Sacramento State	57.384	2-8	Big Sky
54	William & Mary	56.578	3-6	CAA
55	Idaho State	56.448	3-6	Big Sky
56	SUNY-Stony Brook	56.381	6-4	Independent
57	Lehigh	56.220	5-5	Patriot League
58	San Diego U.	56.049	9-1	Pioneer League
59	Alabama A&M	55.584	8-2	SWAC
60	Hampton	55.494	6-4	MEAC
61	Texas State	55.455	4-6	Southland
62	Dartmouth	55.371	3-6	Ivy League
63	Penn	55.287	3-6	Ivy League
64	Southern	54.958	7-3	SWAC
65	Jacksonville St. (AL)	54.693	6-4	Ohio Valley
66	Northwestern State	54.454	3-7	Southland
67	Tennessee Martin	54.439	3-7	Ohio Valley
68	Jackson State	54.345	6-4	SWAC
69	Portland State	53.559	2-8	Big Sky
70	Rhode Island	53.329	2-8	CAA
71	SE Louisiana	53.197	2-8	Southland
72	Coastal Carolina	53.103	4-6	Big South
73	Tennessee State	52.912	5-5	Ohio Valley
74	Cornell	52.682	5-4	Ivy League
75	Prairie View	52.657	6-3	SWAC
76	Norfolk State	52.444	7-3	MEAC
77	Gardner-Webb	52.246	5-5	Big South
78	Princeton	51.969	3-6	Ivy League
79	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	51.847	3-7	SWAC
80	Winston-Salem	50.864	6-4	MEAC
81	Western Carolina	50.104	1-9	Southern
82	Northern Colorado	49.760	1-10	Big Sky
83	Stephen F. Austin	48.767	0-10	Southland
84	Morgan State	48.642	5-6	MEAC
85	Alabama State	48.043	5-5	SWAC
86	Morehead State	47.532	7-3	Pioneer League
87	Bethune Cookman	47.166	4-6	MEAC
88	Presbyterian	47.025	6-5	Independent
89	Austin Peay	46.917	6-4	Ohio Valley
90	Monmouth (NJ)	46.708	3-6	Northeast
91	Charleston Southern	45.833	5-5	Big South
92	Samford	45.571	4-6	Ohio Valley
93	Tennessee Tech	45.150	4-6	Ohio Valley
94	Alcorn State	44.692	2-7	SWAC
95	Davidson	43.875	6-4	Pioneer League
96	Florida A&M	42.873	3-7	MEAC
97	Murray State	41.798	2-8	Ohio Valley
98	Howard	41.226	4-6	MEAC
99	Columbia	41.075	1-8	Ivy League
100	Duquesne	39.932	6-3	MAAC
101	Central Connecticut	38.806	6-4	Northeast
102	Drake	38.723	6-5	Pioneer League
103	Mississippi Valley St.	37.931	2-8	SWAC
104	Wagner	37.342	6-4	Northeast
105	Iona	36.225	7-3	MAAC
106	Bucknell	35.999	2-8	Patriot League
107	VMI	35.555	2-8	Big South
108	SE Missouri State	34.756	2-8	Ohio Valley
109	North Carolina A&T	33.462	0-10	MEAC
110	Marist	33.265	3-8	MAAC
111	Robert Morris	32.288	4-6	Northeast
112	St. Francis (PA)	32.095	2-7	Northeast
113	Georgetown	30.161	1-10	Patriot League
114	NC Central	29.920	6-4	Independent
115	Indiana State	29.722	0-11	Gateway
116	Texas Southern	27.756	0-9	SWAC
117	Jacksonville (FL)	27.438	3-7	Pioneer League
118	Valparaiso	23.646	5-6	Pioneer League
119	Sacred Heart	23.586	3-8	Northeast
120	Butler	18.695	4-7	Pioneer League
121	Savannah State	9.130	1-8	Independent
122	La Salle	8.131	0-9	MAAC

Week 10: Delaware Hand-Cuffs JMU

Delaware held off James Madison (37-34) on Saturday behind Omar Cuff's three TDs. Cuff's final TD in the fourth quarter proved the be the decider and gave him 31 on the season, tying the I-AA record set last year by Appalachian State's Kevin Richardson. The win was the third straight for the Blue Hens and pushed them to No. 4 in this week's Index. Here are the complete rankings through games played on November 3.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	North Dakota State	88.269	9-0	Great West
2	Northern Iowa	86.814	9-0	Gateway
3	Southern Illinois	84.641	8-1	Gateway
4	Delaware	79.021	8-1	CAA
5	Richmond	78.723	7-2	CAA
6	McNeese State	78.492	9-0	Southland
7	South Dakota State	78.248	5-4	Great West
8	Appalachian State	77.589	7-2	Southern
9	James Madison	77.362	6-3	CAA
10	Montana	74.209	9-0	Big Sky
11	Massachusetts	72.848	7-2	CAA
12	Villanova	72.744	5-4	CAA
13	Youngstown State	72.102	6-4	Gateway
14	Georgia Southern	71.786	7-2	Southern
15	Western Illinois	71.514	6-4	Gateway
16	Yale	71.277	8-0	Ivy League
17	Elon	70.543	6-3	Southern
18	Cal Poly	70.433	6-3	Great West
19	Wofford	69.809	7-3	Southern
20	Eastern Kentucky	69.130	7-2	Ohio Valley
21	Hofstra	69.106	7-2	CAA
22	Northern Arizona	68.213	6-4	Big Sky
23	Central Arkansas	67.575	5-4	Southland
24	Furman	67.494	4-5	Southern
25	Fordham	67.454	8-2	Patriot League
26	Eastern Washington	67.100	6-3	Big Sky
27	Liberty	66.942	6-3	Big South
28	Grambling	66.062	8-1	SWAC
29	UC-Davis	65.391	4-6	Great West
30	New Hampshire	65.336	6-3	CAA
31	Illinois State	65.280	4-6	Gateway
32	Holy Cross	65.171	6-3	Patriot League
33	Missouri State	65.113	5-5	Gateway
34	The Citadel	64.696	5-4	Southern
35	Sam Houston State	63.891	5-4	Southland
36	Nicholls State	63.807	5-4	Southland
37	Northeastern	63.800	2-7	CAA
38	Rhode Island	63.042	2-7	CAA
39	Weber State	62.919	4-5	Big Sky
40	Harvard	62.607	6-2	Ivy League
41	Dayton	61.966	9-1	Pioneer League
42	UT-Chattanooga	60.784	2-7	Southern
43	Colgate	60.767	6-3	Patriot League
44	Jacksonville St. (AL)	60.548	6-3	Ohio Valley
45	Delaware State	60.431	8-1	MEAC
46	South Carolina State	59.818	5-4	MEAC
47	Brown	59.775	3-5	Ivy League
48	Maine	59.187	3-6	CAA
49	Portland State	58.903	2-7	Big Sky
50	Dartmouth	58.690	3-5	Ivy League
51	Jackson State	58.690	6-3	SWAC
52	Texas State	58.585	4-5	Southland
53	Sacramento State	58.541	1-8	Big Sky
54	Southern Utah	57.825	0-9	Great West
55	SUNY-Albany	57.568	6-3	Northeast
56	Southern	57.514	7-2	SWAC
57	Alabama A&M	57.307	7-2	SWAC
58	Penn	57.024	3-5	Ivy League
59	Eastern Illinois	56.985	6-3	Ohio Valley
60	Montana State	56.869	5-4	Big Sky
61	William & Mary	56.621	4-5	CAA
62	Idaho State	55.864	3-6	Big Sky
63	Lafayette	55.805	5-4	Patriot League
64	Towson	55.439	3-6	CAA
65	Gardner-Webb	55.031	5-4	Big South
66	San Diego U.	54.928	8-1	Pioneer League
67	Hampton	54.900	5-4	MEAC
68	Lehigh	54.275	4-5	Patriot League
69	SUNY-Stony Brook	54.025	5-4	Independent
70	Western Carolina	53.407	1-8	Southern
71	Cornell	52.518	4-4	Ivy League
72	Winston-Salem	52.465	5-4	MEAC
73	Tennessee Martin	52.386	2-7	Ohio Valley
74	Princeton	52.308	3-5	Ivy League
75	Tennessee State	52.247	4-5	Ohio Valley
76	Norfolk State	51.963	7-2	MEAC
77	SE Louisiana	51.858	2-7	Southland
78	Northwestern State	50.846	3-6	Southland
79	Coastal Carolina	50.317	3-6	Big South
80	Presbyterian	49.621	6-4	Independent
81	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	49.291	2-7	SWAC
82	Morehead State	48.653	7-2	Pioneer League
83	Northern Colorado	48.603	1-9	Big Sky
84	Prairie View	48.312	5-3	SWAC
85	Alabama State	47.821	4-5	SWAC
86	Murray State	47.430	2-7	Ohio Valley
87	Stephen F. Austin	47.406	0-9	Southland
88	Monmouth (NJ)	46.960	3-5	Northeast
89	Morgan State	46.725	5-5	MEAC
90	Howard	46.286	4-5	MEAC
91	Samford	46.236	4-5	Ohio Valley
92	Wagner	45.589	6-3	Northeast
93	Austin Peay	45.275	6-3	Ohio Valley
94	Tennessee Tech	45.150	4-6	Ohio Valley
95	Columbia	44.238	1-7	Ivy League
96	Florida A&M	43.468	3-6	MEAC
97	Charleston Southern	43.237	4-5	Big South
98	Alcorn State	42.970	2-6	SWAC
99	Iona	42.186	7-2	MAAC
100	Bethune Cookman	42.106	3-6	MEAC
101	Central Connecticut	41.162	6-3	Northeast
102	Davidson	39.432	5-4	Pioneer League
103	Mississippi Valley St.	38.152	2-7	SWAC
104	Bucknell	37.944	2-7	Patriot League
105	Duquesne	37.133	5-3	MAAC
106	VMI	37.077	2-7	Big South
107	SE Missouri State	36.284	2-7	Ohio Valley
108	Drake	35.474	6-4	Pioneer League
109	North Carolina A&T	33.462	0-10	MEAC
110	Robert Morris	31.964	3-6	Northeast
111	Georgetown	30.640	1-9	Patriot League
112	NC Central	30.411	6-3	Independent
113	Indiana State	29.104	0-10	Gateway
114	Valparaiso	28.089	5-5	Pioneer League
115	Texas Southern	27.756	0-9	SWAC
116	Jacksonville (FL)	27.624	2-7	Pioneer League
117	Marist	27.304	2-8	MAAC
118	Sacred Heart	23.910	3-7	Northeast
119	St. Francis (PA)	23.849	1-7	Northeast
120	Butler	18.509	4-6	Pioneer League
121	La Salle	10.930	0-8	MAAC
122	Savannah State	9.130	1-8	Independent

Week 9: Bison Back On Top

North Dakota State didn't stay out of the top spot for long as the Bison move back up to No. 1 in this week's Index after a 52-17 win over Southern Utah. NDSU was led by RBs Pat Paschall and Peter Blincoe, who combined for 189 yards on the ground and four TDs in the easy victory. Last week's No. 1, Northern Iowa, drops to No. 2 after barely holding on against Youngstown State (14-13). The Panthers trailed 13-0 entering the fourth quarter and needed a pair of late TDs from Johnny Gray to avoid the upset. Here are the complete rankings through games played on October 27.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	North Dakota State	87.516	8-0	Great West
2	Northern Iowa	86.989	8-0	Gateway
3	Southern Illinois	86.725	7-1	Gateway
4	Massachusetts	80.751	7-1	CAA
5	McNeese State	79.013	8-0	Southland
6	Delaware	78.686	7-1	CAA
7	Richmond	77.987	6-2	CAA
8	James Madison	77.697	6-2	CAA
9	New Hampshire	77.392	6-2	CAA
10	South Dakota State	77.103	4-4	Great West
11	Appalachian State	75.562	6-2	Southern
12	Montana	74.982	8-0	Big Sky
13	Youngstown State	74.602	5-4	Gateway
14	Villanova	74.408	5-3	CAA
15	Elon	73.568	6-2	Southern
16	Cal Poly	73.347	5-3	Great West
17	Western Illinois	73.222	6-3	Gateway
18	Yale	71.653	7-0	Ivy League
19	Georgia Southern	71.530	6-2	Southern
20	Central Arkansas	71.270	5-3	Southland
21	Holy Cross	71.019	6-2	Patriot League
22	Wofford	70.065	7-2	Southern
23	Eastern Washington	69.224	5-3	Big Sky
24	Eastern Kentucky	69.130	7-2	Ohio Valley
25	Liberty	67.848	5-3	Big South
26	Northern Arizona	67.299	5-4	Big Sky
27	Grambling	67.122	7-1	SWAC
28	The Citadel	66.723	5-3	Southern
29	Hofstra	66.227	6-2	CAA
30	Illinois State	66.032	4-5	Gateway
31	UC-Davis	65.853	3-6	Great West
32	Nicholls State	65.265	5-3	Southland
33	Missouri State	64.938	5-4	Gateway
34	Furman	64.470	3-5	Southern
35	Harvard	63.449	5-2	Ivy League
36	Sam Houston State	62.433	4-4	Southland
37	Jacksonville St. (AL)	61.125	5-3	Ohio Valley
38	Weber State	60.933	3-5	Big Sky
39	UT-Chattanooga	60.519	2-6	Southern
40	Delaware State	60.484	7-1	MEAC
41	South Carolina State	60.458	4-4	MEAC
42	Fordham	59.759	7-2	Patriot League
43	William & Mary	59.500	4-4	CAA
44	Brown	59.399	3-4	Ivy League
45	Maine	59.374	2-6	CAA
46	Northeastern	59.223	1-7	CAA
47	Alabama A&M	58.924	7-1	SWAC
48	Sacramento State	58.078	1-7	Big Sky
49	San Diego U.	58.052	7-1	Pioneer League
50	Lehigh	58.030	4-4	Patriot League
51	Idaho State	57.850	3-5	Big Sky
52	Montana State	57.783	5-3	Big Sky
53	Dayton	57.580	8-1	Pioneer League
54	Jackson State	57.073	5-3	SWAC
55	Colgate	57.013	5-3	Patriot League
56	Eastern Illinois	56.985	6-3	Ohio Valley
57	SUNY-Albany	56.969	5-3	Northeast
58	Texas State	56.766	3-5	Southland
59	Penn	56.452	2-5	Ivy League
60	Hampton	56.348	4-4	MEAC
61	Portland State	56.287	2-6	Big Sky
62	Southern Utah	56.121	0-8	Great West
63	Tennessee Martin	55.640	2-7	Ohio Valley
64	Towson	55.252	3-5	CAA
65	Rhode Island	55.139	1-7	CAA
66	SUNY-Stony Brook	54.025	5-4	Independent
67	SE Louisiana	53.677	2-6	Southland
68	Lafayette	53.521	4-4	Patriot League
69	Western Carolina	53.407	1-8	Southern
70	Princeton	52.879	3-4	Ivy League
71	Southern	52.703	6-2	SWAC
72	Cornell	52.544	4-3	Ivy League
73	Winston-Salem	51.461	5-3	MEAC
74	Dartmouth	51.406	2-5	Ivy League
75	Howard	51.052	4-4	MEAC
76	Gardner-Webb	50.007	4-4	Big South
77	Tennessee State	49.951	3-5	Ohio Valley
78	Murray State	49.725	2-6	Ohio Valley
79	Presbyterian	49.621	5-4	Independent
80	Morgan State	49.488	5-4	MEAC
81	Coastal Carolina	49.411	3-5	Big South
82	Norfolk State	49.200	6-2	MEAC
83	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	49.036	1-7	SWAC
84	Prairie View	48.568	5-2	SWAC
85	Wagner	47.253	5-3	Northeast
86	Stephen F. Austin	46.884	0-8	Southland
87	Austin Peay	46.772	5-3	Ohio Valley
88	Alabama State	46.761	4-4	SWAC
89	Monmouth (NJ)	46.708	2-5	Northeast
90	Northern Colorado	46.479	1-8	Big Sky
91	Northwestern State	46.050	3-5	Southland
92	Samford	45.658	4-4	Ohio Valley
93	Drake	45.385	6-3	Pioneer League
94	Florida A&M	45.219	2-6	MEAC
95	Alcorn State	43.424	1-6	SWAC
96	Columbia	43.395	1-6	Ivy League
97	Charleston Southern	42.527	3-5	Big South
98	Iona	42.186	6-2	MAAC
99	Central Connecticut	41.475	5-3	Northeast
100	Tennessee Tech	40.836	4-5	Ohio Valley
101	Bethune Cookman	40.658	3-5	MEAC
102	Bucknell	40.229	2-6	Patriot League
103	Morehead State	38.743	6-2	Pioneer League
104	VMI	37.787	2-6	Big South
105	Mississippi Valley St.	37.698	2-6	SWAC
106	Duquesne	37.133	5-3	MAAC
107	Davidson	36.308	5-3	Pioneer League
108	SE Missouri State	34.787	2-6	Ohio Valley
109	Georgetown	33.809	1-8	Patriot League
110	Texas Southern	32.566	0-8	SWAC
111	Robert Morris	32.563	3-5	Northeast
112	North Carolina A&T	31.711	0-9	MEAC
113	NC Central	30.411	6-3	Independent
114	Jacksonville (FL)	29.160	2-6	Pioneer League
115	Indiana State	26.604	0-9	Gateway
116	Valparaiso	26.553	4-5	Pioneer League
117	St. Francis (PA)	25.277	1-6	Northeast
118	Marist	24.135	1-8	MAAC
119	Sacred Heart	23.597	3-6	Northeast
120	Butler	22.895	4-5	Pioneer League
121	Savannah State	14.154	1-7	Independent
122	La Salle	9.266	0-7	MAAC

Week 8: ND State Beats MN, But UNI No. 1

There was no letdown for Northern Iowa after its big win over Southern Illinois as the Panthers rolled to a 42-3 win at Western Illinois on Saturday behind Corey Lewis' 166 rushing yards and 2 TDs. The win may not have been as sexy as North Dakota State's 27-21 win at Division IA Minnesota, but was enough to push UNI to No. 1 in this week's Index. Tyler Roehl led the way in the Bison win with a school-record 263 rushing yards and a touchdown. While Northern Iowa and North Dakota State continue to dominate the top of the rankings, there was a shakeup in the Top Five as both Appalachian State and Wofford were upset victims. The Mountaineers lost to Georgia Southern (38-35) and the Terriers lost to Elon (24-13). Here are the complete rankings through games played on October 20.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	Northern Iowa	89.836	7-0	Gateway
2	North Dakota State	86.615	7-0	Great West
3	Southern Illinois	85.625	7-1	Gateway
4	Massachusetts	82.564	6-1	CAA
5	James Madison	79.276	6-1	CAA
6	McNeese State	78.347	7-0	Southland
7	New Hampshire	76.896	5-2	CAA
8	Appalachian State	76.585	5-2	Southern
9	Richmond	76.408	5-2	CAA
10	South Dakota State	76.401	3-4	Great West
11	Montana	75.653	7-0	Big Sky
12	Villanova	75.453	4-3	CAA
13	Elon	74.330	5-2	Southern
14	Delaware	73.542	6-1	CAA
15	Wofford	73.480	6-2	Southern
16	Yale	73.468	6-0	Ivy League
17	Holy Cross	72.716	5-2	Patriot League
18	Cal Poly	72.221	4-3	Great West
19	Illinois State	71.842	4-4	Gateway
20	Youngstown State	71.755	5-3	Gateway
21	Georgia Southern	71.732	5-2	Southern
22	Eastern Kentucky	71.232	6-2	Ohio Valley
23	Central Arkansas	71.021	4-3	Southland
24	Eastern Washington	70.010	4-3	Big Sky
25	San Diego U.	67.788	7-0	Pioneer League
26	Western Illinois	67.413	5-3	Gateway
27	Northern Arizona	66.629	5-3	Big Sky
28	The Citadel	66.521	5-2	Southern
29	Nicholls State	65.514	5-2	Southland
30	Hofstra	65.182	6-1	CAA
31	Northeastern	65.073	1-6	CAA
32	Montana State	64.935	5-2	Big Sky
33	UC-Davis	64.791	3-5	Great West
34	Harvard	64.710	4-2	Ivy League
35	Liberty	63.905	4-3	Big South
36	Grambling	63.761	6-1	SWAC
37	Furman	63.447	3-4	Southern
38	Penn	61.979	2-4	Ivy League
39	South Carolina State	61.432	4-3	MEAC
40	Jacksonville St. (AL)	61.125	5-3	Ohio Valley
41	Alabama A&M	60.965	6-1	SWAC
42	Weber State	60.844	2-5	Big Sky
43	Missouri State	60.521	4-4	Gateway
44	Fordham	60.415	6-2	Patriot League
45	UT-Chattanooga	59.757	2-5	Southern
46	Delaware State	59.510	6-1	MEAC
47	Sam Houston State	59.320	3-4	Southland
48	Hampton	59.291	4-3	MEAC
49	Idaho State	58.976	3-4	Big Sky
50	Texas State	58.695	2-5	Southland
51	Eastern Illinois	57.993	5-3	Ohio Valley
52	William & Mary	57.687	4-3	CAA
53	Sacramento State	57.292	1-6	Big Sky
54	Southern Utah	57.022	0-7	Great West
55	Portland State	56.376	2-5	Big Sky
56	Jackson State	56.332	4-3	SWAC
57	SUNY-Albany	55.897	4-3	Northeast
58	Colgate	55.636	4-3	Patriot League
59	Towson	55.252	3-5	CAA
60	Lafayette	54.898	4-3	Patriot League
61	Cornell	54.546	4-2	Ivy League
62	Norfolk State	54.348	6-1	MEAC
63	SE Louisiana	54.343	2-5	Southland
64	SUNY-Stony Brook	54.025	4-4	Independent
65	Brown	53.872	2-4	Ivy League
66	Presbyterian	53.565	5-3	Independent
67	Maine	53.525	1-6	CAA
68	Lehigh	52.835	3-4	Patriot League
69	Rhode Island	52.826	1-6	CAA
70	Southern	52.703	6-2	SWAC
71	Tennessee Martin	52.103	1-7	Ohio Valley
72	Central Connecticut	51.242	5-2	Northeast
73	Gardner-Webb	50.876	3-4	Big South
74	Princeton	50.876	2-4	Ivy League
75	Coastal Carolina	50.567	2-5	Big South
76	Dartmouth	50.145	2-4	Ivy League
77	Morgan State	50.055	4-4	MEAC
78	Prairie View	50.035	4-2	SWAC
79	Stephen F. Austin	49.997	0-7	Southland
80	Western Carolina	49.992	1-7	Southern
81	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	49.777	1-6	SWAC
82	Tennessee State	48.943	3-4	Ohio Valley
83	Winston-Salem	48.517	4-3	MEAC
84	Wagner	48.324	5-2	Northeast
85	Dayton	47.844	7-1	Pioneer League
86	Murray State	47.624	2-5	Ohio Valley
87	Austin Peay	46.772	5-3	Ohio Valley
88	Howard	45.904	3-4	MEAC
89	Samford	45.114	3-4	Ohio Valley
90	Alabama State	44.721	4-3	SWAC
91	Florida A&M	44.652	2-5	MEAC
92	Northwestern State	44.121	3-4	Southland
93	Alcorn State	43.424	1-6	SWAC
94	Drake	42.441	5-3	Pioneer League
95	Iona	42.199	5-2	MAAC
96	Bethune Cookman	41.895	2-5	MEAC
97	Charleston Southern	41.657	3-4	Big South
98	Columbia	41.581	1-5	Ivy League
99	Tennessee Tech	41.380	4-4	Ohio Valley
100	Morehead State	41.290	5-2	Pioneer League
101	Northern Colorado	39.327	0-8	Big Sky
102	Georgetown	39.003	1-7	Patriot League
103	Bucknell	38.531	2-5	Patriot League
104	SE Missouri State	38.323	2-5	Ohio Valley
105	Duquesne	37.120	5-2	MAAC
106	Monmouth (NJ)	36.941	1-5	Northeast
107	Davidson	36.661	4-3	Pioneer League
108	VMI	36.631	2-5	Big South
109	Mississippi Valley St.	36.231	2-5	SWAC
110	Texas Southern	35.928	0-7	SWAC
111	Robert Morris	32.563	3-5	Northeast
112	Jacksonville (FL)	32.103	2-5	Pioneer League
113	Indiana State	31.021	0-8	Gateway
114	North Carolina A&T	30.474	0-8	MEAC
115	NC Central	29.737	6-2	Independent
116	Sacred Heart	26.918	3-5	Northeast
117	Valparaiso	24.006	4-4	Pioneer League
118	Marist	23.480	1-7	MAAC
119	Butler	22.542	4-4	Pioneer League
120	St. Francis (PA)	21.957	0-6	Northeast
121	Savannah State	14.154	1-6	Independent
122	La Salle	9.266	0-6	MAAC

Week 7: UNI Knocks Off No. 1 Salukis

Southern Illinois' stay at No. 1 didn't last long as the Salukis lost at Northern Iowa (30-24) on Saturday. The Panthers jumped out to a 20-7 halftime lead behind QB Eric Sanders and then had to hang on as the Salukis moved the ball all the way to the UNI 3 before time ran out. The loss by SIU allowed North Dakota State to retake the No. 1 spot after an easy 58-7 win at Mississippi Valley State, while the Panthers move up to No. 2. Southern Illinois drops to No. 3. Here are the complete ranking through games played on October 13.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	North Dakota State	86.629	6-0	Great West
2	Northern Iowa	85.692	6-0	Gateway
3	Southern Illinois	84.526	6-1	Gateway
4	Appalachian State	84.439	5-1	Southern
5	Wofford	83.341	6-1	Southern
6	Massachusetts	82.687	5-1	CAA
7	James Madison	80.194	6-1	CAA
8	Youngstown State	78.911	5-2	Gateway
9	McNeese State	77.391	6-0	Southland
10	Cal Poly	75.749	4-2	Great West
11	Villanova	74.923	4-3	CAA
12	Yale	74.680	5-0	Ivy League
13	South Dakota State	74.637	2-4	Great West
14	New Hampshire	74.572	4-2	CAA
15	Montana	73.654	6-0	Big Sky
16	Delaware	73.366	6-1	CAA
17	Richmond	71.995	4-2	CAA
18	Central Arkansas	71.325	3-3	Southland
19	Eastern Washington	70.103	4-2	Big Sky
20	Western Illinois	70.036	5-2	Gateway
21	Hofstra	69.923	6-0	CAA
22	The Citadel	69.564	4-2	Southern
23	Nicholls State	69.178	5-1	Southland
24	Montana State	65.872	4-2	Big Sky
25	Eastern Kentucky	65.839	5-2	Ohio Valley
26	Northeastern	65.126	1-5	CAA
27	Georgia Southern	64.855	4-2	Southern
28	San Diego U.	64.475	6-0	Pioneer League
29	UC-Davis	64.356	2-5	Great West
30	Illinois State	64.304	3-4	Gateway
31	Missouri State	64.241	4-3	Gateway
32	Holy Cross	64.112	4-2	Patriot League
33	Portland State	64.076	2-4	Big Sky
34	Weber State	64.005	2-4	Big Sky
35	Grambling	63.854	5-1	SWAC
36	Elon	63.204	4-2	Southern
37	Furman	62.459	2-4	Southern
38	Northern Arizona	62.305	4-3	Big Sky
39	Harvard	62.303	3-2	Ivy League
40	Lafayette	61.996	4-2	Patriot League
41	Towson	61.706	3-4	CAA
42	Hampton	61.150	4-2	MEAC
43	Delaware State	60.405	5-1	MEAC
44	Lehigh	60.274	3-3	Patriot League
45	UT-Chattanooga	59.706	2-4	Southern
46	Alabama A&M	59.512	5-1	SWAC
47	Eastern Illinois	59.471	4-3	Ohio Valley
48	Liberty	59.467	3-3	Big South
49	Penn	59.097	2-3	Ivy League
50	Maine	58.187	1-5	CAA
51	Southern Utah	58.099	0-6	Great West
52	Texas State	57.986	1-5	Southland
53	Sacramento State	57.962	1-5	Big Sky
54	South Carolina State	57.179	3-3	MEAC
55	Jacksonville St. (AL)	56.640	4-3	Ohio Valley
56	Fordham	56.542	5-2	Patriot League
57	Sam Houston State	56.534	2-4	Southland
58	William & Mary	56.275	4-3	CAA
59	Jackson State	55.450	4-2	SWAC
60	Norfolk State	55.272	5-1	MEAC
61	Rhode Island	54.931	1-5	CAA
62	SUNY-Albany	54.896	3-3	Northeast
63	Coastal Carolina	54.570	2-4	Big South
64	Southern	54.023	5-2	SWAC
65	Tennessee State	53.871	4-3	Ohio Valley
66	Brown	53.627	2-3	Ivy League
67	Cornell	53.424	3-2	Ivy League
68	SE Louisiana	53.261	2-4	Southland
69	SUNY-Stony Brook	53.084	3-4	Independent
70	Princeton	53.076	2-3	Ivy League
71	Idaho State	52.384	2-4	Big Sky
72	Stephen F. Austin	51.950	0-6	Southland
73	Tennessee Martin	51.590	1-6	Ohio Valley
74	Central Connecticut	51.446	4-2	Northeast
75	Dartmouth	51.361	1-4	Ivy League
76	Gardner-Webb	51.226	2-4	Big South
77	Prairie View	50.035	4-2	SWAC
78	Colgate	50.020	3-3	Patriot League
79	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	49.758	1-5	SWAC
80	Wagner	49.595	5-1	Northeast
81	Presbyterian	49.562	4-3	Independent
82	Morgan State	49.558	4-3	MEAC
83	Drake	49.316	5-2	Pioneer League
84	Winston-Salem	48.923	3-3	MEAC
85	Western Carolina	47.988	1-6	Southern
86	Dayton	47.932	6-1	Pioneer League
87	Austin Peay	47.852	4-3	Ohio Valley
88	Howard	47.761	2-4	MEAC
89	Tennessee Tech	46.731	4-3	Ohio Valley
90	Samford	46.456	3-3	Ohio Valley
91	Florida A&M	46.122	2-4	MEAC
92	Charleston Southern	46.095	3-3	Big South
93	Northwestern State	45.821	3-3	Southland
94	Alabama State	45.431	4-3	SWAC
95	Morehead State	45.176	4-2	Pioneer League
96	Columbia	43.200	1-4	Ivy League
97	SE Missouri State	43.023	2-4	Ohio Valley
98	Murray State	42.924	1-5	Ohio Valley
99	Alcorn State	42.520	1-5	SWAC
100	Bucknell	42.476	2-4	Patriot League
101	Iona	41.713	5-2	MAAC
102	Northern Colorado	41.551	0-7	Big Sky
103	Bethune Cookman	41.489	2-4	MEAC
104	Duquesne	38.482	4-2	MAAC
105	Monmouth (NJ)	36.941	1-5	Northeast
106	Texas Southern	36.776	0-6	SWAC
107	VMI	36.570	2-4	Big South
108	Indiana State	35.944	0-7	Gateway
109	Mississippi Valley St.	35.355	1-5	SWAC
110	Georgetown	33.449	0-7	Patriot League
111	Davidson	31.642	3-3	Pioneer League
112	Robert Morris	30.699	3-4	Northeast
113	NC Central	29.632	5-2	Independent
114	Jacksonville (FL)	28.483	2-4	Pioneer League
115	North Carolina A&T	28.084	0-7	MEAC
116	Sacred Heart	26.264	2-5	Northeast
117	Marist	24.508	1-6	MAAC
118	Butler	23.994	4-3	Pioneer League
119	Valparaiso	23.657	4-3	Pioneer League
120	St. Francis (PA)	21.748	0-5	Northeast
121	Savannah State	14.258	1-5	Independent
122	La Salle	9.128	0-6	MAAC

Week 6: Southern Illinois New No. 1

The Salukis needed a last-minute TD from Deji Karim to squeak past No. 8 Youngstown State (24-17), but the win was good enough to push them ahead of North Dakota State in the latest Index. Despite falling to No. 2, the Bison remained undefeated with a 35-16 win over UC Davis. The victory for Southern Illinois sets up a big Gateway contest this weekend at No. 5 Northern Iowa. Here are the complete ranking through games played on October 6.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	Southern Illinois	86.824	6-0	Gateway
2	North Dakota State	86.741	5-0	Great West
3	Appalachian State	83.804	5-1	Southern
4	Massachusetts	83.746	4-1	CAA
5	Northern Iowa	83.275	5-0	Gateway
6	Wofford	83.052	5-1	Southern
7	James Madison	82.213	5-1	CAA
8	Youngstown State	81.011	4-2	Gateway
9	McNeese State	78.477	5-0	Southland
10	South Dakota State	74.637	2-4	Great West
11	Montana	74.385	5-0	Big Sky
12	New Hampshire	74.275	3-2	CAA
13	Delaware	73.973	5-1	CAA
14	Yale	72.250	4-0	Ivy League
15	Villanova	71.960	4-2	CAA
16	The Citadel	70.965	3-2	Southern
17	Nicholls State	70.801	4-1	Southland
18	Western Illinois	70.792	4-2	Gateway
19	Cal Poly	70.504	3-2	Great West
20	Richmond	69.686	3-2	CAA
21	Hofstra	69.045	5-0	CAA
22	Montana State	68.591	4-1	Big Sky
23	Central Arkansas	68.458	2-3	Southland
24	Eastern Washington	67.765	3-2	Big Sky
25	UC-Davis	66.894	2-4	Great West
26	Portland State	66.015	2-4	Big Sky
27	Georgia Southern	65.831	4-1	Southern
28	Northeastern	65.302	1-4	CAA
29	Illinois State	65.235	2-4	Gateway
30	San Diego U.	65.144	5-0	Pioneer League
31	Eastern Kentucky	64.073	4-2	Ohio Valley
32	Hampton	63.826	4-1	MEAC
33	Elon	63.679	3-2	Southern
34	Lafayette	63.611	4-1	Patriot League
35	Grambling	63.248	4-1	SWAC
36	Holy Cross	62.733	3-2	Patriot League
37	Missouri State	62.466	4-2	Gateway
38	Eastern Illinois	62.277	3-3	Ohio Valley
39	Furman	61.733	2-3	Southern
40	Delaware State	61.618	4-1	MEAC
41	Sacramento State	61.003	1-4	Big Sky
42	Texas State	60.852	1-4	Southland
43	Weber State	60.740	1-4	Big Sky
44	Lehigh	60.433	3-2	Patriot League
45	Towson	60.309	3-3	CAA
46	Maine	59.599	1-4	CAA
47	Harvard	59.466	2-2	Ivy League
48	Sam Houston State	59.443	2-3	Southland
49	Northern Arizona	59.258	3-3	Big Sky
50	Liberty	58.432	3-3	Big South
51	Princeton	58.369	2-2	Ivy League
52	Alabama A&M	58.232	5-1	SWAC
53	Fordham	58.151	4-2	Patriot League
54	William & Mary	57.297	3-3	CAA
55	Penn	57.180	1-3	Ivy League
56	Southern	57.072	5-1	SWAC
57	UT-Chattanooga	56.975	1-4	Southern
58	Southern Utah	56.118	0-5	Great West
59	SUNY-Stony Brook	55.827	3-3	Independent
60	SE Louisiana	55.349	2-3	Southland
61	Dartmouth	54.957	1-3	Ivy League
62	South Carolina State	54.785	2-3	MEAC
63	Cornell	54.687	2-2	Ivy League
64	SUNY-Albany	54.659	2-3	Northeast
65	Coastal Carolina	54.570	1-4	Big South
66	Jacksonville St. (AL)	54.241	3-3	Ohio Valley
67	Jackson State	53.926	3-2	SWAC
68	Stephen F. Austin	53.572	0-5	Southland
69	Idaho State	53.478	2-3	Big Sky
70	Rhode Island	53.094	1-4	CAA
71	Central Connecticut	52.921	3-2	Northeast
72	Drake	52.914	5-1	Pioneer League
73	Brown	52.273	1-3	Ivy League
74	Gardner-Webb	52.149	2-3	Big South
75	Morgan State	51.533	3-3	MEAC
76	Monmouth (NJ)	51.509	1-4	Northeast
77	Tennessee Tech	51.390	4-2	Ohio Valley
78	Tennessee Martin	51.028	0-6	Ohio Valley
79	Colgate	50.417	3-2	Patriot League
80	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	49.758	1-4	SWAC
81	Morehead State	49.625	4-1	Pioneer League
82	Florida A&M	49.415	2-3	MEAC
83	Norfolk State	49.344	4-1	MEAC
84	Austin Peay	48.900	4-2	Ohio Valley
85	Prairie View	48.073	3-2	SWAC
86	Howard	48.029	2-3	MEAC
87	Winston-Salem	48.024	3-3	MEAC
88	VMI	47.578	2-3	Big South
89	Samford	47.537	3-2	Ohio Valley
90	Tennessee State	47.297	2-3	Ohio Valley
91	Western Carolina	47.165	1-5	Southern
92	Alabama State	46.669	4-2	SWAC
93	Charleston Southern	46.095	3-3	Big South
94	Columbia	45.973	1-3	Ivy League
95	Dayton	45.877	5-1	Pioneer League
96	Northwestern State	45.251	2-3	Southland
97	SE Missouri State	43.953	2-3	Ohio Valley
98	Alcorn State	42.936	0-5	SWAC
99	Bucknell	42.038	2-4	Patriot League
100	Northern Colorado	41.619	0-6	Big Sky
101	Iona	41.228	5-1	MAAC
102	Bethune Cookman	40.808	2-4	MEAC
103	Murray State	39.914	1-4	Ohio Valley
104	Duquesne	39.455	3-2	MAAC
105	Presbyterian	38.554	3-3	Independent
106	Indiana State	36.032	0-6	Gateway
107	Texas Southern	35.944	0-5	SWAC
108	Davidson	35.707	3-2	Pioneer League
109	Mississippi Valley St.	35.328	1-4	SWAC
110	Georgetown	32.247	0-6	Patriot League
111	Wagner	31.762	4-1	Northeast
112	Robert Morris	30.712	3-3	Northeast
113	NC Central	29.632	4-2	Independent
114	Sacred Heart	28.278	2-4	Northeast
115	Jacksonville (FL)	26.719	1-4	Pioneer League
116	North Carolina A&T	25.443	0-6	MEAC
117	Marist	24.045	0-6	MAAC
118	Butler	23.769	4-2	Pioneer League
119	St. Francis (PA)	21.256	0-4	Northeast
120	Valparaiso	19.615	3-3	Pioneer League
121	Savannah State	14.258	1-4	Independent
122	La Salle	8.990	0-5	MAAC

Week 5: Salukis Enjoy Record Day

Southern Illinois set a Gateway Conference record for most points scored in a conference game when the Salukis manhandled Indiana State (72-10) on Saturday. Southern Illinois, which scored 55 points in the first half, finished with 321 rushing yards while intercepting four Sycamore passes and recovering a fumble. The win moved the Salukis up to No. 2 in this week's Index just behind North Dakota State, which won on the road at Western Illinois (41-28). Here are the complete ranking through games played on September 29.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	North Dakota State	86.826	4-0	Great West
2	Southern Illinois	86.705	5-0	Gateway
3	Massachusetts	83.746	4-1	CAA
4	James Madison	83.315	4-1	CAA
5	Northern Iowa	83.275	5-0	Gateway
6	Appalachian State	83.170	4-1	Southern
7	Youngstown State	81.130	4-1	Gateway
8	Wofford	81.072	4-1	Southern
9	South Dakota State	80.540	2-3	Great West
10	McNeese State	77.633	4-0	Southland
11	Montana	74.947	4-0	Big Sky
12	Delaware	74.757	5-0	CAA
13	Richmond	74.236	3-1	CAA
14	New Hampshire	73.492	2-2	CAA
15	Western Illinois	73.068	3-2	Gateway
16	The Citadel	71.955	3-1	Southern
17	Cal Poly	70.504	3-2	Great West
18	Yale	69.980	3-0	Ivy League
19	Montana State	69.532	3-1	Big Sky
20	Villanova	69.527	3-2	CAA
21	Illinois State	68.529	2-3	Gateway
22	San Diego U.	68.297	4-0	Pioneer League
23	Portland State	67.955	2-3	Big Sky
24	Eastern Washington	67.203	3-1	Big Sky
25	UC-Davis	66.809	2-3	Great West
26	Lehigh	66.574	3-1	Patriot League
27	Hofstra	65.156	4-0	CAA
28	Elon	65.131	2-2	Southern
29	Sacramento State	64.213	1-3	Big Sky
30	Nicholls State	63.590	3-1	Southland
31	Eastern Illinois	63.578	3-2	Ohio Valley
32	Maine	63.488	1-3	CAA
33	Sam Houston State	63.438	2-2	Southland
34	Northeastern	63.099	1-3	CAA
35	Eastern Kentucky	62.772	3-2	Ohio Valley
36	Holy Cross	62.679	2-2	Patriot League
37	Delaware State	62.299	3-1	MEAC
38	Princeton	62.255	2-1	Ivy League
39	Grambling	61.905	3-1	SWAC
40	Texas State	61.696	1-3	Southland
41	Furman	61.418	1-3	Southern
42	Lafayette	61.086	3-1	Patriot League
43	Central Arkansas	60.468	1-3	Southland
44	Hampton	59.941	3-1	MEAC
45	Georgia Southern	59.929	3-1	Southern
46	South Carolina State	59.761	2-2	MEAC
47	William & Mary	59.730	3-2	CAA
48	Southern	59.633	5-0	SWAC
49	Missouri State	59.172	3-2	Gateway
50	Harvard	58.243	1-2	Ivy League
51	Towson	58.034	2-3	CAA
52	Weber State	57.530	0-4	Big Sky
53	Liberty	57.396	3-2	Big South
54	Northern Arizona	57.319	2-3	Big Sky
55	Dartmouth	57.227	1-2	Ivy League
56	Alabama A&M	56.951	4-1	SWAC
57	Stephen F. Austin	56.816	0-4	Southland
58	Penn	56.773	0-3	Ivy League
59	SUNY-Stony Brook	56.260	3-2	Independent
60	Cornell	55.909	2-1	Ivy League
61	Coastal Carolina	55.200	1-3	Big South
62	UT-Chattanooga	54.872	1-3	Southern
63	Jacksonville St. (AL)	54.262	2-3	Ohio Valley
64	Southern Utah	54.235	0-4	Great West
65	Drake	54.029	4-1	Pioneer League
66	SUNY-Albany	53.792	1-3	Northeast
67	Morgan State	53.642	2-3	MEAC
68	Idaho State	53.464	1-3	Big Sky
69	Rhode Island	53.094	1-4	CAA
70	Jackson State	52.872	2-2	SWAC
71	Gardner-Webb	52.784	2-2	Big South
72	Tennessee Tech	52.763	4-1	Ohio Valley
73	Brown	52.327	1-2	Ivy League
74	Fordham	52.010	3-2	Patriot League
75	Central Connecticut	51.957	2-2	Northeast
76	Tennessee Martin	51.007	0-5	Ohio Valley
77	Colgate	50.855	2-2	Patriot League
78	Florida A&M	50.314	2-2	MEAC
79	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	49.758	1-4	SWAC
80	Monmouth (NJ)	49.732	0-4	Northeast
81	SE Louisiana	48.860	1-3	Southland
82	Northwestern State	48.857	2-2	Southland
83	Howard	48.029	1-3	MEAC
84	VMI	47.578	2-3	Big South
85	Samford	47.537	3-2	Ohio Valley
86	Prairie View	47.533	2-2	SWAC
87	Austin Peay	47.528	3-2	Ohio Valley
88	Tennessee State	47.297	2-3	Ohio Valley
89	Columbia	47.236	1-2	Ivy League
90	Alabama State	47.196	4-1	SWAC
91	Winston-Salem	47.126	2-3	MEAC
92	Charleston Southern	47.055	2-3	Big South
93	Norfolk State	46.856	3-1	MEAC
94	Western Carolina	45.714	1-4	Southern
95	Alcorn State	44.017	0-4	SWAC
96	SE Missouri State	43.953	2-3	Ohio Valley
97	Dayton	43.193	4-1	Pioneer League
98	Northern Colorado	41.633	0-5	Big Sky
99	Bucknell	41.600	2-3	Patriot League
100	Duquesne	40.658	2-2	MAAC
101	Davidson	40.401	3-1	Pioneer League
102	Morehead State	40.237	3-1	Pioneer League
103	Bethune Cookman	40.127	2-3	MEAC
104	Murray State	39.914	1-4	Ohio Valley
105	Presbyterian	38.554	2-3	Independent
106	Mississippi Valley St.	38.012	1-3	SWAC
107	Iona	36.037	4-1	MAAC
108	Texas Southern	35.944	0-5	SWAC
109	Indiana State	33.756	0-5	Gateway
110	Georgetown	32.654	0-5	Patriot League
111	Robert Morris	32.200	3-2	Northeast
112	Wagner	30.274	3-1	Northeast
113	Sacred Heart	30.055	2-3	Northeast
114	NC Central	29.632	4-2	Independent
115	Jacksonville (FL)	29.403	1-3	Pioneer League
116	Marist	23.444	0-5	MAAC
117	North Carolina A&T	23.334	0-5	MEAC
118	Butler	22.654	4-1	Pioneer League
119	St. Francis (PA)	21.738	0-3	Northeast
120	Valparaiso	16.462	3-2	Pioneer League
121	La Salle	14.180	0-4	MAAC
122	Savannah State	13.299	1-3	Independent

Week 4: Appalachian State Falls

Appalachian State was good enough to beat Michigan in Week 1, but wasn't good enough to beat Wofford on Saturday as the Terriers ended the Mountaineers 17-game winning streak in a 42-31 win. Wofford took advantage of three Appalachian State turnovers and held their vaunted rushing attack to just 98 yards through the first three quarters. The loss knocked the Mountaineers from the top spot and allowed North Dakota State to become the new No. 1 after a 44-14 win over Division I-A Central Michigan. The Bison handed the Chipewas their worst home loss since 2001. Here are the complete ranking through games played on September 22.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	North Dakota State	87.015	3-0	Great West
2	Northern Iowa	84.461	4-0	Gateway
3	Southern Illinois	84.442	4-0	Gateway
4	Appalachian State	83.429	3-1	Southern
5	Massachusetts	82.263	4-0	CAA
6	James Madison	79.762	3-1	CAA
7	Wofford	79.736	3-1	Southern
8	Youngstown State	79.619	3-1	Gateway
9	New Hampshire	78.108	2-1	CAA
10	McNeese State	77.633	3-0	Southland
11	Montana	77.301	3-0	Big Sky
12	South Dakota State	75.221	1-3	Great West
13	Eastern Washington	73.450	3-0	Big Sky
14	Villanova	73.080	3-1	CAA
15	UC-Davis	73.055	2-2	Great West
16	Western Illinois	72.878	3-1	Gateway
17	Delaware	72.263	4-0	CAA
18	The Citadel	69.975	2-1	Southern
19	Richmond	69.620	2-1	CAA
20	Cal Poly	68.971	2-2	Great West
21	Montana State	68.549	2-1	Big Sky
22	Northern Arizona	68.371	2-2	Big Sky
23	San Diego U.	67.958	3-0	Pioneer League
24	Illinois State	67.343	2-2	Gateway
25	Lehigh	66.907	2-1	Patriot League
26	Yale	66.555	2-0	Ivy League
27	Hofstra	66.130	3-0	CAA
28	Holy Cross	66.103	2-1	Patriot League
29	Sam Houston State	65.051	2-1	Southland
30	Elon	64.871	2-1	Southern
31	Grambling	64.749	2-1	SWAC
32	Eastern Illinois	64.734	2-2	Ohio Valley
33	Hampton	64.582	3-0	MEAC
34	Nicholls State	63.590	3-1	Southland
35	Princeton	63.510	1-1	Ivy League
36	Maine	63.488	1-3	CAA
37	Northeastern	63.099	1-3	CAA
38	Furman	62.754	1-2	Southern
39	Stephen F. Austin	62.136	0-3	Southland
40	Portland State	61.707	1-3	Big Sky
41	Texas State	61.696	1-3	Southland
42	Lafayette	61.086	3-1	Patriot League
43	Eastern Kentucky	60.831	2-2	Ohio Valley
44	Missouri State	60.682	3-1	Gateway
45	Penn	60.546	0-2	Ivy League
46	Central Arkansas	60.468	1-3	Southland
47	South Carolina State	59.761	2-2	MEAC
48	Towson	59.685	2-2	CAA
49	William & Mary	58.079	2-2	CAA
50	Harvard	57.911	1-1	Ivy League
51	Delaware State	57.658	2-1	MEAC
52	UT-Chattanooga	56.851	1-2	Southern
53	Drake	56.421	3-1	Pioneer League
54	Georgia Southern	56.232	2-1	Southern
55	Alabama A&M	56.203	3-1	SWAC
56	Colgate	56.165	2-1	Patriot League
57	SUNY-Stony Brook	55.286	3-1	Independent
58	Coastal Carolina	55.200	1-3	Big South
59	Weber State	55.176	0-3	Big Sky
60	Brown	54.560	1-1	Ivy League
61	Idaho State	54.447	1-2	Big Sky
62	Southern Utah	54.235	0-4	Great West
63	Jacksonville St. (AL)	53.849	1-3	Ohio Valley
64	SUNY-Albany	53.792	1-3	Northeast
65	Alabama State	53.760	4-0	SWAC
66	Dartmouth	53.455	0-2	Ivy League
67	Sacramento State	53.161	0-3	Big Sky
68	Southern	53.069	4-0	SWAC
69	Jackson State	52.872	2-2	SWAC
70	Northwestern State	52.814	2-1	Southland
71	Gardner-Webb	52.348	1-2	Big South
72	Tennessee Martin	52.251	0-4	Ohio Valley
73	Monmouth (NJ)	52.226	0-3	Northeast
74	Cornell	52.222	1-1	Ivy League
75	Central Connecticut	51.957	2-2	Northeast
76	Liberty	51.810	2-2	Big South
77	Tennessee Tech	51.519	3-1	Ohio Valley
78	Morgan State	51.021	1-3	MEAC
79	Rhode Island	50.862	0-4	CAA
80	Florida A&M	50.818	1-2	MEAC
81	Samford	49.478	3-1	Ohio Valley
82	Western Carolina	49.410	1-3	Southern
83	SE Louisiana	48.860	1-3	Southland
84	Winston-Salem	48.174	2-2	MEAC
85	Dayton	48.171	4-0	Pioneer League
86	Austin Peay	47.964	3-1	Ohio Valley
87	Charleston Southern	47.055	1-3	Big South
88	Howard	46.981	0-3	MEAC
89	Tennessee State	46.793	2-2	Ohio Valley
90	Fordham	46.700	2-2	Patriot League
91	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	45.989	1-3	SWAC
92	Columbia	45.981	1-1	Ivy League
93	Norfolk State	45.236	2-1	MEAC
94	Prairie View	44.690	2-1	SWAC
95	Alcorn State	44.017	0-4	SWAC
96	Robert Morris	43.822	3-1	Northeast
97	Northern Colorado	43.166	0-4	Big Sky
98	SE Missouri State	42.797	2-2	Ohio Valley
99	Bethune Cookman	42.748	2-2	MEAC
100	Duquesne	40.658	1-2	MAAC
101	Davidson	40.650	2-1	Pioneer League
102	Murray State	40.327	1-3	Ohio Valley
103	Presbyterian	39.035	1-3	Independent
104	Bucknell	38.389	1-3	Patriot League
105	Mississippi Valley St.	38.012	1-3	SWAC
106	Texas Southern	36.692	0-4	SWAC
107	Georgetown	36.340	0-4	Patriot League
108	Iona	36.037	3-1	MAAC
109	Indiana State	36.019	0-4	Gateway
110	VMI	35.955	1-3	Big South
111	Morehead State	35.259	2-1	Pioneer League
112	Sacred Heart	31.884	2-2	Northeast
113	Jacksonville (FL)	29.154	1-2	Pioneer League
114	NC Central	29.152	4-1	Independent
115	Wagner	28.445	2-1	Northeast
116	St. Francis (PA)	27.324	0-2	Northeast
117	Marist	26.654	0-4	MAAC
118	North Carolina A&T	24.954	0-4	MEAC
119	Butler	22.994	4-0	Pioneer League
120	La Salle	14.180	0-3	MAAC
121	Valparaiso	14.070	3-1	Pioneer League
122	Savannah State	13.299	1-2	Independent

Week 3: Nothing New For New Hampshire

New Hampshire became the latest Division 1-AA team to knock off a Division 1-A opponent when the Wildcats beat Marshall 48-35 on Saturday. But that's nothing new for New Hampshire as it was the third straight win over a 1-A opponent after beating Rutgers in 2004 and Northwestern last season. QB Ricky Santos led the way for NH with 3 TD passes and another on the ground as the Wildcats bounced back from an opening-day loss to James Madison to move up to No. 6 in this week's Index. Here are the complete ranking through games played on September 15.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	Appalachian State	90.776	3-0	Southern
2	Northern Iowa	81.972	3-0	Gateway
3	Southern Illinois	80.306	3-0	Gateway
4	Youngstown State	79.619	2-1	Gateway
5	Massachusetts	79.207	3-0	CAA
6	New Hampshire	79.022	1-1	CAA
7	McNeese State	78.233	2-0	Southland
8	Montana	77.928	2-0	Big Sky
9	James Madison	77.152	2-1	CAA
10	North Dakota State	76.029	2-0	Great West
11	Wofford	72.389	2-1	Southern
12	Eastern Washington	71.451	2-0	Big Sky
13	Villanova	71.213	2-1	CAA
14	UC-Davis	71.044	1-2	Great West
15	Delaware	70.407	3-0	CAA
16	Western Illinois	70.314	2-1	Gateway
17	The Citadel	69.975	2-1	Southern
18	South Dakota State	69.852	0-3	Great West
19	Richmond	69.678	1-1	CAA
20	Northern Arizona	69.673	1-2	Big Sky
21	Cal Poly	68.971	1-2	Great West
22	San Diego U.	67.958	3-0	Pioneer League
23	Montana State	67.893	1-1	Big Sky
24	Hampton	67.222	2-0	MEAC
25	Texas State	67.064	1-2	Southland
26	Lehigh	66.895	1-1	Patriot League
27	Hofstra	66.698	2-0	CAA
28	Maine	66.544	1-2	CAA
29	Portland State	66.307	1-2	Big Sky
30	Illinois State	65.777	2-1	Gateway
31	Northeastern	65.110	1-2	CAA
32	Sam Houston State	65.051	2-1	Southland
33	Stephen F. Austin	64.700	0-2	Southland
34	Lafayette	64.662	3-0	Patriot League
35	Georgia Southern	64.470	2-0	Southern
36	Nicholls State	63.590	2-1	Southland
37	Eastern Illinois	63.413	1-2	Ohio Valley
38	Furman	62.754	1-2	Southern
39	Penn	62.412	0-1	Ivy League
40	Central Arkansas	62.362	1-2	Southland
41	Towson	61.541	2-1	CAA
42	Elon	61.115	1-1	Southern
43	Grambling	60.635	1-1	SWAC
44	Yale	60.388	1-0	Ivy League
45	Alabama A&M	60.317	3-0	SWAC
46	Princeton	59.934	0-1	Ivy League
47	Holy Cross	59.794	1-1	Patriot League
48	South Carolina State	59.408	1-2	MEAC
49	Drake	58.910	3-0	Pioneer League
50	Missouri State	58.789	2-1	Gateway
51	William & Mary	58.452	2-1	CAA
52	Cornell	58.389	1-0	Ivy League
53	Sacramento State	58.139	0-2	Big Sky
54	Jacksonville St. (AL)	57.867	1-2	Ohio Valley
55	Coastal Carolina	57.810	1-2	Big South
56	Delaware State	57.658	2-1	MEAC
57	Harvard	56.998	0-1	Ivy League
58	Eastern Kentucky	56.813	1-2	Ohio Valley
59	Idaho State	56.446	1-1	Big Sky
60	Colgate	56.165	2-1	Patriot League
61	Tennessee Martin	55.894	0-3	Ohio Valley
62	Weber State	55.832	0-2	Big Sky
63	Liberty	55.545	2-1	Big South
64	Brown	55.473	1-0	Ivy League
65	Alabama State	55.445	3-0	SWAC
66	Central Connecticut	54.711	2-1	Northeast
67	SUNY-Stony Brook	54.551	2-1	Independent
68	Southern Utah	53.635	0-3	Great West
69	SUNY-Albany	53.165	1-2	Northeast
70	Monmouth (NJ)	52.961	0-2	Northeast
71	Southern	52.888	3-0	SWAC
72	Northwestern State	52.814	2-1	Southland
73	Dartmouth	52.541	0-1	Ivy League
74	Fordham	52.230	2-1	Patriot League
75	Florida A&M	50.818	1-2	MEAC
76	Rhode Island	50.294	0-3	CAA
77	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	50.125	1-2	SWAC
78	Samford	49.898	2-1	Ohio Valley
79	Gardner Webb	48.936	1-1	Big South
80	Western Carolina	48.754	0-3	Southern
81	UT-Chattanooga	48.613	0-2	Southern
82	Winston-Salem	48.527	2-1	MEAC
83	Morgan State	48.381	1-2	MEAC
84	Tennessee Tech	48.317	2-1	Ohio Valley
85	Jackson State	48.086	1-2	SWAC
86	Charleston Southern	47.858	1-2	Big South
87	SE Louisiana	47.128	1-2	Southland
88	Howard	47.001	0-2	MEAC
89	Tennessee State	46.973	2-1	Ohio Valley
90	Robert Morris	45.712	2-1	Northeast
91	Columbia	44.812	0-1	Ivy League
92	Prairie View	44.690	2-1	SWAC
93	Austin Peay	44.321	2-1	Ohio Valley
94	Norfolk State	44.109	1-1	MEAC
95	Bethune Cookman	43.876	2-1	MEAC
96	Murray State	43.529	1-2	Ohio Valley
97	Mississippi Valley St.	42.797	1-2	SWAC
98	Georgetown	42.649	0-3	Patriot League
99	Dayton	42.642	3-0	Pioneer League
100	SE Missouri State	42.376	2-1	Ohio Valley
101	Alcorn State	42.331	0-3	SWAC
102	Duquesne	42.101	0-2	MAAC
103	Northern Colorado	41.865	0-3	Big Sky
104	Davidson	40.650	2-1	Pioneer League
105	Presbyterian	39.691	1-2	Independent
106	Bucknell	38.331	1-2	Patriot League
107	Indiana State	37.340	0-3	Gateway
108	Texas Southern	36.193	0-3	SWAC
109	Iona	36.037	3-0	MAAC
110	VMI	35.968	1-2	Big South
111	Morehead State	33.368	2-0	Pioneer League
112	Sacred Heart	30.441	2-1	Northeast
113	Jacksonville (FL)	29.154	0-2	Pioneer League
114	Wagner	28.445	2-1	Northeast
115	Marist	27.823	0-3	MAAC
116	St. Francis (PA)	27.324	0-2	Northeast
117	North Carolina A&T	24.954	0-3	MEAC
118	Butler	22.994	3-0	Pioneer League
119	La Salle	14.180	0-2	MAAC
120	Valparaiso	14.070	2-1	Pioneer League
121	Savannah State	13.299	1-2	Independent

Week 2: Panthers On The Prowl

It may not have gotten as much publicity at the Appalachian State-Michigan upset, but Northern Iowa showed it could take on a Division IA team when the Panthers beat Iowa State (24-13) on Saturday. In front of the largest crowd ever at ISU (56,795), Northern Iowa forced four Cyclone turnovers and relied on the passing of QB Eric Sanders (23-of-29; 2 TD passes) to snap a five-game losing streak to Iowa State. The win pushed Northern Iowa to No. 2 in this week's Index just ahead of James Madison, which rebounded from its loss to North Carolina with a 17-point win over New Hampshire (41-24). Here are the complete ranking through games played on September 8.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	Appalachian State	92.802	2-0	Southern
2	Northern Iowa	81.502	2-0	Gateway
3	James Madison	80.448	1-1	CAA
4	Southern Illinois	78.473	2-0	Gateway
5	North Dakota State	78.023	1-0	Great West
6	Montana	77.928	2-0	Big Sky
7	Massachusetts	77.874	2-0	CAA
8	Youngstown State	76.886	1-1	Gateway
9	UC-Davis	75.841	1-1	Great West
10	Wofford	75.429	2-0	Southern
11	New Hampshire	73.413	0-1	CAA
12	Villanova	71.631	1-1	CAA
13	McNeese State	70.994	1-0	Southland
14	South Dakota State	70.322	0-2	Great West
15	Western Illinois	70.314	1-1	Gateway
16	Richmond	69.678	1-1	CAA
17	Delaware	68.185	2-0	CAA
18	Montana State	67.893	0-1	Big Sky
19	Northern Arizona	67.647	1-1	Big Sky
20	Harvard	67.005	0-0	Ivy League
21	The Citadel	66.948	2-0	Southern
22	Hampton	66.539	1-0	MEAC
23	Nicholls State	66.418	2-0	Southland
24	Hofstra	66.331	1-0	CAA
25	Maine	66.127	1-1	CAA
26	Texas State	65.772	1-1	Southland
27	Illinois State	65.618	1-1	Gateway
28	Portland State	65.599	0-2	Big Sky
29	San Diego U.	65.481	2-0	Pioneer League
30	Cal Poly	65.256	0-2	Great West
31	Lafayette	64.975	2-0	Patriot League
32	Stephen F. Austin	64.700	0-2	Southland
33	Princeton	63.973	0-0	Ivy League
34	Eastern Washington	63.960	1-0	Big Sky
35	Yale	63.724	0-0	Ivy League
36	Eastern Illinois	63.572	1-1	Ohio Valley
37	Georgia Southern	63.385	1-0	Southern
38	Sam Houston State	63.056	2-0	Southland
39	Missouri State	62.919	2-0	Gateway
40	Towson	62.875	2-0	CAA
41	Lehigh	62.856	0-1	Patriot League
42	Penn	62.099	0-0	Ivy League
43	Furman	61.177	1-1	Southern
44	Elon	61.115	1-1	Southern
45	Northwestern State	60.666	2-0	Southland
46	Grambling	60.635	1-1	SWAC
47	Delaware State	60.199	2-0	MEAC
48	Holy Cross	59.743	0-1	Patriot League
49	Tennessee Martin	59.661	0-2	Ohio Valley
50	Idaho State	59.578	1-0	Big Sky
51	Weber State	59.548	0-1	Big Sky
52	Brown	59.219	0-0	Ivy League
53	Eastern Kentucky	59.194	1-1	Ohio Valley
54	Drake	58.910	2-0	Pioneer League
55	Sacramento State	58.847	0-1	Big Sky
56	Central Arkansas	58.595	0-2	Southland
57	William & Mary	58.429	1-1	CAA
58	South Carolina State	58.378	1-1	MEAC
59	Coastal Carolina	58.145	1-1	Big South
60	Jacksonville St. (AL)	57.472	1-1	Ohio Valley
61	Cornell	57.404	0-0	Ivy League
62	SUNY-Stony Brook	57.284	2-0	Independent
63	Northeastern	57.258	0-2	CAA
64	Alabama A&M	56.947	2-0	SWAC
65	Colgate	56.320	1-1	Patriot League
66	Alabama State	56.275	2-0	SWAC
67	Southern Utah	55.467	0-2	Great West
68	Central Connecticut	54.711	1-1	Northeast
69	SUNY-Albany	53.531	1-1	Northeast
70	Liberty	53.196	2-0	Big South
71	Monmouth (NJ)	52.961	0-2	Northeast
72	Rhode Island	52.516	0-2	CAA
73	Southern	52.438	2-0	SWAC
74	Dartmouth	52.385	0-0	Ivy League
75	Howard	51.593	0-1	MEAC
76	Morgan State	50.674	1-1	MEAC
77	Samford	49.950	1-1	Ohio Valley
78	Columbia	49.604	0-0	Ivy League
79	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	49.295	1-1	SWAC
80	Gardner Webb	48.936	1-1	Big South
81	UT-Chattanooga	48.613	0-2	Southern
82	Tennessee Tech	48.317	1-1	Ohio Valley
83	Charleston Southern	47.858	0-2	Big South
84	Fordham	47.438	1-1	Patriot League
85	Tennessee State	47.387	1-1	Ohio Valley
86	SE Louisiana	47.128	0-2	Southland
87	Robert Morris	46.810	1-1	Northeast
88	Winston-Salem	46.234	1-1	MEAC
89	Florida A&M	46.226	0-2	MEAC
90	Mississippi Valley St.	46.167	1-1	SWAC
91	Jackson State	45.810	0-2	SWAC
92	Prairie View	45.140	2-0	SWAC
93	Western Carolina	44.652	0-2	Southern
94	Norfolk State	44.487	1-0	MEAC
95	Northern Colorado	44.341	0-2	Big Sky
96	Austin Peay	43.907	2-0	Ohio Valley
97	Murray State	43.529	0-2	Ohio Valley
98	Bethune Cookman	43.520	1-1	MEAC
99	SE Missouri State	42.885	1-1	Ohio Valley
100	Dayton	42.642	2-0	Pioneer League
101	Georgetown	41.714	0-2	Patriot League
102	Duquesne	41.508	0-1	MAAC
103	Alcorn State	40.900	0-2	SWAC
104	Davidson	40.650	1-1	Pioneer League
105	Sacred Heart	39.643	2-0	Northeast
106	Presbyterian	39.639	1-1	Independent
107	Bucknell	39.317	1-1	Patriot League
108	Texas Southern	38.470	0-2	SWAC
109	Indiana State	36.831	0-2	Gateway
110	Morehead State	33.368	1-0	Pioneer League
111	VMI	32.671	1-1	Big South
112	Marist	32.512	0-2	MAAC
113	Jacksonville (FL)	29.154	0-2	Pioneer League
114	Iona	26.835	2-0	MAAC
115	St. Francis (PA)	26.227	0-1	Northeast
116	North Carolina A&T	25.637	0-2	MEAC
117	Wagner	23.756	1-1	Northeast
118	Butler	22.994	2-0	Pioneer League
119	La Salle	14.180	0-2	MAAC
120	Valparaiso	14.070	1-1	Pioneer League
121	Savannah State	13.655	1-1	Independent

Week 1: Mountaineers Shock Michigan

Two-time defending champion Appalachian State showed no intimidation going into the Big House as the Mountaineers pulled off the upset of Week 1 with a 34-32 win at Michigan. The team from Boone, NC, took the lead on a Julian Rauch 24-yard FG with 26 seconds left and then preserved the victory when Corey Lynch blocked the Wolverines' game-winning try from 37 yards out. The Mountaineers became the first Division I-AA team to beat a I-A team that was ranked in the AP Poll and allowed them to easily hold onto the top spot in this year's first Index. Here are the complete ranking through games played on September 1.

	TEAM	RATING	RECORD	CONFERENCE
1	Appalachian State	92.802	1-0	Southern
2	North Dakota State	81.986	0-0	Great West
3	Massachusetts	78.762	1-0	CAA
4	James Madison	77.957	0-1	CAA
5	Montana	77.928	1-0	Big Sky
6	Youngstown State	77.027	0-1	Gateway
7	UC-Davis	76.151	0-1	Great West
8	New Hampshire	75.905	0-0	CAA
9	Northern Iowa	74.964	1-0	Gateway
10	Southern Illinois	74.830	1-0	Gateway
11	Western Illinois	71.678	1-0	Gateway
12	Wofford	71.349	1-0	Southern
13	Villanova	71.324	0-1	CAA
14	McNeese State	70.994	1-0	Southland
15	San Diego U.	70.289	1-0	Pioneer League
16	South Dakota State	70.181	0-1	Great West
17	Maine	69.729	1-0	CAA
18	Hampton	68.525	0-0	MEAC
19	Delaware	68.185	1-0	CAA
20	Montana State	67.893	0-1	Big Sky
21	Northern Arizona	67.280	1-0	Big Sky
22	Eastern Illinois	67.008	1-0	Ohio Valley
23	Harvard	67.005	0-0	Ivy League
24	The Citadel	66.948	1-0	Southern
25	Nicholls State	66.418	1-0	Southland
26	Texas State	65.772	1-0	Southland
27	Cal Poly	65.770	0-1	Great West
28	Lafayette	65.540	1-0	Patriot League
29	Portland State	65.289	0-1	Big Sky
30	Illinois State	64.640	0-1	Gateway
31	Towson	64.175	1-0	CAA
32	Lehigh	64.091	0-0	Patriot League
33	Richmond	64.033	0-1	CAA
34	Princeton	63.973	0-0	Ivy League
35	Eastern Washington	63.960	1-0	Big Sky
36	Yale	63.724	0-0	Ivy League
37	Furman	63.639	1-0	Southern
38	Tennessee Martin	63.402	0-1	Ohio Valley
39	Georgia Southern	63.385	0-0	Southern
40	Sam Houston State	63.056	1-0	Southland
41	Northeastern	62.903	0-1	CAA
42	Monmouth (NJ)	62.113	0-1	Northeast
43	Penn	62.099	0-0	Ivy League
44	Hofstra	61.901	0-0	CAA
45	Elon	61.115	0-1	Southern