2026 Season · Week 6 · FCS opponents
2026 FCS Opponent Ratings
Internal strength ratings for the 100 FCS teams scheduled to play FBS opponents this season. Used by CFB Ranked to model FBS game margins—not a national FCS ranking.
| 1 |  Youngstown State | +19.87 | +105.61 | 7 | |
| 2 |  South Dakota State | 0.00 | +67.68 | 4 | |
| 3 |  South Dakota | +14.00 | +71.45 | 7 | |
| 4 |  Montana State | 0.00 | +3.08 | 5 | |
| 5 |  Tarleton State | +13.37 | +24.13 | 5 | |
| 6 |  Montana | -9.21 | +14.45 | 6 | |
| 7 |  Northern Arizona | +9.21 | +49.48 | 7 | |
| 8 |  Austin Peay | -13.36 | +23.60 | 4 | |
| 9 |  North Dakota | -18.75 | -19.37 | 6 | |
| 10 |  Illinois State | 0.00 | -1.28 | 5 | |
| 11 |  Mercer | -15.20 | +31.12 | 6 | |
| 12 |  Idaho State | -17.06 | +5.34 | 5 | |
| 13 |  Southern Illinois | -14.00 | -13.29 | 6 | |
| 14 |  Stony Brook | +0.07 | +49.30 | 6 | |
| 15 |  Colgate | 0.00 | +61.19 | 4 | |
| 16 |  East Tennessee State | +14.03 | +34.36 | 6 | |
| 17 |  Chattanooga | +6.46 | +68.08 | 7 | |
| 18 |  Cal Poly | +17.06 | +13.13 | 5 | |
| 19 |  UT Rio Grande Valley | +12.25 | +8.07 | 5 | |
| 20 |  Lamar | -15.49 | +17.67 | 6 | |
| 21 |  Northern Iowa | +18.75 | +29.89 | 4 | |
| 22 |  UAlbany | 0.00 | +78.58 | 5 | |
| 23 |  SE Louisiana | -12.25 | -4.69 | 6 | |
| 24 |  Weber State | +11.68 | +31.68 | 7 | |
| 25 |  Southeast Missouri State | +8.82 | +49.31 | 5 | |
| 26 |  Southern Utah | 0.00 | -13.44 | 5 | |
| 27 |  Abilene Christian | -0.20 | -30.42 | 5 | |
| 28 |  Wofford | +26.21 | +18.86 | 7 | |
| 29 |  Campbell | 0.00 | +60.02 | 6 | |
| 30 |  Western Carolina | +15.20 | +17.03 | 6 | |
| 31 |  Idaho | -11.68 | -9.95 | 6 | |
| 32 |  Gardner-Webb | -49.23 | +13.47 | 7 | |
| 33 |  Eastern Washington | +8.86 | -2.42 | 7 | |
| 34 |  Central Arkansas | +0.20 | +17.11 | 4 | |
| 35 |  Tennessee Tech | -6.60 | -25.96 | 6 | |
| 36 |  North Alabama | 0.00 | +31.04 | 6 | |
| 37 |  Holy Cross | 0.00 | +17.20 | 4 | |
| 38 |  Monmouth | 0.00 | -15.52 | 5 | |
| 39 |  Northern Colorado | -8.86 | -1.04 | 6 | |
| 40 |  Charleston Southern | 0.00 | +20.46 | 4 | |
| 41 |  UC Davis | 0.00 | -55.57 | 4 | |
| 42 |  Central Connecticut | 0.00 | +11.10 | 4 | |
| 43 |  McNeese | 0.00 | +7.19 | 4 | |
| 44 |  UT Martin | +18.70 | -3.75 | 5 | |
| 45 |  Incarnate Word | +15.49 | -21.07 | 4 | |
| 46 |  Stonehill | +40.73 | +34.39 | 5 | |
| 47 |  Eastern Illinois | +49.23 | +24.30 | 6 | |
| 48 |  East Texas A&M | 0.00 | +11.47 | 5 | |
| 49 |  Rhode Island | 0.00 | -45.68 | 5 | |
| 50 |  Robert Morris | +5.45 | +42.55 | 5 | |
| 51 |  Furman | +6.60 | +8.61 | 5 | |
| 52 |  Villanova | 0.00 | -62.40 | 6 | |
| 53 |  Morgan State | -5.45 | +30.49 | 5 | |
| 54 |  Samford | -6.46 | +44.46 | 6 | |
| 55 |  Towson | -0.07 | -11.55 | 7 | |
| 56 |  Alabama State | -23.54 | -45.59 | 5 | |
| 57 |  Richmond | -5.71 | -9.27 | 6 | |
| 58 |  Western Illinois | 0.00 | +5.82 | 4 | |
| 59 |  Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 0.00 | +55.72 | 3 | |
| 60 |  Indiana State | -19.87 | -21.90 | 6 | |
| 61 |  Eastern Kentucky | +3.97 | -39.53 | 5 | |
| 62 |  Fordham | +5.71 | +39.20 | 6 | |
| 63 |  Elon | -26.21 | -32.84 | 5 | |
| 64 |  Portland State | +9.02 | -2.87 | 6 | |
| 65 |  Merrimack | 0.00 | -8.31 | 4 | |
| 66 |  Houston Christian | 0.00 | +23.30 | 5 | |
| 67 |  Delaware State | 0.00 | -23.06 | 5 | |
| 68 |  Lindenwood | -8.82 | -36.52 | 5 | |
| 69 |  New Hampshire | -6.32 | -59.16 | 6 | |
| 70 |  Norfolk State | 0.00 | +35.79 | 4 | |
| 71 |  Long Island University | +3.99 | -21.95 | 7 | |
| 72 |  Bryant | 0.00 | +0.23 | 4 | |
| 73 |  Bethune-Cookman | 0.00 | -18.59 | 2 | |
| 74 |  The Citadel | -14.02 | -42.17 | 5 | |
| 75 |  Maine | 0.00 | -52.28 | 6 | |
| 76 |  West Georgia | -3.96 | -87.81 | 5 | |
| 77 |  Sacred Heart | -40.73 | -36.99 | 6 | |
| 78 |  Lafayette | 0.00 | -64.03 | 3 | |
| 79 |  Grambling | 0.00 | -10.94 | 3 | |
| 80 |  Prairie View A&M | -52.63 | -57.80 | 6 | |
| 81 |  Florida A&M | +23.54 | +15.00 | 3 | |
| 82 |  Bucknell | 0.00 | -11.51 | 4 | |
| 83 |  North Carolina Central | -17.28 | -51.45 | 6 | |
| 84 |  North Carolina A&T | +6.32 | +10.25 | 7 | |
| 85 |  Alcorn State | 0.00 | -14.64 | 5 | |
| 86 |  Tennessee State | -18.71 | -6.78 | 4 | |
| 87 |  Howard | 0.00 | -10.68 | 4 | |
| 88 |  William & Mary | +17.28 | -73.76 | 6 | |
| 89 |  Duquesne | -4.00 | -58.40 | 4 | |
| 90 |  Mercyhurst | 0.00 | -61.33 | 5 | |
| 91 |  Utah Tech | -9.02 | -62.75 | 7 | |
| 92 |  Mississippi Valley State | +9.69 | +1.04 | 5 | |
| 93 |  Nicholls | 0.00 | -87.75 | 6 | |
| 94 |  Southern | +52.64 | -2.15 | 4 | |
| 95 |  Murray State | 0.00 | -71.28 | 5 | |
| 96 |  Texas Southern | -9.69 | -68.90 | 6 | |
| 97 |  Wagner | 0.00 | -81.88 | 4 | |
| 98 |  Northwestern State | 0.00 | -61.53 | 5 | |
| 99 |  Hampton | 0.00 | -65.20 | 5 | |
| 100 |  VMI | 0.00 | -107.62 | 5 |
These are the 100 FCS teams scheduled to play at least one FBS opponent in 2026. List order is sorted by current rating within that pool only—it is not a national FCS ranking and these teams are not part of the CFB Ranked FBS poll.