These are the 25 best-performing FCS teams going into Week 9.
NOTE
50.0 Hierank Power = Average Performance among all FBS & FCS teams.
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| FCS Rank | Team | Conference | W – L | HIERANK POWER | Normal Power |
| 1 | North Dakota St | Missouri Valley (FCS) | 7 – 0 | 70.7 | 60 – 81 |
| 2 | JMU | CAA (FCS) | 7 – 1 | 65.8 | 53 – 79 |
| 3 | Dartmouth | Ivy (FCS) | 5 – 0 | 65.1 | 56 – 74 |
| 4 | Montana | Big Sky (FCS) | 5 – 2 | 63.4 | 51 – 76 |
| 5 | Sacramento St | Big Sky (FCS) | 5 – 2 | 61.8 | 46 – 78 |
| 6 | South Dakota St | Missouri Valley (FCS) | 6 – 1 | 61.3 | 52 – 71 |
| 7 | Princeton | Ivy (FCS) | 5 – 0 | 59.9 | 56 – 64 |
| 8 | Villanova | CAA (FCS) | 6 – 1 | 58.0 | 52 – 64 |
| 9 | Northern Iowa | Missouri Valley (FCS) | 4 – 3 | 57.6 | 47 – 68 |
| 10 | Columbia | Ivy (FCS) | 2 – 3 | 57.5 | 45 – 70 |
| 11 | Towson | CAA (FCS) | 4 – 3 | 56.5 | 45 – 67 |
| 12 | Yale | Ivy (FCS) | 4 – 1 | 55.6 | 48 – 63 |
| 13 | Davidson | Pioneer (FCS) | 5 – 2 | 54.0 | 42 – 67 |
| 14 | Cent Conn St | Northeast (FCS) | 6 – 1 | 53.8 | 41 – 66 |
| 15 | Weber State | Big Sky (FCS) | 5 – 2 | 53.7 | 41 – 67 |
| 16 | Harvard | Ivy (FCS) | 4 – 1 | 53.6 | 46 – 61 |
| 17 | UT Martin | Ohio Valley (FCS) | 5 – 2 | 53.6 | 36 – 71 |
| 18 | Albany | CAA (FCS) | 5 – 3 | 53.3 | 40 – 66 |
| 19 | UC Davis | Big Sky (FCS) | 4 – 4 | 53.2 | 42 – 65 |
| 20 | NC A&T | MEAC (FCS) | 4 – 1 | 52.9 | 40 – 66 |
| 21 | Furman | Southern (FCS) | 4 – 3 | 52.4 | 34 – 71 |
| 22 | Youngstown St | Missouri Valley (FCS) | 4 – 3 | 52.2 | 36 – 69 |
| 23 | Georgetown | Patriot League (FCS) | 5 – 2 | 52.1 | 41 – 63 |
| 24 | Montana State | Big Sky (FCS) | 5 – 2 | 52.0 | 37 – 67 |
| 25 | Kennesaw St | Big South (FCS) | 6 – 1 | 51.6 | 41 – 62 |
