2023 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

The 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) football rankings consists of two human polls, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), college football's governing body, the NCAA, bestows the national championship title through a 24-team tournament.[1] The following weekly polls determine the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2023 season. The STATS poll is voted by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.

2023 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings
Season2023
PostseasonSingle-elimination
NCAA Division I FCS football rankings
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Legend

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Legend
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(Italics)   Number of first place votes
(#–#)   Win–loss record
т   Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

STATS poll

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Preseason
August 7[2]
Week 1
September 4[3]
Week 2
September 10[4]
Week 3
September 18[5]
Week 4
September 25[6]
Week 5
October 2[7]
Week 6
October 9[8]
Week 7
October 16[9]
Week 8
October 23[10]
Week 9
October 30[11]
Week 10
November 6[12]
Week 11
November 13[13]
Week 12
November 20[14]
Final
January 8[15]
1.South Dakota State (56)South Dakota State (1–0) (55)South Dakota State (2–0) (52)South Dakota State (3–0) (52)South Dakota State (3–0) (54)South Dakota State (4–0) (56)South Dakota State (5–0) (56)South Dakota State (6–0) (56)South Dakota State (7–0) (56)South Dakota State (8–0) (56)South Dakota State (9–0) (56)South Dakota State (10–0) (56)South Dakota State (11–0) (56)South Dakota State (15–0) (56)1.
2.North Dakota StateNorth Dakota State (1–0) (1)North Dakota State (2–0) (3)North Dakota State (3–0) (3)North Dakota State (3–0) (2)Montana State (4–1)Montana State (4–1)Montana State (5–1)Montana State (6–1)Furman (7–1)Furman (8–1)Furman (9–1)Montana (10–1)Montana (13–2)2.
3.Montana StateMontana State (1–0)Montana State (1–1)Montana State (2–1)Montana State (3–1)Idaho (4–1)Idaho (5–1)Sacramento State (5–1)Furman (6–1)Idaho (6–2)Montana (8–1)Montana (9–1)South Dakota (9–2)North Dakota State (11–4)3.
4.William & MaryWilliam & Mary (1–0)William & Mary (2–0)Sacramento State (3–0) (1)Idaho (3–1)Sacramento State (4–1)Sacramento State (4–1)Furman (5–1)South Dakota (6–1)Montana (7–1)Idaho (7–2)Montana State (8–2)Idaho (8–3)South Dakota (10–3)4.
5.Holy CrossHoly Cross (1–0)Idaho (2–0) (1)William & Mary (3–0)William & Mary (4–0)Furman (3–1)Furman (4–1)Incarnate Word (5–1)Delaware (6–1)Delaware (7–1)Montana State (7–2)South Dakota (8–2)Montana State (8–3)Albany (11–4)5.
6.FurmanFurman (1–0)Holy Cross (1–1)Holy Cross (2–1)Holy Cross (3–1)Southern Illinois (4–0)North Dakota State (4–1)South Dakota (5–1)Sacramento State (5–2)Montana State (6–2)South Dakota (7–2)Idaho (7–3)Villanova (9–2)Villanova (10–3)6.
7.Incarnate WordIdaho (1–0)Furman (1–1)Idaho (2–1)Furman (3–1)North Dakota State (3–1)Incarnate Word (4–1)Delaware (5–1)Montana (6–1)Sacramento State (6–2)North Carolina Central (8–1)Delaware (8–2)Furman (9–2)Furman (10–3)7.
8.IdahoSamford (1–0)Sacramento State (2–0)Furman (2–1)Sacramento State (3–1)Incarnate Word (3–1)Delaware (4–1)Western Carolina (5–1)Incarnate Word (6–1)Incarnate Word (7–1)Delaware (7–2)Sacramento State (7–3)North Dakota State (8–3)Idaho (9–4)8.
9.SamfordSacramento State (1–0)Weber State (2–0)Incarnate Word (2–1)Incarnate Word (3–1)Delaware (3–1)Western Carolina (5–1)Montana (6–1)Idaho (5–2)South Dakota (6–2)Sacramento State (6–3)North Dakota State (7–3)Albany (9–3)Montana State (8–4)9.
10.Sacramento StateIncarnate Word (0–1)Incarnate Word (1–1)Weber State (2–1)Southern Illinois (3–0)William & Mary (4–1)South Dakota (4–1)Idaho (5–2)Western Carolina (5–2)Southern Illinois (6–2)North Dakota (6–3)Villanova (8–2)Florida A&M (10–1)Delaware (9–4)10.
11.New HampshireNew Hampshire (1–0)New Hampshire (1–1)New Hampshire (2–1)Delaware (3–1)Western Carolina (4–1)William & Mary (4–2)North Dakota (4–2)Southern Illinois (5–2)North Dakota State (6–2)Southern Illinois (6–3)Florida A&M (9–1)Delaware (8–3)Florida A&M (12–1)11.
12.Southeast Missouri StateWeber State (1–0)Montana (2–0)Southern Illinois (3–0)North Dakota (2–1)Holy Cross (3–2)Holy Cross (4–2)Southern Illinois (5–1)North Dakota State (5–2)North Carolina Central (7–1)North Dakota State (6–3)Albany (8–3)North Dakota (7–4)Southern Illinois (8–5)12.
13.Weber StateMontana (1–0)Southeast Missouri State (1–1)Montana (3–0)Weber State (2–2)Weber State (3–2)Southern Illinois (4–1)William & Mary (4–2)North Carolina Central (6–1)North Dakota (5–3)Florida A&M (8–1) тNorth Dakota (6–4)Austin Peay (9–2)Sacramento State (8–5)13.
14.MontanaSoutheast Missouri State (0–1)North Dakota (2–0)North Dakota (2–1)New Hampshire (2–2)North Carolina Central (4–1)North Carolina Central (5–1)North Dakota State (4–2)UT Martin (6–1)Chattanooga (7–2)Villanova (7–2) тWestern Carolina (7–3)Southern Illinois (7–4)Chattanooga (8–5)14.
15.Southeastern LouisianaUC Davis (1–0)Southern Illinois (2–0)UC Davis (2–1)North Carolina Central (3–1)South Dakota (3–1)North Dakota (3–2)Holy Cross (4–2)North Dakota (4–3)Florida A&M (7–1)Northern Iowa (6–3)Austin Peay (8–2)Sacramento State (7–4)Richmond (9–4)15.
16.UC DavisSoutheastern Louisiana (0–1)UC Davis (1–1)Southeast Missouri State (1–2)Villanova (3–1)North Dakota (2–2)Montana (5–1)North Carolina Central (5–1)Florida A&M (6–1)Western Carolina (5–3)Incarnate Word (7–2)Southern Illinois (6–4)North Carolina Central (9–2)North Dakota (7–5)16.
17.North DakotaNorth Dakota (1–0)North Carolina Central (2–0)Rhode Island (2–1)Western Carolina (3–1)Montana (4–1)UT Martin (5–1)UT Martin (5–1)Chattanooga (6–2)Villanova (6–2)Western Carolina (6–3)North Carolina Central (8–2)Mercer (8–3)Mercer (9–4)17.
18.RichmondNorth Carolina Central (1–0)Samford (1–1)North Carolina Central (2–1)Montana (3–1)UT Martin (4–1)Florida A&M (5–1)Harvard (5–0)Central Arkansas (5–2)Northern Iowa (5–3)Albany (7–3)Chattanooga (7–3)Chattanooga (7–4)Austin Peay (9–3)18.
19.North Carolina CentralDelaware (1–0)Southeastern Louisiana (0–2)Delaware (2–1)Eastern Washington (2–2)Florida A&M (4–1)Harvard (4–0)Florida A&M (5–1)Villanova (5–2)Austin Peay (6–2)Chattanooga (7–3)UT Martin (8–2)Incarnate Word (8–2)Youngstown State (8–5)19.
20.MercerMercer (1–1)Mercer (2–1)Samford (1–2)Florida A&M (3–1)UC Davis (3—2)Central Arkansas (4–2)Central Arkansas (5–2)Austin Peay (5–2)Lafayette (7–1)Austin Peay (7–2)Incarnate Word (7–2)Lafayette (9–2)North Carolina Central (9–3)20.
21.Rhode IslandNorthern Iowa (1–0)Rhode Island (1–1)Mercer (2–1)UC Davis (2–2)Harvard (3–0)Eastern Washington (2–3)Chattanooga (5–2)Lafayette (6–1)UT Martin (6–2)UT Martin (7–2)Mercer (8–3)Youngstown State (7–4)Lafayette (9–3)21.
22.DelawareRhode Island (0–1)Delaware (1–1)Florida A&M (2–1)UT Martin (3–1)Eastern Washington (2–3)Weber State (3–3)Villanova (5–2)William & Mary (4–3)Youngstown State (5–3)Youngstown State (6–3)Northern Iowa (6–4)Richmond (8–3)Incarnate Word (8–2)22.
23.Northern IowaFlorida A&M (1–0)Florida A&M (1–1)Western Carolina (2–1)Youngstown State (2–1)Central Arkansas (3–2)Youngstown State (3–2)UC Davis (4–3)Northern Iowa (4–3)Albany (6–3)Mercer (7–3)Harvard (8–1)Western Carolina (7–4)Western Carolina (7–4)23.
24.Eastern KentuckySouthern Illinois (1–0)Villanova (2–0)Youngstown State (2–1)Rhode Island (2–2)Chattanooga (4–1)Albany (4–2)Austin Peay (4–2)Youngstown State (4–3)William & Mary (5–3)Harvard (7–1)Lafayette (8–2)UT Martin (8–3)UC Davis (7–4)24.
25.Gardner–WebbYoungstown State (1–0)Youngstown State (1–1)Villanova (2–1)Central Arkansas (2–2)Elon (3–2)Chattanooga (4–2)Youngstown State (3–3)UC Davis (4–3)Mercer (6–3)Lafayette (7–2)Youngstown State (6–4)UC Davis (7–4)UT Martin (8–3)25.
Preseason
August 7[2]
Week 1
September 4[3]
Week 2
September 10[4]
Week 3
September 18[5]
Week 4
September 25[6]
Week 5
October 2[7]
Week 6
October 9[8]
Week 7
October 16[9]
Week 8
October 23[10]
Week 9
October 30[11]
Week 10
November 6[12]
Week 11
November 13[13]
Week 12
November 20[14]
Final
January 8[15]
Dropped:
  • No. 18 Richmond
  • No. 24 Eastern Kentucky
  • No. 25 Gardner–Webb
Dropped:
  • No. 21 Northern Iowa
Dropped:
  • No. 19 Southeastern Louisiana
Dropped:
  • No. 16 Southeast Missouri State
  • No. 20 Samford
  • No. 21 Mercer
Dropped:
  • No. 14 New Hampshire
  • No. 16 Villanova
  • No. 23 Youngstown State
  • No. 24 Rhode Island
Dropped:
  • No. 20 UC Davis
  • No. 25 Elon
Dropped:
  • No. 21 Eastern Washington
  • No. 22 Weber State
  • No. 24 Albany
Dropped:
  • No. 15 Holy Cross
  • No. 18 Harvard
Dropped:
  • No. 18 Central Arkansas
  • No. 25 UC Davis
Dropped:
  • No. 24 William & Mary
NoneDropped:
  • No. 22 Northern Iowa
  • No. 23 Harvard
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Coaches' poll

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Preseason
August 14[16]
Week 1
September 5[17]
Week 2
September 10[18]
Week 3
September 18[19]
Week 4
September 25[20]
Week 5
October 2[21]
Week 6
October 9[22]
Week 7
October 16[23]
Week 8
October 23[24]
Week 9
October 30[25]
Week 10
November 6[26]
Week 11
November 13[27]
Week 12
November 20[28]
Final
1.South Dakota State (24)South Dakota State (1–0) (25)South Dakota State (2–0) (26)South Dakota State (3–0) (26)South Dakota State (3–0) (26)South Dakota State (4–0) (26)South Dakota State (5–0) (26)South Dakota State (6–0) (26)South Dakota State (7–0) (26)South Dakota State (8–0) (25)South Dakota State (9–0) (26)South Dakota State (10–0) (26)South Dakota State (11–0) (24)1.
2.North Dakota State (1)North Dakota State (1–0)North Dakota State (2–0)North Dakota State (3–0)North Dakota State (3–0)Montana State (4–1)Montana State (4–1)Montana State (5–1)Montana State (6–1)Furman (7–1)Furman (8–1)Furman (9–1)Montana (10–1)2.
3.Montana StateMontana State (1–0)Montana State (1–1)Montana State (2–1)Montana State (3–1)Idaho (4–1)Idaho (5–1)Furman (5–1)Furman (6–1)Montana (7–1)Montana (8–1)Montana (9–1)South Dakota (9–2)3.
4.William & MaryWilliam & Mary (1–0)William & Mary (2–0)Sacramento State (3–0)William & Mary (4–0)Furman (3–1)Furman (4–1)Sacramento State (5–1)Incarnate Word (6–1)Incarnate Word (7–1)Idaho (7–2)Montana State (8–2)Idaho (8–3)4.
5.Holy CrossHoly Cross (1–0)Holy Cross (1–1)William & Mary (3–0)Holy Cross (3–1)Southern Illinois (4–0)Sacramento State (4–1)Incarnate Word (5–1)Montana (6–1)Idaho (6–2)Montana State (7–2)South Dakota (8–2)Florida A&M (10–1)5.
6.FurmanFurman (1–0)Sacramento State (2–0)Holy Cross (2–1)Idaho (3–1)Incarnate Word (3–1)Incarnate Word (4–1)Montana (6–1)Delaware (6–1)Delaware (7–1)South Dakota (7–2)Delaware (8–2)Furman (9–2)6.
7.Incarnate WordSamford (1–0)Weber State (2–0)Furman (2–1)Furman (3–1)Sacramento State (4–1)North Dakota State (4–1)Delaware (5–1)Sacramento State (5–2)Sacramento State (6–2)North Carolina Central (8–1)Florida A&M (9–1)North Dakota State (8–3)7.
8.Sacramento StateSacramento State (1–0)Furman (1–1)Weber State (2–1)Incarnate Word (3–1)North Dakota State (3–1)Delaware (4–1)Idaho (5–2)Idaho (5–2)Montana State (6–2)Delaware (7–2)Idaho (7–3)Montana State (8–3)8.
9.SamfordWeber State (1–0)Incarnate Word (1–1)Incarnate Word (2–1)Sacramento State (3–1)William & Mary (4–1)North Carolina Central (5–1)North Dakota (4–2)South Dakota (6–1)North Carolina Central (7–1)Florida A&M (8–1)North Dakota State (7–3)Villanova (9–2)9.
10.Weber StateIncarnate Word (0–1)Idaho (2–0)Idaho (2–1)Southern Illinois (3–0)Delaware (3–1)Montana (5–1)North Carolina Central (5–1)North Carolina Central (6–1)North Dakota State (6–2)Incarnate Word (7–2)Sacramento State (7–3)Austin Peay (9–2)10.
11.Southeast Missouri StateNew Hampshire (1–0)Montana (2–0) тMontana (3–0)North Dakota (2–1)North Carolina Central (4–1)Holy Cross (4–2)Holy Cross (4–2)North Dakota State (5–2)Southern Illinois (6–2)Sacramento State (6–3)Incarnate Word (7–2)Incarnate Word (8–2)11.
12.New HampshireIdaho (1–0)New Hampshire (1–1) тNew Hampshire (2–1)Delaware (3–1)Holy Cross (3–2)William & Mary (4–2)Southern Illinois (5–1)Southern Illinois (5–2)South Dakota (6–2)North Dakota (6–3)Austin Peay (8–2)Delaware (8–3)12.
13.IdahoMontana (1–0)North Dakota (2–0)Southern Illinois (3–0)North Carolina Central (3–1)Montana (4–1)Southern Illinois (4–1)William & Mary (4–2)UT Martin (6–1)Chattanooga (7–2) тNorth Dakota State (6–3)UT Martin (8–2)North Carolina Central (9–2)13.
14.MontanaUC Davis (1–0)Samford (1–1)North Dakota (2–1)Weber State (2–2)Weber State (3–2)Western Carolina (5–1)Western Carolina (5–1)Florida A&M (6–1)Florida A&M (7–1) тAustin Peay (7–2)North Carolina Central (8–2)North Dakota (7–4)14.
15.Southeastern LouisianaNorth Dakota (1–0)Southeast Missouri State (1–1)UC Davis (2–1)Fordham (3–1)North Dakota (2–2)North Dakota (3–2)North Dakota State (4–2)Chattanooga (6–2)North Dakota (5–3)Southern Illinois (6–3)Villanova (8–2)Albany (9–3)15.
16.RichmondSoutheast Missouri State (0–1)UC Davis (1–1)Delaware (2–1)Montana (3–1)Florida A&M (4–1)Florida A&M (5–1)South Dakota (5–1)Western Carolina (5–2)Lafayette (7–1)UT Martin (7–2)Chattanooga (7–3)Sacramento State (7–4)16.
17.UC DavisSoutheastern Louisiana (0–1)North Carolina Central (2–0)Samford (1–2)New Hampshire (2–2)Western Carolina (4–1)South Dakota (4–1)Harvard (5–0)North Dakota (4–3)Austin Peay (6–2)Chattanooga (7–3)North Dakota (6–4)Southern Illinois (7–4)17.
18.North DakotaNorth Carolina Central (1–0)Southern Illinois (2–0)Rhode Island (2–1)Florida A&M (3–1)UC Davis (3–2)Harvard (4–0)Florida A&M (5–1)Central Arkansas (5–2)UT Martin (6–2)Villanova (7–2)Western Carolina (7–3)Lafayette (9–2)18.
19.North Carolina CentralDelaware (1–0)Delaware (1–1)North Carolina Central (2–1)Youngstown State (2–1)Harvard (3–0)UT Martin (5–1)UT Martin (5–1)Lafayette (6–1)Harvard (6–1)Harvard (7–1)Harvard (8–1)Chattanooga (7–4)19.
20.Northern IowaNorthern Iowa (0–1)Rhode Island (1–1)Southeast Missouri State (1–2)UC Davis (2–2)Chattanooga (4–1)Chattanooga (4–2) тChattanooga (5–2)Austin Peay (5–2) тWestern Carolina (5–3)Northern Iowa (6–3)Central Arkansas (7–3) тMercer (8–3)20.
21.DelawareFlorida A&M (1–0)Mercer (2–1)Mercer (2–1)Western Carolina (3–1)South Dakota (3–1)Youngstown State (3–2) тCentral Arkansas (5–2)New Hampshire (4–3) тHoly Cross (5–3)Western Carolina (6–3)Southern Illinois (6–4) тUT Martin (8–3)21.
22.MercerRhode Island (0–1)Fordham (2–1) тFordham (2–1)Chattanooga (3–1)Illinois State (3–1)Rhode Island (4–2)New Hampshire (3–3)Holy Cross (4–3)Villanova (6–2)Holy Cross (6–3)Lafayette (8–2)Holy Cross (7–4)22.
23.Rhode IslandSouthern Illinois (1–0)Southeastern Louisiana (0–2) тFlorida A&M (2–1)Villanova (3–1)UT Martin (4–1)Weber State (3–3)UC Davis (4–3)Harvard (5–1)Northern Iowa (5–3)Lafayette (7–2)Albany (8–3)Youngstown State (7–4)23.
24.Gardner-WebbMercer (1–1)Florida A&M (1–1)Youngstown State (2–1)Harvard (2–0)New Hampshire (2–3)New Hampshire (2–3)Austin Peay (4–2)William & Mary (4–3)William & Mary (5–3)Central Arkansas (6–3)Mercer (8–3)Eastern Illinois (8–3)24.
25.Florida A&MYoungstown State (1–0)Illinois State (2–0)Harvard (1–0)Eastern Washington (2–2)Eastern Illinois (4–1) т
Rhode Island (3–2) т
Central Arkansas (4–2)Illinois State (4–2)UC Davis (4–3)Central Arkansas (5–3)Albany (7–3)Holy Cross (6–4)Richmond (8–3)25.
Preseason
August 14[16]
Week 1
September 5[17]
Week 2
September 10[18]
Week 3
September 18[19]
Week 4
September 25[20]
Week 5
October 2[21]
Week 6
October 9[22]
Week 7
October 16[23]
Week 8
October 23[24]
Week 9
October 30[25]
Week 10
November 6[26]
Week 11
November 13[27]
Week 12
November 20[28]
Final
Dropped:
  • No. 16 Richmond
  • No. 24 Gardner–Webb
Dropped:
  • No. 20 Northern Iowa
  • No. 25 Youngstown State
Dropped:
  • No. 22t Southeastern Louisiana
  • No. 25 Illinois State
Dropped:
  • No. 17 Samford
  • No. 18 Rhode Island
  • No. 20 Southeast Missouri State
  • No. 21 Mercer
Dropped:
  • No. 15 Fordham
  • No. 19 Youngstown State
  • No. 23 Villanova
  • No. 25 Eastern Washington
Dropped:
  • No. 18 UC Davis
  • No. 22 Illinois State
  • No. 25t Eastern Illinois
Dropped:
  • No. 20t Youngstown State
  • No. 22 Rhode Island
  • No. 23 Weber State
Dropped:
  • No. 25 Illinois State
Dropped:
  • No. 20t New Hampshire
  • No. 25 UC Davis
Dropped:
  • No. 24 William & Mary
Dropped:
  • No. 20 Northern Iowa
Dropped:
  • No. 18 Western Carolina
  • No. 19 Harvard
  • No. 20t Central Arkansas
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