2020 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

Preseason
August 25^[2] Week 1
February 22^[3] Week 2
March 1^[4] Week 3
March 8^[5] Week 4
March 15^[6] Week 5
March 22^[7] Week 6
March 29^[8] Week 7
April 5^[9] Week 8
April 12^[10] Week 9
April 19^[11] Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13
May 17^[12] 1. North Dakota State (147) North Dakota State (2–0) (40) James Madison (2–0) (34) James Madison (3–0) (29) James Madison (3–0) (28) James Madison (3–0) (29) James Madison (4–0) James Madison (4–0) (30) James Madison (4–0) (25) James Madison (5–0) (30) Sam Houston State (10–0) (40) 1. 2. James Madison James Madison (1–0) Weber State (1–0) (4) Weber State (1–0) (2) North Dakota (4–0) (10) North Dakota State (5–1) (6) North Dakota State (5–1) North Dakota State (5–1) (6) North Dakota State (6–1) (12) South Dakota State (5–1) (7) South Dakota State (8–2) 2. 3. Northern Iowa South Dakota State (1–0) Northern Iowa (1–1) North Dakota (3–0) (9) Weber State (2–0) (2) Weber State (2–0) (2) Weber State (3–0) Weber State (4–0) (1) Weber State (5–0) Weber State (5–0) James Madison (7–1) 3. 4. Weber State Weber State (0–0) North Dakota (2–0) (2) Northern Iowa (2–1) North Dakota State (4–1) South Dakota State (4–1) (2) South Dakota State (4–1) South Dakota State (4–1) (2) South Dakota State (4–1) (1) Sam Houston State (6–0) (3) Delaware (7–1) 4. 5. South Dakota State Northern Iowa (0–1) Villanova (0–0) North Dakota State (3–1) Southern Illinois (4–1) Sam Houston State (3–0) (1) Sam Houston State (3–0) Sam Houston State (4–0) (1) Sam Houston State (5–0) (2) Delaware (5–0) North Dakota State (7–3) 5. 6. Montana State Villanova (0–0) North Dakota State (2–1) Villanova (1–0) South Dakota State (3–1) North Dakota (4–1) North Dakota (4–1) North Dakota (4–1) North Dakota (4–1) North Dakota State (6–2) North Dakota (5–2) 6. 7. Montana Illinois State (0–0) Nicholls (2–0) Nicholls (3–0) Sam Houston State (3–1) Jacksonville State (7–1) Kennesaw State (3–0) Kennesaw State (4–0) Delaware (4–0) North Dakota (4–1) Jacksonville State (10–3) 7. 8. Villanova Kennesaw State (0–0) South Dakota State (1–1) South Dakota State (2–1) Jacksonville State (6–1) Kennesaw State (3–0) Delaware (3–0) Delaware (3–0) Eastern Washington (5–1) Jacksonville State (9–2) Southern Illinois (6–4) 8. 9. Illinois State Nicholls (1–0) Kennesaw State (1–0) Kennesaw State (1–0) Kennesaw State (2–0) Chattanooga (3–1) Eastern Washington (3–1) Eastern Washington (4–1) Jacksonville State (9–2) Eastern Washington (5–1) Weber State (5–1) 9. 10. Kennesaw State Furman (1–0) Jacksonville State (4–1) Southern Illinois (3–1) Northern Iowa (2–2) Southern Illinois (4–2) VMI (5–0) Jacksonville State (8–2) Villanova (2–1) Monmouth (3–0) Eastern Washington (5–2) 10. 11. Central Arkansas Wofford (1–0) Southern Illinois (2–1) Jacksonville State (5–1) Chattanooga (2–1) Delaware (2–0) UC Davis (3–1) Villanova (2–1) Richmond (3–0) VMI (6–1) Monmouth (3–1) 11. 12. Sacramento State Eastern Washington (0–0) Sam Houston State (1–0) Sam Houston State (1–0) Delaware (2–0) Eastern Washington (3–1) Jacksonville State (7–2) Richmond (3–0) Monmouth (3–0) Missouri State (5–4) VMI (6–2) 12. 13. Austin Peay Albany (0–0) Albany (0–0) Albany (1–0) Furman (3–1) Incarnate Word (3–0) Nicholls (4–1) UC Davis (3–2) UC Davis (3–2) UC Davis (3–2) Missouri State (5–5) 13. 14. Nicholls North Dakota (1–0) New Hampshire (0–0) Chattanooga (2–1) Villanova (1–1) VMI (4–0) Murray State (5–0) VMI (5–1) Missouri State (5–4) Southern Illinois (5–3) UC Davis (3–2) 14. 15. Furman New Hampshire (0–0) Illinois State (0–1) Furman (2–1) Eastern Washington (2–1) UC Davis (2–1) Richmond (3–0) Missouri State (4–4) VMI (5–1) Richmond (3–1) Richmond (3–1) 15. 16. Wofford Jacksonville State (3–1) Southeast Missouri State (1–1) Eastern Washington (1–1) Southeastern Louisiana (2–1) Villanova (1–1) Villanova (1–1) Southern Illinois (4–3) Kennesaw State (4–1) Villanova (2–2) Villanova (2–2) 16. 17. Albany Sam Houston State (0–0) Furman (1–1) New Hampshire (0–1) Nicholls (3–1) Nicholls (3–1) Chattanooga (3–2) Murray State (5–1) Southeastern Louisiana (4–2) Kennesaw State (4–1) Kennesaw State (4–1) 17. 18. Eastern Washington Southeastern Louisiana (0–0) Chattanooga (1–1) Southeastern Louisiana (1–1) Albany (1–1) Rhode Island (2–0) Southern Illinois (4–3) Nicholls (4–2) Southern Illinois (4–3) Rhode Island (2–1) Murray State (5–2) т 18. 19. North Carolina A&T McNeese State (1–0) Idaho (1–0) Delaware (1–0) VMI (3–0) Murray State (4–0) Missouri State (4–4) Incarnate Word (3–1) Rhode Island (2–1) Murray State (5–2) Rhode Island (2–1) т 19. 20. New Hampshire Monmouth (0–0) Wofford (1–1) т Wofford (1–1) New Hampshire (0–1) Furman (3–2) Incarnate Word (3–1) Monmouth (2–0) Murray State (5–2) Southeastern Louisiana (4–3) Southeastern Louisiana (4–3) 20. 21. Southeastern Louisiana Southeast Missouri State (0–1) South Dakota (1–0) т South Dakota (1–1) UC Davis (1–1) Richmond (2–0) Furman (3–2) East Tennessee State (4–1) Nicholls (4–3) Austin Peay (4–5) East Tennessee State (4–2) 21. 22. Sam Houston State Tarleton State (1–1) Eastern Washington (0–1) Illinois State (0–2) Incarnate Word (2–0) Northern Iowa (2–3) Rhode Island (2–1) Rhode Island (2–1) Austin Peay (4–5) East Tennessee State (4–2) Sacred Heart (3–2) 22. 23. Monmouth Tennessee Tech (1–0) Monmouth (0–0) UC Davis (1–0) Richmond (2–0) Southeastern Louisiana (2–2) Northern Iowa (3–3) Southeastern Louisiana (3–2) Mercer (5–5) Nicholls (4–3) Austin Peay (4–5) 23. 24. Southern Illinois Elon (1–0) Southeastern Louisiana (0–1) Monmouth (0–0) Jackson State (3–0) New Hampshire (0–1) Idaho (2–1) Northern Iowa (3–3) East Tennessee State (4–2) Arkansas–Pine Bluff (4–0) Alabama A&M (5–0) 24. 25. Southeast Missouri State Delaware (0–0) Delaware (0–0) Incarnate Word (2–0) Murray State (3–0) Maine (2–1) Southeastern Louisiana (2–2) Duquesne (4–0)т
Austin Peay (4–5)т Incarnate Word (3–2) Northern Iowa (3–4) Nicholls State (4–3) 25. Preseason
August 25^[2] Week 1
February 22^[3] Week 2
March 1^[4] Week 3
March 8^[5] Week 4
March 15^[6] Week 5
March 22^[7] Week 6
March 29^[8] Week 7
April 5^[9] Week 8
April 12^[10] Week 9
April 19^[11] Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 13
May 17^[12] Dropped:
No. 6 Montana State^[a]
No. 7 Montana^[a]
No. 11 Central Arkansas^[a]
No. 12 Sacramento State^[a]
No. 13 Austin Peay
No. 19 North Carolina A&T^[a]
No. 24 Southern Illinois Dropped:

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