The Sports Network's FCS Rankings (As of 11/02/2009)
Rank	School	W-L	Points	Prev
1	Richmond (123)	8-0	3481	1
2	Montana (9)	8-0	3299	2
3	Southern Ill. (7)	7-1	3218	3
4	Villanova (1)	7-1	3039	4
5	William & Mary	7-1	2834	5
6	Elon	7-1	2783	6
7	Appalachian St. (1)	6-2	2677	7
8	New Hampshire	7-1	2508	8
9	South Dakota St.	7-1	2428	9
10	South Carolina St. (1)	7-1	2224	10
11	UNI	5-3	1968	12
12	McNeese St.	6-2	1967	13
13	Holy Cross	7-1	1571	17
14	Eastern Ill.	7-2	1388	20
15	Stephen F. Austin	6-2	1248	11
16	Liberty	6-2	1117	23
17	Jacksonville St.	5-3	1091	22
18	Colgate	8-1	975	24
19	Weber St.	5-4	917	14
20	Central Ark.	5-3	723	15
21	Eastern Wash.	6-3	634	NR
22	Prairie View	5-1	612	25
23	Delaware	5-3	506	16
24	Florida A&M	6-2	489	NR
25	Lafayette	7-1	379	NR

OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Cal Poly 219, Northern Arizona 195, Eastern Kentucky 158, Massachusetts 148, Southeastern Louisiana 139, Central Connecticut State 109, Texas State 107, Penn 88, Montana State 84, Harvard 80, Butler 67, Southern Utah 56, James Madison 56, Grambling 37, Tennessee Tech 29, Maine 27, Alabama A&M 19, Jacksonville 19, Chattanooga 18, Gardner-Webb 15, Morgan State 15, Stony Brook 15, Drake 12, Dayton 10, North Dakota 8, Illinois State 7, Old Dominion 5, Hampton 2, Southern 2, Missouri State 1, The Citadel 1, UC Davis 1.

DROPPED OUT: No. 18 Cal Poly, No. 19 Massachusetts, No. 21 Northern Arizona.

Ranking includes number of first-place votes and record in parentheses, total points and previous ranking