| NCAA Football - FCS - (formerly 1AA) | Somis Sports | |||||||
| Final Team rankings | ||||||||
| 2008 Season | ||||||||
| Rank | Team | Conference | Overall | Score | Win | Other | W | L |
| 1 | James Madison | Colonial | 34.63 | 27.15 | 38.37 | 3.74 | 12 | 2 |
| 2 | Richmond | Colonial | 32.57 | 28.93 | 34.39 | 1.82 | 13 | 3 |
| 3 | Montana | Big Sky | 29.91 | 24.29 | 32.72 | 2.81 | 14 | 2 |
| 4 | Villanova | Colonial | 27.53 | 22.13 | 30.23 | 2.70 | 10 | 3 |
| 5 | Appalachian State | Southern | 26.06 | 22.84 | 27.67 | 1.61 | 11 | 3 |
| 6 | Wofford | Southern | 24.08 | 21.35 | 25.44 | 1.36 | 9 | 3 |
| 7 | New Hampshire | Colonial | 23.89 | 21.25 | 25.21 | 1.32 | 10 | 3 |
| 8 | Northern Iowa | Missouri Valley | 23.20 | 20.32 | 24.64 | 1.44 | 12 | 3 |
| 9 | Weber State | Big Sky | 23.15 | 21.28 | 24.09 | 0.93 | 10 | 4 |
| 10 | Cal Poly | Great West | 20.88 | 23.26 | 20.88 | (2.38) | 8 | 3 |
| 11 | William & Mary | Colonial | 20.65 | 19.73 | 21.11 | 0.46 | 7 | 4 |
| 12 | Maine | Colonial | 17.13 | 12.89 | 19.25 | 2.12 | 8 | 5 |
| 13 | South Carolina State | Mid-Eastern | 16.44 | 14.03 | 17.65 | 1.20 | 10 | 3 |
| 14 | Massachusetts | Colonial | 16.43 | 13.40 | 17.94 | 1.51 | 7 | 5 |
| 15 | Harvard | Ivy League | 16.31 | 10.24 | 19.35 | 3.03 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | Central Arkansas | Southland | 16.20 | 11.83 | 18.39 | 2.18 | 10 | 2 |
| 17 | Southern Illinois | Missouri Valley | 15.80 | 12.75 | 17.32 | 1.52 | 9 | 3 |
| 18 | Elon | Southern | 14.35 | 10.62 | 16.21 | 1.86 | 8 | 4 |
| 19 | Eastern Washington | Big Sky | 12.97 | 13.74 | 12.90 | (0.70) | 6 | 5 |
| 20 | Liberty | Big South | 12.50 | 11.35 | 13.07 | 0.57 | 10 | 2 |
| 21 | Furman | Southern | 11.79 | 8.78 | 13.29 | 1.50 | 7 | 5 |
| 22 | Albany | Northeast | 11.42 | 7.77 | 13.25 | 1.82 | 9 | 3 |
| 23 | McNeese State | Southland | 10.97 | 8.83 | 12.04 | 1.07 | 7 | 4 |
| 24 | Grambling State | Southwestern Athletic | 10.63 | 6.55 | 12.67 | 2.04 | 11 | 2 |
| 25 | Colgate | Patriot | 10.30 | 4.35 | 13.28 | 2.97 | 9 | 3 |
| 26 | South Dakota State | Missouri Valley | 10.25 | 12.51 | 9.99 | (2.01) | 7 | 5 |
| 27 | Montana State | Big Sky | 10.20 | 7.32 | 11.64 | 1.44 | 7 | 5 |
| 28 | Holy Cross | Patriot | 9.25 | 9.61 | 9.19 | (0.30) | 7 | 4 |
| 29 | Brown | Ivy League | 9.06 | 8.16 | 9.50 | 0.45 | 7 | 3 |
| 30 | Georgia Southern | Southern | 8.99 | 8.55 | 9.21 | 0.22 | 6 | 5 |
| 31 | Delaware | Colonial | 8.78 | 9.11 | 8.72 | (0.28) | 4 | 8 |
| 32 | Samford | Ohio Valley | 8.67 | 9.12 | 8.59 | (0.38) | 6 | 5 |
| 33 | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | 8.43 | 7.40 | 8.94 | 0.51 | 6 | 5 |
| 34 | Texas State | Southland | 8.36 | 7.44 | 8.82 | 0.46 | 8 | 5 |
| 35 | Jacksonville State | Ohio Valley | 8.03 | 7.47 | 8.30 | 0.28 | 8 | 3 |
| 36 | Lafayette | Patriot | 7.32 | 7.01 | 7.47 | 0.15 | 7 | 4 |
| 37 | Florida A&M | Mid-Eastern | 7.32 | 7.45 | 7.29 | (0.11) | 9 | 3 |
| 38 | Tennessee - Martin | Ohio Valley | 7.01 | 6.77 | 7.12 | 0.12 | 8 | 4 |
| 39 | Eastern Kentucky | Ohio Valley | 7.00 | 3.33 | 8.83 | 1.83 | 8 | 4 |
| 40 | Northwestern State | Southland | 6.80 | 2.76 | 8.82 | 2.02 | 7 | 5 |
| 41 | North Dakota State | Missouri Valley | 6.31 | 11.82 | 5.63 | (4.83) | 6 | 5 |
| 42 | Pennsylvania | Ivy League | 6.24 | 5.31 | 6.71 | 0.46 | 6 | 4 |
| 43 | Western Illinois | Missouri Valley | 5.96 | 8.22 | 5.55 | (1.86) | 6 | 5 |
| 44 | Hofstra | Colonial | 5.95 | 5.93 | 5.96 | 0.01 | 4 | 8 |
| 45 | Prairie View | Southwestern Athletic | 5.65 | 1.20 | 7.87 | 2.22 | 9 | 1 |
| 46 | Yale | Ivy League | 4.55 | 6.80 | 4.09 | (1.79) | 6 | 4 |
| 47 | Sacramento State | Big Sky | 4.42 | 4.34 | 4.46 | 0.04 | 6 | 6 |
| 48 | Tennessee State | Ohio Valley | 3.80 | 3.16 | 4.12 | 0.32 | 8 | 4 |
| 49 | North Dakota | Great West | 3.11 | 3.49 | 3.01 | (0.28) | 6 | 4 |
| 50 | Charleston Southern | Big South | 2.56 | 0.44 | 3.61 | 1.06 | 7 | 5 |
| 51 | Monmouth | Northeast | 2.32 | 1.29 | 2.83 | 0.51 | 7 | 4 |
| 52 | UC Davis | Great West | 2.22 | 4.66 | 1.63 | (1.85) | 5 | 7 |
| 53 | Lehigh | Patriot | 2.14 | 6.07 | 1.29 | (3.08) | 5 | 6 |
| 54 | SE Louisiana | Southland | 1.88 | 0.89 | 2.37 | 0.49 | 5 | 7 |
| 55 | Bethune - Cookman | Mid-Eastern | 1.74 | (0.96) | 3.09 | 1.35 | 8 | 3 |
| 56 | Sam Houston State | Southland | 1.74 | 4.72 | 1.02 | (2.26) | 4 | 6 |
| 57 | Stony Brook | Big South | 1.70 | 1.16 | 1.97 | 0.27 | 5 | 6 |
| 58 | San Diego | Pioneer | 1.70 | 1.49 | 1.80 | 0.10 | 9 | 2 |
| 59 | Nicholls State | Southland | 1.36 | (0.20) | 2.13 | 0.78 | 3 | 6 |
| 60 | South Dakota | Great West | 1.33 | 9.05 | 0.04 | (6.44) | 6 | 5 |
| 61 | Southern Utah | Great West | 1.25 | (0.25) | 1.99 | 0.75 | 4 | 7 |
| 62 | Jacksonville | Pioneer | 0.71 | 0.59 | 0.76 | 0.06 | 9 | 4 |
| 63 | Central Connecticut State | Northeast | 0.71 | 1.37 | 0.51 | (0.46) | 7 | 4 |
| 64 | Portland State | Big Sky | 0.28 | 1.33 | (0.05) | (0.73) | 4 | 7 |
| 65 | Citadel | Southern | 0.00 | 3.70 | (0.96) | (2.74) | 4 | 8 |
| 66 | Rhode Island | Colonial | (0.40) | (1.02) | (0.08) | 0.31 | 3 | 9 |
| 67 | Coastal Carolina | Big South | (0.98) | (1.53) | (0.70) | 0.28 | 6 | 6 |
| 68 | Hampton | Mid-Eastern | (1.16) | (2.29) | (0.59) | 0.57 | 6 | 5 |
| 69 | Northeastern | Colonial | (1.17) | 1.34 | (1.94) | (1.74) | 2 | 10 |
| 70 | Dayton | Pioneer | (1.35) | (1.76) | (1.14) | 0.21 | 9 | 3 |
| 71 | Gardner - Webb | Big South | (1.85) | 0.17 | (2.51) | (1.35) | 5 | 6 |
| 72 | Princeton | Ivy League | (2.03) | (1.19) | (2.33) | (0.54) | 4 | 6 |
| 73 | Southern | Southwestern Athletic | (2.50) | (2.14) | (2.63) | (0.22) | 6 | 5 |
| 74 | Morgan State | Mid-Eastern | (2.82) | (2.34) | (3.00) | (0.29) | 6 | 6 |
| 75 | Eastern Illinois | Ohio Valley | (2.93) | (0.73) | (3.69) | (1.43) | 5 | 7 |
| 76 | Stephen F. Austin | Southland | (3.03) | (0.68) | (3.84) | (1.53) | 4 | 8 |
| 77 | Towson | Colonial | (3.07) | (2.79) | (3.18) | (0.17) | 3 | 9 |
| 78 | Youngstown State | Missouri Valley | (3.14) | (1.26) | (3.82) | (1.20) | 4 | 8 |
| 79 | Fordham | Patriot | (3.42) | (3.27) | (3.48) | (0.09) | 5 | 6 |
| 80 | Virginia Military | Big South | (3.69) | 0.13 | (4.95) | (2.56) | 4 | 7 |
| 81 | Delaware State | Mid-Eastern | (3.78) | (3.00) | (4.09) | (0.47) | 5 | 6 |
| 82 | Norfolk State | Mid-Eastern | (3.90) | (0.08) | (5.17) | (2.54) | 5 | 7 |
| 83 | Cornell | Ivy League | (4.11) | (5.39) | (3.47) | 0.64 | 4 | 6 |
| 84 | Sacred Heart | Northeast | (4.22) | (7.05) | (2.80) | 1.42 | 8 | 3 |
| 85 | Missouri State | Missouri Valley | (4.37) | (4.77) | (4.17) | 0.20 | 4 | 7 |
| 86 | Illinois State | Missouri Valley | (4.68) | 1.40 | (6.53) | (4.23) | 3 | 8 |
| 87 | Western Carolina | Southern | (5.61) | (2.68) | (6.76) | (1.78) | 3 | 9 |
| 88 | Bryant | Independent (1AA/FCS) | (5.77) | (7.76) | (4.77) | 1.00 | 7 | 4 |
| 89 | Jackson State | Southwestern Athletic | (5.93) | (7.65) | (5.07) | 0.86 | 7 | 5 |
| 90 | Bucknell | Patriot | (6.02) | (8.17) | (4.94) | 1.08 | 5 | 6 |
| 91 | Murray State | Ohio Valley | (6.22) | (7.48) | (5.59) | 0.63 | 5 | 7 |
| 92 | Robert Morris | Northeast | (7.72) | (6.65) | (8.24) | (0.54) | 5 | 6 |
| 93 | Northern Colorado | Big Sky | (8.21) | 0.63 | (11.62) | (5.42) | 1 | 10 |
| 94 | Presbyterian | Big South | (9.54) | (10.32) | (9.15) | 0.39 | 4 | 8 |
| 95 | Alabama A&M | Southwestern Athletic | (9.99) | (10.35) | (9.80) | 0.18 | 5 | 7 |
| 96 | SE Missouri State | Ohio Valley | (10.28) | (9.14) | (10.92) | (0.50) | 4 | 8 |
| 97 | Columbia | Ivy League | (10.56) | (5.94) | (12.73) | (2.44) | 2 | 8 |
| 98 | Alabama State | Southwestern Athletic | (11.09) | (10.05) | (11.69) | (0.43) | 3 | 8 |
| 99 | Idaho State | Big Sky | (11.20) | (6.87) | (13.35) | (2.18) | 1 | 11 |
| 100 | Butler | Pioneer | (11.67) | (10.30) | (12.48) | (0.56) | 6 | 5 |
| 101 | Austin Peay | Ohio Valley | (11.99) | (8.56) | (13.84) | (1.57) | 2 | 9 |
| 102 | Morehead State | Pioneer | (12.06) | (10.65) | (12.90) | (0.56) | 6 | 6 |
| 103 | Drake | Pioneer | (12.41) | (12.37) | (12.43) | (0.01) | 6 | 5 |
| 104 | Duquesne | Northeast | (12.60) | (10.99) | (13.59) | (0.62) | 3 | 7 |
| 105 | Winston - Salem State | Mid-Eastern | (14.24) | (11.03) | (16.21) | (1.23) | 3 | 8 |
| 106 | Marist | Independent (1AA/FCS) | (14.27) | (12.11) | (15.66) | (0.76) | 4 | 7 |
| 107 | Tennessee Tech | Ohio Valley | (14.42) | (15.25) | (14.00) | 0.42 | 3 | 9 |
| 108 | Georgetown | Patriot | (14.95) | (14.86) | (15.01) | (0.02) | 2 | 8 |
| 109 | Davidson | Pioneer | (15.70) | (12.09) | (18.04) | (1.27) | 4 | 7 |
| 110 | Chattanooga | Southern | (16.60) | (12.88) | (19.10) | (1.21) | 1 | 11 |
| 111 | North Carolina Central | Independent (1AA/FCS) | (16.67) | (18.23) | (15.89) | 0.78 | 4 | 7 |
| 112 | Arkansas - Pine Bluff | Southwestern Athletic | (17.60) | (14.39) | (19.93) | (0.87) | 3 | 9 |
| 113 | Dartmouth | Ivy League | (18.16) | (15.59) | (20.13) | (0.59) | 0 | 10 |
| 114 | Howard | Mid-Eastern | (18.73) | (16.78) | (20.32) | (0.36) | 1 | 10 |
| 115 | Alcorn State | Southwestern Athletic | (18.77) | (16.85) | (20.34) | (0.35) | 2 | 10 |
| 116 | Wagner | Northeast | (19.44) | (19.28) | (19.58) | (0.01) | 3 | 8 |
| 117 | North Carolina A&T | Mid-Eastern | (20.71) | (22.67) | (19.73) | 0.98 | 3 | 9 |
| 118 | Savannah State | Independent (1AA/FCS) | (20.96) | (20.91) | (21.01) | 0.00 | 5 | 7 |
| 119 | Texas Southern | Southwestern Athletic | (21.84) | (24.07) | (20.72) | 1.12 | 4 | 8 |
| 120 | Indiana State | Missouri Valley | (23.70) | (23.71) | (23.70) | 0.01 | 0 | 12 |
| 121 | Iona | Independent (1AA/FCS) | (24.01) | (27.45) | (22.29) | 1.72 | 3 | 8 |
| 122 | Mississippi Valley State | Southwestern Athletic | (24.71) | (28.01) | (23.06) | 1.65 | 3 | 8 |
| 123 | St. Francis (PA) | Northeast | (25.61) | (25.62) | (25.60) | 0.01 | 0 | 11 |
| 124 | Valparaiso | Pioneer | (27.58) | (30.78) | (25.98) | 1.60 | 3 | 8 |
| 125 | Campbell | Pioneer | (43.75) | (46.83) | (42.20) | 1.54 | 1 | 10 |