| Savvy Index | ||
| FCS preseason 2022 | ||
| 08/08/22 | ranking points | |
| 1 | N Dakota St. | 511 |
| 2 | Sam Houston St. | 509 |
| 3 | S Dakota St. | 508 |
| 4 | Montana St. | 506 |
| 5 | E Washington | 503 |
| 6 | Weber St. | 503 |
| 7 | Montana | 503 |
| 8 | S Illinois | 503 |
| 9 | Kennesaw St. | 503 |
| 10 | Villanova | 501 |
| 11 | N Iowa | 497 |
| 12 | Jacksonville St. | 496 |
| 13 | Sacramento St. | 496 |
| 14 | Dartmouth | 494 |
| 15 | N Dakota | 494 |
| 16 | Missouri St. | 494 |
| 17 | S E Louisiana | 493 |
| 18 | Delaware | 493 |
| 19 | UC Davis | 492 |
| 20 | Stephen F Austin | 491 |
| 21 | Monmouth | 491 |
| 22 | Nicholls | 491 |
| 23 | Princeton | 491 |
| 24 | Richmond | 490 |
| 25 | E Tennessee St. | 490 |
| 26 | Austin Peay | 489 |
| 27 | S Dakota | 487 |
| 28 | Florida A&M | 486 |
| 29 | Illinois St. | 486 |
| 30 | Incarnate Word | 485 |
| 31 | C Arkansas | 483 |
| 32 | Tenn Martin | 483 |
| 33 | Yale | 482 |
| 34 | Towson | 481 |
| 35 | Elon | 481 |
| 36 | S E Missouri | 481 |
| 37 | Holy Cross | 480 |
| 38 | Lindenwood | 479 |
| 39 | Maine | 479 |
| 40 | N Arizona | 478 |
| 41 | William & Mary | 477 |
| 42 | Chattanooga | 477 |
| 43 | VMI | 476 |
| 44 | E Kentucky | 476 |
| 45 | S Carolina St | 475 |
| 46 | Youngstown St. | 475 |
| 47 | Rhode Island | 475 |
| 48 | Indiana St. | 474 |
| 49 | Murray St. | 473 |
| 50 | Stony Brook | 473 |
| 51 | San Diego | 473 |
| 52 | Jackson St. | 473 |
| 53 | N Carolina A&T | 472 |
| 54 | Furman | 472 |
| 55 | Mercer | 471 |
| 56 | McNeese St. | 471 |
| 57 | Davidson | 470 |
| 58 | Alabama A&M | 470 |
| 59 | Portland St. | 470 |
| 60 | Idaho | 469 |
| 61 | Samford | 468 |
| 62 | New Hampshire | 468 |
| 63 | Harvard | 464 |
| 64 | Albany | 463 |
| 65 | Abilene Christian | 463 |
| 66 | C Conn St. | 461 |
| 67 | Southern Univ. | 461 |
| 68 | Duquesne | 459 |
| 69 | Prairie Vw A&M | 459 |
| 70 | W Illinois | 459 |
| 71 | Dayton | 457 |
| 72 | Charleston S. | 457 |
| 73 | Idaho St. | 456 |
| 74 | Sacred Heart | 456 |
| 75 | Tex A&M Com | 455 |
| 76 | Tennessee St. | 453 |
| 77 | Stonehill | 452 |
| 78 | Campbell | 452 |
| 79 | Bethune-Cookman | 452 |
| 80 | Alcorn St. | 451 |
| 81 | Utah Tech | 451 |
| 82 | Columbia | 451 |
| 83 | Bryant | 451 |
| 84 | Cal Poly | 449 |
| 85 | Tenn Tech | 449 |
| 86 | The Citadel | 448 |
| 87 | W Carolina | 448 |
| 88 | Morehead St. | 448 |
| 89 | Tarleton St. | 448 |
| 90 | Wofford | 448 |
| 91 | Hampton | 447 |
| 92 | Lamar | 447 |
| 93 | N Colorado | 446 |
| 94 | Alabama St. | 446 |
| 95 | Fordham | 446 |
| 96 | Gardner-Webb | 445 |
| 97 | St. Thomas | 445 |
| 98 | Robert Morris | 445 |
| 99 | N Alabama | 444 |
| 100 | Norfolk St. | 444 |
| 101 | NC Central | 441 |
| 102 | Ark Pine Bluff | 441 |
| 103 | Penn | 441 |
| 104 | S Utah | 440 |
| 105 | N’western St. | 440 |
| 106 | Grambling St. | 438 |
| 107 | Colgate | 436 |
| 108 | St. Francis PA | 435 |
| 109 | Lafayette (Penn) | 435 |
| 110 | Marist | 434 |
| 111 | Houston Baptist | 434 |
| 112 | Drake | 434 |
| 113 | Delaware St. | 432 |
| 114 | Morgan St. | 431 |
| 115 | Valparaiso | 431 |
| 116 | Cornell | 430 |
| 117 | Stetson | 430 |
| 118 | Long Island | 429 |
| 119 | E Illinois | 428 |
| 120 | Miss Valley St. | 425 |
| 121 | Butler | 424 |
| 122 | Merrimack | 424 |
| 123 | Georgetown | 424 |
| 124 | Brown | 424 |
| 125 | Howard | 423 |
| 126 | Bucknell | 422 |
| 127 | Lehigh | 422 |
| 128 | Texas Southern | 421 |
| 129 | Presbyterian | 420 |
| 130 | Wagner | 418 |