| Savvy Index |
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| preseason rankings |
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| FCS | ||
| rank |
7/9/2024 |
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| 550 | 1 | S Dakota St. |
| 550 | 2 | N Dakota St. |
| 549 | 3 | Montana St. |
| 548 | 4 | Montana |
| 547 | 5 | Villanova |
| 546 | 6 | Delaware |
| 545 | 7 | Austin Peay |
| 544 | 8 | S Illinois |
| 543 | 9 | Richmond |
| 542 | 10 | Albany |
| 542 | 11 | S Dakota |
| 541 | 12 | Florida A&M |
| 540 | 13 | C Arkansas |
| 539 | 14 | E Washington |
| 538 | 15 | Yale |
| 537 | 16 | UC Davis |
| 536 | 17 | N Dakota |
| 535 | 18 | Illinois St. |
| 534 | 19 | Weber St. |
| 533 | 20 | Furman |
| 532 | 21 | Sacramento St. |
| 531 | 22 | Incarnate Word |
| 529 | 23 | Nicholls |
| 528 | 24 | N Iowa |
| 527 | 25 | Tenn-Martin |
| 526 | 26 | Youngstown St. |
| 525 | 27 | New Hampshire |
| 524 | 28 | Chattanooga |
| 523 | 29 | William & Mary |
| 522 | 30 | Dartmouth |
| 522 | 31 | Samford |
| 521 | 32 | Mercer |
| 520 | 33 | Holy Cross |
| 519 | 34 | Rhode Island |
| 518 | 35 | N Arizona |
| 517 | 36 | NC Central |
| 516 | 37 | Towson |
| 515 | 38 | Princeton |
| 514 | 39 | Davidson |
| 513 | 40 | Monmouth |
| 512 | 41 | Harvard |
| 511 | 42 | Gardner-Webb |
| 510 | 43 | S E Missouri |
| 509 | 44 | Missouri St. |
| 508 | 45 | Lamar |
| 507 | 46 | Tarleton St |
| 506 | 47 | Southern Univ. |
| 505 | 48 | E Kentucky |
| 504 | 49 | Jackson St. |
| 503 | 50 | Lafayette (Penn) |
| 502 | 51 | Duquesne |
| 502 | 52 | Idaho St. |
| 502 | 53 | Portland St. |
| 501 | 54 | So Utah |
| 500 | 55 | S E Louisiana |
| 499 | 56 | E Illinois |
| 498 | 57 | Penn |
| 497 | 58 | Alabama St. |
| 496 | 59 | Abilene Christian |
| 495 | 60 | Bryant |
| 494 | 61 | Alabama A&M |
| 493 | 62 | VMI |
| 492 | 63 | S Carolina St |
| 491 | 64 | Campbell |
| 490 | 65 | Stephen F Austin |
| 489 | 66 | Alcorn St. |
| 488 | 67 | Drake |
| 487 | 68 | E Tennesse St. |
| 486 | 69 | St. Thomas |
| 485 | 70 | Tennessee St. |
| 484 | 71 | Houston Christian |
| 483 | 72 | San Diego |
| 482 | 73 | Butler |
| 481 | 74 | Fordham |
| 481 | 75 | Elon |
| 480 | 76 | Maine |
| 479 | 77 | Prairie Vw A&M |
| 478 | 78 | Charleston S. |
| 477 | 79 | Robert Morris |
| 476 | 80 | Hampton |
| 475 | 81 | Dayton |
| 474 | 82 | N Carolina A&T |
| 473 | 83 | Colgate |
| 472 | 84 | Howard |
| 471 | 85 | C Conn St. |
| 470 | 86 | Idaho |
| 469 | 87 | Murray St. |
| 468 | 88 | St. Francis PA |
| 467 | 89 | Bethune-Cookman |
| 466 | 90 | Tenn Tech |
| 465 | 91 | Merrimack |
| 464 | 92 | McNeese St. |
| 463 | 93 | Stony Brook |
| 462 | 94 | N Alabama |
| 461 | 95 | Grambling St. |
| 461 | 96 | Morgan St. |
| 460 | 97 | Stonehill |
| 459 | 98 | Morehead St. |
| 458 | 99 | Mercyhurst |
| 457 | 100 | Georgetown |
| 456 | 101 | W Carolina |
| 455 | 102 | Long Island |
| 454 | 103 | Ark Pine Bluff |
| 453 | 104 | Sacred Heart |
| 452 | 105 | Indiana St. |
| 451 | 106 | Wofford |
| 450 | 107 | Brown |
| 449 | 108 | Cal Poly |
| 448 | 109 | Norfolk St. |
| 447 | 110 | Bucknell |
| 446 | 111 | Columbia |
| 445 | 112 | Lindenwood |
| 444 | 113 | Presbyterian |
| 443 | 114 | W Illinois |
| 442 | 115 | Marist |
| 441 | 116 | Stetson |
| 440 | 117 | Cornell |
| 440 | 118 | W Georgia |
| 439 | 119 | Texas Southern |
| 438 | 120 | Valparaiso |
| 437 | 121 | N’western St. |
| 436 | 122 | Wagner |
| 435 | 123 | N Colorado |
| 434 | 124 | Delaware St. |
| 433 | 125 | Texas A&M C |
| 432 | 126 | Utah Tech |
| 431 | 127 | The Citadel |
| 430 | 128 | Lehigh |
| 429 | 129 | Miss Valley St. |
| 424 | 130 | Texas Rio Gr. |