PFF offers a different look at the top-performing FCS teams outside of just the statistical leaders. The website provides a more analytical look, providing grades based on film.
Below are the highest-graded FCS teams after Week 11.
Note: PFF isn’t the gospel or the de facto ranking of who the best teams or players are; it’s just another tool to look at top performers based on the film and relative to the opponents they play. There is more context beyond film grades, just like there is more context beyond box scores and statistical leaders.
Offense
1. Tarleton State – 93.8
2. NDSU – 93.4
3. Monmouth – 92.8
4. Montana State – 89.7
5. Lehigh – 88.9
6. Harvard – 85.7
7. Mercer – 85.2
8. Tennessee Tech – 84.6
9. St. Thomas – 84.4
10. Alabama State – 84.3
Passing
1. NDSU – 95.2
2. Tarleton State – 93.8
3. Harvard – 91.9
4. Mercer – 90.6
5. UTRGV – 90.2
6. Lehigh – 90.0
7. Southern Utah – 88.9
8. Western Carolina – 88.5
9. St. Thomas – 88.4
10. NC Central – 87.8
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Pass-Blocking
1. Mercer – 86.1
2. Illinois State – 85.6
3. Presbyterian – 84.4
4. Montana State – 84.3
5. Lehigh – 83.8
6. Penn – 82.5
7. Butler – 81.9
8. Tennessee Tech – 81.7
9. West Georgia – 81.2
10. Austin Peay – 80.9
Receiving
1. NDSU – 90.5
2. Monmouth – 89.9
3. Tarleton State – 89.2
4. St. Thomas – 83.9
5. Mercer – 83.4
6. Alabama State – 81.4
7. Bucknell – 80.9
8. Gardner-Webb – 80.1
9. Tennessee Tech – 80.0
10. Illinois State – 79.9
Rushing
1. Montana State – 92.5
t2. Villanova – 92.0
t2. Lehigh – 92.0
4. NDSU – 91.7
5. Southern Illinois – 91.4
6. Monmouth – 90.8
7. South Dakota – 90.7
8. UC Davis – 90.4
9. Alabama State – 90.2
10. Youngstown State – 89.5
Run-Blocking
1. Yale – 76.4
2. Montana State – 75.8
3. North Dakota – 75.6
4. McNeese – 75.3
5. Monmouth – 73.5
t6. Tarleton State – 70.4
t6. San Diego – 70.4
8. Princeton – 67.9
9. SDSU – 67.5
10. Prairie View A&M – 67.0
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Defense
1. Southeastern – 95.2
2. SFA – 94.9
3. UTRGV – 94.4
4. Lehigh – 94.2
5. Harvard – 94.0
6. Presbyterian – 93.8
7. Wofford – 93.4
t8. Tarleton State – 93.3
t8. NDSU – 93.3
10. Dayton – 93.1
Run Defense
1. UTRGV – 97.6
2. SFA – 96.1
3. Wofford – 95.1
4. Lehigh – 94.9
5. Dayton – 94.4
6. Tennessee Tech – 94.1
7. Southeastern – 94.0
8. UT Martin – 93.8
t9. Western Carolina – 93.7
t9. Maine – 93.7
Tackling
1. Harvard – 92.7
2. Penn – 91.9
3. Presbyterian – 91.7
4. Bryant – 91.5
5. Dartmouth – 90.8
6. Cal Poly – 90.6
t7. South Dakota – 90.2
t7. Lamar – 90.2
9. Dayton – 90.1
10. William & Mary – 90.0
Pass-Rush
1. NC Central – 88.4
2. Mercer -88.2
3. Richmond – 86.8
4. Morgan State – 85.0
5. SC State – 84.6
t6. Tarleton State – 83.7
t6. Southeastern – 83.7
8. Lehigh – 83.3
9. SFA – 82.2
10. Lamar – 81.1
Coverage
t1. Southeastern – 93.3
t1. Harvard – 93.3
t3. Wofford – 92.0
t3. Prairie View A&M – 92.0
5. SFA – 91.6
t6. Presbyterian – 91.5
t6. Lehigh – 91.5
8. HCU – 91.1
t9. Rhode Island – 90.8
t9. Montana State – 90.8
t9. Dayton – 90.8
Special Teams
1. Butler – 90.5
2. UTRGV – 90.3
t3. St. Thomas – 90.2
t3. North Dakota – 90.2
t5. Yale – 90.0
t5. Tennessee State – 90.0
t5. Presbyterian – 90.0
8. NDSU – 89.9
9. UT Martin – 89.7
10. Alabama State – 88.9
