2016 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

2016 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings
Season2016
DurationAugust 2016 – January 2017
National ChampionsJanuary 7, 2017

The 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) football rankings comprises two human polls, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), college football's governing body, the NCAA, bestows the national championship title through a 24-team tournament.[1] The following weekly polls determine the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2016 season. The STATS poll is voted by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.

The NCAA Division I FCS Selection Committee released its Top 10 beginning in Week 9, and continues up to the week of the announcement of the full playoff field on November 20.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ FCS Championship Home - NCAA.com
  2. ^ Jeff Hartsell (November 3, 2016). "Citadel No. 6, Charleston Southern No. 9 in FCS playoff rankings". Post and Courier. Charleston, SC. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  3. ^ Jeff Hartsell (November 10, 2016). "No. 6 Citadel takes aim at FCS playoff seed, bye". Post and Courier. Charleston, SC. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  4. ^ Jeff Hartsell (November 15, 2016). "Citadel makes its case for top-four seed in FCS playoffs". Post and Courier. Charleston, SC. Retrieved November 16, 2016.