James Madison Dukes FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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James Madison

Dukes

Outstanding

B Overall Grade 86

Balanced Beast

Soft Road

Consistency King

Next Up:
vs Liberty, Sat Sep 5

Preseason Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

James Madison Dukes has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season .500 season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	8-4	66.7%	—
2008-09	12-2	85.7%	—
2009-10	6-5	54.5%	—
2010-11	6-5	54.5%	#15
2011-12	8-5	61.5%	#18
2012-13	7-4	63.6%	#44
2013-14	6-6	50.0%	#44
2014-15	9-4	69.2%	#21
2015-16	9-3	75.0%	#17
2016-17	14-1	93.3%	#1
2017-18	13-1	92.9%	#2
2018-19	9-4	69.2%	#12
2019-20	14-2	87.5%	#2
2020-21	7-1	87.5%	#3
2021-22	12-2	85.7%	#3
2022-23	8-3	72.7%	#67
2023-24	11-2	84.6%	#28
2024-25	9-4	69.2%	#64
2025-26	12-2	85.7%	#27

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
28	James Madison	12	2
42	Old Dominion	10	3
104	Georgia Southern	7	6
136	Coastal Carolina	6	7
145	Marshall	5	7	2
182	Appalachian St	5	8	1
320	Georgia St	1	11	1

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 30	vs Weber St (4-8) (FCS) Big Sky · FCS	W45-10
Fri Sep 5	at Louisville (9-4) ACC	L14-28
Sat Sep 20	at Liberty (4-8) CUSA	W31-13
Sat Sep 27	vs Georgia Southern (7-6) Sun Belt	W35-10
Sat Oct 4	at Georgia St (1-11) Sun Belt	W14-7
Sat Oct 11	vs Louisiana-Lafayette (6-7) Sun Belt	W24-14
Sat Oct 18	vs Old Dominion (10-3) Sun Belt	W63-27
Tue Oct 28	at Texas St-San Marcos (7-6) Sun Belt	W52-20
Sat Nov 8	at Marshall (5-7) Sun Belt	W35-23
Sat Nov 15	vs Appalachian St (5-8) Sun Belt	W58-10
Sat Nov 22	vs Washington St (7-6) FBS Independents	W24-20
Sat Nov 29	at Coastal Carolina (6-7) Sun Belt	W59-10
Fri Dec 5	vs Troy (8-6) Sun Belt	W31-14
Sat Dec 20	#2 Oregon (13-2) (#2 nationally) Big Ten	L34-51

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	61	0	0
1	Sep 2	61	1	0
2	Sep 7	76	1	1	15
3	Sep 14	81	1	1	5
4	Sep 21	63	2	1	18
5	Sep 28	52	3	1	11
6	Oct 5	54	4	1	2
7	Oct 12	58	5	1	4
8	Oct 19	32	6	1	26
9	Oct 26	41	6	1	9
10	Nov 2	31	7	1	10
11	Nov 9	30	8	1	1
12	Nov 16	31	9	1	1
13	Nov 23	25	10	1	6
14	Nov 30	22	11	1	3
15	Dec 7	21	12	1	1
16	Dec 14	21	12	1
17	Dec 21	25	12	2	4
18	Dec 28	28	12	2	3
19	Jan 4	27	12	2	1
20	Jan 10	28	12	2	1
21	Jan 20	28	12	2

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