Butler Bulldogs FCS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Butler

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B- Overall Grade 82

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Preseason Performance Rankings: FCS (National)

Butler Bulldogs 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	4-7	36.4%	—
2008-09	6-5	54.5%	—
2009-10	11-1	91.7%	—
2010-11	4-7	36.4%	#110
2011-12	5-6	45.5%	#107
2012-13	8-3	72.7%	#83
2013-14	9-4	69.2%	#61
2014-15	4-7	36.4%	#110
2015-16	6-5	54.5%	#84
2016-17	4-7	36.4%	#120
2017-18	6-5	54.5%	#89
2018-19	4-7	36.4%	#111
2019-20	3-9	25.0%	#119
2020-21	0-6	0.0%	#126
2021-22	3-8	27.3%	#115
2022-23	7-4	63.6%	#64
2023-24	7-4	63.6%	#62
2024-25	9-3	75.0%	#56
2025-26	6-6	50.0%	#62

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
170	Drake	8	4	1
184	San Diego	8	4	1
200	Presbyterian	10	2
249	St Thomas MN	7	5	1
281	Butler	6	6	2
305	Dayton	7	4
359	Morehead St	6	6
376	Marist	5	7
517	Stetson	3	9	1
522	Valparaiso	2	10
523	Davidson	2	10	2

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 30	at Northern Iowa (3-9) Missouri Valley	L14-38
Sat Sep 6	vs Truman St (8-4) (D2) GLVC · D2	W37-27
Sat Sep 13	at Hanover (9-3) (D3) Heartland · D3	W16-7
Sat Sep 20	at Weber St (4-8) Big Sky	L24-38
Sat Sep 27	vs Marist (5-7) Pioneer	W31-28
Sat Oct 4	at St Thomas MN (7-5) Pioneer	W21-14
Sat Oct 11	vs Presbyterian (10-2) Pioneer	L25-31
Sat Oct 18	at Dayton (7-4) Pioneer	W23-17
Sat Nov 1	vs Drake (8-4) Pioneer	L19-24
Sat Nov 8	at Morehead St (6-6) Pioneer	L30-31
Sat Nov 15	at San Diego (8-4) Pioneer	L7-29
Sat Nov 22	vs Valparaiso (2-10) Pioneer	W27-20

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	280	0	0
1	Sep 2	313	0	1	33
2	Sep 7	287	1	1	26
3	Sep 14	261	2	1	26
4	Sep 21	304	2	2	43
5	Sep 28	290	3	2	14
6	Oct 5	233	4	2	57
7	Oct 12	216	4	3	17
8	Oct 19	194	5	3	22
9	Oct 26	204	5	3	10
10	Nov 2	234	5	4	30
11	Nov 9	291	5	5	57
12	Nov 16	302	5	6	11
13	Nov 23	289	6	6	13
14	Nov 30	293	6	6	4
15	Dec 7	288	6	6	5
16	Dec 14	290	6	6	2
17	Dec 21	285	6	6	5
18	Dec 28	284	6	6	1
19	Jan 4	284	6	6
20	Jan 10	283	6	6	1
21	Jan 20	281	6	6	2

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