McNeese St Cowboys FCS College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

McNeese St

Cowboys

Marginal

B- Overall Grade 80

Punchless

Consistency King

Mid Pack Menace

3-5 Record

37.5% Win %

#64 FCS Rank#286 nat'l

23 Pts / Game

L 1 Streak

Next Up:
vs Nicholls St, Sat Oct 31

Performance Rankings: FCS (National)

McNeese St Cowboys has been rated by Versus for 20 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2026-27.

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	11-1	91.7%	—
2008-09	7-4	63.6%	—
2009-10	9-3	75.0%	—
2010-11	6-5	54.5%	#23
2011-12	6-5	54.5%	#38
2012-13	7-4	63.6%	#25
2013-14	10-3	76.9%	#17
2014-15	6-5	54.5%	#47
2015-16	10-1	90.9%	#14
2016-17	6-5	54.5%	#46
2017-18	9-2	81.8%	#33
2018-19	6-5	54.5%	#59
2019-20	7-5	58.3%	#32
2020-21	3-4	42.9%	#41
2021-22	4-7	36.4%	#73
2022-23	4-7	36.4%	#87
2023-24	0-10	0.0%	#127
2024-25	6-6	50.0%	#61
2025-26	5-7	41.7%	#63
2026-27	3-5	37.5%	#64

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
48	Stephen F. Austin	8	0	1
118	Lamar	6	2	1
153	Incarnate Word	4	4	24
197	SE Louisiana	4	4	11
238	Texas-Rio Grande Valley	4	4	13
256	Houston Christian	4	4	37
286	McNeese St	3	5	55
341	Nicholls St	3	5	10
413	East Texas A&M	2	6	77
565	Northwestern St	0	8	47

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Sat Aug 29	vs #1 Stephen F. Austin (8-0) (#48 nationally) Southland	L27-38
Sat Sep 5	vs Texas Wesleyan (4-4) (NAIA) SAC · NAIA	W52-0
Sat Sep 12	vs #6 Tarleton St (8-0) (#75 nationally) UAC	L24-27
Sat Sep 19	at Texas-Rio Grande Valley (4-4) Southland	L10-27
Sat Sep 26	vs East Texas A&M (2-6) Southland	W27-24
Sat Oct 3	at LSU (6-2) (FBS) SEC · FBS	L14-63
Sat Oct 17	at Northwestern St (0-8) Southland	W24-21
Sat Oct 24	at #20 Incarnate Word (4-4) (#153 nationally) Southland	L6-38