Valparaiso Crusaders FCS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Valparaiso

Crusaders

Poor

D- Overall Grade 62

Consistency King

Struggler

Next Up:
vs Lawrence Tech, Sat Aug 29

Preseason Performance Rankings: FCS (National)

Valparaiso Crusaders has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning 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	5-6	45.5%	—
2008-09	3-8	27.3%	—
2009-10	1-10	9.1%	—
2010-11	0-11	0.0%	#125
2011-12	1-10	9.1%	#124
2012-13	1-10	9.1%	#121
2013-14	1-10	9.1%	#124
2014-15	4-8	33.3%	#119
2015-16	1-9	10.0%	#120
2016-17	4-7	36.4%	#112
2017-18	6-5	54.5%	#90
2018-19	2-9	18.2%	#121
2019-20	1-11	8.3%	#124
2020-21	4-2	66.7%	#109
2021-22	4-7	36.4%	#89
2022-23	5-7	41.7%	#95
2023-24	3-8	27.3%	#108
2024-25	4-7	36.4%	#109
2025-26	2-10	16.7%	#120

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	vs Virginia U-Lynchburg (1-8) N/A · Other	W67-10
Sat Sep 6	vs Adrian (8-2) (D3) MIAA · D3	L7-10
Sat Sep 13	at Western Illinois (4-8) OVC-Big South	L30-51
Sat Sep 20	at #15 North Dakota (8-6) (#123 nationally) Missouri Valley	L7-58
Sat Oct 4	at Drake (8-4) Pioneer	L0-41
Sat Oct 11	vs Dayton (7-4) Pioneer	L10-41
Sat Oct 18	at St Thomas MN (7-5) Pioneer	L17-55
Sat Oct 25	vs Morehead St (6-6) Pioneer	L13-17
Sat Nov 1	at Presbyterian (10-2) Pioneer	L14-43
Sat Nov 8	vs San Diego (8-4) Pioneer	L27-43
Sat Nov 15	vs Stetson (3-9) Pioneer	W32-31
Sat Nov 22	at Butler (6-6) Pioneer	L20-27

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	453	0	0
1	Sep 2	448	1	0	5
2	Sep 7	520	1	1	72
3	Sep 14	541	1	2	21
4	Sep 21	588	1	3	47
5	Sep 28	575	1	3	13
6	Oct 5	587	1	4	12
7	Oct 12	585	1	5	2
8	Oct 19	593	1	6	8
9	Oct 26	584	1	7	9
10	Nov 2	576	1	8	8
11	Nov 9	567	1	9	9
12	Nov 16	515	2	9	52
13	Nov 23	530	2	10	15
14	Nov 30	529	2	10	1
15	Dec 7	529	2	10
16	Dec 14	525	2	10	4
17	Dec 21	523	2	10	2
18	Dec 28	522	2	10	1
19	Jan 4	522	2	10
20	Jan 10	522	2	10
21	Jan 20	522	2	10

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