With wins on Saturday, Eastern Washington, Montana State, Montana and Portland State all moved up in the rankings while Cal Poly fell from the polls.
Eastern pulled out a 28-20 win at Sacramento State to win for the second straight week after an 0-2 start. EEWU moved into the top 10 in both the FCS STATS and FCS Coaches’ polls. The Eagles come in at No. 9 in both polls this week.
Montana State burst out to a 21-0 lead and never looked back, burying Cal Poly 45-28 to bounce back from last week’s loss at EWU. The Bobcats moved up from No. 15 to No. 11 in the STATS Poll and from No. 13 to No. 11 in the coaches’ poll. The loss dropped previously ranked Cal Poly (20/22) from both polls.
The Montana Grizzlies notched eight sacks in a 23-14 win over Northern Arizona to bounce back after two straight losses. The Griz moved from No. 14 to No. 13 in the STATS poll and from No. 15 to No. 12 in the coaches’ poll.
Portland State remained the only undefeated team in the Big Sky Conference with a 31-0 win over Division II Western Oregon to move to 3-0. The Vikings moved up one spot to No. 16 in the STATS poll and two spots to No. 16 in the coaches poll.
For a third straight week, Jacksonville State is No. 1 in the STATS poll and Coastal Carolina is No. 1 in the coaches’ poll.
FCS STATS Poll
RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS | |
1 | Jacksonville State | 3-1 | 3814 (89) | 1 | |
2 | Coastal Carolina | 4-0 | 3705 (40) | 2 | |
3 | North Dakota State | 2-1 | 3594 (16) | 3 | |
4 | Illinois State | 2-1 | 3356 (2) | 4 | |
5 | South Dakota State | 3-0 | 3242 (6) | 6 | |
6 | James Madison | 4-0 | 3187 (4) | 9 | |
7 | UNI | 2-1 | 3075 (1) | 7 | |
8 | Chattanooga | 3-1 | 2776 | 8 | |
9 | Eastern Washington | 2-2 | 2532 | 11 | |
10 | Youngstown State | 2-1 | 2071 | 13 | |
11 | Montana State | 2-1 | 2053 | 15 | |
12 | Sam Houston State | 1-2 | 1986 | 12 | |
13 | Montana | 2-2 | 1897 | 14 | |
14 | Villanova | 2-2 | 1836 | 5 | |
15 | Fordham | 3-1 | 1713 | 16 | |
16 | Portland State | 3-0 | 1604 | 17 | |
17 | Eastern Kentucky | 2-1 | 1269 | 18 | |
18 | Liberty | 2-2 | 1251 | 10 | |
19 | Richmond | 2-1 | 1117 | 19 | |
20 | New Hampshire | 2-2 | 872 | 21 | |
21 | Indiana State | 2-1 | 774 | 22 | |
22 | Southeastern Louisiana | 2-1 | 719 | 23 | |
23 | McNeese State | 3-0 | 688 | 25 | |
24 | Harvard | 2-0 | 640 | 24 | |
25 | William & Mary | 2-1 | NR | NR |
Others receiving votes: Lamar (269) , Cal Poly (183) , North Dakota (145) , Southern Illinois (49) , Furman (48) , Stony Brook (45) , North Carolina A&T (41) , Northern Arizona (40) , Western Illinois (38) , Alcorn State (33) , Samford (28) , Penn (20) , South Dakota (17) , South Carolina State (15) , Dartmouth (14) , Princeton (11) , Charleston Southern (10) , Bethune-Cookman (7) , Tennessee State (6) , Bryant (6) , Jacksonville (5) , Idaho State (3) , UT Martin (1) , Abilene Christian (1)
FCS Coaches Poll
RANK | TEAM | RECORD | POINTS | LAST WEEK | |||
1 | Coastal Carolina (17) | 4-0 | 630 | 1 | |||
2 | North Dakota State (4) | 2-1 | 610 | 2 | |||
3 | Jacksonville State (3) | 3-1 | 598 | 3 | |||
4 | Illinois State | 2-1 | 552 | 5 | |||
5 | James Madison (1) | 4-0 | 550 | 8 | |||
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Northern Iowa | 2-1 | 521 |
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7 | South Dakota State (1) | 3-0 | 520 | 7 | |||
8 | Chattanooga | 3-1 | 447 | 9 | |||
9 | Eastern Washington | 2-2 | 417 | 11 | |||
10 | Youngstown State | 2-1 | 374 | 12 | |||
11 | Montana State | 2-1 | 360 | 13 | |||
12 | Montana | 2-2 | 306 | 15 | |||
13 | Fordham | 3-1 | 299 | 16 | |||
14 | Sam Houston State | 1-2 | 280 | 14 | |||
15 | McNeese State | 3-0 | 261 | 17 | |||
16 | Portland State | 3-0 | 255 | 18 | |||
17 | Villanove | 2-2 | 249 | 4 | |||
18 | Liberty | 2-2 | 200 | 10 | |||
19 | Southeastern Lousiana | 2-1 | 195 | 19 | |||
20 | Richmond | 2-1 | 166 | 20 | |||
21 | Eastern Kentucy | 2-1 | 164 | 21 | |||
22 | William & Mary | 2-1 | 126 | 25 | |||
23 | New Hampshire | 2-2 | 87 | 24 | |||
24 | Indiana State | 2-1 | 84 | 23 | |||
25 | Harvard | 2-0 | 62 | NR | |||
Others receiving votes: Cal Poly (25), Charleston Southern (19), Sacramento State (14), Lamar (12), North Carolina A&T (12), Furman (10), Southern Illinois (9), Western Illinois (7), Samford (7), Penn (5), Weber State (4), Alcorn State (4), Northern Arizona (2), Towson (2), Dartmouth (2), North Dakota (1), Bryant (1), Jacksonville (1).
Dropped from rankings: Cal Poly