In the latest Football Championship Subdivision polls, the Big Sky Conference still has five teams ranked with some climbing and others falling.
Eastern Washington (2-2) remains the only Big Sky team in the top 10. Following a bye week, the Eagles moved up one spot in each the FCS Coaches and the STATS polls to No. 8.
Following Saturday’s 27-14 win at winless UC Davis, the Montana Grizzlies moved up one spot in each poll. UM is No. 11 in the coaches’ poll, No. 12 in the STATS poll.
Following their second loss in three weeks, the Montana State Bobcats plummeted, falling seven spots to No. 18 in the STATS poll and eight spots to No. 19 in the coaches’ poll. MSU fell behind 42-14 to Northern Arizona before rallying but falling short in a 49-41 loss.
Portland State entered the weekend as the only unbeaten team in the Big Sky. But the Vikings fell 19-17 to North Dakota on Saturday and fell in both polls. PSU went from No. 16 to No. 23 in the coaches’ poll and fell from No. 16 to No. 25 in the STATS poll. North Dakota broke into the rankings, coming in at No. 23 in the STATS poll and No. 25 in the coaches’ poll.
Northern Arizona accumulated the 28th-most points in the coaches’ poll and the 26th-most in the STATS poll. Cal Poly, a 58-26 winner over Idaho State last week, earned the 27th-most points in the STATS poll and the 29th-most in the coaches’ poll.
FCS COACHES POLL
RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS | |
1 | Coastal Carolina (16) | 5-0 | 633 | 1 | |
2 | North Dakota State (6) | 3-1 | 622 | 2 | |
3 | Jacksonville State (4) | 4-1 | 601 | 3 | |
4 | Illinois State | 3-1 | 572 | 4 | |
5 | James Madison | 5-0 | 559 | 5 | |
6 | Chattanooga | 3-1 | 491 | 8 | |
7 | Youngstown State | 3-1 | 446 | 10 | |
8 | Eastern Washington | 2-2 | 436 | 9 | |
9 | South Dakota State | 3-1 | 410 | 7 | |
10 | Northern Iowa | 2-2 | 389 | 6 | |
11 | Montana | 3-2 | 362 | 12 | |
12 | Fordham | 4-1 | 358 | 13 | |
13 | McNeese State | 4-0 | 331 | 15 | |
14 | Sam Houston State | 2-2 | 282 | 14 | |
15 | Liberty | 3-2 | 263 | 18 | |
16 | Villanova | 2-2 | 230 | 17 | |
17 | Southeastern Louisiana | 3-1 | 214 | 19 | |
18 | Richmond | 3-1 | 202 | 20 | |
19 | Montana State | 2-2 | 199 | 11 | |
20 | Eastern Kentucky | 2-2 | 165 | 21 | |
21 | Indiana State | 3-1 | 129 | 24 | |
22 | New Hampshire | 3-2 | 126 | 23 | |
23 | Portland State | 3-1 | 119 | 16 | |
24 | Harvard | 3-0 | 87 | 25 | |
25 | North Dakota | 4-1 | 53 | NR |
Dropped from rankings: William & Mary
Others receiving votes: Charleston Southern (27), North Carolina A&T (27), Northern Arizona (26), Cal Poly (24), Furman (23), Alcorn State (13), Idaho State (7), William & Mary (5), Lamar (5), Western Illinois (5), Samford (2), Towson (2), Central Arkansas (2), Dartmouth (1), Jacksonville (1), Southern Utah (1).
STATS FCS Top 25
RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS | |
1 | Jacksonville State | 4-1 | 3802 (82) | 1 | |
2 | Coastal Carolina | 5-0 | 370p (39) | 2 | |
3 | North Dakota State | 3-1 | 3646 (20) | 3 | |
4 | Illinois State | 3-1 | 3472 (1) | 4 | |
5 | James Madison | 5-0 | 3344 (8) | 6 | |
6 | Chattanooga | 3-1 | 2932 (8) | 8 | |
7 | Eastern Washington | 2-2 | 2746 (1) | 9 | |
8 | South Dakota State | 3-1 | 2637 | 5 | |
9 | Youngstown State | 3-1 | 2504 | 10 | |
10 | Northern Iowa | 2-2 | 2472 | 7 | |
11 | Sam Houston State | 2-2 | 2075 | 12 | |
12 | Montana | 3-2 | 2047 | 13 | |
13 | Fordham | 4-1 | 1886 | 15 | |
14 | Villanova | 2-2 | 1701 | 14 | |
15 | Liberty | 3-2 | 1524 | 18 | |
16 | Richmond | 3-1 | 1361 | 19 | |
17 | Eastern Kentucky | 2-2 | 1314 | 17 | |
18 | Montana State | 2-2 | 1111 | 11 | |
19 | Indiana State | 3-1 | 799 | 21 | |
20 | Southeastern Louisiana | 3-1 | 972 | 22 | |
21 | New Hampshire | 3-2 | 966 | 20 | |
22 | McNeese State | 4-0 | 950 | 23 | |
23 | North Dakota | 4-1 | 682 | NR | |
24 | Harvard | 3-0 | 676 | 24 | |
25 | Portland State | 3-1 | 645 | 16 |
Others receiving votes: Northern Arizona (281) , Cal Poly (84) , Alcorn State (82) , North Carolina A&T (77) , Western Illinois (75) , Lamar (70) , Furman (51) , William & Mary (40) , Dartmouth (31) , Bethune-Cookman (15) , Charleston Southern (15) , Samford (14) , Princeton (12) , Tennessee State (7) , Stony Brook (7) , Southern Illinois (5) , South Carolina State (3) , Jacksonville (3) , UT Martin (2) , Delaware (2) , Wofford (2) , Duquesne (1) , Western Carolina (1) , Southern University (1)