There is some shakeup in my poll this week, the top five stays the same, but two Valley teams fall out, Indiana State and Illinois State after losses. A couple of new teams arrive in the top 25 as we near the midway point (already!) of the 2016 season.
- North Dakota State (4-0, beat Illinois State) *FBS win Previous rank: 1
- Eastern Washington (4-1, beat UC Davis) *FBS win Previous rank: 2
- Sam Houston State (4-0, beat Stephen F Austin) Previous rank: 3
- Jacksonville State (3-1, bye week) Previous rank: 4
- Chattanooga (5-0, beat East Tennessee State) Previous rank: 5
- The Citadel (4-0, beat Western Carolina) Previous rank: 7
- Richmond (4-1, beat Towson) *FBS win Previous rank: 8
- Albany (4-0, bye week) *FBS win Previous rank: 9
- Montana (3-1, beat Southern Utah) Previous rank: 12
- Northern Iowa (2-2, beat Southern Illinois) *FBS win Previous rank: 15
- James Madison (4-1, beat Delaware) Previous rank: 16
- Villanova (4-1, beat Elon) Previous rank: 17
- Charleston Southern (3-2, beat Coastal Carolina) Previous rank: 18
- Youngstown State (3-1, beat South Dakota) Previous rank: 19
- South Dakota State (2-2, beat Western Illinois) Previous rank: 21
- Samford (3-1, beat Wofford) Previous rank: NR
- Central Arkansas (4-1, beat Abilene Christian)*FBS win Previous rank: 20
- Western Illinois (3-1, lost to SDSU) *FBS win Previous rank: 6
- Eastern Illinois (3-2, lost to SEMO) *FBS win Previous rank: 11
- North Dakota (3-2, beat Cal Poly) Previous rank: NR
- Cal Poly (3-2, lost to North Dakota) Previous rank: 10
- North Carolina A&T (3-1, beat Hampton) *FBS win Previous rank: 23
- Tennessee State (4-0, beat UT Martin) Previous rank: NR
- Harvard (3-0, beat Georgetown) Previous rank: NR
- New Hampshire (3-2, beat William & Mary) Previous rank: NR
