This weekend offered some surprising results in the FCS, led by Missouri State’s stunner over Illinois State to open conference play, Maine getting dumped by Yale and Chattanooga falling to East Tennessee State. The big question for many is where to put South Dakota State? I kept them in the exact same spot, I believe the Jackrabbits are still the third best team in the country and nothing I saw on Saturday would disprove that. Here’s my poll for this week.
- North Dakota State (4-0, beat South Dakota State) Previous: 1
- James Madison (4-1, beat Richmond) Previous: 2
- South Dakota State (2-1, lost to North Dakota State) Previous: 3
- Kennesaw State (4-1, beat Samford) Previous: 5
- UC Davis (3-1, bye week) *FBS win Previous: 6
- Weber State (3-1, bye week) Previous: 7
- Eastern Washington (4-1, beat Montana State) Previous: 8
- Elon (3-1, beat New Hampshire) Previous: 9
- Montana (4-1, beat Cal Poly) Previous: 12
- Wofford (3-1, beat Gardner-Webb) Previous: 14
- Stony Brook (4-1, beat Villanova) Previous: 19
- McNeese (4-1, beat Stephen F. Austin) Previous: 16
- Jacksonville State (3-1, beat Austin Peay) Previous: 18
- Illinois State (3-1, lost to Missouri State) *FBS win Previous: 4
- North Carolina A&T (4-1, beat South Carolina St)*FBS win Previous: 15
- Nicholls (3-2, beat Lamar) *FBS win Previous: 17
- Colgate (4-0, beat William & Mary) Previous: 20
- Villanova (3-2, lost to Stony Brook) *FBS win Previous: 13
- Rhode Island (3-1, beat Harvard) Previous: 22
- Towson (3-1, beat The Citadel) Previous: 23
- South Dakota (2-2, beat Southern Illinois) Previous: 21
- Maine (2-2, lost to Yale) *FBS win Previous: 11
- Chattanooga (4-1, lost to East Tennessee State) Previous: 10
- Northern Iowa (2-2, beat Indiana State) Previous: 25
- East Tennessee State (4-1, beat Chattanooga) Previous: NR