Dom’s 2018 FCS Poll – Week 6

Now we have a fun poll to debate about. With James Madison, Weber State and Montana losing, all top ten teams in my poll last week, it provides some spirited debate about what to do with those teams and what to do with South Dakota State. The Jackrabbits did win, but were taken to overtime by Indiana State. I have the Jacks two in my poll over Elon, UC Davis, Eastern Washington and Kennesaw State. SDSU should be rewarded for winning against a D-1 opponent. Davis has the strongest argument to be at 2, they are 4-1, with an FBS win and no FCS losses, the only defeat to Stanford. Kennesaw and Eastern are ranked lower because they each have non-D-1 wins on their resume.

1. North Dakota State  (5-0, beat Northern Iowa)                 Previous: 1
2. South Dakota State (3-1, beat Indiana State)                    Previous: 3
3. Elon  (4-1, beat James Madison)                                        Previous: 8
4. UC Davis (4-1, beat Northern Colorado)*FBS win            Previous: 5
5. Kennesaw State (5-1, beat Presbyterian)                          Previous: 4
6. James Madison (4-2, lost to Elon)                                     Previous: 2
7. Eastern Washington (5-1, beat Southern Utah)                Previous: 7
8. Wofford (4-1, beat Chattanooga)                                       Previous: 10
9. McNeese (5-1, beat Abilene Christian)                              Previous: 12
10. Jacksonville State (4-1, beat Eastern Kentucky)              Previous: 13
11. Illinois State (4-1, beat Western Illinois) *FBS win            Previous: 14
12. Towson (4-1, beat Stony Brook)                                         Previous: 20
13. North Carolina A&T (5-1, beat Delaware State)*FBS win Previous: 15
14. Nicholls (4-2, beat Northwestern State) *FBS win           Previous: 16
15. Colgate (5-0, beat Bucknell)                                              Previous: 17
16. Rhode Island (4-1, beat Brown)                                         Previous: 19
17. Weber State (3-2, lost to Northern Arizona)                    Previous: 6
18. South Dakota (3-2, beat Missouri State)                          Previous: 21
19. Maine (3-2, beat Villanova) *FBS win                                Previous: NR
20. Stony Brook (4-2, lost to Towson)                                     Previous: 11
21. East Tennessee State (5-1, beat Gardner-Webb)            Previous: 25
22. Idaho State (4-1, beat Idaho)                                             Previous: NR
23. Montana (4-2, lost to Portland State)                               Previous:  9
24. Central Arkansas (3-2, beat Houston Baptist)                 Previous: NR
25. Princeton (4-0, beat Lehigh)                                              Previous: NR

Dropping out: Chattanooga, UNI and Villanova