Each week, throughout the college football season, fans, alumni, media and the teams themselves look to the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll to see who is rising and moving within the national rankings. The new poll follows Week 3 games.
For the first time this season, defending national champion Montana State’s hold on No. 1 in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll is not unanimous.
The Bobcats avoided a major upset on Saturday when they held off Central Connecticut State 35-30 to improve to 4-0 with an 18th straight win since last season. But combine that with the play of some Missouri Valley Football Conference powers – No. 2 South Dakota State just beat Youngstown State in a Top 10 matchup and Illinois State is 4-0 with an FBS win – and the breakdown of first-place votes in the national media rankings are Montana State with 46, SDSU 10 and Illinois State one.
The lofty accolades for the trio are not new. South Dakota State, which is 3-1 with an FBS loss to Northwestern, is up to 194 consecutive appearances in the Top 25 poll. Montana State is tied for the second-longest active streak at 77 and Illinois State is tied for the sixth longest at 35.
CAA Football member Campbell (3-1) enters the poll at No. 22, earning its first national ranking in 19 seasons on the FCS level.
The Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll is released each Monday during the regular season and one day after the FCS championship game (scheduled for Jan. 11 in Nashville, Tennessee). A first-place vote is worth 25 points, a second-place vote 24 points, all the way down to one point for a 25th-place vote.
Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll (Sept. 21)
1. Montana State (4-0, 1-0 Big Sky)
Points: 1,414 (46 of 57 first-place votes); Previous Ranking: 1; Week 3: 35-30 win over Central Connecticut State; Week 4: Sept. 26 vs. No. 18 Northern Arizona (10:30 p.m., ESPN2)
2. South Dakota State (3-1, 1-0 MVFC)
Points: 1,363 (10); Previous Ranking: 2; Week 3: 27-20 win over then-No. 9 Youngstown State; Week 4: Sept. 26 vs. Eastern Illinois (7 p.m., Midco Sports/ESPN+)
3. Illinois State (4-0)
Points: 1,261 (1); Previous Ranking: 5; Week 3: 49-13 win over Eastern Illinois; Week 4: Sept. 26 at Northern Iowa (5 p.m., ESPN+)
4. Tarleton State (4-0)
Points: 1,254; Previous Ranking: 4; Week 3: 45-20 win over Merrimack; Week 4: No game
5. Montana (3-1, 1-0 Big Sky)
Points: 1,204; Previous Ranking: 3; Week 3: 52-19 loss at Oregon State; Week 4: Sept. 26 at No. 10 UC Davis (10 p.m., KMAX/Scripps/ESPN+)
6. Lehigh (4-0, 3-0 Patriot)
Points: 1,042; Previous Ranking: 7; Week 3: 24-20 win over Dartmouth; Week 4: Sept. 26 at Penn (1 p.m., ESPN+/NBCSN Philadelphia)
7. North Dakota (3-1)
Points: 1,041; Previous Ranking: 6; Week 3: 34-7 loss at Nebraska; Week 4: Sept. 26 at Indiana State (1 p.m., ESPN+)
8. South Dakota (3-1)
Points: 987; Previous Ranking: 10; Week 3: 38-24 loss at Boise State; Week 4: Sept. 26 at No. 11 Youngstown State (2 p.m., ESPN+)
9. Stephen F. Austin (4-0, 2-0 Southland)
Points: 965; Previous Ranking: 12; Week 3: 31-10 win at Prairie View A&M; Week 4: Sept. 26 vs. Northeastern State (6 p.m., ESPN+)
10. UC Davis (3-1, 1-0 Big Sky)
Points: 919; Previous Ranking: 11; Week 3: 45-7 win over Stetson; Week 4: Sept. 26 vs. No. 5 Montana (10 p.m., KMAX/Scripps/ESPN+)
11. Youngstown State (2-2, 0-1 MVFC)
Points: 853; Previous Ranking: 9; Week 3: 27-20 loss at then-No. 2 South Dakota State; Week 4: Sept. 26 vs. No. 8 South Dakota (2 p.m., ESPN+)
12. Tennessee Tech (3-0, 1-0 Southern)
Points: 842; Previous Ranking: 13; Week 3: No game; Week 4: Sept. 26 at Wofford (1:30 p.m., ESPN+)
13. Austin Peay (3-1, 1-0 UAC)
Points: 769; Previous Ranking: 14 (tie); Week 3: 38-16 win at then-No. 17 West Florida; Week 4: Sept. 26 vs. UT Martin (2 p.m., ESPN+)
14. Idaho State (3-0)
Points: 671; Previous Ranking: 15; Week 3: No game; Week 4: Sept. 26 at Southern Utah (8 p.m., ESPN+)
15. Lamar (2-1)
Points: 627; Previous Ranking: 14 (tie); Week 3: No game; Week 4: Sept. 26 at Nicholls (4 p.m., ESPN+)
16. South Carolina State (4-0)
Points: 550; Previous Ranking: 18; Week 3: 20-17 win at Furman; Week 4: Sept. 26 at Bethune-Cookman (7 p.m., HBCU GO)
17. Yale (1-0)
Points: 448; Previous Ranking: 19; Week 3: 38-28 win at Holy Cross; Week 4: Sept. 26 at Cornell (1 p.m., ESPN+)
18. Northern Arizona (3-1, 1-0 Big Sky)
Points: 437; Previous Ranking: 20; Week 3: 35-23 win at Utah Tech; Week 4: Sept. 26 at No. 1 Montana State (10:30 p.m., ESPN2)
19. Rhode Island (2-2, 1-1 CAA)
Points: 390; Previous Ranking: 8; Week 3: 56-24 loss at at Stony Brook; Week 4: Sept. 26 at North Carolina A&T (4 p.m., FloSports)
20. West Florida (2-1, 1-1 UAC)
Points: 260; Previous Ranking: 17; Week 3: 38-16 loss to then-No. 14 (tie) Austin Peay; Week 4: Sept. 26 at Southeast Missouri (7 p.m., ESPN+)
21. Harvard (1-0)
Points: 248; Previous Ranking: 25; Week 3: 31-7 win at New Hampshire; Week 4: Friday vs. Brown (7 p.m., ESPN2)
22. Campbell (3-1, 1-0 CAA)
Points: 195; Previous Ranking: NA; Week 3: 42-14 win over North Carolina A&T (0-4, 0-1); Week 4: Sept. 26 at Hampton (6 p.m., MNMT M2/FloSports)
23. Villanova (2-2, 1-1 Patriot)
Points: 169; Previous Ranking: 22; Week 3: 20-16 win at LIU; Week 4: Sept. 26 vs. Colgate (2 p.m., ESPN+)
24. Southern Illinois (2-2)
Points: 116; Previous Ranking: 24; Week 3: 48-10 loss at Illinois; Week 4: Sept. 26 at Murray State (7 p.m., ESPN+)
25. Mercer (2-2, 0-1 Southern)
Points: 102; Previous Ranking: 23; Week 3: 44-11 loss at Georgia Tech; Week 4: Sept. 26 at Abilene Christian (8 p.m., ESPN+)
Dropped Out: William & Mary (21)
Others Receiving Points (schools listed on two or more ballots)
Alabama State (2-1): 72; Jackson State (3-0): 60; Colgate (3-1, 2-0 Patriot): 48; Richmond (3-1, 2-0 Patriot): 44; Elon (3-1, 1-1 CAA): 35; Stony Brook (2-2, 1-0 CAA): 29; Furman (2-2, 1-0 Southern): 19; William & Mary (2-2, 1-2 Patriot): 16; Southeastern Louisiana (2-2, 0-1 Southland): 14; UIW (2-1, 1-0 Southland): 14; Houston Christian (2-2, 1-1 Southland): 9; Monmouth (2-2, 2-0 CAA): 9; Morgan State (3-1): 5; Southeast Missouri (2-2): 4
Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll Voting Panel
Stats Perform: Craig Haley. Big Sky Conference: Riley Corcoran, Tyson Rodgers, Larry Weir. CAA Football: Roger Brown, Matt Harmon, Rob Washburn. Ivy League: JJ Klein, Craig Larson. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Isaiah Green, Kendrick Lewis. Missouri Valley Football Conference: Kyle Grooms, Tom Miller, Randy Reinhardt. Northeast Conference: Sarah Boissonneault, Brian Cleary. Ohio Valley Conference: Mike Bradd, Kyle Schwartz, Mark Simpson. Patriot League: Bob Black, Eric Malanoski, Ryan Sakamoto. Pioneer Football League: Cody Bush, Larry Hansgen. Southern Conference: Scott Keeler, Andrew Miller, Ralan Wardlaw. Southland Conference: Matthew Bonnette, James Dixon, Anthony Goss. Southwestern Athletic Conference: Curtis Ford, Ronnie Johnson. United Athletic Conference: Claire Johnson, Benjamin Ray, Jake Withee. National Representatives: Sean Anderson, Stan Becton, Taylor Blue, Zack Carlton, Gene Clemons, Joe DeLeone, Matt Dixon, Steven J. Gaither, Sam Herder, Emory Hunt, Kyle Kensing, Brandon Lawrence, Zach McKinnell, Jon Passman, Omar Rashon Borja, Ryan Roberts, Timothy Rosario, Kent Schmidt, Phil Sokol, Reggie Thomas, Ralph Ventre, Jamie Williams.
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