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 9 games.
They do everything bigger in Texas, even in FCS football, where the state has a national-high 10 programs.
Tarleton State and Stephen F. Austin – the last unbeaten teams at 9-0 each – remain No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll, and they’re set to play in all-Texas matchups that are arguably the biggest games of the week.
Tarleton State, which escaped Eastern Kentucky’s upset bid this past weekend, will host No. 23 Abilene Christian (5-4) with first place on the line in the United Athletic Conference. In the Southland, SFA will visit No. 13 Lamar (7-2), and a win would provide the Lumberjacks with at least a share of its second straight title as well as the conference’s automatic bid to the FCS playoffs.
Each of the top five teams has a first-place vote in the national media rankings. Montana State, the defending national champion, holds down No. 3, followed by Youngstown State and South Dakota State, which are both coming off a Top 10 win. SDSU is making its 200th consecutive appearance in the poll.
The Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll is released each Monday during the regular season and one day after the FCS championship game (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 (Nov. 2)
1. Tarleton State (9-0, 4-0 UAC)
Points: 1,397 (39 of 57 first-place votes); Previous Ranking: 1; Week 9: 28-24 win over Eastern Kentucky; Week 10: Nov. 7 vs. No. 23 Abilene Christian (7 p.m., ESPN+)
2. Stephen F. Austin (9-0, 6-0 Southland)
Points: 1,337 (7); Previous Ranking: 2; Week 9: 37-6 win over Houston Christian; Week 10: Nov. 7 at No. 13 Lamar (4 p.m., ESPN+)
3. Montana State (8-1, 5-1 Big Sky)
Points: 1,308 (7); Previous Ranking: 3; Week 9: 61-7 win over Cal Poly; Week 10: Nov. 7 at No. 22 Idaho State (6 p.m., ESPN+/Scripps)
4. Youngstown State (7-2, 5-1 MVFC)
Points: 1,257 (3); Previous Ranking: 4; Week 9: 31-28 win over then-No. 9 North Dakota; Week 10: Nov. 7 at Murray State (2 p.m., ESPN+)
5. South Dakota State (7-2, 4-1 MVFC)
Points: 1,233 (1); Previous Ranking: 5; Week 9: 31-21 win over then-No. 6 South Dakota; Week 10: Nov. 7 at Northern Iowa (2 p.m., ESPN+)
6. Northern Arizona (7-2, 5-1 Big Sky)
Points: 1,118; Previous Ranking: 7; Week 9: 38-14 win at Southern Utah; Week 10: Nov. 7 at Cal Poly (5 p.m., ESPN+)
7. Austin Peay (7-2, 3-1 UAC)
Points: 1,011; Previous Ranking: 8; Week 9: No game; Week 10: Nov. 7 vs. Eastern Kentucky (5 p.m., ESPN+)
8. South Dakota (7-3, 4-2 MVFC)
Points: 999; Previous Ranking: 6; Week 9: 31-21 loss at then-No. 5 South Dakota State; Week 10: No game
9. Tennessee Tech (8-1, 5-1 Southern)
Points: 960; Previous Ranking: 11; Week 9: 24-17 win at then-No. 17 ETSU; Week 10: Nov. 7 vs. VMI (2:30 p.m., ESPN+)
10. Illinois State (7-2, 3-2 MVFC)
Points: 941; Previous Ranking: 10; Week 9: 35-14 win over Murray State; Week 10: Nov. 7 at No. 11 North Dakota (2 p.m., ESPN+)
11. North Dakota (6-4, 3-3 MVFC)
Points: 801; Previous Ranking: 9; Week 9: 31-28 loss at then-No. 4 Youngstown State; Week 10: Nov. 7 vs. No. 10 Illinois State (2 p.m., ESPN+)
12. Montana (6-3, 4-2 Big Sky)
Points: 794; Previous Ranking: 14; Week 9: 42-33 win at Eastern Washington; Week 10: Nov. 7 vs. Portland State (3 p.m., ESPN+/Scripps)
13. Lamar (7-2, 5-1 Southland)
Points: 769; Previous Ranking: 15; Week 9: 52-23 win at UTRGV; Week 10: Nov. 7 vs. No. 2 Stephen F. Austin (4 p.m., ESPN+)
14. Mercer (7-2, 4-1 Southern)
Points: 680; Previous Ranking: 16; Week 9: 28-19 win over The Citadel; Week 10: Nov. 7 at No. 25 Chattanooga (1 p.m., Nexstar/ESPN+)
15. Monmouth (7-2, 6-0 CAA)
Points: 582; Previous Ranking: 18; Week 9: 34-21 win over Bryant; Week 10: Nov. 7 vs. North Carolina A&T (noon, FloSports)
16. Campbell (7-2, 4-1 CAA)
Points: 458; Previous Ranking: 12; Week 9: 45-35 win at UAlbany; Week 10: Nov. 7 vs. Stony Brook (FloSports/WITN/WRAL)
17. Lehigh (7-2, 5-1 Patriot)
Points: 418; Previous Ranking: 19; Week 9: 31-30 win over Bucknell; Week 10: Nov. 7 vs. Colgate (noon, ESPN+)
18. Weber State (6-4, 5-2 Big Sky)
Points: 416; Previous Ranking: 22; Week 9: 38-14 win over then-No. 20 UC Davis; Week 10: No game
19.(tie) ETSU (6-3, 4-1 Southern)
Points: 339; Previous Ranking: 17; Week 9: 24-17 loss to then-No. 11 Tennessee Tech; Week 10: Nov. 7 vs. Samford (1 p.m., ESPN+)
19.(tie) Harvard (6-1, 3-1 Ivy)
Points: 339; Previous Ranking: 13; Week 9: 24-14 loss at Dartmouth; Week 10: Nov. 7 vs. Columbia (1 p.m., ESPN+)
21. UAlbany (6-3, 4-1 CAA)
Points: 326; Previous Ranking: NR; Week 9: 45-35 win over vs. then-No. 12 Campbell; Week 10: Nov. 7 at Bryant (1 p.m., FloSports)
22. Idaho State (6-3, 3-3 Big Sky)
Points: 252; Previous Ranking: 23; Week 9: 34-27 win at Utah Tech; Week 10: Nov. 7 vs. No. 3 Montana State (6 p.m., ESPN+/Scripps)
23. Abilene Christian (5-4, 4-0 UAC)
Points: 226; Previous Ranking: 24; Week 9: 59-0 win over West Georgia; Week 10: Nov. 7 at No. 1 Tarleton State (7 p.m., ESPN+)
24. South Carolina State (7-2, 2-0 MEAC)
Points: 200; Previous Ranking: 25; Week 9: 51-10 win at Morgan State; Week 10: Thursday at Howard (5 p.m., ESPNU)
25. Chattanooga (6-3, 5-1 Southern)
Points: 73; Previous Ranking: NR; Week 9: 24-10 win over VMI; Week 10: Nov. 7 vs. No. 14 Mercer (1 p.m., Nexstar/ESPN+)
Dropped Out: UC Davis (20), Richmond (21)
Others Receiving Points (schools listed on two or more ballots)
UC Davis (5-4, 3-3 Big Sky): 60; Alabama A&M (7-2, 4-1 SWAC): 54; Northern Iowa (4-4, 3-2 MVFC): 46; Richmond (6-3, 4-2 Patriot): 37; UIW (5-4, 4-2 Southland): 36; Princeton (5-2, 3-1 Ivy): 18; Dayton (7-1, 4-1 Pioneer): 13; Dartmouth (4-3, 3-1 Ivy): 5; Central Connecticut State (5-3, 4-0 NEC): 4; Jackson State (6-2, 3-2 SWAC): 2
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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