Conference losses cost South Dakota State and Northern Iowa spots in the FCS Coaches Football Poll Top Ten.
Both dropped out of the top ten with the Jackrabbits falling to 19th and the Panthers going down to #21. The teams that beat them, Illinois State(15) and Indiana State(22) moved up in the ratings.
North Dakota State retained the top ranking and there are still seven MVFC teams in the top 25.
FCS Coaches’ Poll
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FCS Coaches’ Poll
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| RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
|---|
| RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Dakota State | 5-0 | 649 | 1 |
| 2 | Eastern Washington | 5-1 | 621 | 2 |
| 3 | Coastal Carolina | 6-0 | 587 | 3 |
| 4 | McNeese State | 3-1 | 566 | 4 |
| 5 | Villanova | 4-1 | 546 | 5 |
| 6 | New Hampshire | 4-1 | 522 | 6 |
| 7 | Montana | 4-2 | 491 | 7 |
| 8 | Jacksonville State | 4-1 | 479 | 8 |
| 9 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4-2 | 421 | 11 |
| 10 | Youngstown State | 4-1 | 395 | 12 |
| 11 | William & Mary | 4-1 | 372 | 13 |
| 12 | Chattanooga | 3-2 | 324 | 14 |
| 13 | Southern Illinois | 5-1 | 311 | 16 |
| 14 | Montana State | 4-2 | 277 | 15 |
| 15 | Illinois State | 4-0 | 255 | 22 |
| 16 | Eastern Kentucky | 5-0 | 252 | 18 |
| 17 | Bethune-Cookman | 4-1 | 227 | 17 |
| 18 | Fordham | 5-1 | 205 | 19 |
| 19 | South Dakota State | 3-2 | 184 | 9 |
| 20 | Richmond | 3-2 | 168 | 21 |
| 21 | Northern Iowa | 2-3 | 166 | 10 |
| 22 | Indiana State | 4-1 | 126 | NR |
| 23 | Charleston Southern | 5-0 | 103 | 24 |
| 24 | Alcorn State | 5-1 | 45 | NR |
| 25 | Tennessee State | 4-2 | 36 | 20 |
Dropped out: No. 23 Missouri State, No. 25 Northern Arizona.
Others receiving votes: Harvard 19, Southeast Missouri State 19, Yale 19, Missouri State 18, Sam Houston State 13, Albany 5, Sacred Heart 5, South Dakota 5, Bryant 4, Central Arkansas 4, Northern Arizona 3, Delaware 2, Samford 2, South Carolina State 2, Presbyterian 1, Towson 1.
