Opta Analyst’s FCS coverage includes the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll, which is voted on by a national panel of 56 voters each Monday. Here is an FCS Top 25 scoreboard that reflects Week 12 games and leads into the new poll.
How teams in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll fared during Week 12 of the 2024 college football season (X-Saturday game not yet completed):
1. North Dakota State (10-1, 7-0 MVFC): 59-21 win over Missouri State
X-2. Montana State (10-0, 6-0 Big Sky): at No. 4 UC Davis
3. South Dakota State (9-2, 6-1 MVFC): 41-10 win over Southern Illinois
X-4. UC Davis (9-1, 6-0 Big Sky): No. 2 Montana State
5. South Dakota (8-2, 6-1 MVFC): 42-36 win at North Dakota
6. UIW (9-2, 6-0 Southland): 27-20 win at Stephen F. Austin
7. Mercer (9-2, 6-1 SoCon): 52-7 loss at Alabama
X-8. Idaho (7-3, 4-2 Big Sky): Weber State
9. Villanova (8-3, 5-2 CAA): 40-33 loss at Monmouth
10. Montana (8-3, 5-2 Big Sky): 28-17 win over Portland State
11. Richmond (9-2, 7-0 CAA): 24-21 win at Hampton
12. Southeast Missouri (9-2, 6-1 Big South-OVC): 54-45 win over Western Illinois
13. Tarleton State (8-3, 5-2 UAC): 35-31 loss to No. 14 Abilene Christian
14. Abilene Christian (8-3, 7-1 UAC): 35-31 win at No. 13 Tarleton State
15. Rhode Island (9-2, 6-1 CAA): 20-17 win over UAlbany
16. Stony Brook (8-3, 5-2 CAA): 31-30 loss at New Hampshire
17. Illinois State (8-3, 5-2 MVFC): 31-19 win at Indiana State
18. UT Martin (7-4, 5-2 Big South-OVC): 10-9 loss to Tennessee Tech
19. Chattanooga (6-5, 5-3 SoCon): 36-13 loss to Samford
20. Harvard (8-1, 5-1 Ivy): 31-28 win at Penn
21. ETSU (6-5, 4-3 SoCon): 24-21 loss to Furman
22. Duquesne (8-2, 5-0 NEC): 42-21 win over Wagner
23. Jackson State (9-2, 7-0 SWAC): 16-10 win at Alabama State
24. Central Arkansas (6-5, 3-4 UAC): 38-31 loss to Southern Utah
25. Northern Arizona (7-4, 5-2 Big Sky): 44-3 win at Northern Colorado
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots):
South Carolina State (8-2, 4-0 MEAC): 54-7 win at Morgan State
Eastern Kentucky (7-4, 5-2 UAC): 30-27 OT win at Austin Peay
North Dakota (5-6, 2-5 MVFC): 42-36 loss to South Dakota
William & Mary (7-4, 4-3 CAA): 22-12 win over Bryant
Drake (7-2, 6-1 Pioneer): 29-20 loss to Morehead State
Tennessee State (8-3, 5-2 Big South-OVC): 23-20 win at Gardner-Webb
North Carolina Central (7-3, 3-1 MEAC): 26-3 win over Howard
Dartmouth (7-2, 4-2 Ivy): 39-22 loss at Cornell
Southeastern Louisiana (6-5, 5-1 Southland): No game
New Hampshire (7-4, 5-2 CAA): 31-30 win over Stony Brook
Southern Utah (6-5, 5-2 UAC): 38-31 win at Central Arkansas
Western Carolina (6-5, 5-2 SoCon): 58-28 win over VMI
Top photo from No. 1 North Dakota State’s 59-21 win over Missouri State. (NDSU Athletics)
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