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 5 games and leads into the new poll.
1. South Dakota State (3-1, 0–0 MVFC): No game
2. North Dakota State (4-1, 1-0 MVFC): 42-10 win at No. 18 Illinois State
X-3. Montana State (4-0, 0-0 Big Sky): at Idaho State
X-4. Idaho (3-1, 0-0 Big Sky): at No. 14 UC Davis
5. South Dakota (3-1, 1-0 MVFC): 42-13 win over No. 17 Southern Illinois
X-6. Villanova (3-1, 1-0 CAA): LIU
X-7. Central Arkansas (3-1, 1-0 UAC): No. 19 Lamar
X-8. Montana (3-1, 0-0 Big Sky): at Eastern Washington
9. North Dakota (4-1, 1-0 MVFC): 72-35 win over Murray State
10. Sacramento State (2-3, 0-1 Big Sky): 34-16 loss at Northern Arizona
X-11. William & Mary (3-1, 0-0 CAA): Hampton
12. Mercer (5-0, 3-0 SoCon): 22-3 win at No. 23 Wofford
13. Southeast Missouri (4-1, 1-0 Big South-OVC): 19-0 win over Northwestern State
X-14. UC Davis (3-1, 0-0 Big Sky): No. 4 Idaho
15. UIW (2-2, 0-0 Southland): No game
X-16. Tarleton State (3-1, 1-0 UAC): Southeastern Louisiana
17. Southern Illinois (2-3, 0-1 MVFC): 42-13 loss at No. 5 South Dakota
18. Illinois State (3-2, 0-1 MVFC): 42-10 loss to No. 2 North Dakota State
X-19. Lamar (3-1, 0-0 Southland): at No. 7 Central Arkansas
X-20. Abilene Christian (2-2, 1-0 UAC): at Utah Tech
21. UAlbany (1-3, 0-1 CAA): 34-20 loss to Maine
22. Rhode Island (3-1, 1-0 CAA): No game
23. Wofford (2-2, 0-1 SoCon): 22-3 loss to No. 12 Mercer
24. New Hampshire (3-1, 1-0 CAA): No game
X-25. Weber State (2-2, 1-0 Big Sky): McNeese
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots):
X-Chattanooga (0-3, 0-1 SoCon): Portland State
ETSU (3-2, 1-0 SoCon): 34-17 win at The Citadel
Northern Iowa (2-2, 0-0 MVFC): No game
Richmond (3-2, 1-0 CAA): 27-17 win at Elon
Lafayette (2-2, 0-0 Patriot: No game
Western Carolina (1-3, 0-0 SoCon): No game
Florida A&M (2-2, 0-0 SWAC): No game, postponement
North Carolina Central (3-2, 1-0 MEAC): 37-10 win over Norfolk State
Columbia (1-1, 0-0 Ivy): 20-17 loss at Georgetown
Harvard (1-1, 0-1 Ivy): 31-28 loss at Brown
X-McNeese (3-2, 1-0 Southland): at No. 25 Weber State
Duquesne (2-2, 0-0 NEC): No game
Nicholls (1-3, 0-0 Southland): No game
Lehigh (3-2, 0-1 Patriot): 38-35 2-OT loss to Bucknell
Stony Brook (4-1, 1-0 CAA): 22-3 win over Morgan State
Monmouth (3-2, 1-0 CAA): 63-21 win over Fordham
Yale (1-1, 0-1 Ivy): 47-23 loss at Cornell
Photo by Russell Hons/North Dakota Athletics
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