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 7 games and leads into the new poll.
1. South Dakota State (5-1, 2–0 MVFC): 63-13 win over Youngstown State
2. North Dakota State (6-1, 3-0 MVFC): 24-3 win at Southern Illinois
X-3. Montana State (6-0, 2-0 Big Sky): No. 7 Idaho
4. South Dakota (5-1, 3-0 MVFC): 42-17 win over Northern Iowa
5. Villanova (5-1, 2-0 CAA): No game
6. UC Davis (6-1, 3-0 Big Sky): 56-10 win over Cal Poly
X-7. Idaho (4-2, 1-1 Big Sky): at No. 3 Montana State
8. Mercer (6-0, 3-0 SoCon): 34-7 win over Princeton
9. North Dakota (4-2, 1-1 MVFC): No game
X-10. Abilene Christian (4-2, 3-0 UAC): at North Alabama
11. Southeast Missouri (6-1, 3-0 Big South-OVC): 34-3 win over Tennessee Tech
12. Central Arkansas (5-2, 2-1 UAC): 34-33 win over West Georgia
X-13. Tarleton State (5-1, 2-0 UAC): Utah Tech
14. Montana (5-2, 2-1 Big Sky): 31-20 win over No. 24 Northern Arizona
15. UIW (4-2, 1-0 Southland): 55-10 win over Nicholls
16. Illinois State (4-3, 1-2 MVFC): 41-7 loss to Missouri State
17. William & Mary (4-2, 1-1 CAA): No game
X-18. Sacramento State (2-3, 0-1 Big Sky): Eastern Washington
19. Rhode Island (5-1, 2-0 CAA): 31-21 win over Brown
X-20. Weber State (3-3, 2-0 Big Sky): Northern Colorado
21. Richmond (4-2, 2-0 CAA): No game
22. Lamar (3-3, 0-1 Southland): 27-20 loss to Stephen F. Austin
23. Chattanooga (3-3, 2-1 SoCon): 41-10 win at Furman
24. Northern Arizona (3-4, 1-2 Big Sky): 31-20 loss at No. 14 Montana
25. North Carolina Central (5-2, 2-0 MEAC): 68-0 win over Virginia-Lynchburg
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots):
Florida A&M (3-2, 1-0 SWAC): No game
ETSU (4-3, 2-1 SoCon): 31-28 win over Samford
McNeese (4-3, 1-1 Southland): No game
Southern Illinois (2-5, 0-3 MVFC): 24-3 loss to No. 2 North Dakota State
Dartmouth (4-0, 2-0 Ivy): 44-43 OT win at Yale
Lafayette (3-3, 1-1 Patriot): 17-0 loss to Georgetown
Stony Brook (4-2, 1-1 CAA): No game
UT Martin (4-3, 2-1 Big South-OVC): 45-17 win at Western Illinois
Western Carolina (3-3, 2-0 SoCon): 30-16 win over The Citadel
Duquesne (4-2, 2-0 NEC): 38-7 win at Saint Francis
Nicholls (2-4, 0-1 Southland): 55-10 loss at No. 15 UIW
New Hampshire (4-2, 2-0 CAA): 17-10 win at Elon
Towson (3-3, 1-1 CAA): 28-23 win at Norfolk State
Houston Christian (3-4, 1-1 Southland): 37-7 loss to Southeastern Louisiana
Butler (5-1, 1-1 Pioneer): 27-17 loss at Drake
Harvard (3-1, 1-1 Ivy): 38-20 win at Cornell
Monmouth (3-3, 1-1 CAA): No game
Tennessee State (5-2, 3-1 Big South-OVC): 41-17 win over Eastern Illinois
Top photo of Southeast Missouri quarterback Paxton DeLaurent (SEMO Athletics)
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