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 8 games and leads into the new poll.
How teams in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll fared during Week 8 of the 2024 college football season:
X-1. South Dakota State (5-1, 2–0 MVFC): at No. 2 North Dakota State
X-2. North Dakota State (6-1, 3-0 MVFC): No. 1 South Dakota State
3. Montana State (8-0, 4-0 Big Sky): 44-14 win at Portland State
X-4. South Dakota (5-1, 3-0 MVFC): at Youngstown State
5. Villanova (5-2, 2-1 CAA): 35-7 loss at Maine
X-6. UC Davis (6-1, 3-0 Big Sky): at Eastern Washington
7. Mercer (6-1, 3-1 SoCon): 55-35 loss at Samford
8. Southeast Missouri (7-1, 4-0 Big South-OVC): 26-13 win at Charleston Southern
9. North Dakota (5-2, 2-1 MVFC): 31-7 win over Northern Iowa
10. Tarleton State (6-1, 3-0 UAC): No game
11. Montana (5-2, 2-1 Big Sky): No game
12. Central Arkansas (5-2, 2-1 UAC): No game
13. Idaho (5-3, 2-2 Big Sky): 34-29 win over Cal Poly
14. UIW (5-2, 2-0 Southland: 30-17 win over McNeese
15. William & Mary (5-2, 3-1 CAA): 35-28 win over Campbell
16. Rhode Island (6-1, 3-0 CAA): 26-9 win at No. 24 New Hampshire
17. Abilene Christian (5-3, 4-1 UAC): 34-20 win over Eastern Kentucky
18. Richmond (5-2, 3-0 CAA): 28-9 win over Delaware
19. Chattanooga (4-3, 3-1 SoCon): 37-5 win over Wofford
20. North Carolina Central (5-2, 2-0 MEAC): No game
21. Illinois State (5-3, 2-2 MVFC): 40-32 win at Murray State
22. Dartmouth (5-0, 3-0 Ivy): 20-16 win over Central Connecticut State
23. ETSU (4-3, 2-1 SoCon): No game
24. New Hampshire (4-3, 2-1 CAA): 26-9 loss at No. 16 Rhode Island
T25. Florida A&M (3-3, 1-1 SWAC): 35-21 loss at Jackson State
T25. UT Martin (4-3, 2-1 Big South-OVC): No game
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots)
Western Carolina (4-3, 3-0 SoCon): 52-20 win at Furman
Tennessee State (6-2, 3-1 Big South-OVC): 27-14 win at Howard
Duquesne (4-2, 2-0 NEC): No game
X-Sacramento State (2-4, 0-2 Big Sky): Weber State
Stephen F. Austin (4-3, 2-2 Southland): 24-23 loss at Southeastern Louisiana
Stony Brook (5-2, 2-1 CAA): 52-24 win at Towson
Northern Arizona (4-4, 2-2 Big Sky): 30-26 win over Idaho State
McNeese (4-4, 1-2 Southland): 30-17 loss at No. 14 UIW
X-Weber State (3-4, 2-1 Big Sky): at Sacramento State
Harvard (4-1, 1-1 Ivy): 35-34 win over Holy Cross
Towson (3-4, 1-2 CAA): 52-24 loss to Stony Brook
Drake (5-1, 4-0 Pioneer): 19-16 OT win at Presbyterian
Monmouth (4-3, 2-1 CAA): 55-17 win over Bryant
Lamar (4-3, 1-1 Southland): 29-20 win at Texas A&M-Commerce
Southeastern Louisiana (4-4, 3-0 Southland): 24-23 win over Stephen F. Austin
Southern Utah (3-4, 2-1 UAC): No game
Dayton (5-1, 3-0 Pioneer): 21-14 win at Butler
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