The week 9 AGS poll didn’t see a lot of movement at the top but the middle and bottom were a much different story as 9 top 25 teams from the week 8 rankings sustained losses. The top 5 remained unchanged from last week as James Madison, North Dakota State, Jacksonville State, Central Arkansas, and South Dakota formed the top 5 in that order.
A lot of teams took advantage of teams in front of them losing such as South Dakota State who moved up 5 spots to #9 following their big win over previously top 10 ranked Western Illinois. Big Sky conference mates Northern Arizona and Southern Utah climbed 4 and 5 spots to #10 and #11, respectively. Illinois State continued their resurgence climbing 7 spots to #13 and Stony Brook rose 5 spots to #14 following their respective wins over fading Youngstown State and Richmond teams. Weber State used a big home over Montana to climb up 8 spots to #17. In all though the biggest gainer of the week was Furman who made their 2017 debut in the AGS top 25 by shooting up 12 spots to #18 following their convincing win over Western Carolina. Monmouth also cracked the top 25 for the first time this year coming in at #22.
On the flip side Western Illinois dropped 8 spots to #16 following their big home loss to SDSU. SOCON mates Samford and Western Carolina each dropped 9 spots to #19 and #20, respectively, after being upset by Chattanooga and Furman. Delaware gave back some of the ground they had gained in recent weeks sliding 8 spots to #21 after a head scratching one point loss at Towson. Youngstown State and Richmond dropped out of the top 25 for the first time all year for each after sustaining losses last Saturday.
The MVFC led the way placing 6 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the CAA with 5, the Big Sky and SOCON with 4 each, and the Southland with 3 teams ranked in the top 25.
Full results below:
| Rank | Team | Total Points | First Place Votes |
| 1 | James Madison Dukes | 1967 | 71 |
| 2 | North Dakota State Bison | 1903 | 8 |
| 3 | Jacksonville State Gamecocks | 1757 | |
| 4 | Central Arkansas Bears | 1734 | |
| 5 | South Dakota Coyotes | 1638 | |
| 6 | Sam Houston State Bearkats | 1511 | |
| 7 | Elon Phoenix | 1510 | |
| 8 | Wofford Terriers | 1379 | |
| 9 | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 1285 | |
| 10 | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks | 1221 | |
| 11 | Southern Utah Thunderbirds | 1136 | |
| 12 | North Carolina A&T Aggies | 945 | |
| 13 | Illinois State Redbirds | 936 | |
| 14 | Stony Brook Seawolves | 909 | |
| 15 | Eastern Washington Eagles | 789 | |
| 16 | Western Illinois Leathernecks | 776 | |
| 17 | Weber State Wildcats | 755 | |
| 18 | Furman Paladins | 612 | |
| 19 | Samford Bulldogs | 462 | |
| 20 | Western Carolina Catamounts | 447 | |
| 21 | Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens | 381 | |
| 22 | Monmouth Hawks | 313 | |
| 23 | Villanova Wildcats | 234 | |
| 24 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 226 | |
| 25 | McNeese State Cowboys | 213 | |
| ORV: | |||
| 26 | Nicholls State Colonels | 157 | |
| 27 | Grambling State Tigers | 121 | |
| 28 | New Hampshire Wildcats | 103 | |
| 29 | Kennessaw State Owls | 80 | |
| 30 | Richmond Spiders | 51 | |
| 31 | Montana Grizzlies | 35 | |
| 32 | Yale Bulldogs | 26 | |
| 33 | Duquesne Dukes | 21 | |
| 34T | North Carolina Central Eagles | 10 | |
| 34T | Maine Black Bears | 10 | |
| 36T | Youngstown State Penguins | 4 | |
| 36T | The Citadel Bulldogs | 4 | |
| 36T | Southeastern Louisiana Lions | 4 |
Most Significant Win: Furman Paladins
Most Significant Loss: Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens
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