After an opening weekend filled with upsets there was some serious movement in and out of the AGS Top 25. Despite that the top 5 remained virtually unchanged with North Dakota State, James Madison, South Dakota State, and Sam Houston State coming in at #1, #2, #3, and #5 respectively. The only change in the top 5 was Big Sky favorite Eastern Washington jumping in at #4 to take the place of Kennesaw State who slid two spots down to the #6 spot previously occupied by EWU.
There was a bunch of big risers on the week headlined by North Carolina A&T who jumped up 12 spots to #7 following their big FCS Kickoff Classic win over Jacksonville State. Villanova and Northern Arizona used FBS wins to move up 12 and 13 spots respectively to #9 and #16. FCS heavyweight Montana made their first appearance in the top 25 this year moving up 14 spots to #14 after an impressive win over UNI in coach Bobby Hauck’s first game back on the sidelines for the Griz. Maine shot up 19 spots to #19 on the back of their convincing victory over CAA rival New Hampshire. Montana State and UC Davis each picked up 15 spots following their impressive first game performances to move up to #24 and #25 respectively. Joining Montana, NAU, Maine, Montana State, and UC Davis in the top 25 for the first time this year is South Dakota who moved up to #22 after giving Big 12 foe Kansas State all they could handle in their first game.
Naturally with all those big movers up there had to be some teams going the other direction. As for teams that dropped but stayed ranked in the top 25 aforementioned Jacksonville State slid 7 spots to #15 and Northern Iowa dropped 10 spots to #21. New Hampshire, Stony Brook, Western Illinois, Delaware, Southern Utah, and Youngstown State all dropped out of the top 25 following some surprising and not-so-surprising losses sustained in week 1.
In terms of conference representation the Big Sky led the way putting 6 teams in the top 25 following an impressive opening weekend for the conference as a whole. They were followed by the MVFC with 5, the CAA and Southland with 4 each, and the SOCON with 3 teams in the top 25.
Full results below:
| Rank | Change | Team | Total Points | First Place Votes |
| 1 | – | North Dakota State Bison | 2123 | 84 |
| 2 | – | James Madison Dukes | 1992 | 1 |
| 3 | – | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 1842 | |
| 4 | 2 | Eastern Washington Eagles | 1698 | |
| 5 | – | Sam Houston State Bearkats | 1666 | |
| 6 | -2 | Kennesaw State Owls | 1579 | |
| 7 | 12 | North Carolina A&T Aggies | 1494 | |
| 8 | 2 | Samford Bulldogs | 1349 | |
| 9 | 13 | Villanova Wildcats | 1314 | |
| 10 | 7 | Nicholls State Colonels | 1250 | |
| 11 | 2 | Wofford Terriers | 1158 | |
| 12 | -3 | Weber State Wildcats | 1122 | |
| 13 | 2 | Illinois State Redbirds | 902 | |
| 14 | 14 | Montana Grizzlies | 881 | |
| 15 | -7 | Jacksonville State Gamecocks | 800 | |
| 16 | 11 | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks | 752 | |
| 17 | -1 | Central Arkansas Bears | 680 | |
| 18 | -4 | Elon Phoenix | 665 | |
| 19 | 19 | Maine Black Bears | 610 | |
| 20 | -2 | Furman Paladins | 519 | |
| 21 | -10 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 507 | |
| 22 | 7 | South Dakota Coyotes | 395 | |
| 23 | 2 | McNeese State Cowboys | 392 | |
| 24 | 15 | Montana State Bobcats | 378 | |
| 25 | 15 | UC Davis Aggies | 351 | |
| ORV: | ||||
| 26 | -19 | New Hampshire Wildcats | 249 | |
| 27 | -7 | Stony Brook Seawolves | 236 | |
| 28 | -7 | Western Illinois Leathernecks | 128 | |
| 29 | -17 | Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens | 109 | |
| 30 | 2 | Sac State Hornets | 88 | |
| 31 | -5 | Austin Peay Governors | 71 | |
| 32 | NR | Rhode Island Rams | 63 | |
| 33 | -2 | San Diego Toreros | 45 | |
| 34 | 2 | Colgate Raiders | 37 | |
| 35 | -2 | Yale Bulldogs | 28 | |
| 36 | NR | Prairie View A&M Panthers | 18 | |
| 37T | NR | Butler Bulldogs | 15 | |
| 37T | -14 | Southern Utah Thunderbirds | 15 | |
| 39 | NR | The Citadel Bulldogs | 14 | |
| 40 | -8 | Richmond Spiders | 13 | |
Most Significant Win: North Carolina A&T Aggies
Most Significant Loss: Youngstown State Penguins
Dropped out of the poll:
Youngstown State Penguins
Idaho Vandals
Grambling State Tigers
Monmouth Hawks
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