It was a pretty calm week again this week with only 3 losses to FCS foes amongst last week’s top 25 but there were some teams on the move regardless. North Dakota State maintained its position at #1 despite losing to FBS Arizona. They were followed by Montana at #2 and South Dakota State who moved up a spot to #3. Missouri St made their first appearance ever in the top 5 of the AGS Poll moving up two spots to #4. Incarnate Word maintained their position at #5.
There wasn’t much for big moves up this week as the only teams from last week’s top 25 to move up more than two spots were Samford and North Dakota who each moved up 3 spots to #20 and #21, respectively. Richmond got back into the top 25 moving up 2 spots to #24 and Furman made their first appearance in the top 25 this season moving up 7 spots to #25.
Teams moving down were headlines by Montana State and Villanova who each moved down 3 spots to #6 and #10, respectively, after lopsided losses to FBS opponents. Rhode Island dropped 6 spots to #23 after losing to CAA rival Delaware. East Tennessee State and New Hampshire each fell out of the top 25 after taking week 3 losses.
In terms of conference representation, the Big Sky led the way again placing 6 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the CAA with 5, the MVFC and SOCON with 4 each, and the Southland with 2 teams in the top 25. Once again 9 conferences were represented in the AGS Top 25.
Full results below:
| Rank | Change | Team | Total Points | First Place Votes |
| 1 | – | North Dakota State Bison | 1286 | 40 |
| 2 | – | Montana Grizzlies | 1233 | 10 |
| 3 | 1 | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 1160 | 1 |
| 4 | 2 | Missouri State Bears | 1068 | 1 |
| 5 | – | Incarnate Word Cardinals | 1067 | |
| 6 | -3 | Montana State Bobcats | 1040 | |
| 7 | 1 | Sac State Hornets | 962 | |
| 8 | 1 | Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens | 958 | |
| 9 | 2 | Weber State Wildcats | 828 | |
| 10 | -3 | Villanova Wildcats | 814 | |
| 11 | -1 | Chattanooga Mocs | 785 | |
| 12 | – | Holy Cross Crusaders | 713 | |
| 13 | – | William & Mary Tribe | 678 | |
| 14 | 2 | Jackson State Tigers | 512 | |
| 15 | -1 | Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks | 470 | |
| 16 | -1 | Eastern Washington Eagles | 445 | |
| 17 | 1 | Mercer Bears | 433 | |
| 18 | 1 | Eastern Kentucky Colonels | 381 | |
| 19 | 3 | Samford Bulldogs | 301 | |
| 20 | 3 | North Dakota Fighting Hawks | 297 | |
| 21 | – | Southeastern Louisiana Lions | 268 | |
| 22 | 2 | UC Davis Aggies | 196 | |
| 23 | -6 | Rhode Island Rams | 162 | |
| 24 | 2 | Richmond Spiders | 135 | |
| 25 | 7 | Furman Paladins | 131 | |
| ORV: | ||||
| 26 | – | Dartmouth Big Green | 107 | |
| 27 | 12 | Southern Illinois Salukis | 92 | |
| 28 | 4 | Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | 88 | |
| 29 | 1 | Austin Peay Governors | 81 | |
| 30 | -2 | Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks | 58 | |
| 31 | – | Elon Phoenix | 31 | |
| 32 | NR | North Carolina Central Eagles | 28 | |
| 33 | 5 | Princeton Tigers | 23 | |
| 34 | 3 | South Dakota Coyotes | 12 | |
| 35T | NR | Fordham Rams | 10 | |
| 35T | -6 | Harvard Crimson | 10 | |
| 37 | -17 | East Tennessee State Buccaneers | 9 | |
| 38T | NR | Illinois State Redbirds | 8 | |
| 38T | -13 | New Hampshire Wildcats | 8 | |
| 40 | -6 | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks | 4 | |
Most significant win: Southern Illinois Salukis
Most significant loss: East Tennessee State Buccaneers
Dropped out of the poll:
Kennesaw State Owls
The Citadel Bulldogs
Virginia Military Institute Keydets
Join the discussion here: AGS Poll Results – 2022 SEASON – Wk. 3
