With only 5 losses amongst last week’s top 25 teams in the AGS Poll it was a pretty calm week for the most part. South Dakota State maintained its #1 ranking widening the lead over Sam Houston. James Madison stayed at #3 where they’ve spent the entire season to this point. North Dakota State moved up to #4 and Eastern Washington cracked the top 5 for the first time this season after their monster win over Big Sky rival Montana.
Other teams on the rise in this week’s poll included Central Arkansas who rose 4 spots to #20. Kennesaw State made their first appearance in the top 25 this season coming in at #21. South Dakota got back into the top 25 after a week in the ORV section at #23. After hanging just outside the top 25 since the preseason poll Nicholls got back into the top 25 rounding it out at #25.
Teams falling this week were headlined by Montana who dropped 4 spots to #8 following their aforementioned loss to EWU. North Dakota dropped 3 spots to #12 following their home loss to in-state rival NDSU. VMI, Richmond, and Holy Cross all dropped out of the top 25 after being upset by unranked opponents last Saturday.
In terms of conference representation the MVFC led the way again placing 7 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the Big Sky with 5, the CAA with 4, the Southland with 3, and the AWC with 2 teams in the top 25. 10 conferences (counting the ASUN and WAC separately) put at least one team into the top 25.
Full results below:
| Rank | Change | Team | Total Points | First Place Votes |
| 1 | – | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 1305 | 35 |
| 2 | – | Sam Houston Bearkats | 1260 | 15 |
| 3 | – | James Madison Dukes | 1219 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | North Dakota State Bison | 1147 | |
| 5 | 3 | Eastern Washington Eagles | 1132 | |
| 6 | 1 | UC Davis Aggies | 1007 | |
| 7 | -1 | Southern Illinois Salukis | 969 | |
| 8 | -4 | Montana Grizzlies | 963 | |
| 9 | 1 | Montana State Bobcats | 857 | |
| 10 | 2 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 787 | |
| 11 | – | Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens | 750 | |
| 12 | -3 | North Dakota Fighting Hawks | 691 | |
| 13 | 1 | Missouri State Bears | 685 | |
| 14 | -1 | Villanova Wildcats | 675 | |
| 15 | 1 | East Tennessee State Buccaneers | 622 | |
| 16 | -1 | Southeastern Louisiana Lions | 601 | |
| 17 | – | Weber State Wildcats | 407 | |
| 18 | 1 | Incarnate Word Cardinals | 372 | |
| 19 | 2 | Rhode Island Rams | 306 | |
| 20 | 4 | Central Arkansas Bears | 169 | |
| 21 | 15 | Kennesaw State Owls | 157 | |
| 22 | – | Princeton Tigers | 152 | |
| 23 | 4 | South Dakota Coyotes | 144 | |
| 24 | 1 | Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks | 140 | |
| 25 | 1 | Nicholls Colonels | 113 | |
| ORV: | ||||
| 26 | 12 | Harvard Crimson | 88 | |
| 27 | 7 | Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks | 75 | |
| 28 | 3 | Duquesne Dukes | 74 | |
| 29 | 6 | Mercer Bears | 63 | |
| 30 | 2 | Monmouth Hawks | 55 | |
| 31 | -13 | Virginia Military Institute Keydets | 52 | |
| 32 | -3 | New Hampshire Wildcats | 43 | |
| 33T | – | Chattanooga Mocs | 32 | |
| 33T | 5 | Dartmouth Big Green | 32 | |
| 35 | -7 | Jacksonville State Gamecocks | 13 | |
| 36T | 4 | Murray State Racers | 12 | |
| 36T | NR | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks | 12 | |
| 38 | NR | William & Mary Tribe | 11 | |
| 39T | -9 | Austin Peay Governors | 7 | |
| 39T | NR | North Carolina A&T Aggies | 7 | |
Most significant win: Eastern Washington Eagles
Most significant loss: Richmond Spiders
Dropped out of the poll:
Holy Cross Crusaders
Merrimack Warriors
Richmond Spiders
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