After a slow last two weeks we finally got the inevitable shake up in the week 10 AGS Top 25 after 5 teams from last week’s top 25 lost to teams outside of the top 25 – three of them to teams not included in last week’s poll at all – which really shuffled up the bottom half of the top 25. The top 5 stay unchanged however with North Dakota State edging out Montana State once again for the #1 spot followed by South Dakota State, UC Davis, and South Dakota in the #3-#5 spots, respectively.
There was a slew of teams moving up 4 spots this week taking advantage of those aforementioned losses. Richmond, Villanova, Missouri State, and Tennessee-Martin each made 4 spot jumps to #12-#15, respectively. Further down Stony Brook and Illinois State also each moved up 4 spots as well to #18 and #19, respectively. Western Carolina used a big win over Chattanooga to get back into the top 25 coming in at #23. Harvard made their first appearance in the top 25 this season coming in with a tie at #25 after beating previously undefeated Dartmouth.
As for teams going the other way Tarleton took a 7-spot dive down to #16 after losing to Eastern Kentucky. Central Arkansas fell 8 spots to #20 after giving Utah Tech their first victory of the season. Chattanooga also dropped 7 spots to #21 due to their aforementioned loss to Western Carolina. North Dakota plummeted 10 spots to barely hang in the top 25 in a tie at #25 after their 2nd straight loss. Dartmouth fell out of the top 25 after their previously mentioned loss to Harvard.
In terms of conference representation 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, the UAC with 3, and the OVC with 2 teams in the top 25. Once again 8 conferences were represented in this week’s top 25.
Full results below:
Most significant win: Western Carolina Catamounts
Most significant loss: Central Arkansas Bears
Dropped out of the poll:
Lamar Cardinals
Maine Black Bears
Sac State Hornets
Samford Bulldogs
Towson Tigers
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