With week 9 in the books the AGS Poll is starting to stabilize as there wasn’t much movement up this week but several teams did take some tumbles creating a bit of movement. The top 5 remained the same for the 3rd straight week with Eastern Washington claiming the top spot followed by Jacksonville State, North Dakota State, Sam Houston State, and The Citadel in that order.

At this point in the year it’s a slow crawl to get up the rankings as no team rose more than 2 spots. There were 3 teams that accomplished that this week in Villanova (#15), Western Illinois (#16), and New Hampshire (#21). Maine made their debut in the top 25 coming in at #22, a 7 spot rise from last week. Also debuting as a team and as a conference in the top 25 this week is Grambling State out the SWAC who come in at #24. Harvard also returned to the top 25 coming in at #23.

It was a tough week for South Dakota teams as South Dakota State dropped 5 spots to #12 following their stunning road loss to Illinois State and South Dakota dropped out of the top 25 following a tight home loss to Western Illinois. Montana dropped four spots to #19 after losing to top ranked EWU. Stony Brook took a precipitous fall to #25 this week after coming in at #20 last week following their convincing loss to UNH. Weber State and Eastern Illinois also fell out of the top 25 after taking week 9 losses.

The CAA led the way in terms of conference representation with 6 teams in the top 25.  They were followed by the Big Sky and MVFC, who each had 4, and the SOCON who had 3.

Full results below:

Rank Team: Total Points First Place Votes Previous Wk.
1 Eastern Washington Eagles 1962 44 1
2 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 1893 19 2
3 North Dakota State Bison 1880 11 3
4 Sam Houston State Bearkats 1765 4 4
5 The Citadel Bulldogs 1696 5
6 James Madison Dukes 1646 3 6
7 Richmond Spiders 1564 8
8 Chattanooga Mocs 1417 9
9 Charleston Southern Buccaneers 1306 10
10 Cal Poly Mustangs 1203 11
11 Central Arkansas Bears 1118 12
12 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1084 7
13 North Dakota Fighting Hawks 1026 13
14 Youngstown State Penguins 978 14
15 Villanova Wildcats 889 17
16 Western Illinois Leathernecks 873 18
17 Samford Bulldogs 867 15T
18 North Carolina A&T Aggies 561 19
19 Montana Grizzlies 552 15T
20 Lehigh Mountain Hawks 502 21
21 New Hampshire Wildcats 472 23
22 Maine Black Bears 228 29
23 Harvard Crimson 168 26
24 Grambling State Tigers 143 27
25 Stony Brook Seawolves 105 20
ORV:
26 South Dakota Coyotes 104 22
27 Wofford Terriers 86 32
28 Albany Great Danes 56 30
29 Weber State Wildcats 53 24
30 Liberty Flames 47 35
31 North Carolina Central Eagles 24 34
32 Eastern Illinois Panthers 16 25
33 Northern Iowa Panthers 12 33
34 Saint Francis Red Flash 11 39T
35 San Diego Toreros 7 39T
36T Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 3 37
36T Pennsylvania Quakers 3 NR
36T Sacred Heart Pioneers 3 31
39T Southern Utah Thunderbirds 1 NR
39T Tennessee State Tigers 1 28
Fell Out Of Poll:
Fordham Rams
William & Mary Tribe

Most Significant Win: Eastern Washington Eagles
Most Significant Loss: South Dakota State Jackrabbits