With less than a week until Selection Sunday we’re getting down to the judgement day for many teams in the AGS rankings and although week 11 went to plan for the most part there’s still potential for a big shakeup in these rankings next week. As they have been all season James Madison is ranked #1 getting all but one of the 79 first place votes. However, there was some shuffling amongst the rest of the top 5 as North Dakota State and Jacksonville State swapped spots moving NDSU back to #2 and JSU down to #4. Central Arkansas and South Dakota State maintained their positions at #3 and #5, respectively, to round out the top 5.

There wasn’t much for big movers up this week as a number of teams moved up 1-3 spots due to teams falling in front of them. The lone exception was New Hampshire who rose 7 spots into the top 25 at #20 after their upset win over Elon. Kennesaw State also made their way into the 25 for the first time this year moving up 2 spots to #24 following their dismantling of Charleston Southern.

Elon and South Dakota were among the biggest fallers of the week each dropping 5 spots to #12 and #15, respectively, after losses to UNH and NDSU. Western Carolina and Illinois State each dropped out of the top 25 after sustaining losses to Mercer and SDSU.

The Big Sky, CAA, and MVFC led the way in terms of representation placing 5 teams each into the top 25. They were followed by the SOCON and the Southland with 3 each, and the Big South with 2 teams in the top 25.

Full results below:

Rank Team Total Points First Place Votes
1 James Madison Dukes 1974 78
2 North Dakota State Bison 1820 1
3 Central Arkansas Bears 1804
4 Jacksonville State Gamecocks 1752
5 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 1661
6 Sam Houston State Bearkats 1534
7 Wofford Terriers 1464
8 Southern Utah Thunderbirds 1419
9 Stony Brook Seawolves 1221
10 Weber State Wildcats 1189
11 Western Illinois Leathernecks 1119
12 Elon Phoenix 1032
13 North Carolina A&T Aggies 921
14 Furman Paladins 891
15 South Dakota Coyotes 841
16 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 746
17 Northern Iowa Panthers 649
18 Samford Bulldogs 641
19 Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens 591
20 New Hampshire Wildcats 416
21 Monmouth Hawks 371
22 Montana Grizzlies 285
23 McNeese State Cowboys 269
24 Kennesaw State Owls 249
25 Eastern Washington Eagles 209
ORV:
26 Illinois State Redbirds 194
27 Nicholls State Colonels 180
28 Western Carolina Catamounts 97
29 Grambling State Tigers 88
30 Yale Bulldogs 21
31 Richmond Spiders 12
32 Colgate Raiders 5
33 Sacramento State Hornets 3
34T Austin Peay Governors 2
34T North Carolina Central Eagles 2

Most Significant Win: New Hampshire Wildcats
Most Significant Loss: Elon Phoenix

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NOTE: Next week the AGS top 25 will be released early on Sunday morning to get out in advance of the NCAA Selection Show scheduled for Sunday 11/19 at 11AM ET on ESPNU.