After 2 pretty calm weeks we saw a couple upsets involving teams near the top of the AGS top 25 that churned the poll up quite a bit. The very top remained calm however as for the fifth straight week the top 3 were North Dakota State, James Madison, and South Dakota State in that order. Weber State got into the top 5 for the first time this year moving up to #4 after their big win over Northern Iowa and Villanova climbed all the way up to #5 after not even appearing in the 2019 preseason poll.
Other teams moving up included Montana who shot up 9 spots to #7 after throttling previously 5th ranked UC Davis. Youngstown State took advantage of some turmoil from teams in front of them to move up 4 spots to #15. After hanging just outside for the last few weeks Stony Brook made their first appearance of the year in the top 25 moving up 5 spots to #21 after their 4-1 start. Austin Peay came from completely out of the poll last week all they way up to #24 this week after taking down OVC power Jacksonville State decisively last Saturday.
The teams moving in the opposite direction were headlined by Northern Iowa who dropped 7 spots to #12 after their aforementioned loss to Weber State. UC Davis plummeted 10 spots to #14 following their second straight loss. Elon dropped 4 spots to barely hang on at #25 after getting demolished at home by James Madison. Jacksonville State fell out of the top 25 snapping a 78 week streak being in the AGS top 25 dating back to week 13 of 2013. The Citadel also dropped out of the top 25 after dropping a 4OT classic to Samford last Saturday.
In terms of conference representation the CAA led the way placing a whopping 7 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the Big Sky and MVFC with 5 each and the Southland with 3 teams in the top 25. Once again 9 conference were represented in the top 25.
Full results below:
| Rank | Change | Team | Total Points | First Place Votes |
| 1 | – | North Dakota State Bison | 2210 | 80 |
| 2 | – | James Madison Dukes | 2119 | 6 |
| 3 | – | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 2049 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | Weber State Wildcats | 1860 | |
| 5 | 2 | Villanova Wildcats | 1839 | |
| 6 | 2 | Montana State Bobcats | 1658 | |
| 7 | 9 | Montana Grizzlies | 1594 | |
| 8 | 2 | Furman Paladins | 1445 | |
| 9 | 3 | Central Arkansas Bears | 1305 | |
| 10 | -1 | Towson Tigers | 1292 | |
| 11 | 2 | Illinois State Redbirds | 1283 | |
| 12 | -7 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 1261 | |
| 13 | -2 | Kennesaw State Owls | 1240 | |
| 14 | -10 | UC Davis Aggies | 1142 | |
| 15 | 4 | Youngstown State Penguins | 972 | |
| 16 | 2 | Southeastern Louisiana Lions | 960 | |
| 17 | -2 | Nicholls State Colonels | 779 | |
| 18 | 2 | North Carolina A&T Aggies | 706 | |
| 19 | -5 | Maine Black Bears | 492 | |
| 20 | 3 | Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens | 453 | |
| 21 | 5 | Stony Brook Seawolves | 439 | |
| 22 | 2 | Princeton Tigers | 349 | |
| 23 | 2 | Eastern Washington Eagles | 205 | |
| 24 | NR | Austin Peay Governors | 184 | |
| 25 | -4 | Elon Phoenix | 132 | |
| ORV: | ||||
| 26 | -10 | Jacksonville State Gamecocks | 131 | |
| 27 | 2 | Dartmouth Big Green | 123 | |
| 28 | -1 | Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | 118 | |
| 29 | 8 | Houston Baptist Huskies | 102 | |
| 30 | NR | Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles | 73 | |
| 31 | 2 | Sac State Hornets | 58 | |
| 32T | NR | Samford Bulldogs | 57 | |
| 32T | -10 | The Citadel Bulldogs | 57 | |
| 34 | -3 | Yale Bulldogs | 50 | |
| 35 | 5 | Sam Houston State Bearkats | 35 | |
| 36 | 2 | Central Connecticut State Blue Devils | 30 | |
| 37T | -2 | South Carolina State Bulldogs | 23 | |
| 37T | -4 | Southern Illinois Salukis | 23 | |
| 39 | -3 | Indiana State Sycamores | 22 | |
| 40 | -1 | Idaho State Bengals | 15 | |
Most significant win: Montana Grizzlies
Most significant loss: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
Dropped out of the poll:
Abilene Christian Wildcats
Idaho Vandals
North Dakota Fighting Hawks
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