| Rank |
Team |
Week 5 Result |
| #1 |
James Madison Dukes |
Won at #31 Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens 20-10 |
| #2 |
North Dakota State Bison |
Won vs Missouri State Bears 38-11 |
| #3 |
South Dakota State Jackrabbits |
Lost at #6 Youngstown State Penguins 7-19 |
| #4 |
Sam Houston State Bearkats |
Lost at #12 Central Arkansas Bears 30-41 |
| #5 |
Jacksonville State Gamecocks |
Won at Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 34-7 |
| #6 |
Youngstown State Penguins |
Won vs #3 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 19-7 |
| #7 |
South Dakota Coyotes |
Won at #9 Western Illinois Leathernecks 38-33 |
| #8 |
Wofford Terriers |
Won at Presbyterian Blue Hose 31-7 |
| #9 |
Western Illinois Leathernecks |
Lost vs #7 South Dakota Coyotes 33-38 |
| #10 |
Illinois State Redbirds |
Won vs Indiana State Sycamores 24-13 |
| #11 |
The Citadel Bulldogs |
Lost at #26 Samford Bulldogs 14-35 |
| #12 |
Central Arkansas Bears |
Won vs Sam Houston State Bearkats 41-30 |
| #13 |
Eastern Washington Eagles |
Won vs (ORV) Sacramento State Hornets 52-31 |
| #14 |
Villanova Wildcats |
Won at Towson Tigers 24-9 |
| #15 |
New Hampshire Wildcats |
Won vs Bryant Bulldogs 45-17 |
| #16 |
Albany Great Danes |
Lost at #21 Elon Phoenix 0-6 |
| #17 |
Weber State Wildcats |
Won at #23 Montana State Bobcats 25-17 |
| #18 |
North Carolina A&T Aggies |
Won at South Carolina State Bulldogs 21-7 |
| #19 |
Richmond Spiders |
BYE |
| #20 |
Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks |
Lost at Austin Peay Governors 0-7 |
| #21 |
Elon Phoenix |
Won vs #16 Albany Great Danes |
| #22 |
Stony Brook Seawolves |
Won at #27 William & Mary Tribe 21-18 |
| #23 |
Montana State Bobcats |
Lost vs #17 Weber State Wildcats 17-25 |
| #24 |
Western Carolina Catamounts |
Won at #30 Chattanooga Mocs 45-7 |
| #25 |
Southern Illinois Salukis |
Lost vs #40 Northern Iowa Panthers 17-24 |
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| #26 |
Samford Bulldogs |
Won vs #11 The Citadel Bulldogs 35-14 |
| #27 (t) |
Maine Black Bears |
@ FBS Central Florida Knights canceled due to hurricane |
| #27 (t) |
William & Mary Tribe |
Lost vs #22 Stony Brook Seawolves 18-21 |
| #29 |
Tennessee State Tigers |
Lost vs Eastern Illinois Panthers 16-19 (2OT) |
| #30 |
Chattanooga Mocs |
Lost vs #23 Western Carolina Catamounts 7-45 |
| #31 |
Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens |
Lost vs #1 James Madison Dukes 10-20 |
| #32 |
Grambling State Tigers |
Won vs D2 Clark Atlanta Panthers (neutral site) 31-20 |
| #33 |
Princeton Tigers |
Lost vs Columbia Lions 24-28 |
| #34 |
McNeese State Cowboys |
Won at Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 35-0 |
| #35 |
Holy Cross Crusaders |
Lost vs (ORV) Lafayette Leopards 7-10 |
| #36 |
Pennsylvania Quakers |
Lost vs (ORV) Dartmouth Big Green 13-16 |
| #37 (t) |
Nicholls State Colonels |
Won at Lamar Cardinals 41-14 |
| #37 (t) |
North Dakota Fighting Hawks |
Lost at UC Davis Aggies 24-48 |
| #39 |
Yale Bulldogs |
Won at Fordham Rams 41-10 |
| #40 |
Northern Iowa Panthers |
Won at #25 Southern Illinois Salukis 24-17 |
