It was a topsy turvy week in the AGS top 25 in week 1 with 14 of the top 19 teams in the preseason poll taking losses. Despite that the top of the poll stayed pretty stable. North Dakota State remained at #1. They were followed by James Madison and South Dakota State who each moved up a spot after taking close losses to FBS foes. Eastern Washington dropped 2 spots down to #4 and UC Davis maintained their #5 ranking.
As for other teams on the move Northern Iowa moved up 7 spots to #8 after taking Iowa State to 3 overtimes before ultimately dropping a tight one. Central Arkansas used a win over FBS Western Kentucky to shoot up 12 spots to #11. North Carolina A&T and Montana each moved up 7 spots to #17 and #18, respectively, after solid wins to start off their seasons. Villanova and Southeastern Louisiana also sky rocketed up to #21 and #22, respectively, after not even receiving votes in the preseason poll following impressive week 0/1 showings.
With that movement there were plenty of teams going in the opposite direction headlined by Wofford who plummeted 14 spots into a tie at #22 after a loss to South Carolina State. Jacksonville State dropped 16 spots to barely hang on at #25 after their loss to aforementioned Southeastern Louisiana which kept their streak of consecutive weeks in the AGS top 25 alive now standing at 75 (which is the 3rd longest active streak behind North Dakota State and South Dakota State). Elon and Colgate dropped out of the top 25 after taking on season opening losses – in Colgate’s case a pair of season opening losses.
For conference representation the Big Sky, CAA, and MVFC each placed 5 teams into the top 25. There were followed by the Southland with 3 and the OVC and SOCON who each put 2 teams into the top 25. Overall there were 9 conferences represented amongst the top 25.
Full results below:
| Rank | Change | Team | Total Points | First Place Votes |
| 1 | – | North Dakota State Bison | 2191 | 78 |
| 2 | 1 | James Madison Dukes | 2044 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 2008 | 3 |
| 4 | -2 | Eastern Washington Eagles | 1912 | 1 |
| 5 | – | UC Davis Aggies | 1859 | |
| 6 | – | Maine Black Bears | 1766 | |
| 7 | – | Weber State Wildcats | 1579 | |
| 8 | 7 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 1379 | |
| 9 | 2 | Kennesaw State Owls | 1269 | |
| 10 | 3 | Towson Tigers | 1259 | |
| 11 | 12 | Central Arkansas Bears | 1151 | |
| 12 | -2 | Nicholls State Colonels | 1089 | |
| 13 | 4 | Furman Paladins | 994 | |
| 14 | – | Illinois State Redbirds | 985 | |
| 15 | -3 | Montana State Bobcats | 888 | |
| 16 | 4 | Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | 730 | |
| 17 | 7 | North Carolina A&T Aggies | 723 | |
| 18 | 7 | Montana Grizzlies | 682 | |
| 19 | – | Indiana State Sycamores | 681 | |
| 20 | 2 | Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens | 518 | |
| 21 | NR | Villanova Wildcats | 341 | |
| 22T | NR | Southeastern Louisiana Lions | 328 | |
| 22T | -14 | Wofford Terriers | 328 | |
| 24 | -3 | Princeton Tigers | 301 | |
| 25 | -16 | Jacksonville State Gamecocks | 281 | |
| ORV: | ||||
| 26 | 1 | Stony Brook Seawolves | 233 | |
| 27 | -9 | Elon Phoenix | 208 | |
| 28 | NR | Youngstown State Penguins | 178 | |
| 29 | -1 | Sam Houston State Bearkats | 176 | |
| 30 | -3 | Chattanooga Mocs | 154 | |
| 31 | 1 | Eastern Kentucky Colonels | 89 | |
| 32 | -1 | Yale Bulldogs | 61 | |
| 33 | -7 | East Tennessee State Buccaneers | 60 | |
| 34 | -5 | Dartmouth Big Green | 59 | |
| 35T | – | New Hampshire Wildcats | 50 | |
| 35T | NR | South Carolina State Bulldogs | 50 | |
| 37 | -7 | Duquesne Dukes | 41 | |
| 38 | NR | Cal Poly Mustangs | 38 | |
| 39 | NR | The Citadel Bulldogs | 33 | |
| 40 | -2 | Lamar Cardinals | 29 | |
Most Significant Win: Central Arkansas Bears
Most Significant Loss: Jacksonville State Gamecocks
Dropped out of the poll:
Alcorn State Braves
Colgate Raiders
Incarnate Word Cardinals
Samford Bulldogs
San Diego Toreros
Western Illinois Leathernecks
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