Inside a week until Selection Sunday and there’s still a lot of action inside of the AGS top 25 with two top 5 teams taking losses and a few other significant upsets thrown into the mix in week 12. The top 2 remained the same as they have been since week 1 with North Dakota State and James Madison occupying the #1 and #2 spots, respectively. Montana moved up 2 spots to #3, their highest ranking in the AGS Poll since 2010, after their big win over previously 3rd ranked Weber State. Sacramento State also slid up two spots to #4 to set another record for highest ranking ever in the AGS Poll for them. Weber State dropped a couple spots to round out the top 5 at #5.
As for other teams moving up South Dakota State made a 3 spot jump up to #6 after getting back on track with a huge home win over UNI. Wofford moved up 6 spots to #11 after a monstrous win over SOCON rival Furman that actually wrapped up the SOCON autobid for them in the process. Southeastern Louisiana moved up 4 spots to #18 after their 4th straight win. Their fellow Southland squad Nicholls also climbed back into the top 25 rising 4 spots to #25 after their 3rd straight win.
The teams going in the opposite direction were led by Northern Iowa who dropped 5 spots down to #9 after a convincing road loss at SDSU. Furman also took an 8 spot dive to #16 after their aforementioned loss to Wofford. Dartmouth plummeted 12 spots down to #23 after getting stunned at home by Cornell. Princeton fell out of the top 25 after getting blown out by Yale.
In terms of conference representation the MVFC led the way placing 5 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the Big Sky with 4 (all within the top 8), the CAA and Southland with 3 each, and the Big South, OVC, and SOCON who each put 2 teams into the top 25. Once again 11 conferences, including Independents, were represented in the top 25.
Full results below:
| Rank | Change | Team | Total Points | First Place Votes |
| 1 | – | North Dakota State Bison | 2050 | 82 |
| 2 | – | James Madison Dukes | 1968 | |
| 3 | 2 | Montana Grizzlies | 1862 | |
| 4 | 2 | Sac State Hornets | 1756 | |
| 5 | -2 | Weber State Wildcats | 1671 | |
| 6 | 3 | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 1664 | |
| 7 | – | Illinois State Redbirds | 1595 | |
| 8 | 2 | Montana State Bobcats | 1397 | |
| 9 | -5 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 1388 | |
| 10 | 2 | Villanova Wildcats | 1160 | |
| 11 | 6 | Wofford Terriers | 1039 | |
| 12 | 1 | Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | 1031 | |
| 13 | 2 | Central Arkansas Bears | 925 | |
| 14 | 2 | Austin Peay Governors | 835 | |
| 15 | -1 | Central Connecticut State Blue Devils | 827 | |
| 16 | -8 | Furman Paladins | 790 | |
| 17 | 1 | Monmouth Hawks | 773 | |
| 18 | 4 | Southeastern Louisiana Lions | 649 | |
| 19 | – | Florida A&M Rattlers | 532 | |
| 20 | – | North Dakota Fighting Hawks | 494 | |
| 21 | 2 | Towson Tigers | 472 | |
| 22 | 2 | Southern Illinois Salukis | 401 | |
| 23 | -12 | Dartmouth Big Green | 305 | |
| 24 | 1 | Kennesaw State Owls | 218 | |
| 25 | 4 | Nicholls State Colonels | 206 | |
| ORV: | ||||
| 26 | 8 | Albany Great Danes | 162 | |
| 27 | 5 | Yale Bulldogs | 150 | |
| 28 | 2 | San Diego Torreros | 121 | |
| 29 | 2 | North Carolina A&T Aggies | 62 | |
| 30 | 7 | South Carolina State Bulldogs | 27 | |
| 31 | 1 | Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks | 24 | |
| 32 | -11 | Princeton Tigers | 23 | |
| 33 | 5 | Eastern Washington Eagles | 22 | |
| 34 | -6 | The Citadel Bulldogs | 21 | |
| 35T | NR | Chattanooga Mocs | 14 | |
| 35T | 4 | Maine Black Bears | 14 | |
| 37 | -1 | UC Davis Aggies | 2 | |
Most significant win: Montana Grizzlies
Most significant loss: Furman Paladins
Dropped out of the poll:
New Hampshire Wildcats
Richmond Spiders
Sam Houston State Bearkats
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