The week 2 results across the FCS shuffled up the AGS Top 25 quite a bit with the subdivision picking up its first 3 FBS wins of the season and a few upsets sprinkled in there. South Dakota State survived a stiff test from Montana State to remain at #1 picking up 46 of 48 first place votes. They were once again followed by North Dakota State and Montana State at #2 and #3, respectively. Holy Cross moved up a spot to #4 to get to their highest ever ranking in the AGS Poll and Idaho used a dominating win over FBS Nevada to move up 3 spots to #5 – their first ever appearance in the top 5 of the AGS Polll.
Other teams moving up this week included Weber State who moved up 4 spots to #12 after an impressive road win over UNI. Southern Illinois shot up 9 spots to #13 after defeating FBS Northern Illinois. After their stunning (and convincing) win over previously 7th ranked Samford, Western Carolina shot up all the way to #21 after not appearing in the AGS Poll at all last week. It is the Catamounts first top 25 appearance since the 2017 season. Tennessee-Martin also made their first appearance in the AGS Top 25 this season rounding it out at #25.
Teams moving in the opposite direction this week were headlined by a trio of schools who were hammered by their FBS opponents this week – UC Davis, Southeastern Louisiana, and Delaware all fell 4 spots to #16, #17, and #22. respectively, after those convincing losses. Previously mentioned Samford plummeted 16 spots all the way down to #23 after their loss to WCU. Northern Iowa and Elon fell out of the top 25 after 0-2 starts to their respective 2023 campaigns.
In terms of conference representation the Big Sky led the way placing 6 teams into the AGS Top 25. They were followed by the MVFC with 5, the CAA and SOCON with 4 each, and the Southland and OVC who each put 2 teams into the top 25. Once again 8 conference were represented in this week’s AGS Top 25.
Full results below:
| Rank | Change | Team | Total Points | First Place Votes |
| 1 | – | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 1198 | 46 |
| 2 | – | North Dakota State Bison | 1126 | 2 |
| 3 | – | Montana State Bobcats | 1088 | |
| 4 | 1 | Holy Cross Crusaders | 984 | |
| 5 | 3 | Idaho Vandals | 972 | |
| 6 | -2 | Furman Paladins | 955 | |
| 7 | -1 | William & Mary Tribe | 912 | |
| 8 | 2 | Sac State Hornets | 786 | |
| 9 | 2 | New Hampshire Wildcats | 726 | |
| 10 | -1 | Incarnate Word Cardinals | 717 | |
| 11 | 4 | Weber State Wildcats | 705 | |
| 12 | 2 | Montana Grizzlies | 587 | |
| 13 | 9 | Southern Illinois Salukis | 556 | |
| 14 | 3 | North Dakota Fighting Hawks | 536 | |
| 15 | 1 | Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | 530 | |
| 16 | -4 | UC Davis Aggies | 518 | |
| 17 | -4 | Southeastern Louisiana Lions | 444 | |
| 18 | 1 | Mercer Bears | 311 | |
| 19 | 2 | North Carolina Central Eagles | 276 | |
| 20 | 3 | Rhode Island Rams | 257 | |
| 21 | NR | Western Carolina Catamounts | 251 | |
| 22 | -4 | Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens | 222 | |
| 23 | -16 | Samford Bulldogs | 190 | |
| 24 | – | Youngstown State Penguins | 111 | |
| 25 | 4 | Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks | 78 | |
| ORV: | ||||
| 26 | 12 | Fordham Rams | 73 | |
| 27T | -1 | Albany Great Danes | 66 | |
| 27T | 4 | Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs | 66 | |
| 29 | 3 | Villanova Wildcats | 65 | |
| 30 | -10 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 48 | |
| 31 | -3 | Central Arkansas Bears | 44 | |
| 32 | 2 | Illinois State Redbirds | 33 | |
| 33 | -6 | Florida A&M Panthers | 29 | |
| 34 | NR | Tarleton Texans | 26 | |
| 35 | -1 | Eastern Kentucky Colonels | 22 | |
| 36 | -6 | Yale Bulldogs | 21 | |
| 37T | NR | Campbell Fighting Camels | 13 | |
| 37T | -4 | Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks | 13 | |
| 39T | NR | Abilene Christian Wildcats | 9 | |
| 39T | -3 | Richmond Spiders | 9 | |
Most significant win: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Most significant loss: Samford Bulldogs
Dropped out of the poll:
Elon Phoenix
Missouri State Bears
North Alabama Lions
Princeton Tigers
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