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Week 4 was another fairly calm one in the AGS Top 25 with the exception of a couple big upsets but, despite some shake-ups in the order, it was the same 25 teams in the AGS Top 25 this week. The top 4 remained unchanged with North Dakota State, James Madison, South Dakota State, and UC Davis coming in at #1-#4 respectively. Northern Iowa crept up to #5 to achieve their first top 5 ranking in the AGS Poll since week 1 of 2016.

The teams moving up this week were headlined by Villanova who catapulted up 11 spots all the way to #7 following their impressive win over previously 5th ranked Towson. The only other team to move up more than one spot was Furman who rose 2 spots to #10 after dismantling their fellow SOCON foe Mercer. That is the Paladins highest ranking in the AGS Poll since Week 1 of 2007.

Going in the opposite direction was Towson who dropped 4 spots to #9 following their aforementioned loss to Villanova. Central Arkansas dropped 4 spots to #12 after dropping a game to FBS foe Hawaii. Eastern Washington plummeted 14 spots to barely hang in the top 25 at #25 after a stunning upset loss to fellow Big Sky opponent Idaho.

The CAA led the way again in terms of conference representation placing 6 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the Big Sky and MVFC with 5 each, the Southland with 3, and the SOCON with 2 teams in the top 25. Once again 9 conferences were represented in the top 25.

Full results below:

Rank Change Team Total Points First Place Votes
1 North Dakota State Bison 2237 83
2 James Madison Dukes 2137 4
3 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 2079 3
4 UC Davis Aggies 1851
5 1 Northern Iowa Panthers 1683
6 1 Weber State Wildcats 1670
7 11 Villanova Wildcats 1507
8 1 Montana State Bobcats 1502
9 -4 Towson Tigers 1364
10 2 Furman Paladins 1333
11 -1 Kennesaw State Owls 1297
12 -4 Central Arkansas Bears 1283
13 Illinois State Redbirds 1245
14 Maine Black Bears 1017
15 Nicholls State Colonels 965
16T Jacksonville State Gamecocks 953
16T 1 Montana Grizzlies 953
18 1 Southeastern Louisiana Lions 788
19 1 Youngstown State Penguins 711
20 1 North Carolina A&T Aggies 576
21 1 Elon Phoenix 337
22 1 The Citadel Bulldogs 321
23 Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens 308
24 1 Princeton Tigers 226
25 -14 Eastern Washington Eagles 211
ORV:
26 2 Stony Brook Seawolves 178
27 -1 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 108
28 1 North Dakota Fighting Hawks 65
29 2 Dartmouth Big Green 48
30 NR Idaho Vandals 41
31 2 Yale Bulldogs 36
32 8 Abilene Christian Wildcats 32
33T 3 Sac State Hornets 31
33T -3 Southern Illinois Salukis 31
35 -3 South Carolina State Bulldogs 29
36 1 Indiana State Sycamores 24
37 NR Houston Baptist Huskies 14
38 NR Central Connecticut State Blue Devils 12
39 NR Idaho State Bengals 10
40 NR Sam Houston State Bearkats 9

Most significant win: Villanova Wildcats
Most significant loss: Eastern Washington Eagles

Dropped out of the poll:
Austin Peay Governors
Cal Poly Mustangs
McNeese State Cowboys
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
Portland State Vikings

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