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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