Week 6 is in the books and a couple interesting results shook things up a bit amongst the AGS Top 25 but things stayed relatively calm once again. North Dakota State maintained its hold on #1 but by a razor thin 5-point margin. South Dakota State moved up a spot to #2 over Montana who dropped to #3 by an even slimmer margin of a single point. Sacramento State and Montana State maintained their positions at #4 and #5, respectively.
William & Mary led the charge of teams moving up rising 6 spots to #11 after a huge win over CAA heavyweight Delaware. The only other team from last week’s top 25 moving up more than 2 spots was idle Richmond who moved up 3 spots to #20 due to some losses in front of them. Furman moved up 5 spots to get back into the top 25 at #23 and Fordham made their first appearance in the AGS Top 25 since the 2017 preseason poll coming in at #24.
As for teams moving down Delaware dropped 6 spots to #12 following their aforementioned loss to William & Mary. Southeastern Louisiana plummeted 11 spots to #22 after being upset by Texas A&M-Commerce who is in the first year of their D1 transition. Missouri State and Eastern Washington each fell out of the top 25 after each took their 4th straight loss on Saturday.
In terms of conference representation, the CAA led the way placing 5 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the Big Sky, MVFC, and SOCON with 4 each and the Patriot League, OVC, and Southland with 2 teams each in the top 25. Once again 9 conferences were represented in the AGS Top 25.
Full results below:
| Rank | Change | Team | Total Points | First Place Votes |
| 1 | – | North Dakota State Bison | 1204 | 24 |
| 2 | 1 | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 1199 | 10 |
| 3 | -1 | Montana Grizzlies | 1198 | 12 |
| 4 | – | Sac State Hornets | 1142 | 5 |
| 5 | – | Montana State Bobcats | 1068 | |
| 6 | 1 | Weber State Wildcats | 1046 | |
| 7 | 1 | Holy Cross Crusaders | 943 | |
| 8 | 1 | Incarnate Word Cardinals | 885 | |
| 9 | 1 | Chattanooga Mocs | 780 | |
| 10 | 2 | Mercer Bears | 733 | |
| 11 | 6 | William & Mary Tribe | 732 | |
| 12 | -6 | Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens | 705 | |
| 13 | – | Samford Bulldogs | 621 | |
| 14 | 2 | Elon Phoenix | 615 | |
| 15 | – | Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks | 538 | |
| 16 | 2 | Southern Illinois Salukis | 505 | |
| 17 | -3 | Jackson State Tigers | 492 | |
| 18 | 2 | Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | 441 | |
| 19 | 2 | North Dakota Fighting Hawks | 380 | |
| 20 | 3 | Richmond Spiders | 258 | |
| 21 | 1 | Villanova Wildcats | 234 | |
| 22 | -11 | Southeastern Louisiana Lions | 135 | |
| 23 | 5 | Furman Paladins | 125 | |
| 24 | 5 | Fordham Rams | 122 | |
| 25 | – | Eastern Kentucky Colonels | 94 | |
| ORV: | ||||
| 26 | – | Rhode Island Rams | 74 | |
| 27 | 3 | Princeton Tigers | 66 | |
| 28 | -1 | Austin Peay Governors | 60 | |
| 29 | 2 | Monmouth Hawks | 48 | |
| 30 | 2 | Idaho Vandals | 37 | |
| 31 | 4 | New Hampshire Wildcats | 26 | |
| 32 | -13 | Missouri State Bears | 23 | |
| 33 | – | Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks | 21 | |
| 34 | -1 | Campbell Fighting Camels | 13 | |
| 35 | -11 | Eastern Washington Eagles | 6 | |
| 36 | NR | Illinois State Redbirds | 4 | |
| 37 | – | Youngstown State Penguins | 2 | |
Most significant win: William & Mary Tribe
Most significant loss: Southeastern Louisiana Lions
Dropped out of the poll:
Central Arkansas Bears
North Carolina Central Eagles
Northern Iowa Panthers
UC Davis Aggies
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