Things calmed down a bit in terms up upsets in week 9 compared to the past 2 weeks but the AGS Poll still had a fair amount of movement as things shake out further and we get close to Selection Sunday with the selection committee’s 1st set of rankings coming out this week. The top 4 remained unchanged with North Dakota State, James Madison, UC Davis, and Kennesaw State claiming the top 4 spots in that order. Weber State climbed into the top 5 for the first time this season moving up 2 spots to come in at #5 following their road win over UND.
The other teams moving up this week were headlined by Delaware who, for the 2nd consecutive week toppled a top 10 CAA foe in Towson, and subsequently moved up 6 spots to #10. Idaho State moved up 5 spots to #17, their highest ranking ever in the AGS Poll, following their win over Big Sky rival Montana State. Nicholls took advantage of some losses in front of them and used a dominating win over Incarnate Word to move up 4 spots to #20. East Tennessee re-gained their spot in the 25 after a 1 week absence coming in at #25.
As for teams going the other direction aforementioned Towson dropped 6 spots to #11 following their aforementioned loss to Delaware. Illinois State fell 5 spots to #14 after their second straight MVFC loss, this one at the hands of SDSU. Central Arkansas tumbled down 8 spots to #23 after getting edged on the road by Southland rival McNeese. Northern Iowa plummeted 10 spots down to #24 after a surprisingly lopsided road loss to conference-mate Western Illinois. North Carolina A&T, despite being idle over the weekend, dropped out of the top 25 and now leads up the teams in the ORV category.
In terms of conference representation the CAA led the way again with 6 teams in the top 25. They were followed by the Big Sky and MVFC with 4 each, the Southland with 3, and the Ivy League and SOCON with 2 team each in the top 25. Including the teams in the ORV 12 conferences (including the FCS Independents) were represented in this week’s AGS poll.
Full details below:
| Rank | Change | Team | Total Points | First Place Votes |
| 1 | – | North Dakota State Bison | 2200 | 88 |
| 2 | – | James Madison Dukes | 2058 | |
| 3 | – | UC Davis Aggies | 1978 | |
| 4 | – | Kennesaw State Owls | 1894 | |
| 5 | 2 | Weber State Wildcats | 1771 | |
| 6 | – | Eastern Washington Eagles | 1766 | |
| 7 | 3 | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 1618 | |
| 8 | – | Elon Phoenix | 1569 | |
| 9 | 3 | Wofford Terriers | 1363 | |
| 10 | 6 | Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens | 1342 | |
| 11 | -6 | Towson Tigers | 1312 | |
| 12 | 1 | Colgate Raiders | 1292 | |
| 13 | -2 | Stony Brook Seawolves | 1124 | |
| 14 | -5 | Illinois State Redbirds | 940 | |
| 15 | 2 | Princeton Tigers | 859 | |
| 16 | 3 | McNeese State Cowboys | 843 | |
| 17 | 5 | Idaho State Bengals | 619 | |
| 18 | 2 | Jacksonville State Gamecocks | 563 | |
| 19 | 2 | Dartmouth Big Green | 501 | |
| 20 | 4 | Nicholls State Colonels | 411 | |
| 21 | -3 | North Dakota Fighting Hawks | 375 | |
| 22 | 1 | Maine Black Bears | 374 | |
| 23 | -8 | Central Arkansas Bears | 350 | |
| 24 | -10 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 287 | |
| 25 | 2 | East Tennessee State Buccaneers | 214 | |
| ORV: | ||||
| 26 | -1 | North Carolina A&T Aggies | 196 | |
| 27T | -1 | Rhode Island Rams | 190 | |
| 27T | 2 | Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | 190 | |
| 29 | 2 | Western Illinois Leathernecks | 171 | |
| 30 | -2 | Chattanooga Mocs | 155 | |
| 31 | 2 | Florida A&M Rattlers | 39 | |
| 32 | 3 | Sam Houston State Bearkats | 20 | |
| 33 | 7 | Monmouth Hawks | 6 | |
| 34T | 4 | Samford Bulldogs | 2 | |
| 34T | NR | San Diego Toreros | 2 | |
| 36 | – | Abilene Christian Wildcats | 1 | |
Most significant win: Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens
Most significant loss: Northern Iowa Panthers
Dropped out of the poll:
Incarnate Word Cardinals
Montana State Bobcats
Missouri State Bears
Murray State Racers
Yale Bulldogs
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