There weren’t many losses amongst last week’s AGS Top 25 but the few that did happed shook things up a bit as we head into the last quarter of the regular season. As they have all year South Dakota State stayed at #1 garnering all 49 first place votes. Behind them Furman moved up to #2, their highest ranking in the AGS Poll since 2005, and Idaho climbed back into the top 5 coming at #3 after a big win over previously 2nd ranked Montana St. Delaware moved up to #4 and Montana State dropped to #5 after their previously mentioned loss to Idaho.
Other teams on the rise included Southern Illinois who moved up 3 spots to #9 after demolishing WIU. Villanova who moved up 4 spots to #14 after their 3rd straight convincing win. Northern Iowa climbed up 5 spots to #19 after edging MVFC foe Illinois State on the road. Mercer got back into the top 25 coming in at #23 after upsetting Western Carolina and Harvard also crept back into the top 25 to round it out at #25.
Teams falling this week were headlined by South Dakota who fell 4 spots to #8 after taking a convincing home loss to in-state rival SDSU. Western Carolina tumbled 6 spots into a tie at #15 due to their aforementioned loss to Mercer. Tennessee-Martin plummeted 10 spots down to #21 after being stunned by unranked Gardner-Webb. Central Arkansas and New Hampshire each fell out of the top 25 after taking losses on Saturday.
In terms of conference representation the MVFC led the way once again placing 7 teams into the top 25. They were followed by Big Sky and SOCON with 4 each and the CAA with 3 teams in the top 25. 11 conferences 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 | 1225 | 49 |
| 2 | 1 | Furman Paladins | 1142 | |
| 3 | 4 | Idaho Vandals | 1085 | |
| 4 | 1 | Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens | 1055 | |
| 5 | -3 | Montana State Bobcats | 1013 | |
| 6 | 2 | Montana Grizzlies | 987 | |
| 7 | -1 | Sac State Hornets | 952 | |
| 8 | -4 | South Dakota Coyotes | 820 | |
| 9 | 3 | Southern Illinois Salukis | 760 | |
| 10 | – | Incarnate Word Cardinals | 754 | |
| 11 | 1 | North Dakota State Bison | 694 | |
| 12 | 2 | Chattanooga Mocs | 585 | |
| 13 | 2 | North Carolina Central Eagles | 581 | |
| 14 | 4 | Villanova Wildcats | 480 | |
| 15T | 1 | North Dakota Fighting Hawks | 451 | |
| 15T | -6 | Western Carolina Catamounts | 451 | |
| 17 | 2 | Youngstown State Penguins | 432 | |
| 18 | 2 | Albany Great Danes | 381 | |
| 19 | 5 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 352 | |
| 20 | 1 | Lafayette Leopards | 345 | |
| 21 | -10 | Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks | 342 | |
| 22 | 1 | Austin Peay Governors | 304 | |
| 23 | 5 | Mercer Bears | 248 | |
| 24 | -2 | Florida A&M Panthers | 215 | |
| 25 | 2 | Harvard Crimson | 75 | |
| ORV: | ||||
| 26 | – | Holy Cross Crusaders | 63 | |
| 27 | -10 | Central Arkansas Bears | 38 | |
| 28 | 4 | Richmond Spiders | 37 | |
| 29 | 1 | William & Mary Tribe | 25 | |
| 30 | NR | Tarleton Texans | 11 | |
| 31 | 3 | Eastern Illinois Panthers | 8 | |
| 32 | NR | Gardner-Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs | 6 | |
| 33 | 5 | Elon Phoenix | 3 | |
| 34T | NR | Eastern Kentucky Colonels | 2 | |
| 34T | NR | Tennessee State Tigers | 2 | |
| 36 | NR | Southeast Missouri State Redhawks | 1 | |
Most significant win: Idaho Vandals
Most significant loss: Montana State Bobcats
Dropped out of the poll:
Fordham Rams
Illinois State Redbirds
Lamar Cardinals
New Hampshire Wildcats
Nicholls Colonels
Pennsylvania Quakers
UC Davis Aggies
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