The FCS Wedge

Multiple ranked vs ranked matchups in week 8 meant there were 7 losses amongst last week’s AGS Top 25 that shook up this week’s set of rankings quite a bit. South Dakota State and Sacramento State maintained their positions at #1 and #2, respectively, for the second straight week. Montana State moved up a spot to #3 after a thrilling win over Weber State. Idle North Dakota State moved up a spot to #4 and Weber State dropped two spots down to #5.

The teams moving up this week were led once again by Idaho who climbed another 5 spots to #13 as their winning streak reached 5. Rhode Island moved up 4 spots to #18 after winning a 7-overtime thriller over Monmouth. New Hampshire climbed back into the top 25 coming in at #19 after starting their CAA schedule 5-0 and hammering Elon last Saturday.

As for teams going in the other direction Mercer fell 5 spots to #14 after getting dropped by #7 Chattanooga. Southern Illinois tumbled 7 spots down to #21 after being upset by South Dakota. Their MVFC league-mate North Dakota fell 6 spots, barley hanging in at #25, after losing to top ranked SDSU. Elon dropped out of the top 25 after losing their 2nd straight game.

In terms of conference representation the Big Sky and CAA led the way each placing 5 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the MVFC and SOCON with 4 each and the OVC, Patriot League, and Southland who each put 2 teams into the top 25. 8 conferences were represented in the top 25 this week.

Full results below:

Rank	Change	Team	Total Points	First Place Votes
1	–	South Dakota State Jackrabbits	1213	39
2	–	Sac State Hornets	1166	10
3	1	Montana State Bobcats	1133
4	1	North Dakota State Bison	1061
5	-2	Weber State Wildcats	977
6	1	Incarnate Word Cardinals	928
7	3	Chattanooga Mocs	915
8	-2	Holy Cross Crusaders	896
9	2	William & Mary Tribe	817
10	2	Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens	750
11	-3	Montana Grizzlies	731
12	1	Samford Bulldogs	656
13	5	Idaho Vandals	639
14	-5	Mercer Bears	551
15	2	Southeast Missouri State Redhawks	546
16	-1	Jackson State Tigers	472
17	3	Richmond Spiders	391
18	4	Rhode Island Rams	298
19	9	New Hampshire Wildcats	280
20	-4	Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks	266
21	-7	Southern Illinois Salukis	234
22	2	Furman Paladins	212
23	2	Southeastern Louisiana Lions	177
24	-1	Fordham Rams	169
25	-6	North Dakota Fighting Hawks	163
ORV:
26	–	Princeton Tigers	91
27	-6	Elon Phoenix	60
28T	-1	Austin Peay Governors	44
28T	3	Illinois State Redbirds	44
30T	3	Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks	13
30T	1	Villanova Wildcats	13
32	NR	Texas A&M-Commerce Lions	7
33	2	Pennsylvania Quakers	6
34	-6	Campbell Fighting Camels	5
35	NR	St. Thomas Tommies	1

Most significant win: Chattanooga Mocs/Sac State Hornets
Most significant loss: Southern Illinois Salukis

Dropped out of the poll:
Eastern Kentucky Colonels
Missouri State Bears
North Carolina Central Eagles

Join the discussion here: AGS Poll Results – 2022 SEASON – Wk. 8

After a few pretty calm weeks we finally got the AGS Top 25 shook up a bit with 2 losses amongst the top 3 teams last week and 5 losses overall amongst last week’s top 25. For the first time this season there was a change at the top as South Dakota State assumed the #1 spot following their road victory at previous #1 NDSU. Sacramento State moved up a couple spots to #2 – their highest ranking ever in the AGS Poll. They were followed by Big Sky brethren Weber State and Montana State who moved up to #3 and #4, respectively. North Dakota State slid down to #5 following their loss to SDSU.

Other teams on the rise this week were led by Idaho who shot up 12 spots to come from the “others receiving votes” last week all the way up to #18 after upsetting previously #3 ranked Montana in Missoula. This is the Vandals first appearance in the AGS Top 25 since the spring 2021 season. Rhode Island also used a big win over CAA league-mate Elon to get back into the top 25 coming in at #22. Other than those two and the aforementioned Weber State (who moved up 3 spots) nobody moved up more than 2 spots from last week’s poll.

The teams moving down were headlined by Montana who dropped 5 spots to #8 following their aforementioned loss to Idaho. Elon took a 7-spot tumble to #21 after their loss to Rhode Island. Villanova dropped out of the top 25 after losing to Richmond on Saturday ending their streak of top 25 appearances at 45 (started in week 1 of the 2019 season). Eastern Kentucky also fell back out of the top 25 after dropping a game to Sam Houston on Saturday.

In terms of conference representation the Big Sky and CAA led the way each placing 5 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the MVFC and SOCON with 4 each and the Patriot League, OVC, and Southland who each put 2 teams into the top 25. There were 8 conferences represented in this week’s AGS Top 25.

Full results below:

Rank	Change	Team	Total Points	First Place Votes
1	1	South Dakota State Jackrabbits	1264	42
2	2	Sac State Hornets	1213	9
3	3	Weber State Wildcats	1133
4	1	Montana State Bobcats	1125
5	-4	North Dakota State Bison	1087
6	1	Holy Cross Crusaders	964
7	1	Incarnate Word Cardinals	921
8	-5	Montana Grizzlies	854
9	1	Mercer Bears	833
10	-1	Chattanooga Mocs	795
11	–	William & Mary Tribe	759
12	–	Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens	712
13	–	Samford Bulldogs	639
14	2	Southern Illinois Salukis	544
15	2	Jackson State Tigers	464
16	-1	Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks	460
17	1	Southeast Missouri State Redhawks	458
18	12	Idaho Vandals	442
19	–	North Dakota Fighting Hawks	372
20	–	Richmond Spiders	355
21	-7	Elon Phoenix	300
22	4	Rhode Island Rams	254
23	1	Fordham Rams	157
24	-1	Furman Paladins	149
25	-3	Southeastern Louisiana Lions	92
ORV:
26	1	Princeton Tigers	60
27	1	Austin Peay Governors	51
28	3	New Hampshire Wildcats	45
29T	5	Campbell Fighting Camels	16
29T	3	Missouri State Bears	16
31T	5	Illinois State Redbirds	14
31T	-10	Villanova Wildcats	14
33	–	Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks	8
34	NR	North Carolina Central Eagles	3
35T	-10	Eastern Kentucky Colonels	1
35T	NR	Pennsylvania Quakers	1

Most significant win: Idaho Vandals
Most significant loss: Montana Grizzlies

Dropped out of the poll:
Eastern Washington Eagles
Monmouth Hawks
Youngstown State Penguins

Join the discussion here: AGS Poll Results – 2022 SEASON – Wk. 7

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

Join the discussion here: AGS Poll Results – 2022 SEASON – Wk. 6

It was another fairly anticlimactic weekend in the AGS Top 25 in week 5 with only a handful of losses amongst last week’s top 25 – that big shake-up week is coming but it was not this week. The top 5 stayed unchanged from last week with North Dakota State coming in at #1 followed by Montana, South Dakota State, Sacramento State, and Montana State in that order #2-#5.

Teams on the move upward this week were led by Elon and Southern Illinois who each rose 4 spots to #16 and #18, respectively. Southeast Missouri State took advantage of some losses in front of them to move up 5 spots to #20. North Dakota got back into the top 25 after a one-week absence using a huge win over Missouri State to propel them up 10 spots to #21. Eastern Kentucky also climbed back into the top 25 after a week in the ORV rising up 2 spots to round it out at #25.

Conversely the teams headed in the opposite direction this week started with Missouri State who plummeted 11 spots to #19 after their loss to UND. Richmond took a 5 spot tumble to #23 after losing in double overtime to #16 Elon and Eastern Washington slipped another 7 spots down to #24 after their 3rd straight loss. Austin Peay and Furman dropped out of the top 25 after taking losses on Saturday.

In terms of conference representation the Big Sky, CAA, and MVFC led the way each placing 5 teams into the top 25. They were followed by SOCON with 3 and then Southland and OVC who each had two teams in the top 25. Once again 9 conferences were represented in this week’s top 25.

Full results below:

Rank	Change	Team	Total Points	First Place Votes
1	–	North Dakota State Bison	1179	35
2	–	Montana Grizzlies	1126	7
3	–	South Dakota State Jackrabbits	1115	5
4	–	Sac State Hornets	1041	1
5	–	Montana State Bobcats	1000
6	–	Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens	958
7	–	Weber State Wildcats	931
8	1	Holy Cross Crusaders	824
9	1	Incarnate Word Cardinals	772
10	1	Chattanooga Mocs	697
11	2	Southeastern Louisiana Lions	628
12	2	Mercer Bears	612
13	3	Samford Bulldogs	538
14	-2	Jackson State Tigers	532
15	–	Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks	494
16	4	Elon Phoenix	470
17	2	William & Mary Tribe	376
18	4	Southern Illinois Salukis	353
19	-11	Missouri State Bears	331
20	5	Southeast Missouri State Redhawks	312
21	10	North Dakota Fighting Hawks	274
22	-1	Villanova Wildcats	261
23	-5	Richmond Spiders	227
24	-7	Eastern Washington Eagles	144
25	2	Eastern Kentucky Colonels	76
ORV:
26	2	Rhode Island Rams	64
27	-4	Austin Peay Governors	54
28	-4	Furman Paladins	53
29	7	Fordham Rams	47
30	2	Princeton Tigers	43
31	3	Monmouth Hawks	20
32	NR	Idaho Vandals	14
33T	NR	Campbell Fighting Camels	9
33T	-3	Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks	9
35	–	New Hampshire Wildcats	6
36	-8	North Carolina Central Eagles	4
37T	NR	Northern Iowa Panthers	2
37T	2	Youngstown State Penguins	2
39T	NR	Central Arkansas Bears	1
39T	-13	UC Davis Aggies	1

Most significant win: North Dakota Fighting Hawks
Most significant loss: Missouri State Bears

Dropped out of the poll:
Dartmouth Big Green
East Tennessee State Buccaneers
Illinois State Redbirds
South Dakota Coyotes

Join the discussion here: AGS Poll Results – 2022 SEASON – Wk. 5