The FCS Wedge

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

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After a couple relatively dull weeks we were due for a shake-up in the AGS Top 25 and we got one in week 4 after 10 losses from previously top 25 ranked teams – 8 of which were to FCS opponents. The very top stayed unchanged however as North Dakota State, Montana, and South Dakota once again claimed the top 3 spots in that order. Sac State used a dominant win over FBS Colorado State to move up 3 spots to #4 and Montana State slid back into the top 5 rounding it out at #5.

The other teams moving up were headlined by Southeastern Louisiana who vaulted up 8 spots to #13 following a thrilling last second victory over previously top 5 ranked Incarnate Word. Richmond, riding a 3 game win streak, moved up 6 spots to #18. Elon made their first appearance in the top 25 this year jumping up 11 spots to #20 after a big win over William & Mary. Southern Illinois made their way back into the top 25 after their 2nd straight win coming in at #22. Austin Peay and Southeast Missouri State each made their first appearances in the top 25 this year coming in at #23 and #25, respectively.

Incarnate Word led the teams that dropped this week as they fell 5 spots to #10 after their aforementioned loss to SLU. William & Mary took a 6 spot tumble to #19 following their previously mentioned loss to Elon. Villanova plummeted 11 spots to #21 after a shocking loss to unranked Monmouth. UC Davis, Eastern Kentucky, Rhode Island, and North Dakota all fell out of the top 25 after dropping games 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 OVC and Southland with 2 teams each in the top 25. Once again 9 different conferences were represented in the top 25.

Full results below:

Rank	Change	Team	Total Points	First Place Votes
1	–	North Dakota State Bison	1223	33
2	–	Montana Grizzlies	1187	10
3	–	South Dakota State Jackrabbits	1162	6
4	3	Sac State Hornets	1069	1
5	1	Montana State Bobcats	1021
6	2	Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens	995
7	2	Weber State Wildcats	949
8	-4	Missouri State Bears	904
9	3	Holy Cross Crusaders	822
10	-5	Incarnate Word Cardinals	745
11	–	Chattanooga Mocs	647
12	2	Jackson State Tigers	593
13	8	Southeastern Louisiana Lions	563
14	3	Mercer Bears	537
15	–	Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks	522
16	3	Samford Bulldogs	445
17	-1	Eastern Washington Eagles	333
18	6	Richmond Spiders	305
19	-6	William & Mary Tribe	300
20	11	Elon Phoenix	282
21	-11	Villanova Wildcats	281
22	5	Southern Illinois Salukis	257
23	6	Austin Peay Governors	256
24	1	Furman Paladins	204
25	3	Southeast Missouri State Redhawks	183
ORV:
26	-4	UC Davis Aggies	83
27	-9	Eastern Kentucky Colonels	72
28T	4	North Carolina Central Eagles	50
28T	-5	Rhode Island Rams	50
30	–	Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks	44
31	-11	North Dakota Fighting Hawks	35
32	1	Princeton Tigers	32
33	4	East Tennessee State Buccaneers	22
34	NR	Monmouth Hawks	18
35	3	New Hampshire Wildcats	17
36	-1	Fordham Rams	16
37	1	Illinois State Redbirds	7
38	-12	Dartmouth Big Green	4
39T	-5	South Dakota Coyotes	3
39T	NR	Youngstown State Penguins	3

Most significant win: Sac State Hornets
Most significant loss: Villanova Wildcats

Dropped out of the poll:
Harvard Crimson
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks

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