The FCS Wedge

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

Join the discussion here: AGS Poll Results – 2022 SEASON – Wk. 4

It was a pretty calm week again this week with only 3 losses to FCS foes amongst last week’s top 25 but there were some teams on the move regardless. North Dakota State maintained its position at #1 despite losing to FBS Arizona. They were followed by Montana at #2 and South Dakota State who moved up a spot to #3. Missouri St made their first appearance ever in the top 5 of the AGS Poll moving up two spots to #4. Incarnate Word maintained their position at #5.

There wasn’t much for big moves up this week as the only teams from last week’s top 25 to move up more than two spots were Samford and North Dakota who each moved up 3 spots to #20 and #21, respectively. Richmond got back into the top 25 moving up 2 spots to #24 and Furman made their first appearance in the top 25 this season moving up 7 spots to #25.

Teams moving down were headlines by Montana State and Villanova who each moved down 3 spots to #6 and #10, respectively, after lopsided losses to FBS opponents. Rhode Island dropped 6 spots to #23 after losing to CAA rival Delaware. East Tennessee State and New Hampshire each fell out of the top 25 after taking week 3 losses.

In terms of conference representation, the Big Sky led the way again placing 6 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the CAA with 5, the MVFC and SOCON with 4 each, and the Southland with 2 teams 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	1286	40
2	–	Montana Grizzlies	1233	10
3	1	South Dakota State Jackrabbits	1160	1
4	2	Missouri State Bears	1068	1
5	–	Incarnate Word Cardinals	1067
6	-3	Montana State Bobcats	1040
7	1	Sac State Hornets	962
8	1	Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens	958
9	2	Weber State Wildcats	828
10	-3	Villanova Wildcats	814
11	-1	Chattanooga Mocs	785
12	–	Holy Cross Crusaders	713
13	–	William & Mary Tribe	678
14	2	Jackson State Tigers	512
15	-1	Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks	470
16	-1	Eastern Washington Eagles	445
17	1	Mercer Bears	433
18	1	Eastern Kentucky Colonels	381
19	3	Samford Bulldogs	301
20	3	North Dakota Fighting Hawks	297
21	–	Southeastern Louisiana Lions	268
22	2	UC Davis Aggies	196
23	-6	Rhode Island Rams	162
24	2	Richmond Spiders	135
25	7	Furman Paladins	131
ORV:
26	–	Dartmouth Big Green	107
27	12	Southern Illinois Salukis	92
28	4	Southeast Missouri State Redhawks	88
29	1	Austin Peay Governors	81
30	-2	Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks	58
31	–	Elon Phoenix	31
32	NR	North Carolina Central Eagles	28
33	5	Princeton Tigers	23
34	3	South Dakota Coyotes	12
35T	NR	Fordham Rams	10
35T	-6	Harvard Crimson	10
37	-17	East Tennessee State Buccaneers	9
38T	NR	Illinois State Redbirds	8
38T	-13	New Hampshire Wildcats	8
40	-6	Northern Arizona Lumberjacks	4

Most significant win: Southern Illinois Salukis
Most significant loss: East Tennessee State Buccaneers

Dropped out of the poll:
Kennesaw State Owls
The Citadel Bulldogs
Virginia Military Institute Keydets

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For the second week in a row the top half of the AGS top 25 stayed pretty calm but there was quite the turnover in the bottom half as 4 FCS over FBS upsets and a handful of FCS over FCS surprises shook things up. The top spot was once again claimed by North Dakota State but Montana and Montana State each shifted up a spot to #2 and #3, respectively, as South Dakota State slid down a couple spots to #4. Incarnate Word rounded out the top 5 setting a new all-time high for them in the AGS poll, for the 2nd time in as many weeks, after their big win over FBS Nevada.

Teams moving up this week were headlined by Weber State who jumped up 6 spots to #11 after throttling in-state FBS opponent Utah State. Rhode Island took advantage of some losses by higher ranked teams to move up 5 spots to #17. Eastern Kentucky and North Dakota each shot up double digits, 12 spots for EKU and 10 spots for UND, to crack the top 25 for the first time this year at #19 and #23, respectively. Despite being winless on the year UC Davis inched back into the top 25 coming in at #24 after a close loss at #4 SDSU. New Hampshire also got into the top 25 for the first time this season coming in at #25 after their 2-0 start.

As for teams dropping this week East Tennessee State fell 10 spots to #20 after being upset by SOCON rival The Citadel. Southeastern Louisiana tumbled 7 spots to #21 following their 2nd straight FBS loss of the 2022 campaign. Stephen F Austin, Kennesaw State, Southern Illinois, and Northern Iowa all dropped out of the top 25 after each took their 2nd loss of the 2022 season last Saturday.

In terms of conference representation, the Big Sky led the way putting 6 teams into the top 25. They were followed by the CAA with 5, the MVFC and SOCON with 4 each, and the Southland with 2 teams in the top 25. Overall, 9 conferences were represented in this week’s AGS Top 25.

Full results below:

Rank	Change	Team	Total Points	First Place Votes
1	–	North Dakota State Bison	1272	49
2	1	Montana Grizzlies	1186	2
3	1	Montana State Bobcats	1134
4	-2	South Dakota State Jackrabbits	1133
5	3	Incarnate Word Cardinals	1010
6	–	Missouri State Bears	1002
7	-2	Villanova Wildcats	980
8	-1	Sac State Hornets	885
9	–	Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens	869
10	1	Chattanooga Mocs	745
11	6	Weber State Wildcats	722
12	3	Holy Cross Crusaders	709
13	3	William & Mary Tribe	637
14	-1	Tennesee-Martin Skyhawks	555
15	-3	Eastern Washington Eagles	448
16	2	Jackson State Tigers	440
17	5	Rhode Island Rams	405
18	1	Mercer Bears	348
19	12	Eastern Kentucky Colonels	283
20	-10	East Tennessee State Buccaneers	249
21	-7	Southeastern Louisiana Lions	240
22	-1	Samford Bulldogs	215
23	10	North Dakota Fighting Hawks	168
24	2	UC Davis Aggies	133
25	7	New Hampshire Wildcats	130
ORV:
26	3	Richmond Spiders	117
27	1	Dartmouth Big Green	85
28	-8	Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks	75
29	1	Harvard Crimson	64
30	9	Austin Peay Governors	56
31	4	Elon Phoenix	36
32T	2	Furman Paladins	31
32T	NR	Southeast Missouri State Redhawks	31
34	NR	Northern Arizona Lumberjacks	30
35	-11	Kennesaw State Owls	27
36	NR	The Citadel Bulldogs	22
37	-10	South Dakota Coyotes	20
38	-2	Princeton Tigers	19
39	-16	Southern Illinois Salukis	15
40	NR	Virginia Military Institute Keydets	12

Most significant win: Incarnate Word Cardinals
Most significant loss: East Tennessee State Buccaneers

Dropped out of the poll:
Bryant Bulldogs
Central Arkansas Bears
Illinois State Redbirds
Northern Iowa Panthers

Join the discussion here: AGS Poll Results – 2022 SEASON – Wk. 2