1997 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

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The 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the Sports Network poll of Division I-AA head coaches, athletic directors, sports information directors and media members. This is for the 1997 season.

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The Sports Network poll

Preseason
[1] 		Week 1
Sept 2 [2] 		Week 2
Sept 9 [3] 		Week 3
Sept 16 [4] 		Week 4
Sept 23 [5] 		Week 5
Sept 30 [6] 		Week 6
Oct 7 [7] 		Week 7
Oct 14 [8] 		Week 8
Oct 21 [9] 		Week 9
Oct 28 [10] 		Week 10
Nov 4 [11] 		Week 11
Nov 11 [12] 		Week 12
Nov 18 [13]
1. Montana Montana (0–0)Montana (0–0) (63)Montana (1–0) (62)Montana (2–0) (91)Montana (3–0) (91)Youngstown State (5–0) (56)Youngstown State (6–0) (65)Villanova (6–0) (74)Villanova (7–0) (89)Villanova (8–0) (83)Villanova (9–0) (83)Villanova (10–0) (83)1.
2. Troy State Troy State (1–0)Troy State (2–0) (10)Troy State (2–0) (10)Youngstown State (3–0)Youngstown State (4–0)Montana (3–1) (24)Montana (4–1) (21)McNeese State (6–0) (16)Western Illinois (7–1) (3)Western Illinois (8–1) (6)Western Illinois (9–1) (6)Western Illinois (9–1) (3)2.
3. Northern Iowa William & Mary (1–0)William & Mary (2–0) (3)William & Mary (3–0) (7)Western Kentucky (4–0)Western Kentucky (5–0)Villanova (4–0) (8)Villanova (5–0) (4)Western Illinois (6–1) (2)Delaware (7–1) (1)Delaware (8–1) (1)Delaware (9–1) (1)Delaware (10–1)3.
4. William & Mary Northern Iowa (0–0)Delaware (1–0)Western Illinois (3–0)Villanova (3–0)Villanova (3–0)McNeese State (5–0) (3)McNeese State (6–0) (4)Delaware (6–1) (1)Youngstown State (6–1)Youngstown State (7–1)Youngstown State (8–1)Youngstown State (9–1) (1)4.
5. Appalachian State Western Illinois (1–0)Western Illinois (2–0)Youngstown State (2–0)Northern Arizona (2–1)Northern Arizona (3–1)Western Illinois (4–1) (1)Western Illinois (5–1)Youngstown State (6–1) (2)Western Kentucky (7–1)Western Kentucky (8–1)Western Kentucky (9–1)Western Kentucky (9–1)5.
6. Eastern Illinois Delaware (0–0)East Tennessee State (2–0)Western Kentucky (3–0)Appalachian State (1–1)Appalachian State (2–1)Delaware (4–1)Delaware (5–1)Montana (4–2)Southern (7–0) (1)Southern (8–0) (3)Eastern Washington (9–1) (4)Eastern Washington (10–1) (6)6.
7. Northern Arizona East Tennessee State (1–0)Youngstown State (2–0)Northern Arizona (1–1)Troy State (2–1)Troy State (3–1)Western Kentucky (5–1)Western Kentucky (5–1)Western Kentucky (6–1)Stephen F. Austin (6–1)Stephen F. Austin (7–1) (2)McNeese State (8–1) (1)McNeese State (9–1)7.
8. Delaware Appalachian State (0–0)Northern Arizona (0–1)Jackson State (3–0)Western Illinois (3–1)William & Mary (4–1)East Tennessee State (4–1) (1)Southern (5–0)Southern (6–0)Eastern Illinois (7–1)Eastern Washington (8–1) (2)Georgia Southern (8–2)Georgia Southern (9–2) (1)8.
9. Western Illinois Youngstown State (1–0)Western Kentucky (2–0)Appalachian State (0–1)William & Mary (3–1)Western Illinois (3–1)Southern (5–0)Georgia Southern (5–1) (1)Eastern Illinois (6–1)McNeese State (6–1)Eastern Illinois (8–1)Hampton (8–1) (2)Hampton (9–1) (1)9.
10. Western Kentucky Northern Arizona (0–1)Furman (1–0)Villanova (2–0)Delaware (2–1)McNeese State (4–0)Eastern Illinois (5–1)Eastern Illinois (5–1)Stephen F. Austin (5–1)Northern Arizona (6–2) (1)McNeese State (7–1)Florida A&M (7–2)Florida A&M (8–2)10.
11. Youngstown State Western Kentucky (1–0)Appalachian State (0–1)Delaware (1–1)McNeese State (3–0)Delaware (3–1)Georgia Southern (4–1)Northern Arizona (4–2)Northern Arizona (5–2)Eastern Washington (7–1) (1)Georgia Southern (7–2)Montana (6–3)Montana (7–3)11.
12. East Tennessee State Murray State (1–0)Jackson State (2–0)Northern Iowa (1–1)Florida A&M (3–0)Florida A&M (4–0)Northern Arizona (3–2)Stephen F. Austin (4–1)Eastern Washington (6–1)East Tennessee State (5–2)Hampton (7–1)Southern (8–1)Southern (9–1)12.
13. Murray State Furman (0–0)Northern Iowa (0–1)Southern (3–0)Southern (4–0)Southern (4–0)Stephen F. Austin (3–1)Jackson State (5–1)East Tennessee State (4–2)Hampton (7–1)Montana (5–3)Jackson State (7–2)Stephen F. Austin (8–2)13.
14. Jackson State Jackson State (1–0)Stephen F. Austin (2–0)East Tennessee State (2–1)East Tennessee State (2–1)East Tennessee State (3–1)Appalachian State (2–2)East Tennessee State (4–2)William & Mary (6–2)Georgia Southern (6–2)Jackson State (7–2)Stephen F. Austin (7–2)Jackson State (8–2)14.
15. Stephen F. Austin Stephen F. Austin (1–0)Southern (2–0)Florida A&M (2–0)Nicholls State (2–1)Eastern Illinois (4–1)Jackson State (5–1)Nicholls State (4–2)Hampton (6–1)Montana (4–3)Florida A&M (6–2)Appalachian State (6–3)Appalachian State (7–3)15.
16. Furman Florida A&M (1–0)Florida A&M (1–0)McNeese State (2–0)Eastern Illinois (3–1)Stephen F. Austin (3–1)Florida A&M (4–1)Troy State (4–2)Georgia Southern (5–2) (1)Jackson State (6–2)Northern Arizona (6–3)Eastern Illinois (8–2)Eastern Illinois (8–2)16.
17. Southern Southern (1–0)Murray State (1–1)Stephen F. Austin (2–1)Stephen F. Austin (2–1)Georgia Southern (3–1)Northern Iowa (3–2)Murray State (5–2)Northern Iowa (4–3)Florida A&M (5–2)Appalachian State (5–3)South Carolina State (8–1)Hofstra (8–2)17.
18. Florida A&M Northwestern State (0–0)Villanova (1–0)Furman (1–1)Furman (1–1)Furman (2–1)Nicholls State (3–2)William & Mary (5–2)South Carolina State (6–0)Appalachian State (4–3)Dayton (9–0)Dayton (9–0)Cal Poly (9–1)18.
19. Howard Villanova (1–0)Eastern Illinois (1–1)Eastern Illinois (2–1)Jackson State (3–1)Jackson State (4–1)Troy State (3–2)Hampton (5–1)Furman (4–2) Cal Poly (7–0) (1)South Carolina State (7–1)East Tennessee State (6–3)Eastern Kentucky (7–3)19.
20. Northwestern State Howard (0–0) McNeese State (1–0)Georgia Southern (1–1)Georgia Southern (2–1)Eastern Washington (4–0)Murray State (4–2)Eastern Washington (5–1)Jackson State (5–2)William & Mary (6–3)East Tennessee State (5–3)Liberty (8–1)Northeastern (8–2)20.
21. New Hampshire Eastern Kentucky (0–0)Georgia Southern (1–1) Eastern Washington (2–0)Eastern Washington (3–0)Northwestern State (2–1) Richmond (4–1)Florida A&M (4–2)Florida A&M (5–2)Dayton (8–0)Hofstra (7–2)Hofstra (7–2)Northwestern State (7–3)21.
22. Eastern Kentucky New Hampshire (0–0)Eastern Kentucky (0–1) Chattanooga (2–0)Chattanooga (2–0)James Madison (3–1) SW Texas State (3–1)Furman (3–2)Appalachian State (3–3)South Carolina State (6–1) Liberty (7–1)Cal Poly (8–1)South Carolina State (8–2)22.
23. Nicholls State Georgia Southern (1–0)Howard (0–1)Northwestern State (1–1)Northern Iowa (1–2)Northern Iowa (2–2)William & Mary (4–2) South Carolina State (5–0) Dayton (7–0)Chattanooga (6–1)Cal Poly (7–1)Eastern Kentucky (6–3)Dayton (9–1)23.
24. SW Missouri State Eastern Illinois (0–1)Northwestern State (0–1) Weber State (2–0)Northwestern State (1–1)Nicholls State (2–2) Connecticut (4–0)Northern Iowa (3–3) North Carolina A&T (5–1) Hofstra (6–2)Eastern Kentucky (5–3)Northeastern (7–2) Bucknell (10–0)24.
25. Buffalo Buffalo (1–0)Nicholls State (1–1)Nicholls State (1–1) James Madison (2–1)Murray State (2–2) Hampton (4–1)SW Texas State (3–2)Troy State (4–3)Nicholls State (5–3) Northeastern (6–2)Northwestern State (6–3)Liberty (8–2)25.
Preseason
[14] 		Week 1
Sept 2 [15] 		Week 2
Sept 9 [16] 		Week 3
Sept 16 [17] 		Week 4
Sept 23 [18] 		Week 5
Sept 30 [19] 		Week 6
Oct 7 [20] 		Week 7
Oct 14 [21] 		Week 8
Oct 21 [22] 		Week 9
Oct 28 [23] 		Week 10
Nov 4 [24] 		Week 11
Nov 11 [25] 		Week 12
Nov 18 [26]
Dropped:
  • 23 Nicholls State
  • 24 SW Missouri State
Dropped:
  • 22 New Hampshire
  • 25 Buffalo
Dropped:
  • 17 Murray State
  • 22 Eastern Kentucky
  • 23 Howard
Dropped:
24 Weber State		Dropped:
22 Chattanooga		Dropped:
  • 18 Furman
  • 20 Eastern Washington
  • 21 Northwestern State
  • 22 James Madison
Dropped:
  • 14 Appalachian State
  • 21 Richmond
  • 24 Connecticut
Dropped:
  • 15 Nicholls State
  • 17 Murray State
  • 25 SW Texas State
Dropped:
  • 17 Northern Iowa
  • 19 Furman
  • 24 North Carolina A&T
  • 25 Troy State
Dropped:
  • 20 William & Mary
  • 23 Chattanooga
  • 25 Nicholls State
Dropped:
16 Northern Arizona		Dropped:
19 East Tennessee State

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