1994 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

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The 1994 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 1994 season.

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The Sports Network poll

Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sept 7 [2]
Week 2
Sept 14 [3]
Week 3
Sept 21 [4]
Week 4
Sept 28 [5]
Week 5
Oct 5 [6]
Week 6
Oct 12 [7]
Week 7
Oct 19 [8]
Week 8
Oct 26 [9]
Week 9
Nov 2 [10]
Week 10
Nov 9 [11]
Week 11
Nov 16 [12]
Week 12
Nov 22 [13]
1. Marshall (29)Marshall (1–0) (53)Marshall (2–0) (59)Marshall (3–0) (68)Marshall (4–0) (59)Marshall (5–0) (59)Marshall (6–0) (54)Marshall (7–0) (61)Montana (7–0) (49)Montana (8–0) (59)Youngstown State (8–0–1) (53)Youngstown State (9–0–1) (60)Youngstown State (10–0–1) (59)1.
2. Youngstown State (29)McNeese State (1–0) (2)McNeese State (2–0) (1)McNeese State (3–0) (1)McNeese State (4–0) (1)Montana (5–0) (4)Montana (6–0) (6)Montana (6–0) (5)Youngstown State (6–0–1) (8)Youngstown State (7–0–1) (8)Marshall (9–1) (3)Marshall (10–1) (4)Marshall (10–1) (3)2.
3. Georgia Southern (2)Northern Iowa (1–0) (5)Montana (2–0) (3)Montana (3–0) (4)Montana (4–0) (4)Youngstown State (4–0–1) (3)Youngstown State (5–0–1) (3)Youngstown State (6–0–1) (3)Idaho (7–0) (8)Troy State (7–1)Grambling State (9–0) (54)Idaho (9–1) (3)Boise State (10–1) (1)3.
4. McNeese State (3)Montana (1–0) (1)Youngstown State (1–0–1) (1)Troy State (3–0)Troy State (3–0) (1)Idaho (4–0)Idaho (5–0)Idaho (6–0)Troy State (6–1)Marshall (8–1)Idaho (8–1) (2)Boston University (9–1) (3)Eastern Kentucky (9–2)4.
5. Montana (4)Youngstown State (0–0–1) (2)Troy State (1–0) (1)Youngstown State (2–0–1) (1)Youngstown State (3–0–1) (2)McNeese State (4–1)McNeese State (4–1)Troy State (5–1)Marshall (7–1) (1)Grambling State (8–0) (1)Montana (8–1)James Madison (9–1)McNeese State (9–2)5.
6. Troy State (6)UCF (1–0) (2)Idaho (1–0)Boston University (2–0) (1)Idaho (3–0)UCF (4–1)Troy State (4–1)Grambling State (6–0)Grambling State (7–0) (2)Idaho (7–1)Troy State (7–2)Boise State (9–1)Idaho (9–2)6.
7. UCF (4)Troy State (0–0) (1)Boston University (1–0)Idaho (2–0)Boston University (3–0) (2)Troy State (3–1)William & Mary (5–1)Boston University (5–1)Northern Iowa (5–2)Boston University (7–1) (1)Boston University (8–1) (1)Eastern Kentucky (8–2)Grambling State (9–1)7.
8. Northern Iowa (2)Idaho (1–0)William & Mary (2–0) (1)William & Mary (3–0) (1)William & Mary (4–0) (1)William & Mary (4–1)Grambling State (5–0)Northern Iowa (4–2)Boston University (6–1)Northern Iowa (6–2)Eastern Kentucky (8–2)McNeese State (8–2)Montana (9–2)8.
9. Boston University (1)Georgia Southern (0–1)Northern Iowa (1–1)Northern Iowa (2–1)UCF (3–1)Grambling State (4–0)Northern Iowa (4–2)Eastern Kentucky (5–2)Eastern Kentucky (6–2)Eastern Kentucky (7–2)James Madison (8–1)Grambling State (9–1)Boston University (9–2)9.
10. Idaho Boston University (0–0)Southern (2–0)Southern (3–0)Southern (3–0)Western Kentucky (4–1)Boston University (4–1)McNeese State (4–2)James Madison (6–1)James Madison (7–1)Boise State (8–1) (1)Appalachian State (8–2) (1)Troy State (8–3)10.
11. Delaware Stephen F. Austin (0–0–1)Western Kentucky (2–0)Western Kentucky (3–0)Tennessee Tech (3–1)Northern Iowa (3–2)Boise State (6–0)UCF (5–2)McNeese State (5–2)McNeese State (6–2)McNeese State (7–2)Montana (8–2)Northern Iowa (8–3)11.
12. Eastern Kentucky Delaware (0–0)UCF (1–0–1)Alcorn State (2–1)Grambling State (3–0)Boston University (3–1)Eastern Kentucky (4–2)James Madison (5–1)North Texas (5–2)North Texas (6–2)Appalachian State (7–2) (1)Troy State (7–3)New Hampshire (10–1)12.
13. Alcorn State Middle Tennessee State (1–0)Montana State (2–0)UCF (2–1)Northern Iowa (2–2)Eastern Kentucky (3–2)Penn (3–0)Penn (4–0)Penn (5–0)Appalachian State (6–2) (1)Penn (7–0)Penn (8–0)James Madison (9–2)13.
14. Howard (1)Howard (1–0)Eastern Kentucky (1–1)Western Carolina (2–1)Western Kentucky (3–1)Penn (2–0)Southern (4–1)William & Mary (5–2)Boise State (7–1)Penn (6–0)Northern Iowa (6–3)Northern Iowa (7–3)Penn (9–0)14.
15. Stephen F. Austin Southern (1–0)Alcorn State (1–1)Stephen F. Austin (1–1–1)Penn (2–0)Southern (3–1)UCF (4–2)North Texas (4–2)Appalachian State (5–2) (1)Boise State (7–1)North Texas (6–2–1)North Texas (7–2–1)Alcorn State (8–2–1)15.
16. Middle Tennessee State Tennessee Tech (1–0)Stephen F. Austin (0–1–1)Tennessee Tech (2–1)Northern Arizona (3–1)Boise State (5–0)Western Carolina (4–2)Western Kentucky (5–2)Stephen F. Austin (4–2–1)UCF (6–3)UCF (6–3)Alcorn State (7–2–1)Middle Tennessee State (8–2–1)16.
17. Western Carolina Western Carolina (1–0)Western Carolina (1–1)Grambling State (2–0)Eastern Kentucky (2–2)Western Carolina (3–2)James Madison (4–1)Boise State (6–1)UCF (5–3)Middle Tennessee State (6–2)Middle Tennessee State (7–2)New Hampshire (9–1)Appalachian State (8–3)17.
18. Tennessee Tech William & Mary (1–0) (1)Tennessee Tech (1–1)Penn (1–0)Delaware (2–1)Sam Houston State (5–0)Appalachian State (4–1)Stephen F. Austin (3–2–1)Alcorn State (6–2)Western Carolina (6–3)Western Carolina (6–3)Middle Tennessee State (7–2–1)North Texas (7–3–1)18.
19. Penn Western Kentucky (1–0) James Madison (2–0)Eastern Kentucky (1–2)Western Carolina (2–2)James Madison (3–1)Western Kentucky (4–2)Alcorn State (5–2)Middle Tennessee State (5–2)New Hampshire (7–1)New Hampshire (8–1)William & Mary (7–3)William & Mary (8–3)19.
20. Southern Penn (0–0)Penn (0–0)Delaware (1–1)Middle Tennessee State (2–1)Tennessee Tech (3–2)Stephen F. Austin (2–2–1)Middle Tennessee State (4–2)Hofstra (7–0)William & Mary (6–3)William & Mary (7–3)UCF (6–4)UCF (7–4)20.
21. William & Mary Eastern Kentucky (0–1)Georgia Southern (0–2)Montana State (2–1) New Hampshire (3–0) Appalachian State (3–1)Alcorn State (4–2)Hofstra (6–0)Western Carolina (5–3)Alcorn State (6–2–1)Alcorn State (6–2–1)Stephen F. Austin (5–3–2)Stephen F. Austin (6–3–2)21.
22. Illinois State Alcorn State (0–1)Grambling State (2–0)Middle Tennessee State (1–1)Alcorn State (2–2)Alcorn State (3–2) Hofstra (6–0)Southern (4–2)New Hampshire (6–1)Stephen F. Austin (4–3–1)Stephen F. Austin (4–3–2)Hofstra (8–1–1)South Carolina State (9–2)22.
23. UMass Grambling State (1–0)Middle Tennessee State (1–1)Northern Arizona (1–1)Stephen F. Austin (1–2–1)Northern Arizona (3–2)Middle Tennessee State (3–2)Western Carolina (4–3)William & Mary (5–3)Hofstra (7–1)Hofstra (8–1)Western Carolina (6–4)Hofstra (8–1–1)23.
24. Northern Arizona Montana State (1–0)Delaware (0–1)James Madison (2–1) Sam Houston State (4–0)Stephen F. Austin (1–2–1) North Texas (3–2)Appalachian State (4–2)Western Kentucky (5–3) Northwestern State (5–3)Georgia Southern (5–4)Georgia Southern (6–4) Western Illinois (8–3)24.
25. Montana State UMass (0–0)Howard (1–1)Howard (1–1) Boise State (4–0)Middle Tennessee State (2–2)Sam Houston State (5–1)New Hampshire (5–1) Cornell (6–0) (1)Georgia Southern (4–4) South Carolina State (7–2)South Carolina State (8–2)Northern Arizona (7–4)25.
Preseason
[14]
Week 1
Sept 7 [15]
Week 2
Sept 14 [16]
Week 3
Sept 21 [17]
Week 4
Sept 28 [18]
Week 5
Oct 5 [19]
Week 6
Oct 12 [20]
Week 7
Oct 19 [21]
Week 8
Oct 26 [22]
Week 9
Nov 2 [23]
Week 10
Nov 9 [24]
Week 11
Nov 16 [25]
Week 12
Nov 22 [26]
Dropped:
  • 22 Illinois State
  • 24 Northern Arizona
Dropped:
25 UMass
Dropped:
21 Georgia Southern
Dropped:
  • 21 Montana State
  • 24 James Madison
  • 25 Howard
Dropped:
  • 18 Delaware
  • 21 New Hampshire
Dropped:
  • 20 Tennessee Tech
  • 23 Northern Arizona
Dropped:
25 Sam Houston State
Dropped:
22 Southern
Dropped:
  • 24 Western Kentucky
  • 25 Cornell
Dropped:
24 Northwestern State
NoneDropped:
  • 23 Western Carolina
  • 24 Georgia Southern

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