1995 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

The 1995 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 1995 season.

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(#–#)		Win–loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

The Sports Network poll

	Preseason [1]	Week 2 Sept 6 [2]	Week 3 Sept 13 [3]	Week 4 Sept 20 [4]	Week 5 Sept 26 [5]	Week 6 Oct 4 [6]	Week 7 Oct 11 [7]	Week 8 Oct 18 [8]	Week 9 Oct 25 [9]	Week 10 Nov 1 [10]	Week 11 Nov 7 [11]	Week 12 Nov 15 [12]	Week 13 Nov 21 [13]
1.	Youngstown State	McNeese State (1–0) (26)	McNeese State (2–0) (48)	McNeese State (3–0) (58)	McNeese State (4–0) (72)	McNeese State (5–0) (74)	McNeese State (5–0) (74)	McNeese State (6–0) (74)	McNeese State (7–0) (77)	McNeese State (8–0) (80)	McNeese State (9–0) (81)	McNeese State (10–0) (82)	McNeese State (11–0) (78)	1.
2.	Marshall	Appalachian State (1–0) (11)	Appalachian State (2–0) (9)	Appalachian State (3–0) (4)	Appalachian State (3–0) (4)	Appalachian State (4–0) (3)	Appalachian State (5–0) (2)	Appalachian State (6–0) (2)	Appalachian State (7–0) (8)	Appalachian State (8–0) (7)	Appalachian State (9–0) (7)	Appalachian State (10–0) (6)	Appalachian State (11–0) (4)	2.
3.	McNeese State	Marshall (0–1) (2)	Boise State (1–0) (7)	Boise State (2–0) (6)	Marshall (2–1) (2)	Marshall (3–1) (2)	Marshall (4–1) (3)	Marshall (5–1) (3)	Stephen F. Austin (7–0) (2)	Troy State (9–0) (1)	Troy State (9–0)	Troy State (10–0) (1)	Troy State (11–0) (1)	3.
4.	Montana	Montana (1–0) (6)	Marshall (1–1) (2)	Marshall (2–1) (6)	Stephen F. Austin (4–0) (1)	Stephen F. Austin (4–0) (1)	Stephen F. Austin (5–0) (1)	Stephen F. Austin (6–0) (1)	Troy State (8–0)	Delaware (8–0) (2)	Delaware (9–0) (1)	Murray State (10–0)	Murray State (11–0)	4.
5.	Eastern Kentucky	Boise State (0–0)	Stephen F. Austin (2–0) (2)	Stephen F. Austin (3–0) (1)	Montana (3–1) (3)	Montana (4–1) (3)	Montana (5–1) (3)	Troy State (7–0)	Delaware (7–0)	Eastern Kentucky (7–1)	Murray State (9–0)	Stephen F. Austin (8–1)	Stephen F. Austin (9–1)	5.
6.	Appalachian State	Youngstown State (0–1) (3)	James Madison (2–0) (1)	Montana (2–1)	Troy State (4–0)	Troy State (5–0)	Troy State (6–0)	Montana (6–1) (3)	Eastern Kentucky (6–1)	Stephen F. Austin (7–1)	Stephen F. Austin (7–1)	Marshall (8–2)	Marshall (9–2)	6.
7.	James Madison	James Madison (1–0) (1)	Montana (1–1)	Troy State (3–0)	James Madison (3–1)	James Madison (4–1)	James Madison (5–1)	Delaware (6–0)	Marshall (5–2)	Marshall (6–2)	Marshall (7–2)	Hofstra (10–0) (1)	Delaware (10–1)	7.
8.	Boise State	Stephen F. Austin (1–0)	Troy State (2–0)	James Madison (2–1)	Eastern Kentucky (3–1)	Eastern Kentucky (4–1)	Delaware (5–0)	Eastern Kentucky (5–1)	Murray State (7–0)	Murray State (8–0)	Hofstra (9–0)	Delaware (9–1)	Montana (9–2)	8.
9.	Penn	Troy State (1–0)	Eastern Kentucky (1–1)	Eastern Kentucky (2–1)	Southern (4–0)	Delaware (4–0)	Eastern Kentucky (4–1)	Murray State (7–0)	Hofstra (8–0)	Hofstra (9–0)	Montana (7–2)	Montana (8–2)	Hofstra (10–1)	9.
10.	Southern	Southern (1–0)	Southern (2–0)	Southern (3–0) (1)	Delaware (3–0)	Southern (5–0) (3)	Southern (5–0) (2)	James Madison (6–1)	Montana (6–2)	Montana (6–2)	Eastern Kentucky (7–2)	Eastern Kentucky (8–2)	Eastern Kentucky (9–2)	10.
11.	Delaware	Eastern Kentucky (0–1)	Delaware (1–0)	Delaware (2–0)	Boise State (2–1)	Murray State (5–0)	Murray State (6–0)	Hofstra (7–0) (1)	Northern Iowa (5–2)	Northern Iowa (6–2)	Southern (8–1)	Southern (9–1) (1)	Southern (9–1)	11.
12.	William & Mary	Delaware (0–0)	Grambling State (1–0)	UCF (2–0)	UCF (2–1)	Richmond (4–0)	Richmond (5–0)	William & Mary (5–2)	Southern (6–1)	Southern (7–1)	Eastern Illinois (8–1)	Eastern Illinois (9–1)	Eastern Illinois (10–1)	12.
13.	Stephen F. Austin	Grambling State (1–0)	Georgia Southern (2–0)	Idaho (1–1)	Idaho (1–1)	Penn (3–0)	Georgia Southern (4–1)	Southern (5–1) (2)	Georgia Southern (6–2)	Northern Arizona (7–2)	Richmond (7–1–1)	James Madison (8–3)	James Madison (8–3)	13.
14.	Idaho	Idaho (0–1)	UCF (2–0)	Youngstown State (1–2)	Penn (2–0)	Georgia Southern (3–1)	Hofstra (6–0) (1)	Northern Iowa (4–2)	Northwestern State (6–2)	Florida A&M (7–1)	Indiana State (7–2)	Jackson State (8–2)	Jackson State (9–2)	14.
15.	Troy State	Penn (0–0)	Youngstown State (0–2)	Boston University (2–0)	Murray State (4–0)	Hofstra (5–0)	Idaho State (5–0)	Connecticut (5–0)	James Madison (6–2)	Eastern Illinois (7–1)	Northern Iowa (6–3)	Florida A&M (8–2)	Georgia Southern (8–3)	15.
16.	Grambling State	William & Mary (0–1)	Idaho (0–1)	Penn (1–0)	Richmond (3–0)	Idaho State (4–0)	Northern Arizona (5–1)	Richmond (6–0)	Northern Arizona (6–2)	Richmond (6–1–1)	Jackson State (7–2)	Boise State (7–3)	Florida A&M (8–2)	16.
17.	UMass	Georgia Southern (1–0)	Penn (0–0)	Richmond (3–0)	Georgia Southern (3–1)	William & Mary (3–2)	William & Mary (4–2)	Georgia Southern (4–2)	Florida A&M (6–1)	Indiana State (7–2)	Northern Arizona (7–3)	Georgia Southern (7–3)	Idaho (6–4)	17.
18.	New Hampshire	New Hampshire (0–0)	Boston University (1–0)	Georgia Southern (2–1)	William & Mary (2–2)	Northern Arizona (4–1)	Northern Iowa (3–2)	Florida A&M (6–1)	Eastern Illinois (6–1)	William & Mary (6–3)	James Madison (7–3)	Richmond (7–2–1)	Northern Iowa (7–4)	18.
19.	Northern Iowa	UMass (0–0)	William & Mary (0–2)	Murray State (3–0)	Hofstra (4–0)	Boise State (2–2)	UCF (3–2)	Northwestern State (5–2)	Richmond (5–1)	Jackson State (6–2)	Northwestern State (6–3)	Indiana State (7–3)	William & Mary (7–4)	19.
20.	Southeast Missouri State	Liberty (1–0)	Richmond (2–0)	William & Mary (1–2)	Northern Arizona (3–1)	UCF (2–2)	Connecticut (5–0)	Eastern Illinois (6–1)	William & Mary (5–3)	Northwestern State (6–3)	Florida A&M (7–2)	William & Mary (7–4)	Richmond (7–3–1)	20.
21.	Liberty	UCF (1–0)	Northern Iowa (0–2)	Grambling State (1–1)	Boston University (2–1)	Northern Iowa (2–2)	Florida A&M (5–1)	Northern Arizona (5–2)	Connecticut (6–1)	James Madison (6–3)	Georgia Southern (6–3)	Northwestern State (6–4)	Boise State (7–4)	21.
22.	Boston University	Boston University (0–0)	New Hampshire (0–1)	Northern Iowa (1–2)	Northern Iowa (1–2)	Eastern Illinois (5–0)	Penn (3–1)	Idaho State (5–1)	Indiana State (6–2)	Georgia Southern (5–3)	Rhode Island (7–2)	Northern Iowa (6–4)	Northern Arizona (7–4)	22.
23.	Florida A&M	Northern Iowa (0–1)	Western Illinois (1–1)	Western Illinois (2–1)	Florida A&M (3–1)	Florida A&M (4–1)	Indiana State (5–1)	Montana State (5–2)	Jackson State (6–2)	Rhode Island (6–2)	Boise State (6–3)	Northern Arizona (7–4)	Connecticut (8–3)	23.
24.	Georgia Southern	Western Illinois (1–0)	Murray State (2–0)	Northern Arizona (2–1)	Idaho State (3–0)	Idaho (1–2)	Northwestern State (4–2)	Jacksonville State (6–1)	Jacksonville State (6–2)	Boise State (5–3)	Connecticut (7–2)	Middle Tennessee (7–3)	Indiana State (7–4)	24.
25.	Western Illinois	Florida A&M (1–0)	Northern Arizona (1–1)	Hofstra (3–0)	Youngstown State (1–3) (1)	Jacksonville State (5–0)	Eastern Illinois (5–1)	Dayton (6–0)	Boise State (4–3)	Connecticut (6–2)	William & Mary (6–4)	Idaho (5–4)	Middle Tennessee (7–4)	25.
	Preseason [14]	Week 2 Sept 6 [15]	Week 3 Sept 13 [16]	Week 4 Sept 20 [17]	Week 5 Sept 26 [18]	Week 6 Oct 4 [19]	Week 7 Oct 11 [20]	Week 8 Oct 18 [21]	Week 9 Oct 25 [22]	Week 10 Nov 1 [23]	Week 11 Nov 7 [24]	Week 12 Nov 15 [25]	Week 13 Nov 21 [26]
		Dropped: 20 Southeast Missouri State	Dropped: 19 UMass 20 Liberty 25 Florida A&M	Dropped: 22 New Hampshire	Dropped: 21 Grambling State 23 Western Illinois	Dropped: 21 Boston University 25 Youngstown State	Dropped: 19 Boise State 24 Idaho 25 Jacksonville State	Dropped: 19 UCF 22 Penn 23 Indiana State	Dropped: 22 Idaho State 23 Montana State 25 Dayton	Dropped: 24 Jacksonville State	None	Dropped: 22 Rhode Island 24 Connecticut	Dropped: 21 Northwestern State

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