2005 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

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The 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the Sports Network media poll and the coaches poll.

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The Sports Network poll

Preseason
[1] 		Week 1
Sept 6 [2] 		Week 2
Sept 13 [3] 		Week 3
Sept 20 [4] 		Week 4
Sept 27 [5] 		Week 5
Oct 4 [6] 		Week 6
Oct 11 [7] 		Week 7
Oct 18 [8] 		Week 8
Oct 25 [9] 		Week 9
Nov 1 [10] 		Week 10
Nov 8 [11] 		Week 11
Nov 15 [12] 		Week 12
Nov 22 [13] 		Week 13
Postseason [14]
1. James Madison (49)James Madison (1–0) (75)Southern Illinois (2–0) (79)Western Kentucky (2–0) (40)New Hampshire (3–0) (65)New Hampshire (4–0) (84)Southern Illinois (4–1) (58)Western Kentucky (5–1) (64)Western Kentucky (6–1) (78)Furman (7–1) (61)New Hampshire (8–1) (57)New Hampshire (9–1) (58)New Hampshire (10–1) (45)Appalachian State (12–3) (78)1.
2. Furman (21)Furman (1–0) (19)Western Kentucky (2–0) (4)New Hampshire (2–0) (24)Southern Illinois (2–1) (16)Southern Illinois (3–1) (15)Montana (4–1) (17)Furman (6–1) (11)Furman (7–1) (13)New Hampshire (7–1) (25)Hampton (9–0) (44)Hampton (10–0) (39)Hampton (11–0) (29)Northern Iowa (11–4)2.
3. Montana (14)Montana (1–0) (6)New Hampshire (1–0) (5)Southern Illinois (2–1) (31)Western Kentucky (2–1) (14)Western Kentucky (3–1) (5)Western Kentucky (4–1) (11)Cal Poly (5–1) (21)Hampton (8–0) (13)Hampton (8–0) (23)Montana (7–2) (4)Montana (8–2) (3)Furman (9–2)Furman (11–3)3.
4. Eastern Washington (11)Southern Illinois (1–0) (3)Montana (1–1) (8)Montana (2–1) (5)Montana (2–1) (7)Montana (3–1) (6)James Madison (4–1) (5)Hampton (7–0) (16)New Hampshire (6–1) (6)Montana (6–2) (2)Southern Illinois (7–2)Furman (8–2)Texas State (9–2) (1)Texas State (11–3)4.
5. Southern Illinois (3)Georgia Southern (1–0)Eastern Washington (0–1) (10)Eastern Washington (1–1) (10)Delaware (3–0) (8)James Madison (3–1)Furman (5–1) (2)New Hampshire (5–1) (1)Montana (5–2) (1)Southern Illinois (6–2) (1)UMass (7–2)Texas State (8–2)Appalachian State (8–3) (3)New Hampshire (11–2)5.
6. Georgia Southern Eastern Washington (0–1) (1)Delaware (1–0) (4)Delaware (2–0) (4)James Madison (2–1)Furman (4–1)Cal Poly (5–1) (12)Eastern Washington (4–2)Texas State (6–1) (3)Western Kentucky (6–2)Furman (7–2)Appalachian State (7–3) (3)Georgia Southern (8–3)Cal Poly (9–4)6.
7. New Hampshire New Hampshire (1–0)William & Mary (1–1) (1)James Madison (2–1)Furman (3–1) (1)Northern Iowa (3–1) (1)Hampton (6–0) (9)Texas State (5–1) (1)UMass (6–1) (2)Appalachian State (6–2)Texas State (7–2)UMass (7–3)Northern Iowa (8–3)Southern Illinois (9–4)7.
8. Western Kentucky Western Kentucky (1–0)James Madison (1–1)North Dakota State (3–0) (3)Northern Iowa (2–1) (1)Hampton (5–0) (1)New Hampshire (4–1)UMass (5–1) (2)Southern Illinois (5–2)UMass (6–2)Appalachian State (6–3) (3)Georgia Southern (8–3)Southern Illinois (8–3)Richmond (9–4)8.
9. William & Mary (1)Northwestern State (1–0)Northern Iowa (2–0) (1)Furman (2–1)Hampton (4–0) (2)Cal Poly (4–1) (3)Montana State (4–2)Montana (4–2)William & Mary (5–2)Coastal Carolina (7–1)Coastal Carolina (8–1)Coastal Carolina (9–1)Montana (8–3)Georgia Southern (8–4)9.
10. Delaware Delaware (0–0)Furman (1–1)Northern Iowa (2–1)Cal Poly (3–1)Lehigh (3–1)Texas State (4–1)Southern Illinois (4–2)Cal Poly (5–2)Texas State (6–2)Georgia Southern (7–3)Northern Iowa (7–3)Cal Poly (8–3)Hampton (11–1)10.
11. Northwestern State William & Mary (0–1)Montana State (1–1) (1)Hampton (3–0)Lehigh (2–1)Montana State (3–2)William & Mary (3–2)James Madison (4–2)Youngstown State (7–1) (1)Eastern Washington (5–3)Montana State (6–3)Southern Illinois (7–3)Grambling State (8–1)Grambling State (11–1)11.
12. Northern Iowa Northern Iowa (1–0)North Dakota State (2–0) (1)Cal Poly (2–1)Montana State (2–2)North Dakota State (4–1)Eastern Washington (3–2)William & Mary (4–2)Appalachian State (5–2)Montana State (5–3)Western Kentucky (6–3)Lehigh (8–2)Richmond (8–3)Montana (8–4)12.
13. Hampton Hampton (1–0)Hampton (2–0)Lehigh (1–1)North Dakota State (3–1)Delaware (3–1)UMass (4–1)Northern Iowa (4–2)Coastal Carolina (6–1)Lehigh (6–2)Lehigh (7–2)Cal Poly (7–3)Youngstown State (8–3)Eastern Washington (7–5)13.
14. Lehigh Lehigh (1–0)Georgia Southern (1–1)Texas State (2–0)Eastern Washington (1–2)Texas State (3–1)Northern Iowa (3–2)Coastal Carolina (5–1)Eastern Washington (4–3)Georgia Southern (6–3)Northern Iowa (6–3)Grambling State (8–1)South Carolina State (9–2)Youngstown State (8–3)14.
15. UMass (1) [note 1] UMass (1–0)Northwestern State (1–1)Harvard (1–0) (1)Harvard (2–0) (1)Eastern Washington (2–2)Coastal Carolina (4–1)Youngstown State (6–1) (1)Montana State (4–3)Youngstown State (7–2)Cal Poly (6–3)Youngstown State (8–3)Eastern Washington (7–4)Brown (9–1)15.
16. Sam Houston State Montana State (0–1)Lehigh (1–1)William & Mary (1–2)Texas State (2–1)Appalachian State (3–1)Georgia Southern (4–2)Appalachian State (4–2)Lehigh (5–2)William & Mary (5–3)Grambling State (7–1)South Carolina State (8–2)Brown (9–1)Eastern Illinois (9–3)16.
17. Cal Poly [note 2] Sam Houston State (1–0) Coastal Carolina (2–0)Hofstra (2–0)Appalachian State (3–1)William & Mary (2–2)Youngstown State (5–1)North Dakota State (4–2)James Madison (4–3)Northern Iowa (5–3)South Carolina State (7–2)Richmond (7–3)Montana State (7–4)Nicholls State (6–4)17.
18. Montana State Harvard (0–0) (1)Cal Poly (1–1)Montana State (1–2)Western Carolina (2–1)UMass (3–1)North Dakota State (4–2)Montana State (4–3) Illinois State (5–3)Cal Poly (5–3)Richmond (6–3)Brown (8–1)UMass (7–4)Montana State (7–4)18.
19. Harvard (1)Cal Poly (0–1)Harvard (0–0) (1)Western Carolina (2–1)William & Mary (2–2)Coastal Carolina (4–1)Appalachian State (3–2)South Carolina State (5–1)Georgia Southern (5–3)Grambling State (6–1)Youngstown State (7–3)Eastern Washington (6–4)Eastern Illinois (9–2)UMass (7–4)19.
20. Jacksonville State North Dakota State (1–0)Texas State (2–0) South Carolina State (3–0)South Carolina State (3–0)HarvardLehigh (3–2)McNeese State (3–1)Portland State (5–3)South Carolina State (6–2)Brown (7–1)North Dakota State (7–3)Coastal Carolina (9–2)South Carolina State (9–2)20.
21. Wofford Jacksonville State (0–1) McNeese State (1–0)Wofford (2–1)UMass (3–1)Georgia Southern (3–2)South Carolina State (4–1)Lehigh (4–2)Northern Iowa (4–3) UC Davis (5–3)Eastern Washington (5–4)Eastern Illinois (8–2)Nicholls State (6–3)Lafayette (8–4)21.
22. North Dakota State Wofford (1–0) Western Carolina (2–0) Appalachian State (2–1)Wofford (2–1) Youngstown State (4–1)Delaware (3–2)Northwestern State (3–2)Grambling State (5–1) Brown (6–1)North Dakota State (6–3)Montana State (6–4)Lehigh (8–3)Illinois State (7–4)22.
23. Texas State Texas State (1–0)Hofstra (1–0)Northwestern State (1–2)Hofstra (2–1)Northwestern State (1–2)Northwestern State (2–2)Hofstra (4–2)South Carolina State (5–2) Richmond (5–3)Eastern Illinois (7–2)Western Kentucky (6–4)Illinois State (7–4)Colgate (8–4)23.
24. Hofstra Hofstra (0–0)Sam Houston State (1–1)UMass (2–1) Idaho State (3–1)South Carolina State (3–1) Stephen F. Austin (4–1)Georgia Southern (4–3) Alabama State (6–1)North Dakota State (5–3)William & Mary (5–4)Illinois State (7–4) Colgate (8–3)Coastal Carolina (9–2)24.
25. Grambling State Appalachian State (1–0)UMass (1–1) Rhode Island (3–0)Northwestern State (1–2)Idaho State (3–2)McNeese State (2–1) Portland State (4–3) Penn (5–1) Eastern Illinois (6–2)James Madison (5–4) Nicholls State (5–3) Lafayette (8–3)James Madison (7–4)25.
Preseason
[15] 		Week 1
Sept 6 [16] 		Week 2
Sept 13 [17] 		Week 3
Sept 20 [18] 		Week 4
Sept 27 [19] 		Week 5
Oct 4 [20] 		Week 6
Oct 11 [21] 		Week 7
Oct 18 [22] 		Week 8
Oct 25 [23] 		Week 9
Nov 1 [24] 		Week 10
Nov 8 [25] 		Week 11
Nov 15 [26] 		Week 12
Nov 22 [27] 		Week 13
Postseason [28]
Dropped:
25 Grambling State		Dropped:
  • 21 Jacksonville State
  • 22 Wofford
  • 25 Appalachian State
Dropped:
  • 14 Georgia Southern
  • 17 Coastal Carolina
  • 21 McNeese State
  • 24 Sam Houston State
Dropped:
25 Rhode Island		Dropped:
  • 18 Western Carolina
  • 22 Wofford
  • 23 Hofstra
Dropped:
  • 20 Harvard
  • 25 Idaho State
Dropped:
  • 22 Delaware
  • 24 Stephen F. Austin
Dropped:
  • 17 North Dakota State
  • 20 McNeese State
  • 22 Northwestern State
  • 23 Hofstra
Dropped:
  • 17 James Madison
  • 18 Illinois State
  • 20 Portland State
  • 24 Alabama State
  • 25 Penn
Dropped:
21 UC Davis		Dropped:
  • 24 William & Mary
  • 25 James Madison
Dropped:
  • 20 North Dakota State
  • 23 Western Kentucky
Dropped:
22 Lehigh

Notes

  1. ↑ In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts
  2. ↑ In the actual printed polls, Cal Poly was listed as Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

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