2006 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

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The 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings are from the Sports Network Division media poll.

Contents

Legend

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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. Appalachian State (68)Appalachian State (0–1) (43)New Hampshire (1–0) (56)New Hampshire (2–0) (83)New Hampshire (3–0) (80)New Hampshire (4–0) (81)New Hampshire (5–0) (88)Appalachian State (6–1) (88)Appalachian State (7–1) (82)Appalachian State (8–1) (96)Appalachian State (9–1) (94)Appalachian State (10–1) (84)Appalachian State (10–1) (73)Appalachian State (14–1) (69)1.
2. New Hampshire (14)New Hampshire (0–0) (31)Appalachian State (1–1) (42)Appalachian State (2–1) (22)Appalachian State (3–1) (22)Appalachian State (4–1) (21)Appalachian State (5–1) (21)Montana (5–1) (2)Montana (6–1) (4)Montana (7–1) (1)Montana (8–1) (2)Montana (9–1) (2)Montana (10–1) (1)UMass (13–2)2.
3. Montana (5)Northern Iowa (1–0) (13)Cal Poly (2–0) (1)Cal Poly (3–0) (2)Furman (3–1)Furman (4–1)Montana (4–1)Illinois State (5–1) (11)Illinois State (6–1) (12)UMass (7–1) (3)UMass (8–1) (4)UMass (9–1) (4)UMass (10–1) (2)Montana (12–2)3.
4. Northern Iowa (3)Furman (1–0) (3)Furman (2–0)Furman (2–1)Montana (2–1)Montana (3–1)Cal Poly (5–1)Cal Poly (5–1) (1)UMass (6–1) (3)James Madison (7–1)James Madison (8–1)North Dakota State (9–1) (8)North Dakota State (10–1) (5)Youngstown State (11–3)4.
5. Furman (1)Cal Poly (1–0) (4)Montana (1–1)Montana (1–1)Cal Poly (3–1)Cal Poly (4–1)Illinois State (4–1)Youngstown State (6–1) (1)James Madison (6–1)North Dakota State (7–1) (3)North Dakota State (8–1) (4)Youngstown State (8–2)Youngstown State (9–2)North Dakota State (10–1) (1)5.
6. Cal Poly (3) [note 1] Montana (0–1) (2)Youngstown State (2–0) (1)Illinois State (2–1)Illinois State (3–1)Illinois State (3–1)Youngstown State (5–1)UMass (5–1)North Dakota State (6–1) (3)Cal Poly (6–2)Youngstown State (8–2)Illinois State (8–2)James Madison (9–2)New Hampshire (9–4)6.
7. Youngstown State Illinois State (0–1)Illinois State (1–1)Richmond (2–0)Richmond (3–0)Richmond (4–0)Southern Illinois (5–0)New Hampshire (5–1) (1)Northern Iowa (5–2)Youngstown State (7–2)Illinois State (7–2)James Madison (8–2)Furman (8–3)Southern Illinois (9–4)7.
8. James Madison Youngstown State (1–0) (1)Richmond (1–0)Youngstown State (2–1)Youngstown State (3–1)Youngstown State (4–1)UMass (4–1)James Madison (5–1)Furman (6–2)Illinois State (6–2)Tennessee–Martin (8–1)Furman (8–3)Hampton (10–1)Illinois State (9–4)8.
9. Illinois State UMass (1–0)UMass (1–1)UMass (2–1)UMass (3–1)Southern Illinois (4–0) (1)North Dakota State (5–0)North Dakota State (6–0) (2)Cal Poly (5–2)New Hampshire (6–2)Cal Poly (6–3)Hampton (10–1)New Hampshire (8–3)James Madison (9–3)9.
10. UMass [note 2] Richmond (1–0) (2)Hampton (2–0)Southern Illinois (2–0) (2)Southern Illinois (3–0) (1)UMass (3–1)Richmond (4–1)Richmond (5–1)Youngstown State (6–2)Tennessee–Martin (7–1)Furman (7–3)New Hampshire (7–3)Southern Illinois (8–3)Montana State (8–5)10.
11. McNeese State Montana State (1–0) (7)Delaware (1–0)Hampton (3–0) (1)North Dakota State (3–0)North Dakota State (4–0)Furman (4–2)Hampton (7–0) (3)New Hampshire (5–2)Furman (6–3)Hampton (9–1)Southern Illinois (7–3)Illinois State (8–3)Hampton (10–2)11.
12. Georgia Southern James Madison (1–0)Northern Iowa (1–1)Northern Iowa (2–1)Hampton (4–0)Hampton (5–0)Hampton (6–0)Furman (5–2)Tennessee–Martin (6–1)Southern Illinois (6–2)Northern Iowa (6–3)Tennessee–Martin (8–2)Tennessee–Martin (9–2)Furman (8–4)12.
13. Hampton Georgia Southern (0–0)Portland State (2–0) (3)McNeese State (1–1)Northern Iowa (2–1)James Madison (3–1)James Madison (4–1)Southern Illinois (5–1)Richmond (5–2)Hampton (8–1)New Hampshire (6–3)Coastal Carolina (8–2)Coastal Carolina (9–2)Tennessee–Martin (9–3)13.
14. Eastern Illinois Hampton (1–0)McNeese State (1–1)North Dakota State (2–0)Portland State (3–1)Northern Iowa (2–2)Northern Iowa (3–2)Northern Iowa (4–2)Eastern Illinois (5–3)Northern Iowa (5–3)Southern Illinois (6–3)San Diego (10–0)Eastern Illinois (8–4)Coastal Carolina (9–3)14.
15. Richmond Delaware (0–0)James Madison (1–1)Portland State (2–1)James Madison (2–1)Portland State (3–2)Harvard (4–0)Harvard (5–0)Maine (5–2)Richmond (5–3)San Diego (9–0)Montana State (7–3)Cal Poly (7–4)Eastern Illinois (8–5)15.
16. Delaware McNeese State (0–1)Southern Illinois (1–0)UC Davis (2–1)McNeese State (1–2)UC Davis (2–2)Eastern Illinois (3–3)Tennessee–Martin (5–1)UC Davis (4–3)San Diego (8–0)Coastal Carolina (7–2)Cal Poly (6–4)San Diego (10–0)Cal Poly (7–4)16.
17. Southern Illinois Southern Illinois (1–0)North Dakota State (1–0)James Madison (1–1)Delaware (2–1)Towson State (4–0)Tennessee–Martin (5–1)Eastern Illinois (4–3)Hampton (7–1)Coastal Carolina (6–2)Harvard (7–1)Eastern Illinois (7–4)Northern Iowa (7–4)Northern Iowa (7–4)17.
18. Texas State North Dakota State (1–0)Eastern Illinois (1–1)Delaware (1–1)UC Davis (2–2)Delaware (2–2)UC Davis (2–3)UC Davis (3–3)Princeton (6–0)Harvard (6–1)Montana State (7–3)Princeton (8–1)Montana State (7–4)Princeton (9–1)18.
19. North Dakota State UC Davis (1–0)Eastern Kentucky (1–1)Georgia Southern (1–1)Towson State (4–0)Harvard (3–0)Central Connecticut State (5–1)Maine (4–2)Southern Illinois (5–2)Montana State (6–3)Maine (6–3)South Dakota State (7–3)Princeton (9–1)Portland State (7–4)19.
20. Eastern Kentucky Eastern Illinois (0–1)Montana State (1–1)Eastern Illinois (1–2)Eastern Illinois (2–2)Eastern Illinois (2–3)Alabama A&M (4–1)Alabama A&M (5–1)San Diego (7–0)Eastern Illinois (5–4)Eastern Illinois (6–4)Northern Iowa (6–4)Portland State (7–4)San Diego (11–1)20.
21. UC Davis Portland State (1–0)UC Davis (1–1) Towson State (3–0) Western Illinois (3–1)Georgia Southern (2–2)San Diego (5–0)San Diego (6–0)Portland State (5–3)Towson State (6–2)Princeton (7–1)Portland State (7–4)South Dakota State (7–4)McNeese State (7–5)21.
22. Montana State Texas State (1–0)Lafayette (2–0) Western Carolina (2–0) Harvard (2–0) Tennessee–Martin (4–1)Towson State (4–1)Princeton (5–0)Coastal Carolina (5–2)Maine (5–3)South Dakota State (6–3)Maine (6–4)McNeese State (7–4)South Dakota State (7–4)22.
23. Grambling State Eastern Kentucky (0–1)Texas State (1–1) Central Connecticut State (3–0) Albany State (3–1)Central Connecticut State (4–1) Maine (3–2)Portland State (4–3)Harvard (5–1)Princeton (6–1)Portland State (6–4) Delaware State (8–2) Wofford (7–4)Wofford (7–4)23.
24. Nicholls State Nicholls State (1–0)Georgia Southern (0–1)Eastern Kentucky (1–2)Western Carolina (2–1)Alabama A&M (3–1) Princeton (4–0)Coastal Carolina (5–2)Montana State (5–3) South Dakota State (5–3) Charleston Southern (9–0)Towson State (7–3)Maine (6–5)Central Arkansas (8–3)24.
25. Coastal Carolina Lafayette (1–0) Alabama A&M (2–0) Jacksonville State (1–1) Northern Arizona (2–2) San Diego (4–0)Portland State (3–3) Sam Houston State (4–2)Delaware (4–3)Portland State (5–4)Richmond (5–4)Alabama A&M (8–2) Central Arkansas (8–3) Yale (8–2)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:
  • 23 Grambling State
  • 25 Coastal Carolina
Dropped:
24 Nicholls State		Dropped:
  • 20 Montana State
  • 22 Lafayette
  • 23 Texas State
  • 25 Alabama A&M
Dropped:
  • 19 Georgia Southern
  • 23 Central Connecticut State
  • 24 Eastern Kentucky
  • 25 Jacksonville State
Dropped:
  • 16 McNeese State
  • 21 Western Illinois
  • 23 Albany State
  • 24 Western Carolina
  • 25 Northern Arizona
Dropped:
  • 18 Delaware
  • 21 Georgia Southern
Dropped:
  • 19 Central Connecticut State
  • 22 Towson State
Dropped:
  • 20 Alabama A&M
  • 25 Sam Houston State
Dropped:
  • 16 UC Davis
  • 25 Delaware
Dropped:
21 Towson State		Dropped:
  • 17 Harvard
  • 24 Charleston Southern
  • 25 Richmond
Dropped:
  • 23 Delaware State
  • 24 Towson State
  • 25 Alabama A&M
Dropped:
24 Maine

Notes

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

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