The 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings are from the Sports Network Division media poll.
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(#–#) | Win–loss record | |
(Italics) | Number of first place votes | |
т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
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] | ||
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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] | ||
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