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Preseason Aug 15 | Week 1 Sep 5 | Week 2 Sep 12 | Week 3 Sep 19 | Week 4 Sep 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | Week 11 Nov 14 | Week 12 Nov 21 | Week 13 Nov 28 | Week 14 Dec 5 | Week 15 (Final) Jan 10 | ||
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1. | Eastern Washington (90) | Eastern Washington (0–1) (111) | Georgia Southern (2–0) (102) | Georgia Southern (2–0) (115) | Georgia Southern (3–0) (124) | Georgia Southern (4–0) (128) | Georgia Southern (5–0) (132) | Georgia Southern (6–0) (125) | Georgia Southern (7–0) (131) | North Dakota State (8–0) (133) | North Dakota State (9-0) (143) | Montana State (9-1) (76) | North Dakota State | 1. | |||
2. | Appalachian State (14) | Georgia Southern (1–0) (29) | Northern Iowa (1–1) (16) | Northern Iowa (1–1) (15) | Northern Iowa (2–1) (17) | Northern Iowa (3–1) (19) | Northern Iowa (4–1) (24) | Northern Iowa (5–1) (18) | Northern Iowa (6–1) (17) | Montana State (8–1) (19) | Montana State (9-1) (16) | Sam Houston State (10-0) (71) | Sam Houston State | 2. | |||
3. | William & Mary (20) | Appalachian State (0–1) (2) | Appalachian State (1–1) (10) | Appalachian State (2–1) (9) | Appalachian State (3–1) (8) | Montana State (4–1) (3) | Montana State (5–1) (2) | North Dakota State (6–0) (9) | North Dakota State (7–0) (10) | Appalachian State (6–2) (5) | Sam Houston State (9-0) (1) | Georgia Southern (9-1) (8) | Montana | 3. | |||
4. | Georgia Southern (11) | Northern Iowa (0–1) (1) | William & Mary (1–1) (5) | Montana State (2–1) (1) | Montana State (3–1) (2) | North Dakota State (4–0) (7) | North Dakota State (5–0) (6) | Montana State (6–1) (2) | Montana State (7–1) (1) | Sam Houston State (8–0) (1) | Georgia Southern (8-1) | Northern Iowa (8-2) | Georgia Southern | 4. | |||
5. | Delaware (2) | William & Mary (0–1) (1) | Montana State (1–1) (2) | Richmond (3–0) (11) | North Dakota State (3–0) (8) | Wofford (3–1) | Wofford (4–1) (2) | Wofford (5–1) (3) | Appalachian State (5–2) | Georgia Southern (7–1) | Northern Iowa (7-2) | North Dakota State (9-1) (1) | Lehigh | 5. | |||
6. | Montana State | Montana State (0–1) | Richmond (2–0) (9) | William & Mary (2–1) (1) | Delaware (3–1) (1) | New Hampshire (3–1) | New Hampshire (4–1) т | Appalachian State (4–2) | Sam Houston State (7–0) | Northern Iowa (6–2) | Lehigh (8-1) | Lehigh (9-1) | Northern Iowa | 6. | |||
7. | Northern Iowa | Wofford (1–0) | Delaware (1–1) (1) | Delaware (2–1) (1) | New Hampshire (2–1) | James Madison (4–1) | Appalachian State (3–2) т | Sam Houston State (6–0) | Lehigh (6–1) | Maine (7–1) | New Hampshire (7-2) (1) | Montana (8-2) | Montana State | 7. | |||
8. | Wofford | Delaware (0–1) | North Dakota State (2–0) (1) | North Dakota State (2–0) (1) | Wofford (2–1) | Appalachian State (3–2) | Lehigh (5–1) | Lehigh (6–1) | Maine (6–1) | Lehigh (7–1) | Montana (8-2) | Towson (8-2) | Maine | 8. | |||
9. | Jacksonville State | Richmond (1–0) (2) | Wofford (1–1) | Wofford (1–1) | James Madison (3–1) | William & Mary (3–2) | Delaware (4–2) | Maine (5–1) | James Madison (5–2) | New Hampshire (6–2) | Wofford (7-2) | Appalachian State (7-3) | Towson | 9. | |||
10. | New Hampshire (1) | Jacksonville State (1–0) | Eastern Washington (0–2) (2) | Montana (2–1) | Richmond (3–1) | Lehigh (4–1) | Sam Houston State (5–0) | Jacksonville State (5–1) | New Hampshire (5–2) | Montana (7–2) | Appalachian State (6-3) | Old Dominion (9-2) | Old Dominion | 10. | |||
11. | North Dakota State | North Dakota State (1–0) | New Hampshire (1–1) | New Hampshire (1–1) | William & Mary (2–2) | Sam Houston State (4–0) | Jacksonville State (4–1) | James Madison (5–2) | Montana (6–2) | Wofford (6–2) | Old Dominion (8-2) | Maine (8-2) | New Hampshire | 11. | |||
12. | Montana | Sacramento State (1–0) (3) | Montana (1–1) | James Madison (2–1) | Southern Illinois (2–1) | Jacksonville State (4–1) | Maine (4–1) | Montana (5–2) | Wofford (5–2) | Old Dominion (7–2) | Towson (7-2) | New Hampshire (7-3) | Appalachian State | 12. | |||
13. | Lehigh | New Hampshire (0–1) | James Madison (1–1) | Chattanooga (2–1) | Lehigh (3–1) | Delaware (3–2) | James Madison (4–2) | New Hampshire (4–2) | Towson (6–1) | James Madison (5–3) | Maine (7-2) | Wofford (7-3) | Wofford | 13. | |||
14. | Villanova (2) | Lehigh (1–0) | Chattanooga (1–1) | Southern Illinois (1–1) | Jacksonville State (3–1) | Richmond (3–2) | Montana (4–2) | William & Mary (4–3) | Jacksonville State (5–2) | Towson (6–2) | Illinois State (7-3) | Illinois State (7-3) | Central Arkansas | 14. | |||
15. | James Madison | Montana (0–1) | Southern Illinois (1–1) | Lehigh (2–1) | Chattanooga (2–2) | McNeese State (3–1) | South Dakota (4–2) | Towson (5–1) | Old Dominion (6–2) | Jackson State (7–1) | Delaware (5-4) | Delaware (6-4) | James Madison | 15. | |||
16. | Richmond | Stephen F. Austin (1–0) | Lehigh (1–1) | Jacksonville State (2–1) | Sam Houston State (3–0) | Montana (3–2) | William & Mary (3–3) | Delaware (4–3) | Alabama State (6–1) | Delaware (5–4) | Liberty (7-3) | Liberty (7-3) | Harvard | 16. | |||
17. | Stephen F. Austin | Southern Illinois (1–0) | Jacksonville State (1–1) | Massachusetts (2–0) | Southern Utah (3–1) | Indiana State (4–1) | Towson (4–1) | Indiana State (5–2) | South Dakota (5–3) | Illinois State (6–3) | Furman (6-3) | Central Arkansas (8-3) | Delaware | 17. | |||
18. | Central Arkansas | Central Arkansas (1–0) | Central Arkansas (1–1) | South Dakota (2–1) | McNeese State (2–1) | South Dakota (3–2) | Old Dominion (5–1) | Richmond (3–3) | William & Mary (4–4) | Jacksonville State (5–3) | Harvard (7-1) | Harvard (8-1) | Stony Brook | 18. | |||
19. | Southern Illinois | James Madison (0–1) | Stephen F. Austin (1–1) | McNeese State (1–1) | Montana (2–2) | Maine (3–1) | Tennessee Tech (4–1) | Alabama State (6–1) | Jackson State (6–1) | William & Mary (4–4) | Central Arkansas (7-3) | James Madison (6-4) | Norfolk State | 19. | |||
20. | McNeese State | Villanova (0–1) | Sacramento State (1–1) | Sam Houston State (2–0) | Massachusetts (2–1) | Southern Illinois (2–2) | Richmond (3–3) | North Dakota (4–2) | Indiana State (5–3) | Tennessee Tech (5–2) | James Madison (5-4) | Norfolk State (9-2) | Illinois State | 20. | |||
21. | Chattanooga | Massachusetts (1–0) | Massachusetts (1–0) | Eastern Washington (0–3) | South Dakota (2–2) | Old Dominion (4–1) | Indiana State (4–2) | Old Dominion (5–2) | Delaware (4–4) | Indiana State (5–3) | Jackson State (7-2) | Jackson State (8-2) | Tennessee Tech | 21. | |||
22. | Liberty | McNeese State (0–1) | Liberty (1–1) | Stephen F. Austin (1–2) | South Carolina State (2–2) | Southern Utah (3–2) | McNeese State (3–2) | Massachusetts (4–2) | Illinois State (5–3) | Liberty (6–3) | Norfolk State (8-2) | South Dakota (6-4) | Jackson State | 22. | |||
23. | South Carolina State | Chattanooga (0–1) | McNeese State (0–1) | Southern Utah (2–1) | Towson (3–0) | Tennessee Tech (4–1) | North Dakota (4–2) | Jackson State (6–1) | Liberty (5–3) | Harvard (6–1) | Alabama State (7-2) | Tennessee Tech (6-3) | North Dakota | 23. | |||
24. | Sacramento State | Liberty (0–1) | South Dakota (1–1) | Murray State (2–1) | Indiana State (3–1) | Chattanooga (2–3) | Alabama State (5–1) | Norfolk State (6–1) | Harvard (5–1) | South Dakota (5–4) | South Dakota (5-4) | Furman (6-4) | Eastern Kentucky | 24. | |||
25. | Massachusetts | Bethune-Cookman (1–0) | South Carolina State (1–1) | South Carolina State (1–2) | Sacramento State (2–2) | Towson (3–1) | Jackson State (5–1) | South Dakota (4–3) | Tennessee Tech (4–2) | Central Arkansas (6–3) | Eastern Kentucky (6-3) | Portland State (7-3) | Liberty | 25. | |||
Preseason Aug 15 | Week 1 Sep 5 | Week 2 Sep 12 | Week 3 Sep 19 | Week 4 Sep 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | Week 11 Nov 14 | Week 12 Nov 21 | Week 13 Nov 28 | Week 14 Dec 5 | Week 15 (Final) Jan 10 | ||
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Preseason Aug 15 | Week 1 Sep 5 | Week 2 Sep 12 | Week 3 Sep 19 | Week 4 Sep 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | Week 11 Nov 14 | Week 12 Nov 21 | Week 13 Nov 28 | Week 14 Dec 5 | Week 15 (Final) Jan 10 | ||
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1. | Eastern Washington (23) | Eastern Washington (0–1) (22) | Georgia Southern (2–0) (23) | Georgia Southern (2–0) (25) | Georgia Southern (3–0) (25) | Georgia Southern (4–0) (26) | Georgia Southern (5–0) (26) | Georgia Southern (6–0) (27) | Georgia Southern (7–0) (27) | North Dakota State (8–0) (22) | North Dakota State (9-0) (26) | Montana State (9-1) (18) | Sam Houston State (12-0) (17) | North Dakota State | 1. | ||
2. | Appalachian State (1) | Georgia Southern (1–0) (6) | Northern Iowa (1–1) (4) | Northern Iowa (1–1) (3) | Northern Iowa (2–1) (3) | Northern Iowa (3–1) (2) | Northern Iowa (4–1) (2) | Northern Iowa (5–1) (1) | Northern Iowa (6–1) (1) | Montana State (8–1) (2) | Montana State (9-1) (2) | Georgia Southern (9-1) (2) | Georgia Southern (10-2) (4) | Sam Houston State | 2. | ||
3. | Georgia Southern (3) | Appalachian State (0–1) т | Appalachian State (1–1) | Appalachian State (2–1) | Appalachian State (3–1) | Montana State (4–1) | Montana State (5–1) | Montana State (6–1) | North Dakota State (7–0) | Appalachian State (6–2) | Georgia Southern (8-1) | Sam Houston State (10-0) (8) | Northern Iowa (10-2) | Georgia Southern | 3. | ||
4. | William & Mary (1) | Northern Iowa (0–1) т | Montana State (1–1) | Montana State (2–1) | Montana State (3–1) | Wofford (3–1) | Wofford (4–1) | Wofford (5–1) | Montana State (7–1) | Georgia Southern (7–1) (4) | Sam Houston State (9-0) | Northern Iowa (8-2) | North Dakota State (11-1) (1) | Eastern Washington | 4. | ||
5. | Delaware | William & Mary (0–1) | William & Mary (1–1) | William & Mary (2–1) | Delaware (3–1) | North Dakota State (4–0) | North Dakota State (5–0) | North Dakota State (6–0) | Appalachian State (5–2) | Sam Houston State (8–0) | Northern Iowa (7-2) | North Dakota State (9-1) | Montana (10-2) | Montana State | 5. | ||
6. | Montana State | Montana State (0–1) | North Dakota State (2–0) | Delaware (2–1) | North Dakota State (3–0) т | James Madison (4–1) | New Hampshire (4–1) | Appalachian State (4–2) | Lehigh (6–1) | Northern Iowa (6–2) | Lehigh (8-1) | Lehigh (9-1) | Lehigh (11-1) | Old Dominion | 6. | ||
7. | Northern Iowa | Delaware (0–1) | Delaware (1–1) | Richmond (3–0) | Wofford (2–1) т | New Hampshire (3–1) | Appalachian State (3–2) | Lehigh (6–1) | Sam Houston State (7–0) | Lehigh (7–1) | Montana (8-2) | Montana (8-2) | Montana State (10-2) (1) | Wofford | 7. | ||
8. | Wofford | North Dakota State (1–0) | Wofford (1–1) | Wofford (1–1) | James Madison (3–1) | Appalachian State (3–2) | Delaware (4–2) | Jacksonville State (5–1) | Montana (6–2) | Montana (7–2) | Appalachian State (6-3) | Appalachian State (7-3) | Appalachian State (8-4) | Maine | 8. | ||
9. | Jacksonville State | Wofford (1–0) | Richmond (2–0) | Montana (2–1) | New Hampshire (2–1) | William & Mary (3–2) | Lehigh (5–1) | Montana (5–2) | Wofford (5–2) | Wofford (6–2) | Wofford (7-2) | Old Dominion (8-2) | Towson (9-3) | Towson | 9. | ||
10. | New Hampshire | Jacksonville State (1–0) | Eastern Washington (0–2) (1) | James Madison (2–1) | Richmond (3–1) т | Lehigh (4–1) | Jacksonville State (4–1) | Sam Houston State (6–0) | James Madison (5–2) | Maine (7–1) | New Hampshire (7-2) | Towson (8-2) | Old Dominion (10-3) | Old Dominion | 10. | ||
11. | North Dakota State | Richmond (1–0) | Montana (1–1) | New Hampshire (1–1) | William & Mary (2–2) т | Delaware (3–2) | Montana (4–2) | James Madison (5–2) | New Hampshire (5–2) | New Hampshire (6–2) | Old Dominion (8-2) | Maine (8-2) | Wofford (8-4) | Appalachian State | 11. | ||
12. | Montana | Stephen F. Austin (1–0) | New Hampshire (1–1) | North Dakota State (2–0) | Southern Illinois (2–1) | Jacksonville State (4–1) | Sam Houston State (5–0) | New Hampshire (4–2) | Maine (6–1) | Old Dominion (7–2) | Towson (7-2) | Wofford (7-3) | New Hampshire (8-4) | New Hampshire | 12. | ||
13. | Villanova | Montana (0–1) | Stephen F. Austin (1–1) | Southern Illinois (1–1) | Jacksonville State (3–1) | McNeese State (3–1) | James Madison (4–2) | Delaware (4–3) | Jacksonville State (5–2) | James Madison (5–3) | Maine (7-2) | New Hampshire (7-3) | Maine (9-3) | Wofford | 13. | ||
14. | Stephen F. Austin | Lehigh (1–0) | James Madison (1–1) | Chattanooga (2–1) | Lehigh (3–1) | Montana (3–2) | South Dakota (4–2) | Maine (5–1) | Towson (6–1) | Jackson State (7–1) | Harvard (7-1) т | Illinois State (7-3) т | Harvard (9-1) | James Madison | 14. | ||
15. | Lehigh | Southern Illinois (1–0) | Southern Illinois (1–1) | Jacksonville State (2–1) | McNeese State (2–1) | Sam Houston State (4–0) | William & Mary (3–3) | William & Mary (5–1) | South Dakota (5–3) | Tennessee Tech (5–2) | Liberty (7-3) т | Harvard (8-1) т | Central Arkansas (9-4) | Central Arkansas | 15. | ||
16. | James Madison | New Hampshire (0–1) | Jacksonville State (1–1) | Lehigh (2–1) | Montana (2–2) | Richmond (3–2) | Maine (4–1) | Indiana State (5–2) | Old Dominion (6–2) | Indiana State (5–3) | Illinois State (7-3) | Liberty (7-3) т | Delaware (7-4) | Stony Brook | 16. | ||
17. | Southern Illinois | James Madison (0–1) | Chattanooga (1–1) | Stephen F. Austin (1–2) | Chattanooga (2–2) | Southern Illinois (2–2) | McNeese State (3–2) | Towson (5–1) | Jackson State (6–1) | Towson (6–2) | Delaware (5-4) | Delaware (6-4) | Illinois State (7-4) | Harvard | 17. | ||
18. | Liberty | Sacramento State (1–0) | Central Arkansas (1–1) | McNeese State (1–1) | Sam Houston State (3–0) | South Dakota (3–2) | North Dakota (4–2) | North Dakota (4–2) | Indiana State (5–3) | Jacksonville State (5–3) | Jackson State (7-2) | Jackson State (8-2) | Jackson State (9-2) | Norfolk State | 18. | ||
19. | Richmond | Villanova (0–1) | Lehigh (1–1) | Massachusetts (2–0) | Southern Utah (3–1) | Indiana State (4–1) | Tennessee Tech (4–1) | South Dakota (4–3) | Tennessee Tech (4–2) | Delaware (5–4) | James Madison (5-4) | Central Arkansas (8-3) | James Madison (8-5) | Tennessee Tech | 19. | ||
20. | McNeese State | Central Arkansas (0–1) | Liberty (1–1) | South Dakota (2–1) | Massachusetts (2–1) | North Dakota (3–2) | Coastal Carolina (4–1) | Jackson State (6–1) | Delaware (4–4) | Harvard (6–1) | Tennessee Tech (5-3) | James Madison (6-4) | Tennessee Tech (7-4) | Delaware | 20. | ||
21. | South Carolina State | Liberty (0–1) | South Carolina State (1–1) | North Dakota (1–2) | South Dakota (2–2) | Tennessee Tech (4–1) | Indiana State (4–2) | Richmond (3–3) | William & Mary (4–4) | William & Mary (4–4) | Furman (6-3) | Tennessee Tech (6-3) | North Dakota (8-3) | Eastern Kentucky | 21. | ||
22. | Central Arkansas | McNeese State (0–1) | McNeese State (0–1) | Eastern Washington (0–3) | South Carolina State (2–2) | Southern Utah (3–2) | Old Dominion (5–1) | Old Dominion (5–2) | Alabama State (6–1) | Liberty (6–3) | North Dakota (6-3) | North Dakota (7-3) | Norfolk State (9-3) | Illinois State | 22. | ||
23. | Chattanooga | South Carolina State (0–1) | South Dakota (1–1) | Liberty (1–2) | Indiana State (3–1) | Chattanooga (2–3) | Towson (4–1) | Tennessee Tech (4–2) | Harvard (5–1) | South Dakota (5–4) | Indiana State (5-4) | Indiana State (6-4) | Liberty (7-4) | Albany | 23. | ||
24. | Penn | Bethune-Cookman (1–0) | Sacramento State (1–1) | Youngstown State (2–1) | North Dakota (2–2) | Coastal Carolina (3–1) | Jackson State (5–1) | McNeese State (3–3) | Liberty (5–3) | Illinois State (6–3) | South Dakota (5-4) | South Dakota (6-4) | Stony Brook (9-4) | Jackson State | 24. | ||
25. | Bethune-Cookman | Chattanooga (0–1) | Massachusetts (1–0) | South Carolina State (1–2) | Sacramento State (2–2) | Jackson State (4–1) | Richmond (3–3) | Norfolk State (6–2) | North Dakota (4–3) | North Dakota (5–3) | Central Arkansas (7-3) | Norfolk State (9-2) | San Diego (9-2) | Liberty | 25. | ||
Preseason Aug 15 | Week 1 Sep 5 | Week 2 Sep 12 | Week 3 Sep 19 | Week 4 Sep 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | Week 11 Nov 14 | Week 12 Nov 21 | Week 13 Nov 28 | Week 14 Dec 5 | Week 15 (Final) Jan 10 | ||
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Various publications release their preseason top 25 months before the season commences.
Athlon | |
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1. | Georgia Southern |
2. | William & Mary |
3. | Eastern Washington |
4. | Montana State |
5. | Appalachian State |
6. | Delaware |
7. | Richmond |
8. | Wofford |
9. | Jacksonville State |
10. | Northern Iowa |
11. | North Dakota State |
12. | Massachusetts |
13. | New Hampshire |
14. | Lehigh |
15. | Sacramento State |
16. | Chattanooga |
17. | Villanova |
18. | Southern Illinois |
19. | Montana |
20. | Liberty |
21. | Northwestern State |
22. | Eastern Kentucky |
23. | Indiana State |
24. | Central Arkansas |
25. | Jacksonville |
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The 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) football rankings comprises two human polls, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), college football's governing body, the NCAA, bestows the national championship title through a 24-team tournament. The following weekly polls determine the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2016 season. The STATS poll is voted by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.
The 2017 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) football rankings comprises two human polls, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), college football's governing body, the NCAA, bestows the national championship title through a 24-team tournament. The following weekly polls determine the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2017 season. The STATS poll is voted by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.
The 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) football rankings consists of two human polls, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), college football's governing body, the NCAA, bestows the national championship title through a 24-team tournament. The following weekly polls determine the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2018 season. The STATS poll is voted by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.