2024 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

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The 2024 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 thorough a 24-team tournament. [1] The following weekly polls determine the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2024 season. The STATS poll is voted on by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.

Contents

Legend

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

STATS poll

Preseason
August 5 [2] 		Week 1
September 2 [3] 		Week 2
September 9 [4] 		Week 3
September 16 [5] 		Week 4
September 23 [6] 		Week 5
September 30 [7] 		Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Final
1. South Dakota State (52)South Dakota State (0–1) (36)South Dakota State (1–1) (44)South Dakota State (2–1) (41)South Dakota State (3–1) (40)South Dakota State (3–1) (38)1.
2. North Dakota State (3)North Dakota State (0–1) (11)North Dakota State (1–1) (6)North Dakota State (2–1) (5)North Dakota State (3–1) (5)North Dakota State (4–1) (10)2.
3. Montana Montana State (2–0) (8)Montana State (3–0) (6)Montana State (3–0) (7)Montana State (4–0) (6)Montana State (5–0) (8)3.
4. Montana State (1)Montana (1–0) (1)Idaho (1–1)Idaho (2–1) (3)Idaho (3–1) (5)South Dakota (3–1)4.
5. South Dakota Villanova (1–0)Villanova (2–0)Villanova (3–0)South Dakota (2–1)Central Arkansas (4–1)5.
6. Villanova South Dakota (1–0)South Dakota (1–1)South Dakota (1–1)Villanova (3–1)Villanova (4–1)6.
7. Idaho Idaho (0–1)Central Arkansas (1–1)Southern Illinois (2–1)Central Arkansas (3–1)North Dakota (4–1)7.
8. Sacramento State Sacramento State (0–1)Montana (1–1)Central Arkansas (2–1)Montana (3–1)Montana (4–1)8.
9. Chattanooga Central Arkansas (0–1)Southern Illinois (1–1)Montana (2–1)North Dakota (3–1)UC Davis (4–1)9.
10. Southern Illinois Southern Illinois (0–1)North Dakota (1–1)North Dakota (2–1)Sacramento State (2–2)Idaho (3–2)10.
11. Central Arkansas Chattanooga (0–1)Sacramento State (0–2)Sacramento State (1–2)William & Mary (3–1)Mercer (5–0)11.
12. Furman Incarnate Word (1–0)Incarnate Word (1–1)William & Mary (2–1)Mercer (4–0)William & Mary (4–1)12.
13. Richmond William & Mary (1–0)William & Mary (1–1)UC Davis (2–1)Southeast Missouri State (3–1)Southeast Missouri State (4–1)13.
14. Incarnate Word Richmond (0–1)Chattanooga (0–2)Mercer (3–0)UC Davis (3–1)Tarleton State (4–1)14.
15. William & Mary Furman (0–1)UC Davis (1–1)Incarnate Word (1–2)Incarnate Word (2–2)Incarnate Word (2–2)15.
16. Albany Albany (1–0)Tarleton State (2–1)Tarleton State (2–1)Tarleton State (3–1)Abilene Christian (3–2)16.
17. Lafayette Western Carolina (0–1)Albany (1–1)Illinois State (2–1)Southern Illinois (2–2)Sacramento State (2–3)17.
18. UC Davis UC Davis (0–1)Illinois State (1–1)Lafayette (2–1)Illinois State (3–1)Illinois State (3–2)18.
19. Illinois State Lafayette (0–1)Lafayette (1–1)Abilene Christian (2–1)Lamar (3–1)Southern Illinois (2–3)19.
20. Western Carolina Tarleton State (1–1)Weber State (1–1)Albany (1–2)Abilene Christian (2–2)Rhode Island (3–1)20.
21. Tarleton State Illinois State (0–1)Youngstown State (1–1) Southeast Missouri State (2–1)Albany (1–2)New Hampshire (3–1)21.
22. Weber State Nicholls (0–1) Elon (1–1) Lamar (2–1) Rhode Island (3–1) McNeese (4–2)22.
23. Nicholls North Dakota (0–1) Mercer (2–0)Chattanooga (0–3) Wofford (2–1) East Tennessee State (3–2)23.
24. North Dakota Weber State (0–1)Nicholls (0–2)Western Carolina (1–2) New Hampshire (3–1)Lamar (3–2)24.
25. Youngstown State Youngstown State (0–1) Abilene Christian (1–1) Northern Iowa (2–1)Weber State (2–2) Northern Arizona (3–2)25.
Preseason
August 5 [8] 		Week 1
September 2 [9] 		Week 2
September 9 [10] 		Week 3
September 16 [11] 		Week 4
September 23 [12] 		Week 5
September 30 [13] 		Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Final
NoneDropped:
  • No. 14 Richmond
  • No. 15 Furman
  • No. 17 Western Carolina
Dropped:
  • No. 20 Weber State
  • No. 21 Youngstown State
  • No. 22 Elon
  • No. 24 Nicholls
Dropped:
  • No. 18 Lafayette
  • No. 23 Chattanooga
  • No. 24 Western Carolina
  • No. 25 Northern Iowa
Dropped:
  • No. 21 Albany
  • No. 23 Wofford
  • No. 25 Weber State
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone

Coaches' poll

Preseason
August 12 [14] [15] [16] 		Week 1
September 3		Week 2
September 9		Week 3
September 16		Week 4
September 23		Week 5
September 30		Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Final
1. South Dakota State (25)South Dakota State (0–1) (17)South Dakota State (1–1) (22)South Dakota State (2–1) (22)South Dakota State (3–1) (22)South Dakota State (3–1) (21)1.
2. North Dakota State North Dakota State (0–1) (5)North Dakota State (1–1) (2)North Dakota State (2–1) (1)North Dakota State (3–1) (1)North Dakota State (4–1) (3)2.
3. Montana Montana State (2–0) (4)Montana State (3–0) (2)Montana State (3–0) (3)Montana State (4–0) (2)Montana State (5–0) (1)3.
4. Montana State Montana (1–0)Villanova (2–0)Idaho (2–1)Idaho (3–1) (1)South Dakota (3–1)4.
5. South Dakota Villanova (1–0)Idaho (1–1)Villanova (3–0)South Dakota (2–1)Villanova (4–1)5.
6. Villanova South Dakota (1–0)South Dakota (1–1)South Dakota (1–1)Villanova (3–1)North Dakota (4–1)6.
7. Idaho Idaho (0–1)Central Arkansas (1–1)Southern Illinois (2–1)Central Arkansas (3–1)Central Arkansas (4–1)7.
8. Chattanooga Sacramento State (0–1)Southern Illinois (1–1)Central Arkansas (2–1)North Dakota (3–1)UC Davis (4–1)8.
9. Furman Central Arkansas (0–1)Montana (1–1)North Dakota (2–1)Montana (3–1)Montana (4–1)9.
10. Sacramento State Chattanooga (0–1)North Dakota (1–1)Montana (2–1)Sacramento State (2–2)William & Mary (4–1)10.
11. Southern Illinois Incarnate Word (1–0)Sacramento State (0–2)Sacramento State (1–2)UC Davis (3–1)Mercer (5–0)11.
12. Richmond Southern Illinois (0–1)UC Davis (1–1)UC Davis (2–1)William & Mary (3–1)Idaho (3–2)12.
13. Central Arkansas Albany (1–0)William & Mary (1–1)William & Mary (2–1)Mercer (4–0)Southeast Missouri State (4–1)13.
14. Albany William & Mary (1–0)Incarnate Word (1–1)Lafayette (2–1)Southeast Missouri State (3–1)Tarleton State (4–1)14.
15. Incarnate Word Richmond (0–1)Albany (1–1)Illinois State (2–1)Illinois State (3–1)Incarnate Word (2–2)15.
16. William & Mary Furman (0–1)Chattanooga (0–2)Mercer (3–0)Tarleton State (3–1)New Hampshire (3–1)16.
17. UC Davis Western Carolina (0–1)Tarleton State (2–1)Tarleton State (2–1)Southern Illinois (2–2)Abilene Christian (3–1)17.
18. Lafayette UC Davis (0–1)Lafayette (1–1)Incarnate Word (1–2)Incarnate Word (2–2)Northern Iowa (2–2)18.
19. Western Carolina Lafayette (0–1)Illinois State (1–1)Northern Iowa (2–1)Northern Iowa (2–2)Illinois State (3–2)19.
20. Illinois State North Dakota (0–1)Youngstown State (1–1)Florida A&M (2–1)New Hampshire (3–1)Sacramento State (2–3)20.
21. Tarleton State Tarleton State (1–1) Northern Iowa (2–0) Southeast Missouri State (2–1)Florida A&M (2–2)Richmond (3–2)21.
22. North Dakota Illinois State (0–1)Florida A&M (2–1)Albany (1–2)Abilene Christian (2–2)Florida A&M (2–2)22.
23. Youngstown State Youngstown State (0–1)Nicholls (0–2) Abilene Christian (2–1)Albany (1–2) тSouthern Illinois (2–3)23.
24. Nicholls Florida A&M (2–0) Mercer (2–0)Chattanooga (0–3)Richmond (2–2) т McNeese (4–2)24.
25. Florida A&M (1)Nicholls (0–1) Weber State (1–1)Youngstown State (1–2)Lamar (3–1) Rhode Island (3–1)25.
Preseason
August 12 [17] [18] [19] 		Week 1
September 3		Week 2
September 9		Week 3
September 16		Week 4
September 23		Week 5
September 30		Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Final
NoneDropped:
  • No. 15 Richmond
  • No. 16 Furman
  • No. 17 Western Carolina
Dropped:
  • No. 23 Nicholls
  • No. 25 Weber State
Dropped:
  • No. 14 Lafayette
  • No. 24 Chattanooga
  • No. 25 Youngstown State
Dropped:
  • No. 23т Albany
  • No. 25 Lamar
NoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNoneNone

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