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| Season | 2025 |
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| Postseason | Single-elimination |
| Preseason No. 1 | North Dakota State |
The 2025 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. [1] The following weekly polls determine the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2025 season. The STATS Poll is voted on by media members while the Coaches Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.
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| (Italics) | Number of first place votes | |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record | |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
| Preseason August 4 [2] | Week 1 September 1 [3] | Week 2 September 8 [4] | Week 3 September 15 [5] | Week 4 September 22 [6] | Week 5 September 29 [7] | Week 6 October 6 [8] | Week 7 October 13 [9] | Week 8 October 20 [10] | Week 9 October 27 [11] | Week 10 November 3 [12] | Week 11 November 10 [13] | Week 12 November 17 [14] | Week 13 November 24 [15] | Final | ||
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| 1. | North Dakota State (54) | North Dakota State (1–0) (53) | North Dakota State (2–0) (49) | North Dakota State (3–0) (52) | North Dakota State (3–0) (51) | North Dakota State (4–0) (51) | North Dakota State (5–0) (54) | North Dakota State (6–0) (55) | North Dakota State (7–0) (55) | North Dakota State (8–0) (56) | North Dakota State (9–0) (56) | North Dakota State (10–0) (55) | North Dakota State (11–0) (56) | North Dakota State (12–0) (56) | 1. | |
| 2. | Montana State (1) | South Dakota State (1–0) (2) | South Dakota State (2–0) (7) | South Dakota State (3–0) (4) | South Dakota State (3–0) (4) | South Dakota State (4–0) (4) | South Dakota State (5–0) (1) | South Dakota State (6–0) (1) | South Dakota State (7–0) (1) | Tarleton State (9–0) | Montana (9–0) | Montana (10–0) | Montana (11–0) | Montana State (10–2) | 2. | |
| 3. | South Dakota State | Montana State (0–1) (1) | Tarleton State (3–0) | Tarleton State (4–0) | Tarleton State (5–0) (1) | Tarleton State (5–0) (1) | Tarleton State (6–0) (1) | Tarleton State (7–0) | Tarleton State (8–0) | Montana (8–0) | Montana State (7–2) | Montana State (8–2) (1) | Montana State (9–2) | Montana (11–1) | 3. | |
| 4. | South Dakota (1) | South Dakota (0–1) | Montana State (0–2) | Montana State (1–2) | Montana State (2–2) | Montana (4–0) | Montana (5–0) | Montana (6–0) | Montana (7–0) | Montana State (6–2) т | Lehigh (9–0) | Lehigh (10–0) | Lehigh (11–0) | Lehigh (12–0) | 4. | |
| 5. | Incarnate Word | Tarleton State (2–0) | Montana (1–0) | Montana (2–0) | Montana (3–0) | Montana State (3–2) | Montana State (4–2) | Montana State (5–2) | Montana State (5–2) | South Dakota State (7–1) т | Tennessee Tech (9–0) | Tennessee Tech (10–0) | Tarleton State (10–1) | Tarleton State (11–1) | 5. | |
| 6. | Illinois State | Montana (0–0) | Rhode Island (2–0) | Illinois State (2–1) | Rhode Island (4–0) | Illinois State (3–1) | UC Davis (4–1) | UC Davis (5–1) | UC Davis (5–1) | UC Davis (6–1) | Tarleton State (9–1) | Tarleton State (9–1) | Tennessee Tech (10–1) | Tennessee Tech (11–1) | 6. | |
| 7. | Montana | Illinois State (0–1) | Illinois State (1–1) | Rhode Island (3–0) | Illinois State (3–1) | UC Davis (3–1) | Lehigh (6–0) | Lehigh (7–0) | Lehigh (7–0) | Lehigh (8–0) | Monmouth (8–1) | Harvard (8–0) | Mercer (9–1) | Mercer (9–2) | 7. | |
| 8. | UC Davis | UC Davis (1–0) | Idaho (1–1) | Idaho (2–1) | Idaho (2–2) | Rhode Island (4–1) | Southern Illinois (4–1) | Tennessee Tech (6–0) | North Dakota (5–2) | North Dakota (6–2) | South Dakota State (7–2) | Mercer (8–1) | Harvard (9–0) | Rhode Island (10–2) | 8. | |
| 9. | Rhode Island | Rhode Island (1–0) | UC Davis (1–1) | UC Davis (1–1) | UC Davis (2–1) | Lehigh (5–0) | Illinois State (3–2) | North Dakota (4–2) | Tennessee Tech (7–0) | Tennessee Tech (8–0) | Harvard (7–0) | UC Davis (6–3) | Villanova (8–2) | Villanova (9–2) | 9. | |
| 10. | Tarleton State | Idaho (0–1) | Lehigh (2–0) | Lehigh (3–0) | Lehigh (4–0) | Southern Illinois (3–1) | Tennessee Tech (5–0) | Illinois State (4–2) | Monmouth (6–1) | Monmouth (7–1) | Villanova (6–2) | Villanova (7–2) | Rhode Island (9–2) | Stephen F. Austin (10–2) | 10. | |
| 11. | Mercer | Lehigh (1–0) | Villanova (1–0) | Villanova (1–1) | Southern Illinois (3–1) | Tennessee Tech (4–0) | Idaho (2–3) | Monmouth (5–1) | Villanova (5–2) | Villanova (6–2) | UC Davis (6–2) | Rhode Island (8–2) | Illinois State (8–3) | UC Davis (8–3) | 11. | |
| 12. | Idaho | Incarnate Word (1–1) | South Dakota (0–2) | Tennessee Tech (3–0) | Abilene Christian (2–2) | Idaho (2–3) | Monmouth (4–1) | Southern Illinois (4–2) | Jackson State (5–1) | Harvard (6–0) | Mercer (7–1) | Monmouth (8–2) | Monmouth (9–2) | South Dakota (8–4) | 12. | |
| 13. | Villanova | Villanova (0–0) | Abilene Christian (1–1) | Southern Illinois (2–1) | Tennessee Tech (3–0) | Northern Arizona (4–1) | North Dakota (3–2) | Abilene Christian (4–3) | Rhode Island (6–2) | Rhode Island (7–2) | North Dakota (6–3) | North Dakota (6–4) | North Dakota (7–4) | Abilene Christian (8–4) | 13. | |
| 14. | Lehigh | Southern Illinois (1–0) | Incarnate Word (1–1) | Abilene Christian (1–2) | North Dakota (2–2) | Monmouth (3–1) | Northern Arizona (4–2) | Jackson State (5–1) | Harvard (5–0) | Lamar (7–1) | Rhode Island (7–2) | Illinois State (7–3) | Stephen F. Austin (9–2) | Youngstown State (8–4) | 14. | |
| 15. | Sacramento State | Jackson State (1–0) | Tennessee Tech (2–0) | South Dakota (1–2) | Northern Arizona (3–1) | North Dakota (2–2) | Jackson State (4–1) | Villanova (4–2) | Lamar (6–1) | Mercer (6–1) | Southern Illinois (6–3) | Stephen F. Austin (8–2) | UC Davis (7–3) | Harvard (9–1) | 15. | |
| 16. | Abilene Christian | Abilene Christian (0–1) | North Dakota (1–1) | North Dakota (1–2) | Monmouth (2–1) | West Georgia (5–0) | Austin Peay (4–2) | Rhode Island (5–2) | Southern Illinois (4–3) | Southern Illinois (5–3) | Illinois State (6–3) | South Dakota State (7–3) | South Dakota (8–4) | South Dakota State (8–4) | 16. | |
| 17. | Jackson State | Tennessee Tech (1–0) | Southern Illinois (1–1) | Northern Arizona (2–1) | South Dakota (2–2) | Jackson State (3–1) | Rhode Island (4–2) | Lamar (5–1) | Mercer (5–1) | Illinois State (5–3) | Stephen F. Austin (7–2) | South Dakota (7–4) | Abilene Christian (7–4) | Illinois State (8–4) т | 17. | |
| 18. | Western Carolina | Sacramento State (0–1) | Northern Arizona (1–1) | Austin Peay (2–1) | West Georgia (4–0) | Villanova (2–2) | Villanova (3–2) | Harvard (4–0) | Illinois State (4–3) | Youngstown State (5–3) | Abilene Christian (5–4) | Abilene Christian (6–4) | Youngstown State (7–4) | Southeastern Louisiana (9–3) т | 18. | |
| 19. | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona (0–1) | Jackson State (1–1) | Incarnate Word (1–2) | Jackson State (2–1) | Abilene Christian (2–3) | Abilene Christian (3–3) | Northern Arizona (4–3) | Presbyterian (7–0) | Northern Arizona (5–3) | Southeastern Louisiana (7–2) | Lamar (8–2) | Lamar (8–3) | North Dakota (7–5) | 19. | |
| 20. | Southern Illinois | North Dakota (0–1) | Monmouth (2–0) | Jackson State (2–1) | Villanova (1–2) | Lamar (3–1) | Lamar (4–1) | Mercer (5–1) | Northern Arizona (4–3) | Stephen F. Austin (6–2) | Lamar (7–2) | Youngstown State (6–4) | Jackson State (8–2) | Jackson State (9–2) | 20. | |
| 21. | Tennessee Tech | Monmouth (1–0) | Sacramento State (0–2) | Monmouth (2–1) | Sacramento State (2–2) | South Dakota (2–3) | West Georgia (5–1) | Presbyterian (6–0) | South Dakota (5–3) | Southeastern Louisiana (6–2) | Youngstown State (5–4) | Southern Illinois (6–4) | Southeastern Louisiana (8–3) | Monmouth (9–3) | 21. | |
| 22. | Monmouth | Nicholls (1–1) | Austin Peay (1–1) | West Georgia (3–0) | Lamar (2–1) | Austin Peay (3–2) | Harvard (3–0) | South Dakota (4–3) | Youngstown State (4–3) | Austin Peay (5–3) | South Dakota (6–4) | Jackson State (7–2) | South Dakota State (7–4) | New Hampshire (8–4) | 22. | |
| 23. | Stephen F. Austin | Mercer (0–1) | New Hampshire (2–0) | Lamar (2–1) | Austin Peay (2–2) | Presbyterian (5–0) | South Dakota (3–3) | Austin Peay (4–3) | Abilene Christian (4–4) | Jackson State (5–2) | Jackson State (6–2) | Southeastern Louisiana (7–3) | Northern Arizona (7–4) | Southern Illinois (7–5) | 23. | |
| 24. | Stony Brook | Southern Utah (1–0) | Lamar (1–1) | Sacramento State (1–2) | Youngstown State (3–1) | Youngstown State (3–1) | Presbyterian (5–0) | Idaho (2–4) | Stephen F. Austin (5–2) | Abilene Christian (4–4) | Western Carolina (6–3) | Northern Arizona (6–4) | Southern Illinois (6–5) | Yale (8–2) | 24. | |
| 25. | Richmond | Stephen F. Austin (0–1) | West Georgia (2–0) | New Hampshire (2–1) | Presbyterian (4–0) | Harvard (2–0) | Mercer (4–1) | Stephen F. Austin (4–2) | Austin Peay (4–3) | Presbyterian (7–1) | Presbyterian (8–1) | Western Carolina (6–4) | New Hampshire (7–4) | Lamar (8–4) | 25. | |
| Preseason August 4 [16] | Week 1 September 1 [17] | Week 2 September 8 [18] | Week 3 September 15 [19] | Week 4 September 22 [20] | Week 5 September 29 [21] | Week 6 October 6 [22] | Week 7 October 13 [23] | Week 8 October 20 [24] | Week 9 October 27 [25] | Week 10 November 3 [26] | Week 11 November 10 [27] | Week 12 November 17 [28] | Week 13 November 24 [29] | Final | ||
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| Preseason August 11 [30] | Week 1 September 2 [31] | Week 2 September 8 [32] | Week 3 September 15 [33] | Week 4 September 22 [34] | Week 5 September 29 [35] | Week 6 October 6 [36] | Week 7 October 13 [37] | Week 8 October 20 [38] | Week 9 October 27 [39] | Week 10 November 3 [40] | Week 11 November 10 [41] | Week 12 November 17 [42] | Week 13 November 24 [43] | Final | ||
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| 1. | North Dakota State (26) | North Dakota State (1–0) (25) | North Dakota State (2–0) (24) | North Dakota State (3–0) (25) | North Dakota State (3–0) (25) | North Dakota State (4–0) (25) | North Dakota State (5–0) (26) | North Dakota State (6–0) (26) | North Dakota State (7–0) (25) | North Dakota State (8–0) (25) | North Dakota State (9–0) (25) | North Dakota State (10–0) (23) | North Dakota State (11–0) (23) | North Dakota State (12–0) (24) | 1. | |
| 2. | Montana State | South Dakota State (1–0) | South Dakota State (2–0) (2) | South Dakota State (3–0) (1) | South Dakota State (3–0) (1) | South Dakota State (4–0) (1) | South Dakota State (5–0) | South Dakota State (6–0) | South Dakota State (7–0) | Tarleton State (9–0) | Montana (9–0) | Montana (10–0) (1) | Montana (11–0) (1) | Montana State (10–2) (1) | 2. | |
| 3. | South Dakota State | Montana State (0–1) т | Tarleton State (3–0) | Tarleton State (4–0) | Tarleton State (5–0) | Tarleton State (5–0) | Tarleton State (6–0) | Tarleton State (7–0) | Tarleton State (8–0) | Montana (8–0) | Montana State (7–2) | Montana State (8–2) | Montana State (9–2) | Lehigh (12–0) | 3. | |
| 4. | Incarnate Word | Tarleton State (2–0) (1) т | Illinois State (1–1) | Illinois State (2–1) | Montana (3–0) | Montana (4–0) | Montana (5–0) | Montana (6–0) | Montana (7–0) | Montana State (6–2) | Lehigh (9–0) | Lehigh (10–0) | Lehigh (11–0) | Montana (11–1) | 4. | |
| 5. | South Dakota | UC Davis (1–0) | Rhode Island (2–0) | Montana (2–0) | Illinois State (3–1) | Montana State (3–2) | Montana State (4–2) | Montana State (5–2) | Montana State (5–2) | South Dakota State (7–1) | Tennessee Tech (9–0) | Tarleton State (9–1) | Tarleton State (10–1) | Tarleton State (11–1) | 5. | |
| 6. | Illinois State | South Dakota (0–1) | Montana State (0–2) | Montana State (1–2) т | Montana State (2–2) | Illinois State (3–1) | UC Davis (4–1) | UC Davis (5–1) | UC Davis (5–1) | UC Davis (6–1) | Monmouth (8–1) | Tennessee Tech (10–0) | Mercer (9–1) | Villanova (9–2) | 6. | |
| 7. | UC Davis | Illinois State (0–1) | Montana (1–0) | Rhode Island (3–0) т | Rhode Island (4–0) | UC Davis (3–1) | Tennessee Tech (5–0) | Lehigh (7–0) | Lehigh (7–0) | Lehigh (8–0) | Tarleton State (9–1) | Villanova (7–2) | Villanova (8–2) | Tennessee Tech (11–1) | 7. | |
| 8. | Tarleton State | Rhode Island (1–0) | Incarnate Word (1–1) | Idaho (2–1) | UC Davis (2–1) | Lehigh (5–0) | Lehigh (6–0) | Tennessee Tech (6–0) | Tennessee Tech (7–0) | Tennessee Tech (8–0) | Villanova (6–2) | Mercer (8–1) | Tennessee Tech (10–1) | Mercer (9–2) | 8. | |
| 9. | Montana | Incarnate Word (1–1) | UC Davis (1–1) | UC Davis (1–1) | Lehigh (4–0) | Tennessee Tech (4–0) | Southern Illinois (4–1) | Illinois State (4–2) | Monmouth (6–1) | Monmouth (7–1) | South Dakota State (7–2) | Rhode Island (8–2) | Rhode Island (9–2) | Rhode Island (10–2) | 9. | |
| 10. | Rhode Island | Montana (0–0) | Idaho (1–1) | Lehigh (3–0) | Idaho (2–2) | Rhode Island (4–1) | Illinois State (3–2) | Monmouth (5–1) | North Dakota (5–2) | North Dakota (6–2) | Mercer (7–1) т | UC Davis (7–2) | Harvard (9–0) | Stephen F. Austin (10–2) | 10. | |
| 11. | Mercer | Idaho (0–1) | Villanova (1–0) | Southern Illinois (2–1) | Tennessee Tech (3–0) | Southern Illinois (3–1) | Monmouth (4–1) | North Dakota (4–2) | Jackson State (5–1) | Villanova (6–2) | Rhode Island (7–2) т | Harvard (8–0) | Illinois State (8–3) т | UC Davis (8–3) | 11. | |
| 12. | Idaho | Villanova (0–0) | Lehigh (2–0) | Tennessee Tech (3–0) т | Southern Illinois (3–1) | Monmouth (3–1) | North Dakota (3–2) | Southern Illinois (4–2) | Villanova (5–2) | Rhode Island (7–2) | UC Davis (6–2) | Monmouth (8–2) | Monmouth (9–2) т | Jackson State (9–2) | 12. | |
| 13. | Villanova | Lehigh (1–0) | Abilene Christian (1–1) | Villanova (1–1) т | Abilene Christian (2–2) | Northern Arizona (4–1) | Idaho (2–3) | Jackson State (5–1) | Rhode Island (6–2) | Mercer (6–1) | Harvard (7–0) | Illinois State (7–3) | Stephen F. Austin (9–2) | Youngstown State (8–4) | 13. | |
| 14. | Sacramento State | Jackson State (1–0) | Southern Illinois (1–1) | Incarnate Word (1–2) | Monmouth (3–1) | North Dakota (2–2) | Jackson State (4–1) | Villanova (4–2) | Mercer (5–1) | Lamar (7–1) | Southeastern Louisiana (7–2) | Lamar (8–2) | UC Davis (7–3) | Abilene Christian (8–4) | 14. | |
| 15. | Lehigh | Southern Illinois (1–0) | Jackson State (1–1) | Abilene Christian (1–2) | North Dakota (2–2) т | Idaho (2–3) | Austin Peay (4–2) | Rhode Island (5–2) | Lamar (6–1) | Harvard (6–0) | North Dakota (6–3) | South Dakota State (7–3) | Jackson State (8–2) | Southeastern Louisiana (9–3) | 15. | |
| 16. | Abilene Christian | Sacramento State (0–1) | Tennessee Tech (2–0) | Jackson State (2–1) | Northern Arizona (3–1) т | West Georgia (5–0) | Northern Arizona (4–2) | Mercer (5–1) | Presbyterian (7–0) | Southeastern Louisiana (6–2) | Southern Illinois (6–3) | Jackson State (7–2) | North Dakota (7–4) | Monmouth (9–3) | 16. | |
| 17. | Jackson State | Abilene Christian (0–1) | North Dakota (1–1) | North Dakota (1–2) | Jackson State (2–1) | Jackson State (3–1) | Villanova (3–2) | Abilene Christian (4–3) | Harvard (5–0) | Southern Illinois (5–3) | Illinois State (6–3) | Stephen F. Austin (8–2) | Youngstown State (7–4) | Illinois State (8–4) | 17. | |
| 18. | Northern Arizona | Monmouth (1–0) | Monmouth (2–0) | Monmouth (2–1) | South Dakota (2–2) | Youngstown State (3–1) | Rhode Island (4–2) | Lamar (5–1) | Southern Illinois (4–3) | Illinois State (5–3) | Lamar (7–2) | North Dakota (6–4) | Abilene Christian (7–4) | South Dakota State (8–4) | 18. | |
| 19. | Western Carolina | Northern Arizona (0–1) | Northern Arizona (1–1) | Northern Arizona (2–1) | Youngstown State (3–1) | Villanova (2–2) | Mercer (4–1) | Presbyterian (6–0) | Southeastern Louisiana (5–2) | Youngstown State (5–3) | Jackson State (6–2) | Youngstown State (6–4) | Lamar (8–3) | Harvard (9–1) | 19. | |
| 20. | Southern Illinois | Tennessee Tech (1–0) | South Dakota (0–2) | Austin Peay (2–1) | West Georgia (4–0) | Incarnate Word (2–3) | Youngstown State (3–2) | Harvard (4–0) | Illinois State (4–3) | Jackson State (5–2) | Abilene Christian (5–4) | Abilene Christian (6–4) | Southeastern Louisiana (8–3) | South Dakota (8–4) | 20. | |
| 21. | Monmouth | Mercer (0–1) | Sacramento State (0–2) | South Dakota (1–2) | Sacramento State (2–2) | Austin Peay (3–2) | Abilene Christian (3–3) т | Northern Arizona (4–3) | Youngstown State (4–3) | Northern Arizona (5–3) | Stephen F. Austin (7–2) | Southeastern Louisiana (7–3) | South Dakota (8–4) | Yale (8–2) | 21. | |
| 22. | Richmond т | North Dakota (0–1) | Mercer (0–1) | Sacramento State (1–2) | Villanova (1–2) | Mercer (3–1) | West Georgia (5–1) т | Southeastern Louisiana (4–2) | Northern Arizona (4–3) | Presbyterian (7–1) | Youngstown State (5–4) | South Dakota (7–4) | South Dakota State (7–4) | West Georgia (8–3) | 22. | |
| 23. | Tennessee Tech т | Stephen F. Austin (0–1) | Austin Peay (1–1) | New Hampshire (2–1) | Mercer (2–1) | Abilene Christian (2–3) | Presbyterian (5–0) | West Georgia (5–2) | Austin Peay (4–3) | Stephen F. Austin (6–2) | Presbyterian (8–1) | Southern Illinois (6–4) | West Georgia (8–3) | North Dakota (7–5) | 23. | |
| 24. | Stephen F. Austin | East Tennessee State (0–1) | New Hampshire (2–0) | Youngstown State (2–1) | Incarnate Word (1–3) | Presbyterian (5–0) | Lamar (4–1) | Austin Peay (4–3) | Stephen F. Austin (5–2) | Austin Peay (5–3) | Western Carolina (6–3) | West Georgia (7–3) | Lafayette (8–3) | Lamar (8–4) | 24. | |
| 25. | Stony Brook |
| Youngstown State (2–0) | Mercer (1–1) | Austin Peay (2–2) | Lamar (3–1) | Harvard (3–0) | Youngstown State (3–3) | Abilene Christian (4–4) | Abilene Christian (4–4) | South Dakota (6–4) | Lafayette (7–3) | Yale (7–2) | Southern Illinois (7–5) | 25. | |
| Preseason August 11 [44] | Week 1 September 2 [45] | Week 2 September 8 [46] | Week 3 September 15 [47] | Week 4 September 22 [48] | Week 5 September 29 [49] | Week 6 October 6 [50] | Week 7 October 13 [51] | Week 8 October 20 [52] | Week 9 October 27 [53] | Week 10 November 3 [54] | Week 11 November 10 [55] | Week 12 November 17 [56] | Week 13 November 24 [57] | Final | ||
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