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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 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | 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) | 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) | 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) | 3. | |||||||||
4. | South Dakota (1) | South Dakota (0–1) | Montana State (0–2) | Montana State (1–2) | Montana State (2–2) | Montana (4–0) | 4. | |||||||||
5. | Incarnate Word | Tarleton State (2–0) | Montana (1–0) | Montana (2–0) | Montana (3–0) | Montana State (3–2) | 5. | |||||||||
6. | Illinois State | Montana (0–0) | Rhode Island (2–0) | Illinois State (2–1) | Rhode Island (4–0) | Illinois State (3–1) | 6. | |||||||||
7. | Montana | Illinois State (0–1) | Illinois State (1–1) | Rhode Island (3–0) | Illinois State (3–1) | UC Davis (3–1) | 7. | |||||||||
8. | UC Davis | UC Davis (1–0) | Idaho (1–1) | Idaho (2–1) | Idaho (2–2) | Rhode Island (4–1) | 8. | |||||||||
9. | Rhode Island | Rhode Island (1–0) | UC Davis (1–1) | UC Davis (1–1) | UC Davis (2–1) | Lehigh (5–0) | 9. | |||||||||
10. | Tarleton State | Idaho (0–1) | Lehigh (2–0) | Lehigh (3–0) | Lehigh (4–0) | Southern Illinois (3–1) | 10. | |||||||||
11. | Mercer | Lehigh (1–0) | Villanova (1–0) | Villanova (1–1) | Southern Illinois (3–1) | Tennessee Tech (4–0) | 11. | |||||||||
12. | Idaho | Incarnate Word (1–1) | South Dakota (0–2) | Tennessee Tech (3–0) | Abilene Christian (2–2) | Idaho (2–3) | 12. | |||||||||
13. | Villanova | Villanova (0–0) | Abilene Christian (1–1) | Southern Illinois (2–1) | Tennessee Tech (3–0) | Northern Arizona (4–1) | 13. | |||||||||
14. | Lehigh | Southern Illinois (1–0) | Incarnate Word (1–1) | Abilene Christian (1–2) | North Dakota (2–2) | Monmouth (3–1) | 14. | |||||||||
15. | Sacramento State | Jackson State (1–0) | Tennessee Tech (2–0) | South Dakota (1–2) | Northern Arizona (3–1) | North Dakota (2–2) | 15. | |||||||||
16. | Abilene Christian | Abilene Christian (0–1) | North Dakota (1–1) | North Dakota (1–2) | Monmouth (2–1) | West Georgia (5–0) | 16. | |||||||||
17. | Jackson State | Tennessee Tech (1–0) | Southern Illinois (1–1) | Northern Arizona (2–1) | South Dakota (2–2) | Jackson State (3–1) | 17. | |||||||||
18. | Western Carolina | Sacramento State (0–1) | Northern Arizona (1–1) | Austin Peay (2–1) | West Georgia (4–0) | Villanova (2–2) | 18. | |||||||||
19. | Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona (0–1) | Jackson State (1–1) | Incarnate Word (1–2) | Jackson State (2–1) | Abilene Christian (2–3) | 19. | |||||||||
20. | Southern Illinois | North Dakota (0–1) | Monmouth (2–0) | Jackson State (2–1) | Villanova (1–2) | Lamar (3–1) | 20. | |||||||||
21. | Tennessee Tech | Monmouth (1–0) | Sacramento State (0–2) | Monmouth (2–1) | Sacramento State (2–2) | South Dakota (2–3) | 21. | |||||||||
22. | Monmouth | Nicholls (1–1) | Austin Peay (1–1) | West Georgia (3–0) | Lamar (2–1) | Austin Peay (3–2) | 22. | |||||||||
23. | Stephen F. Austin | Mercer (0–1) | New Hampshire (2–0) | Lamar (2–1) | Austin Peay (2–2) | Presbyterian (5–0) | 23. | |||||||||
24. | Stony Brook | Southern Utah (1–0) | Lamar (1–1) | Sacramento State (1–2) | Youngstown State (3–1) | Youngstown State (3–1) | 24. | |||||||||
25. | Richmond | Stephen F. Austin (0–1) | West Georgia (2–0) | New Hampshire (2–1) | Presbyterian (4–0) | Harvard (2–0) | 25. | |||||||||
Preseason August 4 [8] | Week 1 September 1 [9] | Week 2 September 8 [10] | Week 3 September 15 [11] | Week 4 September 22 [12] | Week 5 September 29 [13] | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Final | ||
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Preseason August 11 [14] | Week 1 September 2 [15] | Week 2 September 8 [16] | Week 3 September 15 [17] | Week 4 September 22 [18] | Week 5 September 29 [19] | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | 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) | 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) | 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) | 3. | |||||||||
4. | Incarnate Word | Tarleton State (2–0) (1) т | Illinois State (1–1) | Illinois State (2–1) | Montana (3–0) | Montana (4–0) | 4. | |||||||||
5. | South Dakota | UC Davis (1–0) | Rhode Island (2–0) | Montana (2–0) | Illinois State (3–1) | Montana State (3–2) | 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) | 6. | |||||||||
7. | UC Davis | Illinois State (0–1) | Montana (1–0) | Rhode Island (3–0) т | Rhode Island (4–0) | UC Davis (3–1) | 7. | |||||||||
8. | Tarleton State | Rhode Island (1–0) | Incarnate Word (1–1) | Idaho (2–1) | UC Davis (2–1) | Lehigh (5–0) | 8. | |||||||||
9. | Montana | Incarnate Word (1–1) | UC Davis (1–1) | UC Davis (1–1) | Lehigh (4–0) | Tennessee Tech (4–0) | 9. | |||||||||
10. | Rhode Island | Montana (0–0) | Idaho (1–1) | Lehigh (3–0) | Idaho (2–2) | Rhode Island (4–1) | 10. | |||||||||
11. | Mercer | Idaho (0–1) | Villanova (1–0) | Southern Illinois (2–1) | Tennessee Tech (3–0) | Southern Illinois (3–1) | 11. | |||||||||
12. | Idaho | Villanova (0–0) | Lehigh (2–0) | Tennessee Tech (3–0) т | Southern Illinois (3–1) | Monmouth (3–1) | 12. | |||||||||
13. | Villanova | Lehigh (1–0) | Abilene Christian (1–1) | Villanova (1–1) т | Abilene Christian (2–2) | Northern Arizona (4–1) | 13. | |||||||||
14. | Sacramento State | Jackson State (1–0) | Southern Illinois (1–1) | Incarnate Word (1–2) | Monmouth (3–1) | North Dakota (2–2) | 14. | |||||||||
15. | Lehigh | Southern Illinois (1–0) | Jackson State (1–1) | Abilene Christian (1–2) | North Dakota (2–2) т | Idaho (2–3) | 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) | 16. | |||||||||
17. | Jackson State | Abilene Christian (0–1) | North Dakota (1–1) | North Dakota (1–2) | Jackson State (2–1) | Jackson State (3–1) | 17. | |||||||||
18. | Northern Arizona | Monmouth (1–0) | Monmouth (2–0) | Monmouth (2–1) | South Dakota (2–2) | Youngstown State (3–1) | 18. | |||||||||
19. | Western Carolina | Northern Arizona (0–1) | Northern Arizona (1–1) | Northern Arizona (2–1) | Youngstown State (3–1) | Villanova (2–2) | 19. | |||||||||
20. | Southern Illinois | Tennessee Tech (1–0) | South Dakota (0–2) | Austin Peay (2–1) | West Georgia (4–0) | Incarnate Word (2–3) | 20. | |||||||||
21. | Monmouth | Mercer (0–1) | Sacramento State (0–2) | South Dakota (1–2) | Sacramento State (2–2) | Austin Peay (3–2) | 21. | |||||||||
22. | Richmond т | North Dakota (0–1) | Mercer (0–1) | Sacramento State (1–2) | Villanova (1–2) | Mercer (3–1) | 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) | 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) | 24. | |||||||||
25. | Stony Brook | Nicholls (1–1) т Western Carolina (0–1) т | Youngstown State (2–0) | Mercer (1–1) | Austin Peay (2–2) | Lamar (3–1) | 25. | |||||||||
Preseason August 11 [20] | Week 1 September 2 [21] | Week 2 September 8 [22] | Week 3 September 15 [23] | Week 4 September 22 [24] | Week 5 September 29 [25] | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Final | ||
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