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UNH slides to No. 14 in poll

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The 2006 season was the last one in which the perennial Big Sky power went without an appearance in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll, so it’s been odd not to see EWU in the national media rankings this season.

Until Monday, that is, when the Eagles (2-2) soared back to No. 19 following their 27-24 win at then-No. 15 UC Davis in a Big Sky Conference opener. It was their second straight win over a nationally-ranked opponent – Southeastern Louisiana was the first – and both games came on the heels of an impressive double-overtime loss at Fresno State.

“We’ve been in a lot of these (type of games) over the years, been in three of these the last three weeks,” EWU coach Aaron Best said. “I’m not going to say we’re battle-tested, but we’ve been tested by three different ball clubs.”

With Eastern Washington’s first appearance this season, the Big Sky gained a seventh ranked team. Montana State, coming off a 40-0 Big Sky shutout of Weber State, led the way at No. 3 behind No. 1 and defending FCS champion South Dakota State and No. 2 North Dakota State, which both had open weeks.

A national media panel selects the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll. A first-place vote is worth 25 points, a second-place vote 24 points, all the way down to one point for a 25th-place vote.

Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll (Sept. 25) 

  1. South Dakota State (3-0, 0-0 MVFC), 1,398 points (54 of 56 first-place votes). Previous Ranking: 1; Week 4: No game; Week 5: North Dakota
  1. North Dakota State (3-0, 0-0 MVFC), 1,335 (2). Previous Ranking: 2; Week 4: No game; Week 5: South Dakota
  1. Montana State (3-1, 1-0 Big Sky), 1,288. Previous Ranking: 3; Week 4: 40-0 win at then-No. 10 Weber State; Week 5: Portland State
  1. Idaho (3-1, 1-0 Big Sky), 1,187. Previous Ranking: 7; Week 4: 36-27 win over then-No. 4 Sacramento State; Week 5: at Eastern Washington
  1. William & Mary (4-0, 2-0 CAA), 1,154. Previous Ranking: 5; Week 4: 28-3 win over Maine; Week 5: at Elon
  1. Holy Cross (3-1, 1-0 Patriot). 1,089. Previous Ranking: 6; Week 4: 47-7 win over Colgate; Week 5: Harvard
  1. Furman (3-1, 1-0 SoCon), 1,044. Previous Ranking: 8; Week 4: 38-14 win over then-No. 21 Mercer; Week 5: No game
  1. Sacramento State (3-1, 0-1 Big Sky), 1,011. Previous Ranking: 4; Week 4: 36-27 loss at then-No. 7 Idaho; Week 5: Northern Arizona
  1. UIW (3-1, 0-0 Southland), 947. Previous Ranking: 9; Week 4: 63-3 win over North American; Week 5: No game
  1. Southern Illinois (3-0, 0-0 MVFC), 913. Previous Ranking: 12; Week 4: No game; Week 5: Missouri State
  1. Delaware (3-1, 2-0 CAA), 772. Previous Ranking: 19; Week 4: 29-25 win over then-No. 11 New Hampshire; Week 5: No game
  1. North Dakota (2-1, 0-0 MVFC), 704. Previous Ranking: 14; Week 4: No game; Week 5: at South Dakota State
  1. Weber State (2-2, 0-1 Big Sky), 601. Previous Ranking: 10; Week 4: 40-0 loss to then-No. 3 Montana State; Week 5: at Northern Colorado
  1. New Hampshire (2-2, 0-1 CAA), 591. Previous Ranking: 11; Week 4: 29-25 loss at then-No. 19 Delaware; Week 5: Towson
  1. North Carolina Central (3-1, 0-0 MEAC), 505. Previous Ranking: 18; Week 4: 45-3 win over Mississippi Valley State; Week 5: Campbell
  1. Villanova (3-1, 1-0 CAA), 494. Previous Ranking: 25; Week 4: 35-9 win over then-No. 17 Rhode Island; Week 5: at UAlbany
  1. Western Carolina (3-1, 1-0 SoCon), 479. Previous Ranking: 23; Week 4: 77-21 win over Charleston Southern; Week 5: at The Citadel
  1. Montana (3-1, 0-1 Big Sky), 420. Previous Ranking: 13; Week 4: 28-14 loss at Northern Arizona; Week 5: Idaho State
  1. Eastern Washington (2-2, 1-0 Big Sky), 358. Previous Ranking: NR; Week 4: 27-24 win at then-No. 15 UC Davis; Week 5: Idaho
  1. Florida A&M (3-1, 2-0 SWAC), 346. Previous Ranking: 22; Week 4: 23-10 win over Alabama State; Week 5:at Mississippi Valley State
  1. UC Davis (2-2, 0-1 Big Sky), 297. Previous Ranking: 15; Week 4: 27-24 loss to Eastern Washington; Week 5: at Cal Poly
  1. UT Martin (3-1, 0-0 Big South-OVC), 241. Previous Ranking: NR; Week 4: 37-21 win at North Alabama; Week 5:Tennessee State
  1. Youngstown State (2-1, 0-0 MVFC), 234. Previous Ranking: 24; Week 4: No game; Week 5: at Northern Iowa.
  1. Rhode Island (2-2, 2-1 CAA), 125. Previous Ranking: 17; Week 4: 35-9 loss at then-No. 25 Villanova; Week 5: Bryant
  1. Central Arkansas (2-2, 1-0 UAC), 116. Previous Ranking: NR; Week 4: 52-17 win over Abilene Christian; Week 5: at Southern Utah

Dropped Out: Southeast Missouri (16), Samford (20), Mercer (21)

Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Southeast Missouri (1-3, 1-0 Big South-OVC) 103; Fordham (3-1, 0-0 Patriot) 82; Mercer (2-2, 0-1 SoCon) 62; Chattanooga (3-1, 2-0 SoCon) 55; Eastern Illinois (3-1, 0-0 Big South-OVC): 48; Austin Peay (2-2, 1-0 UAC) 33; Samford (1-3, 0-2 SoCon) 29; Tarleton (3-1, 1-0 UAC) 27; Northern Iowa (1-2, 0-0 MVFC) 23; UAlbany (2-2, 0-0 CAA) 22; Harvard (2-0, 1-0 Ivy): 12; Eastern Kentucky (1-3, 0-0 UAC) 7

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