New Hampshire Football Report

UNH falls out of Top 25

North Dakota State appeared in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll for the 179th straight time Monday, but it’s been rare for the Bison to be ranked as low as their No. 7 spot.

The Bison, whose streak of appearances began in 2010, dropped five spots to their lowest position since Oct. 26, 2015 – a result of their 24-19 loss to South Dakota in a Missouri Valley Football Conference opener for both teams this past Saturday.

The Coyotes’ impressive win gained the No. 15 spot in the national media poll – their first appearance since the end of the 2021 season. The FedEx Ground FCS National Team of the Week, off to a 3-1 start under coach Bob Nielson, became just the second program to have more than one win over NDSU since the start of the Bison’s first of nine national championship seasons in 2011 (the Coyotes also won at the Fargodome in 2015).

NDSU (3-1) has only 16 losses in the last 13 seasons. Six of them have occurred against South Dakota State (4-0), the unanimous No. 1 team whose FCS-leading 18-game winning streak includes one last month over Montana State, the new No. 2.

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 (Oct. 2)

  1. South Dakota State (4-0, 1-0 MVFC), 1,400 points (56 first-place votes). Previous Ranking: 1; Week 5: 42-21 win over then-No. 12 North Dakota; Week 6: at Illinois State
  1. Montana State (4-1, 2-0 Big Sky), 1,334. Previous Ranking: 3; Week 5: 38-22 win over Portland State; Week 6: No game
  1. Idaho (4-1, 2-0 Big Sky), 1,293. Previous Ranking: 4; Week 5: 44-36 win at then-No. 19 Eastern Washington; Week 6: at Cal Poly
  1. Sacramento State (4-1, 1-1 Big Sky), 1,145. Previous Ranking: 8; Week 5: 31-30 win over Northern Arizona; Week 6: No game
  1. Furman (3-1, 1-0 SoCon), 1,114. Previous Ranking: 7; Week 5: No game; Week 6: The Citadel
  1. Southern Illinois (4-0, 1-0 MVFC), 1,104. Previous Ranking: 10; Week 5: 33-20 win over Missouri State; Week 6: at Youngstown State
  1. North Dakota State (3-1, 0-1 MVFC), 1,078. Previous Ranking: 2; Week 5: 24-19 loss to South Dakota; Week 6: at Missouri State
  1. UIW (3-1, 0-0 Southland), 999. Previous Ranking: 9; Week 5: No game; Week 6: Southeastern Louisiana
  1. Delaware (3-1, 2-0 CAA), 860. Previous Ranking: 11; Week 5: No game; Week 6: Duquesne
  1. William & Mary (4-1, 2-1 CAA), 848. Previous Ranking: 5; Week 5: 14-6 loss at Elon; Week 6: at Virginia
  1. Western Carolina (4-1, 2-0 SoCon), 721. Previous Ranking: 17; Week 5: 49-14 win at The Citadel; Week 6: at Chattanooga
  1. Holy Cross (3-2, 1-0 Patriot), 718. Previous Ranking: 6; Week 5: 38-28 loss to Harvard; Week 6: at Bucknell
  1. Weber State (3-2, 1-1 Big Sky), 624. Previous Ranking: 13; Week 5: 28-21 win at Northern Colorado; Week 6: Northern Arizona
  1. North Carolina Central (4-1, 0-0 MEAC), 572. Previous Ranking: 15; Week 5: 49-48 OT win over Campbell; Week 6: at Elon
  1. South Dakota (3-1, 1-0 MVFC), 524. Previous Ranking: NR; Week 5: 24-19 win at then-No. 1 North Dakota State; Week 6: Murray State
  1. North Dakota (2-2, 0-1 MVFC), 519. Previous Ranking: 12; Week 5: 42-21 loss at then-No. 1 South Dakota State; Week 6: Western Illinois
  1. Montana (4-1, 1-1 Big Sky), 409. Previous Ranking: 18; Week 5: 28-20 win over Idaho State; Week 6: at UC Davis
  1. UT Martin (4-1, 1-0 Big South-OVC), 393. Previous Ranking: 22; Week 5: 20-10 win over Tennessee State; Week 6: at Eastern Illinois
  1. Florida A&M (4-1, 3-0 SWAC), 374. Previous Ranking: 20; Week 5: 31-7 win at Mississippi Valley State; Week 6: at Southern
  1. UC Davis (3-2, 1-1 Big Sky), 334. Previous Ranking: 21; Week 5: 31-13 win at Cal Poly; Week 6: Montana
  1. Harvard (3-0, 1-0 Ivy), 241. Previous Ranking: NR; Week 5: 38-28 win over then-No. 6 Holy Cross; Week 6: Cornell
  1. Eastern Washington (2-3, 1-1 Big Sky), 215. Previous Ranking: 19; Week 5: 44-36 loss to then-No. 4 Idaho; Week 6: No game
  1. Central Arkansas (3-2, 2-0 UAC), 204. Previous Ranking: 25; Week 5: 29-27 win at Southern Utah; Week 6: Southeast Missouri
  1. Chattanooga- (4-1, 3-0 Southern), 167. Previous Ranking: NR; Week 5: 23-13 win at Wofford; Week 6: Western Carolina
  1. Elon (3-2, 3-0 CAA), 166. Previous Ranking: NR; Week 5: 14-6 win over then-No. 5 William & Mary; Week 6: North Carolina Central

Dropped Out: New Hampshire (14), Villanova (16), Youngstown State (23), Rhode Island (24)

Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): New Hampshire (2-3, 0-2 CAA) 143; Rhode Island (3-2, 2-1 CAA) 119; UAlbany (3-2, 1-0 CAA) 117; Villanova (3-2, 1-1 CAA) 117; Eastern Illinois (4-1, 0-0 Big South-OVC) 79; Northern Iowa (2-2, 1-0 MVFC) 64; Austin Peay (3-2, 1-0 UAC) 62; Tarleton (4-1, 1-0 UAC) 46; Mercer (3-2, 1-1 SoCon) 29; Samford (2-3, 1-2 SoCon) 16; Southeast Missouri (1-3, 1-0 Big South-OVC) 16; Youngstown State (2-2, 0-1 MVFC) 11; Eastern Kentucky (2-3, 1-0 UAC) 10; Fordham (3-2, 0-1 Patriot) 9

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