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UNH climbs to No. 19

The Montana State Bobcats must be enjoying the fun of exclaiming, “Were No. 1!”

They’ve gone from being No. 1 in the Big Sky Conference standings to receiving the No. 1 seed in the FCS playoffs to having the No. 1 ranking in the final regular-season Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll.

On Saturday, coach Brent Vigen’s Bobcats (12-0) beat archrival Montana 34-11 to remain as the FCS’ only unbeaten team. They received 51 of the 56 first-place votes while rising to the top ranking in the national media poll for the first time since Nov. 14, 2011.

It comes after North Dakota State, which had been No. 1, lost at South Dakota 29-28. The Bison (10-2) dropped to No. 3, just above No. 4 USD (9-2), with two-time defending FCS champion South Dakota State (10-2) moving up to No. 2.

Each of those three MVFC champions received at least one No. 1 vote.

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.

The final poll will be released on Jan. 7, the day after the FCS championship game.

Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll (Final Regular Season)

  1. Montana State (12-0, 8-0 Big Sky), 1,395 points (51 of 56 first-place votes)

Previous Ranking: 2; Week 13: 34-11 win over then-No. 9 Montana

  1. South Dakota State (10-2, 7-1 MVFC), 1,308 (1)

Previous Ranking: 3; Week 13: 45-9 win at Missouri State

  1. North Dakota State (10-2, 7-1 MVFC), 1,281 (2)

Previous Ranking: 1; Week 13: 29-28 loss at then-No. 4 South Dakota

  1. South Dakota (9-2, 7-1 MVFC), 1,275 (2)

Previous Ranking: 4; Week 13: 29-28 win over then-No. 1 North Dakota State

  1. UC Davis (10-2, 7-1 Big Sky), 1,167

Previous Ranking: 5; Week 13: 42-39 win at Sacramento State

  1. UIW (10-2, 7-0 Southland), 1,084

Previous Ranking: 6; Week 13: 38-24 win at East Texas A&M

  1. Idaho (9-3, 6-2 Big Sky), 1,054

Previous Ranking: 7; Week 13: 40-17 win at Idaho State

  1. Mercer (10-2, 7-1 SoCon), 1,020

Previous Ranking: 8; Week 13: 42-23 win over Furman

  1. Richmond (10-2, 8-0 CAA), 955

Previous Ranking: 10; Week 13: 27-0 win over William & Mary

  1. Rhode Island (10-2, 7-1 CAA), 843

Previous Ranking: 13; Week 13: 35-21 win at Bryant

  1. Illinois State (9-3, 6-2 MVFC), 771

Previous Ranking: 14; Week 13: 35-13 win over North Dakota

  1. Villanova (9-3, 6-2 CAA), 746

Previous Ranking: 15; Week 13: 38-28 win over Delaware

  1. Montana (8-4, 5-3 Big Sky), 739

Previous Ranking: 9; Week 13: 34-11 loss at then-No. 2 Montana State

  1. Tarleton State (9-3, 6-2 UAC), 684

Previous Ranking: 16; Week 13: 39-14 win over Central Arkansas

  1. Abilene Christian (8-4, 7-2 UAC), 613

Previous Ranking: 11; Week 13: 32-19 loss at Stephen F. Austin

  1. Southeast Missouri (9-3, 6-2 Big South-OVC), 508

Previous Ranking: 12; Week 13: 28-21 loss at Tennessee State

  1. Northern Arizona (8-4, 6-2 Big Sky), 389

Previous Ranking: 21; Week 13: 30-18 win over Eastern Washington

  1. Jackson State (10-2, 8-0 SWAC), 384

Previous Ranking: 20; Week 13: 48-10 win at Alcorn State

  1. New Hampshire (8-4, 6-2 CAA), 320

Previous Ranking: 24; Week 13: 27-9 win at Maine

  1. South Carolina State (9-2, 5-0 MEAC), 302

Previous Ranking: 23; Week 13: 53-21 win over Norfolk State

  1. Tennessee State (9-3, 6-2 Big South-OVC), 296

Previous Ranking: NR; Week 13: 28-21 win over then-No. 12 Southeast Missouri

  1. Eastern Kentucky (8-4, 6-2 UAC), 284

Previous Ranking: 25; Week 13: 21-15 win over North Alabama

  1. UT Martin (8-4, 6-2 Big South-OVC), 282

Previous Ranking: 22; Week 13: 33-26 OT win over Lindenwood

  1. Stony Brook (8-4, 5-3 CAA), 94

Previous Ranking: 18; Week 13: 55-47 loss to Monmouth

  1. Harvard (8-2, 5-2 Ivy), 87

Previous Ranking: 17; Week 13: 34-29 loss to Yale

Dropped Out: Duquesne (19)

Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): North Carolina Central (8-3, 4-1 MEAC), 78; Southern Utah (7-5, 6-2 UAC), 59; Southeastern Louisiana (7-5, 6-1 Southland), 33; Lehigh (8-3, 5-1 Patriot), 31; Duquesne (8-3, 5-1 NEC), 27; Western Carolina (7-5, 6-2 SoCon), 25; Chattanooga (7-5, 5-3 SoCon), 20; Drake (8-2, 7-1 Pioneer), 20; Tennessee Tech (7-5, 6-2 Big South-OVC), 13; Central Connecticut State (7-5, 5-1 NEC), 6; Dartmouth (8-2, 5-2 Ivy), 4

Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Voters – Stats Perform: Craig Haley, Gary Reasons. Big Sky Conference: Doug Kelly, Tyson Rodgers, Larry Weir. Big South-OVC Football Association: Mike Bradd, Kyle Schwartz, Mark Simpson. CAA Football: Roger Brown, Matt Harmon, Rob Washburn. Ivy League: JJ Klein, Craig Larson. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Kendrick Lewis, Alysse Scripter. Missouri Valley Football Conference: Dom Izzo, Mike Kern, Randy Reinhardt. Northeast Conference: Sarah Boissonneault, Brian Cleary. Patriot League: Eric Malanoski, Ryan Sakamoto. Pioneer Football League: Cody Bush, Larry Hansgen. Southern Conference: Scott Keeler, Andrew Miller, Ralan Wardlaw. Southland Conference: Matthew Bonnette, James Dixon, James Hill. Southwestern Athletic Conference: Ronnie Johnson, Joshua Padilla. United Athletic Conference: Brian Morgan, Benjamin Ray, Jake Withee. National Representatives: Sean Anderson, Stan Becton, Zack Carlton, Gene Clemons, Riley Corcoran, Joe DeLeone, Steven J. Gaither, Sam Herder, Emory Hunt, Kyle Kensing, Brandon Lawrence, Zach McKinnell, Brian McLaughlin, Jon Passman, Omar Rashon Borja, Ryan Roberts, Kent Schmidt, Phil Sokol, Reggie Thomas, Ralph Ventre, Jamie Williams.

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