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NDSU solidifies hold on top spot

North Dakota State’s dominating performance against South Dakota State Saturday night strengthened its hold on the No. 1 ranking in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll.

It’s the order right below the defending national champion Bison (8-0, 5-0 MVFC) that saw noteworthy change on Monday.

South Dakota State (7-1) dropped from No. 2 into a tie with Montana State (6-2) for No. 4, marking the Jackrabbits’ lowest ranking since they were fourth to end the 2021 season. Tarelton State (9-0) moved up one spot to No. 2 – the highest ranking of the Texans’ six FCS seasons – and Montana (8-0) jumped one spot to No. 3.

NDSU, which is the Stats Perform FCS National Team of the Week for its 38-7 win over SDSU, has been ranked No. 1 the entire season and for 104 of its record 212 consecutive appearances in the national media rankings. All but 10 of those rankings have been Top 10.

The Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll is released each Monday during the regular season and one day after the FCS championship game (to be played Jan. 5 in Nashville, Tennessee). 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. 27)

  1. North Dakota State (8-0, 5-0 MVFC)

Points: 1,400 (56 first-place votes); Previous Ranking: 1; Week 9: 38-7 win at then-No. 2 South Dakota State; Week 10: No. 18 Youngstown State

  1. Tarleton State (9-0, 5-0 UAC)

Points: 1,318; Previous Ranking: 3; Week 9: 31-7 win at Eastern Kentucky; Week 10: at No. 24 Abilene Christian

  1. Montana (8-0, 4-0 Big Sky)

Points: 1,280; Previous Ranking: 4; Week 9: 49-35 win at Sacramento State; Week 10: Weber State

       T4. Montana State (6-2, 4-0 Big Sky)

Points: 1,205; Previous Ranking: 5; Week 9: 34-17 win at Cal Poly; Week 10: at Northern Colorado

       T4. South Dakota State (7-1, 3-1 MVFC)

Points: 1,205; Previous Ranking: 2; Week 9: 38-7 at then-No. 1 North Dakota State; Week 10: Indiana State

  1. UC Davis (6-1, 4-0 Big Sky)

Points: 1,086; Previous Ranking: 6; Week 9: 27-16 win at Northern Colorado; Week 10: Idaho State

  1. Lehigh (8-0, 3-0 Patriot)

Points: 1,034; Previous Ranking: 7; Week 9: 27-6 win at Fordham; Week 10: Georgetown

  1. North Dakota (6-2, 4-0 MVFC)

Points: 1,022; Previous Ranking: 8; Week 9: 46-17 win over Indiana State; Week 10: at South Dakota

  1. Tennessee Tech (8-0, 5-0 OVC-Big South)

Points: 990; Previous Ranking: 9; Week 9: 42-23 win over Southeast Missouri; Week 10: Gardner-Webb

  1. Monmouth (7-1, 4-0 CAA)

Points: 903; Previous Ranking: 10; Week 9: 28-10 win at Hampton; Week 10: at Bryant

  1. Villanova (6-2, 5-1 CAA)

Points: 744; Previous Ranking: 11; Week 9: 29-16 win over UAlbany; Week 10: No game

  1. Harvard (6-0, 3-0 Ivy)

Points: 682; Previous Ranking: 14; Week 9: 35-14 win at Princeton; Week 10: Dartmouth

  1. Rhode Island (7-2, 5-0 CAA)

Points: 678; Previous Ranking: 13; Week 9: 38-17 win over Bryant; Week 10: No game

  1. Lamar (7-1, 4-0 Southland)

Points: 651; Previous Ranking: 15; Week 9: 41-14 win at Northwestern State; Week 10: at UIW

  1. Mercer (6-1, 5-0 SoCon)

Points: 583; Previous Ranking: 17; Week 9: 62-0 win over VMI; Week 10: at Furman

  1. Southern Illinois (5-3, 2-2 MVFC)

Points: 540; Previous Ranking: 16; Week 9: 31-17 win over Northern Iowa; Week 10: at Murray State

  1. Illinois State (5-3, 2-2 MVFC)

Points: 511; Previous Ranking: 18; Week 9: 21-13 win at then-No. 21 South Dakota; Week 10: Northern Iowa

  1. Youngstown State (5-3, 2-2 MVFC)

Points: 379; Previous Ranking: 22; Week 9: 51-17 win over Murray State; Week 10: at No. 1 North Dakota State

  1. Northern Arizona (5-3, 2-2 Big Sky)

Points: 377; Previous Ranking: 20; Week 9: 31-18 win at Idaho State; Week 10: Idaho

  1. Stephen F. Austin (6-2, 4-0 Southland)

Points: 301; Previous Ranking: 24; Week 9: 31-21 win at East Texas A&M; Week 10: UTRGV

  1. Southeastern Louisiana (6-2, 4-0 Southland)

Points: 272; Previous Ranking: NR; Week 9: 38-14 win at HCU; Week 10: East Texas A&M

  1. Austin Peay (5-3, 3-2 UAC)

Points: 217; Previous Ranking: 25; Week 9: 56-28 win over North Alabama; Week 10: at Southern Utah

  1. Jackson State (5-2, 3-1 SWAC)

Points: 215; Previous Ranking: 12; Week 9: 26-24 loss to Grambling State; Week 10: at Florida A&M

  1. Abilene Christian (4-4, 3-1 UAC)

Points: 192; Previous Ranking: 23; Week 9: No game; Week 10: No. 2 Tarleton State

  1. Presbyterian (7-1, 3-1 Pioneer)

Points: 107; Previous Ranking: 19; Week 9: 35-19 loss at Dayton; Week 10: Valparaiso

Dropped Out of Top 25: South Dakota (21)

Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): South Dakota (5-4, 3-2 MVFC), 99; Western Carolina (5-3, 4-0 SoCon), 95; Alabama State (5-2, 3-1 SWAC), 21; Dartmouth (5-1, 3-1 Ivy), 17;  Lafayette (5-3, 3-0 Patriot), 15; Delaware State (5-3, 1-0 MEAC), 14; West Georgia (6-3, 3-3 UAC), 14; Gardner-Webb (5-3, 3-1 OVC-Big South), 12; Dayton (6-2, 4-1 Pioneer), 8; Prairie View A&M (6-2, 4-0 SWAC), 4; UT Rio Grande Valley (6-2, 2-2 Southland), 4; New Hampshire (5-4, 3-2 CAA), 2; Sacramento State (4-4, 2-2 Big Sky), 2

Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll Voting Panel – Stats Perform: Craig Haley. Big Sky Conference: Riley Corcoran, Tyson Rodgers, Larry Weir. CAA Football: Roger Brown, Matt Harmon, Rob Washburn. Ivy League: JJ Klein, Craig Larson. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Kendrick Lewis, Patricia Porter-Mayfield. Missouri Valley Football Conference: Kyle Grooms, Dom Izzo, Randy Reinhardt. Northeast Conference: Sarah Boissonneault, Brian Cleary. OVC-Big South Football Association: Mike Bradd, Kyle Schwartz, Mark Simpson. 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: Curtis Ford, Ronnie Johnson. United Athletic Conference: Brian Morgan, Benjamin Ray, Jake Withee. National Representatives: Sean Anderson, Stan Becton, Zack Carlton, Gene Clemons, Joe DeLeone, Matt Dixon, Steven J. Gaither, Sam Herder, Emory Hunt, Doug Kelly, Kyle Kensing, Brandon Lawrence, Zach McKinnell, Jon Passman, Omar Rashon Borja, Ryan Roberts, Timothy Rosario, Kent Schmidt, Phil Sokol, Reggie Thomas, Ralph Ventre, Jamie Williams.

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