How Teams in the FCS Top 25 Fared (Week 9)

Results in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll, presented by FedEx Ground, during Week 9 of the college football season:

1. South Dakota State (8-0, 5-0 MVFC): 37-3 win at No. 4 South Dakota

FedEx Ground Game of the Week

No. 1 South Dakota State (8-0, 5-0) 37,
No. 4 South Dakota (6-2, 4-1) 3

Jackrabbits grab sole possession of MVFC first place with 22nd straight win (tied for sixth-longest in FCS history)
Amar Johnson: Two 20-yard TD runs

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2. Montana State (6-2, 4-1 Big Sky): 24-21 loss at No. 9 Idaho

3. Furman (7-1, 5-0 SoCon): 16-8 win over ETSU

4. South Dakota (6-2, 4-1 MVFC): 37-3 loss to No. 1 South Dakota State

5. Delaware (7-1, 5-0 CAA): 51-13 win at Towson

6. Sacramento State (6-2, 3-2 Big Sky): 51-16 win over Idaho State

7. Montana (7-1, 4-1 Big Sky): 40-0 win over Northern Colorado

8. UIW (7-1, 4-0 Southland): 17-7 win at Lamar

9. Idaho (6-2, 4-1 Big Sky): 24-21 win over No. 2 Montana State

10. Western Carolina (5-3, 3-2 SoCon): 45-38 loss to Mercer

11. Southern Illinois (6-2, 3-2 MVFC): 63-0 win at Western Illinois

12. North Dakota State (6-2, 3-2 MVFC): 38-6 win over Murray State

13. North Carolina Central (7-1, 2-0 MEAC): 62-28 win over South Carolina State

14. UT Martin (6-2, 3-1 Big South-OVC): 38-34 loss at Gardner-Webb

15. North Dakota (5-3, 3-2 MVFC): 36-33 OT win over Indiana State

16. Florida A&M (7-1, 6-0 SWAC): 45-7 win over Prairie View A&M

17. Chattanooga (7-2, 6-1 Southern): 24-23 win at VMI

18. Central Arkansas (5-3, 2-1 UAC): 25-23 loss to Tarleton

19. Villanova (6-2, 4-1 CAA): 48-13 win over Stony Brook

20. Austin Peay (6-2, 3-0 UAC): 49-39 win over North Alabama

21. Lafayette (7-1, 3-0 Patriot): 35-25 win at Georgetown

22. William & Mary (5-3, 3-2 CAA): 31-28 win over Monmouth

23. Northern Iowa (5-3, 4-1 MVFC): 24-21 win at Illinois State

24. Youngstown State (5-3, 3-2 MVFC): 44-28 win over Missouri State

25. UC Davis (4-4, 2-3 Big Sky): 38-21 loss at Northern Arizona

Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots):

Holy Cross (5-3, 3-1 Patriot): 49-47 win at Fordham

Harvard (6-1, 3-1 Ivy): 17-7 win over Dartmouth

UAlbany (6-3, 4-1 CAA): 37-21 win at Maine

New Hampshire (4-4, 2-3 CAA): 34-28 OT loss at Rhode Island

Fordham (5-3, 1-2 Patriot): 49-47 loss to Holy Cross

Tennessee State (6-2, 2-1 Big South-OVC): 43-20 win over Lindenwood

Eastern Washington (3-5, 2-3 Big Sky): 47-35 loss at Portland State

Penn (5-2, 2-2 Ivy): 30-26 loss to Brown

Weber State (3-5, 1-4 Big Sky): No game

Lamar (4-4, 3-1 Southland): 17-7 loss to No. 8 UIW

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