FCS Football Top 25 Scoreboard (Week 1)

The Opta Analyst FCS coverage includes the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll, which is voted on by a national panel of 56 voters each Monday.

How teams in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll fared during Week 1 of the 2024 college football season:

1. South Dakota State (0-1, 0–0 MVFC): 44-20 loss at Oklahoma State

South Dakota State’s 44-20 loss at Oklahoma State marked the first FCS preseason No. 1-ranked team to drop its opener since North Dakota State fell at Montana in 2015.

In that time, one other preseason No. 1 opened against an FBS team (James Madison beat East Carolina in 2017).
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2. North Dakota State (0-1, 0-0 MVFC): 31-26 loss at Colorado

3. Montana (1-0, 0-0 Big Sky): 29-24 win over Missouri State

4. Montana State (2-0, 0-0 Big Sky): 31-7 win at Utah Tech

5. South Dakota (1-0, 0-0 MVFC): 45-3 win over Northern State

6. Villanova (1-0, 0-0 CAA): 24-17 win over No. 25Youngstown State

Villanova quarterback Connor Watkins looks for an open receiver against Youngstown State. (Villanova Athletics)

7. Idaho (0-1, 0-0 Big Sky): 24-14 loss at Oregon

8. Sacramento State (0-1, 0-0 Big Sky): 42-24 loss at San Jose State

9. Chattanooga (0-1, 0-0 SoCon: 69-3 loss at Tennessee

10. Southern Illinois (0-1, 0-0 MVFC): 41-13 loss at BYU

11. Central Arkansas (0-1, 0-0 UAC): 34-31 loss at Arkansas State

12. Furman (0-1, 0-0 SoCon): 76-0 loss at Ole Miss

13. Richmond (0-1, 0-0 CAA): 34-13 loss at Virginia

14. UIW (1-0, 0-0 Southland): 28-7 win over Northern Colorado

15. William & Mary (1-0, 0-0 CAA): 41-7 win over VMI

16. UAlbany (0-1, 0-0 CAA): 27-21 win over LIU

17. Lafayette (0-1, 0-0 Patriot): 30-13 loss at Buffalo

18. UC Davis (0-1, 0-0 Big Sky): 31-13 loss at California

19. Illinois State (0-1, 0-0 MVFC): 40-0 loss at Iowa

20. Western Carolina (0-1, 0-0 SoCon): 38-21 loss at NC State

21. Tarleton State (1-1, 0-0 UAC): 45-3 loss at Baylor

22. Weber State (0-1, 0-0 Big Sky): 35-3 loss at Washington

23. Nicholls (0-1, 0-0 Southland): 25-17 loss at Louisiana Tech

24. North Dakota (0-1, 0-0 MVFC): 21-3 loss at Iowa State

25. Youngstown State (0-1, 0-0 MVFC): 24-17 loss at No. 6 Villanova

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

Elon (0-1, 0-0 CAA): 26-3 loss at Duke

UT Martin (0-0, 0-0 Big South-OVC): 41-6 loss at Kansas State

Eastern Illinois (0-1, 0-0 Big South-OVC): 45-0 loss at Illinois

Mercer (1-0, 0-0 SoCon): 63-10 win over Presbyterian

Florida A&M (2-0, 0-0 SWAC): 22-18 win over South Carolina State

North Carolina Central (1-0, 0-0 MEAC): 31-24 win over Alabama State

Austin Peay (0-1, 0-0 UAC): 62-0 loss at Louisville

Alabama State (0-1, 0-0 SWAC): 31-24 loss to North Carolina Central

Holy Cross (0-1, 0-0 Patriot): 20-17 loss at Rhode Island

Eastern Washington (1-0, 0-0 Big Sky): 42-27 win over Monmouth

Drake (0-0, 0-0 Pioneer): Canceled vs.Quincy

Samford (0-1, 0-0 SoCon): 38-29 loss at West Georgia

Harvard (0-0, 0-0 Ivy): No game

Northern Iowa (1-0, 0-0 MVFC): 35-7 win over Valparaiso

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