FCS Top 25 Scoreboard (Week 5)

Opta Analyst’s FCS coverage includes the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll, which is voted on by a national panel of 56 voters each Monday. Here is an FCS Top 25 scoreboard that reflects Week 5 games and leads into the new poll.

1. South Dakota State (3-1, 0–0 MVFC): No game

2. North Dakota State (4-1, 1-0 MVFC): 42-10 win at No. 18 Illinois State

3. Montana State (5-0, 1-0 Big Sky): 37-17 win at Idaho State

4. Idaho (3-2, 0-1 Big Sky): 28-26 loss at No. 14 UC Davis

5. South Dakota (3-1, 1-0 MVFC): 42-13 win over No. 17 Southern Illinois

6. Villanova (4-1, 1-0 CAA): 24-10 win over LIU

7. Central Arkansas (4-1, 1-0 UAC): 34-14 win over No. 19 Lamar

8. Montana (4-1, 1-0 Big Sky): 52-49 win at Eastern Washington

9. North Dakota (4-1, 1-0 MVFC): 72-35 win over Murray State

No. 9 North Dakota (4-1) handled Murray State 72-35 in the MVFC, notching its highest point total since an 80-0 win over Jamestown College on Sept. 29, 1928.

Interestingly, UND played to a 0-0 tie with Carleton College one week later in 1928.

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10. Sacramento State (2-3, 0-1 Big Sky): 34-16 loss at Northern Arizona

Northern Arizona's 34-16 win over No. 10 Sacramento State was its fourth over a nationally ranked Big Sky team since last September.

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11. William & Mary (4-1, 1-0 CAA): 49-7 win over Hampton

12. Mercer (5-0, 3-0 SoCon): 22-3 win at No. 23 Wofford

13. Southeast Missouri (4-1, 1-0 Big South-OVC): 19-0 win over Northwestern State

14. UC Davis (4-1, 1-0 Big Sky): 28-26 win over No. 4 Idaho

15. UIW (2-2, 0-0 Southland): No game

16. Tarleton State (4-1, 1-0 UAC): 36-33 win over Southeastern Louisiana

17. Southern Illinois (2-3, 0-1 MVFC): 42-13 loss at No. 5 South Dakota

18. Illinois State (3-2, 0-1 MVFC): 42-10 loss to No. 2 North Dakota State

19. Lamar (3-2, 0-0 Southland): 34-14 loss at No. 7 Central Arkansas

20. Abilene Christian (3-2, 2-0 UAC): 55-30 win at Utah Tech

21. UAlbany (1-3, 0-1 CAA): 34-20 loss to Maine

22. Rhode Island (3-1, 1-0 CAA): No game

23. Wofford (2-2, 0-1 SoCon): 22-3 loss to No. 12 Mercer

24. New Hampshire (3-1, 1-0 CAA): No game

25. Weber State (2-3, 1-0 Big Sky): 28-26 loss to McNeese

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

Chattanooga (1-3, 0-1 SoCon): 45-30 win over Portland State

ETSU (3-2, 1-0 SoCon): 34-17 win at The Citadel

Northern Iowa (2-2, 0-0 MVFC): No game

Richmond (3-2, 1-0 CAA): 27-17 win at Elon

Lafayette (2-2, 0-0 Patriot: No game

Western Carolina (1-3, 0-0 SoCon): No game

Florida A&M (2-2, 0-0 SWAC): No game, postponement

North Carolina Central (3-2, 1-0 MEAC): 37-10 win over Norfolk State

Columbia (1-1, 0-0 Ivy): 20-17 loss at Georgetown

Harvard (1-1, 0-1 Ivy): 31-28 loss at Brown

McNeese (4-2, 1-0 Southland): 28-26 win at No. 25 Weber State

Duquesne (2-2, 0-0 NEC): No game

Nicholls (1-3, 0-0 Southland): No game

Lehigh (3-2, 0-1 Patriot): 38-35 2-OT loss to Bucknell

Stony Brook (4-1, 1-0 CAA): 22-3 win over Morgan State

Monmouth (3-2, 1-0 CAA): 63-21 win over Fordham

Yale (1-1, 0-1 Ivy): 47-23 loss at Cornell

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