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 6 games and leads into the new poll.

1. South Dakota State (4-1, 1–0 MVFC): 41-3 win at Northern Iowa

2. North Dakota State (5-1, 2-0 MVFC): 41-17 win over No. 7 North Dakota

3. Montana State (6-0, 2-0 Big Sky): 55-17 win over Northern Colorado

4. South Dakota (4-1, 2-0 MVFC): 59-0 win at Murray State

5. Central Arkansas (4-2, 1-1 UAC): 41-34 loss at No. 16 Abilene Christian

6. Villanova (5-1, 2-0 CAA): 42-24 win at Stony Brook

7. North Dakota (4-2, 1-1 MVFC): 41-17 loss at No. 2 North Dakota State

8. Montana (4-2, 1-1 Big Sky): 55-48 OT loss to Weber State

9. UC Davis (5-1, 2-0 Big Sky): 27-26 win at Portland State

10. Idaho (4-2, 1-1 Big Sky): 23-17 win over No. 25 Northern Arizona

11. Mercer (5-0, 3-0 SoCon): No game

12. William & Mary (4-2, 1-1 CAA): 34-27 loss at Towson

13. Southeast Missouri (5-1, 2-0 Big South-OVC): 38-27 win at Eastern Illinois

14. Tarleton State (5-1, 2-0 UAC): 38-37 OT win at Southern Utah

15. UIW (3-2, 0-0 Southland): 56-28 win over Prairie View A&M

16. Abilene Christian (4-2, 3-0 UAC): 41-34 win over No. 5 Central Arkansas

17. Sacramento State (2-3, 0-1 Big Sky): No game

18. Illinois State (4-2, 1-1 MVFC): 45-10 win at No. 19 Southern Illinois

19. Southern Illinois (2-4, 0-2 MVFC): 45-10 loss to No. 18 Illinois State

20. Rhode Island (4-1, 2-0 CAA): 46-44 two-OT win at Hampton

21. New Hampshire (3-2, 1-0 CAA): 28-23 loss at Harvard

22. McNeese (4-3, 1-1 Southland): 43-22 loss at HCU

23. ETSU (3-3, 1-1 SoCon): 17-10 loss to Chattanooga

24. Lamar (3-2, 0-0 Southland): No game

25. Northern Arizona (3-3, 1-1 Big Sky): 23-17 loss at No. 4 Idaho

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

Richmond (4-2, 2-0 CAA): 20-17 win over North Carolina A&T

Northern Iowa (2-3, 0-1 MVFC): 41-3 loss to No. 1 South Dakota State

Chattanooga (2-3, 1-1 SoCon): 17-10 win at No. 23 ETSU

Stony Brook (4-2, 1-1 CAA): 42-24 loss to No. 6 Villanova

Florida A&M (3-2, 1-0 SWAC): 28-13 win at Alabama State

Monmouth (3-3, 1-1 CAA): 42-35 loss to Delaware

Wofford (2-3, 0-2 SoCon): 21-17 loss at Western Carolina

Lafayette (3-2, 1-0 Patriot): 28-23 win at Fordham

North Carolina Central (4-2, 2-0 MEAC): 45-14 win at Campbell

Weber State (3-3, 2-0 Big Sky): 55-48 OT win at No. 8 Montana

Western Carolina (2-3, 1-0 SoCon): 21-17 win over Wofford

Nicholls (2-3, 0-0 Southland): 51-7 win at Southern

Duquesne (3-2, 1-0 NEC): 47-21 win over LIU

Southern Utah (2-4, 1-1 UAC): 38-37 OT loss to No. 14 Tarleton State

Brown (2-1, 1-0 Ivy): 42-35 loss to Bryant

Dartmouth (3-0, 1-0 Ivy): 20-17 win over Penn

UT Martin (3-3, 1-1 Big South-OVC): 35-17 win over Gardner-Webb


Photo Credit: Montana Athletics

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