Delaware, William & Mary Rise in Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Rankings
CAA Football programs Delaware and William & Mary made gains in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 on Monday, two days after they defeated FBS opponents in their season openers.
Delaware, which beat Navy 14-7, posted the biggest jump in the national media poll, rising to No. 10, or a gain of nine spots from the preseason poll. William & Mary went from being unranked to No. 20 following a 41-24 victory over Charlotte.
They were the only FCS teams to defeat FBS foes this past week.
North Dakota State, the defending FCS national champion, remained No. 1 as the top seven spots went unchanged. UIW surged six spots to No. 8 after routing then-No. 9 Southern Illinois 64-29.
Samford, which also posted a top-10 win over Kennesaw State, was No. 25, joining William & Mary as a newcomer to the rankings.
A national media panel selects the Stats Perform FCS Top 25. 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.
(For more on the first full week of the college football season, here are our Week 1 Takeaways)
Stats Perform FCS Top 25 (Sept. 5)
1. North Dakota State (1-0, 0-0 Missouri Valley), 1,348 points (52 first-place votes)
Previous Ranking: 1; Week 1 Result: 56-14 win over Drake
2. South Dakota State (0-1, 0-0 Missouri Valley), 1,259 (2)
Previous Ranking: 2; Week 1 Result: 7-3 loss at Iowa
3. Montana (1-0, 0-0 Big Sky), 1,244
Previous Ranking: 3; Week 1 Result: 47-0 win over Northwestern State
4. Montana State (1-0, 0-0 Big Sky), 1,210
Previous Ranking: 4; Week 1 Result: 40-17 win over McNeese
5. Missouri State (1-0, 0-0 Missouri Valley), 1,065
Previous Ranking: 5; Week 1 Result: 27-14 win at Central Arkansas
6. Villanova (1-0, 0-0 CAA), 1,064
Previous Ranking: 6; Week 1 Result: 45-17 win over Lehigh
7. Sacramento State (1-0, 0-0 Big Sky), 1,009
Previous Ranking: 7; Week 1 Result: 56-33 win over Utah Tech
8. UIW (1-0, 0-0 Southland), 899
Previous Ranking: 14; Week 1 Result: 64-29 win over then-No. 9 Southern Illinois
9. ETSU (1-0, 0-0 Southern), 815
Previous Ranking: 11; Week 1 Result: 44-7 win over Mars Hill
10. Delaware (1-0, 0-0 CAA), 768
Previous Ranking: 19; Week 1 Result: 14-7 win at Navy
11. Chattanooga (1-0, 1-0 Southern), 752
Previous Ranking: 12; Week 1 Result: 31-0 win over Wofford
12. Eastern Washington (1-0, 0-0 Big Sky), 719
Previous Ranking: 13; Week 1 Result: 36-29 win over Tennessee State
13. Jackson State (1-0, 1-0 SWAC), 700
Previous Ranking: 15; Week 1 Result: 59-3 win over Florida A&M
14. UT Martin (1-0, 0-0 Ohio Valley), 518
Previous Ranking: 18; Week 1 Result: 42-25 win over Western Illinois
15. Holy Cross (1-0, 0-0 Patriot), 495
Previous Ranking: 16; Week 1 Result: 31-17 win at Merrimack
16. Weber State (1-0, 0-0 Big Sky), 451
Previous Ranking: 20; Week 1 Result: 41-5 win over Western Oregon
17. Southern Illinois (0-1, 0-0 Missouri Valley), 450
Previous Ranking: 9; Week 1 Result: 64-29 loss at then-No. 14 UIW
18. Stephen F. Austin (1-1, 1-0 ASUN-WAC), 394
Previous Ranking: 10; Week 0/1 Results: 42-17 loss to Jacksonville State and 31-27 win at Alcorn State
19. Kennesaw State (0-1, 0-1 ASUN-WAC), 379
Previous Ranking: 8; Week 1 Result: 27-17 loss at Samford
20. William & Mary (1-0, 0-0 CAA), 350
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked;Week 1 Result: 41-24 win at Charlotte
21. Southeastern Louisiana (0-1, 0-0 Southland), 348
Previous Ranking: 17; Week 1 Result: 24-7 loss at Louisiana
22. Rhode Island (1-0, 1-0 CAA), 324
Previous Ranking: 22; Week 1 Result: 35-14 win at Stony Brook
23. Mercer (1-1, 0-0 Southern), 206
Previous Ranking: 23; Week 0/1 Results: 63-13 win over Morehead State and 42-16 loss at Auburn
24. Northern Iowa (0-1, 0-0 Missouri Valley), 187
Previous Ranking: 21; Week 1 Result: 48-17 loss at Air Force
25. Samford (1-0, 0-0 Southern), 162
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked; Week 1 Result: 27-17 win over Kennesaw State
Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Richmond (0-1, 0-0 CAA) 104; UC Davis (0-1, 0-0 Big Sky) 85; Eastern Kentucky (0-1, 0-0 ASUN-WAC): 67; South Dakota (0-1, 0-0 Missouri Valley): 44; Furman (1-0, 0-0 Southern): 31; Dartmouth (0-0, 0-0 Ivy): 30; New Hampshire (1-0, 1-0 CAA) 14; Elon (0-1, 0-0 CAA): 13; North Dakota (0-1, 0-0 Missouri Valley) 11; North Carolina Central (1-0, 0-0 MEAC) 3; Austin Peay (1-1, 1-0 ASUN-WAC) 3
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Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Voters – Stats Perform: Craig Haley, Gary Reasons. ASUN: John Bednarowski, Brian Morgan. Big Sky Conference: Doug Kelly, Tyson Rodgers, Larry Weir. Big South Conference: Brian Cleary, Mark Simpson. CAA Football: Matt Harmon, Scott Klatzkin, Rob Washburn. Ivy League: Rick Bender, Craig Larson. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Bill Hamilton, Maurice Williams. Missouri Valley Football Conference: Dom Izzo, Mike Kern, Randy Reinhardt. Northeast Conference: Sarah Boissonneault, Randy Brochu. Ohio Valley Conference: Mike Bradd, Kyle Schwartz. Patriot League: Eric Malanowski, Ryan Sakamoto. Pioneer Football League: Cody Bush, Jack Cronin. Southern Conference: Scott Keeler, Andrew Miller, Phil Perry. Southland Conference: Matthew Bonnette, James Dixon, Josh Manck. Southwestern Athletic Conference: Ronnie Johnson, Andrew Roberts, Jacob Shames. Western Athletic Conference: Eric Danner, Dennis Driscoll. National Representatives: Josh Buchanan, Zack Carlton, Riley Corcoran, Sam Herder,Emory Hunt, Kyle Kensing, Brandon Lawrence, Zach McKinnell, Brian McLaughlin, Jon Passman, Kent Schmidt, Lawrence Smith, Phil Sokol, Reggie Thomas, Ralph Ventre, Jamie Williams.