It’s been hard to get a good read on CAA Football, now the largest conference in FCS history with 15 members.

There are a number of candidates for the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll, presented by FedEx Ground. Three teams were nationally ranked on Monday: No. 8 Delaware (4-1), No. 11 William & Mary (4-2) and No. 24 UAlbany (4-2).

In addition, Villanova (4-2), Rhode Island (4-2), New Hampshire (2-3) and Elon (3-3, but 3-0 in conference) received votes toward the national media poll, and all of it reflected the considerable shifting of CAA teams in recent weeks with the conference schedule well underway.

This week, the key matchups include UAlbany at New Hampshire and Elon at Villanova.

South Dakota State (5-0), the defending FCS champion and a winner of 19 straight games, remained a unanimous No. 1, joined by No. 19 Harvard (4-0) as the FCS’ only unbeaten teams.

A national media panel selects the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll. 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 FCS college football weekend, here are our Week 6 Takeaways)

Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll (Oct. 9)

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1. South Dakota State (5-0, 2-0 MVFC), 1,400 points (56 of 56 first-place votes)

Previous Ranking: 1; Week 6: 40-21 win at Illinois State; Week 7: Northern Iowa

2. Montana State (4-1, 2-0 Big Sky), 1,333

Previous Ranking: 2; Week 6: No game; Week 7: Cal Poly

3. Idaho (5-1, 3-0 Big Sky), 1,296

Previous Ranking: 3; Week 6: 42-14 win at Cal Poly; Week 7: Montana

4. Sacramento State (4-1, 1-1 Big Sky), 1,181  

Previous Ranking: 4; Week 6: No game; Week 7: at Northern Colorado

5. Furman (4-1, 2-0 SoCon), 1,138

Previous Ranking: 5; Week 6: 28-14 win over The Citadel; Week 7: at Samford

6. North Dakota State (4-1, 1-1 MVFC), 1,110

Previous Ranking: 7; Week 6: 38-10 win at Missouri State; Week 7: at North Dakota

7. UIW (4-1, 1-0 Southland), 1,010

Previous Ranking: 8; Week 6: 33-26 win over Southeastern Louisiana; Week 7: Texas A&M-Commerce

8. Delaware (4-1, 2-0 CAA), 947

Previous Ranking: 9; Week 6: 43-17 win over Duquesne; Week 7: North Carolina A&T

9. Western Carolina (5-1, 3-0 SoCon), 906

Previous Ranking: 11;Week 6: 52-50 win at then-No. 24 Chattanooga; Week 7: No game

10. South Dakota (4-1, 2-0 MVFC), 771

Previous Ranking: 15; Week 6: 38-7 win over Murray State; Week 7: Youngstown State

11. William & Mary (4-2, 2-1 CAA), 759  

Previous Ranking: 10; Week 6: 27-13 loss at Virginia; Week 7: No game

12. Holy Cross (4-2, 2-0 Patriot), 744

Previous Ranking: 12; Week 6: 55-27 win at Bucknell; Week 7: No game

13. Southern Illinois (4-1, 1-1 MVFC), 721

Previous Ranking: 6; Week 6: 31-3 loss at Youngstown State; Week 7: at Murray State

14. North Carolina Central (5-1, 0-0 MEAC), 681

Previous Ranking: 14; Week 6: 34-23 win at then-No. 25 Elon; Week 7: No game

15. North Dakota (3-2, 1-1 MVFC), 567    

Previous Ranking: 16; Week 6: 49-10 win over Western Illinois; Week 7: North Dakota State

16. Montana (5-1, 2-1 Big Sky), 564

Previous Ranking: 17; Week 6: 31-23 win at then-No. 20 UC Davis; Week 7: at Idaho

17. UT Martin (5-1, 2-0 Big South-OVC), 492  

Previous Ranking: 18;Week 6: 28-27 OT win at Eastern Illinois; Week 7: No game

18. Florida A&M (5-1, 4-0 SWAC), 410

Previous Ranking: 19; Week 6: 26-19 win at Southern; Week 7: No game

19. Harvard (4-0, 2-0 Ivy), 367

Previous Ranking: 21; Week 6: 43-21 win over Cornell; Week 7: Howard

20. Central Arkansas (4-2, 2-0 UAC), 318

Previous Ranking: 23; Week 6: 38-33 win over Southeast Missouri; Week 7: Stephen F. Austin

21. Eastern Washington (2-3, 1-1 Big Sky), 205

Previous Ranking: 22;Week 6: No game; Week 7: at Idaho State

22. Weber State (3-3, 1-2 Big Sky), 201

Previous Ranking: 13; Week 6: 27-10 loss to Northern Arizona; Week 7: UC Davis

23. Youngstown State (3-2, 1-1 MVFC), 197

Previous Ranking: NR; Week 6: 31-3 win over then-No. 6 Southern Illinois; Week 7: at South Dakota

24. UAlbany (4-2, 2-0 CAA), 182

Previous Ranking: NR; Week 6: 24-17 win at Towson; Week 7: at New Hampshire

25. Chattanooga (4-2, 3-1 Southern), 107

Previous Ranking: 24; Week 6: 52-50 loss to then-No. 11 Western Carolina; Week 7: at Mercer

Dropped Out: UC Davis (20), Elon (25)

Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Northern Iowa (3-2, 2-0 MVFC) 95; Villanova (4-2, 2-1 CAA) 94; UC Davis (3-3, 1-2 Big Sky) 75; Rhode Island (4-2, 2-1 CAA) 73; Austin Peay (3-2, 1-0 UAC) 56; Mercer (4-2, 2-1 SoCon) 52; New Hampshire (2-3, 0-2 CAA) 49; Eastern Illinois (4-2, 0-1 Big South-OVC) 32; Elon (3-3, 3-0 CAA) 19; Samford (3-3, 2-2 SoCon) 18; Fordham (4-2, 1-1 Patriot) 16; Tarleton (4-2, 1-1 UAC) 5; Lafayette (5-1, 1-0 Patriot) 4; Northern Arizona (2-4, 2-1 Big Sky) 3

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Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Voters – Stats Perform: Craig Haley, Gary Reasons. Big Sky Conference: Doug Kelly, Tyson Rodgers, Larry Weir. Big South-OVC Football Association: Mike Bradd, Brian Cleary, Kyle Schwartz, Mark Simpson. CAA Football: Matt Harmon, Scott Klatzkin, Rob Washburn. Ivy League: Rick Bender, Craig Larson. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference: Kendrick Lewis, Patricia Porter-Mayfield. Missouri Valley Football Conference: Dom Izzo, Mike Kern, Randy Reinhardt. Northeast Conference: Sarah Boissonneault, Randy Brochu. Patriot League: Eric Malanoski, Ryan Sakamoto. Pioneer Football League: Cody Bush, Jack Cronin. Southern Conference: Scott Keeler, Andrew Miller, Ralan Wardlaw. Southland Conference: Matthew Bonnette, James Dixon, James Hill. Southwestern Athletic Conference: Ronnie Johnson, Joshua Padilla. United Athletic Conference: Steve East, Tony Jones, Brian Morgan, Jake Withee. National Representatives: Sean Anderson, Zack Carlton, Riley Corcoran, Joe DeLeone, Steven J. Gaither, Sam Herder, Emory Hunt, Kyle Kensing, Brandon Lawrence, Zach McKinnell, Brian McLaughlin, Jon Passman, Omar Rashon Borja, Ryan Roberts, Kent Schmidt, Phil Sokol, Reggie Thomas, Ralph Ventre, Jamie Williams.