Check out this week's FCS top plays
Villanova is the latest riser in the FCS Coaches' Poll, jumping five spots to No. 13 after knocking off then-No. 5 Towson in overtime.
That CAA thriller could just be a prelude for what's expected to be a wild Week 5, featuring five ranked matchups and a jampacked slate of conference clashes.
Here is the full top 25, released Monday, Sept. 23:
|
RANK |
SCHOOL |
RECORD |
POINTS |
PREVIOUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Dakota State (26) | 4-0 | 650 | 1 |
| 2 | James Madison | 3-1 | 622 | 2 |
| 3 | South Dakota State | 3-1 | 600 | 3 |
| 4 | Kennesaw State | 3-1 | 551 | 6 |
| 5 | UC Davis | 2-2 | 491 | 4 |
| 6 | Weber State | 1-2 | 462 | 7 |
| 7 | Northern Iowa | 2-1 | 455 | 8 |
| 8 | Illinois State | 3-1 | 424 | 10 |
| 9 | Nicholls | 2-1 | 404 | 9 |
| 10 | Towson | 3-1 | 397 | 5 |
| 11 | Montana State | 3-1 | 378 | 14 |
| 12 | Jacksonville State | 3-1 | 376 | 13 |
| 13 | Villanova | 4-0 | 356 | 18 |
| 14 | Central Arkansas | 3-1 | 351 | 12 |
| 15 | Furman | 2-2 | 310 | 15 |
| 16 | Maine | 2-2 | 252 | 16 |
| 17 | Montana | 3-1 | 240 | 19 |
| 18 | North Carolina A&T | 2-1 | 208 | 17 |
| 19 | Delaware | 3-1 | 177 | 20 |
| 20 | Youngstown State | 3-0 | 174 | 21 |
| 21 | Eastern Washington | 1-3 | 132 | 11 |
| 22 | Southeastern Louisiana | 2-1 | 109 | 23 |
| 23 | Princeton | 1-0 | 72 | 24 |
| 24 | Elon | 2-2 | 53 | 22 |
| 25 | North Dakota | 2-1 | 44 | NR |
