Monday, January 11, 2016

NDSU Unanimous No. 1 in Final FCS Polls



FARGO, N.D. - North Dakota State was the unanimous No. 1 team in the final STATS FCS Top 25 and FCS Coaches Poll announced Monday, Jan. 11, after NDSU's 37-10 national championship victory over Jacksonville State.

North Dakota State, the No. 3 seed for the FCS playoffs, entered the postseason ranked No. 2 by the media and No. 3 by the coaches.  NDSU won nine straight games to finish 13-2 overall and became the first team in modern college football history to win five straight national championships at any level.

The Bison garnered all 150 first-place votes in the media poll and all 25 votes in the coaches poll.  Jacksonville State was second in both polls, Sam Houston State and Richmond were each third in one poll and fourth in the other, and Illinois State rounded out the top five in both polls.

Five teams from the Missouri Valley Football Conference made the final polls.  Northern Iowa was sixth in the coaches poll and eighth in the media poll, South Dakota State 15th in the media poll and 16th in the coaches poll, and Western Illinois was 22nd in both polls.
STATS FCS Top 25

Team (First-Place Votes)
W-L
Pts
Prev
1
North Dakota State (150)
13-2
3750
2
2
Jacksonville State
13-2
3599
1
3
Sam Houston State
11-4
3315
6
4
Richmond
10-4
3267
12
5
Illinois State
10-3
3081
4
6
Charleston Southern
10-3
2698
9
7
McNeese State
10-1
2683
3
8
Northern Iowa
9-5
2679
15
9
Chattanooga
9-4
2620
7
10
Portland State
9-3
2339
5
11
James Madison
9-3
1909
8
12
William & Mary
9-4
1839
13
13
The Citadel
9-4
1782
18
14
Montana
8-5
1773
16
15
South Dakota State
8-4
1675
10
16
Coastal Carolina
9-3
1667
10
17
Colgate
9-5
1320
NR
18
Southern Utah
8-4
1178
17
19
Fordham
9-3
1067
14
20
Harvard
9-1
857
19
21
North Carolina A&T
10-2
679
22
22
Western Illinois
7-6
580
NR
23
Dartmouth
9-1
536
20
24
Grambling State
9-3
285
21
25
Eastern Illinois
7-5
278
24

Others receiving votes: Eastern Washington 220, Bethune-Cookman 182, Alcorn State 143, New Hampshire 131, Duquesne 117, Northern Arizona 113, Dayton 108, North Dakota 91, Central Arkansas 40, Penn 35, Eastern Kentucky 33, UT Martin 31, North Carolina Central 15, Youngstown State 14, Western Carolina 8, Towson 7, Montana State 2, Villanova 2, Liberty 2.
FCS Coaches Poll

Team (First-Place Votes)
W-L
Pts
Prev
1
North Dakota State (25)
13-2
625
3
2
Jacksonville State
13-2
597
1
3
Richmond
10-4
560
11
4
Sam Houston State
11-4
538
10
5
Illinois State
10-3
513
4
6
Northern Iowa
9-5
491
14
7
Charleston Southern
10-3
460
7
8
Chattanooga
9-4
410
8
9
McNeese State
10-1
395
2
10
Portland State
9-3
368
5
11
James Madison
9-3
319
6
12
William & Mary
9-4
317
13
13
Colgate
9-5
297
NR
14
Montana
8-5
285
17
15
The Citadel
9-4
276
18
16
South Dakota State
8-4
257
12
17
Coastal Carolina
9-3
251
9
18
Southern Utah
8-4
204
16
19
Fordham
9-3
171
15
20
Harvard
9-1
117
19
21
North Carolina A&T
10-2
107
20
22
Western Illinois
7-6
102
NR
23
Eastern Illinois
7-5
67
23
24
Dartmouth
9-1
64
22
25
Bethune-Cookman
9-2
47
21

Others receiving votes: New Hampshire 40, Alcorn State 34, Duquesne 34, Northern Arizona 33, Eastern Washington 33, Dayton 27, Grambling State 21, North Dakota 16, Towson 10, Central Arkansas 9, Villanova 9, Youngstown State 6, Prairie View A&M 5, Liberty 2.

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