FARGO,
N.D. - North Dakota State was ranked No. 2 in the STATS FCS Preseason Top 25
media poll released Monday, Aug. 7. The Bison claimed 19 first-place
votes behind defending national champion James Madison.
JMU, which had 134 of the 163 top votes, defeated NDSU in the national semifinals last season before beating Youngstown State in the championship. The Missouri Valley Football Conference had an FCS-best six teams ranked including South Dakota State (4), Youngstown State (9), Northern Iowa (18), Illinois State (20) and Western Illinois (25).
A national panel of sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries select the STATS 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.
The Top 25 will be released every Monday afternoon during the regular season, except for Sunday morning, Nov. 19, prior to the selection of the 24-team FCS playoff field. A final Top 25 will follow the FCS championship game, which will be held Jan. 6 in Frisco, Texas.
JMU, which had 134 of the 163 top votes, defeated NDSU in the national semifinals last season before beating Youngstown State in the championship. The Missouri Valley Football Conference had an FCS-best six teams ranked including South Dakota State (4), Youngstown State (9), Northern Iowa (18), Illinois State (20) and Western Illinois (25).
A national panel of sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries select the STATS 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.
The Top 25 will be released every Monday afternoon during the regular season, except for Sunday morning, Nov. 19, prior to the selection of the 24-team FCS playoff field. A final Top 25 will follow the FCS championship game, which will be held Jan. 6 in Frisco, Texas.
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STATS
FCS Preseason Top 25
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Team
(First-Place Votes)
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W-L
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Pts
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Prev
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1
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James
Madison (134)
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14-1
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4034
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1
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2
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North
Dakota State (19)
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12-2
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3874
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3
|
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3
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Sam
Houston State (7)
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12-1
|
3610
|
5
|
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4
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South
Dakota State (2)
|
9-4
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3385
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6
|
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5
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Eastern
Washington
|
12-2
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3270
|
4
|
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6
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Jacksonville
State (1)
|
10-2
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3081
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7
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7
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Richmond
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10-4
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3041
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8
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8
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North
Dakota
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9-3
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2871
|
12
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9
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Youngstown
State
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12-4
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2658
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2
|
|
10
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Villanova
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9-4
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2628
|
11
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|
11
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Wofford
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10-4
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2543
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9
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|
12
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Chattanooga
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9-4
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1995
|
13
|
|
13
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New
Hampshire
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8-5
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1741
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17
|
|
14
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Charleston
Southern
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7-4
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1710
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15
|
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15
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Central
Arkansas
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10-3
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1685
|
14
|
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16
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The
Citadel
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10-2
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1545
|
10
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17
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Lehigh
|
9-3
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1369
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21
|
|
18
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Northern
Iowa
|
5-6
|
924
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NR
|
|
19
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Samford
|
7-5
|
893
|
23
|
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20
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Illinois
State
|
6-6
|
876
|
NR
|
|
21
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Grambling
State
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11-1
|
692
|
16
|
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22
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Fordham
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8-3
|
604
|
NR
|
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23
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Cal
Poly
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7-5
|
427
|
24
|
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24
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Albany
|
7-4
|
418
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NR
|
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25
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Western
Illinois
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6-5
|
367
|
NR
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Others receiving votes: North Carolina Central (326), Weber State (322), Northern Arizona (307), McNeese (261), San Diego (250), Montana (215), North Carolina A&T (198), Kennesaw State (154), Liberty (134), Tennessee State (102), UT Martin (90), South Dakota (87), Harvard (36), Saint Francis U (31), Delaware (27), Princeton (23), South Carolina State (22), Nicholls (21), Southeastern Louisiana (20), Southern Utah (17), Penn (14), Duquesne (14), Stony Brook (13), Maine (11), Montana State (6), Mercer (6), Southern Illinois (5), Alcorn State (4), William & Mary (4), Eastern Illinois (3), ETSU (3), Wagner (3), Eastern Kentucky (2), Indiana State (1), Bethune-Cookman (1), Dayton (1).
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