NDSU Football Drops To Eighth In Weekly Polls

FARGO, N.D. - North Dakota State dropped six spots to No. 8 in the STATS FCS Top 25 media poll and the FCS Coaches Poll announced Monday, Oct. 19, following NDSU's 24-21 home loss to unranked South Dakota.

Coastal Carolina (6-0) remained atop the coaches poll after a bye week, Jacksonville State moved up to second, unbeaten James Madison is third, Illinois State fourth, Chattanooga fifth, South Dakota State sixth and Eastern Washington seventh ahead of the Bison.

Jacksonville State (5-1) maintained the top spot in the media poll followed by Coastal Carolina, Illinois State, James Madison, Chattanooga, South Dakota State and Eastern Washington.

The Missouri Valley Football Conference has seven teams in both polls with the addition of previously unranked Western Illinois 20th in the media poll and 23rd in the coaches poll.  The Fighting Leathernecks are 4-2 overall and 3-0 in the MVFC after a 24-19 victory at Northern Iowa.

FCS Coaches Poll
	Team (First-Place Votes)	W-L	Pts	Prev
1	Coastal Carolina (15)	6-0	610	1
2	Jacksonville State (5)	5-1	595	3
3	James Madison (3)	7-0	569	5
4	Illinois State (2)	5-1	566	4
5	Chattanooga	5-1	498	6
6	South Dakota State	5-1	492	7
7	Eastern Washington	3-2	452	8
8	North Dakota State	4-2	439	2
9	McNeese State	6-0	425	9
10	Sam Houston State	4-2	378	11
11	Fordham	6-1	374	10
12	Richmond	5-1	347	13
13	Portland State	5-1	342	17
14	Eastern Kentucky	4-2	311	15
15	Harvard	5-0	206	18
16	William & Mary	4-2	190	24
17	Youngstown State	3-3	177	12
18	Montana	3-3	173	19
19	Montana State	3-3	155	16
20	Charleston Southern	5-1	142	23
21	Indiana State	4-2	114	NR
22	Villanova	3-3	109	25
23	Western Illinois	4-2	99	NR
24	North Carolina A&T	5-1	83	NR
25	Northern Iowa	2-4	60	14

Others receiving votes: Dartmouth 53, New Hampshire 23, Southeastern Louisiana 22, Cal Poly 20, Liberty 17, Grambling State 16, Southern Utah 14, Jacksonville 14, The Citadel 13, Towson 5, Alcorn State 5, Furman 4, South Dakota 4, Bethune-Cookman 4, North Dakota 2, Weber State 2, Eastern Illinois 1.

STATS FCS Top 25
	Team (First-Place Votes	W-L	Pts	Prev
1	Jacksonville State (108)	5-1	3897	1
2	Coastal Carolina (27)	6-0	3743	3
3	Illinois State (6)	5-1	3628	4
4	James Madison (18)	7-0	3594	5
5	Chattanooga	5-1	3170	6
6	South Dakota State	5-1	3120	7
7	Eastern Washington	4-2	2933	8
8	North Dakota State	4-2	2777	2
9	Sam Houston State	4-2	2592	9
10	Fordham	6-1	2332	10
11	Richmond	5-1	2279	13
12	McNeese State	6-0	2224	15
13	Eastern Kentucky	4-2	2065	14
14	Portland State	5-1	2052	17
15	Harvard	5-0	1530	18
16	Youngstown State	3-3	1321	11
17	William & Mary	4-2	1252	24
18	Indiana State	4-2	1181	21
19	Montana	3-3	1093	20
20	Western Illinois	4-2	825	NR
21	Montana State	3-3	766	16
22	Northern Iowa	2-4	631	12
23	Villanova	3-3	501	25
24	North Carolina A&T	5-1	491	NR
25	Dartmouth	5-0	349	NR

Others receiving votes: New Hampshire 347, Charleston Southern 210, Southern Utah 113, South Dakota 92, Grambling State 88, Southeastern Louisiana 83, Alcorn State 55, Cal Poly 39, North Dakota 39, Bethune-Cookman 35, UT Martin 33, Liberty 30, Weber State 29, Citadel 26, Furman 20, Jacksonville 20, Southern Illinois 12, Dayton 12, Eastern Illinois 8, Western Carolina 8, Central Arkansas 8, Lamar 5, Princeton 4, Bryant 3, Northern Arizona 2, Prairie View A&M 2, Monmouth 2, Kennesaw State 2, Southern University 1, Stony Brook 1.