NDSU Ranked 2nd, 3rd in FCS Polls

FARGO, N.D. - North Dakota State was ranked No. 2 in the STATS FCS Top 25 and No. 3 in the FCS Coaches Poll released Monday, Nov. 9, following a wild week of results that saw six of the nation's top 10 teams take losses.

NDSU, 7-2 overall and 5-1 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, did not get any first-place votes but vaulted two spots in the coaches poll and four spots in the media poll following a 59-7 rout of Western Illinois, which was the most points scored by a Bison team since 2012.

Jacksonville State (8-1) got 149 of the 161 first-place votes in the media poll and McNeese State (9-0) received the other 12 votes but was third overall in the voting.  Coastal Carolina (8-1) was up four spots to fourth, and South Dakota State (7-2) moved up six spots to fifth place after a 25-20 win over Illinois State (7-2), which dropped from second to sixth.

Jacksonville State gook 25 of 26 first-place votes in the coaches poll, McNeese State got the other top vote and finished second ahead of NDSU.  Coastal Carolina was fourth, South Dakota State was fifth and Illinois State sixth.

The Missouri Valley Football Conference has five teams ranked in both polls with Northern Iowa checking in 17th in the media poll and 19th in the coaches poll, and Youngstown State ranked 20th in the media poll and 21st in the coaches poll.

FCS Coaches Poll
	Team (First-Place Votes)	W-L	Pts	Prev
1	Jacksonville State (25)	8-1	649	1
2	McNeese State (1)	9-0	617	5
3	North Dakota State	7-2	598	5
4	Coastal Carolina	8-1	556	8
5	South Dakota State	7-2	543	11
6	Illinois State	7-2	499	2
7	William & Mary	7-2	473	12
8	Charleston Southern	8-1	433	13
9	Chattanooga	7-2	401	3
10	Eastern Washington	6-3	373	4
11	James Madison	7-2	352	14
12	Richmond	72	339	7
13	Harvard	8-0	308	15
14	North Carolina A&T	8-1	282	16
15	Southern Utah	7-2	281	18
16	Portland State	7-2	266	9
17	Fordham	8-2	253	17
18	Sam Houston State	6-3	250	9
19	Northern Iowa	5-4	212	20
20	The Citadel	7-2	168	22
21	Youngstown State	5-4	138	21
22	Montana	5-4	83	22
23	Bethune-Cookman	8-2	80	25
24	Dartmouth	7-1	49	NR
25	Northern Arizona	6-3	44	NR

Others receiving votes: Towson 43, Central Arkansas 41, Grambling State 35, UT Martin 33, Eastern Kentucky 18, Dayton, 11, Western Carolina 6, North Dakota 5, South Dakota 4, Montana State 2, Villanova 2, Indiana State 1, Eastern Illinois 1, Bryant 1.

STATS FCS Top 25
	Team (First-Place Votes)	W-L	Pts	Prev
1	Jacksonville State (149)	8-1	4012	1
2	North Dakota State	7-2	3739	6
3	McNeese State (12)	9-0	3613	9
4	Coastal Carolina	8-1	3344	8
5	South Dakota State	7-2	3311	11
6	Illinois State	7-2	3180	2
7	William & Mary	7-2	2862	12
8	Chattanooga	7-2	2510	3
9	Richmond	7-2	2433	5
10	Eastern Washington	6-3	2349	4
11	Charleston Southern	8-1	2312	15
12	Harvard	8-0	2285	13
13	Sam Houston State	6-3	2111	7
14	James Madison	7-2	2082	14
15	Portland State	7-2	1780	10
16	Fordham	8-2	1602	16
17	Northern Iowa	5-4	1529	17
18	Southern Utah	7-2	1405	20
19	North Carolina A&T	8-1	1292	19
20	Youngstown State	5-4	779	21
21	Citadel	7-2	690	25
22	Montana	5-4	621	22
23	Dartmouth	7-1	518	24
24	Eastern Kentucky	5-4	352	18
25	Grambling State	7-2	304	NR

Others receiving votes: Northern Arizona 245, UT Martin 211, Central Arkansas 211, Bethune-Cookman 210, Dayton 104, Indiana State 62, Western Illinois 43, Towson 30, Western Carolina 28, North Dakota 24, Montana State 20, Prairie View A&M 18, Eastern Illinois17, New Hampshire 17, Villanova 16, Duquesne 13, Alcorn State11, South Dakota 10, North Carolina Central 9, Penn 7, Colgate 4.