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.