Monday, November 13, 2017

NDSU Fourth and Sixth in Football Polls

FARGO, N.D. - North Dakota State moved up one spot to No. 4 in the STATS FCS Top 25 poll released Monday, Nov. 13, and the Bison remain sixth in the FCS Coaches Poll for the second straight week.

North Dakota State beat 10th-ranked South Dakota 49-14 last week and improved to 9-1 overall and 6-1 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.  NDSU earned at least a share of its seventh straight Missouri Valley Football Conference championship.

James Madison (10-0) received all of the first-place votes in both polls followed by No. 2 Jacksonville State (9-1) and No. 3 Central Arkansas (9-1).  North Dakota State moved past Sam Houston State for fourth in the media poll, but the Bearkats remained fourth in the coaches poll.  South Dakota State (8-2) stayed at No. 5 in the coaches poll ahead of the Bison.

NDSU closes out the regular season at Illinois State (6-4, 4-3 MVFC) on Saturday, Nov. 18.  The Redbirds are ranked 21st in the STATS FCS poll and 25th in the coaches poll coming off a 27-24 overtime loss at South Dakota State.

STATS FCS Top 25

Team (First Place)
W-L
Pts.
Prv
1
James Madison (163)
10-0
4075
1
2
Jacksonville State
9-1
3840
2
3
Central Arkansas
9-1
3700
3
4
North Dakota State
9-1
3510
5
5
Sam Houston State
9-1
3451
4
6
South Dakota State
8-2
3331
6
7
Wofford
9-1
3043
8
8
North Carolina A&T
10-0
2829
9
9
Western Illinois
7-3
2417
11
10
Stony Brook
8-2
2263
12
11
Elon
8-2
2197
7
12
Weber State
8-2
2096
14
13
Grambling State
9-1
1942
13
14
Southern Utah
8-2
1823
15
15
South Dakota
7-3
1769
10
16
New Hampshire
7-3
1667
18
17
Samford
7-3
1598
16
18
Eastern Washington
6-4
1049
19
19
McNeese State
8-2
967
20
20
Furman
7-3
954
21
21
Illinois State
6-4
798
17
22
Kennesaw State
9-1
787
23
23
Northern Arizona
7-3
717
24
24
Northern Iowa
6-4
515
25
25
Nicholls State
8-2
485
NR

Others receiving votes:
 Monmouth 366, Delaware 225, Montana 215, Yale 89, Richmond 83, Western Carolina 70, Austin Peay 46, Columbia 18, North Carolina Central 16, Sacramento State 7, Youngstown State 6, Howard 5, Central Connecticut State 3, Dartmouth 2, San Diego 1

FCS Coaches Poll

Team (First Place)
W-L
Pts.
Prv
1
James Madison (26)
10-0
650
1
2
Jacksonville State
9-1
618
2
3
Central Arkansas
9-1
572
3
4
Sam Houston State
9-1
558
4
5
South Dakota State
8-2
544
5
6
North Dakota State
9-1
535
6
T7
North Carolina A&T
10-0
473
7
T7
Wofford
9-1
473
8
9
Weber State
8-2
397
12
10
Western Illinois
7-3
387
13
11
Grambling State
9-1
385
11
12
Stony Brook
8-2
318
15
13
Samford
7-3
312
14
14
New Hampshire
8-2
307
16
15
Elon
8-2
269
9
16
South Dakota
7-3
257
10
17
Nicholls State
8-2
217
17
18
Southern Utah
8-2
213
19
19
McNeese State
8-2
199
18
20
Eastern Washington
6-4
138
21
21
Kennesaw State
9-1
136
23
22
Monmouth
9-1
135
22
23
Northern Arizona
7-3
77
24
24
Furman
7-3
73
RV
25
Illinois State
6-4
67
20

Others receiving votes:
 Northern Iowa 60, Montana 25, Richmond 15, Delaware 15, Yale 11, Western Carolina 7, Austin Peay 5, Central Connecticut 1, San Diego 1

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