Montana remains at #1, 2 Big Sky Teams in top 25.
Only two Big Sky Conference Teams are left in the FCS Top 25 Rankings with Montana leading the pack and remaining at #1. Montana State at #13 is the only other school from the Big Sky Conference.
| Team (First-place votes) |
Record
|
Points
|
Previous Rank
|
| 1. Montana Grizzlies (52) | 4-0 | 2,573 | 1 |
| 2. Northern Iowa Panthers (23) | 5-0 | 2,564 | 3 |
| 3. North Dakota State Bison (19) | 4-0 | 2,496 | 4 |
| 4. Massachusetts Minutemen (11) | 4-1 | 2,422 | 2 |
| 5. Appalachian State Mountaineers (2) | 4-1 | 2,294 | 5 |
| 6. McNeese State Cowboys (7) | 4-0 | 2,236 | 6 |
| 7. Southern Illinois Salukis (2) | 5-0 | 2,115 | 7 |
| 8. Wofford Terriers (3) | 4-1 | 2,084 | 8 |
| 9. James Madison Dukes | 4-1 | 1,878 | 9 |
| 10. Youngstown State Penguins | 4-1 | 1,811 | 10 |
| 11. Delaware Blue Hens | 5-0 | 1,693 | 12 |
| 12. Hofstra Pride | 4-0 | 1,376 | 14 |
| 13. Montana State Bobcats | 3-1 | 1,229 | 18 |
| 14. Richmond Spiders | 3-1 | 1,041 | 25 |
| 15. New Hampshire Wildcats | 2-2 | 895 | 11 |
| 16. Eastern Illinois Panthers | 3-2 | 894 | 19 |
| 17. Nicholls State Colonels | 3-1 | 785 | 23 |
| 18. Yale Bulldogs | 3-0 | 746 | 22 |
| 19. Sam Houston State Bearkats | 2-2 | 744 | 15 |
| 20. Delaware State Hornets | 3-1 | 652 | NR |
| 21. Hampton Pirates | 3-1 | 587 | 13 |
| 22. Western Illinois Leathernecks | 3-2 | 566 | 17 |
| 23. Illinois State Redbirds | 2-3 | 339 | 16 |
| 24. Cal Poly Mustangs | 3-2 | 289 | NR |
| 25. Southern Jaguars | 5-0 | 279 | NR |
| Others receiving votes: The Citadel 261, Eastern Washington 180, Georgia Southern 118, Lehigh 109, Furman 86, South Carolina State 75, Grambling 65, Alabama A&M 57, Lafayette 54, San Diego 52, Elon 47, Eastern Kentucky 31, Portland State 26, Princeton 19, Villanova 17, Drake 16, Gardner-Webb 10, Tennessee Tech 7, Norfolk State 5, South Dakota State 5, Towson 5, Missouri State 3, Northwestern State 3, UC Davis 3, Alabama State 2, Morgan State 1, Northern Arizona 1. |








