TSN/Fathead.com Week 1 Poll

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The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top-25 College Football Poll

Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank
1. Eastern Washington Eagles (111) 0-1 3,653 1
2. Georgia Southern Eagles (29) 1-0 3,469 4
3. Appalachian State Mountaineers (2) 0-1 2,972 2
4. Northern Iowa Panthers (1) 0-1 2,941 7
5. William & Mary Tribe (1) 0-1 2,905 3
6. Montana State Bobcats 0-1 2,670 6
7. Wofford Terriers 1-0 2,651 8
8. Delaware Blue Hens 0-1 2,647 5
9. Richmond Spiders (3) 1-0 2,503 16
10. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 1-0 2,314 9
11. North Dakota State Bison 1-0 2,185 11
12. Sacramento State Hornets (3) 1-0 1,924 24
13. New Hampshire Wildcats 0-1 1,751 10
14. Lehigh Mountain Hawks 1-0 1,743 13
15. Montana Grizzlies 0-1 1,561 12
16. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 1-0 1,456 17
17. Southern Illinois Salukis 1-0 1,360 19
18. Central Arkansas Bears 1-0 1,216 18
19. James Madison Dukes 0-1 1,098 15
20. Villanova Wildcats 0-1 1,064 14
21. Massachusetts Minutemen 1-0 695 25
22. McNeese State Cowboys 0-1 623 20
23. Chattanooga Mocs 0-1 475 21
24. Liberty Flames 0-1 456 22
25. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 1-0 377 NR

Others receiving votes: South Carolina State 335, Penn 212, Eastern Kentucky 187, Murray State 166, Sam Houston State 129, Stony Brook 117, Grambling State 104, South Dakota State 95, Colgate 80, Georgia State 46, Harvard 39, Youngstown State 38, Jacksonville 36, Western Illinois 35, Cal Poly 32, Jackson State 32, Weber State 30, Southeast Missouri State 30, Florida A&M 29, Southern Utah 25, North Dakota 23, Elon 18, Rhode Island 18, Missouri State 18, Coastal Carolina 15, UC Davis 14, Yale 13, Brown 12, UT Martin 12, Eastern Illinois 12, Dayton 12, Maine 12, Old Dominion 11, The Citadel 11, Indiana State 8, South Dakota 7, Texas Southern 5, Central Connecticut State 5, Northern Arizona 4, Delaware State 3, Albany 3, Tennessee State 2, Northwestern State 2, Tennessee Tech 2, Furman 1, Norfolk State 1.

[Willie]

Hmm...App drops 1 spot after getting humiliated and Montana drops 3 after a good showing.

[SeattleGriz]

Hmm...App drops 1 spot after getting humiliated and Montana drops 3 after a good showing.

And still got 2 first place votes as well.

[DJH]

Hmm...App drops 1 spot after getting humiliated and Montana drops 3 after a good showing.

Huh? It was 42-16...

Both teams got destroyed. ASU got destroyed a little more, but they played a better team.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

A bit surprising Lehigh dropped a spot after a very good first game. All things considered it doesn't matter. Plus, let UNH enter the game as the higher ranked team.

[catbob]

Hmm...App drops 1 spot after getting humiliated and Montana drops 3 after a good showing.

If that's a good showing I'd hate to see a bad showing by Montana.

[cats2506]

Hmm...App drops 1 spot after a good showing and Montana drops 3 after getting humiliated.

fify

[Willie]

ACC vs SEC...dummies.

And MSU showed us all how to play, right?

[EWURanger]

I didn't watch the UM game, so it's possibly I'm missing something. But I don't know if I'd call a 26 point loss a decent showing. But again, I haven't seen the game.

[Willie]

And getting 66 thrown on you deserves first place votes?

[freebird]

I think it has more to do with teams jumping Montana, than the difference between how they did and how App St. did. Sac St had a big win and deserved to jump Montana. One could argue that Richmond beat a poor BCS school, and did not deserve the big jump, or that Lehigh should have beat Monmouth badly as they did and should have stayed put. One could make a case for UNI jumping App St., after losing a nail biter to Iowa State.

The great thing about FCS football is that this will be sorted out on the field.

With the potential emergence of Sac St (I know,just one game), and with Weber being a sleeper in this poll, the Big Sky should be very interesting again this year. It will be very tough for any one team to run the table.

Go Eags!

[JALMOND]

Hmm...App drops 1 spot after getting humiliated and Montana drops 3 after a good showing.

Montana lost by 26 to a bottom tier SEC team who put up 42 on Montana's bread and butter this year (that Griz defense). App State lost to the top dog in the ACC and a FBS Top 25 team, who knows first hand just how good the upper teams in the FCS can be (losing to JMU last year). I'd say both showings probably even.

[Willie]

Got news for ya tho...the bottom of the SEC would win the ACC.

[uofmman1122]

I'm not too worried about it. If we win the next two games (Cal poly and EWU), we'll get the recognition we deserve.

[Skjellyfetti]

Got news for ya tho...the bottom of the SEC would win the ACC.

lol.

Ole Miss, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, or Tennessee would not win the ACC.

You do realize Tennessee lost to a mediocre ACC team last year, right?

[JALMOND]

Got news for ya tho...the bottom of the SEC would win the ACC.

The bottom of the SEC couldn't beat Boise at a "home" neutral site.

Then again, the best Pac-12 team couldn't beat the best SEC team.

And I am making sure all my co-workers know about that.

[SDHornet]

I don’t understand why so many people get worked up over the FCS polls. We have a playoff system people, it all works itself out. And imo VT is >>>> Tenn. VT has owned the ACC the last few years.

[DJH]

willie, just stop...

[Willie]

willie, just stop...

Coming from you that's hilarious.

[Silenoz]

I didn't watch the UM game, so it's possibly I'm missing something. But I don't know if I'd call a 26 point loss a decent showing. But again, I haven't seen the game.

It was, people who say otherwise either didn't watch the game or are Cat fans

[MrTitleist]

Got news for ya tho...the bottom of the SEC would win the ACC.

The bottom of the SEC couldn't beat Boise at a "home" neutral site.

Then again, the best Pac-12 team couldn't beat the best SEC team.

And I am making sure all my co-workers know about that.

Wasn't Georgia ranked 17th?

[ming01]

Hmm...App drops 1 spot after getting humiliated and Montana drops 3 after a good showing.

42-16?

[SDHornet]

Hmm...App drops 1 spot after getting humiliated and Montana drops 3 after a good showing.

42-16?

It was 16-14 UM in the only part that mattered...the last 34 minutes.

[Willie]

Montana looked FAR better than App, period. I watched both games.

[Skjellyfetti]

Against a FAR worse team. I watched both games.