Week 9 FCS Football Top 25 Rankings
October 26, 2014 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
North Dakota State | While there might be disagreement with the rest of the Top 25, there’s no argument who’s No. 1. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
New Hampshire | The Wildcats fall behind early against Stony Brook but rally. Veteran team doesn’t get rattled. Albany is up next. | 3 |
| 3 |  |
Villanova | Villanova goes outside the CAA for a victory against Morgan State. It has a huge game at Richmond next Saturday. | 4 |
| 4 |  |
Coastal Carolina | Coastal Carolina takes care of Charleston Southern, 43-22. The Chanticleers visit Gardner-Webb next week. | 6 |
| 5 |  |
Jacksonville State | Jacksonville State tops Tennessee Tech and has a good chance at a high playoff seed. | 7 |
| 6 |  |
Eastern Washington | The Eagles see their conference win streak end at 14 games as they fall to Northern Arizona. | 2 |
| 7 |  |
McNeese State | The Cowboys roll against Incarnate Word. They visit Northwestern State next week. | 8 |
| 8 |  |
Chattanooga | The Mocs finally dispatch pesky Mercer. Big SoCon tilt next week at Western Carolina. Who would have thought that? | 10 |
| 9 |  |
Montana State | The Bobcats enjoy the bye week before they visit Cal Poly next weekend. | 11 |
| 10 |  |
Richmond | The Spiders have an easy time with Elon. No. 3 Villanova comes to town next weekend. | 12 |
| 11 |  |
Illinois State | Illinois State remains unbeaten with a key win against Missouri State. It visits Northern Iowa next week. | 14 |
| 12 |  |
Montana | Grizzlies stunned by Cal Poly in second half. Montana falls to 5-3 with EWU and Montana State still to play. | 5 |
| 13 |  |
Fordham | The Rams’ offense continues to roll as they topple Lehigh, 48-27. Patriot League foe Colgate visits on Saturday. | 13 |
| 14 |  |
Youngstown State | Big, big win for the Penguins against South Dakota State, 30-27. They’re a solid playoff team right now. | 17 |
| 15 |  |
Southeastern Louisiana | Not sure what to make of the Southland. It’s been a season of highs and lows for everyone as SE Louisiana bows to SFA. | 9 |
| 16 |  |
Eastern Kentucky | The Colonels get a solid 33-21 win over Southeast Missouri State. A tough test at Tennessee State awaits. | 19 |
| 17 |  |
South Dakota State | After loss to YSU, it doesn’t get any easier as the Jackrabbits head to North Dakota State next weekend. | 15 |
| 18 |  |
Liberty | CSM likes this team. Flames have 3 losses: North Carolina, Indiana State and Richmond. Liberty wallops GWU. | 20 |
| 19 |  |
Northern Arizona | NAU likely punched its playoff ticket with the upset win over EWU. Combined record of last 4 foes is 6-26. | NR |
| 20 |  |
William & Mary | The Tribe take care of business against Delaware, 31-17. Big game at JMU next week with winner getting close to playoffs. | 21 |
| 21 |  |
Northern Iowa | The Panthers go to 4-4 with win over Western Illinois. Huge game with Illinois State next Saturday. | 22 |
| 22 |  |
Bryant | Bryant wallops Robert Morris, 42-9. With Sacred Heart losing, the Bulldogs appear to be the class of the NEC. | 23 |
| 23 |  |
Bethune-Cookman | With loss to SC State, Bethune-Cookman likely will need to win final four games to have a shot at playoffs. | 16 |
| 24 |  |
Indiana State | With big win over Southern Illinois, there are now six MVFC in the College Sports Madness Top 25. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Sam Houston State | The Bearkats even its record at 4-4. Gotta believe SHSU would beat Harvard, that’s why Harvard is out of Top 25. | 25 |
