Week 11 FCS Football Top 25 Rankings
November 9, 2014 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
New Hampshire | The Wildcats have won eight straight, including Saturday’s 41-14 win over RIU. Their only loss came to FBS Toledo. | 2 |
| 2 |  |
North Dakota State | Streak had to end sometime. Congratulations to Bison for extraordinary success. Still, do you want to play this team? | 1 |
| 3 |  |
Coastal Carolina | The Chanticleers go to 10-0 with easy win over Charlotte. Monmouth comes to town next week. | 3 |
| 4 |  |
Jacksonville State | Jax State takes care of EKU in a key OVC contest, but an improving Eastern Illinois looms next weekend. | 4 |
| 5 |  |
Eastern Washington | Welcome back Vernon, as the Eagles win a huge game over Montana. All Adams did was throw for 399 yards and 4 TDs. | 5 |
| 6 |  |
Villanova | Villanova pulls away in the second half to topple Towson, 42-14. Albany and Delaware remain in the regular season. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
Chattanooga | The Mocs (7-3) take care of Wofford. Tennessee Tech is up next as the Mocs have a shot for a top 8 playoff seed. | 9 |
| 8 |  |
Illinois State | Big win over Youngstown State gets the Redbirds closer to a playoff bid. South Dakota and Southern Illinois remain. | 12 |
| 9 |  |
Fordham | Friday night’s 30-27 OT victory over Bucknell gives the Rams the Patriot League’s automatic playoff bid. | 11 |
| 10 |  |
Northern Iowa | Although they’ve knocked off two unbeatens in consecutive weeks, UNI (6-4) must likely win their last two. | 17 |
| 11 |  |
Montana | The Grizzlies have the bad misfortune to face EWU with a healthy Adams. They might need two wins for playoffs. | 10 |
| 12 |  |
Richmond | A bad loss for the Spiders at Maine although Orono is one of the tougher places to play. JMU and W&M remain. | 8 |
| 13 |  |
Montana State | Montana State tops Portland State, but a must-win game at home against ISU is next, then comes rival Montana. | 14 |
| 14 |  |
Southeastern Louisiana | SE Louisiana picks up easy win over Houston Baptist. McNeese State is next in what might be a must-win contest. | 15 |
| 15 |  |
Youngstown State | If the Penguins (7-3) weren’t on the playoff bubble before, they are now after losing to Illinois State. | 13 |
| 16 |  |
McNeese State | Somebody please make some sense of the Southland. Big loss to Stephen F. Austin with SE Louisiana looming. | 7 |
| 17 |  |
Eastern Kentucky | Despite loss to Jax State, the Colonels are in line for a playoff berth…provided they take care of business. | 16 |
| 18 |  |
Liberty | The Flames top Monmouth with Charleston Southern next, then comes Coastal Carolina to close out season. | 18 |
| 19 |  |
Northern Arizona | Northern Arizona nearly let a 23-7 advantage slip away against UC Davis, but if it keeps winning, it should be in. | 19 |
| 20 |  |
Bryant | Bryant survived Duquesne’s upset bid. The NEC’s auto bid could be on the line next week at Sacred Heart. | 20 |
| 21 |  |
Bethune-Cookman | BCU holds off Norfolk State 13-7 in a Thursday night contest. They play Hampton this Thursday night. | 21 |
| 22 |  |
South Dakota State | Gotta believe if the Jackrabbits win their last two against WIU and South Dakota, they’ll be playoff bound. | 22 |
| 23 |  |
Sam Houston State | SHSU has won 5-of-6 and will be the favorite in their last two. Win at McNeese should offset loss to D-II Pueblo. | 25 |
| 24 |  |
Harvard | Harvard remains unbeaten by rolling over Columbia. The Penn Quakers are up next. | 24 |
| 25 |  |
Stephen F. Austin | Stephen F. Austin tops McNeese. Could Southland get four teams in the playoffs? It’s a longshot but not far-fetched. | NR |
