Week 7 FCS Football Top 25 Rankings
October 18, 2021 · Jason Groomes
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
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Eastern Washington | Eagles offense continues to amaze. Running out of compliments for them. Home game against Weber State is next. | 1 |
| 2 |  |
North Dakota State | Bison avoid the post-UNI letdown and shutout Illinois State. Now they get some home games. Missouri State is first. | 3 |
| 3 |  |
Sam Houston | Bearkats had the week off. Now they have a game each of the last five weeks. Home game against Jacksonville State is first. | 2 |
| 4 |  |
Southern Illinois | Salukis were a little lucky in beating SDSU, but a win is a win. Next week, a good North Dakota team, needing a win badly, visits. | 4 |
| 5 |  |
Villanova | Wildcats went to Albany and had a tough time beating the Great Danes. Likely their toughest game left is next, home vs. Rhodie. | 5 |
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South Dakota State | Jackrabbits had no problems with Western Illinois. They come home for a game with a suddenly struggling Northern Iowa. | 6 |
| 7 |  |
James Madison | Dukes went to Richmond, but only managed 19 points. Defense only allowed 3, usually tough. Another travel date to Delaware next. | 8 |
| 8 |  |
Montana State | Bobcats won a Weber State, very solid victory. They’ll return home for a date with the other Big Sky cats, the Idaho State Bengals. | 9 |
| 9 |  |
Southeastern Louisiana | Lions did what they do, score a lot of points in beating Houston Baptist. Next they go to Northwestern State, wanting more of the same. | 11 |
| 10 |  |
UC Davis | Aggies got that taste of losing to Idaho State out of their mouth by beating Northern Colorado. Now go down state to Cal Poly. | 12 |
| 11 |  |
South Dakota | Coyotes won a vitally important road game at Northern Iowa. A home win over Illinois State, next, would do a lot for their playoff hopes. | 19 |
| 12 |  |
Tennessee-Martin | Skyhawks won at Eastern Illinois, to no surprise. Now a strange “non-conference” home date with Southeast Missouri State. | 16 |
| 13 |  |
Incarnate Word | Cardinals had to fight to beat Nicholls, but came away victorious. Next they will host a McNeese team they beat about one month ago. | 18 |
| 14 |  |
Montana | Griz lost their second straight Big Sky game this week. Now a road game to a motivated Idaho, who’d love to continue their misery. | 7 |
| 15 |  |
Kennesaw State | Owls played sloppy offensively, but the defense shut out NC A&T. Interesting road game to a dangerous Campbell next. | 20 |
| 16 |  |
East Tennessee State | ETSU were derailed in Chattanooga, losing their first game. They’ll come home and try to get right against Western Carolina. | 10 |
| 17 |  |
Missouri State | Bears buried Indiana State. Gonna be a tougher row to hoe in Fargo, when they see North Dakota State. | NR |
| 18 |  |
Jackson State | Tigers beat Alabama State comfortably, 28-7. Next they will host winless Bethune-Cookman. | 21 |
| 19 |  |
Eastern Kentucky | Colonels collected a big road win at Central Arkansas. They’ll take this weekend off before tackling their last four games. | 24 |
| 20 |  |
Northern Iowa | Panthers couldn’t avoid the post-NDSU letdown, falling to South Dakota. The reward? A road trip to South Dakota State. Ouch! | 14 |
| 21 |  |
Sacramento State | Hornets put the stinger to Montana, winning there for the first time ever. A home date with Northern Arizona comes next week. | NR |
| 22 |  |
Rhode Island | Rams surprisingly lost at Towson. Shouldn’t take the CAA road for granted. And now they have to visit Villanova. | 13 |
| 23 |  |
VMI | Keydets absolutely creamed Mercer. That brings them back to the rankings. Now a bye week before the end of the season. | NR |
| 24 |  |
Harvard | Crimson do what they’ve been doing; beating everyone, including Patriot League teams. Top 25 match-up at Princeton next week. | NR |
| 25 |  |
Princeton | Tigers won at Brown, 56-42. What happened to their defense? Better show up when Harvard comes to town. | 23 |
