Week 1 FCS Football Top 25
September 4, 2011 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Appalachian State | North Carolina A&T will be a little easier than Virginia Tech. |
1 |
| 2 |  |
William & Mary |
The Tribe have a couple easy ones before a tough conference slate. |
2 |
| 3 |  |
Eastern Washington | EWU almost knocked off Washington. The road trip continues to South Dakota this week. |
3 |
| 4 |  |
Georgia Southern | The Eagles tallied conference win number one and now it is time for a cupcake. |
4 |
| 5 |  |
Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa had Iowa State on the ropes last week. A trip to Stephen F. Austin will not be much easier. |
5 |
| 6 |  |
Montana State | The Bobcats host a tough UC Davis team this Saturday. |
6 |
| 7 |  |
Delaware | Delaware can work on their defense against West Chester this week. |
7 |
| 8 |  |
New Hampshire |
New Hampshire travels to Lehigh for a huge non-confernce game. |
8 |
| 9 |  |
Richmond | Coming off a victory over Duke, Richmond’s next victim will be Wagner. |
21 |
| 10 |  |
Southern Illinois | The Salukis ground attack will be tested against Ole Miss. |
11 |
| 11 |  |
Wofford | Wofford better play a lot better against Clemson than they did against Presbyterian. |
9 |
| 12 |  |
Jacksonville State | Jacksonville State has a huge game in Chattanooga this week as both teams hope to get an early look at the playoffs. |
10 |
| 13 |  |
Montana | Cal Poly is always a dangerous team, but Montana will have a much easier time then they did in Tennessee. |
12 |
| 14 |  |
McNeese State | McNeese State gets a week off after their loss to Kansas. |
13 |
| 15 |  |
Chattanooga |
Nebraska was tough, but week two against Jacksonville State is not easy. |
15 |
| 16 |  |
James Madison |
Central Connecticut State is the favorite in the NEC and will not be a pushover for James Madison. |
16 |
| 17 |  |
Central Arkansas |
Central Arkansas will have to play much better against Louisiana Tech than they did against Henderson State. |
14 |
| 18 |  |
Murray State | Mississippi Valley State should be an easier foe than Louisville. |
17 |
| 19 |  |
Lehigh | Lehigh can make a huge statement with a victory over New Hampshire this week. |
18 |
| 20 |  |
Pennsylvania | Penn still has another week off before they beat up on Lafayette. |
20 |
| 21 |  |
Bethune-Cookman | The winner of B-CU and South Carolina State will remain the favorite in the MEAC for the rest of the year. |
22 |
| 22 |  |
Sacramento State | A week ago The Hornets were a sleeper team in the Big Sky. After beating Oregon State, everybody is watching. |
NR |
| 23 |  |
Stephen F. Austin | A trip to Northern Iowa for SFA highlights a fun week of games in the FCS. |
23 |
| 24 |  |
UC Davis | Montana State is next up for UC Davis…the schedule does not ease up until October. |
24 |
| 25 |  |
Liberty | The loser of Liberty and Robert Morris will likely have to get an auto bid to make the playoffs. |
25 |
