Week 2 FCS Football Top 25
September 11, 2011 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Appalachian State | The schedule gets much, much tougher after this Saturday’s showdown with Savannah State. |
1 |
| 2 |  |
William & Mary |
William & Mary had little trouble with VMI and will have another tune up game this week against New Haven. |
2 |
| 3 |  |
Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa gets a much deserved week off after winning at Stephen F. Austin. |
3 |
| 4 |  |
Georgia Southern | Georgia Southern does not need much of a break after manhandling Tusculum, but they get one anyway. |
4 |
| 5 |  |
Montana State |
With Eastern Washington getting upset, Montana State is the team to beat. MSU plays Minot State this week. |
6 |
| 6 |  |
Wofford |
Wofford almost stunned the FBS world by knocking off Clemson, but fell just short. |
11 |
| 7 |  |
New Hampshire | The Wildcats get a week off after their big win at Lehigh. Up next is another tough road test at Richmond. |
8 |
| 8 |  |
Delaware | Delaware will get Delaware State’s best shot, but history has not been kind to the Hornets in this little rivalry. |
7 |
| 9 |  |
Richmond | The Spiders avoided a letdown after the Duke win and now are in the middle of a nice home stand. |
9 |
| 10 |  |
Chattanooga | The Mocs are turning into a major challenger in the SoCon, but they have a tough road test at EKU first. |
15 |
| 11 |  |
Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois hung tough with Ole Miss for a little while. The schedule gets easier following a bye week. |
10 |
| 12 |  |
Montana | Montana has a huge game against Eastern Washington this week. EWU is reeling and needs a big win. |
13 |
| 13 |  |
Central Arkansas | Central Arkansas took La Tech to overtime, but now the conference fun begins with a trip to SHSU. |
17 |
| 14 |  |
James Madison |
Coming off of a quality win against Central Connecticut State, the Dukes travel to a quality Liberty team. |
16 |
| 15 |  |
Eastern Washington |
EWU is 0-2. With a trip to Montana up next, the defending champs could be 0-3 this time next week. |
3 |
| 16 |  |
Murray State | Murray State starts conference play as the possible OVC favorite this week when they host Tennessee State. |
18 |
| 17 |  |
McNeese State |
McNeese State has a warm-up game against Sioux Falls this week as the big game still looms on 10/15. |
14 |
| 18 |  |
Liberty | Liberty had a huge win over Robert Morris last week and will face a stiffer test against James Madison. |
25 |
| 19 |  |
Jacksonville State | There is no shame in losing to Chattanooga, but Jacksonville State better start winning with Georgia State. |
12 |
| 20 |  |
Pennsylvania | Penn still has a week off before their debut game against Lafayette, who already has two games under their belt. |
20 |
| 21 |  |
Sacramento State | Sacramento State followed up their huge win over Oregon State with a loss against Southern Utah. |
22 |
| 22 |  |
South Carolina State |
South Carolina State won the big early showdown against Bethune-Cookman and now have to go to Indiana. |
NR |
| 23 |  |
Lehigh | Lehigh lost to New Hampshire in overtime, which is a good loss and now face off against Princeton. |
19 |
| 24 |  |
Eastern Kentucky |
Eastern Kentucky is moving up the OVC pecking order and they may end up on top if they can beat Chattanooga. |
NR |
| 25 |  |
Stephen F. Austin |
Stephen F. Austin was outplayed in the end by UNI and it will not get any easier with Baylor up next. |
23 |
