Week 7 FCS Football Top 25
October 16, 2011 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Northern Iowa |
UNI stays on top of the rankings after beating SDSU and have another somewhat tough game against SIU. |
1 |
| 2 |  |
Georgia Southern | Three of GSU’s last four games are against Appalachian State, Wofford and Alabama. But first the Blue Hose visit. |
2 |
| 3 |  |
Wofford | Wofford keeps cruising along, the latest victim being lowly Virginia-Wise, as we all wait for the GSU game. |
3 |
| 4 |  |
Montana State |
Montana State handled Northern Arizona last week and will have no trouble taking out Northern Colorado. |
4 |
| 5 |  |
Appalachian State | Appalachian State’s defense struggled against The Citadel. They will have to do better against Samford this week. |
5 |
| 6 |  |
North Dakota State |
NDSU keeps taking care of business in impressive fashion and a trip to SDSU awaits next weekend. |
6 |
| 7 |  |
Montana | Montana is trying to keep pace with Montana State and make the 11/19 showdown for the conference crown. |
8 |
| 8 |  |
Jacksonville State | Jacksonville State can make a huge statement when they travel to Kentucky next week to take on the Wildcats. |
9 |
| 9 |  |
Lehigh |
Lehigh is looking like a team that can make a playoff run. They have their final road game after a bye week. |
10 |
| 10 |  |
James Madison | James Madison has only slipped once…against a solid Maine team and have a bye week before the final stretch. |
11 |
| 11 |  |
Sam Houston State |
Sam Houston State is dominating the competition and a trip to McNeese State this week is the toughest test left. |
12 |
| 12 |  |
Maine | Maine is building a very nice resume and a road trip to Richmond this week could add another quality win. |
17 |
| 13 |  |
Massachusetts | Umass had a nice win at Delaware and play a quality UNH team in Gilette Stadium this week. Watch out MAC. |
19 |
| 14 |  |
New Hampshire | UNH finally lost a game against an FCS opponent and they will need to turn things around against Umass. |
7 |
| 15 |  |
William & Mary | William & Mary has not been consistent week in and week out, but they can start making a run now. |
18 |
| 16 |  |
North Dakota | Cal Poly has not had a good season thus far, but they will look to turn things around against a surging North Dakota. |
15 |
| 17 |  |
Liberty | Liberty slaughtered fellow Big South favorite CCU last week and now the conference is theirs to lose. |
20 |
| 18 |  |
Indiana State | ISU has the opportunity to emerge as the second best team in the MVFC and it starts with a trip to Illinois State. |
22 |
| 19 |  |
Delaware |
Which Delaware team will show up this week? Three of their last four are on the road, so they better improve. |
13 |
| 20 |  |
Towson | Towson rallied last week to knock off ODU and can make a big move if they can win at William & Mary. |
NR |
| 21 |  |
Chattanooga | Chattanooga finally got a conference win against Western Carolina and will look to make it two at Elon. |
21 |
| 22 |  |
South Carolina State | South Carolina State is playing good football, but they need Norfolk State to slip up if they want to win the MEAC. |
23 |
| 23 |  |
South Dakota |
South Dakota’s early win over EWU looks less and less impresive. Getting shut down by Indiana State didn’t help. |
14 |
| 24 |  |
Jackson State | Jackson State did not gain any style points in their win over MVSU, but they are the best team in the SWAC. |
NR |
| 25 |  |
Harvard |
Harvard has put together an impressive string of victories and it won’t end until they face Penn and Princeton. |
NR |
