Week 8 FCS Football Top 25
October 22, 2011 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
Northern Iowa |
Northern Iowa held on against Southern Illinois last week to set up an epic clash at North Dakota State. |
1 |
| 2 |  |
Georgia Southern | Georgia Southern did not look past the Blue Hose last week with a trip to Appalachian State coming up. |
2 |
| 3 |  |
Montana State | MSU had more trouble against UNC than they should have, but they keep winning and that’s all that matters. |
4 |
| 4 |  |
North Dakota State |
North Dakota State had little trouble with SDSU and now they can make a big push towards #1 with UNI up next. |
6 |
| 5 |  |
Appalachian State | Appalachian State got past Samford and now host Georgia Southern in the SoCon game of the year. |
5 |
| 6 |  |
Wofford |
Wofford’s comeback attempt at Furman came up short and they need to rebound against Elon this week. |
3 |
| 7 |  |
Montana | Like Montana State, Montana had a little trouble on the road last week, but managed to pull off a victory. |
7 |
| 8 |  |
Jacksonville State | JSU put up a good fight against Kentucky, but now they have a much more important game against Tenn Tech. |
8 |
| 9 |  |
Lehigh |
Following a week off, Lehigh should continue rolling through the Patriot League with a trip to Colgate. |
9 |
| 10 |  |
Sam Houston State | Sam Houston State cemented their spot atop the Southland standings with a win at McNeese State. |
11 |
| 11 |  |
Maine |
Maine had an amazing fourth quarter comeback against Richmond. They should keep rolling at Nova on Saturday. |
12 |
| 12 |  |
James Madison | James Madison will have to win some of these tough road games, like at ODU, to secure a playoff spot. |
10 |
| 13 |  |
New Hampshire | New Hampshire went into Gillette Stadium and beat Umass. A rejuvinated Rhode Island squad is up next. |
14 |
| 14 |  |
Towson |
Towson is one of the hottest teams in the nation right now and Delaware will find out why on Saturday night. |
20 |
| 15 |  |
Chattanooga | After a tough three game skid, Chattanooga has slaughtered it’s last two opponents. Furman is next in line. |
21 |
| 16 |  |
Massachusetts | It rarely gets easy in the CAA. After Umass lost to UNH, they will have to go to Richmond to take on the Spiders. | 13 |
| 17 |  |
Liberty | Liberty is not getting much attention after losing two very close games. The Blue Hose won’t pose a threat. |
17 |
| 18 |  |
Jackson State | Jackson State needs some help to win the SWAC following their earlier loss to Alabama State. |
24 |
| 19 |  |
South Dakota |
South Dakota will have their toughest test until the showdown with North Dakota when they travel to Cal Poly. |
23 |
| 20 |  |
William & Mary |
W&M ran into a scorching Towson team last week and came away with a loss. Now they have a week to recover. |
15 |
| 21 |  |
Harvard | Harvard laid 56 points on Princeton last week and will look to do the same against a pretty bad Dartmouth team. |
25 |
| 22 |  |
Old Dominion | ODU snuck back into the top 25 with a win over Nova, but they’ll need to beat James Madison to stick around. |
NR |
| 23 |  |
Indiana State |
Indiana State will have a week off to regroup after their tough 17-14 loss to Illinois State last week. |
18 |
| 24 |  |
Tennessee Tech | Tennessee Tech’s reemergence in the Top 25 may be short lived with a trip to Jacksonville State up next. |
NR |
| 25 |  |
North Dakota | North Dakota needs a big win to garner some attention in the Great West. It won’t come against the Big Sky’s UNC. |
16 |
