Final FCS Football Top 25 Rankings
January 22, 2026 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Prior | ||
| 1 |  |
Montana State | 2 | |
| 2 |  |
North Dakota State | 1 | |
| 3 |  |
Montana | 4 | |
| 4 |  |
Illinois State | 17 | |
| 5 |  |
Villanova | 9 | |
| 6 |  |
UC Davis | 10 | |
| 7 |  |
South Dakota | 13 | |
| 8 |  |
Stephen F. Austin | 14 | |
| 9 |  |
Tarleton State | 6 | |
| 10 |  |
Lehigh | 3 | |
| 11 |  |
Rhode Island | 7 | |
| 12 |  |
Tennessee Tech | 5 | |
| 13 |  |
Abilene Christian | 11 | |
| 14 |  |
Mercer | 8 | |
| 15 |  |
Yale | 20 | |
| 16 |  |
Monmouth | 12 | |
| 17 |  |
South Dakota State | 18 | |
| 18 |  |
Youngstown State | 16 | |
| 19 |  |
Harvard | 19 | |
| 20 |  |
North Dakota | 24 | |
| 21 |  |
SE Louisiana | 21 | |
| 22 |  |
Southern Illinois | 22 | |
| 23 |  |
Jackson State | 15 | |
| 24 | West Georgia | 25 | ||
| 25 |  |
New Hampshire | 23 | |
