Week 9 FCS Football Top 25
October 29, 2011 · CSM Staff
| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  |
North Dakota State |
North Dakota State catapults into the top spot after winning at UNI. A tough game at Indiana State is next. |
4 |
| 2 |  |
Appalachian State | Appalachian State is back in the SoCon race and should win if Georgia Southern can beat Wofford in a couple weeks. |
5 |
| 3 |  |
Montana State | Montana State has just one more game, at Weber State, before their finale against Montana on 11/19. |
3 |
| 4 |  |
Northern Iowa |
Northern Iowa lost a thriller to NDSU. There is a lot of season left and UNI can get momentum agaisnt YSU. |
1 |
| 5 |  |
Georgia Southern | GSU was also a top team that lost to another top team in another close game. GSU won’t go away though. |
2 |
| 6 |  |
Wofford |
Wofford rebounded from their loss two weeks ago and has a game against WCU before the schedule gets tough. |
6 |
| 7 |  |
Montana | Montana can make a run into the top five with the 11/19 showdown in Bozeman the only tough game left. |
7 |
| 8 |  |
Sam Houston State |
Nobody but New Mexico has scored against SHSU. Barring a major upset, they will go undefeated. |
10 |
| 9 |  |
Maine |
Maine can take a huge step towards winning the CAA with a win against Towson on Saturday. |
11 |
| 10 |  |
Lehigh |
Lehigh just keeps cruising along. However, they may face their toughest conference test this week against HC. |
9 |
| 11 |  |
New Hampshire |
New Hampshire has a huge game this week against James Madison with plenty of playoff hopes on the line. |
13 |
| 12 |  |
Massachusetts | Umass may have spoiled any hope Richmond had to reach the playoffs last week. More opportunities await. |
16 |
| 13 |  |
Jacksonville State | Jacksonville State faced their toughest conference test to date and lost. Now they have to play a good EKU team. |
8 |
| 14 |  |
Old Dominion |
ODU had a nice win against James Madison and can keep rolling with a game against Richmond this week. |
22 |
| 15 |  |
Tennessee Tech | Tennessee Tech had a huge win over Jacksonville State last week, but they can’t overlook Murray State. |
24 |
| 16 |  |
Jackson State | Jackson State has turned into one of the best teams in the SWAC, but they still have a lot of work to do. | 18 |
| 17 |  |
Towson | Towson lost a heartbreaker to Delaware, but can still win a CAA title if they can win at Maine this week. |
14 |
| 18 |  |
Cal Poly |
Cal Poly had a big come from behind win over South Dakota last week and are the lone 3-0 team in the Great West. |
NR |
| 19 |  |
Delaware |
Delaware won’t win the CAA, but they took Towson out of the ranks of the unbeaten last Saturday. |
NR |
| 20 |  |
Harvard |
Harvard is the last of the Ivy League unbeatens and that will continue against a winless Columbia squad. |
21 |
| 21 |  |
James Madison | James Madison lost at ODU last week and have another tough road trip to New Hampshire this week. |
12 |
| 22 |  |
Liberty | Liberty has a game against VMI before what should be a season finale clash for the auto bid against Stony Brook. |
17 |
| 23 |  |
Indiana State |
Indiana State stayed at home last week and watched their next opponent, NDSU, beat top ranked Northern Iowa. |
23 |
| 24 |  |
Illinois State | Illinois State had a nice win at SIU last week and the Redbirds can make a playoff push starting with WIU. |
NR |
| 25 |  |
William & Mary | William & Mary’s will need to win on the road against Rhode Island this week to get their momentum back. |
20 |
