North Dakota State Remains No. 1 in Football Championship Subdivision Coaches Top 25 Poll
11/12/2007 6:00:00 AM | Football
For the second straight year, North Dakota State (10-0, 3-0 Great West) and South Dakota State (6-4, 3-0 Great West) will square off for the conference championship. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium in Brookings, S.D.
Also receiving first place votes were Northern Iowa, with seven first place votes and 671 points in second, and
Delaware and Delaware State round out the top 10.
Colonial Athletic Association placed six teams in the top 25. The Gateway Conference and the Southern Conference have three teams in the top 25. Three conferences have two teams and six conferences have one team in the top 25.
FCS Coaches Poll is based exclusively on a voting panel of head coaches in the FCS under the cooperation of the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA).
The poll is available on the newly-created FCS web page that features the poll, conference scores and standings, and features on FCS programs and players. The Southern Conference oversees the poll and maintains the web site.
FCS Coaches Poll (Nov. 12, 2007) Rk. Team (Record) (1st Votes) Points Last Week 1. 2. Northern 3. 4. 5. Southern 6. Appalachian State (8-2) 533 7 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Yale (9-0) 399 12 12. 13. James Madison (7-3) 386 15 14. Wofford (8-3) 349 17 T15. T15. 17. 18. 19. 20. Eastern 21. Fordham (8-2) 159 23 22. Hofstra (7-3) 97 18 23. 24. 25. Harvard (7-2) 48 NR Others Receiving Votes: San Diego (47), Elon (44), Norfolk State (37), Montana State (30), Villanova (29), The Citadel (26), Liberty (23), South Dakota State (23), Western Illinois (22), Cal Poly (18), Central Arkansas (18), Colgate (16), Furman (13), South Carolina State (13), Missouri State (7), Southern (6), Albany (5), Nicholls State (5), Northeastern (4), Hampton (3), Northern Arizona (3), Jacksonville State (1).
