FARGO, N.D. – North Dakota State slipped three spots to No. 4 in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 media poll announced Monday, Oct. 17.
The Bison (5-2) had been No. 1 all season until their 23-21 home loss to South Dakota State (6-1), which received 51 of 54 first-place votes and earned its first No. 1 ranking in program history.
Sacramento State (6-0) moved up three spots to No. 2 followed by No. 3 Montana State (6-1). The Big Sky Conference has four teams in the top 10 including No. 5 Weber State and No. 7 Montana.
The Missouri Valley Football Conference has four teams in the media poll. Southern Illinois moved up two spots to No. 14 with a win over Western Illinois and North Dakota remains No. 20 after a bye week.
North Dakota State is idle this week before returning to action at home next Saturday, Oct. 29, hosting Illinois State.
Stats Perform FCS Top 25 – Oct. 17, 2022
| |
School (First-Place Votes) |
W-L |
Pts |
Prev |
| 1. |
South Dakota St. (51) |
6-1 |
1346 |
2 |
| 2. |
Sacramento St. (1) |
6-0 |
1243 |
5 |
| 3. |
Montana St. |
6-1 |
1225 |
4 |
| 4. |
North Dakota St. |
5-2 |
1208 |
1 |
| 5. |
Weber St. |
6-0 |
1145 |
6 |
| 6. |
Holy Cross |
6-0 |
983 |
7 |
| 7. |
Montana |
5-1 |
945 |
3 |
| 8. |
Incarnate Word |
6-1 |
940 |
T8 |
| 9. |
Jackson St. (2) |
6-0 |
907 |
T8 |
| 10. |
Chattanooga |
5-1 |
859 |
10 |
| 11. |
Mercer |
6-1 |
785 |
12 |
| 12. |
William & Mary |
5-1 |
784 |
11 |
| 13. |
Delaware |
5-1 |
713 |
13 |
| 14. |
Southern Illinois |
5-2 |
602 |
16 |
| 15. |
Samford |
5-1 |
588 |
15 |
| 16. |
Southeast Missouri St. |
5-1 |
441 |
18 |
| 17. |
Idaho |
4-2 |
424 |
NR |
| 18. |
Tennessee-Martin |
4-2 |
380 |
19 |
| 19. |
Richmond |
4-2 |
364 |
21 |
| 20. |
North Dakota |
4-2 |
354 |
20 |
| 21. |
Elon |
5-2 |
285 |
14 |
| 22. |
Rhode Island |
3-2 |
246 |
T25 |
| 23. |
Fordham |
6-1 |
231 |
22 |
| 24. |
Austin Peay |
5-2 |
153 |
24 |
| 25. |
New Hampshire |
5-2 |
87 |
NR |
Dropped Out: Villanova (17), Eastern Kentucky (23), Southeastern Louisiana (T25)
Others Receiving Votes: Villanova 74, Furman 52, Southeastern Louisiana 43, Stephen F. Austin 36, Princeton 20, Campbell 19, Missouri St. 18, North Carolina Central 13, Illinois St. 12, Eastern Kentucky 11, Abilene Christian 9
