FCS Coaches Poll (I-AA)
	31-Aug-26
	Rank	Team	Points	1st place
	1.	Montana State	650	26
	2.	South Dakota St.	604
	3.	Montana	599
	4.	Illinois State	563
	5.	Tarleton State	554
	6.	UC-Davis	493
	7.	Youngstown State	466
	8.	Rhode Island	463
	9.	North Dakota	421
	10.	Lehigh	382
	11.	Stephen F. Austin	374
	12.	South Dakota	354
	13.	Tennessee Tech	330
	14.	Austin Peay	284
	15.	Mercer	267
	16.	Lamar	230
	17.	Villanova	185
	18.	Yale	158
	19.	William & Mary	137
	20.	Northern Arizona	120
	21.	Abilene Christian	118
	22.	S. Carolina State	87
	23.	Richmond	71
	24.	Central Arkansas	63
	25.	Southern Illinois	57
	26.	Western Carolina	47
	27.	UT-Martin	31
	28.	Idaho State	29
	29.	Wofford	29
	30.	SE Missouri St.	24
	31.	Alabama State	22
	32.	SE Louisiana	20
	33.	Maine	20
	34.	Monmouth (NJ)	17
	35.	Harvard	16
	36.	Furman	16
	37.	Prairie View	14
	38.	Southern Utah	14
	39.	Texas - Rio Grande	13
	40.	Chattanooga	13
	41.	West Florida	13
	42.	Elon	11
	43.	Cal Poly	11
	44.	Incarnate Word	10
	45.	Houston Christian	10
	46.	Delaware State	9
	47.	Dartmouth	8
	48.	Jackson State	7
	49.	Idaho	7
	50.	Campbell	6
	51.	E. Tennessee St.	3
		Out of Top 10:
		Villanova	(lost to Wm. & Mary)
		Joining the Top 10:
		Lehigh	(beat Holy Cross)
		Out of Top 25:
		SE Louisiana	(lost to HCU)
		UT-Martin	(lost to C. Ark.)
		Monmouth (NJ)	(lost to TN Tech)
		New to Top 25:
		William & Mary	(beat Villanova)
		Richmond	(beat Bucknell)
		Central Arkansas	(beat UT-Martin)
		Out altogether:
		Valparaiso
		(?? Beat a D3 team by 47 pts)
		C. Connecticut St.	(lost to S. Dakota)
		Eastern Kentucky	(lost to W. Carolina)
		Holy Cross	(lost to Lehigh)
		St. Thomas (MN)	(beat Winona St. by 6)
		Northern Colorado	(lost to Weber State)
		New Hampshire	(lost to Albany)
		Stony Brook	(lost to Delaware St.)
		San Diego	(did not play)
		McNeese State	(lost to S. F. Austin)
		Joining the Poll
		This Week:
		Maine	(beat Towson)
		Southern Utah	(lost to Montana by 7)
		West Florida	(beat S. Illinois)
		Cal Poly	(beat Idaho)
		Houston Christian	(beat SE Louisiana)
		Delaware State	(beat Stony Brook)
		Idaho	(?? lost to Cal Poly)
		Campbell	(beat E. Tenn. St.)