The Stats Perform FCS Top 25 voting panel has been slimmed down for the spring season. I am grateful to still have a vote and will publish my Top 25 every week for everyone to see, and I’m sure rationally discuss with a clear lens.
I’ll also include team resumes, although it’s important to note what you see on paper doesn’t tell the whole story.
“Then-Ranked wins” are Top 25 wins at the time of the game. “Now-Ranked wins” are victories against opponents in the most previous Stats Perform Top 25.
Top 25 Ballot
Notes:
I kept Weber No. 1 despite needing a Hail Mary to beat unranked NAU. The Wildcats started their backup QB and have had a weird off-and-on start to their season. But if they continue to struggle against or narrowly beat inferior opponents, I’ll drop them as I did in the first few weeks with JMU.
I dropped Chattanooga out of my poll. Most of the starters sat out in Saturday’s loss to Mercer, and it’s my understanding many of the starters are done for the spring and will rest up for the fall season.
San Diego (3-0) is close to being ranked, but I want to see how Saturday’s game versus Davidson (3-1 with narrow loss to Elon) goes first.
1. Weber State
Record: 3-0
FCS Record: 3-0
D1 Wins: 3 (Idaho St, UC Davis, NAU)
FCS Losses: 0
Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 23 UC Davis)
Now-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 15 UC Davis)
2. South Dakota State
Record: 4-1
FCS Record: 4-1
D1 Wins: 4 (UNI, WIU, YSU, UND)
FCS Losses: 1 (No. 6 UND)
Then-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 3 UNI, No. 5 SIU)
Now-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 22 UNI, No. 10 SIU)
3. North Dakota State
Record: 5-1
FCS Record: 5-1
D1 Wins: 5 (UCA, YSU, Mo State, ISUr, UND)
FCS Losses: 1 (No. 10 SIU)
Then-Ranked wins: 3 (No. 11 fall UCA, No. 22 ISUr, No. 2 UND)
Now-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 11 fall UCA, No. 6 UND)
4. Sam Houston
Record: 3-0
FCS Record: 3-0
D1 Wins: 3 (SLU, Nicholls, Lamar)
FCS Losses: 0
Then-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 18 SLU, No. 7 Nicholls)
Now-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 23 SLU, No. 17 Nicholls)
5. Delaware
Record: 3-0
FCS Record: 3-0
D1 Wins: 3 (Maine, SBU, URI)
FCS Losses: 0
Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 18 URI)
Now-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 25 Maine, No. 18 URI)
6. North Dakota
Record: 4-1
FCS Record: 4-1
D1 Wins: 4 (SIU, SDSU, USD, WIU)
FCS Losses: 1 (No. 2 NDSU)
Then-Ranked wins: 3 (No. 24 SIU, No. 3 SDSU, No. 20 USD)
Now-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 10 SIU, No. 4 SDSU)
7. James Madison
Record: 4-0
FCS Record: 4-0
D1 Wins: 4 (Morehead St, RMU, Elon, W&M)
FCS Losses: 0
Then-Ranked wins: 0
Now-Ranked wins: 0
8. Kennesaw State
Record: 3-0
FCS Record: 2-0
D1 Wins: 1 (CSU, Dixie)
FCS Losses: 0
Then-Ranked wins: 0
Now-Ranked wins: 0
9. VMI
Record: 5-0
FCS Record: 5-0
D1 Wins: 5 (Furman, WCU, Mercer, Samford, Wofford)
FCS Losses: 0
Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 10 Furman)
Now-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 20 Furman)
10. UC Davis
Record: 3-1
FCS Record: 3-1
D1 Wins: 3 (Idaho, CP, Idaho St)
FCS Losses: 1 (No. 3 Weber)
Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 19 Idaho)
Now-Ranked wins: 0
11. Richmond
Record: 3-0
FCS Record: 3-0
D1 Wins: 3 (W&M, Elon, Elon)
FCS Losses: 0
Then-Ranked wins: 0
Now-Ranked wins: 0
12. Murray State
Record: 5-0
FCS Record: 5-0
D1 Wins: 5 (UT Martin, SEMO, Ttech, TN St, EIU)
FCS Losses: 0
Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 16 SEMO)
Now-Ranked wins: 0
13. Nicholls
Record: 4-1
FCS Record: 3-1
D1 Wins: 3 (Lamar, NW State, Nicholls)
FCS Losses: 1 (No. 5 SHSU)
Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 13 UIW)
Now-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 13 UIW)
14. Missouri State
Record: 4-4
FCS Record: 4-3
D1 Wins: 4 (WIU, USD, UNI, SIU)
FCS Losses: 3 (No. 11 UCA, No. 11 UCA, No. 2 NDSU)
Then-Ranked wins: 3 (No. 21 USD, No. 10 UNI, No. 10 SIU)
Now-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 22 UNI, No. 10 SIU)
FBS Losses: 1
15. Idaho
Record: 2-1
FCS Record: 2-1
D1 Wins: 2 (EWU, SUU)
FCS Losses: 1 (No. 15 UC Davis)
Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 12 EWU)
Now-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 12 EWU)
16. Eastern Washington
Record: 3-1
FCS Record: 3-1
D1 Wins: 3 (NAU, Idaho St, CP)
FCS Losses: 1 (Idaho)
Then-Ranked wins: 0
Now-Ranked wins: 0
17. Jacksonville State
Record: 7-2
FCS Record: 6-1
D1 Wins: 7 (FIU, Mercer, UNA, TN Tech, TN State, UTM, SEMO)
FCS Losses: 1 (APSU)
Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 23 T-Tech)
Now-Ranked wins: 0
FBS Wins: 1 (FIU)
FBS Losses: 1
18. Monmouth
Record: 1-0
FCS Record: 1-0
D1 Wins: 1 (CSU)
FCS Losses: 0
Then-Ranked wins: 0
Now-Ranked wins: 0
19. Rhode Island
Record: 2-1
FCS Record: 2-1
D1 Wins: 2 (Nova, Albany)
FCS Losses: 1 (No. 11 Delaware)
Then-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 6 Nova, No. 18 Albany)
Now-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 16 Nova)
20. Maine
Record: 2-1
FCS Record: 2-1
D1 Wins: 2 (Albany, SBU)
FCS Losses: No. 11 Delaware)
Then-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 13 Albany)
Now-Ranked wins: 0
21. Incarnate Word
Record: 3-1
FCS Record: 3-1
D1 Wins: 3 (McNeese, Lamar, SLU)
FCS Losses: 1 (No. 17 Nicholls)
Then-Ranked wins: 2 (No. 19 McNeese, No. 16 SLU)
Now-Ranked wins: 1 (No. 23 SLU)
22. Southeastern Louisiana
Record: 2-2
FCS Record: 2-2
D1 Wins: 2 (McNeese, NW St)
FCS Losses: 2 (No. 5 SHSU, No. 13 UIW)
Then-Ranked wins: 0
Now-Ranked wins: 0
23. Villanova
Record: 1-1
FCS Record: 1-1
D1 Wins: 1 (SBU)
FCS Losses: 1 (No. 18 URI)
Then-Ranked wins: 0
Now-Ranked wins: 0
24. Furman
Record: 3-2
FCS Record: 3-2
D1 Wins: 3 (WCU, Samford, ETSU)
FCS Losses: 2 (No. 14 VMI, No. 9 UTC)
Then-Ranked wins: 0
Now-Ranked wins: 0
25. Duquesne
Record: 4-0
FCS Record: 4-0
D1 Wins: 4 (SHU, Wagner, LIU, Bryant)
FCS Losses: 0
Then-Ranked wins: 0
Now-Ranked wins: 0
