North Dakota State Remains On Top in CSJ Top-25 Poll

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College Sports Journal Releases First Week FCS Top-25

PHILADELPHIA, PA. — North Dakota State retained its No. 1 spot from the preseason, narrowly holding off Georgia Southern in the first week of the College Sports Journal Football Championship Subdivision Top-25 poll.

North Dakota State rolled to a 52-0 victory at home over Robert Morris in a rematch of a 2010 NCAA Division I Football Championship first-round playoff game.

Georgia Southern hopped from fifth to second after a 58-0 win against Jacksonville at home.

Sam Houston State fell one spot on a week where it didn't play. The Bearkats, last season's national runner-up, open play on Saturday at 7 p.m. against Incarnate Word.


Read more here:

http://www.college-sports-journal.com/index.php/ncaa-division-i-sports/fcs-football/278-north-dakota-state-remains-on-top-in-csj-top-25-poll

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Position Team Record Previous Rank Result

1: North Dakota State Bison 1-0 1 W 52-0 vs Robert Morris
2: Georgia Southern Eagles 1-0 5 W 59-0 vs Jacksonville
3: Sam Houston State Bearkats 0-0 2 Did Not Play
4: Montana State Bobcats 1-0 4 W vs Chadron State 33-6
5: Appalachian State Mountaineers 0-1 3 L 35-13 at East Carolina
6: Northern Iowa Panthers 0-1 9 L 26-21 at Wisconsin
7: Youngstown State Penguins 1-0 15 W 31-17 at Pittsburgh
8: James Madison Dukes 1-0 7 W 55-0 vs St. Francis
9: Eastern Washington Eagles 1-0 12 W 20-3 at Idaho
10: Old Dominion 1-0 13 W 57-23 vs Duquesne
11: Towson Tigers 0-1 6 L 41-21 at Kent State
12: Stony Brook Seawolves 1-0 11 W 49-17 vs Central Connecticut State
13: Lehigh Mountain Hawks 1-0 10 W 27-17 vs Monmouth
14: Montana Grizzlies 1-0 16 W 35-24 vs South Dakota
15: Wofford Terriers 1-0 8 W 34-7 at Gardner-Webb
16: New Hampshire Wildcats 1-0 19 W 38-17 at Holy Cross
17: McNeese State Cowboys 1-0 NR W 27-21 at Middle Tennessee State
18: Maine Black Bears 0-0 17 DId Not Play
19: Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens 1-0 14 W vs West Chester 41-21
20: Illinois State Redbirds 1-0 21 W 56-14 vs Dayton
21: Indiana State Sycamores 0-1 18 L 24-17 at Indiana
22: Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks 1-0 22 W vs Southwestern Oklahoma 49-14
23: Central Arkansas Bears 0-1 NR L at Mississippi 49-27
24: Eastern Kentucky Colonels 0-1 25 L 48-6 at Purdue
25: Liberty 0-1 NR L 20-17 at Wake Forest

Falling Out Of The Poll

Norfolk State 1-0, Southern Utah 0-1, Villanova 0-1.


Also Received Votes (In Order Of Points):
Cal Poly, Norfolk State, Tennessee-Martin, Tennessee Tech, Georgetown, Bethune-Cookman, Southern Utah, Harvard, Tennessee-Chattanooga, Albany, South Carolina State, William & Mary, Alabama State.