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Stats Perform FCS Top 25 (Oct. 18)

1. Sam Houston (5-0, 3-0 AQ7), 1,223 points (35 first-place votes)
Previous Ranking: 1; Week 7 Result: Open week
2. Eastern Washington (7-0, 4-0 Big Sky), 1,178 (14)
Previous Ranking: 2; Week 7 Result: 71-21 win over Idaho
3. North Dakota State (6-0, 3-0 Missouri Valley), 1,169 (1)
Previous Ranking: 3; Week 7 Result: 20-0 win at Illinois State
4. Southern Illinois (6-1, 4-0 Missouri Valley), 1,097
Previous Ranking: 4; Week 7 Result: 31-28 win over then-No. 22 North Dakota
5. Villanova (5-1, 3-0 CAA), 1,022
Previous Ranking: 6; Week 7 Result: 17-10 win at Albany
6. South Dakota State (5-1, 2-1 Missouri Valley), 980
Previous Ranking: 7; Week 7 Result: 41-17 win at Western Illinois
7. James Madison (5-1, 3-1 CAA), 951
Previous Ranking: 8; Week 7 Result: 19-3 win at Richmond
8. Montana State (6-1, 4-0 Big Sky), 919
Previous Ranking: 9; Week 7 Result: 13-7 win at then-No. 19 Weber State
9. Southeastern Louisiana (5-1, 3-0 Southland), 842
Previous Ranking: 11; Week 7 Result: 61-24 win over Houston Baptist
10. UC Davis (6-1, 3-1 Big Sky), 750
Previous Ranking: 13; Week 7 Result: 32-3 win over Northern Colorado
11. Montana (4-2, 1-2 Big Sky), 694
Previous Ranking: 5; Week 7 Result: 28-21 loss to Sacramento State
12. Kennesaw State (5-1, 2-0 Big South), 658
Previous Ranking: 15; Week 7 Result: 14-0 win over North Carolina A&T
13. UT Martin (5-1, 2-0 Ohio Valley), 583
Previous Ranking: 17; Week 7 Result: 28-17 win at Eastern Illinois
14. ETSU (6-1, 3-1 Southern), 556
Previous Ranking: 10; Week 7 Result: 21-16 loss at Chattanooga
15. South Dakota (5-2, 3-1 Missouri Valley), 521
Previous Ranking: 21; Week 7 Result: 34-21 win at then-No. 16 Northern Iowa
16. UIW (5-1, 3-0 Southland), 518
Previous Ranking: 18; Week 7 Result: 38-21 win over Nicholls
17. Missouri State (4-2, 3-1 Missouri Valley), 486
Previous Ranking: 20; Week 7 Result: 37-7 win over Indiana State
18. Rhode Island (5-1, 3-1 CAA), 405
Previous Ranking: 12; Week 7 Result: 28-7 loss at Towson
19. Sacramento State (4-2, 3-0 Big Sky), 251
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked; Week 7 Result: 28-21 win at then-No. 5 Montana
20. Northern Iowa (3-3, 1-2 Missouri Valley), 190
Previous Ranking: 16; Week 7 Result: 34-21 loss to then-No. 21 South Dakota
21. VMI (5-2, 3-1 Southern), 173
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked; Week 7 Result: 45-7 win at Mercer
22. Princeton (5-0, 2-0 Ivy), 166
Previous Ranking: 25; Week 7 Result: 56-42 win at Brown
23. Delaware (3-3, 2-2 CAA), 152
Previous Ranking: 14; Week 7 Result: 34-17 loss at Stony Brook
24. Jackson State (5-1, 3-0 SWAC), 148
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked; Week 7 Result: 28-7 win over Jackson State
25. Dartmouth (5-0, 2-0 Ivy), 120
Previous Ranking: Not Ranked; Week 7 Result: 38-21 win at then-No. 23 New Hampshire

Dropped Out: Weber State (19), North Dakota (22), New Hampshire (23), Jacksonville State (24)

Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): Jacksonville State 104, Harvard 101, Eastern Kentucky 85, Weber State 73, Duquesne 44, North Dakota 27, Prairie View A&M 16, Youngstown State 11, Chattanooga 8, William & Mary 7, Stephen F. Austin 5, Mercer 4