2018 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings
STATS Poll

2018 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

Section Title: STATS Poll
Table Section Text: None

Preseason Aug 6	Week 1 Sep 3	Week 2 Sep 10	Week 3 Sep 17	Week 4 Sep 24	Week 5 Oct 1	Week 6 Oct 8	Week 7 Oct 15	Week 8 Oct 22	Week 9 Oct 29	Week 10 Nov 5	Week 11 Nov 12	Week 12 Nov 18	Week 13 (Final) Jan 7

1.	North Dakota State 151	North Dakota State 157 (1–0)	North Dakota State 154 (1–0)	North Dakota State 152 (2–0)	North Dakota State 152 (3–0)	North Dakota State 155 (4–0)	North Dakota State 160 (5–0)	North Dakota State 160 (6–0)	North Dakota State 163 (7–0)	North Dakota State 160 (8–0)	North Dakota State 158 (9–0)	North Dakota State 155 (10–0)	North Dakota State 155 (11–0)	North Dakota State 156 (15–0)	1.

2.	James Madison 6	James Madison 1 (0–1)	James Madison 2 (1–1)	James Madison 2 (2–1)	James Madison 3 (3–1)	James Madison 3 (4–1)	South Dakota State (3–1)	South Dakota State (4–1)	Kennesaw State (6–1)	Kennesaw State (7–1)	Kennesaw State (8–1)	Kennesaw State (9–1)	Kennesaw State (10–1)	Eastern Washington (12–3)	2.

3.	South Dakota State	South Dakota State (0–0)	South Dakota State (1–0)	South Dakota State (2–0)	South Dakota State (2–0)	South Dakota State (2–1)	Kennesaw State (5–1)	Kennesaw State (6–1)	James Madison (5–2)	James Madison (6–2)	Weber State (7–2)	Weber State (8–2)	Weber State (9–2)	South Dakota State (10–3)	3.

4.	Sam Houston State	Sam Houston State (0–0)	North Carolina A&T 3 (3–0)	North Carolina A&T 3 (3–0)	Kennesaw State (3–1)	Kennesaw State (4–1)	Eastern Washington (5–1)	James Madison (5–2)	Weber State (5–2)	Weber State (6–2)	UC Davis (8–1)	Eastern Washington (8–2)	Eastern Washington (9–2)	Maine (10–4)	4.

5.	Kennesaw State	North Carolina A&T 2 (2–0)	Sam Houston State (1–0)	Kennesaw State (2–1)	Eastern Washington (3–1)	Eastern Washington (4–1)	Elon (4–1)	Jacksonville State (5–1)	Eastern Washington (5–2)	Eastern Washington (6–2)	Eastern Washington (7–2)	South Dakota State (7–2)	South Dakota State (8–2)	Kennesaw State (11–2)	5.

6.	Jacksonville State	Eastern Washington (1–0)	Eastern Washington (2–0)	Eastern Washington (2–1)	Weber State (3–1)	Weber State (3–1)	James Madison (4–2) т	McNeese State (5–1)	UC Davis (6–1)	UC Davis (7–1)	South Dakota State (6–2)	Jacksonville State (8–2)	James Madison (8–3)	Weber State (10–3)	6.

7.	New Hampshire	Kennesaw State (0–1)	Kennesaw State (1–1)	Weber State (2–1)	Wofford (2–1)	Wofford (3–1)	Wofford (4–1) т	Weber State (4–2)	South Dakota State (4–2)	South Dakota State (5–2)	Elon (6–2)	James Madison (7–3)	UC Davis (9–2)	UC Davis (10–3)	7.

8.	Weber State	Wofford (1–0)	Wofford (2–0)	Wofford (2–1)	Jacksonville State (2–1)	Jacksonville State (3–1)	Jacksonville State (4–1)	Illinois State (5–1)	Elon (5–2)	Elon (5–2)	Jacksonville State (7–2)	Colgate (9–0)	Jacksonville State (8–3)	Colgate (10–2)	8.

9.	Eastern Washington	Samford (1–0)	Samford (1–1)	McNeese State (3–0)	Illinois State (3–0)	McNeese State (4–1)	McNeese State (5–1)	Eastern Washington (5–2)	Wofford (5–2)	Wofford (6–2)	James Madison (6–3)	UC Davis (8–2)	Colgate (9–1)	James Madison (9–4)	9.

10.	Wofford	Weber State (0–1)	Villanova (2–0)	Jacksonville State (1–1)	McNeese State (3–1)	Elon (3–1)	North Carolina A&T (5–1)	UC Davis (5–1)	Towson (6–1)	Jacksonville State (6–2)	Colgate (8–0)	Stony Brook (7–3)	Princeton (10–0)	Jacksonville State (9–4)	10.

11.	Samford	Nicholls (1–0)	Weber State (1–1)	Sam Houston State (1–1)	Elon (2–1)	North Carolina A&T (4–1)	Nicholls (4–2)	Elon (4–2)	Illinois State (5–2)	McNeese State (6–2)	Delaware (7–2)	Princeton (9–0)	North Carolina A&T (9–2)	Princeton (10–0)	11.

12.	Elon	Villanova (1–0)	Jacksonville State (1–1)	Elon (1–1)	North Carolina A&T (3–1)	Nicholls (3–2)	Illinois State (4–1)	Wofford (4–2)	Jacksonville State (5–2)	Colgate (7–0)	Stony Brook (6–3)	North Carolina A&T (8–2)	Maine (8–3)	North Carolina A&T (10–2)	12.

13.	Northern Iowa	Jacksonville State (0–1)	Nicholls (1–1)	Maine (2–0)	Villanova (3–1) т	Stony Brook (4–1)	Weber State (3–2)	Towson (5–1)	Central Arkansas (5–2)	Delaware (6–2)	Princeton (8–0)	Wofford (7–3)	Wofford (8–3)	Wofford (9–4)	13.

14.	North Carolina A&T	Montana (1–0)	Elon (1–1)	Central Arkansas (2–1)	Central Arkansas (2–1) т	Montana (4–1)	UC Davis (4–1)	Sam Houston State (4–2)	McNeese State (5–2)	Illinois State (5–3)	North Carolina A&T (7–2)	Elon (6–3)	Nicholls (8–3)	Nicholls (9–4)	14.

15.	Delaware	Elon (0–1)	Montana (2–0)	Villanova (2–1)	Nicholls (2–2)	Illinois State (3–1)	Sam Houston State (3–2)	Central Arkansas (4–2)	Stony Brook (6–2)	Towson (6–2)	Wofford (6–3)	Towson (7–3)	Stony Brook (7–4)	Southeast Missouri State (9–4)	15.

16.	Central Arkansas	McNeese State (1–0)	McNeese State (2–0)	Illinois State (2–0)	Maine (2–1)	UC Davis (3–1)	Rhode Island (4–1)	Maine (4–2)	Colgate (6–0)	Stony Brook (6–3)	Maine (6–3)	Maine (7–3)	Towson (7–4)	Stony Brook (7–5)	16.

17.	McNeese State	Central Arkansas (0–1)	Maine (2–0)	Samford (1–2)	Montana (3–1)	Sam Houston State (2–2)	Towson (4–1)	Colgate (6–0)	Northern Iowa (4–3)	North Carolina A&T (6–2)	Nicholls (6–3)	Delaware (7–3)	Elon (6–4)	Montana State (8–5)	17.

18.	Nicholls	Northern Arizona (1–0)	Central Arkansas (1–1)	Nicholls (1–2)	Stony Brook (3–1)	Rhode Island (3–1)	Central Arkansas (3–2)	Stony Brook (5–2)	North Carolina A&T (6–2)	Princeton (7–0)	McNeese State (6–3)	Nicholls (7–3)	Dartmouth (9–1)	Dartmouth (9–1)	18.

19.	Villanova	Illinois State (1–0)	Illinois State (2–0)	Montana (2–1)	UC Davis (3–1)	Villanova (3–2)	Stony Brook (4–2)	North Carolina A&T (5–2)	Princeton (6–0)	Central Arkansas (5–3)	East Tennessee State (8–2)	East Tennessee State (8–2)	San Diego (9–2)	Elon (6–5)	19.

20.	Stony Brook	New Hampshire (0–1)	Northern Arizona (1–1)	Stony Brook (2–1)	Chattanooga (4–0)	Central Arkansas (2–2)	Colgate (5–0)	Nicholls (4–3)	Nicholls (4–3)	Nicholls (5–3)	Towson (6–3)	Dartmouth (8–1)	Southeast Missouri State (8–3)	Towson (7–5)	20.

21.	Illinois State	Northern Iowa (0–1)	Northern Iowa (0–1)	UC Davis (2–1)	Sam Houston State (1–2)	Colgate (4–0)	Maine (3–2)	East Tennessee State (6–1)	Delaware (5–2)	Sam Houston State (5–3)	Southeast Missouri State (7–2)	San Diego (8–2)	Delaware (7–4)	Duquesne (9–4)	21.

22.	Austin Peay	Maine (1–0)	South Dakota (1–1)	North Dakota (2–1)	Rhode Island (2–1)	Northern Iowa (2–2)	Montana (4–2)	Rhode Island (4–2)	North Dakota (5–2)	East Tennessee State (7–2)	Northern Iowa (5–4)	McNeese State (6–4)	East Tennessee State (8–3)	East Tennessee State (8–4)	22.

23.	Furman	South Dakota (0–1)	UC Davis (2–0)	Rhode Island (2–1)	Northern Iowa (1–2)	Towson (3–1)	East Tennessee State (5–1)	Princeton (5–0)	Sam Houston State (4–3)	Maine (5–3)	Illinois State (5–4)	Southeast Missouri State (7–3)	Montana State (7–4)	Northern Iowa (7–6)	23.

24.	Montana	Stony Brook (0–1)	Stony Brook (1–1)	Austin Peay (2–1)	Colgate (3–0)	Missouri State (3–1)	South Dakota (3–2)	Delaware (4–2)	Maine (4–3)	Dartmouth (7–0)	Idaho State (6–3)	Incarnate Word (6–4)	Incarnate Word (6–4)	Delaware (7–5)	24.

25.	Youngstown State	Furman (0–1)	Rhode Island (2–0)	Northern Iowa (0–2)	Towson (2–1)	Maine (2–2)	Princeton (4–0)	Northern Iowa (3–3)	East Tennessee State (6–2)	Southeast Missouri State (6–2)	Dartmouth (7–1)	Montana State (6–4)	Indiana State (7–4)	San Diego (9–3)	25.

Preseason Aug 6	Week 1 Sep 3	Week 2 Sep 10	Week 3 Sep 17	Week 4 Sep 24	Week 5 Oct 1	Week 6 Oct 8	Week 7 Oct 15	Week 8 Oct 22	Week 9 Oct 29	Week 10 Nov 5	Week 11 Nov 12	Week 12 Nov 18	Week 13 (Final) Jan 7

Dropped: 15. Delaware22. Austin Peay25. Youngstown State	Dropped: 20. New Hampshire25. Furman	Dropped: 20. Northern Arizona	Dropped: 17. Samford22. North Dakota24. Austin Peay	Dropped: 20. Chattanooga	Dropped: 19. Villanova22. Northern Iowa24. Missouri State	Dropped: 22. Montana24. South Dakota	Dropped: 22. Rhode Island	Dropped: 17. Northern Iowa22. North Dakota	Dropped: 19. Central Arkansas21. Sam Houston State	Dropped: 22. Northern Iowa23. Illinois State24. Idaho State	Dropped: 22. McNeese State	Dropped: 24. Incarnate Word25. Indiana State

Sentence(s)

The STATS poll was released on August 6, 2018 with North Dakota State earning 151 of the 157 allotted first-place votes, defending James Madison earned the six.

final_sentence: The STATS poll was released on August 6, 2018 with North Dakota State earning 151 of the 157 allotted first-place votes, defending James Madison earned the six.