# 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

The 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the Sports Network poll of Division I-AA head coaches, athletic directors, sports information directors and media members. This is for the 1993 season.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## The Sports Network poll

| | Preseason | Week 1 Sept 8 | Week 2 Sept 15 | Week 3 Sept 22 | Week 4 Sept 29 | Week 5 Oct 6 | Week 6 Oct 13 | Week 7 Oct 20 | Week 8 Oct 27 | Week 9 Nov 3 | Week 10 Nov 10 | Week 11 Nov 17 | Week 12 Nov 24 | Week 13 Dec 1 | |
| 1. | Marshall (37) | Marshall (1–0) (43) | Marshall (2–0) (46) | Marshall (3–0) (49) | Marshall (3–0) (50) | Idaho (4–0) (51) | Idaho (5–0) (58) | Idaho (6–0) (54) | Youngstown State (6–1) (32) | Youngstown State (7–1) (37) | Youngstown State (8–1) (39) | Troy State (9–0–1) (25) | Troy State (10–0–1) (27) | Troy State (11–0–1) (27) | 1. |
| 2. | Middle Tennessee State (6) | Youngstown State (1–0) (7) | McNeese State (2–0) (5) | Idaho (3–0) (11) | Idaho (3–0) (11) | Delaware (4–0) (10) | Troy State (6–0) (3) | Troy State (6–0) (6) | Marshall (5–2) (12) | Marshall (6–2) (10) | Marshall (7–2) (6) | Georgia Southern (8–2) (21) | Georgia Southern (9–2) (16) | Georgia Southern (10–2) (16) | 2. |
| 3. | Youngstown State (10) | Delaware (1–0) | Delaware (2–0) | Delaware (3–0) (1) | Delaware (4–0) (1) | Troy State (5–0) | Marshall (4–1) | Youngstown State (5–1) | Georgia Southern (6–2) (6) | Georgia Southern (6–2) (3) | Georgia Southern (7–2) (3) | Montana (10–1) (9) | Montana (10–1) (7) | Montana (10–2) (7) | 3. |
| 4. | Northern Iowa | McNeese State (1–0) (3) | Idaho (2–0) (7) | Middle Tennessee State (1–1) | Middle Tennessee State (2–1) | NE Louisiana (4–1) (1) | Youngstown State (4–1) | Marshall (4–2) | Montana (7–1) (4) | Troy State (7–0–1) (4) | Troy State (8–0–1) (4) | NE Louisiana (8–2) (1) | NE Louisiana (9–2) (3) | NE Louisiana (9–3) (3) | 4. |
| 5. | Delaware | Idaho (1–0) | NE Louisiana (2–0) (4) | Troy State (3–0) | Troy State (4–0) | Marshall (3–1) | North Carolina A&T (5–0) | North Carolina A&T (6–0) | Troy State (6–0–1) (6) | Montana (8–1) (3) | Montana (9–1) (6) | McNeese State (8–2) (1) | McNeese State (9–2) (2) | McNeese State (10–2) (2) | 5. |
| 6. | Idaho (5) | NE Louisiana (1–0) (1) | Middle Tennessee State (0–1) | NE Louisiana (2–1) (1) | NE Louisiana (3–1) | Youngstown State (3–1) | Georgia Southern (4–2) (1) | Georgia Southern (5–2) (2) | UCF (6–1) | Idaho (7–1) (3) | NE Louisiana (7–2) | Boston University (10–0) (4) | Boston University (11–0) (3) | Boston University (12–0) (3) | 6. |
| 7. | McNeese State (1) | Middle Tennessee State (0–1) (1) | Georgia Southern (2–0) | Youngstown State (2–1) | Georgia Southern (3–1) | North Carolina A&T (4–0) | Delaware (4–1) | Delaware (5–1) | Idaho (6–1) | NE Louisiana (6–2) | McNeese State (7–2) | Youngstown State (8–2) | Youngstown State (9–2) (1) | Youngstown State (10–2) (1) | 7. |
| 8. | Western Carolina (1) | Georgia Southern (1–0) | Troy State (2–0) | Georgia Southern (2–1) | Youngstown State (2–1) | Georgia Southern (3–2) | Montana (5–1) | Montana (6–1) | NE Louisiana (6–2) | McNeese State (6–2) | Boston University (9–0) (3) | Howard (10–0) (1) | Howard (11–0) (3) | Howard (11–1) (3) | 8. |
| 9. | NE Louisiana (2) | Troy State (1–0) | Richmond (2–0) | Alcorn State (3–0) | North Carolina A&T (3–0) | Samford (4–1) | Northern Iowa (4–2) | Northern Iowa (5–2) | McNeese State (5–2) | Boston University (8–0) (1) | Howard (9–0) (1) | Marshall (7–3) | Marshall (8–3) | Marshall (9–3) | 9. |
| 10. | Eastern Kentucky | Northern Iowa (0–1) | Youngstown State (1–1) | McNeese State (2–1) | Samford (3–1) | Middle Tennessee State (2–2) | Stephen F. Austin (4–1) | Stephen F. Austin (5–1) | Boston University (7–0) | Howard (8–0) (1) | William & Mary (7–2) | William & Mary (8–2) | William & Mary (9–2) | William & Mary (9–3) | 10. |
| 11. | Georgia Southern | William & Mary (1–0) | Alcorn State (2–0) | Western Carolina (1–1) | Northern Iowa (2–2) | Northern Iowa (3–2) | UCF (4–1) | UCF (5–1) | Howard (7–0) | William & Mary (6–2) | Idaho (7–2) | Idaho (8–2) | Idaho (9–2) | Idaho (10–2) | 11. |
| 12. | Troy State | Samford (1–0) | Western Carolina (0–1) | North Carolina A&T (2–0) | Montana (3–1) | Montana (4–1) | NE Louisiana (4–2) | NE Louisiana (5–2) | Southern (8–0) | North Carolina A&T (7–1) | UCF (7–2) | UCF (8–2) | UCF (9–2) | UCF (9–3) | 12. |
| 13. | The Citadel (2) | Western Carolina (0–1) (1) | North Carolina A&T (2–0) | Samford (2–1) | Stephen F. Austin (3–1) | Stephen F. Austin (3–1) | McNeese State (3–2) | McNeese State (4–2) | William & Mary (5–2) | UCF (6–2) | Northern Iowa (7–3) | Northern Iowa (8–3) | Northern Iowa (8–3) | Northern Iowa (8–4) | 13. |
| 14. | Samford | Richmond (1–0) | Northern Iowa (0–2) | Northern Iowa (1–2) | Florida A&M (3–0) | Richmond (4–1) | Richmond (5–1) | Alcorn State (5–1) | North Carolina A&T (6–1) | Delaware (6–2) | Southern (9–1) | Southern (9–1) | Stephen F. Austin (8–3) | Stephen F. Austin (8–4) | 14. |
| 15. | William & Mary | Alcorn State (1–0) | Samford (1–1) | Liberty (3–0) | Richmond (3–1) | Alcorn State (4–1) | Alcorn State (4–1) | Boston University (6–0) | Delaware (5–2) | Northern Iowa (6–3) | Alcorn State (7–2) | Penn (9–0) | Southern (9–1) | Southern (9–1) | 15. |
| 16. | Villanova | SW Missouri State (1–0) | Jackson State (2–0) | Montana (2–1) | UCF (2–1) | UCF (3–1) | Southern (6–0) | Southern (7–0) | Stephen F. Austin (5–2) | Princeton (7–0) | Western Carolina (6–3) | North Carolina A&T (8–2) | Penn (10–0) | Penn (10–0) | 16. |
| 17. | SW Missouri State | North Carolina A&T (1–0) | William & Mary (1–1) | Florida A&M (3–0) | Alcorn State (3–1) | William & Mary (3–2) | William & Mary (3–2) | William & Mary (4–2) | Northern Iowa (5–3) | Southern (8–1) | Penn (8–0) | Stephen F. Austin (7–3) | Eastern Kentucky (8–3) | Eastern Kentucky (8–4) | 17. |
| 18. | Appalachian State | Eastern Kentucky (0–1) | Liberty (2–0) | Stephen F. Austin (2–1) | William & Mary (2–2) | McNeese State (2–2) | Boston University (5–0) | Western Kentucky (5–1) | Princeton (6–0) | Alcorn State (6–2) | North Carolina A&T (7–2) | Eastern Kentucky (7–3) | Delaware (8–3) | Delaware (9–3) | 18. |
| 19. | Richmond | Villanova (0–0) | Montana (1–1) | Richmond (2–1) | McNeese State (2–2) | Southern (5–0) | Samford (4–2) | Howard (6–0) | Middle Tennessee State (4–3) | Montana State (7–2) | Stephen F. Austin (6–3) | Delaware (7–3) | Western Kentucky (8–3) | Western Kentucky (8–3) | 19. |
| 20. | Alcorn State | Jackson State (1–0) | UCF (1–0) | William & Mary (1–2) | Illinois State (3–1) | Western Carolina (2–2) | Northern Arizona (6–0) | Middle Tennessee State (3–3) | Alcorn State (5–2) | Western Carolina (5–3) | Eastern Kentucky (6–3) | Western Kentucky (7–3) | Eastern Washington (7–3) | Eastern Washington (7–3) | 20. |
| 21. | Jackson State | Montana (1–0) | SW Missouri State (1–1) | Jackson State (2–1) | Southern (4–0) | Western Kentucky (4–1) | Western Kentucky (4–1) | Princeton (5–0) | Richmond (5–2) | Penn (7–0) | UMass (7–2) | Princeton (8–1) | North Carolina A&T (8–3) | North Carolina A&T (8–3) | 21. |
| 22. | Montana | Furman (1–0) | Stephen F. Austin (1–1) | UCF (1–1) | Western Carolina (1–2) | Florida A&M (3–1) | Howard (5–0) | Richmond (5–2) | Western Carolina (4–3) | Stephen F. Austin (5–3) | Delaware (6–3) | Eastern Washington (7–3) | Tennessee Tech (8–3) | Tennessee Tech (8–3) | 22. |
| 23. | UCF | UCF (0–0) | Florida A&M (2–0) | Villanova (1–1) | Furman (2–1–1) | Boston University (4–0) | Middle Tennessee State (2–3) | Northern Arizona (6–1) | Penn (6–0) | Eastern Kentucky (5–3) | Middle Tennessee State (5–4) | Alcorn State (7–3) | Alcorn State (8–3) | Alcorn State (8–3) | 23. |
| 24. | Western Illinois | The Citadel (0–1) | Furman (1–1) | Illinois State (2–1) | Liberty (3–1) | Northern Arizona (5–0) | Princeton (4–0) | Western Carolina (3–3) | Montana State (6–2) | Western Kentucky (6–2) | Princeton (7–1) | Tennessee Tech (7–3) | Towson State (8–2) | Towson State (8–2) | 24. |
| 25. | North Carolina A&T | Liberty (1–0) | UMass (1–0) | Southern (3–0) | Western Kentucky (3–1) | Howard (4–0) | Western Carolina (2–3) | Penn (5–0) | Eastern Kentucky (4–3) | UMass (6–2) | Western Kentucky (6–3) | Towson State (7–2) | UMass (8–3) | UMass (8–3) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Sept 8 | Week 2 Sept 15 | Week 3 Sept 22 | Week 4 Sept 29 | Week 5 Oct 6 | Week 6 Oct 13 | Week 7 Oct 20 | Week 8 Oct 27 | Week 9 Nov 3 | Week 10 Nov 10 | Week 11 Nov 17 | Week 12 Nov 24 | Week 13 Dec 1 | |
| | | Dropped: 18 Appalachian State24 Western Illinois | Dropped: 18 Eastern Kentucky19 Villanova24 The Citadel | Dropped: 21 SW Missouri State24 Furman25 UMass | Dropped: 21 Jackson State23 Villanova | Dropped: 20 Illinois State23 Furman24 Liberty | Dropped: 22 Florida A&M | Dropped: 19 Samford | Dropped: 18 Western Kentucky23 Northern Arizona | Dropped: 19 Middle Tennessee State21 Richmond | Dropped: 19 Montana State | Dropped: 16 Western Carolina21 UMass23 Middle Tennessee State | Dropped: 21 Princeton | None | |