# 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

The 1994 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 1994 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 7 | Week 2 Sept 14 | Week 3 Sept 21 | Week 4 Sept 28 | Week 5 Oct 5 | Week 6 Oct 12 | Week 7 Oct 19 | Week 8 Oct 26 | Week 9 Nov 2 | Week 10 Nov 9 | Week 11 Nov 16 | Week 12 Nov 22 | |
| 1. | Marshall (29) | Marshall (1–0) (53) | Marshall (2–0) (59) | Marshall (3–0) (68) | Marshall (4–0) (59) | Marshall (5–0) (59) | Marshall (6–0) (54) | Marshall (7–0) (61) | Montana (7–0) (49) | Montana (8–0) (59) | Youngstown State (8–0–1) (53) | Youngstown State (9–0–1) (60) | Youngstown State (10–0–1) (59) | 1. |
| 2. | Youngstown State (29) | McNeese State (1–0) (2) | McNeese State (2–0) (1) | McNeese State (3–0) (1) | McNeese State (4–0) (1) | Montana (5–0) (4) | Montana (6–0) (6) | Montana (6–0) (5) | Youngstown State (6–0–1) (8) | Youngstown State (7–0–1) (8) | Marshall (9–1) (3) | Marshall (10–1) (4) | Marshall (10–1) (3) | 2. |
| 3. | Georgia Southern (2) | Northern Iowa (1–0) (5) | Montana (2–0) (3) | Montana (3–0) (4) | Montana (4–0) (4) | Youngstown State (4–0–1) (3) | Youngstown State (5–0–1) (3) | Youngstown State (6–0–1) (3) | Idaho (7–0) (8) | Troy State (7–1) | Grambling State (9–0) (54) | Idaho (9–1) (3) | Boise State (10–1) (1) | 3. |
| 4. | McNeese State (3) | Montana (1–0) (1) | Youngstown State (1–0–1) (1) | Troy State (3–0) | Troy State (3–0) (1) | Idaho (4–0) | Idaho (5–0) | Idaho (6–0) | Troy State (6–1) | Marshall (8–1) | Idaho (8–1) (2) | Boston University (9–1) (3) | Eastern Kentucky (9–2) | 4. |
| 5. | Montana (4) | Youngstown State (0–0–1) (2) | Troy State (1–0) (1) | Youngstown State (2–0–1) (1) | Youngstown State (3–0–1) (2) | McNeese State (4–1) | McNeese State (4–1) | Troy State (5–1) | Marshall (7–1) (1) | Grambling State (8–0) (1) | Montana (8–1) | James Madison (9–1) | McNeese State (9–2) | 5. |
| 6. | Troy State (6) | UCF (1–0) (2) | Idaho (1–0) | Boston University (2–0) (1) | Idaho (3–0) | UCF (4–1) | Troy State (4–1) | Grambling State (6–0) | Grambling State (7–0) (2) | Idaho (7–1) | Troy State (7–2) | Boise State (9–1) | Idaho (9–2) | 6. |
| 7. | UCF (4) | Troy State (0–0) (1) | Boston University (1–0) | Idaho (2–0) | Boston University (3–0) (2) | Troy State (3–1) | William & Mary (5–1) | Boston University (5–1) | Northern Iowa (5–2) | Boston University (7–1) (1) | Boston University (8–1) (1) | Eastern Kentucky (8–2) | Grambling State (9–1) | 7. |
| 8. | Northern Iowa (2) | Idaho (1–0) | William & Mary (2–0) (1) | William & Mary (3–0) (1) | William & Mary (4–0) (1) | William & Mary (4–1) | Grambling State (5–0) | Northern Iowa (4–2) | Boston University (6–1) | Northern Iowa (6–2) | Eastern Kentucky (8–2) | McNeese State (8–2) | Montana (9–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Boston University (1) | Georgia Southern (0–1) | Northern Iowa (1–1) | Northern Iowa (2–1) | UCF (3–1) | Grambling State (4–0) | Northern Iowa (4–2) | Eastern Kentucky (5–2) | Eastern Kentucky (6–2) | Eastern Kentucky (7–2) | James Madison (8–1) | Grambling State (9–1) | Boston University (9–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Idaho | Boston University (0–0) | Southern (2–0) | Southern (3–0) | Southern (3–0) | Western Kentucky (4–1) | Boston University (4–1) | McNeese State (4–2) | James Madison (6–1) | James Madison (7–1) | Boise State (8–1) (1) | Appalachian State (8–2) (1) | Troy State (8–3) | 10. |
| 11. | Delaware | Stephen F. Austin (0–0–1) | Western Kentucky (2–0) | Western Kentucky (3–0) | Tennessee Tech (3–1) | Northern Iowa (3–2) | Boise State (6–0) | UCF (5–2) | McNeese State (5–2) | McNeese State (6–2) | McNeese State (7–2) | Montana (8–2) | Northern Iowa (8–3) | 11. |
| 12. | Eastern Kentucky | Delaware (0–0) | UCF (1–0–1) | Alcorn State (2–1) | Grambling State (3–0) | Boston University (3–1) | Eastern Kentucky (4–2) | James Madison (5–1) | North Texas (5–2) | North Texas (6–2) | Appalachian State (7–2) (1) | Troy State (7–3) | New Hampshire (10–1) | 12. |
| 13. | Alcorn State | Middle Tennessee State (1–0) | Montana State (2–0) | UCF (2–1) | Northern Iowa (2–2) | Eastern Kentucky (3–2) | Penn (3–0) | Penn (4–0) | Penn (5–0) | Appalachian State (6–2) (1) | Penn (7–0) | Penn (8–0) | James Madison (9–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Howard (1) | Howard (1–0) | Eastern Kentucky (1–1) | Western Carolina (2–1) | Western Kentucky (3–1) | Penn (2–0) | Southern (4–1) | William & Mary (5–2) | Boise State (7–1) | Penn (6–0) | Northern Iowa (6–3) | Northern Iowa (7–3) | Penn (9–0) | 14. |
| 15. | Stephen F. Austin | Southern (1–0) | Alcorn State (1–1) | Stephen F. Austin (1–1–1) | Penn (2–0) | Southern (3–1) | UCF (4–2) | North Texas (4–2) | Appalachian State (5–2) (1) | Boise State (7–1) | North Texas (6–2–1) | North Texas (7–2–1) | Alcorn State (8–2–1) | 15. |
| 16. | Middle Tennessee State | Tennessee Tech (1–0) | Stephen F. Austin (0–1–1) | Tennessee Tech (2–1) | Northern Arizona (3–1) | Boise State (5–0) | Western Carolina (4–2) | Western Kentucky (5–2) | Stephen F. Austin (4–2–1) | UCF (6–3) | UCF (6–3) | Alcorn State (7–2–1) | Middle Tennessee State (8–2–1) | 16. |
| 17. | Western Carolina | Western Carolina (1–0) | Western Carolina (1–1) | Grambling State (2–0) | Eastern Kentucky (2–2) | Western Carolina (3–2) | James Madison (4–1) | Boise State (6–1) | UCF (5–3) | Middle Tennessee State (6–2) | Middle Tennessee State (7–2) | New Hampshire (9–1) | Appalachian State (8–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Tennessee Tech | William & Mary (1–0) (1) | Tennessee Tech (1–1) | Penn (1–0) | Delaware (2–1) | Sam Houston State (5–0) | Appalachian State (4–1) | Stephen F. Austin (3–2–1) | Alcorn State (6–2) | Western Carolina (6–3) | Western Carolina (6–3) | Middle Tennessee State (7–2–1) | North Texas (7–3–1) | 18. |
| 19. | Penn | Western Kentucky (1–0) | James Madison (2–0) | Eastern Kentucky (1–2) | Western Carolina (2–2) | James Madison (3–1) | Western Kentucky (4–2) | Alcorn State (5–2) | Middle Tennessee State (5–2) | New Hampshire (7–1) | New Hampshire (8–1) | William & Mary (7–3) | William & Mary (8–3) | 19. |
| 20. | Southern | Penn (0–0) | Penn (0–0) | Delaware (1–1) | Middle Tennessee State (2–1) | Tennessee Tech (3–2) | Stephen F. Austin (2–2–1) | Middle Tennessee State (4–2) | Hofstra (7–0) | William & Mary (6–3) | William & Mary (7–3) | UCF (6–4) | UCF (7–4) | 20. |
| 21. | William & Mary | Eastern Kentucky (0–1) | Georgia Southern (0–2) | Montana State (2–1) | New Hampshire (3–0) | Appalachian State (3–1) | Alcorn State (4–2) | Hofstra (6–0) | Western Carolina (5–3) | Alcorn State (6–2–1) | Alcorn State (6–2–1) | Stephen F. Austin (5–3–2) | Stephen F. Austin (6–3–2) | 21. |
| 22. | Illinois State | Alcorn State (0–1) | Grambling State (2–0) | Middle Tennessee State (1–1) | Alcorn State (2–2) | Alcorn State (3–2) | Hofstra (6–0) | Southern (4–2) | New Hampshire (6–1) | Stephen F. Austin (4–3–1) | Stephen F. Austin (4–3–2) | Hofstra (8–1–1) | South Carolina State (9–2) | 22. |
| 23. | UMass | Grambling State (1–0) | Middle Tennessee State (1–1) | Northern Arizona (1–1) | Stephen F. Austin (1–2–1) | Northern Arizona (3–2) | Middle Tennessee State (3–2) | Western Carolina (4–3) | William & Mary (5–3) | Hofstra (7–1) | Hofstra (8–1) | Western Carolina (6–4) | Hofstra (8–1–1) | 23. |
| 24. | Northern Arizona | Montana State (1–0) | Delaware (0–1) | James Madison (2–1) | Sam Houston State (4–0) | Stephen F. Austin (1–2–1) | North Texas (3–2) | Appalachian State (4–2) | Western Kentucky (5–3) | Northwestern State (5–3) | Georgia Southern (5–4) | Georgia Southern (6–4) | Western Illinois (8–3) | 24. |
| 25. | Montana State | UMass (0–0) | Howard (1–1) | Howard (1–1) | Boise State (4–0) | Middle Tennessee State (2–2) | Sam Houston State (5–1) | New Hampshire (5–1) | Cornell (6–0) (1) | Georgia Southern (4–4) | South Carolina State (7–2) | South Carolina State (8–2) | Northern Arizona (7–4) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Sept 7 | Week 2 Sept 14 | Week 3 Sept 21 | Week 4 Sept 28 | Week 5 Oct 5 | Week 6 Oct 12 | Week 7 Oct 19 | Week 8 Oct 26 | Week 9 Nov 2 | Week 10 Nov 9 | Week 11 Nov 16 | Week 12 Nov 22 | |
| | | Dropped: 22 Illinois State24 Northern Arizona | Dropped: 25 UMass | Dropped: 21 Georgia Southern | Dropped: 21 Montana State24 James Madison25 Howard | Dropped: 18 Delaware21 New Hampshire | Dropped: 20 Tennessee Tech23 Northern Arizona | Dropped: 25 Sam Houston State | Dropped: 22 Southern | Dropped: 24 Western Kentucky25 Cornell | Dropped: 24 Northwestern State | None | Dropped: 23 Western Carolina24 Georgia Southern | |