# 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

The 2004 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 2004 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 23 | Week 13 Postseason | |
| 1. | Delaware (57) | Southern Illinois (1–0) (56) | Montana (2–0) (61) | Southern Illinois (2–1) (59) | Southern Illinois (3–1) (71) | Southern Illinois (4–1) (66) | Southern Illinois (5–1) (85) | Southern Illinois (6–1) (73) | Southern Illinois (7–1) (79) | Southern Illinois (8–1) (79) | Southern Illinois (9–1) (102) | Southern Illinois (10–1) (105) | Southern Illinois (10–1) (72) | James Madison (13–2) (67) | 1. |
| 2. | Southern Illinois (7) | Montana (1–0) (17) | Southern Illinois (1–1) (26) | Furman (3–0) (30) | Furman (3–1) (15) | Furman (4–1) (18) | Georgia Southern (5–1) (17) | Georgia Southern (6–1) (19) | Georgia Southern (7–1) (17) | Georgia Southern (8–1) (28) | Furman (7–2) (3) | Furman (8–2) (3) | Furman (9–2) (2) | Montana (12–3) | 2. |
| 3. | Montana (3) | Wofford (0–0) (5) | Wofford (1–0) (6) | Georgia Southern (2–1) (10) | Georgia Southern (3–1) (10) | Georgia Southern (4–1) (6) | Delaware (4–1) (1) | Delaware (5–1) (2) | Delaware (6–1) (4) | Furman (6–2) | Sam Houston State (8–1) (1) | Western Kentucky (8–2) | Western Kentucky (9–2) | William & Mary (11–3) | 3. |
| 4. | Wofford (1) | Colgate (0–0) (2) | Furman (2–0) (3) | Delaware (2–1) | Delaware (3–1) (1) | Delaware (4–1) | Western Kentucky (4–1) (2) | Montana (6–1) (1) | Montana (6–1) | Sam Houston State (7–1) | James Madison (8–1) (1) | Georgia Southern (9–2) | Georgia Southern (9–2) | Sam Houston State (11–3) | 4. |
| 5. | Colgate | Furman (1–0) (2) | Villanova (2–0) | Stephen F. Austin (3–0) (1) | Stephen F. Austin (4–0) (4) | Stephen F. Austin (4–0) (5) | Montana (5–1) | Wofford (5–1) | Cal Poly (7–0) (1) | Western Kentucky (6–2) | Western Kentucky (7–2) | New Hampshire (8–2) | New Hampshire (9–2) | Furman (10–3) | 5. |
| 6. | Northern Iowa (2) | McNeese State (1–0) | Delaware (1–1) | Western Kentucky (2–1) (1) | Western Kentucky (2–1) (1) | Western Kentucky (3–1) (1) | Wofford (4–1) | Cal Poly (6–0) (1) | Furman (6–2) | Delaware (6–2) | Georgia Southern (8–2) | William & Mary (8–2) | William & Mary (9–2) | New Hampshire (10–3) | 6. |
| 7. | Furman (1) | Delaware (0–1) (2) | Northern Iowa (1–1) (1) | Montana (2–1) | Montana (3–1) | Montana (4–1) | New Hampshire (4–1) | Furman (5–2) | Western Kentucky (5–2) | James Madison (7–1) (1) | New Hampshire (7–2) | Montana (8–2) | Montana (9–2) | Delaware (9–4) | 7. |
| 8. | McNeese State | Villanova (1–0) | Georgia Southern (1–1) | Maine (2–1) (2) | Maine (2–1) (2) | Wofford (3–1) | Furman (4–2) | Stephen F. Austin (5–1) | Sam Houston State (6–1) | New Hampshire (6–2) | Lehigh (8–1) | Lehigh (9–1) | James Madison (9–2) | Eastern Washington (9–4) | 8. |
| 9. | Villanova | Northern Iowa (0–1) | UMass (2–0) (1) | Wofford (1–1) | Wofford (2–1) | New Hampshire (4–1) | Cal Poly (5–0) | Northwestern State (5–1) | James Madison (6–1) (1) | Lehigh (7–1) | Montana (7–2) | James Madison (8–2) | Sam Houston State (9–2) | Southern Illinois (10–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Georgia Southern | Georgia Southern (0–1) | New Hampshire (2–0) (5) | Colgate (1–1) | Villanova (3–1) | Cal Poly (4–0) | Stephen F. Austin (4–1) | Western Kentucky (4–2) | New Hampshire (5–2) | Montana (6–2) | William & Mary (7–2) | Sam Houston State (8–2) | Delaware (8–3) | Georgia Southern (9–3) | 10. |
| 11. | Maine | Western Kentucky (0–1) | Western Kentucky (1–1) | Villanova (2–1) | Colgate (2–1) | Northwestern State (4–1) | Northwestern State (4–1) | Sam Houston State (5–1) | Wofford (5–2) | Cal Poly (7–1) | Delaware (6–3) | Delaware (7–3) | Hampton (10–1) | Western Kentucky (9–3) | 11. |
| 12. | Western Illinois | Montana State (0–0) | Colgate (0–1) | McNeese State (2–1) | New Hampshire (3–1) | Maine (2–2) | Maine (3–2) | Jacksonville State (6–0) | Lehigh (6–1) | Wofford (6–2) | Wofford (7–2) | Hampton (9–1) | Harvard (10–0) (2) | Hampton (10–2) | 12. |
| 13. | Western Kentucky | Northern Arizona (0–1) | Stephen F. Austin (2–0) | Northern Iowa (1–2) | Cal Poly (3–0) | Sam Houston State (3–1) | Sam Houston State (4–1) | James Madison (5–1) | Stephen F. Austin (5–2) | William & Mary (6–2) | Hampton (8–1) | Harvard (9–0) (1) | Jacksonville State (9–1) | Harvard (10–0) | 13. |
| 14. | Northern Arizona | UMass (1–0) | Montana State (1–0) | New Hampshire (2–1) | Northwestern State (3–1) | Villanova (3–2) | Jacksonville State (5–0) | William & Mary (5–1) (1) | Hampton (7–1) | Hampton (7–1) | Jacksonville State (7–1) | Jacksonville State (8–1) | Eastern Washington (8–3) | Jacksonville State (9–2) | 14. |
| 15. | Montana State | Stephen F. Austin (1–0) | Maine (1–1) | Cal Poly (3–0) | Northern Iowa (1–2) | Jacksonville State (4–0) | Appalachian State (4–2) | New Hampshire (4–2) | Northwestern State (5–2) | Jacksonville State (6–1) | Harvard (8–0) | Eastern Washington (8–3) | Northwestern State (8–3) | Lehigh (9–3) | 15. |
| 16. | Stephen F. Austin | Western Illinois (0–1) | Western Illinois (1–1) | UMass (2–1) | Northeastern (2–1) | Northern Arizona (2–2) | William & Mary (4–1) (1) | Lehigh (5–1) | William & Mary (5–2) | Harvard (7–0) | Eastern Washington (7–3) | Northwestern State (7–3) | Lehigh (9–2) | Cal Poly (9–2) | 16. |
| 17. | Grambling State | Maine (0–1) | McNeese State (1–1) | Appalachian State (2–1) | Hampton (4–0) (2) | Lehigh (3–1) | James Madison (4–1) | Hampton (6–1) | Appalachian State (5–3) | Montana State (6–2) | Penn (7–1) | Wofford (7–3) | Cal Poly (9–2) | Northwestern State (8–4) | 17. |
| 18. | Northwestern State | Northeastern (1–0) | Northeastern (1–1) | Northeastern (1–1) | Sam Houston State (2–1) | William & Mary (4–1) | Lehigh (4–1) | Colgate (4–2) | Colgate (5–2) | Stephen F. Austin (5–3) | Cal Poly (7–2) | Cal Poly (8–2) | Wofford (8–3) | Wofford (8–3) | 18. |
| 19. | UMass | New Hampshire (0–1) | Northern Arizona (0–2) | Northwestern State (2–1) | UMass (2–2) | James Madison (3–1) | Northeastern (3–2) | Maine (3–3) | Maine (4–3) | Villanova (6–3) | Northwestern State (6–3) | Alabama State (8–1) | Alabama State (8–1) | Lafayette (8–4) | 19. |
| 20. | Appalachian State | Eastern Kentucky (0–0) | Appalachian State (1–1) | Hampton (2–1) | Northern Arizona (1–2) | Colgate (2–2) | Colgate (3–2) | South Carolina State (5–1) | Jacksonville State (6–1) | Penn (6–1) | Alabama State (7–1) | Southern (8–2) | Southern (8–2) | Alabama State (10–2) | 20. |
| 21. | Eastern Kentucky | Northwestern State (0–1) | Northwestern State (1–1) | Montana State (1–1) | Lehigh (2–1) | Appalachian State (3–2) | UC Davis (5–0) | Penn (4–1) | Harvard (6–0) | Eastern Washington (6–3) | UC Davis (6–2) | Coastal Carolina (9–1) | Penn (8–2) | Penn (8–2) | 21. |
| 22. | Northeastern | Lehigh (1–0) | Cal Poly (2–0) | Penn (1–0) | Jacksonville State (3–0) | Northern Iowa (1–3) | Hampton (5–1) | Harvard (5–0) | Penn (5–1) | Northwestern State (5–3) | Colgate (6–3) | Penn (7–2) | Coastal Carolina (10–1) | South Carolina State (9–2) | 22. |
| 23. | Lehigh | Northern Colorado (0–1) | Penn (0–0) | Northern Arizona (0–2) | McNeese State (2–2) | Northeastern (2–2) | Eastern Washington (4–2) | Appalachian State (4–3) | Villanova (5–3) | UC Davis (6–2) | Montana State (6–3) | South Carolina State (8–2) | South Carolina State (9–2) | North Dakota State (8–3) | 23. |
| 24. | North Carolina A&T | Appalachian State (0–1) | Lehigh (1–1) | James Madison (3–0) | Appalachian State (2–2) | UC Davis (4–0) | Villanova (3–3) | Villanova (4–3) | Montana State (5–2) | Colgate (5–3) | Coastal Carolina (8–1) | North Dakota State (8–3) | North Dakota State (8–3) | Coastal Carolina (10–1) | 24. |
| 25. | Penn | Penn (0–0) | Southeastern Louisiana (1–1) | Lehigh (2–1) | James Madison (2–1) | Hampton (4–1) | Penn (3–1) | UC Davis (5–1) | Eastern Washington (5–3) | Alabama State (7–0) | Southern (7–3) | Northern Iowa (6–4) | Lafayette (9–2) | Northern Iowa (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 23 | Week 13 Postseason | |
| | | Dropped: 17 Grambling State24 North Carolina A&T | Dropped: 20 Eastern Kentucky23 Northern Colorado | Dropped: 16 Western Illinois25 Southeastern Louisiana | Dropped: 21 Montana State22 Penn | Dropped: 19 UMass23 McNeese State | Dropped: 16 Northern Arizona22 Northern Iowa | Dropped: 19 Northeastern23 Eastern Washington | Dropped: 20 South Carolina State25 UC Davis | Dropped: 17 Appalachian State19 Maine | Dropped: 18 Stephen F. Austin19 Villanova | Dropped: 21 UC Davis22 Colgate23 Montana State | Dropped: 25 Northern Iowa | Dropped: 20 Southern | |