# 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

The following weekly polls comprise the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings that determined the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2007 season. The Sports Network poll is voted by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.

## 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 4 | Week 2 Sept 11 | Week 3 Sept 18 | Week 4 Sept 25 | Week 5 Oct 2 | Week 6 Oct 9 | Week 7 Oct 16 | Week 8 Oct 23 | Week 9 Oct 30 | Week 10 Nov 6 | Week 11 Nov 13 | Week 12 Nov 20 | Week 13 Postseason | |
| 1. | Appalachian State (67) | Appalachian State (1–0) (88) | Appalachian State (2–0) (77) | Appalachian State (3–0) (90) | Montana (3–0) (46) | Montana (4–0) (52) | Montana (5–0) (55) | Northern Iowa (6–0) (35) | Northern Iowa (7–0) (56) | Northern Iowa (8–0) (59) | Northern Iowa (9–0) (61) | Northern Iowa (10–0) (70) | Northern Iowa (11–0) (97) | Appalachian State (13–2) (119) | 1. |
| 2. | Montana (3) | UMass (1–0) | Montana (2–0) | Montana (2–0) | UMass (4–0) (18) | Northern Iowa (5–0) (23) | Northern Iowa (5–0) (29) | North Dakota State (6–0) (23) | North Dakota State (7–0) (47) | North Dakota State (8–0) (37) | North Dakota State (9–0) (42) | North Dakota State (10–0) (23) | Montana (11–0) (10) | Delaware (11–4) | 2. |
| 3. | UMass | Montana (1–0) | UMass (2–0) | UMass (3–0) | Northern Iowa (4–0) (12) | North Dakota State (4–0) (19) | North Dakota State (5–0) (24) | Montana (6–0) (40) | Montana (7–0) (11) | UMass (7–1) (6) | Montana (9–0) (7) | Montana (10–0) (10) | McNeese State (11–0) (5) | Southern Illinois (12–2) | 3. |
| 4. | North Dakota State | North Dakota State (0–0) | Northern Iowa (2–0) | North Dakota State (2–0) | North Dakota State (3–0) (14) | UMass (4–1) (11) | UMass (4–1) (5) | UMass (5–1) (4) | UMass (6–1) (4) | Montana (8–0) (7) | McNeese State (9–0) (2) | McNeese State (10–0) (3) | Southern Illinois (10–1) | Northern Iowa (12–1) | 4. |
| 5. | Youngstown State | New Hampshire (0–0) | North Dakota State (1–0) | Northern Iowa (3–0) | Appalachian State (3–1) (8) | Appalachian State (4–1) (2) | Appalachian State (5–1) (2) | Appalachian State (5–1) (3) | McNeese State (7–0) (2) | McNeese State (8–0) (3) | Southern Illinois (8–1) | Southern Illinois (9–1) | Appalachian State (9–2) | Richmond (11–3) | 5. |
| 6. | New Hampshire (1) | Youngstown State (0–1) | Youngstown State (1–1) | McNeese State (2–0) | McNeese State (3–0) (2) | McNeese State (4–0) (7) | McNeese State (5–0) (2) | McNeese State (6–0) (2) | James Madison (6–1) | Southern Illinois (7–1) | Delaware (8–1) | Appalachian State (8–2) | Richmond (9–2) | Wofford (9–4) | 6. |
| 7. | Illinois State | McNeese State (1–0) | Southern Illinois (2–0) | Southern Illinois (3–0) | Southern Illinois (4–0) (1) | Southern Illinois (5–0) (2) | Southern Illinois (6–0) (1) | Wofford (6–1) (3) | Southern Illinois (7–1) | Delaware (7–1) | Appalachian State (7–2) | Richmond (8–2) | UMass (9–2) | UMass (10–3) | 7. |
| 8. | James Madison | Northern Iowa (1–0) | McNeese State (1–0) | James Madison (2–1) | Wofford (3–1) (2) | Wofford (4–1) (3) | Wofford (5–1) (3) | James Madison (6–1) | New Hampshire (5–2) | New Hampshire (6–2) | UMass (7–2) | UMass (8–2) | North Dakota State (10–1) (1) | Eastern Washington (9–4) | 8. |
| 9. | Northern Iowa | Furman (1–0) | James Madison (1–1) | Youngstown State (2–1) | James Madison (3–1) | James Madison (4–1) | James Madison (5–1) | Southern Illinois (6–1) | Delaware (6–1) | Appalachian State (6–2) | Richmond (7–2) | Delaware (8–2) | Eastern Kentucky (9–2) | North Dakota State (10–1) | 9. |
| 10. | McNeese State | James Madison (0–1) | Delaware (2–0) | New Hampshire (1–1) | Youngstown State (3–1) | Youngstown State (4–1) | Hofstra (5–0) | Hofstra (6–0) | Appalachian State (5–2) | Wofford (7–2) | Delaware State (8–1) | Delaware State (9–1) | Delaware State (10–1) | Montana (11–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Furman | Southern Illinois (1–0) | Wofford (2–0) | Delaware (3–0) | New Hampshire (2–1) | Delaware (5–0) | Montana State (4–1) | New Hampshire (4–2) | Wofford (6–2) | Richmond (6–2) | Georgia Southern (7–2) | Yale (9–0) | Wofford (8–3) | McNeese State (11–1) | 11. |
| 12. | Southern Illinois | Eastern Illinois (1–0) | New Hampshire (0–1) | Hampton (2–0) | Delaware (4–0) | Hofstra (4–0) | Youngstown State (4–2) | Youngstown State (5–2) | Delaware State (6–1) | James Madison (6–2) | Yale (8–0) | Eastern Kentucky (8–2) | James Madison (8–3) | James Madison (8–4) | 12. |
| 13. | Portland State | Delaware (1–0) | Hampton (1–0) | Wofford (2–1) | Hampton (3–0) | Montana State (3–1) | New Hampshire (3–2) | Nicholls State (5–1) | Yale (6–0) | Delaware State (7–1) | Eastern Kentucky (7–2) | Wofford (8–3) | Delaware (8–3) | Eastern Kentucky (9–3) | 13. |
| 14. | Wofford | Wofford (1–0) | Eastern Illinois (1–1) | Illinois State (2–1) | Hofstra (3–0) | Richmond (3–1) | Nicholls State (4–1) | Delaware (6–1) | Richmond (5–2) | Elon (6–2) | New Hampshire (6–3) | James Madison (7–3) | Eastern Washington (8–3) | New Hampshire (7–5) | 14. |
| 15. | Cal Poly | Hampton (0–0) | Furman (1–1) | Hofstra (2–0) | Sam Houston State (2–1) | New Hampshire (2–2) | Delaware (5–1) | Delaware State (5–1) | Hofstra (6–1) | Yale (7–0) | Wofford (7–3) | Eastern Washington (7–3) | Youngstown State (7–4) | Delaware State (10–2) | 15. |
| 16. | Hampton | Sam Houston State (1–0) | Sam Houston State (2–0) | Furman (1–2) | Illinois State (2–2) | Eastern Illinois (3–2) | Yale (4–0) | Yale (5–0) | Elon (5–2) | Eastern Kentucky (7–2) | James Madison (6–3) | Georgia Southern (7–3) | Grambling State (8–2) | Youngstown State (7–4) | 16. |
| 17. | Eastern Illinois | Illinois State (0–1) | Illinois State (1–1) | Sam Houston State (2–1) | Western Illinois (3–1) | Nicholls State (3–1) | Delaware State (4–1) | Western Illinois (5–2) | Eastern Kentucky (6–2) | Georgia Southern (6–2) | Grambling State (8–1) | Youngstown State (7–4) | New Hampshire (7–4) | Georgia Southern (7–4) | 17. |
| 18. | Sam Houston State | Portland State (0–1) | Nicholls State (2–0) | Montana State (1–1) | Montana State (2–1) | Yale (3–0) | Hampton (4–1) | Richmond (4–2) | Nicholls State (5–2) | Grambling State (7–1) | Hofstra (7–2) | Fordham (8–2) | Eastern Illinois (8–3) | Eastern Illinois (8–4) | 18. |
| 19. | Delaware | Texas State (1–0) | Hofstra (1–0) | Western Illinois (2–1) | Eastern Illinois (2–2) | Sam Houston State (2–2) | Western Illinois (4–2) | Cal Poly (4–2) | Montana State (5–2) | Western Illinois (6–3) | Elon (6–3) | Grambling State (8–2) | Georgia Southern (7–4) | South Dakota State (7–4) | 19. |
| 20. | South Dakota State | Tennessee–Martin (0–1) | Montana State (0–1) | Eastern Illinois (1–2) | Furman (1–2) | Delaware State (3–1) | Richmond (3–2) | Montana State (4–2) | Youngstown State (5–3) | Hofstra (6–2) | Eastern Washington (6–3) | New Hampshire (6–4) | Yale (9–1) | Fordham (8–4) | 20. |
| 21. | Montana State | Montana State (0–1) | Yale (0–0) | Yale (1–0) | Eastern Washington (3–0) | Hampton (3–1) | Georgia Southern (4–1) | Eastern Kentucky (5–2) | Grambling State (6–1) | Alabama A&M (7–1) | Youngstown State (6–4) | Eastern Illinois (7–3) | South Dakota State (7–4) | Harvard (8–2) | 21. |
| 22. | Tennessee–Martin | Cal Poly (0–1) | Western Illinois (1–1) | Lafayette (3–0) | Yale (2–0) | Western Illinois (3–2) | Cal Poly (3–2) | Eastern Washington (4–2) | Georgia Southern (5–2) | Youngstown State (5–4) | Fordham (8–2) | Hofstra (7–3) | Harvard (8–2) | Yale (9–1) | 22. |
| 23. | Coastal Carolina | Yale (0–0) | Towson State (2–0) | Alabama A&M (3–0) | Nicholls State (3–1) | Illinois State (2–3) | Eastern Kentucky (4–2) | Grambling State (5–1) | Norfolk State (6–1) | Villanova (5–3) | Western Illinois (6–4) | Alabama A&M (8–2) | Elon (7–4) | Elon (7–4) | 23. |
| 24. | Yale | Western Illinois (1–0) | Delaware State (2–0) | Cal Poly (1–2) | Elon (2–1) | Cal Poly (3–2) | Eastern Illinois (3–3) | Elon (4–2) | Western Illinois (5–3) | Eastern Washington (5–3) | Cal Poly (6–3) | Elon (6–4) | Cal Poly (7–4) | Cal Poly (7–4) | 24. |
| 25. | South Carolina State | Nicholls State (1–0) | Lafayette (2–0) | Eastern Washington (2–0) | Richmond (2–1) | Southern U. (5–0) | Grambling State (4–1) | Norfolk State (5–1) | The Citadel (5–2) | Nicholls State (5–3) | Eastern Illinois (6–3) | Cal Poly (6–4) | Fordham (8–3) | Grambling State (8–4) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Sept 4 | Week 2 Sept 11 | Week 3 Sept 18 | Week 4 Sept 25 | Week 5 Oct 2 | Week 6 Oct 9 | Week 7 Oct 16 | Week 8 Oct 23 | Week 9 Oct 30 | Week 10 Nov 6 | Week 11 Nov 13 | Week 12 Nov 20 | Week 13 Postseason | |
| | | Dropped: 20 South Dakota State23 Coastal Carolina25 South Carolina State | Dropped: 18 Portland State19 Texas State20 Tennessee–Martin22 Cal Poly | Dropped: 18 Nicholls State23 Towson State24 Delaware State | Dropped: 22 Lafayette23 Alabama A&M24 Cal Poly | Dropped: 20 Furman21 Eastern Washington24 Elon | Dropped: 19 Sam Houston State23 Illinois State25 Southern U. | Dropped: 18 Hampton21 Georgia Southern24 Eastern Illinois | Dropped: 19 Cal Poly22 Eastern Washington | Dropped: 19 Montana State23 Norfolk State25 The Citadel | Dropped: 21 Alabama A&M23 Villanova25 Nicholls State | Dropped: 23 Western Illinois | Dropped: 22 Hofstra23 Alabama A&M | None | |

## Coaches' Poll

| | Preseason | Week 1 Sept 4 | Week 2 Sept 11 | Week 3 Sept 18 | Week 4 Sept 25 | Week 5 Oct 2 | Week 6 Oct 9 | Week 7 Oct 16 | Week 8 Oct 23 | Week 9 Oct 30 | Week 10 Nov 6 | Week 11 Nov 13 | Week 12 Nov 20 | Week 13 Postseason | |
| 1. | Appalachian State (27) | Appalachian State (1–0) (28) | Appalachian State (2–0) (28) | Appalachian State (3–0) (28) | Montana (3–0) (20) | Montana (4–0) (18) | North Dakota State (5–0) (8) | North Dakota State (6–0) | North Dakota State (7–0) (21) | North Dakota State (8–0) (16) | North Dakota State (9–0) (18) | North Dakota State (10–0) (17) | Northern Iowa (11–0) (17) | Appalachian State (13–2) (27) | 1. |
| 2. | Montana | Montana (1–0) | UMass (2–0) | Montana (2–0) | UMass (4–0) (4) | North Dakota State (4–0) (4) | Montana (5–0) (15) | Northern Iowa (6–0) | Northern Iowa (7–0) (2) | Northern Iowa (8–0) (6) | Northern Iowa (9–0) (6) | Northern Iowa (10–0) (7) | Montana (11–0) (7) | Delaware (11–4) | 2. |
| 3. | UMass (1) | UMass (1–0) | Montana (2–0) | UMass (3–0) | North Dakota State (3–0) (3) | UMass (4–1) (5) | Northern Iowa (5–0) | Montana (6–0) | Montana (7–0) (4) | Montana (8–0) (4) | Montana (9–0) (4) | Montana (10–0) (4) | McNeese State (11–0) (1) | Southern Illinois (12–2) | 3. |
| 4. | North Dakota State | North Dakota State (0–0) | North Dakota State (1–0) | North Dakota State (2–0) | Northern Iowa (4–0) | Northern Iowa (5–0) | UMass (4–1) (4) | UMass (5–1) | UMass (6–1) (1) | UMass (7–1) (2) | McNeese State (9–0) | McNeese State (10–0) | Southern Illinois (10–1) | Richmond (11–3) | 4. |
| 5. | New Hampshire | New Hampshire (0–0) | Northern Iowa (2–0) | Northern Iowa (3–0) | Appalachian State (3–1) | Appalachian State (4–1) | Appalachian State (5–1) | Appalachian State (5–1) | McNeese State (7–0) | McNeese State (8–0) | Southern Illinois (8–1) | Southern Illinois (9–1) | North Dakota State (10–1) (3) | Northern Iowa (12–1) (1) | 5. |
| 6. | Youngstown State | McNeese State (1–0) | Southern Illinois (2–0) | Southern Illinois (3–0) | Southern Illinois (4–0) | Southern Illinois (5–0) | Southern Illinois (6–0) | McNeese State (6–0) | James Madison (6–1) | Southern Illinois (7–1) | Delaware (8–1) | Appalachian State (8–2) | Appalachian State (9–2) | UMass (10–3) | 6. |
| 7. | James Madison | Northern Iowa (1–0) | James Madison (1–1) | Youngstown State (2–1) | McNeese State (3–0) (1) | McNeese State (4–0) (1) | McNeese State (5–0) (1) | Wofford (6–1) | Southern Illinois (7–1) | Delaware (7–1) | Appalachian State (7–2) | UMass (8–2) | UMass (9–2) | James Madison (8–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Illinois State | Youngstown State (0–1) | Youngstown State (1–1) | McNeese State (2–0) | Wofford (3–1) | Wofford (4–1) | Wofford (5–1) | James Madison (6–1) | Delaware (6–1) | New Hampshire (6–2) | Richmond (7–2) | Richmond (8–2) | Richmond (9–2) | Eastern Washington (9–4) | 8. |
| 9. | Northern Iowa | Furman (1–0) | McNeese State (1–0) | James Madison (2–1) | James Madison (3–1) | James Madison (4–1) | James Madison (5–1) | Hofstra (6–0) | New Hampshire (5–2) | Appalachian State (6–2) | UMass (7–2) | Delaware (8–2) | James Madison (8–3) | North Dakota State (10–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Furman | Southern Illinois (1–0) | Wofford (2–0) | New Hampshire (1–1) | Youngstown State (3–1) | Youngstown State (4–1) | Hofstra (5–0) | Southern Illinois (6–1) | Appalachian State (5–2) | Wofford (7–2) | Delaware State (8–1) | Delaware State (9–1) | Delaware State (10–1) | Wofford (9–4) | 10. |
| 11. | Southern Illinois | James Madison (0–1) | Delaware (2–0) | Delaware (3–0) | New Hampshire (2–1) | Delaware (5–0) | New Hampshire (3–2) | New Hampshire (4–2) | Wofford (6–2) | Richmond (6–2) | Georgia Southern (7–2) | Yale (9–0) | Eastern Kentucky (9–2) | McNeese State (11–1) | 11. |
| 12. | McNeese State | Wofford (1–0) | New Hampshire (0–1) | Wofford (2–1) | Delaware (4–0) | Hofstra (4–0) | Montana State (4–1) | Youngstown State (5–2) | Delaware State (6–1) | James Madison (6–2) | Yale (8–0) | Eastern Kentucky (8–2) | Wofford (8–3) | Montana (11–1) | 12. |
| 13. | Portland State | Delaware (1–0) | Hampton (1–0) | Hampton (2–0) | Hampton (3–0) | Montana State (3–1) | Youngstown State (4–2) | Delaware (6–1) | Yale (6–0) | Delaware State (7–1) | Eastern Kentucky (7–2) | James Madison (7–3) | Delaware (8–3) | Eastern Kentucky (9–3) | 13. |
| 14. | Cal Poly | Eastern Illinois (1–0) | Sam Houston State (2–0) | Illinois State (2–1) | Hofstra (3–0) | New Hampshire (2–2) | Nicholls State (4–1) | Nicholls State (5–1) | Richmond (5–2) | Yale (7–0) | New Hampshire (6–3) | Wofford (8–3) | Eastern Washington (8–3) | New Hampshire (7–5) | 14. |
| 15. | Wofford | Hampton (0–0) | Illinois State (1–1) | Sam Houston State (2–1) | Sam Houston State (2–1) | Richmond (3–1) | Delaware (5–1) | Yale (5–0) | Hofstra (6–1) | Elon (6–2) | James Madison (6–3) | Eastern Washington (7–3) | New Hampshire (7–4) | Eastern Illinois (8–4) | 15. |
| 16. | Hampton | Sam Houston State (1–0) | Furman (1–1) | Hofstra (2–0) | Illinois State (2–2) | Eastern Illinois (3–2) | Yale (4–0) | Delaware State (5–1) | Montana State (5–2) | Eastern Kentucky (7–2) | Grambling State (8–1) | Youngstown State (7–4) | Youngstown State (7–4) | Delaware State (10–2) | 16. |
| 17. | Eastern Illinois | Cal Poly (0–1) | Eastern Illinois (1–1) | Furman (1–2) | Montana State (2–1) | Yale (3–0) | Delaware State (4–1) | Western Illinois (5–2) | Elon (5–2) | Grambling State (7–1) | Wofford (7–3) | Georgia Southern (7–3) | Eastern Illinois (8–3) | Youngstown State (7–4) | 17. |
| 18. | Tennessee–Martin | Illinois State (0–1) | Nicholls State (2–0) | Montana State (1–1) | Western Illinois (3–1) | Nicholls State (3–1) | Hampton (4–1) | Richmond (4–2) | Eastern Kentucky (6–2) | Georgia Southern (6–2) | Hofstra (7–2) | Grambling State (8–2) | Grambling State (8–2) | Georgia Southern (7–4) | 18. |
| 19. | South Dakota State | Portland State (0–1) | Montana State (0–1) | Western Illinois (2–1) | Furman (1–2) | Sam Houston State (2–2) | Western Illinois (4–2) | Montana State (4–2) | Nicholls State (5–2) | Western Illinois (6–3) | Elon (6–3) | New Hampshire (6–4) | Georgia Southern (7–4) | Fordham (8–4) | 19. |
| 20. | Coastal Carolina | Montana State (0–1) | Hofstra (1–0) | Nicholls State (2–1) | Yale (2–0) | Hampton (3–1) | Richmond (3–2) | Cal Poly (4–2) | Youngstown State (5–3) | Hofstra (6–2) | Youngstown State (6–4) | Eastern Illinois (7–3) | Yale (9–1) | Harvard (8–2) | 20. |
| 21. | Delaware | Texas State (1–0) | Cal Poly (0–2) | Yale (1–0) | Eastern Illinois (2–2) | Delaware State (3–1) | Georgia Southern (4–1) | Eastern Kentucky (5–2) | Grambling State (6–1) | Eastern Illinois (6–3) | Eastern Washington (6–3) | Fordham (8–2) | Elon (7–4) | Yale (9–1) | 21. |
| 22. | Montana State | Tennessee–Martin (0–1) | Western Illinois (1–1) | Eastern Illinois (1–2) | Nicholls State (3–1) | Illinois State (2–3) | Cal Poly (3–2) | Eastern Washington (4–2) | Georgia Southern (5–2) | Alabama A&M (7–1) | Eastern Illinois (6–3) | Hofstra (7–3) | Harvard (8–2) | South Dakota State (7–4) | 22. |
| 23. | Sam Houston State | Western Illinois (1–0) | Yale (0–0) | Lafayette (3–0) | Eastern Washington (3–0) | Western Illinois (3–2) | Eastern Illinois (3–3) | Grambling State (5–1) | Norfolk State (6–1) | Youngstown State (5–4) | Fordham (8–2) | Alabama A&M (8–2) | Fordham (8–3) | Elon (7–4) | 23. |
| 24. | Yale | Yale (0–0) | Delaware State (2–0) | Cal Poly (1–2) | Cal Poly (2–2) | Cal Poly (3–2) | Lafayette (4–1) | Eastern Illinois (4–3) | San Diego (7–0) | Nicholls State (5–3) | Western Illinois (6–4) | Dayton (10–1) | Dayton (10–1) | Grambling State (8–4) | 24. |
| 25. | Princeton | Nicholls State (1–0) | Alabama A&M (2–0) | Alabama A&M (3–0) | Richmond (2–1) | The Citadel (3–1) | Grambling State (4–1) | Hampton (4–1) т | Eastern Illinois (5–3) | Villanova (5–3) | Dayton (5–4) т | Harvard (7–2) | South Dakota State (7–4) | Dayton (11–1) | 25. |
| 26. | | | | | | | | San Diego (6–0) т | | | Norfolk State (7–2) т | | | | 26. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Sept 4 | Week 2 Sept 11 | Week 3 Sept 18 | Week 4 Sept 25 | Week 5 Oct 2 | Week 6 Oct 9 | Week 7 Oct 16 | Week 8 Oct 23 | Week 9 Oct 30 | Week 10 Nov 6 | Week 11 Nov 13 | Week 12 Nov 20 | Week 13 Postseason | |
| | | Dropped: 19 South Dakota State20 Coastal Carolina25 Princeton | Dropped: 19 Portland State21 Texas State22 Tennessee–Martin | Dropped: 24 Delaware State | Dropped: 23 Lafayette25 Alabama A&M | Dropped: 19 Furman23 Eastern Washington | Dropped: 19 Sam Houston State22 Illinois State25 The Citadel | Dropped: 21 Georgia Southern24 Lafayette | Dropped: 17 Western Illinois20 Cal Poly22 Eastern Washington25 Hampton | Dropped: 16 Montana State23 Norfolk State24 San Diego | Dropped: 22 Alabama A&M24 Nicholls State25 Villanova | Dropped: 19 Elon24 Western Illinois25 Norfolk State | Dropped: 22 Hofstra23 Alabama A&M | None | |