Montana jumped from 12th to 8th on The Sports Network poll and from 10th to 5th on the Coaches FCS list.
Meanwhile Eastern dropped off both polls. Northern Arizona is 17th and Weber State 18th in the Sports Network rankings. On the coaches poll NAU is 18th and WSU 20th.
The top 25 teams in The Sports Network Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 12 and previous ranking:<
Record;Pts;Pvs
1. James Madison (105);6-1;2,649;1
2. Appalachian State (1);4-2;2,507;2
3. Elon;6-1;2,151;6
4. Wofford;4-1;2,082;8
5. Cal Poly;3-1;2,037;7
6. Northern Iowa;4-2;1,884;10
7. Villanova;4-1;1,876;9
8. Montana;5-1;1,804;12
9. Richmond;4-3;1,608;5
10. Massachusetts;4-2;1,497;13
11. New Hampshire;4-1;1,458;4
12. McNeese State;3-2;1,440;3
13. Central Arkansas;5-1;1,291;14
14. Liberty;6-0;1,152;15
15. Western Illinois;4-2;1,054;17
16. Southern Illinois;3-2;1,034;16
17. Northern Arizona;5-1;932;18
18. Weber State;5-2;771;22
19. Furman;5-2;744;20
20. North Dakota State;3-3;645;11
21. South Dakota State;3-3;348;25
22. Tennessee State;5-1;333;NR
23. Jacksonville State;4-2;265;19
24. The Citadel;3-3;184;21
25. Hampton;4-1;173;NR
Others receiving votes: William & Mary 129, Harvard 100, South Carolina State 97, Texas State 81, Eastern Washington 78, Georgia Southen 61, Sam Houston State 60, San Diego 38, Lafayette 29, Tennessee-Martin 25, Delaware 24, Eastern Kentucky 22, Prairie View 21, Northwestern State 17, Grambling 13, UC Davis 12, Colgate 11, Princeton 11, Sacred Heart 11, Eastern Illinois 10, Maine 10, Cornell 9, North Dakota 9, Southern 7, Yale 6, Northeastern 6, Montana State 5, Florida A&M 4, Delaware State 1, Penn 1.
The top 25 teams in the Coaches Football Championship Subdivision poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 12 and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. James Madison (28) 6-1 700 1
2. Appalachian State 4-2 664 2
3. Cal Poly 3-1 599 7
4. Northern Iowa 4-2 589 8
5. Montana 5-1 548 10
6. Wofford 4-1 526 9
7. Massachusetts 4-2 494 11
8. Elon 6-1 457 12
9. Richmond 4-3 453 5
10. Villanova 4-1 430 13
11. New Hampshire 4-1 420 4
12. McNeese State 3-2 396 3
13. Central Arkansas 5-1 385 14
14. Southern Illinois 3-2 316 15
15. Liberty 6-0 302 16
16. North Dakota State 3-3 287 6
17. Western Illinois 4-2 284 17
18. Northern Arizona 5-1 281 19
19. Furman 5-2 200 21
20. Weber State 5-2 166 NR
21. Tennessee State 5-1 130 24
22. South Dakota State 3-3 87 23
23. Jacksonville State 4-2 69 18
24. Hampton 4-1 58 NR
25. Georgia Southern 3-3 27 NR
Other Receiving Votes: South Carolina State (26), William and Mary (24), Delaware (23), San Diego (21), Eastern Washington (18), Maine (16), Harvard (16), Texas State (14), The Citadel (13), Sam Houston State (9), Montana State (7), Lafayette (6), Northwestern State (6), Prairie View A&M (6), Grambling State (5), Southern (5), Northeastern (4), Colgate (3), UT Martin (3), UC Davis (3), Dayton (2), Florida A&M (2).
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