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There's shakeup throughout STATS FCS Top 25By CRAIG HALEY
STATS FCS Senior Editor
(STATS) - The final full weeks of the FCS regular season are telling, and results on Saturday created serious movement in the STATS FCS Top 25 on Monday.
Nothing changed at the top, of course. North Dakota State (9-0), the defending national champion, collected all 158 first-place votes to easily outdistance Kennesaw State (8-1) in the national media.
Maine (6-3) was the biggest riser, up seven spots to No. 16 following a big win at Towson. Princeton (8-0) won a battle of unbeatens over Dartmouth to surge to No. 13. No. 12 Stony Brook and No. 21 Southeast Missouri gained four spots each.
The news wasn't all good for teams. After losses, Illinois State (5-4) dropped nine spots to No. 23, McNeese (6-3) seven spots to No. 18, and No. 9 James Madison (6-3) and No. 15 Wofford (6-3) were both down six spots. Sam Houston State even tumbled out of the Top 25 after 55 straight appearances since the 2014 season.
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STATS FCS Top 25 (Nov. 5)
1. North Dakota State (9-0), 3,950 points (158 first-place votes)
Previous Ranking: 1; Last Week's Result: 17-7 win over Youngstown State
2. Kennesaw State (8-1), 3,739
Previous Ranking: 2; Last Week's Result: 49-0 win over Campbell
3. Weber State (7-2), 3,539
Previous Ranking: 4; Last Week's Result: 26-14 win over Sacramento State
4. UC Davis (8-1), 3,364
Previous Ranking: 6; Last Week's Result: 42-20 win over Northern Arizona
5. Eastern Washington (7-2), 3,326
Previous Ranking: 5; Last Week's Result: 48-13 win over Northern Colorado
6. South Dakota State (6-2), 3,193
Previous Ranking: 7; Last Week's Result: 59-7 win over Missouri State
7. Elon (6-2), 2,928
Previous Ranking: 8; Last Week's Result: 24-21 win over Rhode Island
8. Jacksonville State (7-2), 2,591
Previous Ranking: 10; Last Week's Result: 21-14 win over UT Martin
9. James Madison (6-3), 2,577
Previous Ranking: 3; Last Week's Result: 35-24 loss to New Hampshire
10. Colgate (8-0), 2,520
Previous Ranking: 12; Last Week's Result: 41-0 win over Fordham
11. Delaware (7-2), 2,383
Previous Ranking: 13; Last Week's Result: 21-16 win over Albany
12. Stony Brook (6-3), 1,910
Previous Ranking: 16; Last Week's Result: Bye
13. Princeton (8-0), 1,826
Previous Ranking: 18; Last Week's Result: 14-9 win over Dartmouth
14. North Carolina A&T (7-2), 1,799
Previous Ranking: 17; Last Week's Result: 37-20 win over Norfolk State
15. Wofford (6-3), 1,756
Previous Ranking: 9; Last Week's Result: 35-20 loss to Samford
16. Maine (6-3), 1,371
Previous Ranking: 23; Last Week's Result: 35-28 win over Towson
17. Nicholls (6-3), 1,301
Previous Ranking: 20; Last Week's Result: 41-20 win over Houston Baptist
18. McNeese (6-3), 1,221
Previous Ranking: 11; Last Week's Result: 23-6 loss to Southeastern Louisiana
19. ETSU (8-2), 1,166
Previous Ranking: 22; Last Week's Result: 21-18 win over Mercer
20. Towson (6-3), 1,024
Previous Ranking: 15; Last Week's Result: 35-28 loss to Maine
21. Southeast Missouri State (7-2), 871
Previous Ranking: 25; Last Week's Result: 38-21 win over Tennessee State
22. UNI (5-4), 653
Previous Ranking: NR; Last Week's Result: 26-16 win over Illinois State
23. Illinois State (5-4), 584
Previous Ranking: 14; Last Week's Result: 26-16 loss to UNI
24. Idaho State (6-3), 449
Previous Ranking: NR; Last Week's Result: 48-45 win over Portland State
25. Dartmouth (7-1), 240
Previous Ranking: 24; Last Week's Result: 14-9 loss to Princeton