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FCS Football Rankings: Four Top Ten Teams Lose, Sowing Chaos After Week 10

FCS Football Rankings: Four Top Ten Teams Lose, Sowing Chaos After Week 10

View the latest FCS football rankings from the AFCA Coaches Poll and Stats Perform Top 25 and see which teams moved up and which moved down on FloCollege.

Nov 3, 2025 by Andy Schamma
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The Week 10 action of FCS football season play on November 1 can only be described with one word: despair.

Despair for eight teams ranked in the FCS Coaches Poll top 25 headlined by the nine-win Tarleton State Texans taking their first loss of the season in a close one to Abilene Christian Wildcats as they scratch and claw to remain in the rankings with four losses.

The Wildcats earned the biggest bump across both polls, climbing five and six spots.

UC Davis was the biggest loser this week, falling to three-win Idaho State in a game which they never held more than a field goal's lead and spent most of their time fighting from behind.

Three 40+ yard field goals by Andrew Lastovka and three Beau Brungard touchdowns weren't enough to help the No. 19 Youngstown State Penguins as the top-ranked North Dakota State Bison held onto their perfect season.

The top teams in the CAA are back in action on FloCollege this weekend after a late season bye for a few of them. 

Monmouth, Villanova and Rhode Island benefitted heavily from the losses across the top 10 this week—each moving up a few spots and adding even more stakes to their tight race through the last few weekends heading into playoffs.

2025 New Hampshire vs Monmouth



Latest Division I FCS Rankings

AFCA FCS Coaches Poll After Nov. 1, 2025

  • 1. North Dakota State (9-0) — Previous: 1
  • 2. Montana (9-0) — Previous: 3
  • 3. Montana State (7-2) — Previous: 4
  • 4. Lehigh (9-0) — Previous: 7
  • 5. Tennessee Tech (9-0) — Previous: 8
  • 6. Monmouth (N.J.) (8-1) — Previous: 9
  • 7. Tarleton State (9-1) — Previous: 2
  • 8. Villanova (6-2) — Previous: 11
  • 9. South Dakota State (7-2) — Previous: 5
  • T-10. Mercer (7-1) — Previous: 13
  • T-10. Rhode Island (7-2) — Previous: 12
  • 12. UC Davis (6-2) — Previous: 6
  • 13. Harvard (7-0) — Previous: 15
  • 14. Southeastern Louisiana (7-2) — Previous: 16
  • 15. North Dakota (6-3) — Previous: 10
  • 16. Southern Illinois (6-3) — Previous: 17
  • 17. Illinois State (6-3) — Previous: 18
  • 18. Lamar (7-2) — Previous: 14
  • 19. Jackson State (6-2) — Previous: 20
  • 20. Abilene Christian (5-4) — Previous: 25
  • 21. Stephen F. Austin (7-2) — Previous: 23
  • 22. Youngstown State (5-4) — Previous: 19
  • 23. Presbyterian (8-1) — Previous: 22
  • 24. Western Carolina (6-3) — Previous: NR
  • 25. South Dakota (6-4) — Previous: NR

Others Receiving Votes: Lafayette, 29; West Georgia, 27; Alabama St., 12; Sacramento St., 12; Northern Arizona, 10; UT Rio Grande Valley, 10; Dartmouth, 8; Gardner-Webb, 7; North Carolina Central, 4; Austin Peay, 3; South Carolina St., 2; Yale, 2; Central Connecticut St., 1; Delaware St., 1.

Stats Perform FCS Top 25 After Nov. 1, 2025

  • 1. North Dakota State (9-0) — Previous: 1
  • 2. Montana (9-0) — Previous: 3
  • 3. Montana State (7-2) — Previous: T-4
  • 4. Lehigh (9-0) — Previous: 7
  • 5. Tennessee Tech (9-0) — Previous: 9
  • 6. Tarleton State (9-1) — Previous: 2
  • 7. Monmouth (8-1) — Previous: 10
  • 8. South Dakota State (7-2) — Previous: T-4
  • 9. Harvard (7-0) — Previous: 12
  • 10. Villanova (6-2) — Previous: 11
  • 11. UC Davis (6-2) — Previous: 6
  • 12. Mercer (7-1) — Previous: 15
  • 13. North Dakota (6-3) — Previous: 8
  • 14. Rhode Island (7-2) — Previous: 13
  • 15. Southern Illinois (6-3) — Previous: 16
  • 16. Illinois State (6-3) — Previous: 17
  • 17. Stephen F. Austin (7-2) — Previous: 20
  • 18. Abilene Christian (5-4) — Previous: 24
  • 19. Southeastern Louisiana (7-2) — Previous: 21
  • 20. Lamar (7-2) — Previous: 14
  • 21. Youngstown State (5-4) — Previous: 18
  • 22. South Dakota (6-4) — Previous: NR 
  • 23. Jackson State (6-2) — Previous: 23
  • 24. Western Carolina (6-3) — Previous: NR 
  • 25. Presbyterian (8-1) — Previous: 25

Dropped Out: Northern Arizona (19), Austin Peay (22)

Others Receiving Votes: Northern Arizona (5-4, 2-3 Big Sky), 70;  Alabama State (6-2, 4-1 SWAC), 48; Delaware State (6-3, 2-0 MEAC), 23; Austin Peay (5-4, 3-3 UAC), 19; West Georgia (6-3, 3-3 UAC), 18; Lafayette (6-3, 4-0 Patriot), 15; Yale (5-2, 3-1 Ivy), 8; Sacramento State (5-4, 3-2 Big Sky), 7; New Hampshire (5-4, 3-2 CAA), 6

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The FCS Playoffs begin Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, featuring 24 teams. 

The 2025 Division I FCS College Football Championship game will be played on Jan. 5, 2026, at FirstBank Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

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