Final FCS STATS Media Top 25 Poll |
Final FCS Coaches Poll Top 25 CHARLESTON, Ill. – With the close of the FCS football season on Saturday with North Dakota State winning its fifth straight FCS National Championship, the final FCS football polls were released with Eastern Illinois ranked in both the FCS Coaches Top 25 and the STATS FCS Media Top 25 polls. It marks the 17th time that EIU has finished the season ranked in the FCS Top 25 poll.
The Panthers were ranked No. 23 in the FCS Coaches poll and No. 25 in the STATS FCS Media Top 25. EIU posted a 7-5 record finishing second in the Ohio Valley Conference behind national runner-up Jacksonville State.
In the FCS Coaches Top 25 poll NDSU was a unanimous number one after the Bison finished 13-2 overall winning the program's fifth straight FCS National Championships. Jacksonville State was ranked second with a 13-2 record. JSU was ranked No. 1 in the nation for 11 straight weeks during the regular season. Richmond was ranked third followed by Sam Houston State and Illinois State in the top five. Northern Iowa, Charleston Southern, Chattanooga, McNeese State and Portland State rounded out the top ten
James Madison was ranked 11th followed by William & Mary, Colgate, Montana and The Citadel in the top fifteen. South Dakota State was 16th followed by Coastal Carolina, Southern Utah, Fordham and Harvard in the top twenty. North Carolina A&T led the final five schools in the rankings in 21st with Western Illinois, Eastern Illinois, Dartmouth and Bethune-Cookman closing out the top 25.
In the STATS FCS Media Top 25 poll NDSU was a unanimous number one after the Bison finished 13-2 overall winning the program's fifth straight FCS National Championships. Jacksonville State was ranked second with a 13-2 record. JSU was ranked No. 1 in the nation for 11 straight weeks during the regular season. Sam Houston State was ranked third followed by Richmond and Illinois State in the top five. Charleston Southern was sixth followed by McNeese State, Northern Iowa, Chattanooga and Portland State in the top ten.
James Madison was ranked 11th followed by William & Mary, The Citadel, Montana and South Dakota State in the top fifteen. Coastal Carolina was 16th followed by Colgate, Southern Utah, Fordham and Harvard in the top twenty. North Carolina A&T led the final five schools in the rankings in 21st with Western Illinois, Dartmouth, Grambling State and Eastern Illinois rounding out the top 25.
