Twenty-four of the 25 teams in our Week 6 Top 25 play in Week 7, and the biggest game on the board is in Grand Forks. No. 1 South Dakota State (5-1) visits No. 12 North Dakota (5-2) at the Alerus Center at 2 pm ET on ESPN+ and Midco Sports Plus. North Dakota is coming off a 24-17 loss at Northern Iowa.
That same Northern Iowa team is in the other ranked-on-ranked game. No. 19 Northern Iowa (3-2) plays at No. 3 Youngstown State (5-2) at 6 pm ET. Out west, No. 8 Montana (5-2) hosts Idaho (1-5) in Missoula, and No. 5 Montana State (5-1) goes to Eastern Washington.
Three of our top six are still unbeaten. No. 2 Tarleton State (6-0) hosts Central Arkansas, No. 4 Stephen F. Austin (6-0) is at Nicholls, and No. 6 Lehigh (6-0) visits Cornell.
Here's the full Week 7 rundown from ESPN, including every matchup involving a team from our Week 6 Top 25. Times are Eastern.
Friday, October 16
- Columbia at UPenn (7 pm ET, ESPNU)
Saturday, October 17
- Charleston Southern at Clemson (Noon ET, ACC Network)
- Hampton at Sacred Heart (Noon ET, FloSports)
- Chicago State at North Carolina A&T (Noon ET, FloSports)
- Rhode Island at Yale (Noon ET, ESPN+)
- Brown at Princeton (Noon ET, ESPN+)
- Central Connecticut State at Mercyhurst (Noon ET, NEC Front Row)
- New Haven at Robert Morris (Noon ET, ESPN+)
- Duquesne at Stonehill (Noon ET, NEC Front Row / SITV)
- The Citadel at Texas A&M (1 pm ET, SECN+)
- Bryant at Maine (1 pm ET, FloSports)
- No. 24 Monmouth at New Hampshire (1 pm ET, FloSports)
- Merrimack at Dartmouth (1 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Holy Cross at No. 15 Harvard (1 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Georgetown at No. 20 Colgate (1 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Dayton at Butler (1 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Morehead State at Davidson (1 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Marist at Drake (1 pm ET, ESPN+)
- McNeese at Northwestern State (1 pm ET, ESPN+)
- VMI at Wofford (1:30 pm ET, ESPN+)
- No. 6 Lehigh at Cornell (2 pm ET, ESPN+)
- No. 1 South Dakota State at No. 12 North Dakota (2 pm ET, ESPN+ / Midco Sports Plus)
- No. 11 Austin Peay at West Georgia (2 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Presbyterian at Stetson (2 pm ET, YouTube)
- UAlbany at No. 21 Stony Brook (2:30 pm ET, FloSports)
- Eastern Kentucky at No. 16 Tennessee Tech (2:30 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Lafayette at Bucknell (3 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Idaho at No. 8 Montana (3 pm ET, ESPN+ / Scripps Sports)
- No. 23 Idaho State at Weber State (3 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Lindenwood at Eastern Illinois (3 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Gardner-Webb at UT Martin (3 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Western Illinois at Southeast Missouri State (3 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Grambling State at Alabama A&M (3 pm ET)
- Alabama State at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (3 pm ET)
- Alcorn State at Prairie View A&M (3 pm ET)
- Bethune-Cookman at Mississippi Valley State (3 pm ET)
- Florida A&M at Jackson State (3 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Towson at No. 14 Campbell (3:30 pm ET, FloSports)
- Morehouse at Howard (3:30 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Villanova at Fordham (3:30 pm ET, ESPN+)
- No. 17 Illinois State at Southern Illinois (4 pm ET, ESPNU)
- Valparaiso at San Diego (4 pm ET, ESPN+)
- No. 4 Stephen F. Austin at Nicholls (4 pm ET, ESPN+)
- No. 9 South Dakota at Murray State (5 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Long Island at Wagner (5 pm ET, NEC Front Row)
- No. 10 Lamar at Southeastern Louisiana (5 pm ET, ESPN+)
- West Alabama at West Florida (5 pm ET, ESPN+)
- No. 19 Northern Iowa at No. 3 Youngstown State (6 pm ET, ESPN+)
- No. 25 Morgan State at Tennessee State (6:30 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Abilene Christian at North Alabama (7 pm ET, ESPN+)
- No. 5 Montana State at Eastern Washington (7 pm ET, ESPN+ / Scripps Sports)
- Portland State at No. 7 Northern Arizona (7 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Central Arkansas at No. 2 Tarleton State (7 pm ET, ESPN+)
- UTRGV at Incarnate Word (7 pm ET, ESPN+)
- No. 21 Mercer at Samford (7 pm ET, ESPN+)
- East Texas A&M at Houston Christian (7 pm ET, ESPN+)
- Elon at Stanford (7:30 pm ET, ACCNX)
- Cal Poly at Northern Colorado (8 pm ET, ESPN+)
- No. 13 UC Davis at Southern Utah (8 pm ET, ESPN+)
Bye week
No. 18 East Tennessee State is the only team from our Top 25 off this week.
Rankings reflect our Week 6 FCS Top 25. Kickoff times and TV listings are from ESPN's FCS scoreboard as of Oct. 12.
