FCS · Preseason Ballots

19 ballots · 14 on every ballot · 37 outlier picks · 44 left off

Ballot matrix: team ranks by voter

Rk	Team	Pts	1st	A. Kenkel	B. Schleiger	C. Burton	C. Neely	D. Helton	F. Triumvirate	G. Leone	J. Singleton	J. Williams	J. Sandos	J. Hooper	K. Brake	O. Borja	P. Adams	S. Herder	T. Brashears	T. Rosario	T. Smith	Z. McKinnell	On	Range
1	South Dakota State	475	19	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	19	1–1
2	North Dakota State	445	0	2	7	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	19	2–7
3	Montana	441	0	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	5	2	3	19	2–5
4	Montana State	418	0	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	19	3–5
5	Villanova	383	0	5	5	5	8	5	6	5	5	6	5	6	8	9	6	5	6	4	7	5	19	4–9
6	South Dakota	356	0	10	4	6	5	11	5	8	6	5	9	4	4	4	5	6	—Left off the published Top 25	6	5	9	18	4–11
7	Idaho	351	0	7	8	7	6	8	7	9	7	7	6	7	7	6	8	9	7	9	8	10	19	6–10
8	Chattanooga	338	0	8	12	8	7	6	10	6	9	8	7	8	6	10	7	7	8	7	15	7	19	6–15
9	Sacramento State	318	0	6	6	16	9	7	11	11	8	13	10	10	11	8	9	10	5	14	6	6	19	5–16
10	Southern Illinois	267	0	9	14	18Outlier	10	20Outlier	8	10	10	10	13	9	9	7	11	11	12	16	10	20Outlier	19	7–20
11	Central Arkansas	257	0	12	13	9	19Outlier	9	9	7	11	15	12	—Left off the published Top 25	18	15	13	8	11	10	12	8	18	7–19
12	Furman	238	0	11	9	10	11	16	17	15	12	11	8	11	10	11	10	16	15	—Left off the published Top 25	11	—Left off the published Top 25	17	8–17
13	Richmond	219	0	14	15	12	12	17	13	23Outlier	14	9	11	12	14	12	12	22Outlier	10	21Outlier	16	16	19	9–23
14	Western Carolina	196	0	13	11	24Outlier	13	15	16	14	17	17	18	16	13	13	16	13	25Outlier	12	17	15	19	11–25
15	Incarnate Word	193	0	15	17	17	14	12	12	22	19	22	14	14	19	16	18	23Outlier	9	13	13	12	19	9–23
16	UC Davis	190	0	19	16	22	15	14	20	13	13	18	17	19	16	17	15	12	17	8Outlier	19	14	19	8–22
17	UAlbany	152	0	17	10	20	16	—Left off the published Top 25	14	21	18	12	16	15	17	—Left off the published Top 25	17	24	14	—Left off the published Top 25	9Outlier	24	16	9–24
18	William & Mary	135	0	22	20	15	—Left off the published Top 25	10Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	24	15	16	15	22	20	24	14	25	16	18	20	11	17	10–25
19	Lafayette	129	0	21	22	19	18	18	21	17	16	19	25	20	22	18	20	15	13	20	24	17	19	13–25
20	Tarleton State	120	0	18	19	23	20	25	15	20	21	—Left off the published Top 25	20	18	15	14	19	19	20	17	—Left off the published Top 25	19	17	14–25
20	Illinois State	120	0	16	21	—Left off the published Top 25	25	13	—Left off the published Top 25	12Outlier	20	—Left off the published Top 25	19	—Left off the published Top 25	21	20	21	14	18	11Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	13	14	11–25
22	Youngstown State	92	0	20	25	—Left off the published Top 25	17	22	19	16	23	14Outlier	22	—Left off the published Top 25	25	19	24	21	22	19	21	21	17	14–25
23	Nicholls State	56	0	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	14Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	25	24	20	24	17	23	—Left off the published Top 25	22	20	21	25	22	25	13	14–25
24	North Dakota	47	0	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	24	—Left off the published Top 25	18	—Left off the published Top 25	25	—Left off the published Top 25	21	13Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	23	—Left off the published Top 25	23	—Left off the published Top 25	14Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	8	13–25
25	Elon	40	0	25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	19	—Left off the published Top 25	18	—Left off the published Top 25	25	—Left off the published Top 25	24	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	25	18	—Left off the published Top 25	23	25	18	10	18–25
	Others receiving votes
RV	Weber State	32	0		18Outlier				22				23		24				19		18Outlier		6	18–24
RV	UT Martin	30	0		23	21		21	25		22	23				25				22		22	9	21–25
RV	Eastern Illinois	29	0					23	23	19Outlier		24						17Outlier		24		23	7	17–24
RV	Mercer	24	0	23			21Outlier	24												15Outlier	23		5	15–24
RV	Harvard	20	0			13Outlier	22Outlier									23							3	13–23
RV	Florida A&M	15	0	24	24	25	23Outlier		24							21Outlier							6	21–25
RV	Yale	15	0			11Outlier																	1	11–11
RV	Delaware	14	0												12Outlier								1	12–12
RV	Samford	6	0									21Outlier		25Outlier									2	21–25
RV	Northern Arizona	5	0											21Outlier									1	21–21
RV	Howard	4	0													22Outlier							1	22–22
RV	Alabama State	3	0											23Outlier									1	23–23
RV	VMI	2	0																24Outlier				1	24–24