FCS · Preseason Ballots

26 ballots · 11 on every ballot · 62 outlier picks · 76 left off

Ballot matrix: team ranks by voter

Rk	Team	Pts	1st	A. Sauerwein	A. Kenkel	B. Schleiger	B. Wilson	B. Luedtke	B. Galvin	C. Bolin	C. Burton	C. Neely	D. Helton	F. Triumvirate	G. Leone	J. Singleton	J. Williams	J. Sandos	J. McGovern	M. Charles	M. Beutell	O. Borja	P. Adams	S. Herder	S. Akem	S. L	T. Podcast	T. Rosario	Z. McKinnell	On	Range
1	Montana State	650	26	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	26	1–1
2	South Dakota State	604	0	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	4	7	2	3	2	7	3	2	2	26	2–7
3	Montana	596	0	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	11Outlier	2	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	26	2–11
4	Tarleton State	541	0	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	3	5	4	6	4	13Outlier	4	3	3	5	6	7	5	4	10	4	26	3–13
5	UC Davis	497	0	4	4	4	8	7	3	2	6	6	4	6	4	6	4	7	6	6	7	—Left off the published Top 25	4	4	5	9	—Left off the published Top 25	6	5	24	2–9
6	Illinois State	489	0	5	14Outlier	6	5	10	8	6	5	4	13	5	12	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	8	2	12	12	12	26	2–14
7	Rhode Island	444	0	10	7	10	10	11	13	8	9	9	7	11	9	7	9	6	9	7	11	4	8	9	4	10	19Outlier	8	7	26	4–19
8	North Dakota	437	0	11	6	7	7	4	6	11	12	—Left off the published Top 25	9	8	7	10	7	9	7	10	12	14	9	7	6	14	6	5	9	25	4–14
9	Villanova	416	0	7	15	8	14	16	11	7	3	7	14	7	11	8	12	8	10	9	5	9	7	13	14	4	10	17Outlier	14	26	3–17
10	Youngstown State	402	0	8	9	11	6	6	12	10	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	8	9	6	9	8	11	4	8	10	10	10	11	10	17	17	4	8	24	4–17
11	Stephen F. Austin	368	0	14	11	12	9	15	9	9	10	10	10	13	17	13	14	13	14	12	8	13	11	15	9	8	13	13	13	26	8–17
12	Lehigh	362	0	12	8	9	17	12	15	12	7	8	16	15	14	11	13	10	16	13	14	5	12	8	15	11	11	14	16	26	5–17
13	South Dakota	360	0	9	16	17	12	14	7	15	16	15	11	10	13	12	10	14	11	11	13	15	14	12	13	6	9	11	10	26	6–17
14	Abilene Christian	330	0	24Outlier	12	16	15	13	10	13	13	14	12	12	18	15	15	17	12	14	9	8	17	18	11	13	5Outlier	9	11	26	5–24
15	Tennessee Tech	329	0	13	10	24Outlier	11	9	20	18	18	11	6Outlier	14	8	14	11	12	8	15	18	—Left off the published Top 25	15	10	20	16	7Outlier	7Outlier	6Outlier	25	6–24
16	Southern Illinois	220	0	16	13	14	—Left off the published Top 25	8Outlier	17	14	—Left off the published Top 25	23	15	18	10	16	20	15	—Left off the published Top 25	17	19	—Left off the published Top 25	16	16	12	22	21	15	15	22	8–23
17	Yale	198	0	19	19	13	22	19	14	21	8Outlier	17	20	—Left off the published Top 25	16	18	16	19	15	19	—Left off the published Top 25	18	13	17	16	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	16	19	22	8–22
18	Austin Peay	178	0	17	18	15	—Left off the published Top 25	17	23	16	—Left off the published Top 25	22	18	17	15	17	17	16	21	16	—Left off the published Top 25	12	19	14	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	23	18	17	21	12–23
19	Southeastern Louisiana	152	0	23	17	—Left off the published Top 25	16	18	—Left off the published Top 25	22	25	18	17	21	20	19	18	21	17	18	17	21	18	22	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	14	20	18	22	14–25
20	Mercer	134	0	20	25	—Left off the published Top 25	13	—Left off the published Top 25	19	20	14	12Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	19	24	21	25	18	—Left off the published Top 25	20	—Left off the published Top 25	17	20	24	—Left off the published Top 25	15	8Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	18	8–25
21	Lamar	129	0	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	20	19	23	24	24	—Left off the published Top 25	19	19	16	23	20	19	20	22	21	16	23	21	20	—Left off the published Top 25	12Outlier	16	23	23	22	12–24
22	Northern Arizona	107	0	22	23	19	—Left off the published Top 25	22	16	23	—Left off the published Top 25	21	21	24	19	—Left off the published Top 25	21	25	19	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	22	24	19	21	19	18	21	20	21	16–25
23	Idaho State	86	0	18	24	18	—Left off the published Top 25	20	18	17	19	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	25	21	—Left off the published Top 25	23	—Left off the published Top 25	24	—Left off the published Top 25	20	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	21	17	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	19	—Left off the published Top 25	15	17–25
24	South Carolina State	71	0	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	21	—Left off the published Top 25	21	21	25	24	13Outlier	23	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	22	22	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	24	21	—Left off the published Top 25	23	—Left off the published Top 25	19	20	—Left off the published Top 25	24	22	16	13–25
25	Monmouth	70	0	21	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	19	17Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	—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	22	—Left off the published Top 25	23	23	16Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	18	18	15Outlier	—Left off the published Top 25	—Left off the published Top 25	11	15–24
	Others receiving votes
RV	Harvard	49	0				24		22		15Outlier	20	22	20	22				20						25				21	10	15–25
RV	UT Martin	34	0		21		20	25			20				25	25	24	23		22			22	25						11	20–25
RV	Alabama State	31	0		22	22		24								23					15Outlier	25		23	23					8	15–25
RV	West Georgia	31	0	15Outlier		23																11Outlier			24					4	11–24
RV	Prairie View A&M	30	0									16Outlier	25						23			20Outlier			22Outlier	21Outlier			25	7	16–25
RV	UTRGV	22	0				23Outlier												18Outlier		24	19Outlier					25	25		6	18–25
RV	New Hampshire	17	0				18Outlier				23Outlier			22Outlier				24Outlier												4	18–24
RV	Southern Utah	11	0	25Outlier		25Outlier			25Outlier										25Outlier		22Outlier					23Outlier				6	22–25
RV	Western Carolina	10	0		20Outlier							24Outlier								25Outlier			25Outlier							4	20–25
RV	Furman	9	0									25Outlier	24Outlier															22Outlier	24Outlier	4	22–25
RV	Jackson State	7	0											23Outlier													22Outlier			2	22–23
RV	East Tennessee State	6	0				21Outlier														25Outlier									2	21–25
RV	Lafayette	6	0																								20Outlier			1	20–20
RV	Delaware State	5	0				25Outlier															24Outlier				24Outlier				3	24–25
RV	Richmond	5	0								21Outlier																			1	21–21
RV	Dartmouth	4	0								22Outlier																			1	22–22
RV	Presbyterian	2	0																								24Outlier			1	24–24
RV	Charleston Southern	1	0																							25Outlier				1	25–25