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FCS Poll History

Week-by-week No. 1 teams · Methodology

Week by week

Every team ranked at least once in 2026

Team	Pre	W1	W2	W3	W4	W5	W6	W7	W8	High	Low	Wks
Abilene Christian	14	23	–	43	–	35	28	23	23	14	43	7
Alabama A&M	–	–	–	38	34	–	–	35	31	31	38	4
Alabama State	28	27	22	23	24	–	–	–	–	22	28	5
Austin Peay	18	17	16	13	10	9	11	9	9	9	18	9
Bryant	–	–	–	–	–	36	–	31	–	31	36	2
Butler	–	–	–	–	40	–	–	–	–	40	40	1
Cal Poly	–	32	30	–	–	–	27	–	–	27	32	3
Campbell	–	25	23	20	18	15	14	10	10	10	25	8
Central Arkansas	–	37	36	–	–	–	–	–	–	36	37	2
Central Connecticut State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	34	34	34	1
Charleston Southern	43	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	43	43	1
Chattanooga	–	–	–	–	37	37	35	37	25	25	37	5
Colgate	–	–	37	22	20	20	20	25	–	20	37	6
Cornell	–	–	–	–	34	30	34	29	–	29	34	4
Dartmouth	41	39	39	33	–	–	–	–	–	33	41	4
Dayton	–	–	40	34	32	–	–	–	–	32	40	3
Delaware State	39	–	–	35	33	–	–	–	–	33	39	3
East Tennessee State	37	–	–	–	42	21	18	17	16	16	42	6
Elon	–	–	–	41	34	–	–	–	–	34	41	2
Furman	35	–	24	29	37	–	–	–	–	24	37	4
Harvard	26	28	25	19	21	17	15	11	11	11	28	9
Houston Christian	–	35	33	35	–	–	–	29	32	29	35	5
Idaho State	23	14	14	14	12	13	23	33	26	12	33	9
Illinois State	6	5	4	3	14	16	17	14	13	3	17	9
Incarnate Word	–	–	–	28	31	–	–	–	30	28	31	3
Jackson State	36	–	40	30	27	24	28	28	–	24	40	7
Lafayette	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	37	37	1
Lamar	21	15	15	15	13	11	10	16	14	10	21	9
Lehigh	12	13	8	9	8	8	6	15	20	6	20	9
Mercer	20	22	34	32	28	26	21	18	17	17	34	9
Monmouth	25	41	–	31	26	24	24	19	18	18	41	8
Montana	3	4	5	6	3	2	8	13	15	2	15	9
Montana State	1	1	1	1	1	7	5	4	3	1	7	9
Morgan State	–	–	–	40	42	28	25	–	–	25	42	4
New Hampshire	32	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	32	32	1
Nicholls State	–	–	37	37	–	–	–	–	–	37	37	2
North Alabama	–	–	–	–	–	37	32	–	–	32	37	2
North Dakota	8	6	6	7	6	6	12	7	8	6	12	9
Northern Arizona	22	21	19	17	17	12	7	6	7	6	22	9
Northern Iowa	–	–	–	–	29	31	19	20	35	19	35	5
Prairie View A&M	30	30	32	–	–	–	–	–	–	30	32	3
Presbyterian	42	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	42	42	1
Princeton	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	29	26	29	2
Rhode Island	7	9	13	24	–	–	–	37	–	7	37	5
Richmond	39	34	34	26	23	19	28	26	19	19	39	9
Robert Morris	–	–	–	–	–	–	36	–	–	36	36	1
South Carolina State	24	20	18	16	15	23	–	–	33	15	33	7
South Dakota	13	8	7	5	11	10	9	8	6	5	13	9
South Dakota State	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	5	5	1	5	9
Southeast Missouri State	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	35	35	35	1
Southeastern Louisiana	19	39	42	38	30	27	–	22	27	19	42	8
Southern Illinois	16	29	28	25	22	31	31	–	–	16	31	7
Southern Utah	33	26	27	–	–	–	–	–	–	26	33	3
St. Thomas (MN)	–	–	–	–	44	–	–	–	–	44	44	1
Stephen F. Austin	11	11	9	8	5	4	4	2	2	2	11	9
Stony Brook	–	–	–	27	25	22	21	32	27	21	32	6
Tarleton State	4	3	3	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	4	9
Tennessee Tech	15	12	10	10	9	18	16	12	12	9	18	9
The Citadel	–	37	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	37	37	1
UAlbany	–	35	29	–	–	–	–	37	24	24	37	4
UC Davis	5	7	12	11	16	14	13	24	21	5	24	9
UT Martin	27	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	27	27	1
UTRGV	31	33	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	31	33	2
Villanova	9	24	31	43	37	–	–	–	–	9	43	5
Weber State	–	–	–	–	–	–	32	21	22	21	32	3
West Florida	–	16	17	21	19	33	–	34	–	16	34	6
West Georgia	28	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	28	28	1
Western Carolina	34	–	–	41	–	34	–	–	–	34	41	3
William & Mary	–	18	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	21	2
Wofford	–	31	26	–	–	–	–	35	–	26	35	3
Yale	17	19	20	18	40	29	26	–	–	17	40	7
Youngstown State	10	10	11	12	7	5	3	3	4	3	12	9

“–” = unranked that week. High / Low = best and worst rank in the season. Wks = weeks the team appeared in the Top 25. Scroll inside the table to see more teams and weeks.