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FCS Coaches Poll

College Football · Wk 12 · 2025-2026

Not ranked in this poll in 2025-2026 — showing the full board.

1

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North Dakota State23 1st
Missouri Valley

10-0
599 pts
2

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Montana1 1st
Big Sky

10-0
573 pts
3

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Montana State
Big Sky

8-2
527 pts
4

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Lehigh
Patriot League

10-0
514 pts
5

▲ 2

Tarleton
UAC

9-1
480 pts
6

▼ 1

Tennessee Tech
Ohio Valley

10-0
473 pts
7

▲ 1

Villanova
CAA

7-2
441 pts
8

▲ 2

Mercer
Southern

8-1
423 pts
9

▲ 1

Rhode Island
CAA

8-2
379 pts
10

▲ 2

UC Davis
Big Sky

7-2
367 pts
11

▲ 2

Harvard
Ivy

8-0
309 pts
12

▼ 6

Monmouth
CAA

8-2
293 pts
13

▲ 4

Illinois State
Missouri Valley

7-3
289 pts
14

▲ 4

Lamar
Southland

8-2
280 pts
15

▼ 6

South Dakota State
Missouri Valley

7-3
249 pts
16

▲ 3

Jackson State
SWAC

7-2
213 pts
17

▲ 4

Stephen F. Austin
Southland

8-2
205 pts
18

▼ 3

North Dakota
Missouri Valley

6-4
199 pts
19

▲ 3

Youngstown State
Missouri Valley

6-4
178 pts
20

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Abilene Christian
UAC

6-4
176 pts
21

▼ 7

Southeastern Louisiana
Southland

7-3
163 pts
22

▲ 3

South Dakota
Missouri Valley

7-4
145 pts
23

▼ 7

Southern Illinois
Missouri Valley

6-4
78 pts
24

NEW

West Georgia
UAC

7-3
53 pts
25

NEW

Lafayette
Patriot League

7-3
46 pts

Others receiving votes

Western Carolina 33,

Alabama State 26,

Yale 18,

Gardner-Webb 11,

Sacramento State 11,

Presbyterian College 9,

UT Rio Grande Valley 9,

Northern Arizona 8,

Central Connecticut 3,

New Hampshire 2,

South Carolina State 2,

North Carolina Central 1