FCS Week 1 Top 25 National Poll
The dust has settled on the first week of FCS play and if the STATS FCS Top 25 poll is correct the UMaine Black Bears have one tough schedule ahead.
After playing FBS Toledo this week, it's on to FCS play and 7 of the 9 teams on the Maine schedule are listed in the week one Top-25/also receiving votes.
The only teams not on the list but on the Black Bear schedule - Bryant University(Oct.1) and Rhode Island(Oct.22).
Maine lost a 24-21 game at UConn last Thursday night to start the season.
Here's the week one STATS national poll.
RANK | SCHOOL | RECORD | VOTES | PREV |
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1 | North Dakota State (137) | 1-0 | 4067 | 1 |
2 | Richmond (21) | 1-0 | 3860 | 4 |
3 | UNI (5) | 1-0 | 3699 | 5 |
4 | Sam Houston State | 1-0 | 3627 | 2 |
5 | Jacksonville State (1) | 1-0 | 3535 | 3 |
6 | Chattanooga | 1-0 | 3004 | 6 |
7 | Charleston Southern | 1-1 | 2937 | 7 |
8 | Eastern Washington (1) | 1-0 | 2849 | 14 |
9 | South Dakota State | 0-1 | 2641 | 8 |
10 | Illinois State | 1-0 | 2584 | 10 |
11 | McNeese | 1-0 | 2352 | 11 |
12 | James Madison | 1-0 | 2350 | 12 |
13 | William & Mary | 0-1 | 2195 | 9 |
14 | Montana | 1-0 | 1994 | 13 |
15 | Citadel | 1-0 | 1667 | 15 |
16 | Portland State | 1-0 | 1539 | 17 |
17 | Coastal Carolina | 1-0 | 1428 | 16 |
18 | Western Illinois | 1-0 | 1280 | 20 |
19 | Northern Arizona | 0-1 | 1108 | 18 |
20 | Youngstown State | 1-0 | 692 | NR |
21 | Colgate | 0-1 | 600 | 21 |
22 | Villanova | 0-1 | 554 | 23 |
23 | North Carolina A&T | 1-0 | 528 | 25 |
24 | New Hampshire | 0-1 | 460 | 22 |
25 | North Dakota | 0-1 | 253 | 19 |
Others receiving votes: Towson 243, Stony Brook 207, Central Arkansas 200, Harvard 183, Albany 181, Fordham 131, Grambling State 111, Eastern Kentucky 105, Southern Utah 67, Alcorn State 50, Delaware 37, Wofford 37, Bethune-Cookman 30