JUST RELEASED STATS POLL...
Furman holding on to the #2 Spot is BIG! Not sure if STATS is going to try to get another poll out before Selection Day...Late Sat night or early Sun AM - will look that up and edit.
Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll (Nov. 13)
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1. South Dakota State (10-0, 7-0 MVFC), 1,400 points (56 of 56 first-place votes) - Previous Ranking: 1
2. Furman (9-1, 7-0 SoCon), 1,309 - Previous Ranking: 2
3. Montana (9-1, 6-1 Big Sky), 1,301 - Previous Ranking: 3
4. Montana State (8-2, 6-1 Big Sky), 1,233 - Previous Ranking: 5
5. South Dakota (8-2, 6-1 MVFC), 1,183 Previous Ranking: 6
6. Idaho (7-3, 5-2 Big Sky), 1,042 - Previous Ranking: 4
7. Delaware (8-2, 6-1 CAA), 1,029 - Previous Ranking: 8
8. Sacramento State (7-3, 4-3 Big Sky), 957 - Previous Ranking: 9
9. North Dakota State (7-3, 4-3 MVFC), 874 - Previous Ranking: 12
10. Villanova (8-2, 6-1 CAA), 792 - Previous Ranking: 13(tie)
11. Florida A&M (9-1, 7-0 SWAC), 750 - Previous Ranking: 13(tie)
12. UAlbany (8-3, 6-1 CAA), 690 - Previous Ranking: 18
13. North Dakota (6-4, 4-3 MVFC), 685 - Previous Ranking: 10
14. Western Carolina (7-3, 5-2 SoCon), 601 - Previous Ranking: 17
15. Austin Peay (8-2, 5-0 UAC), 556 - Previous Ranking: 20
16. Southern Illinois (6-4, 3-4 MVFC), 507 - Previous Ranking: 11
17. North Carolina Central (8-2, 3-1 MEAC), 489 - Previous Ranking: 7
18. Chattanooga (7-3, 6-2 Southern), 481 - Previous Ranking: 19
19. UT Martin (8-2, 5-1 Big South-OVC), 475 - Previous Ranking: 21
20. UIW (7-2, 5-1 Southland), 464 - Previous Ranking: 16
21. Mercer (8-3, 6-2 SoCon), 311 - Previous Ranking: 23
22. Northern Iowa (6-4, 5-2 MVFC), 285 - Previous Ranking: 15
23. Harvard (8-1, 5-1 Ivy), 168 - Previous Ranking: 24
24. Lafayette (8-2, 4-1 Patriot), 142 - Previous Ranking: 25
25. Youngstown State (6-4, 4-3 MVFC), 126 - Previous Ranking: 22
26. Central Arkansas (7-3, 4-1 UAC) 119
27. Tarleton (8-3, 4-2 UAC) 80
28. Richmond (7-3, 6-1 CAA) 77
29. Nicholls (5-4, 6-0 Southland, including forfeit win) 25
30. Holy Cross (6-4, 4-1 Patriot) 21
31. Gardner-Webb (6-4, 4-1 Big South-OVC)
32. UC Davis (6-4, 4-3 Big Sky) 5
33. Drake (7-3, 7-0 Pioneer) 2
The STATS Voters love 'em some Kerwin Bell Catamounts, don't they. Worried about what this means for Mercer.
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