Jacksonville State Secures Hold On No. 1 in AGS Poll
Special to College Sports Journal
MISSOULA, MT. — Jaacksonville State continued to roll in the votes as the top-ranked team Monday in the third week of the Any Given Saturday Football Championship Subdivision Top-25 poll.
The Gamecocks captured 59 of 78 first-place votes in the poll that is widely recognized as the most accurate in FCS since its debut as a fan-based voting service over a decade ago.
JSU handed Tennessee State a 48-13 loss on Saturday, a week after nearly upsetting Auburn before losing in overtime to the No. 6-ranked Associated Press Football Bowl Subdivision team.
North Dakota State, Coastal Carolina, South Dakota State, Illinois State and Villanova were the other FCS teams to pick up first-place votes this week.
Readers can read more about the poll and other FCS topics at www.anygivensaturday.com.
Results for 09/21/2015 AGS Poll:
| Previous Wk. | Rank | Team: | Total Points | First Place Votes |
| 1 | 1 | Jacksonville State Gamecocks | 1912 | 59 |
| 3 | 2 | North Dakota State Bison | 1774 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | 1772 | 10 |
| 6 | 4 | South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 1687 | 2 |
| 10 | 5 | Northern Iowa Panthers | 1526 | |
| 5 | 6 | Illinois State Redbirds | 1501 | 1 |
| 7 | 7 | Villanova Wildcats | 1497 | |
| 11 | 8 | James Madison Dukes | 1344 | |
| 17 | 9 | Liberty Flames | 1231 | |
| 14 | 10 | Eastern Washington Eagles | 1188 | |
| 16 | 11 | Chattanooga Mocs | 1171 | |
| 15 | 12 | Portland State Vikings | 1038 | 1 |
| 8 | 13 | Montana Grizzlies | 758 | |
| 19 | 14 | Fordham Rams | 756 | |
| 9 | 15 | Cal Poly Mustangs | 745 | |
| 20 | 16 | Youngstown State Penguins | 672 | |
| 4 | 17 | Sam Houston State Bearkats | 654 | |
| 12 | 18 | Montana State Bobcats | 624 | |
| 22 | 19 | William & Mary Tribe | 496 | |
| 18 | 20 | Southeastern Louisiana Lions | 388 | |
| 24 | 21 | Indiana State Sycamores | 357 | |
| 40 | 22 | Stony Brook Seawolves | 319 | |
| 23 | 23 | Eastern Kentucky Colonels | 294 | |
| 28 | 24 | McNeese State Cowboys | 270 | |
| 27 | 25 | Harvard Crimson | 211 | |
| Most Significant Win: | ||||
| Liberty Flames | ||||
| Most Significant Loss: | ||||
| Sam Houston State Bearkats | ||||
| ORV: | ||||
| 21 | 26 | Samford Bulldogs | 197 | |
| 13 | 27 | New Hampshire Wildcats | 172 | |
| 30 | 28 | Richmond Spiders | 152 | |
| 29 | Lamar Cardinals | 137 | ||
| 30 | Furman Paladins | 100 | ||
| 29 | 31 | Western Illinois Leathernecks | 77 | |
| 25 | 32 | Northern Arizona Lumberjacks | 68 | |
| 32 | 33 | Towson Tigers | 61 | |
| 34 | Bryant Bulldogs | 36 | ||
| 35T | Dartmouth Big Green | 29 | ||
| 26 | 35T | North Dakota | 29 | |
| 35 | 37 | Jacksonville Dolphins | 28 | |
| 34 | 38 | Wofford Terriers | 19 | |
| 39 | South Dakota Coyotes | 10 | ||
| 40 | Southern Jaguars | 8 | ||
| Fell Out Of Poll: | ||||
| 39 | Duquesne Dukes | |||
| 36 | Holy Cross Crusaders | |||
| 33 | Idaho State Bengals | |||
| 37 | Sacred Heart Pioneers | |||
| 38 | Tennessee State Tigers | |||
| 31 | The Citadel Bulldogs | |||
