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: |
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|
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 |
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