| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior |
| 1 |  | Jacksonville State | The Gamecocks survived a furious UTM fourth quarter comeback attempt to win 48-41. | 1 |
| 2 |  | North Dakota State | North Dakota State enjoyed a week off before heading to South Dakota State to open up MVFC action. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Coastal Carolina | After going into halftime tied with Bryant, Coastal Carolina scored 14 unanswered second half points to earn the win. | 3 |
| 4 |  | James Madison | James Madison shocked SMU in a 48-45 shootout. This is one of the best offenses in the country. | 6 |
| 5 |  | Illinois State | Illinois State will host Northern Iowa in their MVFC opener on Saturday. That is a big game for both teams. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Sam Houston State | Sam Houston State finally got a win, although it was against Houston Baptist. They face SFA next. | 4 |
| 7 |  | Northern Iowa | So far Northern Iowa has survived a tough schedule with a 2-1 mark. After a week off, they head to Illinois State. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Eastern Washington | Eastern Washington mounted a nice comeback to beat Sacramento State 28-20 on the road. They could use a week off. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Chattanooga | Chattanooga did not need to try hard to beat Presbyterian. They get a week off before hosting Furman. | 10 |
| 10 |  | Montana State | Montana State got their Big Sky campaign off to a great start with a 45-28 home win over Cal Poly. | 11 |
| 11 |  | South Dakota State | South Dakota State moves to 3-0 with a win over Robert Morris. The big game against North Dakota State is Saturday night. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Youngstown State | Youngstown State has looked very good so far. They begin MVFC play at South Dakota. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Fordham | After dropping 54 points on Monmouth, Fordham will likely do the same against Lafayette in their Patriot opener. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Portland State | Portland State had no trouble at all with Western Oregon. Next up they play another Big Sky surprise, North Dakota. | 16 |
| 15 |  | William & Mary | William & Mary shutout what was looking like a very potent Stony Brook offense. A trip to Delaware awaits. | 21 |
| 16 |  | Villanova | Villanova was shocked by Penn on Thursday night. They will hope to rebound against William & Mary on Saturday. | 9 |
| 17 |  | Montana | Montana put an end to their two game skid with a nice home win over Northern Arizona. A trip to UCD is next. | 19 |
| 18 |  | Eastern Kentucky | EKU got off to a great start in OVC by beating up on Austin Peay. They go out of conference and play Kentucky next. | 20 |
| 19 |  | Samford | Not surprisingly, Samford was crushed by Louisville. They get a week off to recover before heading to VMI. | 18 |
| 20 |  | McNeese State | McNeese State is off to a 3-0 start. A trip to Nicholls State this weekend should not be too tough either. | 22 |
| 21 |  | Liberty | Liberty fell on the road to Southern Illinois. They have another tough road game at Georgia State next. | 15 |
| 22 |  | Harvard | Harvard rolled over Brown. They will go back out of conference for a home game against Georgetown on Friday. | 23 |
| 23 |  | Indiana State | Following a week off, Indiana State has a winnable road MVFC contest against Missouri State. | 24 |
| 24 |  | Stony Brook | Stony Brook could not get the ball moving at all against W&M. The game next week at James Madison is huge. | 17 |
| 25 |  | New Hampshire | New Hampshire crushed Central Connecticut State to move to 2-2 on the year and back into the top 25. | NR |
