| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Appalachian State | Appalachian State will travel to Blacksburg, VA to take on Frank Beamer and the Hokies on 9/3. | 1 |
| 2 |  | William & Mary | Coach Jimmye Laycock will begin his 32nd year with the Tribe playing at Virginia on 9/3. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Eastern Washington | The Eagles will travel across the state to Seattle to play the Washington Huskies of the Pac-12 on 9/3. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Georgia Southern | Georgia Southern will travel to Birmingham, Al to play a conference game against Samford on 9/3. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa will take the short trip to Ames to play the Cyclones of Iowa State on 9/3. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Montana State | The Bobcats will travel to Utah to face the potent Utes offense in a tough night game on Thursday 9/1. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Delaware | The Fightin' Blue Hens will go on the road to Annapolis to do battle with Navy on 9/3. | 7 |
| 8 |  | New Hampshire | New Hampshire will travel to Toledo to take on the Rockets of the Mid-American Conference on Thursday 9/1. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Wofford | The Terriers travel to nearby Clinton, SC to face Presbyterian College of the Big South on Saturday 9/3. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Jacksonville State | The powerful offense of Jacksonville State will host Tennessee-Martin of the OVC on 9/1. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Southern Illinois | The Salukis will play a tough opener on the road against SE Missouri State and star RB Henry Harris on 9/3. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Montana | The Grizzles play Tennessee on 9/3 at Neyland Stadium, where the crowd will be double the population of Missoula. | 12 |
| 13 |  | McNeese State | The Cowboys will be looking for an upset on the road when they travel to Lawrence to face the Jayhawks on 9/3. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Central Arkansas | The Central Arkansas Bears open the season with a home game against Henderson State on Thursday 9/1. | 14 |
| 15 |  | Chattanooga | Coach Huesman takes the Mocs to Lincoln for a very tough game against Nebraska on Saturday 9/3. | 15 |
| 16 |  | James Madison | The Dukes open the season in Chapel Hill on Saturday 9/3 against a tough North Carolina team. | 16 |
| 17 |  | Murray State | Quarterback Casey Brockman and the Racers will travel to Louisville for a tough opener on the road on 9/1. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Lehigh | Lehigh will start their season with a trip to New Jersey to play Monmouth of the Northeast Conference on 9/3. | 18 |
| 19 |  | Western Illinois | The Fightin' Leathernecks will travel to Huntsville, TX to face the Southland Conference's Sam Houston State on 9/1. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Penn | Coach Bagnoli and the Penn Quakers will host Lafayette of the Patriot League at Franklin Field on 9/17. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Richmond | An upset minded Richmond team will travel to Durham to take on the Duke Blue Devils on 9/3. | 21 |
| 22 |  | Bethune-Cookman | B-CU will meet Prairie View A&M in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge on Sunday, 9/4, at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando. | 22 |
| 23 |  | UC Davis | The Aggies will travel to Sun Devil Stadium to face Arizona State in a Thursday night game on 9/1. | 23 |
| 24 |  | Stephen F. Austin | The Lumberjacks will host DIII opponent McMurray in a Thursday night game at Homer Bryce Stadium. | 24 |
| 25 |  | Liberty | Liberty will travel to Raleigh to take on NC State in a tough opening game on 9/3. | 25 |
Preseason FCS Football Top 25
Tue, 08/02/2011
