| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Appalachian State | North Carolina A&T will be a little easier than Virginia Tech. | 1 |
| 2 |  | William & Mary | The Tribe have a couple easy ones before a tough conference slate. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Eastern Washington | EWU almost knocked off Washington. The road trip continues to South Dakota this week. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Georgia Southern | The Eagles tallied conference win number one and now it is time for a cupcake. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa had Iowa State on the ropes last week. A trip to Stephen F. Austin will not be much easier. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Montana State | The Bobcats host a tough UC Davis team this Saturday. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Delaware | Delaware can work on their defense against West Chester this week. | 7 |
| 8 |  | New Hampshire | New Hampshire travels to Lehigh for a huge non-confernce game. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Richmond | Coming off a victory over Duke, Richmond's next victim will be Wagner. | 21 |
| 10 |  | Southern Illinois | The Salukis ground attack will be tested against Ole Miss. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Wofford | Wofford better play a lot better against Clemson than they did against Presbyterian. | 9 |
| 12 |  | Jacksonville State | Jacksonville State has a huge game in Chattanooga this week as both teams hope to get an early look at the playoffs. | 10 |
| 13 |  | Montana | Cal Poly is always a dangerous team, but Montana will have a much easier time then they did in Tennessee. | 12 |
| 14 |  | McNeese State | McNeese State gets a week off after their loss to Kansas. | 13 |
| 15 |  | Chattanooga | Nebraska was tough, but week two against Jacksonville State is not easy. | 15 |
| 16 |  | James Madison | Central Connecticut State is the favorite in the NEC and will not be a pushover for James Madison. | 16 |
| 17 |  | Central Arkansas | Central Arkansas will have to play much better against Louisiana Tech than they did against Henderson State. | 14 |
| 18 |  | Murray State | Mississippi Valley State should be an easier foe than Louisville. | 17 |
| 19 |  | Lehigh | Lehigh can make a huge statement with a victory over New Hampshire this week. | 18 |
| 20 |  | Pennsylvania | Penn still has another week off before they beat up on Lafayette. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Bethune-Cookman | The winner of B-CU and South Carolina State will remain the favorite in the MEAC for the rest of the year. | 22 |
| 22 |  | Sacramento State | A week ago The Hornets were a sleeper team in the Big Sky. After beating Oregon State, everybody is watching. | NR |
| 23 |  | Stephen F. Austin | A trip to Northern Iowa for SFA highlights a fun week of games in the FCS. | 23 |
| 24 |  | UC Davis | Montana State is next up for UC Davis…the schedule does not ease up until October. | 24 |
| 25 |  | Liberty | The loser of Liberty and Robert Morris will likely have to get an auto bid to make the playoffs. | 25 |
Week 1 FCS Football Top 25
Sun, 09/04/2011
