| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Appalachian State | The schedule gets much, much tougher after this Saturday's showdown with Savannah State. | 1 |
| 2 |  | William & Mary | William & Mary had little trouble with VMI and will have another tune up game this week against New Haven. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa gets a much deserved week off after winning at Stephen F. Austin. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Georgia Southern | Georgia Southern does not need much of a break after manhandling Tusculum, but they get one anyway. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Montana State | With Eastern Washington getting upset, Montana State is the team to beat. MSU plays Minot State this week. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Wofford | Wofford almost stunned the FBS world by knocking off Clemson, but fell just short. | 11 |
| 7 |  | New Hampshire | The Wildcats get a week off after their big win at Lehigh. Up next is another tough road test at Richmond. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Delaware | Delaware will get Delaware State's best shot, but history has not been kind to the Hornets in this little rivalry. | 7 |
| 9 |  | Richmond | The Spiders avoided a letdown after the Duke win and now are in the middle of a nice home stand. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Chattanooga | The Mocs are turning into a major challenger in the SoCon, but they have a tough road test at EKU first. | 15 |
| 11 |  | Southern Illinois | Southern Illinois hung tough with Ole Miss for a little while. The schedule gets easier following a bye week. | 10 |
| 12 |  | Montana | Montana has a huge game against Eastern Washington this week. EWU is reeling and needs a big win. | 13 |
| 13 |  | Central Arkansas | Central Arkansas took La Tech to overtime, but now the conference fun begins with a trip to SHSU. | 17 |
| 14 |  | James Madison | Coming off of a quality win against Central Connecticut State, the Dukes travel to a quality Liberty team. | 16 |
| 15 |  | Eastern Washington | EWU is 0-2. With a trip to Montana up next, the defending champs could be 0-3 this time next week. | 3 |
| 16 |  | Murray State | Murray State starts conference play as the possible OVC favorite this week when they host Tennessee State. | 18 |
| 17 |  | McNeese State | McNeese State has a warm-up game against Sioux Falls this week as the big game still looms on 10/15. | 14 |
| 18 |  | Liberty | Liberty had a huge win over Robert Morris last week and will face a stiffer test against James Madison. | 25 |
| 19 |  | Jacksonville State | There is no shame in losing to Chattanooga, but Jacksonville State better start winning with Georgia State. | 12 |
| 20 |  | Pennsylvania | Penn still has a week off before their debut game against Lafayette, who already has two games under their belt. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Sacramento State | Sacramento State followed up their huge win over Oregon State with a loss against Southern Utah. | 22 |
| 22 |  | South Carolina State | South Carolina State won the big early showdown against Bethune-Cookman and now have to go to Indiana. | NR |
| 23 |  | Lehigh | Lehigh lost to New Hampshire in overtime, which is a good loss and now face off against Princeton. | 19 |
| 24 |  | Eastern Kentucky | Eastern Kentucky is moving up the OVC pecking order and they may end up on top if they can beat Chattanooga. | NR |
| 25 |  | Stephen F. Austin | Stephen F. Austin was outplayed in the end by UNI and it will not get any easier with Baylor up next. | 23 |
Week 2 FCS Football Top 25
Sat, 09/10/2011
