| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa keeps beating good teams. A win at SDSU would add another to that list of quality victories. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Georgia Southern | Georgia Southern was the latest team to break Chattanooga's heart. Furman won't put up the same challenge. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Wofford | Wofford took care of business against The Citadel and will have another easy victory over Virginia-Wise this week. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Montana State | Winning on the road is not easy in the Big Sky, but MSU did well in Portland. They are back home this week. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Appalachian State | Appalachian State took a week off following their loss and should get back on track with The Citadel this week. | 5 |
| 6 |  | North Dakota State | North Dakota State keeps making noise. It was not pretty, but NDSU beat SIU last week to catapult into the top 10. | 13 |
| 7 |  | New Hampshire | New Hampshire had little trouble knocking off Villanova, but a road game at William & Mary awaits. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Montana | Montana will look to keep pace with Montana State when they host PSU who MSU beat last week. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Jacksonville State | Coming off of a bye week, Jacksonville State starts a tough road stretch with trips to Austin Peay and Kentucky. | 10 |
| 10 |  | Lehigh | Lehigh won at Bucknell easily and they should keep rolling with another road trip; this time to Fordham. | 12 |
| 11 |  | James Madison | James Madison is coming off of a heartbreaking (and thrilling) loss to Maine. Villanova is up next. | 6 |
| 12 |  | Sam Houston State | If there was any doubt, Sam Houston State proved they are the best team in the Southland last week. | 11 |
| 13 |  | Delaware | Delaware got another nice win over W&M and it does not get any easier with Umass coming to Newark. | 16 |
| 14 |  | South Dakota | South Dakota has a tricky road game at Illinois State this week, but they are good enough to win out. | 14 |
| 15 |  | North Dakota | North Dakota had little trouble with Montana-Western and have a week off before making their final push. | 19 |
| 16 |  | Southern Illinois | The Salukis are coming off of another tough loss and Youngstown State will look to make it three in a row. | 17 |
| 17 |  | Maine | Maine's only loss this season came against FBS member Pittsburgh. Hosting Rhode Island should be another W. | NR |
| 18 |  | William & Mary | W&M got shutout by Delaware and are slipping big time. They will need to get some good wins, starting with UNH. | 8 |
| 19 |  | Massachusetts | Umass will look to play spoiler in the race for the CAA title with a trip to Delaware on Saturday. | 24 |
| 20 |  | Liberty | The Big South title could be on the line this week when Liberty hosts Coastal Carolina on Saturday afternoon. | 22 |
| 21 |  | Chattanooga | Chattanooga lost by two to Appalachian State, one to The Citadel and one to GSU. WCU will feel their revenge. | 15 |
| 22 |  | Indiana State | There is no shame in losing at UNI, but Indiana State's margin for error is now razor thin. | 20 |
| 23 |  | South Carolina State | SCSU did not look good in their victory over NCCU. They need to play better before NSU takes control of the MEAC. | 23 |
| 24 |  | Coastal Carolina | Coastal Carolina keeps hanging around the Big South race and they can be in control if they win at Liberty. | NR |
| 25 |  | Tennessee Tech | Tennessee Tech hosts Tennessee State this week, but the game against Jacksonville State looms large. | 25 |
Week 6 FCS Football Top 25
Sat, 10/08/2011
