| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Northern Iowa | UNI stays on top of the rankings after beating SDSU and have another somewhat tough game against SIU. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Georgia Southern | Three of GSU's last four games are against Appalachian State, Wofford and Alabama. But first the Blue Hose visit. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Wofford | Wofford keeps cruising along, the latest victim being lowly Virginia-Wise, as we all wait for the GSU game. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Montana State | Montana State handled Northern Arizona last week and will have no trouble taking out Northern Colorado. | 4 |
| 5 |  | Appalachian State | Appalachian State's defense struggled against The Citadel. They will have to do better against Samford this week. | 5 |
| 6 |  | North Dakota State | NDSU keeps taking care of business in impressive fashion and a trip to SDSU awaits next weekend. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Montana | Montana is trying to keep pace with Montana State and make the 11/19 showdown for the conference crown. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Jacksonville State | Jacksonville State can make a huge statement when they travel to Kentucky next week to take on the Wildcats. | 9 |
| 9 |  | Lehigh | Lehigh is looking like a team that can make a playoff run. They have their final road game after a bye week. | 10 |
| 10 |  | James Madison | James Madison has only slipped once…against a solid Maine team and have a bye week before the final stretch. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Sam Houston State | Sam Houston State is dominating the competition and a trip to McNeese State this week is the toughest test left. | 12 |
| 12 |  | Maine | Maine is building a very nice resume and a road trip to Richmond this week could add another quality win. | 17 |
| 13 |  | Massachusetts | Umass had a nice win at Delaware and play a quality UNH team in Gilette Stadium this week. Watch out MAC. | 19 |
| 14 |  | New Hampshire | UNH finally lost a game against an FCS opponent and they will need to turn things around against Umass. | 7 |
| 15 |  | William & Mary | William & Mary has not been consistent week in and week out, but they can start making a run now. | 18 |
| 16 |  | North Dakota | Cal Poly has not had a good season thus far, but they will look to turn things around against a surging North Dakota. | 15 |
| 17 |  | Liberty | Liberty slaughtered fellow Big South favorite CCU last week and now the conference is theirs to lose. | 20 |
| 18 |  | Indiana State | ISU has the opportunity to emerge as the second best team in the MVFC and it starts with a trip to Illinois State. | 22 |
| 19 |  | Delaware | Which Delaware team will show up this week? Three of their last four are on the road, so they better improve. | 13 |
| 20 |  | Towson | Towson rallied last week to knock off ODU and can make a big move if they can win at William & Mary. | NR |
| 21 |  | Chattanooga | Chattanooga finally got a conference win against Western Carolina and will look to make it two at Elon. | 21 |
| 22 |  | South Carolina State | South Carolina State is playing good football, but they need Norfolk State to slip up if they want to win the MEAC. | 23 |
| 23 |  | South Dakota | South Dakota's early win over EWU looks less and less impresive. Getting shut down by Indiana State didn't help. | 14 |
| 24 |  | Jackson State | Jackson State did not gain any style points in their win over MVSU, but they are the best team in the SWAC. | NR |
| 25 |  | Harvard | Harvard has put together an impressive string of victories and it won't end until they face Penn and Princeton. | NR |
Week 7 FCS Football Top 25
Sat, 10/15/2011
