| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa held on against Southern Illinois last week to set up an epic clash at North Dakota State. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Georgia Southern | Georgia Southern did not look past the Blue Hose last week with a trip to Appalachian State coming up. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Montana State | MSU had more trouble against UNC than they should have, but they keep winning and that's all that matters. | 4 |
| 4 |  | North Dakota State | North Dakota State had little trouble with SDSU and now they can make a big push towards #1 with UNI up next. | 6 |
| 5 |  | Appalachian State | Appalachian State got past Samford and now host Georgia Southern in the SoCon game of the year. | 5 |
| 6 |  | Wofford | Wofford's comeback attempt at Furman came up short and they need to rebound against Elon this week. | 3 |
| 7 |  | Montana | Like Montana State, Montana had a little trouble on the road last week, but managed to pull off a victory. | 7 |
| 8 |  | Jacksonville State | JSU put up a good fight against Kentucky, but now they have a much more important game against Tenn Tech. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Lehigh | Following a week off, Lehigh should continue rolling through the Patriot League with a trip to Colgate. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Sam Houston State | Sam Houston State cemented their spot atop the Southland standings with a win at McNeese State. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Maine | Maine had an amazing fourth quarter comeback against Richmond. They should keep rolling at Nova on Saturday. | 12 |
| 12 |  | James Madison | James Madison will have to win some of these tough road games, like at ODU, to secure a playoff spot. | 10 |
| 13 |  | New Hampshire | New Hampshire went into Gillette Stadium and beat Umass. A rejuvinated Rhode Island squad is up next. | 14 |
| 14 |  | Towson | Towson is one of the hottest teams in the nation right now and Delaware will find out why on Saturday night. | 20 |
| 15 |  | Chattanooga | After a tough three game skid, Chattanooga has slaughtered it's last two opponents. Furman is next in line. | 21 |
| 16 |  | Massachusetts | It rarely gets easy in the CAA. After Umass lost to UNH, they will have to go to Richmond to take on the Spiders. | 13 |
| 17 |  | Liberty | Liberty is not getting much attention after losing two very close games. The Blue Hose won't pose a threat. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Jackson State | Jackson State needs some help to win the SWAC following their earlier loss to Alabama State. | 24 |
| 19 |  | South Dakota | South Dakota will have their toughest test until the showdown with North Dakota when they travel to Cal Poly. | 23 |
| 20 |  | William & Mary | W&M ran into a scorching Towson team last week and came away with a loss. Now they have a week to recover. | 15 |
| 21 |  | Harvard | Harvard laid 56 points on Princeton last week and will look to do the same against a pretty bad Dartmouth team. | 25 |
| 22 |  | Old Dominion | ODU snuck back into the top 25 with a win over Nova, but they'll need to beat James Madison to stick around. | NR |
| 23 |  | Indiana State | Indiana State will have a week off to regroup after their tough 17-14 loss to Illinois State last week. | 18 |
| 24 |  | Tennessee Tech | Tennessee Tech's reemergence in the Top 25 may be short lived with a trip to Jacksonville State up next. | NR |
| 25 |  | North Dakota | North Dakota needs a big win to garner some attention in the Great West. It won't come against the Big Sky's UNC. | 16 |
Week 8 FCS Football Top 25
Sat, 10/22/2011
