| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | North Dakota State | North Dakota State followed up their quality win against UNI with another big victory at Indiana State. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Montana State | Montana State took care of business on the road and has a week off before the big game against Montana. | 3 |
| 3 |  | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa eeked out a victory against Youngstown State. SUU is next, but UNI appears vulnerable now. | 4 |
| 4 |  | Georgia Southern | Georgia Southern won ugly against the Citadel last week. They won't be able to pull that off against Wofford. | 5 |
| 5 |  | Wofford | Wofford was the one top team in the Southern Conference not to have a let down last week. GSU awaits. | 6 |
| 6 |  | Montana | Montana handled Western Oregon with little trouble and gets a couple weeks to prepare for Montana State. | 7 |
| 7 |  | Sam Houston State | Northwestern State and Texas State are the only two teams standing between SHSU and perfection. | 8 |
| 8 |  | Appalachian State | After their big win, Appalachian State fell to Furman last week. They need to find some consistency soon. | 2 |
| 9 |  | Lehigh | Lehigh did not win pretty last week, but they won. A surging Georgetown team will provide another test. | 10 |
| 10 |  | New Hampshire | New Hampshire had a big win over JMU and now have a massive game at Towson with CAA title implications. | 11 |
| 11 |  | Old Dominion | The big games happen every week in the CAA and now a hot ODU team travels to a struggling W&M squad. | 14 |
| 12 |  | Towson | Towson's win over Maine opened up the CAA title chase. The Tigers will have to knock off UNH to keep the hope. | 17 |
| 13 |  | Maine | Maine opened up the race for the CAA title after their loss to Towson. Umass will be a tough test too. | 9 |
| 14 |  | Furman | Furman has beaten Wofford, Chattanooga and Appalachian State in the last three weeks. Watch out Elon. | NR |
| 15 |  | Delaware | Delaware picked a good time to have a bye week as some other mid-level CAA teams fell last week. | 19 |
| 16 |  | Harvard | Harvard has yet to lose in conference play but Penn and then, of course, Yale will be a tough way to end the season. | 20 |
| 17 |  | Jacksonville State | Jacksonville State's schedule got tougher and they were not ready for it. They need to turn things around quickly. | 13 |
| 18 |  | Tennessee Tech | Coming off of a huge win over Jacksonville State, Tennessee Tech was upset by Murray State. EKU will be tougher. | 15 |
| 19 |  | Illinois State | Illinois State keeps taking care of business. Following a bye week, they finish off their season against UNI. | 24 |
| 20 |  | Liberty | Liberty is now 5-0 in Big South play and have a week to prepare for the game for the auto bid against Stony Brook. | 22 |
| 21 |  | Norfolk State | Norfolk State is the team to beat in the MEAC, but Morgan State, this week's opponent, is right on their tail. | NR |
| 22 |  | South Dakota | South Dakota had a week off to watch a lot of top 25 teams lose. They should keep winning against Missouri S&T. | NR |
| 23 |  | Central Arkansas | Central Arkansas ended Southland play with a 6-1 record and finish off their regular season against Texas State. | NR |
| 24 |  | Jackson State | Jackson State stumbled before their big game at Alabama A&M. Now it is a must win for the Tigers. | 16 |
| 25 |  | Indiana State | Indiana State should get back to their winning ways against Missouri State this week. | 23 |
Week 10 FCS Football Top 25
Sat, 11/05/2011
