| Rank | Team | Comments | Prior | |
| 1 |  | North Dakota State | North Dakota State looks unbeatable yet again. Their next victim is Western Illinois on Saturday afternoon. | 1 |
| 2 |  | Eastern Washington | The EWU offense got off to a rare slow start against UC Davis, but they turned it up in the second half. | 2 |
| 3 |  | Villanova | Villanova crushed Penn on the road and will stay on the road this week and head up to Maine. | 3 |
| 4 |  | Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa dominated Tennessee Tech. Indiana State will certainly provide a tougher test. | 4 |
| 5 |  | New Hampshire | New Hampshire dropped 52 points on Dartmouth and are now looking ahead to a trip to Elon. | 5 |
| 6 |  | McNeese State | Not surprisingly, McNeese State cruised past Arkansas Tech. They start conference play against Nicholls State. | 6 |
| 7 |  | Montana | Montana opened up Big Sky play with a comfortable win over UNC. Next up is a trip to North Dakota. | 7 |
| 8 |  | South Dakota State | The Jackrabbits begin MVFC play this week with a very interesting road trip to Illinois State. | 8 |
| 9 |  | Coastal Carolina | Coastal Carolina cruised past Elon and heads to Furman before kicking off Big South play. | 9 |
| 10 |  | Jacksonville State | Eli Jenkins rushed for 149 yards and three touchdowns and threw for one more against Murray State. | 10 |
| 11 |  | Southeastern Louisiana | The Lions put an end to their little losing streak by crushing Incarnate Word in their Southland opener. | 11 |
| 12 |  | Chattanooga | Chattanooga is back on track after beating Samford 38-24. They should get their third straight win against VMI. | 12 |
| 13 |  | Montana State | Montana State had to sweat it out a little bit against North Dakota. Sacramento State will be eyeing an upset next. | 13 |
| 14 |  | Richmond | Richmond had a week to dwell on their tough loss to UNH. But they better be worrying about Liberty too. | 14 |
| 15 |  | William & Mary | W&M scored with 25 seconds left to force overtime against Stony Brook and went on to win in overtime. | 15 |
| 16 |  | Youngstown State | The Penguins kick off conference play at a Missouri State team that is looking to make a big statement. | 16 |
| 17 |  | Eastern Kentucky | EKU is a perfect 4-0 and now they will look to continue that run into OVC play. First up is a trip to Austin Peay. | 17 |
| 18 |  | Southern Illinois | The Salukis are 4-1 and should be able to pick up win five this week at home against South Dakota. | 18 |
| 19 |  | Fordham | Fordham has put up some big numbers against subpar opponents. That should continue against Lafayette. | 19 |
| 20 |  | Bethune-Cookman | Bethune-Cookman were lucky to beat Florida Tech. They should beat Delaware State too, but we'll see. | 20 |
| 21 |  | Sam Houston State | Sam Houston State finally looked like Sam Houston State and are off to a 1-0 Southland start. | 22 |
| 22 |  | Illinois State | Illinois State is one of many MVFC positioned well for a playoff spot. Their next opponent, SDSU, is another. | 23 |
| 23 |  | Tennessee State | Tennessee State picked up their fourth win of the year, but has a tough test at a very hot SEMO squad this week. | 25 |
| 24 |  | Delaware | After losing to Pitt 62-0 in week one, the Blue Hens have reeled off three wins in a row, the latest coming at JMU. | NR |
| 25 |  | Missouri State | Missouri State enjoyed a bye week and will look to make some noise in the MVFC, starting with Youngstown State. | NR |
Week 5 FCS Football Top 25 Rankings
Sat, 09/27/2014
