| Week 1
Sept 22[1] | Week 2
Sept 29[2] | Week 3
Oct 6[3] | Week 4
Oct 13[4] | Week 5
Oct 20[5] | Week 6
Oct 27[6] | Week 7
Nov 3[7] | Week 8
Nov 10[8][note 1] | Week 9
Nov 17[9] | Week 10
Nov 24[10][11] | |
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| 1. | Idaho State (2–0) | Eastern Kentucky (3–0) | Eastern Kentucky (4–0) | Eastern Kentucky (5–0) | Eastern Kentucky (5–0) | Eastern Kentucky (6–0) | Eastern Kentucky (7–0) | Eastern Kentucky (8–0) | Eastern Kentucky (9–0) | Eastern Kentucky (10–0) | 1. |
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| 2. | Eastern Kentucky (2–0) т | Grambling State (3–0) | Grambling State (4–0) | Miami (OH) (5–0) | Colgate (5–0) | Louisiana Tech (6–1) | Louisiana Tech (7–1) | Louisiana Tech (8–1) | Delaware (8–1) | Louisiana Tech (9–2) | 2. |
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| 3. | Miami (OH) (2–0) т | Miami (OH) (3–0) | Miami (OH) (4–0) | Colgate (5–0) | Delaware (5–1) | Tennessee State (6–0–1) | Delaware (7–1) | Tennessee State (7–0–1) | Tennessee State (8–0–1) | Delaware (9–1) | 3. |
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| 4. | Grambling State (2–0) | Bowling Green (2–0) т | Holy Cross (4–0) | Delaware (4–1) | Louisiana Tech (5–1) | Delaware (6–1) | Tennessee State (7–0–1) | Delaware (7–1) | Eastern Illinois (10–0–1) | Tennessee State (9–0–1) | 4. |
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| 5. | Bowling Green (2–0) | Holy Cross (3–0) т | Bowling Green (3–0) | Louisiana Tech (4–1) | Tennessee State (5–0–1) т | Northeast Louisiana (6–2) | Northeast Louisiana (7–2) | Eastern Illinois (9–0–1) | South Carolina State (8–2) | Eastern Illinois (10–0–1) | 5. |
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| 6. | Holy Cross (2–0) | Boise State (3–0) | Colgate (4–0) | Tennessee State (4–0–1) | Grambling State (5–1) т | Holy Cross (6–1) | Eastern Illinois (8–0–1) | South Carolina State (8–2) | Furman (8–2) | Furman (9–2) | 6. |
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| 7. | Boise State (2–0) | Colgate (3–0) | Northeast Louisiana (4–1) | Grambling State (4–1) | Western Michigan (4–1–1) | Eastern Illinois (7–0–1) | Holy Cross (7–1) | Furman (7–2) | Louisiana Tech (8–2) | South Carolina State (8–2) | 7. |
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| 8. | Southeastern Louisiana (2–0) | Southern (3–0) | Southern (4–0) | Boise State (4–1) | Miami (OH) (5–1) | Colgate (5–1) | South Carolina State (7–2) | Jackson State (8–2) | Jackson State (8–2) | Jackson State (9–2) | 8. |
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| 9. | Colgate (2–0) | Western Michigan (3–0) | James Madison (4–1) | Holy Cross (4–1) | Holy Cross (5–1) | South Carolina State (6–2) | Furman (6–2) | Miami (OH) (7–2) | Idaho (8–2) | Colgate (7–3) | 9. |
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| 10. | Florida A&M (2–0) | Northeast Louisiana (3–1) | Louisiana Tech (3–1) | James Madison (4–1) т | Bowling Green (4–1) | Jackson State (6–2) | Nicholls State (6–2) | Idaho (7–2) | Bowling Green (7–2) | Grambling State (8–2) | 10. |
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| 11. | | | Delaware (3–1) | Bowling Green (3–1) т | Northeast Louisiana (5–2) | Furman (5–2) | Jackson State (7–2) | | Grambling State (8–2) | Idaho (8–3) | 11. |
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| 12. | | | Boise State (3–1) | Penn (4–0) т | Eastern Illinois (6–0–1) | Chattanooga (5–2) | Colgate (5–2) | | Western Michigan (7–2–1) | Northeast Louisiana (8–3) | 12. |
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| 13. | | | Western Michigan (3–1) | Arkansas State (3–2) | Montana State (5–2) | Ohio (5–2) | Miami (OH) (6–2) | | Chattanooga (7–3) | Holy Cross (8–3) | 13. |
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| 14. | | | Florida A&M (3–1) | Idaho (4–1) | South Carolina State (5–1) | Penn (5–1) | Idaho (6–2) | | Holy Cross (8–2) | Bowling Green (7–3) | 14. |
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| 15. | | | Idaho (3–1) | Chattanooga (4–1) | Furman (4–2) т | Nicholls State (5–2) | Grambling State (6–2) | | Northeast Louisiana (7–3) | Boise State (8–3) | 15. |
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| 16. | | | Penn (3–0) | Northeast Louisiana (4–2) | Jackson State (5–2) т | Grambling State (5–2) | Western Michigan (5–2–1) | | Colgate (6–3) | Western Michigan (7–2–2) | 16. |
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| 17. | | | Arkansas State (2–2) | Southern (4–1) | Penn (4–1) | Miami (OH) (5–2) т | James Madison (6–2) | | Penn (7–2) | Chattanooga (7–4) | 17. |
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| 18. | | | Tennessee State (3–0–1) | Western Michigan (3–1–1) т | Montana (4–2) | Idaho (5–2) т | Bowling Green (5–2) | | Northwestern State (7–3) [note 2] | Northwestern State (7–4) | 18. |
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| 19. | | | Chattanooga (3–1) | Bethune–Cookman (5–1) т | Chattanooga (4–2) | Western Michigan (4–2–1) | Chattanooga (5–3) | | Boise State (7–3) | Montana (6–5) | 19. |
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| 20. | | | Bethune–Cookman (4–1) | Eastern Illinois (5–0–1) | James Madison (4–2) | James Madison (5–2) | Boston University (4–3) | | Miami (OH) (7–3) | Lafayette (7–3) | 20. |
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| Week 1
Sept 22[12] | Week 2
Sept 29[13] | Week 3
Oct 6[14] | Week 4
Oct 13[15] | Week 5
Oct 20[16] | Week 6
Oct 27[17] | Week 7
Nov 3[18] | Week 8
Nov 10[19][note 3] | Week 9
Nov 17[20] | Week 10
Nov 24[21][11] | |
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| Dropped:
- 1 Idaho State
- 8 Southeastern Louisiana
- 10 Florida A&M
| None | Dropped:
14 Florida A&M | Dropped:
- 8 Boise State
- 13 Arkansas State
- 14 Idaho
- 17 Southern
- 19 Bethune–Cookman
| Dropped:
- 10 Bowling Green
- 13 Montana State
- 18 Montana
| Dropped:
| Dropped:
- 5 Northeast Louisiana
- 7 Holy Cross
- 10 Nicholls State
- 12 Colgate
- 15 Grambling State
- 16 Western Michigan
- 17 James Madison
- 18 Bowling Green
- 19 Chattanooga
- 20 Boston University
| None | Dropped:
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