Football season is officially here. Stats Perform dropped its annual FCS preseason poll with five Missouri Valley Football Conference teams being ranked within the top 25. Additionally, a pair of teams are receiving votes in the top 25.
Reigning National Champion North Dakota State is ranked No. 1 while also receiving all 54 first place votes in the poll. Other Missouri Valley teams ranked are No. 3 South Dakota State, No. 4 South Dakota, No. 6 Illinois State, and No. 20 Southern Illinois. The pair of teams receiving votes are North Dakota and Youngstown State.
Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Preseason Poll
Rank (2024 Record)
- North Dakota State (14-2)
- Montana State (15-1)
- South Dakota State (12-3)
- South Dakota (11-3)
- UIW (11-3)
- Illinois State (10-4)
- Montana (9-5)
- UC Davis (11-3)
- Rhode Island (11-3)
- Tarleton State (10-4)
- Mercer (11-3)
- Idaho (10-4)
- Villanova (10-4)
- Lehigh (9-4)
- Sacramento State (3-9)
- Abilene Christian (9-5)
- Jackson State (12-2)
- Western Carolina (7-5)
- Northern Arizona (8-5)
- Southern Illinois (4-8)
- Tennessee Tech (7-5)
- Monmouth (6-6)
- Stephen F. Austin (7-5)
- Stony Brook (8-4)
- Richmond (10-3)
Others receiving votes
- North Dakota (5-7)
- Youngstown State 4-8)
- Harvard (8-2)
- Southeast Missouri (9-4)
- Southern Utah (7-5)
- UT Martin (9-5)
- Eastern Kentucky (8-5)
- Chattanooga (7-5)
- ETSU (7-5)
- South Carolina State (9-3)
- New Hampshire (8-5)
- Tennessee State (9-4)
- Southeastern Louisiana (7-5)
- North Carolina Central (8-3)
- Duquesne (8-3)
