2011 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

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The Sports Network Poll

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Preseason
Aug 15
Week 1
Sep 5
Week 2
Sep 12
Week 3
Sep 19
Week 4
Sep 26
Week 5
Oct 3
Week 6
Oct 10
Week 7
Oct 17
Week 8
Oct 24
Week 9
Oct 31
Week 10
Nov 7
Week 11
Nov 14
Week 12
Nov 21
Week 13
Nov 28
Week 14
Dec 5
Week 15 (Final)
Jan 10
1.Eastern Washington (90)Eastern Washington (0–1) (111)Georgia Southern (2–0) (102)Georgia Southern (2–0) (115)Georgia Southern (3–0) (124)Georgia Southern (4–0) (128)Georgia Southern (5–0) (132)Georgia Southern (6–0) (125)Georgia Southern (7–0) (131)North Dakota State (8–0) (133)North Dakota State (9-0) (143)Montana State (9-1) (76)North Dakota State1.
2.Appalachian State (14)Georgia Southern (1–0) (29)Northern Iowa (1–1) (16)Northern Iowa (1–1) (15)Northern Iowa (2–1) (17)Northern Iowa (3–1) (19)Northern Iowa (4–1) (24)Northern Iowa (5–1) (18)Northern Iowa (6–1) (17)Montana State (8–1) (19)Montana State (9-1) (16)Sam Houston State (10-0) (71)Sam Houston State2.
3.William & Mary (20)Appalachian State (0–1) (2)Appalachian State (1–1) (10)Appalachian State (2–1) (9)Appalachian State (3–1) (8)Montana State (4–1) (3)Montana State (5–1) (2)North Dakota State (6–0) (9)North Dakota State (7–0) (10)Appalachian State (6–2) (5)Sam Houston State (9-0) (1)Georgia Southern (9-1) (8)Montana3.
4.Georgia Southern (11)Northern Iowa (0–1) (1)William & Mary (1–1) (5)Montana State (2–1) (1)Montana State (3–1) (2)North Dakota State (4–0) (7)North Dakota State (5–0) (6)Montana State (6–1) (2)Montana State (7–1) (1)Sam Houston State (8–0) (1)Georgia Southern (8-1)Northern Iowa (8-2)Georgia Southern4.
5.Delaware (2)William & Mary (0–1) (1)Montana State (1–1) (2)Richmond (3–0) (11)North Dakota State (3–0) (8)Wofford (3–1)Wofford (4–1) (2)Wofford (5–1) (3)Appalachian State (5–2)Georgia Southern (7–1)Northern Iowa (7-2)North Dakota State (9-1) (1)Lehigh5.
6.Montana StateMontana State (0–1)Richmond (2–0) (9)William & Mary (2–1) (1)Delaware (3–1) (1)New Hampshire (3–1)New Hampshire (4–1) тAppalachian State (4–2)Sam Houston State (7–0)Northern Iowa (6–2)Lehigh (8-1)Lehigh (9-1)Northern Iowa6.
7.Northern IowaWofford (1–0)Delaware (1–1) (1)Delaware (2–1) (1)New Hampshire (2–1)James Madison (4–1)Appalachian State (3–2) тSam Houston State (6–0)Lehigh (6–1)Maine (7–1)New Hampshire (7-2) (1)Montana (8-2)Montana State7.
8.WoffordDelaware (0–1)North Dakota State (2–0) (1)North Dakota State (2–0) (1)Wofford (2–1)Appalachian State (3–2)Lehigh (5–1)Lehigh (6–1)Maine (6–1)Lehigh (7–1)Montana (8-2)Towson (8-2)Maine8.
9.Jacksonville StateRichmond (1–0) (2)Wofford (1–1)Wofford (1–1)James Madison (3–1)William & Mary (3–2)Delaware (4–2)Maine (5–1)James Madison (5–2)New Hampshire (6–2)Wofford (7-2)Appalachian State (7-3)Towson9.
10.New Hampshire (1)Jacksonville State (1–0)Eastern Washington (0–2) (2)Montana (2–1)Richmond (3–1)Lehigh (4–1)Sam Houston State (5–0)Jacksonville State (5–1)New Hampshire (5–2)Montana (7–2)Appalachian State (6-3)Old Dominion (9-2)Old Dominion10.
11.North Dakota StateNorth Dakota State (1–0)New Hampshire (1–1)New Hampshire (1–1)William & Mary (2–2)Sam Houston State (4–0)Jacksonville State (4–1)James Madison (5–2)Montana (6–2)Wofford (6–2)Old Dominion (8-2)Maine (8-2)New Hampshire11.
12.MontanaSacramento State (1–0) (3)Montana (1–1)James Madison (2–1)Southern Illinois (2–1)Jacksonville State (4–1)Maine (4–1)Montana (5–2)Wofford (5–2)Old Dominion (7–2)Towson (7-2)New Hampshire (7-3)Appalachian State12.
13.LehighNew Hampshire (0–1)James Madison (1–1)Chattanooga (2–1)Lehigh (3–1)Delaware (3–2)James Madison (4–2)New Hampshire (4–2)Towson (6–1)James Madison (5–3)Maine (7-2)Wofford (7-3)Wofford13.
14.Villanova (2)Lehigh (1–0)Chattanooga (1–1)Southern Illinois (1–1)Jacksonville State (3–1)Richmond (3–2)Montana (4–2)William & Mary (4–3)Jacksonville State (5–2)Towson (6–2)Illinois State (7-3)Illinois State (7-3)Central Arkansas14.
15.James MadisonMontana (0–1)Southern Illinois (1–1)Lehigh (2–1)Chattanooga (2–2)McNeese State (3–1)South Dakota (4–2)Towson (5–1)Old Dominion (6–2)Jackson State (7–1)Delaware (5-4)Delaware (6-4)James Madison15.
16.RichmondStephen F. Austin (1–0)Lehigh (1–1)Jacksonville State (2–1)Sam Houston State (3–0)Montana (3–2)William & Mary (3–3)Delaware (4–3)Alabama State (6–1)Delaware (5–4)Liberty (7-3)Liberty (7-3)Harvard16.
17.Stephen F. AustinSouthern Illinois (1–0)Jacksonville State (1–1)Massachusetts (2–0)Southern Utah (3–1)Indiana State (4–1)Towson (4–1)Indiana State (5–2)South Dakota (5–3)Illinois State (6–3)Furman (6-3)Central Arkansas (8-3)Delaware17.
18.Central ArkansasCentral Arkansas (1–0)Central Arkansas (1–1)South Dakota (2–1)McNeese State (2–1)South Dakota (3–2)Old Dominion (5–1)Richmond (3–3)William & Mary (4–4)Jacksonville State (5–3)Harvard (7-1)Harvard (8-1)Stony Brook18.
19.Southern IllinoisJames Madison (0–1)Stephen F. Austin (1–1)McNeese State (1–1)Montana (2–2)Maine (3–1)Tennessee Tech (4–1)Alabama State (6–1)Jackson State (6–1)William & Mary (4–4)Central Arkansas (7-3)James Madison (6-4)Norfolk State19.
20.McNeese StateVillanova (0–1)Sacramento State (1–1)Sam Houston State (2–0)Massachusetts (2–1)Southern Illinois (2–2)Richmond (3–3)North Dakota (4–2)Indiana State (5–3)Tennessee Tech (5–2)James Madison (5-4)Norfolk State (9-2)Illinois State20.
21.ChattanoogaMassachusetts (1–0)Massachusetts (1–0)Eastern Washington (0–3)South Dakota (2–2)Old Dominion (4–1)Indiana State (4–2)Old Dominion (5–2)Delaware (4–4)Indiana State (5–3)Jackson State (7-2)Jackson State (8-2)Tennessee Tech21.
22.LibertyMcNeese State (0–1)Liberty (1–1)Stephen F. Austin (1–2)South Carolina State (2–2)Southern Utah (3–2)McNeese State (3–2)Massachusetts (4–2)Illinois State (5–3)Liberty (6–3)Norfolk State (8-2)South Dakota (6-4)Jackson State22.
23.South Carolina StateChattanooga (0–1)McNeese State (0–1)Southern Utah (2–1)Towson (3–0)Tennessee Tech (4–1)North Dakota (4–2)Jackson State (6–1)Liberty (5–3)Harvard (6–1)Alabama State (7-2)Tennessee Tech (6-3)North Dakota23.
24.Sacramento StateLiberty (0–1)South Dakota (1–1)Murray State (2–1)Indiana State (3–1)Chattanooga (2–3)Alabama State (5–1)Norfolk State (6–1)Harvard (5–1)South Dakota (5–4)South Dakota (5-4)Furman (6-4)Eastern Kentucky24.
25.MassachusettsBethune-Cookman (1–0)South Carolina State (1–1)South Carolina State (1–2)Sacramento State (2–2)Towson (3–1)Jackson State (5–1)South Dakota (4–3)Tennessee Tech (4–2)Central Arkansas (6–3)Eastern Kentucky (6-3)Portland State (7-3)Liberty25.
Preseason
Aug 15
Week 1
Sep 5
Week 2
Sep 12
Week 3
Sep 19
Week 4
Sep 26
Week 5
Oct 3
Week 6
Oct 10
Week 7
Oct 17
Week 8
Oct 24
Week 9
Oct 31
Week 10
Nov 7
Week 11
Nov 14
Week 12
Nov 21
Week 13
Nov 28
Week 14
Dec 5
Week 15 (Final)
Jan 10
Dropped:
South Carolina State
Dropped:
  • Chattanooga
  • Bethune-Cookman
Dropped:
  • Central Arkansas
  • Sacramento State
  • Liberty
Dropped:
  • North Dakota
  • Eastern Washington
  • Youngstown State
Dropped:
  • Massachusetts
  • South Carolina State
  • Sacramento State
Dropped:
  • Southern Illinois
  • Southern Utah
  • Chattanooga
Dropped:
  • Tennessee Tech
  • McNeese State
Dropped:
  • Richmond
  • North Dakota
  • Massachusetts
  • Norfolk State
Dropped:
Alabama State
Dropped:
  • Jacksonville State
  • William & Mary
  • Tennessee Tech
  • Jackson State
Dropped:
  • Alabama State
  • Eastern Kentucky
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The Coaches Poll

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Preseason
Aug 15
Week 1
Sep 5
Week 2
Sep 12
Week 3
Sep 19
Week 4
Sep 26
Week 5
Oct 3
Week 6
Oct 10
Week 7
Oct 17
Week 8
Oct 24
Week 9
Oct 31
Week 10
Nov 7
Week 11
Nov 14
Week 12
Nov 21
Week 13
Nov 28
Week 14
Dec 5
Week 15 (Final)
Jan 10
1.Eastern Washington (23)Eastern Washington (0–1) (22)Georgia Southern (2–0) (23)Georgia Southern (2–0) (25)Georgia Southern (3–0) (25)Georgia Southern (4–0) (26)Georgia Southern (5–0) (26)Georgia Southern (6–0) (27)Georgia Southern (7–0) (27)North Dakota State (8–0) (22)North Dakota State (9-0) (26)Montana State (9-1) (18)Sam Houston State (12-0) (17)North Dakota State1.
2.Appalachian State (1)Georgia Southern (1–0) (6)Northern Iowa (1–1) (4)Northern Iowa (1–1) (3)Northern Iowa (2–1) (3)Northern Iowa (3–1) (2)Northern Iowa (4–1) (2)Northern Iowa (5–1) (1)Northern Iowa (6–1) (1)Montana State (8–1) (2)Montana State (9-1) (2)Georgia Southern (9-1) (2)Georgia Southern (10-2) (4)Sam Houston State2.
3.Georgia Southern (3)Appalachian State (0–1) тAppalachian State (1–1)Appalachian State (2–1)Appalachian State (3–1)Montana State (4–1)Montana State (5–1)Montana State (6–1)North Dakota State (7–0)Appalachian State (6–2)Georgia Southern (8-1)Sam Houston State (10-0) (8)Northern Iowa (10-2)Georgia Southern3.
4.William & Mary (1)Northern Iowa (0–1) тMontana State (1–1)Montana State (2–1)Montana State (3–1)Wofford (3–1)Wofford (4–1)Wofford (5–1)Montana State (7–1)Georgia Southern (7–1) (4)Sam Houston State (9-0)Northern Iowa (8-2)North Dakota State (11-1) (1)Eastern Washington4.
5.DelawareWilliam & Mary (0–1)William & Mary (1–1)William & Mary (2–1)Delaware (3–1)North Dakota State (4–0)North Dakota State (5–0)North Dakota State (6–0)Appalachian State (5–2)Sam Houston State (8–0)Northern Iowa (7-2)North Dakota State (9-1)Montana (10-2)Montana State5.
6.Montana StateMontana State (0–1)North Dakota State (2–0)Delaware (2–1)North Dakota State (3–0) тJames Madison (4–1)New Hampshire (4–1)Appalachian State (4–2)Lehigh (6–1)Northern Iowa (6–2)Lehigh (8-1)Lehigh (9-1)Lehigh (11-1)Old Dominion6.
7.Northern IowaDelaware (0–1)Delaware (1–1)Richmond (3–0)Wofford (2–1) тNew Hampshire (3–1)Appalachian State (3–2)Lehigh (6–1)Sam Houston State (7–0)Lehigh (7–1)Montana (8-2)Montana (8-2)Montana State (10-2) (1)Wofford7.
8.WoffordNorth Dakota State (1–0)Wofford (1–1)Wofford (1–1)James Madison (3–1)Appalachian State (3–2)Delaware (4–2)Jacksonville State (5–1)Montana (6–2)Montana (7–2)Appalachian State (6-3)Appalachian State (7-3)Appalachian State (8-4)Maine8.
9.Jacksonville StateWofford (1–0)Richmond (2–0)Montana (2–1)New Hampshire (2–1)William & Mary (3–2)Lehigh (5–1)Montana (5–2)Wofford (5–2)Wofford (6–2)Wofford (7-2)Old Dominion (8-2)Towson (9-3)Towson9.
10.New HampshireJacksonville State (1–0)Eastern Washington (0–2) (1)James Madison (2–1)Richmond (3–1) тLehigh (4–1)Jacksonville State (4–1)Sam Houston State (6–0)James Madison (5–2)Maine (7–1)New Hampshire (7-2)Towson (8-2)Old Dominion (10-3)Old Dominion10.
11.North Dakota StateRichmond (1–0)Montana (1–1)New Hampshire (1–1)William & Mary (2–2) тDelaware (3–2)Montana (4–2)James Madison (5–2)New Hampshire (5–2)New Hampshire (6–2)Old Dominion (8-2)Maine (8-2)Wofford (8-4)Appalachian State11.
12.MontanaStephen F. Austin (1–0)New Hampshire (1–1)North Dakota State (2–0)Southern Illinois (2–1)Jacksonville State (4–1)Sam Houston State (5–0)New Hampshire (4–2)Maine (6–1)Old Dominion (7–2)Towson (7-2)Wofford (7-3)New Hampshire (8-4)New Hampshire12.
13.VillanovaMontana (0–1)Stephen F. Austin (1–1)Southern Illinois (1–1)Jacksonville State (3–1)McNeese State (3–1)James Madison (4–2)Delaware (4–3)Jacksonville State (5–2)James Madison (5–3)Maine (7-2)New Hampshire (7-3)Maine (9-3)Wofford13.
14.Stephen F. AustinLehigh (1–0)James Madison (1–1)Chattanooga (2–1)Lehigh (3–1)Montana (3–2)South Dakota (4–2)Maine (5–1)Towson (6–1)Jackson State (7–1)Harvard (7-1) тIllinois State (7-3) тHarvard (9-1)James Madison14.
15.LehighSouthern Illinois (1–0)Southern Illinois (1–1)Jacksonville State (2–1)McNeese State (2–1)Sam Houston State (4–0)William & Mary (3–3)William & Mary (5–1)South Dakota (5–3)Tennessee Tech (5–2)Liberty (7-3) тHarvard (8-1) тCentral Arkansas (9-4)Central Arkansas15.
16.James MadisonNew Hampshire (0–1)Jacksonville State (1–1)Lehigh (2–1)Montana (2–2)Richmond (3–2)Maine (4–1)Indiana State (5–2)Old Dominion (6–2)Indiana State (5–3)Illinois State (7-3)Liberty (7-3) тDelaware (7-4)Stony Brook16.
17.Southern IllinoisJames Madison (0–1)Chattanooga (1–1)Stephen F. Austin (1–2)Chattanooga (2–2)Southern Illinois (2–2)McNeese State (3–2)Towson (5–1)Jackson State (6–1)Towson (6–2)Delaware (5-4)Delaware (6-4)Illinois State (7-4)Harvard17.
18.LibertySacramento State (1–0)Central Arkansas (1–1)McNeese State (1–1)Sam Houston State (3–0)South Dakota (3–2)North Dakota (4–2)North Dakota (4–2)Indiana State (5–3)Jacksonville State (5–3)Jackson State (7-2)Jackson State (8-2)Jackson State (9-2)Norfolk State18.
19.RichmondVillanova (0–1)Lehigh (1–1)Massachusetts (2–0)Southern Utah (3–1)Indiana State (4–1)Tennessee Tech (4–1)South Dakota (4–3)Tennessee Tech (4–2)Delaware (5–4)James Madison (5-4)Central Arkansas (8-3)James Madison (8-5)Tennessee Tech19.
20.McNeese StateCentral Arkansas (0–1)Liberty (1–1)South Dakota (2–1)Massachusetts (2–1)North Dakota (3–2)Coastal Carolina (4–1)Jackson State (6–1)Delaware (4–4)Harvard (6–1)Tennessee Tech (5-3)James Madison (6-4)Tennessee Tech (7-4)Delaware20.
21.South Carolina StateLiberty (0–1)South Carolina State (1–1)North Dakota (1–2)South Dakota (2–2)Tennessee Tech (4–1)Indiana State (4–2)Richmond (3–3)William & Mary (4–4)William & Mary (4–4)Furman (6-3)Tennessee Tech (6-3)North Dakota (8-3)Eastern Kentucky21.
22.Central ArkansasMcNeese State (0–1)McNeese State (0–1)Eastern Washington (0–3)South Carolina State (2–2)Southern Utah (3–2)Old Dominion (5–1)Old Dominion (5–2)Alabama State (6–1)Liberty (6–3)North Dakota (6-3)North Dakota (7-3)Norfolk State (9-3)Illinois State22.
23.ChattanoogaSouth Carolina State (0–1)South Dakota (1–1)Liberty (1–2)Indiana State (3–1)Chattanooga (2–3)Towson (4–1)Tennessee Tech (4–2)Harvard (5–1)South Dakota (5–4)Indiana State (5-4)Indiana State (6-4)Liberty (7-4)Albany23.
24.PennBethune-Cookman (1–0)Sacramento State (1–1)Youngstown State (2–1)North Dakota (2–2)Coastal Carolina (3–1)Jackson State (5–1)McNeese State (3–3)Liberty (5–3)Illinois State (6–3)South Dakota (5-4)South Dakota (6-4)Stony Brook (9-4)Jackson State24.
25.Bethune-CookmanChattanooga (0–1)Massachusetts (1–0)South Carolina State (1–2)Sacramento State (2–2)Jackson State (4–1)Richmond (3–3)Norfolk State (6–2)North Dakota (4–3)North Dakota (5–3)Central Arkansas (7-3)Norfolk State (9-2)San Diego (9-2)Liberty25.
Preseason
Aug 15
Week 1
Sep 5
Week 2
Sep 12
Week 3
Sep 19
Week 4
Sep 26
Week 5
Oct 3
Week 6
Oct 10
Week 7
Oct 17
Week 8
Oct 24
Week 9
Oct 31
Week 10
Nov 7
Week 11
Nov 14
Week 12
Nov 21
Week 13
Nov 28
Week 14
Dec 5
Week 15 (Final)
Jan 10
Dropped:
Penn
Dropped:
  • Villanova
  • Bethune-Cookman
Dropped:
  • Central Arkansas
  • Sacramento State
Dropped:
  • Stephen F. Austin
  • Eastern Washington
  • Liberty
  • Youngstown State
Dropped:
  • Massachusetts
  • South Carolina State
  • Sacramento State
Dropped:
  • Southern Illinois
  • Southern Utah
  • Chattanooga
Dropped:
Coastal Carolina
Dropped:
  • Richmond
  • McNeese State
  • Norfolk State
Dropped:
Alabama State
Dropped:
  • Jacksonville State
  • William & Mary
Dropped:
Furman
Dropped:
  • Florida A&M
  • Stephen F. Austin
  • Jacksonville
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Preseason polls

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Various publications release their preseason top 25 months before the season commences.

Athlon
1. Georgia Southern
2. William & Mary
3. Eastern Washington
4. Montana State
5. Appalachian State
6. Delaware
7. Richmond
8. Wofford
9. Jacksonville State
10. Northern Iowa
11. North Dakota State
12. Massachusetts
13. New Hampshire
14. Lehigh
15. Sacramento State
16. Chattanooga
17. Villanova
18. Southern Illinois
19. Montana
20. Liberty
21. Northwestern State
22. Eastern Kentucky
23. Indiana State
24. Central Arkansas
25. Jacksonville
Athlon[3]

References

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  1. ^ "2011 Sports Network Poll Archives". College Sporting News.
  2. ^ "FCS Coaches Poll (I-AA)". Rivals.com.
  3. ^ "Athlon FCS poll has ASU No. 5". Watauga Democrat. August 26, 2011. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. Retrieved November 3, 2011.