North Dakota State remains No. 1 in AFCA FCS 2019 Poll for Sept. 9, 2019

North Dakota State running back Ty Brooks is in the 2019 College Football America Yearbook. (RoadTripSports.com photo by Matthew Postins)

WACO, TEX.– After going into the half tied, then-No. 19 Montana State came out strong to start the third quarter. Following 28 unanswered points, the Bobcats had done everything they needed to do to secure the 38-17 upset victory over then-No. 13 Southeast Missouri State. The Bobcats win propelled them up four spots to No. 15 in this weeks’ AFCA FCS Coaches’ Top 25 Poll.

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North Dakota State received all 26 first place votes and remained the No. 1 team in the nation. The rest of the top five also remained unchanged with James Madison, South Dakota State, UC Davis and Eastern Washington sitting at spots two through five.

This week saw two teams jump into the top 25 for the first time this season. Villanova checks in at No. 23 following their 38-10 victory over Lehigh to improve to 2-0 on the season. Southeastern Louisiana checks in at No. 24 following an unexpected off-week due to Hurricane Dorian and will be back in action on September 14 at Mississippi.

Week 3 features a trio of top 25 matchups as No. 1 North Dakota State travels to No. 18t Delaware. No. 5 Eastern Washington will also hit the road and travel to Alabama to take on No. 16 Jacksonville State. Last but not least, No. 9 Maine will look to bounce back against No. 8 Towson in a Colonial Athletic Association matchup.

2019 American Football Coaches Association FCS Coaches’ Poll — Sept. 9, 2019

TEAM	PTS.	PREV*
1. North Dakota State (26) (2-0)	650	1
2. James Madison (1-1)	621	2
3. South Dakota State (1-1)	599	3
4. UC Davis (1-1)	546	4
5. Eastern Washington (1-1)	543	5
6. Weber State (1-1)	474	8
7. Kennesaw State (1-1)	464	7
8. Towson (2-0)	457	9
9. Maine (1-1)	423	6
10. Northern Iowa (1-1)	388	12
11. Nicholls State (0-1)	355	10
12. Illinois State (1-1)	319	16
13. Furman (1-1)	312	11
14. Central Arkansas (2-0)	311	18
15. Montana State (1-1)	291	19
16. Jacksonville State (1-1)	264	17
17. North Carolina A&T (1-1)	226	14
18t. Delaware (2-0)	180	21
18t. Montana (2-0)	180	23
20. Southeast Missouri (1-1)	149	13
21. Sam Houston State (1-1)	140	22
22. Wofford (0-1)	136	20
23. Villanova (2-0)	75	NR
24. Southeastern Louisiana (0-1)	71	NR
25. Princeton (0-0)	50	Idle

Dropped Out: Indiana St. (15), Colgate (24)

Others Receiving Votes: Indiana St., 37; South Carolina St., 31, Youngstown St., 31; Colgate, 22; Yale, 18; Elon, 16; Northern Arizona, 16; Alcorn St., 12; Portland St., 11; North Alabama, 5; Mercer, 4; North Dakota, 4; Delaware St., 3; Eastern Kentucky, 3; Lamar, 3; The Citadel, 3; Dayton, 2; Stony Brook, 2; Cal Poly, 1; Dartmouth, 1; UIW, 1.

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