2016 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings
2016 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings Season 2016 Duration August 2016 – January 2017 National Champions January 7, 2017
The 2016 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) football rankings comprises two human polls, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), college football's governing body, the NCAA , bestows the national championship title through a 24-team tournament .[ 1] The following weekly polls determine the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2016 season . The STATS poll is voted by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.
The NCAA Division I FCS Selection Committee released its Top 10 beginning in Week 9, and continues up to the week of the announcement of the full playoff field on November 20.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
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STATS Poll
Preseason Aug 8[ 5] Week 1 Sep 5[ 6] Week 2 Sep 12[ 7] Week 3 Sep 19[ 8] Week 4 Sep 26[ 9] Week 5 Oct 3[ 10] Week 6 Oct 10[ 11] Week 7 Oct 17[ 12] Week 8 Oct 24[ 13] Week 9 Oct 31[ 14] Week 10 Nov 7[ 15] Week 11 Nov 14[ 16] Week 12 Nov 20[ 17] Week 13 (Final) Jan 9[ 18] 1. North Dakota State 152 North Dakota State 137 (1–0) North Dakota State 151 (2–0) North Dakota State 167 (3–0) North Dakota State 164 (3–0) North Dakota State 164 (4–0) North Dakota State 160 (5–0) Sam Houston State 113 (6–0) Sam Houston State 120 (7–0) Sam Houston State 102 (8–0) Sam Houston State 113 (9–0) Sam Houston State 108 (10–0) Sam Houston State 111 (11–0) James Madison 154 (14–1) 1. 2. Sam Houston State 2 Richmond 21 (1–0) Richmond 18 (2–0) Sam Houston State (2–0) Sam Houston State (3–0) Sam Houston State (4–0) Sam Houston State (5–0) Jacksonville State 19 (5–1) Jacksonville State 16 (6–1) Jacksonville State 15 (7–1) Jacksonville State 19 (8–1) Jacksonville State 18 (9–1) Jacksonville State 15 (10–1) Youngstown State (12–4) 2. 3. Jacksonville State 4 Northern Iowa 5 (1–0) Sam Houston State (1–0) Jacksonville State (2–1) Jacksonville State (3–1) Jacksonville State (3–1) Jacksonville State (4–1) Eastern Washington 17 (5–1) Eastern Washington 18 (6–1) Eastern Washington 18 (7–1) Eastern Washington 19 (8–1) Eastern Washington 21 (9–1) Eastern Washington 14 (10–1) North Dakota State (12–2) 3. 4. Richmond Sam Houston State (1–0) Jacksonville State (1–1) Eastern Washington (2–1) Eastern Washington (3–1) Eastern Washington (4–1) Eastern Washington (5–1) North Dakota State 11 (5–1) North Dakota State 6 (6–1) North Dakota State 4 (7–1) North Dakota State 4 (8–1) North Dakota State 7 (9–1) North Dakota State 10 (10–1) Eastern Washington (12–2) 4. 5. Northern Iowa Jacksonville State 1 (1–0) Illinois State (2–0) Chattanooga (3–0) Chattanooga (4–0) Chattanooga (5–0) Chattanooga (6–0) The Citadel 5 (6–0) The Citadel 3 (7–0) The Citadel 3 (8–0) The Citadel 7 (9–0) The Citadel 6 (10–0) James Madison 1 (10–1) Sam Houston State (12–1) 5. 6. Chattanooga Chattanooga (1–0) Chattanooga (2–0) Montana (2–0) Richmond (3–1) Richmond (4–1) Richmond (5–1) Richmond (6–1) Richmond (7–1) Richmond (7–1) James Madison (8–1) James Madison (9–1) The Citadel (10–1) South Dakota State (9–4) 6. 7. Charleston Southern Charleston Southern (1–1) Montana (2–0) Richmond (2–1) James Madison (3–1) James Madison (4–1) James Madison (5–1) South Dakota State (4–2) South Dakota State (5–2) James Madison (7–1) Chattanooga (8–1) Richmond (8–2) South Dakota State (8–3) Jacksonville State (10–2) 7. 8. South Dakota State Eastern Washington 1 (1–0) Eastern Washington (1–1) William & Mary (2–1) Western Illinois (3–0) Charleston Southern (3–2) The Citadel (5–0) James Madison (6–1) James Madison (6–1) Charleston Southern (5–2) Richmond (7–2) South Dakota State (7–3) North Dakota (9–2) Richmond (10–4) 8. 9. William & Mary South Dakota State (0–1) South Dakota State (1–1) Illinois State (2–1) The Citadel (3–0) The Citadel (4–0) Charleston Southern (3–2) Charleston Southern (3–2) Charleston Southern (4–2) Chattanooga (8–1) Villanova (7–2) North Carolina A&T (9–1) Villanova (8–3) Wofford (10–4) 9. 10. Illinois State Illinois State (1–0) Northern Iowa (1–1) The Citadel (3–0) Charleston Southern (2–2) Montana (3–1) Montana (4–1) Montana (5–1) Chattanooga (7–1) Villanova (6–2) North Carolina A&T (8–1) North Dakota (9–2) Charleston Southern (7–3) The Citadel (10–2) 10. 11. McNeese State McNeese State (1–0) James Madison (2–0) James Madison (2–1) Montana (2–1) Northern Iowa (2–2) South Dakota State (3–2) Chattanooga (6–1) Villanova (6–2) North Carolina A&T (7–1) South Dakota State (6–3) Central Arkansas (9–1) Chattanooga (8–3) Villanova (9–4) 11. 12. James Madison James Madison (1–0) Charleston Southern (1–2) Charleston Southern (1–2) Northern Iowa (1–2) South Dakota State (2–2) Western Illinois (4–1) Western Illinois (5–1) North Carolina A&T (6–1) Western Illinois (6–2) North Dakota (8–2) Chattanooga (8–2) Richmond (8–3) North Dakota (9–3) 12. 13. Montana William & Mary (0–1) William & Mary (1–1) Western Illinois (2–0) Eastern Illinois (3–1) Western Illinois (3–1) Villanova (5–1) Youngstown State (5–1) Western Illinois (5–2) South Dakota State (5–3) Central Arkansas (8–1) Villanova (7–3) Youngstown State (8–3) Chattanooga (9–4) 13. 14. Eastern Washington Montana (1–0) McNeese State (1–1) Northern Iowa (1–2) Coastal Carolina (3–1) Villanova (4–1) Youngstown State (4–1) North Carolina A&T (5–1) Cal Poly (5–2) Cal Poly (6–2) Charleston Southern (5–3) Charleston Southern (6–3) Central Arkansas (9–2) Central Arkansas (10–3) 14. 15. The Citadel The Citadel (1–0) The Citadel (2–0) South Dakota State (1–2) South Dakota State (1–2) Youngstown State (3–1) North Carolina A&T (4–1) Eastern Illinois (5–2) Youngstown State (5–2) Youngstown State (6–2) Coastal Carolina (7–2) Youngstown State (7–3) Coastal Carolina (9–2) Charleston Southern (7–4) 15. 16. Coastal Carolina Portland State (1–0) Western Illinois (2–0) Youngstown State (2–1) Cal Poly (3–1)Albany (4–0) Coastal Carolina (3–2) Villanova (5–2) Montana (5–2) North Dakota (7–2) Cal Poly (6–3) Coastal Carolina (8–2) Grambling State (8–1) Grambling State (11–1) 16. 17. Portland State Coastal Carolina (1–0) Coastal Carolina (2–0) Coastal Carolina (2–1) Villanova (3–1) Coastal Carolina (3–2) Albany (4–1) Cal Poly (4–2) т North Dakota (6–2) Central Arkansas (7–1) Youngstown State (6–3) Grambling State (7–1) North Carolina A&T (9–2) New Hampshire (8–5) 17. 18. Northern Arizona Western Illinois (1–0) North Carolina A&T (2–0) Eastern Illinois (2–1)Illinois State (2–2) North Carolina A&T (3–1) Eastern Illinois (4–2) Coastal Carolina (4–2) т Coastal Carolina (5–2) Coastal Carolina (6–2) Montana (6–3) Samford (7–3) Lehigh (9–2) Coastal Carolina (10–2) 18. 19. North Dakota Northern Arizona (0–1) Portland State (1–1) Villanova (2–1) William & Mary (2–2) Eastern Illinois (3–2) Cal Poly (3–2) North Dakota (5–2) Central Arkansas (6–1) Montana (5–3) Western Illinois (6–3) Lehigh (8–2) Wofford (8–3) San Diego (10–2) 19. 20. Western Illinois Youngstown State (1–0)Youngstown State (1–1) Stony Brook (2–1)Youngstown State (2–1) McNeese State (3–2) Harvard (4–0) Central Arkansas (5–1) Samford (6–1) Samford (6–2) Grambling State (6–1) Wofford (7–3)North Carolina Central (9–2) North Carolina A&T (9–3) 20. 21. Colgate Colgate (0–1) Villanova (1–1) North Carolina A&T (2–1) Albany (4–0) Cal Poly (3–2) Northern Iowa (2–3) Samford (5–1) Grambling State (5–1) Grambling State (5–1) New Hampshire (6–3) Cal Poly (6–4) Cal Poly (7–4) Lehigh (9–3) 21. 22. New Hampshire Villanova (0–1) New Hampshire (1–1) Albany (3–0) North Carolina A&T (2–1) Harvard (3–0) North Dakota (4–2) Grambling State (4–1) Stony Brook (5–2) New Hampshire (6–3) Samford (6–3) Montana (6–4) New Hampshire (7–4) North Carolina Central (9–3) 22. 23. Villanova North Carolina A&T (1–0) Colgate (0–1) Colgate (1–1) McNeese State (2–2) Illinois State (2–3) Central Arkansas (4–1) Albany (4–2) Eastern Illinois (5–3) Harvard (6–1) Lehigh (8–2) Western Illinois (6–4) Samford (7–4) Samford (7–5) 23. 24. Towson New Hampshire (0–1) Northern Arizona (0–2) McNeese State (1–2) Indiana State (3–1)North Dakota (3–2) Samford (4–1)Stony Brook (4–2) Harvard (5–1) Lehigh (7–2)Harvard (7–1) North Carolina Central (8–2)San Diego (9–1)Cal Poly (7–5) 24. 25. North Carolina A&T North Dakota (0–1) Albany (2–0)Portland State (1–2) Harvard (2–0)Central Arkansas (4–1)Grambling State (4–1)Tennessee State (5–1)Tennessee State (5–2) Stony Brook (5–3) Liberty (6–3)Saint Francis (7–3)Weber State (7–4)Weber State (7–5) 25. Preseason Aug 8[ 5] Week 1 Sep 5[ 6] Week 2 Sep 12[ 7] Week 3 Sep 19[ 8] Week 4 Sep 26[ 9] Week 5 Oct 3[ 10] Week 6 Oct 10[ 11] Week 7 Oct 17[ 12] Week 8 Oct 24[ 13] Week 9 Oct 31[ 14] Week 10 Nov 7[ 15] Week 11 Nov 14[ 16] Week 12 Nov 20[ 17] Week 13 (Final) Jan 9[ 18] Dropped: 24. TowsonDropped: 25. North DakotaDropped: 22. New Hampshire 24. Northern Arizona Dropped: 20. Stony Brook 23. Colgate 25. Portland State Dropped: 19. William & Mary 24. Indiana State Dropped: 20. McNeese State 23. Illinois State Dropped: 20. Harvard 21. Northern Iowa Dropped: 23. AlbanyDropped: 23. Eastern Illinois 25. Tennessee State Dropped: 25. Stony BrookDropped: 21. New Hampshire 24. Harvard 25. Liberty Dropped: 22. Montana 23. Western Illinois 25. Saint Francis None
Coaches' Poll
Preseason Aug 8[ 19] Week 1 Sep 5[ 20] Week 2 Sep 12[ 21] Week 3 Sep 19[ 22] Week 4 Sep 26[ 23] Week 5 Oct 3[ 24] Week 6 Oct 10[ 25] Week 7 Oct 17[ 26] Week 8 Oct 24[ 27] Week 9 Oct 31[ 28] Week 10 Nov 7[ 29] Week 11 Nov 14[ 30] Week 12 Nov 21[ 31] Week 13 (Final) Jan 9[ 32] 1. North Dakota State 25 North Dakota State 23 (1–0) North Dakota State 24 (2–0) North Dakota State 26 (3–0) North Dakota State 26 (3–0) North Dakota State 26 (4–0) North Dakota State 26 (5–0) Sam Houston State 21 (6–0) Sam Houston State 23 (7–0) Sam Houston State 22 (8–0) Sam Houston State 22 (9–0) Sam Houston State 21 (10–0) Sam Houston State 22 (11–0) James Madison 26 (14–1) 1. 2. Sam Houston State Richmond 3 (1–0) Richmond 2 (2–0) Sam Houston State (2–0) Sam Houston State (3–0) Sam Houston State (4–0) Sam Houston State (5–0) Jacksonville State 2 (5–1) Jacksonville State 2 (6–1) Jacksonville State 2 (7–1) Jacksonville State 2 (8–1) Jacksonville State 2 (9–1) Jacksonville State 2 (10–1) Youngstown State (12–4) 2. 3. Jacksonville State Northern Iowa (1–0) т Sam Houston State (1–0) Chattanooga (3–0) Chattanooga (4–0) Chattanooga (5–0) Chattanooga (6–0) Eastern Washington 1 (5–1) Eastern Washington 1 (6–1) Eastern Washington 1 (7–1) Eastern Washington 1 (8–1) Eastern Washington 1 (9–1) North Dakota State 1 (10–1) North Dakota State (12–2) 3. 4. Richmond Sam Houston State (1–0) т Chattanooga (2–0) Jacksonville State (2–1) Jacksonville State (3–1) Jacksonville State (4–1) Jacksonville State (4–1) North Dakota State 1 (5–1) North Dakota State (6–1) North Dakota State 1 (7–1) North Dakota State 1 (8–1) North Dakota State 1 (9–1) Eastern Washington 1 (10–1) Eastern Washington (12–2) 4. 5. Northern Iowa Jacksonville State (1–0) Illinois State (2–0) Eastern Washington (2–1) Eastern Washington (3–1) Eastern Washington (4–1) Eastern Washington (5–1) James Madison 1 (5–1) James Madison (6–1) James Madison (7–1) James Madison (8–1) James Madison 1 (9–1) James Madison (10–1) Sam Houston State (12–1) 5. 6. Charleston Southern Chattanooga (1–0) Jacksonville State (1–1) Montana (2–0) James Madison (3–1) James Madison (4–1) James Madison (5–1) The Citadel (6–0) Richmond (7–1) Richmond (7–1) The Citadel (9–0) The Citadel (10–0) The Citadel (10–1) Jacksonville State (10–2) 6. 7. Chattanooga Charleston Southern (0–1) Eastern Washington (1–1) James Madison (2–1) Richmond (3–1) Richmond (4–1) Richmond (5–1) Richmond (6–1) The Citadel (7–0) The Citadel (8–0) Chattanooga (8–1) Richmond (8–2) South Dakota State (8–3) South Dakota State (9–4) 7. 8. Illinois State Eastern Washington (1–0) James Madison (2–0) William & Mary (2–1) Charleston Southern (2–2) т Charleston Southern (3–2) Charleston Southern (3–2) Chattanooga (6–1) Chattanooga (7–1) Chattanooga (8–1) Richmond (7–2) North Dakota (9–2) North Dakota (9–2) Richmond (10–4) 8. 9. McNeese State Illinois State (1–0) Montana (2–0) Richmond (2–1) Western Illinois (3–0) т The Citadel (4–0) The Citadel (5–0) Charleston Southern (3–2) Charleston Southern (4–2) Charleston Southern (5–2) North Carolina A&T (8–1) North Carolina A&T (9–1) Chattanooga (8–3) The Citadel (10–2) 9. 10. William & Mary McNeese State (1–0) South Dakota State (1–1) The Citadel (3–0) The Citadel (3–0) Montana (3–1) Montana (4–1) Montana (5–1) South Dakota State (5–2) North Carolina A&T (7–1) North Dakota (8–2) South Dakota State (7–3) Charleston Southern (7–3) Chattanooga (9–4) 10. 11. James Madison James Madison (1–0) Northern Iowa (1–1) Charleston Southern (1–2) Montana (2–1) Northern Iowa (2–2) Villanova (5–1) South Dakota State (4–2) North Carolina A&T (6–1) North Dakota (7–2) Villanova (7–2) Chattanooga (8–2) Villanova (8–3) Wofford (10–4) 11. 12. Portland State South Dakota State (0–1) Charleston Southern (1–2) Illinois State (2–1) Northern Iowa (1–2) Villanova (4–1) Youngstown State (4–1) Youngstown State (5–1) North Dakota (6–2) Villanova (6–2) South Dakota State (6–3) Central Arkansas (9–1) Youngstown State (8–3) т North Dakota (9–3) 12. 13. Montana William & Mary (0–1) McNeese State (1–1) Western Illinois (2–0) Eastern Illinois (3–1) Youngstown State (3–1) Western Illinois (4–1) Western Illinois (5–1) Villanova (6–2) Youngstown State (6–2) Central Arkansas (8–1) Charleston Southern (6–3) Richmond (8–3) т Villanova (9–4) 13. 14. South Dakota State Portland State (1–0) William & Mary (1–1) Northern Iowa (1–2) Villanova (3–1) Western Illinois (3–1) South Dakota State (3–2) North Carolina A&T (5–1) Youngstown State (5–2) Western Illinois (6–2) Charleston Southern (5–3) Youngstown State (7–3) Grambling State (9–1) Charleston Southern (7–4) 14. 15. The Citadel Montana (1–0) The Citadel (2–0) Villanova (2–1) Youngstown State (2–1) South Dakota State (2–2) Harvard (4–0) Eastern Illinois (4–2) Western Illinois (5–2) South Dakota State (5–3) Youngstown State (6–3) Villanova (7–3) Lehigh (9–2) Grambling State (12–1) 15. 16. Colgate The Citadel (1–0) Western Illinois (2–0) Eastern Illinois (2–1)South Dakota State (1–2) Harvard (3–0) North Carolina A&T (4–1) North Dakota (5–2) Montana (5–2) Cal Poly (6–2) Grambling State (7–1) Grambling State (8–2) Central Arkansas (9–2) Central Arkansas (10–3) 16. 17. Eastern Washington Northern Arizona (0–1) Portland State (1–1) Youngstown State (2–1) William & Mary (2–2) Albany (4–0) Eastern Illinois (4–2) Villanova (5–2) Cal Poly (5–2) Central Arkansas (7–1) Montana (6–3) Lehigh (7–3) North Carolina A&T (9–2) New Hampshire (8–5) 17. 18. Northern Arizona Western Illinois (1–0) Villanova (1–1) South Dakota State (1–2) Cal Poly (3–1)North Carolina A&T (3–1) North Dakota (4–2) Cal Poly (4–2) т Central Arkansas (6–1) Samford (6–2) Lehigh (8–2) Samford (7–3) North Carolina Central (9–2) Lehigh (9–3) 18. 19. Harvard Villanova (0–1) North Carolina A&T (2–0) Harvard (1–0) Harvard (2–0) McNeese State (3–2) Albany (4–1) Central Arkansas (5–1) т Samford (6–1) Grambling State (6–1) Western Illinois (6–3) Wofford (7–3)Wofford (8–3) North Carolina Central (9–3) 19. 20. Fordham Colgate (0–1) Youngstown State (1–1) McNeese State (1–2) Illinois State (2–2) Eastern Illinois (3–2) Cal Poly (3–2) Samford (5–1) Stony Brook (5–2) Montana (5–3) Cal Poly (6–3) North Carolina Central (8–2) Cal Poly (7–4) North Carolina A&T (9–3) 20. 21. North Dakota Harvard (0–0) Southern Utah (1–1) Colgate (1–1) Albany (4–0) North Dakota (3–2) Northern Iowa (2–3) Grambling State (4–1) Grambling State (5–1) Lehigh (7–2) Samford (6–3) Montana (6–4) New Hampshire (7–4) Cal Poly (7–5) т 21. 22. Villanova Youngstown State (1–0)Harvard (0–0) North Carolina A&T (2–1) McNeese State (2–2) Cal Poly (3–2) Central Arkansas (4–1) Stony Brook (4–2) Eastern Illinois (5–3) Harvard (6–1) Harvard (7–1) Kennesaw State (8–2)Montana (6–5) San Diego (10–2) т 22. 23. Southern Utah Southern Utah (0–1) Colgate (0–1) Albany (3–0) North Carolina A&T (2–1) Illinois State (2–3) Grambling State (3–1) Harvard (4–1) Harvard (5–1) New Hampshire (6–3) New Hampshire (6–3) Cal Poly (6–4) Weber State (7–4)Samford (7–5) 23. 24. Western Illinois North Carolina A&T (1–0) Northern Arizona (0–2) Stony Brook (2–1)Southern Utah (2–1) Central Arkansas (4–1)Samford (4–1)Albany (4–2) Lehigh (6–2)Eastern Illinois (5–4) Liberty (6–3)Western Illinois (6–4) Samford (7–4) Weber State (7–5) 24. 25. North Carolina A&T Fordham (0–1) Albany (2–0)Portland State (1–2) т Northern Arizona (1–2) т Colgate (1–2) Grambling State (4–1)New Hampshire (4–2)Tennessee State (5–1)South Dakota (4–3)Stony Brook (5–3) North Carolina Central (7–2)Illinois State (6–5) San Diego (9–1)Montana (6–5) 25. Preseason Aug 8[ 19] Week 1 Sep 5[ 20] Week 2 Sep 12[ 21] Week 3 Sep 19[ 22] Week 4 Sep 26[ 23] Week 5 Oct 3[ 24] Week 6 Oct 10[ 25] Week 7 Oct 17[ 26] Week 8 Oct 24[ 27] Week 9 Oct 31[ 28] Week 10 Nov 7[ 29] Week 11 Nov 14[ 30] Week 12 Nov 21[ 31] Week 13 (Final) Jan 9[ 32] Dropped: 21. North DakotaDropped: 25. FordhamDropped: 21. Southern UtahDropped: 24. Stony Brook 25. Portland State 25. Northern Arizona Dropped: 17. William & Mary 24. Southern Utah 25. Colgate Dropped: 19. McNeese State 23. Illinois State Dropped: 21. Northern Iowa 25. New Hampshire Dropped: 24. Albany 25. Tennessee State Dropped: 25. South DakotaDropped: 24. Eastern Illinois 25. Stony Brook Dropped: 22. Harvard 23. New Hampshire 24. Liberty Dropped: 22. Kennesaw State 24. Western Illinois 25. Illinois State None
Rankings for the FCS Playoffs
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