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Ballots counted
9
Week 4, 2026
No. 1
Ferris State
8 of 9 first-place votes
Teams receiving points
35
10 outside the top 25
Disputed
Western Oregon
Best 11 · Worst 25
#TrendTeamRecPts
1 — Ferris State (8) GLIAC 3-0 222
2 — Harding (1) GAC 2-0 213
3 — CSU Pueblo RMAC 3-0 203
4 — Minnesota State NSIC 3-0 199
5 — Grand Valley State GLIAC 3-0 185
6 — Kutztown PSAC 2-0 175
7 — Northwest Missouri State MIAA 2-0 174
8 — Western Colorado RMAC 3-0 160
9 — Emporia State MIAA 3-0 148
10 — Valdosta State GSC 3-0 141
11 — Central Washington LSC 0-2 131
12 — Slippery Rock PSAC 2-0 123
13 — Findlay GMAC 2-0 117
14 — West Alabama GSC 3-0 112
15 — Minnesota Duluth NSIC 2-1 93
16 — Western Oregon LSC 1-0 85
17 — Davenport GLIAC 3-0 64
18 — IUP PSAC 2-0 57
19 — Northeastern State Independent 3-0 55
20 — Central Missouri MIAA 2-1 50
21 — Northern State NSIC 3-0 44
22 — Northwood GMAC 2-0 37
23 — Augustana NSIC 2-1 25
24 — Carson-Newman SAC 3-0 20
25 — Henderson State GAC 2-0 17

First week the board ran this poll. Numbered the way the AP numbers theirs - for the week it is released into, not the week just played. Ballots exactly as posted in the thread; spellings matched to the team list, nothing else changed.

Ballots the scoreboard disagrees with (1)

Games where somebody ranked the loser above the winner. Not an error — a voter is allowed to think the better team lost, and several of these will be exactly that.

  • Slippery Rock beat Minnesota Duluth 45-43 on Aug 27 — 1 ballot ranks Minnesota Duluth higher (Waldo)
Also receiving votes (10)
#TrendTeamRecPts
26 — Lenoir-Rhyne SAC 2-1 16
27 — California (PA) PSAC 2-0 15
28 — Shepherd PSAC 2-0 12
29 — Michigan Tech GLIAC 2-1 7
30 — Fort Hays State MIAA 1-1 7
31 — Benedict SIAC 2-0 6
32 — UT Permian Basin LSC 1-1 5
33 — Bluefield State CIAA 0-3 3
34 — Central Oklahoma MIAA 1-1 2
35 — Newberry SAC 1-1 2

Green = ranked above the consensus, red = below. The number is how many spots.

Average spots between a voter’s ranking and that week’s consensus.

Gliac_fan10
Average gap from consensus: 3.68 spots
Biggest outlier: Lenoir-Rhyne at 15 vs consensus 26
leans LSC · +6.0 spots across 3 teams
Ballot history · 4 ballots
Submitted 10/4 6:17 am
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2CSU Pueblo—
  • 3Grand Valley State—
  • 4Harding—
  • 5Western Colorado—
  • 6Central Washington—
  • 7UT Permian Basin▲1
  • 8Minnesota State▼1
  • 9Emporia State—
  • 10Kutztown—
  • 11Central Missouri—
  • 12Northwest Missouri State—
  • 13Northwood—
  • 14Davenport▲2
  • 15Slippery Rock▼1
  • 16Mars Hill▲2
  • 17IUP—
  • 18North Greenville▼3
  • 19Michigan Technew
  • 20Shepherd▲3
  • 21Northeastern State▼2
  • 22Midwestern Statenew
  • 23Northern Statenew
  • 24Henderson Statenew
  • 25East Central▼5
  • —Ouachita Baptistout (21)
  • —Walshout (22)
  • —Hillsdaleout (24)
  • —Kentucky Stateout (25)
mineguy
Average gap from consensus: 3.68 spots
Biggest outlier: Benedict at 20 vs consensus 31
leans PSAC · +5.0 spots across 4 teams
Ballot history · 1 ballot
Posted 9/17
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Kutztown—
  • 3Minnesota State—
  • 4Harding—
  • 5CSU Pueblo—
  • 6Grand Valley State—
  • 7Central Washington—
  • 8Western Colorado—
  • 9Valdosta State—
  • 10Northwest Missouri State—
  • 11Findlay—
  • 12West Alabama—
  • 13Northeastern State—
  • 14Slippery Rock—
  • 15Emporia State—
  • 16Davenport—
  • 17Carson-Newman—
  • 18Shepherd—
  • 19California (PA)—
  • 20Benedict—
  • 21Western Oregon—
  • 22Minnesota Duluth—
  • 23Northwood—
  • 24Lenoir-Rhyne—
  • 25Northern State—
Waldo
Average gap from consensus: 3.24 spots
Biggest outlier: Henderson State at 14 vs consensus 25
leans GAC · +5.0 spots across 2 teams
Ballot history · 1 ballot
Posted 9/17
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Minnesota State—
  • 3Harding—
  • 4Kutztown—
  • 5CSU Pueblo—
  • 6Grand Valley State—
  • 7Western Colorado—
  • 8Northwest Missouri State—
  • 9Minnesota Duluth—
  • 10Findlay—
  • 11Emporia State—
  • 12Slippery Rock—
  • 13West Alabama—
  • 14Henderson State—
  • 15Central Washington—
  • 16Northern State—
  • 17Valdosta State—
  • 18Northwood—
  • 19Augustana—
  • 20Davenport—
  • 21Central Missouri—
  • 22Carson-Newman—
  • 23Lenoir-Rhyne—
  • 24IUP—
  • 25Western Oregon—
EastStroud13
Average gap from consensus: 2.00 spots
Biggest outlier: California (PA) at 20 vs consensus 27
leans MIAA · +2.7 spots across 3 teams
Ballot history · 4 ballots
Submitted 10/7 12:22 am
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2CSU Pueblo—
  • 3Harding—
  • 4Minnesota State—
  • 5Grand Valley State—
  • 6Emporia State—
  • 7Western Colorado—
  • 8Kutztown▲1
  • 9Northwood▲1
  • 10Slippery Rock▲1
  • 11Central Washington▲1
  • 12Central Missouri▲1
  • 13Northwest Missouri State▼5
  • 14UT Permian Basin▲1
  • 15North Greenville▲1
  • 16Davenport▼2
  • 17Henderson State—
  • 18Northern State▲2
  • 19Valdosta State▲4
  • 20IUP▼1
  • 21Mars Hill▲3
  • 22Shepherd▼1
  • 23Washburn▲2
  • 24Findlaynew
  • 25Hillsdalenew
  • —Central Oklahomaout (18)
  • —Northeastern Stateout (22)
Thunder
Average gap from consensus: 1.80 spots
Biggest outlier: Central Oklahoma at 24 vs consensus 34
leans MIAA · +3.5 spots across 4 teams
Ballot history · 5 ballots
Submitted 10/5 12:56 pm
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Harding—
  • 3Minnesota State—
  • 4CSU Pueblo—
  • 5Grand Valley State—
  • 6Kutztown—
  • 7Western Colorado—
  • 8Slippery Rock—
  • 9Northwood—
  • 10Emporia State—
  • 11Northwest Missouri State—
  • 12Central Washington▲1
  • 13Davenport▲2
  • 14Central Missouri▼2
  • 15Findlay▲4
  • 16IUP▼2
  • 17North Greenville—
  • 18Henderson State▼2
  • 19Valdosta State▲1
  • 20Northern State▲1
  • 21UT Permian Basin▲1
  • 22Washburn▲1
  • 23Hillsdale▲2
  • 24Mars Hill—
  • 25Minnesota Duluthnew
  • —Central Oklahomaout (18)
GMACFB
Average gap from consensus: 1.60 spots
Biggest outlier: Western Oregon at 11 vs consensus 16
leans PSAC · +2.0 spots across 5 teams
Ballot history · 5 ballots
Submitted 10/5 5:52 pm
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Harding—
  • 3Minnesota State—
  • 4CSU Pueblo—
  • 5Kutztown—
  • 6Grand Valley State—
  • 7Western Colorado—
  • 8Slippery Rock—
  • 9Central Washington—
  • 10Emporia State—
  • 11Northwood—
  • 12IUP—
  • 13Davenport—
  • 14Northwest Missouri State—
  • 15Central Missouri—
  • 16North Greenville▲6
  • 17Valdosta State▲2
  • 18Hillsdale▲5
  • 19Findlay▲5
  • 20Mars Hill—
  • 21Henderson State—
  • 22UT Permian Basinnew
  • 23Northern Statenew
  • 24Edward Watersnew
  • 25West Alabamanew
  • —Northeastern Stateout (16)
  • —Newberryout (17)
  • —UNC Pembrokeout (18)
  • —Walshout (25)
OldBison
Average gap from consensus: 1.52 spots
Biggest outlier: Western Oregon at 11 vs consensus 16
leans PSAC · +1.5 spots across 4 teams
Ballot history · 3 ballots
Submitted 9/29 5:27 pm
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Harding—
  • 3CSU Pueblo—
  • 4Minnesota State—
  • 5Grand Valley State—
  • 6Kutztown▲2
  • 7Northwest Missouri State—
  • 8Western Colorado▲1
  • 9Emporia State▲1
  • 10Central Washington▼4
  • 11Slippery Rock—
  • 12Northwood▲6
  • 13Minnesota Duluth▼1
  • 14Davenport▲2
  • 15Central Missourinew
  • 16Western Oregon▼1
  • 17IUP▼3
  • 18Northeastern State▲1
  • 19Augustana▼2
  • 20Findlay▼7
  • 21Henderson State—
  • 22Fort Hays State▼2
  • 23Valdosta Statenew
  • 24Shepherd▼1
  • 25Carson-Newman▼3
  • —UNC Pembrokeout (24)
  • —Newberryout (25)
Reloadmvp site
Average gap from consensus: 1.04 spots
Biggest outlier: Bluefield State at 23 vs consensus 33
leans MIAA · +1.3 spots across 3 teams
Ballot history · 4 ballots
Submitted 10/7 8:41 pm
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Harding—
  • 3CSU Pueblo—
  • 4Minnesota State—
  • 5Grand Valley State—
  • 6Emporia State▲2
  • 7Kutztown—
  • 8Northwest Missouri State▼2
  • 9Western Colorado—
  • 10Central Washington—
  • 11Slippery Rock—
  • 12Central Missouri▲1
  • 13Minnesota Duluth▼1
  • 14IUP—
  • 15Davenport—
  • 16Northwood▲1
  • 17Northeastern State▼1
  • 18Augustana▲1
  • 19Findlay▲1
  • 20North Greenvillenew
  • 21Mars Hillnew
  • 22Carson-Newman▼1
  • 23Valdosta State▼1
  • 24Henderson State▲1
  • 25Shepherd▼1
  • —Western Oregonout (18)
  • —Missouri Westernout (23)
Pm2011 site
Average gap from consensus: 0.48 spots
Biggest outlier: Newberry at 24 vs consensus 35
leans SAC · +5.0 spots across 2 teams
Ballot history · 2 ballots
Submitted 9/21 12:40 pm
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Harding—
  • 3Minnesota State▲1
  • 4Kutztown▲2
  • 5Grand Valley State—
  • 6CSU Pueblo▼3
  • 7Northwest Missouri State—
  • 8Western Colorado—
  • 9Findlay▲4
  • 10Slippery Rock▲2
  • 11Minnesota Duluth▲4
  • 12Central Washington▼1
  • 13Emporia State▼4
  • 14Western Oregon▲2
  • 15Augustana▲8
  • 16Northeastern State▲3
  • 17IUP▲1
  • 18Davenport▼1
  • 19Northwood▲3
  • 20Newberry▲4
  • 21Valdosta State▼11
  • 22Carson-Newman▲3
  • 23Benedictnew
  • 24Fort Hays Statenew
  • 25North Greenvillenew
  • —West Alabamaout (14)
  • —Central Missouriout (20)
  • —Northern Stateout (21)

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