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Ballots counted
15
Week 6, 2026
No. 1
Ferris State
15 of 15 first-place votes
Teams receiving points
47
22 outside the top 25
Disputed
Central Missouri
Best 6 · Worst 22
#TrendTeamRecPts
1 — Ferris State (15) GLIAC 4-0 375
2 — Harding GAC 4-0 355
3 — CSU Pueblo RMAC 5-0 330
4 — Minnesota State NSIC 5-0 330
5 — Grand Valley State GLIAC 4-0 323
6 ▲ +1 Kutztown PSAC 4-0 281
7 ▲ +1 Western Colorado RMAC 5-0 280
8 ▲ +1 Emporia State MIAA 4-0 258
9 ▲ +2 Slippery Rock PSAC 4-0 243
10 — Central Washington LSC 2-2 231
11 ▼ −5 Northwest Missouri State MIAA 3-1 223
12 ▲ +8 Northwood GMAC 4-0 197
13 ▲ +2 IUP PSAC 4-0 178
14 — Davenport GLIAC 4-0 171
15 ▲ +2 Central Missouri MIAA 3-1 170
16 — North Greenville Carolinas 4-0 97
17 ▲ +8 Henderson State GAC 4-0 89
18 ▲ +5 Valdosta State GSC 3-1 88
19 — Mars Hill SAC 4-0 74
20 ▼ −2 Northeastern State Independent 3-2 72
21 ▼ −9 Findlay GMAC 3-1 70
22 — UT Permian Basin LSC 3-1 65
23 ▼ −10 Minnesota Duluth NSIC 3-2 54
24 ▼ −8 Western Oregon LSC 1-2 45
25 — West Alabama GSC 4-1 31

Ballots the scoreboard disagrees with (4)

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.

  • Central Oklahoma beat Northwest Missouri State 19-14 on Sep 26 — 2 ballots rank Northwest Missouri State higher (Thunder, EastStroud13)
  • Washburn beat Central Oklahoma 14-10 on Sep 19 — 2 ballots rank Central Oklahoma higher (Thunder, EastStroud13)
  • UNC Pembroke beat Valdosta State 44-41 on Sep 19 — 2 ballots rank Valdosta State higher (Eagle74, Bisonfan from FLA)
  • Northwood beat Findlay 34-11 on Sep 26 — 1 ballot ranks Findlay higher (grantland rice)
Also receiving votes (22)
#TrendTeamRecPts
26 — Walsh GMAC 4-0 29
27 — Northern State NSIC 4-1 27
28 — Carson-Newman SAC 4-1 23
29 — Shepherd PSAC 3-1 20
30 — Augustana NSIC 3-2 18
31 — Central Oklahoma MIAA 2-2 16
32 — Washburn MIAA 3-1-1 15
33 — Kentucky State SIAC 4-1 14
34 — UNC Pembroke Carolinas 4-1 14
35 — East Central GAC 4-0 10
36 — Newberry SAC 3-1 9
37 — Hillsdale GMAC 3-1 8
38 — Fort Hays State MIAA 2-2 8
39 — Michigan Tech GLIAC 3-1 8
40 — Ouachita Baptist GAC 2-2 5
41 — Wayne State (NE) NSIC 4-1 5
42 — Anderson SAC 4-1 4
43 — Missouri Western MIAA 2-2 3
44 — Roosevelt GLIAC 4-0 3
45 — South Dakota Mines RMAC 4-1 3
46 — Edward Waters SIAC 4-1 2
47 — Pittsburg State MIAA 0-4 1

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.

ftballfan site
Average gap from consensus: 5.00 spots
Biggest outlier: Michigan Tech at 19 vs consensus 39
leans MIAA · +8.2 spots across 5 teams
Ballot history · 3 ballots
Submitted 10/7 9:17 am
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Harding—
  • 3Grand Valley State—
  • 4CSU Pueblo—
  • 5Minnesota State—
  • 6Kutztown—
  • 7Emporia State▲1
  • 8Northwest Missouri State▼1
  • 9Slippery Rock—
  • 10Central Missouri▲1
  • 11Western Colorado▼1
  • 12Davenport▲1
  • 13Northwood▼1
  • 14UT Permian Basin▲4
  • 15Central Washington▲2
  • 16IUP▼2
  • 17Washburn▼2
  • 18Minnesota Duluth▼2
  • 19Michigan Tech—
  • 20Augustana▲5
  • 21Fort Hays State▲1
  • 22Wayne State (NE)▼1
  • 23Findlaynew
  • 24Mars Hill—
  • 25North Greenville▼5
  • —Northeastern Stateout (23)
grantland rice site
Average gap from consensus: 4.92 spots
Biggest outlier: Pittsburg State at 25 vs consensus 47
leans GSC · +9.5 spots across 2 teams
Ballot history · 1 ballot
Submitted 9/24 10:02 am
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Harding—
  • 3CSU Pueblo—
  • 4Minnesota State—
  • 5Grand Valley State—
  • 6Central Missouri—
  • 7Northwest Missouri State—
  • 8Emporia State—
  • 9Western Colorado—
  • 10Valdosta State—
  • 11Central Washington—
  • 12Slippery Rock—
  • 13Findlay—
  • 14West Alabama—
  • 15Minnesota Duluth—
  • 16Western Oregon—
  • 17Davenport—
  • 18IUP—
  • 19Northeastern State—
  • 20Henderson State—
  • 21Northern State—
  • 22Northwood—
  • 23Augustana—
  • 24Carson-Newman—
  • 25Pittsburg State—
Gliac_fan10 site
Average gap from consensus: 4.72 spots
Biggest outlier: Ouachita Baptist at 21 vs consensus 40
leans GAC · +10.7 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)
twolvesfan site
Average gap from consensus: 4.12 spots
Biggest outlier: South Dakota Mines at 23 vs consensus 45
leans RMAC · +6.7 spots across 3 teams
Ballot history · 3 ballots
Submitted 10/5 10:11 am
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Harding—
  • 3Minnesota State—
  • 4Grand Valley State—
  • 5CSU Pueblo—
  • 6Kutztown—
  • 7Western Colorado—
  • 8Central Washington—
  • 9Emporia State—
  • 10Slippery Rock—
  • 11Central Missouri▲2
  • 12IUP—
  • 13UT Permian Basin▲4
  • 14Henderson State—
  • 15Northwood—
  • 16Davenport—
  • 17Mars Hill▲1
  • 18North Greenville▲2
  • 19Northwest Missouri State—
  • 20Northern State▲1
  • 21Edward Watersnew
  • 22Valdosta State▲3
  • 23South Dakota Mines—
  • 24West Libertynew
  • 25Midwestern Statenew
  • —Northeastern Stateout (11)
  • —East Centralout (22)
  • —Kentucky Stateout (24)
Redwing site
Average gap from consensus: 4.08 spots
Biggest outlier: Michigan Tech at 25 vs consensus 39
leans GMAC · +6.8 spots across 4 teams
Ballot history · 4 ballots
Submitted 10/4 7:18 pm
Submitted 10/4 7:13 pm replaced
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Grand Valley State—
  • 3Harding—
  • 4CSU Pueblo—
  • 5Minnesota State—
  • 6Kutztown—
  • 7Western Colorado—
  • 8Emporia State—
  • 9Central Washington—
  • 10Northwood—
  • 11Davenport—
  • 12Slippery Rock—
  • 13Central Missouri—
  • 14Tiffinnew
  • 15Northwest Missouri State▲3
  • 16IUP▼1
  • 17North Greenville—
  • 18Shepherd▲1
  • 19Findlay▲2
  • 20Edward Watersnew
  • 21Midwestern Statenew
  • 22Henderson State—
  • 23Hillsdale▲1
  • 24Michigan Tech▲1
  • 25West Alabama▼2
  • —Walshout (14)
  • —UT Permian Basinout (16)
  • —Kentucky Stateout (20)
reloadmvp site
Average gap from consensus: 3.84 spots
Biggest outlier: Missouri Western at 23 vs consensus 43
leans NSIC · +7.3 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)
Eagle74
Average gap from consensus: 3.64 spots
Biggest outlier: Edward Waters at 25 vs consensus 46
leans SAC · +9.3 spots across 3 teams
Ballot history · 3 ballots
Posted 10/7
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Kutztown▲1
  • 3Grand Valley State▲2
  • 4Minnesota State—
  • 5Harding▼3
  • 6CSU Pueblo—
  • 7Slippery Rock▲1
  • 8Western Colorado▼1
  • 9North Greenville▲6
  • 10Valdosta State▲6
  • 11Findlay▲6
  • 12Michigan Technew
  • 13Northwood▼1
  • 14Henderson State▲8
  • 15Mars Hill▲3
  • 16Carson-Newmannew
  • 17Northwest Missouri State▼6
  • 18UT Permian Basinnew
  • 19Central Missouri▲2
  • 20West Alabama—
  • 21Saginaw Valley Statenew
  • 22Hillsdalenew
  • 23Edward Waters▲2
  • 24Virginia Unionnew
  • 25Edward Waters▲2
  • —Emporia Stateout (9)
  • —Central Washingtonout (10)
  • —IUPout (13)
  • —Davenportout (14)
  • —Minnesota Duluthout (19)
  • —UNC Pembrokeout (23)
  • —Kentucky Stateout (24)
Bisonfan from FLA
Average gap from consensus: 3.64 spots
Biggest outlier: Edward Waters at 25 vs consensus 46
leans SAC · +9.3 spots across 3 teams
Ballot history · 3 ballots
Submitted 10/7 1:42 pm
  • 1Grand Valley State▲4
  • 2Harding—
  • 3Ferris State▼2
  • 4Minnesota State▼1
  • 5CSU Pueblo▲1
  • 6Kutztown▼2
  • 7Northwest Missouri State▲4
  • 8Slippery Rock—
  • 9Northwood▲4
  • 10Valdosta State▲6
  • 11Findlay▲7
  • 12Michigan Technew
  • 13Henderson State▲6
  • 14North Greenville▲1
  • 15Central Missouri▲7
  • 16Western Colorado▼9
  • 17Hillsdalenew
  • 18UT Permian Basinnew
  • 19East Stroudsburgnew
  • 20Mars Hill▼3
  • 21Saginaw Valley Statenew
  • 22Carson-Newman▼2
  • 23Johnson C. Smithnew
  • 24Ouachita Baptistnew
  • 25Rooseveltnew
  • —Central Washingtonout (9)
  • —Emporia Stateout (10)
  • —IUPout (12)
  • —Davenportout (14)
  • —West Alabamaout (21)
  • —UNC Pembrokeout (23)
  • —Andersonout (24)
  • —Edward Watersout (25)
GMACFB site
Average gap from consensus: 3.32 spots
Biggest outlier: Newberry at 17 vs consensus 36
leans SAC · +9.0 spots across 2 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)
EastStroud13 site
Average gap from consensus: 3.12 spots
Biggest outlier: Central Oklahoma at 18 vs consensus 31
leans MIAA · +5.4 spots across 5 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)
OldBison site
Average gap from consensus: 3.08 spots
Biggest outlier: Fort Hays State at 22 vs consensus 38
leans NSIC · +7.0 spots across 3 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)
#WolvesNation site
Average gap from consensus: 2.72 spots
Biggest outlier: Mars Hill at 12 vs consensus 19
leans NSIC · +2.7 spots across 3 teams
Ballot history · 1 ballot
Submitted 9/29 8:11 am
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Minnesota State—
  • 3Harding—
  • 4Grand Valley State—
  • 5CSU Pueblo—
  • 6Western Colorado—
  • 7Kutztown—
  • 8Slippery Rock—
  • 9Emporia State—
  • 10Northwest Missouri State—
  • 11IUP—
  • 12Mars Hill—
  • 13Valdosta State—
  • 14Central Missouri—
  • 15Central Washington—
  • 16Northwood—
  • 17Davenport—
  • 18Henderson State—
  • 19Walsh—
  • 20Northern State—
  • 21UT Permian Basin—
  • 22Northeastern State—
  • 23North Greenville—
  • 24Minnesota Duluth—
  • 25Shepherd—
Thunder site
Average gap from consensus: 2.68 spots
Biggest outlier: Central Oklahoma at 18 vs consensus 31
leans GMAC · +5.7 spots across 3 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)
ARtransplantedTWolf site
Average gap from consensus: 2.52 spots
Biggest outlier: Roosevelt at 23 vs consensus 44
leans GLIAC · +5.5 spots across 4 teams
Ballot history · 6 ballots
Submitted 10/4 6:13 pm
Submitted 10/4 11:46 am replaced
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Harding—
  • 3CSU Pueblo—
  • 4Kutztown—
  • 5Grand Valley State—
  • 6Minnesota State—
  • 7Western Colorado—
  • 8Slippery Rock—
  • 9Emporia State—
  • 10Northwood—
  • 11IUP—
  • 12Central Washington—
  • 13Davenport—
  • 14Central Missouri▲1
  • 15Northwest Missouri State▼1
  • 16North Greenville—
  • 17Valdosta State—
  • 18Henderson State—
  • 19Mars Hill—
  • 20West Alabama▲2
  • 21Findlay▲3
  • 22Minnesota Duluth▲3
  • 23UT Permian Basinnew
  • 24Northern Statenew
  • 25Carson-Newmannew
  • —Western Oregonout (20)
  • —Kentucky Stateout (21)
  • —Rooseveltout (23)
canadarican site
Average gap from consensus: 1.96 spots
Biggest outlier: Western Oregon at 15 vs consensus 24
leans LSC · +5.5 spots across 2 teams
Ballot history · 1 ballot
Submitted 9/29 1:26 pm
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Harding—
  • 3Minnesota State—
  • 4Kutztown—
  • 5Grand Valley State—
  • 6CSU Pueblo—
  • 7Western Colorado—
  • 8Central Washington—
  • 9Slippery Rock—
  • 10Emporia State—
  • 11Northwood—
  • 12Northwest Missouri State—
  • 13IUP—
  • 14Findlay—
  • 15Western Oregon—
  • 16Henderson State—
  • 17Davenport—
  • 18Mars Hill—
  • 19North Greenville—
  • 20Valdosta State—
  • 21Walsh—
  • 22Northeastern State—
  • 23Minnesota Duluth—
  • 24Carson-Newman—
  • 25West Alabama—

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