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14
Week 7, 2026
No. 1
Ferris State
12 of 14 first-place votes
Teams receiving points
45
20 outside the top 25
Disputed
North Greenville
Best 9 · Worst 25
#TrendTeamRecPts
1 — Ferris State (12) GLIAC 5-0 346
2 — Harding GAC 5-0 326
3 ▲ +2 Grand Valley State (2) GLIAC 5-0 312
4 ▼ −1 CSU Pueblo RMAC 6-0 308
5 ▼ −1 Minnesota State NSIC 6-0 303
6 — Kutztown PSAC 5-0 281
7 — Western Colorado RMAC 6-0 243
8 ▲ +1 Slippery Rock PSAC 5-0 232
9 ▲ +3 Northwood GMAC 5-0 203
10 ▼ −2 Emporia State MIAA 5-0 194
11 — Northwest Missouri State MIAA 3-1 193
12 ▲ +3 Central Missouri MIAA 4-1 170
13 ▼ −3 Central Washington LSC 3-2 170
14 — Davenport GLIAC 5-0 138
15 ▼ −2 IUP PSAC 5-0 125
16 — North Greenville Carolinas 5-0 124
17 ▲ +1 Valdosta State GSC 4-1 113
18 ▼ −1 Henderson State GAC 5-0 105
19 ▲ +2 Findlay GMAC 4-1 104
20 ▲ +2 UT Permian Basin LSC 4-1 102
21 ▼ −2 Mars Hill SAC 5-0 78
22 — Michigan Tech GLIAC 4-1 60
23 — Hillsdale GMAC 4-1 38
24 — Northern State NSIC 5-1 36
25 ▼ −2 Minnesota Duluth NSIC 4-2 32

Ballots the scoreboard disagrees with (3)

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.

  • UT Permian Basin beat Northeastern State 38-27 on Oct 3 — 1 ballot ranks Northeastern State higher (Boucher25)
  • Northwood beat Findlay 34-11 on Sep 26 — 1 ballot ranks Findlay higher (Eagle74)
  • Michigan Tech beat Midwestern State 48-27 on Sep 5 — 1 ballot ranks Midwestern State higher (redwing)
Also receiving votes (20)
#TrendTeamRecPts
26 — Carson-Newman SAC 5-1 24
27 — Northeastern State Independent 3-3 21
28 — Shepherd PSAC 4-1 19
29 — Edward Waters SIAC 5-1 18
30 — West Alabama GSC 5-1 18
31 — Washburn MIAA 3-1-1 16
32 — Saginaw Valley State GLIAC 2-3 15
33 — Augustana NSIC 4-2 14
34 — East Stroudsburg PSAC 4-1 13
35 — Tiffin GMAC 4-1 12
36 — Midwestern State LSC 4-1 10
37 — Ouachita Baptist GAC 3-2 9
38 — Johnson C. Smith CIAA 4-1 5
39 — Fort Hays State MIAA 3-2 5
40 — Wayne State (NE) NSIC 5-1 4
41 — South Dakota Mines RMAC 5-1 3
42 — Roosevelt GLIAC 4-1 2
43 — Virginia Union CIAA 5-1 2
44 — West Liberty MEC 5-1 2
45 — East Central GAC 4-1 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.

TheBigCat2192
Average gap from consensus: 6.00 spots
Biggest outlier: Ouachita Baptist at 19 vs consensus 37
leans GLIAC · +7.6 spots across 5 teams
Ballot history · 1 ballot
Posted 10/6
  • 1Grand Valley State—
  • 2Kutztown—
  • 3Ferris State—
  • 4Minnesota State—
  • 5Harding—
  • 6CSU Pueblo—
  • 7Slippery Rock—
  • 8Valdosta State—
  • 9Northwood—
  • 10Northwest Missouri State—
  • 11Findlay—
  • 12Michigan Tech—
  • 13North Greenville—
  • 14Henderson State—
  • 15Central Missouri—
  • 16Hillsdale—
  • 17Western Colorado—
  • 18UT Permian Basin—
  • 19Ouachita Baptist—
  • 20East Stroudsburg—
  • 21Saginaw Valley State—
  • 22Mars Hill—
  • 23Carson-Newman—
  • 24Johnson C. Smith—
  • 25Roosevelt—
Bisonfan from FLA site
Average gap from consensus: 5.52 spots
Biggest outlier: Roosevelt at 25 vs consensus 42
leans GLIAC · +7.6 spots across 5 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)
Eagle74
Average gap from consensus: 5.42 spots
Biggest outlier: Virginia Union at 24 vs consensus 43
leans GSC · +8.5 spots across 2 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)
ftballfan site
Average gap from consensus: 4.68 spots
Biggest outlier: Fort Hays State at 21 vs consensus 39
leans NSIC · +9.5 spots across 4 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)
twolvesfan site
Average gap from consensus: 4.60 spots
Biggest outlier: West Liberty at 24 vs consensus 44
leans LSC · +7.7 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)
Gliac_fan10 site
Average gap from consensus: 4.56 spots
Biggest outlier: East Central at 25 vs consensus 45
leans LSC · +11.3 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)
redwing site
Average gap from consensus: 3.56 spots
Biggest outlier: Tiffin at 14 vs consensus 35
leans LSC · +9.5 spots across 2 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: 3.56 spots
Biggest outlier: Augustana at 18 vs consensus 33
leans NSIC · +9.3 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)
Boucher25 site
Average gap from consensus: 2.80 spots
Biggest outlier: Northeastern State at 19 vs consensus 27
leans GSC · +7.5 spots across 2 teams
Ballot history · 1 ballot
Submitted 10/7 12:59 pm
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Harding—
  • 3Minnesota State—
  • 4CSU Pueblo—
  • 5Kutztown—
  • 6Grand Valley State—
  • 7Western Colorado—
  • 8Slippery Rock—
  • 9Emporia State—
  • 10Valdosta State—
  • 11Davenport—
  • 12Northwood—
  • 13Findlay—
  • 14IUP—
  • 15Northwest Missouri State—
  • 16Central Washington—
  • 17Henderson State—
  • 18Central Missouri—
  • 19Northeastern State—
  • 20Mars Hill—
  • 21Northern State—
  • 22West Alabama—
  • 23UT Permian Basin—
  • 24Carson-Newman—
  • 25Edward Waters—
EastStroud13 site
Average gap from consensus: 2.48 spots
Biggest outlier: Washburn at 23 vs consensus 31
leans LSC · +4.0 spots across 2 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)
GMACFB site
Average gap from consensus: 1.76 spots
Biggest outlier: Hillsdale at 18 vs consensus 23
leans GSC · +2.5 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)
KleShreen site
Average gap from consensus: 1.76 spots
Biggest outlier: Central Washington at 8 vs consensus 13
leans LSC · +3.0 spots across 2 teams
Ballot history · 6 ballots
Submitted 10/7 5:21 pm
Submitted 10/7 5:15 pm replaced
  • 1Ferris State—
  • 2Harding—
  • 3Grand Valley State▲1
  • 4CSU Pueblo▼1
  • 5Minnesota State—
  • 6Western Colorado▲3
  • 7Northwest Missouri State▼1
  • 8Central Washington▲2
  • 9Emporia State▼2
  • 10Kutztown▼2
  • 11Slippery Rock—
  • 12Northwood▲7
  • 13IUP▲7
  • 14Davenport▲1
  • 15Central Missouri▲2
  • 16North Greenville▲6
  • 17Henderson State▲7
  • 18Valdosta Statenew
  • 19UT Permian Basin▲6
  • 20Minnesota Duluth▼7
  • 21Mars Hillnew
  • 22Findlay▼10
  • 23Northern Statenew
  • 24Michigan Technew
  • 25Edward Watersnew
  • —Western Oregonout (14)
  • —Northeastern Stateout (16)
  • —Augustanaout (18)
  • —Carson-Newmanout (21)
  • —Fort Hays Stateout (23)
ARtransplantedTWolf site
Average gap from consensus: 1.64 spots
Biggest outlier: West Alabama at 20 vs consensus 30
leans GSC · +5.0 spots across 2 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)
Thunder site
Average gap from consensus: 1.32 spots
Biggest outlier: Washburn at 22 vs consensus 31
leans NSIC · +2.0 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)

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