The 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings are from the Sports Network media poll and the coaches poll. This is for the 2009 season.
Legend
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
(#–#) | Win–loss record | |
(Italics) | Number of first place votes | |
т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
The Sports Network poll
Preseason [1] | Week 1 Sept 8[2] | Week 2 Sept 15[3] | Week 3 Sept 22[4] | Week 4 Sept 29[5] | Week 5 Oct 6[6] | Week 6 Oct 13[7] | Week 7 Oct 20[8] | Week 8 Oct 27[9] | Week 9 Nov 3[10] | Week 10 Nov 10[11] | Week 11 Nov 17[12] | Week 12 Nov 24[13] | Week 13 Postseason[14] | ||
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1. | Appalachian State (79) | Richmond (1–0) (103) | Richmond (2–0) | Richmond (3–0) (132) | Richmond (4–0) (117) | Richmond (4–0) (106) | Richmond (5–0) (119) | Richmond (6–0) (131) | Richmond (7–0) (128) | Richmond (8–0) (123) | Southern Illinois (8–1) (37) | Southern Illinois (9–1) (49) | Southern Illinois (10–1) (36) | Villanova (14–1) (101) | 1. |
2. | Richmond (72) | Appalachian State (0–1) (10) | Villanova (2–0) | Villanova (3–0) (9) | Villanova (4–0) (13) | Villanova (5–0) (26) | Northern Iowa (5–1) (11) | Montana (6–0) (5) | Montana (7–0) (7) | Montana (8–0) (9) | Montana (9–0) (64) | Villanova (9–1) (38) | Villanova (10–1) (28) | Montana (14–1) | 2. |
3. | Montana (2) | Villanova (1–0) (3) | Northern Iowa (1–1) | Northern Iowa (2–1) (6) | Northern Iowa (3–1) (6) | Northern Iowa (4–1) (5) | Montana (5–0) | Southern Illinois (5–1) (1) | Southern Illinois (6–1) (2) | Southern Illinois (7–1) (7) | Villanova (8–1) (32) | Montana (10–0) (45) | Montana (11–0) (29) | Appalachian State (11–3) | 3. |
4. | Northern Iowa (2) | Northern Iowa (0–1) (3) | Montana (2–0) | Montana (3–0) | Montana (4–0) | Montana (4–0) (1) | New Hampshire (5–0) (1) | Villanova (6–1) | Villanova (7–1) (1) | Villanova (7–1) (1) | Richmond (8–1) | Richmond (9–1) | Richmond (10–1) | William & Mary (11–3) | 4. |
5. | Villanova (2) | Montana (1–0) | William & Mary (2–0) | William & Mary (3–0) (2) | William & Mary (4–0) (2) | New Hampshire (4–0) (1) | Southern Illinois (4–1) | William & Mary (5–1) | William & Mary (6–1) | William & Mary (7–1) | William & Mary (8–1) | William & Mary (9–1) | Appalachian State (9–2) (1) | Richmond (11–2) | 5. |
6. | James Madison (1) | James Madison (0–0) | New Hampshire (2–0) | New Hampshire (2–0) (1) | New Hampshire (3–0) (1) | Southern Illinois (3–1) | Villanova (5–1) | Northern Iowa (5–2) | Elon (6–1) | Elon (7–1) | Elon (8–1) | Appalachian State (8–2) (3) | William & Mary (9–2) | Southern Illinois (11–2) | 6. |
7. | Southern Illinois | William & Mary (1–0) (3) | James Madison (0–1) | James Madison (1–1) | James Madison (2–1) | McNeese State (3–1) | William & Mary (5–1) | Elon (5–1) | Appalachian State (5–2) | Appalachian State (6–2) (1) | Appalachian State (7–2) | South Carolina State (9–1) (2) | South Carolina State (10–1) | New Hampshire (10–3) | 7. |
8. | New Hampshire | Southern Illinois (0–1) | McNeese State (2–0) | McNeese State (3–0) | Southern Illinois (2–1) | William & Mary (4–1) | Elon (5–1) | Appalachian State (4–2) | New Hampshire (6–1) | New Hampshire (7–1) | New Hampshire (8–1) (1) | McNeese State (8–2) | McNeese State (9–2) | South Carolina State (10–2) | 8. |
9. | Weber State (1) | New Hampshire (1–0) | Southern Illinois (0–1) | Southern Illinois (1–1) | McNeese State (3–1) | Appalachian State (2–2) | Appalachian State (3–2) | New Hampshire (5–1) | South Dakota State (6–1) | South Dakota State (7–1) | South Carolina State (8–1) (1) | Northern Iowa (7–3) | Elon (9–2) | Elon (9–3) | 9. |
10. | Wofford | Elon (1–0) | Appalachian State (0–2) | Appalachian State (0–2) | Appalachian State (1–2) | Elon (4–1) | Central Arkansas (4–1) | South Carolina State (5–1) | South Carolina State (6–1) | South Carolina State (7–1) (1) | McNeese State (7–2) | Elon (8–2) | New Hampshire (9–2) | Stephen F. Austin (10–3) | 10. |
11. | Elon | Weber State (0–1) | Elon (2–0) | Weber State (1–2) | Weber State (2–2) | Central Arkansas (3–1) | South Carolina State (4–1) | South Dakota State (5–1) | Stephen F. Austin (6–1) | Northern Iowa (5–3) | Northern Iowa (6–3) | New Hampshire (8–2) | South Dakota State (8–3) | South Dakota State (8–4) | 11. |
12. | Cal Poly | Cal Poly (0–0) | Cal Poly (1–0) | Central Arkansas (1–1) | Elon (3–1) | UMass (3–1) | Jacksonville State (4–2) | McNeese State (4–2) | Northern Iowa (5–3) | McNeese State (6–2) | South Dakota State (7–2) | South Dakota State (7–3) | Stephen F. Austin (9–2) | McNeese State (9–3) | 12. |
13. | Central Arkansas | Central Arkansas (0–1) | Weber State (0–2) | Elon (2–1) | Central Arkansas (2–1) | James Madison (2–2) | McNeese State (3–2) | Jacksonville State (4–2) | McNeese State (5–2) | Holy Cross (7–1) | Holy Cross (8–1) | Holy Cross (9–1) | Eastern Washington (8–3) | Eastern Washington (8–4) | 13. |
14. | William & Mary | Wofford (0–1) | Wofford (1–1) | South Carolina State (2–0) | UMass (3–1) | Eastern Washington (4–1) | South Dakota State (4–1) | UMass (4–2) | Weber State (5–3) | Eastern Illinois (7–2) | Eastern Illinois (7–2) | Eastern Illinois (8–2) | Jacksonville State (8–3) | Holy Cross (9–3) | 14. |
15. | McNeese State | South Carolina State (1–0) (1) | South Carolina State (2–0) | UMass (2–1) | South Carolina State (3–0) | Cal Poly (2–2) | Weber State (3–3) | Stephen F. Austin (5–1) | Central Arkansas (5–2) | Stephen F. Austin (6–2) | Stephen F. Austin (7–2) | Stephen F. Austin (8–2) | Weber State (7–4) | Prairie View A&M (9–1) | 15. |
16. | South Carolina State (1) | McNeese State (1–0) | Central Arkansas (0–1) | Cal Poly (1–1) | South Dakota State (3–0) | Eastern Kentucky (3–1) | James Madison (2–3) | Weber State (4–3) | Delaware (5–2) | Liberty (6–2) | Liberty (7–2) | Liberty (8–2) | Northern Iowa (7–4) | Jacksonville State (8–3) | 16. |
17. | UMass | UMass (0–1) | UMass (1–1) | South Dakota State (2–0) | Eastern Washington (3–1) | South Carolina State (3–1) | Colgate (6–0) | Colgate (7–0) | Holy Cross (6–1) | Jacksonville State (5–3) | Jacksonville State (6–3) | Jacksonville State (7–3) | Holy Cross (9–2) | Weber State (7–5) | 17. |
18. | Eastern Washington | Eastern Washington (1–0) | South Dakota State (1–0) | Wofford (1–2) | Eastern Kentucky (2–1) | Jacksonville State (3–2) | UMass (3–2) | Central Arkansas (4–2) | Cal Poly (4–3) | Colgate (8–1) | Eastern Washington (6–3) | Eastern Washington (7–3) | Prairie View A&M (8–1) | Northern Iowa (7–4) | 18. |
19. | Maine | Texas State (1–0) | Texas State (1–0) | Eastern Washington (2–1) | Cal Poly (1–2) | Holy Cross (4–0) | Cal Poly (2–3) | Delaware (5–2) | UMass (4–3) | Weber State (5–4) | Weber State (5–4) | Weber State (6–4) | Eastern Illinois (8–3) | Eastern Illinois (8–4) | 19. |
20. | Texas State | Maine (1–0) | Maine (2–0) | Eastern Kentucky (1–1) | Jacksonville State (2–2) | South Dakota State (3–1) | Stephen F. Austin (4–1) | Cal Poly (3–3) | Eastern Illinois (6–2) | Central Arkansas (5–3) | Lafayette (8–1) | Prairie View A&M (7–1) | Colgate (9–2) | Penn (8–2) | 20. |
21. | Jacksonville State | South Dakota State (0–0) | Eastern Washington (1–1) | Holy Cross (3–0) | Holy Cross (3–0) | Weber State (2–3) | Eastern Washington (4–2) | Eastern Kentucky (4–2) | Northern Arizona (5–2) | Eastern Washington (6–3) | Prairie View A&M (6–1) | Lafayette (8–2) | Penn (8–2) | Colgate (9–2) | 21. |
22. | South Dakota State | Eastern Kentucky (0–1) | Eastern Kentucky (0–1) | Jacksonville State (1–2) | Texas State (2–1) | Florida A&M (4–0) | Florida A&M (4–1) | Holy Cross (5–1) | Jacksonville State (4–3) | Prairie View A&M (5–1) | Florida A&M (7–2) | Colgate (9–2) | Liberty (8–3) | Liberty (8–3) | 22. |
23. | Harvard | Jacksonville State (0–1) | Holy Cross (2–0) | Texas State (1–1) | Eastern Illinois (4–0) | Colgate (5–0) | Delaware (4–2) | Liberty (4–2) | Liberty (5–2) | Delaware (5–3) | Delaware (6–3) | Montana State (7–3) | Florida A&M (8–3) | Florida A&M (8–3) | 23. |
24. | Eastern Kentucky | Harvard (0–0) | Jacksonville State (0–2) | Eastern Illinois (3–0) | Florida A&M (4–0) | Montana State (3–1) | Eastern Kentucky (3–2) | Northern Arizona (4–2) | Colgate (7–1) | Florida A&M (6–2) | Colgate (8–2) | Penn (7–2) | Lafayette (8–3) | Lafayette (8–3) | 24. |
25. | Grambling State т | Holy Cross (1–0) | Harvard (0–0) | Liberty (2–1) | Colgate (4–0) | Eastern Illinois (4–1) | Holy Cross (4–1) | Eastern Illinois (5–2) | Prairie View A&M (5–1) | Lafayette (7–1) | Texas State (6–3) | Delaware (6–4) | Texas State (7–4) | Texas State (7–4) | 25. |
26. | Holy Cross т | 26. | |||||||||||||
Preseason [1] | Week 1 Sept 8[2] | Week 2 Sept 15[3] | Week 3 Sept 22[4] | Week 4 Sept 29[5] | Week 5 Oct 6[6] | Week 6 Oct 13[7] | Week 7 Oct 20[8] | Week 8 Oct 27[9] | Week 9 Nov 3[10] | Week 10 Nov 10[11] | Week 11 Nov 17[12] | Week 12 Nov 24[13] | Week 13 Postseason[14] | ||
Dropped: 25 Grambling State | None | Dropped:
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| Dropped: 22 Texas State | Dropped:
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| Dropped: 21 Eastern Kentucky | Dropped:
| Dropped: 20 Central Arkansas | Dropped:
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| None |
The Coaches poll
Preseason [15] | Week 1 Sept 8[16] | Week 2 Sept 15[17] | Week 3 Sept 22[18] | Week 4 Sept 29[19] | Week 5 Oct 6[20] | Week 6 Oct 13[21] | Week 7 Oct 20[22] | Week 8 Oct 27[23] | Week 9 Nov 3[24] | Week 10 Nov 10[25] | Week 11 Nov 17[26] | Week 12 Nov 24[27] | Week 13 Postseason | ||
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1. | Appalachian State (13) | Richmond (1–0) (24) | Richmond (2–0) (25) | Richmond (3–0) (25) | Richmond (4–0) (28) | Richmond (4–0) (27) | Richmond (5–0) (28) | Richmond (6–0) (28) | Richmond (7–0) (28) | Richmond (8–0) | Montana (9–0) (16) | Montana (10–0) (17) | Montana (11–0) | Villanova (14–1) | 1. |
2. | Richmond (10) | Appalachian State (0–1) (3) | Villanova (2–0) | Villanova (3–0) | Villanova (4–0) | Villanova (5–0) (1) | Montana (5–0) | Montana (6–0) | Montana (7–0) | Montana (8–0) | Southern Illinois (8–1) (6) | Southern Illinois (9–1) (7) | Southern Illinois (10–1) | Montana (14–1) | 2. |
3. | Montana | Villanova (1–0) | Montana (2–0) | Montana (3–0) | Montana (4–0) | Montana (4–0) | Northern Iowa (5–1) | Southern Illinois (5–1) | Southern Illinois (6–1) | Southern Illinois (7–1) | Villanova (8–1) (6) | Villanova (9–1) (4) | Villanova (10–1) | Appalachian State (11–3) т | 3. |
4. | Northern Iowa (1) | Montana (1–0) | Northern Iowa (1–1) | Northern Iowa (2–1) | Northern Iowa (3–1) | Northern Iowa (4–1) | New Hampshire (5–0) | Villanova (6–1) | Villanova (7–1) | Villanova (7–1) | Richmond (8–1) т | Richmond (9–1) | Richmond (10–1) | William & Mary (11–3) т | 4. |
5. | Villanova (1) | Northern Iowa (0–1) | William & Mary (2–0) | William & Mary (3–0) | William & Mary (4–0) | New Hampshire (4–0) | Southern Illinois (4–1) | William & Mary (5–1) | William & Mary (6–1) | William & Mary (7–1) | William & Mary (8–1) т | William & Mary (9–1) | Appalachian State (9–2) | Richmond (11–2) | 5. |
6. | James Madison | James Madison (0–0) | James Madison (0–1) | James Madison (1–1) | James Madison (2–1) | Southern Illinois (3–1) | Villanova (5–1) | Northern Iowa (5–2) | Elon (6–1) | Elon (7–1) | Elon (8–1) | Appalachian State (8–2) | William & Mary (9–2) | Southern Illinois (11–2) | 6. |
7. | Southern Illinois | William & Mary (1–0) (1) | New Hampshire (2–0) | New Hampshire (2–0) | New Hampshire (3–0) | McNeese State (3–1) | William & Mary (5–1) | Elon (5–1) | New Hampshire (6–1) | New Hampshire (7–1) | New Hampshire (8–1) | South Carolina State (9–1) | South Carolina State (10–1) | New Hampshire (10–3) | 7. |
8. | New Hampshire | Southern Illinois (0–1) | Southern Illinois (0–1) | Southern Illinois (1–1) | Southern Illinois (2–1) | William & Mary (4–1) | Central Arkansas (4–1) | New Hampshire (5–1) | Appalachian State (5–2) | Appalachian State (6–2) | Appalachian State (7–2) | McNeese State (8–2) | McNeese State (9–2) | South Carolina State (10–2) | 8. |
9. | Weber State | New Hampshire (1–0) | Appalachian State (0–2) | McNeese State (3–0) (1) | McNeese State (3–1) | Central Arkansas (3–1) | Elon (5–1) | Appalachian State (4–2) | South Dakota State (6–1) | South Dakota State (7–1) | South Carolina State (8–1) | New Hampshire (8–2) | Elon (9–2) | Stephen F. Austin (10–3) | 9. |
10. | Wofford | Weber State (0–1) | McNeese State (2–0) (1) | Appalachian State (0–2) | Appalachian State (1–2) | Appalachian State (2–2) | Appalachian State (3–2) | South Carolina State (5–1) | South Carolina State (6–1) | South Carolina State (7–1) | McNeese State (7–2) | Elon (8–2) | New Hampshire (9–2) | Elon (9–3) | 10. |
11. | Elon | Elon (1–0) | Elon (2–0) | Weber State (1–2) | Weber State (2–2) | Elon (4–1) | McNeese State (3–2) | McNeese State (4–2) | McNeese State (5–2) | McNeese State (6–2) | Northern Iowa (6–3) | Northern Iowa (7–3) | South Dakota State (8–3) | South Dakota State (8–4) | 11. |
12. | Central Arkansas | Central Arkansas (0–1) | Weber State (0–2) | Central Arkansas (1–1) | Central Arkansas (2–1) | James Madison (2–2) | South Carolina State (4–1) | Jacksonville State (4–2) | Central Arkansas (5–2) | Northern Iowa (5–3) | South Dakota State (7–2) | South Dakota State (7–3) | Stephen F. Austin (9–2) | McNeese State (9–3) | 12. |
13. | Cal Poly | Cal Poly (0–0) | Central Arkansas (0–1) | Elon (2–1) | Elon (3–1) | UMass (3–1) | Jacksonville State (4–2) | South Dakota State (5–1) | Weber State (5–3) | Eastern Illinois (7–2) | Eastern Illinois (7–2) | Eastern Illinois (8–2) т | Jacksonville State (8–3) | Eastern Washington (8–4) | 13. |
14. | William & Mary | Wofford (0–1) | Cal Poly (1–0) | Cal Poly (1–1) | South Carolina State (3–0) | Cal Poly (2–2) | South Dakota State (4–1) | Central Arkansas (4–2) | Northern Iowa (5–3) | Holy Cross (7–1) | Holy Cross (8–1) | Holy Cross (9–1) т | Eastern Washington (8–3) | Holy Cross (9–3) | 14. |
15. | McNeese State | South Carolina State (1–0) | Wofford (1–1) | UMass (2–1) | South Dakota State (3–0) | Eastern Washington (4–1) | Weber State (3–3) | Weber State (4–3) | Stephen F. Austin (6–1) | Jacksonville State (5–3) | Jacksonville State (6–3) | Jacksonville State (7–3) | Northern Iowa (7–4) | Eastern Illinois (8–4) | 15. |
16. | South Carolina State | McNeese State (1–0) | South Carolina State (2–0) | South Carolina State (2–0) | UMass (3–1) | South Carolina State (3–1) | James Madison (2–3) | UMass (4–2) | Cal Poly (4–3) | Eastern Washington (6–3) | Liberty (7–2) | Stephen F. Austin (8–2) | Prairie View A&M (8–1) | Jacksonville State (8–3) | 16. |
17. | Eastern Washington | Eastern Washington (1–0) | UMass (1–1) | Wofford (1–2) | Cal Poly (1–2) | Eastern Kentucky (3–1) | Eastern Washington (4–2) | Colgate (7–0) | Holy Cross (6–1) | Liberty (6–2) | Stephen F. Austin (7–2) | Liberty (8–2) | Eastern Illinois (8–3) | Weber State (7–5) | 17. |
18. | UMass | UMass (0–1) | Texas State (1–0) | South Dakota State (2–0) | Eastern Washington (3–1) | Jacksonville State (3–2) | Colgate (6–0) | Stephen F. Austin (5–1) | Delaware (5–2) | Stephen F. Austin (6–2) | Eastern Washington (6–3) | Eastern Washington (7–3) | Weber State (7–4) | Northern Iowa (7–4) | 18. |
19. | Jacksonville State | Texas State (1–0) | Maine (2–0) | Texas State (1–1) | Texas State (2–1) | South Dakota State (3–1) | Cal Poly (2–3) | Cal Poly (3–3) | Eastern Illinois (6–2) | Central Arkansas (5–3) | Prairie View A&M (6–1) | Prairie View A&M (7–1) | Holy Cross (9–2) | Prairie View A&M (9–1) | 19. |
20. | Maine | Maine (1–0) | Eastern Washington (1–1) | Eastern Washington (2–1) | Jacksonville State (2–2) | Holy Cross (4–0) | UMass (3–2) | Eastern Kentucky (4–2) | Jacksonville State (4–3) | Colgate (8–1) | Lafayette (8–1) | Weber State (6–4) | Colgate (9–2) | Colgate (9–2) | 20. |
21. | Texas State | Jacksonville State (0–1) | South Dakota State (1–0) | Jacksonville State (1–2) | Eastern Kentucky (2–1) | Weber State (2–3) | Stephen F. Austin (4–1) | Eastern Washington (4–3) | Eastern Washington (5–3) | Weber State (5–4) | Florida A&M (7–2) | Colgate (9–2) | Florida A&M (8–3) | Liberty (8–3) | 21. |
22. | Harvard | Harvard (0–0) | Jacksonville State (0–2) | Eastern Kentucky (1–1) | Holy Cross (3–0) | Florida A&M (4–0) | Florida A&M (4–1) | Holy Cross (5–1) | Northern Arizona (5–2) | Prairie View A&M (5–1) | Weber State (5–4) | Lafayette (8–2) | Liberty (8–3) | Florida A&M (8–3) | 22. |
23. | South Dakota State | Eastern Kentucky (0–1) | Eastern Kentucky (0–1) | Holy Cross (3–0) | Florida A&M (4–0) | Montana State (3–1) | Eastern Kentucky (3–2) | Delaware (5–2) | UMass (4–3) | Florida A&M (6–2) | Delaware (6–3) | Montana State (7–3) | Pennsylvania (8–2) | Pennsylvania (8–2) | 23. |
24. | Hofstra | Liberty (0–1) | Liberty (1–1) | Liberty (2–1) | Eastern Illinois (4–0) | Colgate (5–0) | Holy Cross (4–1) | Eastern Illinois (5–2) | Liberty (5–2) | Lafayette (7–1) | Colgate (8–2) | Florida A&M (7–3) | Lafayette (8–3) | Texas State (7–4) | 24. |
25. | Grambling State | South Dakota State (0–0) | Harvard (0–0) | Florida A&M (3–0) | Montana State (2–1) | Eastern Illinois (4–1) | Eastern Illinois (4–2) | Northern Arizona (4–2) | Colgate (7–1) т | Delaware (5–3) | Texas State (6–3) | Pennsylvania (7–2) | Montana State (7–4) | Lafayette (8–3) | 25. |
26. | Prairie View A&M (5–1) т | 26. | |||||||||||||
Preseason [15] | Week 1 Sept 8[16] | Week 2 Sept 15[17] | Week 3 Sept 22[18] | Week 4 Sept 29[19] | Week 5 Oct 6[20] | Week 6 Oct 13[21] | Week 7 Oct 20[22] | Week 8 Oct 27[23] | Week 9 Nov 3[24] | Week 10 Nov 10[25] | Week 11 Nov 17[26] | Week 12 Nov 24[27] | Week 13 Postseason | ||
Dropped:
| None | Dropped:
| Dropped:
| Dropped: 19 Texas State | Dropped: 23 Montana State | Dropped:
| Dropped: 20 Eastern Kentucky | Dropped:
| Dropped: 19 Central Arkansas | Dropped:
| None | Dropped: 25 Montana State |
Notes
References
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