The dominance of the Missouri Valley Conference has reached new heights in this week's college football FCS polls.

For the first time in MVFC history, four league schools are ranked in the Top 7 in the nation. North Dakota State, Illinois State, UNI and South Dakota State represent the league in the Top 7 of both the FCS coaches rankings and the STATS top-25 poll. South Dakota and Western Illinois also received votes in the STATS poll. SDSU picked up one first place vote in the coaches poll.

Six teams are ranked in the Top 25, as Youngstown State and Indiana State join the other four to represent the MVFC. It marks the third-straight week this year, and 15th overall, that the league has had six or more teams ranked.

This is the final weekend before conference play and only two MVFC teams are in action: South Dakota State hosts Robert Morris while Southern Illinois hosts Liberty.

STATS FCS Top 25

Team (First-Place Votes)W-LPtsPrev
1Jacksonville State (93)2-138341
2Coastal Carolina (36)3-036762
3North Dakota State (17)2-135554
4lllinois State (2)2-133535
5Villanova (4)2-133466
6South Dakota State (6)2-030497
7Northern Iowa2-130299
8Chattanooga2-1258510
9James Madison3-0252212
10Liberty2-1246015
11Eastern Washington1-2235814
12Sam Houston State0-219053
13Youngstown State2-1186116
14Montana1-216758
15Montana State1-1161211
16Fordham2-1160118
17Portland State2-0144619
18Eastern Kentucky1-1101321
19Richmond2-199322
20Cal Poly1-275817
21New Hampshire1-275313
22Indiana State2-172323
23Southeastern Louisiana2-170220
24Harvard1-054925
25McNeese State2-0502NR

Others receiving votes: Stony Brook 335, William & Mary 263, Lamar 257, Northern Arizona 171, North Dakota 79, Samford 73, South Dakota 64, North Carolina A&T 42, Alcorn State 41, Western Illinois 36, Furman 35, Bryant 32, Idaho State 19, South Carolina State 8, Towson 8, Southern University 6, Dartmouth 4, Bethune-Cookman 4, Tennessee State 4, Southeast Missouri State 3, Princeton 2, Jacksonville 2, Charleston Southern 1, Sacred Heart 1.

FCS Coaches Poll
Team (First-Place Votes)W-LPtsPrev
1Coastal Carolina (18)3-06311
2North Dakota State (4)2-16172
3Jacksonville State (3)2-15914
4Villanova2-15793
5Illinois State2-15316
6Northern Iowa2-148311
7South Dakota State (1)2-04818
8James Madison3-047710
9Chattanooga2-143812
10Liberty2-141014
11Eastern Washington1-234915
12Youngstown State2-132816
13Montana State1-12969
14Sam Houston State0-22775
15Montana1-22607
16Fordham2-123919
17McNeese State2-023121
18Portland State2-022020
19Southeastern Louisiana2-116417
20Richmond2-114723
21Eastern Kentucky1-112622
22Cal Poly1-211418
23Indiana State2-111225
24New Hampshire1-27813
25William & Mary1-145NR

Others receiving votes: Harvard 42, Northern Arizona 34, Samford 28, South Carolina State 23, Charleston Southern 21, Stony Brook 20, Towson 20, North Carolina A&T 14, Alcorn State 8, Furman 7, Lamar 5, Western Illinois 3, Jacksonville 1.

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