The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division I-AA football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final records and previous ranking:
| No. |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. |
Appalachian State (60) |
14-1 |
1,749 |
1 |
| 2. |
Massachusetts |
13-2 |
1,677 |
3 |
| 3. |
Montana |
12-2 |
1,586 |
2 |
| 4. |
Youngstown State |
11-3 |
1,515 |
5 |
| 5. |
North Dakota State (1) |
10-1 |
1,452 |
4 |
| 6. |
New Hampshire |
9-4 |
1,357 |
9 |
| 7. |
Southern Illinois |
9-4 |
1,266 |
10 |
| 8. |
Illinois State |
9-4 |
1,234 |
11 |
| 9. |
James Madison |
9-3 |
1,225 |
6 |
| 10. |
Montana State |
8-5 |
1,060 |
18 |
| 11. |
Hampton |
10-2 |
978 |
8 |
| 12. |
Furman |
8-4 |
976 |
7 |
| 13. |
Tennessee-Martin |
9-3 |
851 |
12 |
| 14. |
Coastal Carolina |
9-3 |
826 |
13 |
| 15. |
Eastern Illinois |
8-5 |
754 |
14 |
| 16. |
Cal Poly |
7-4 |
680 |
15 |
| 17. |
Northern Iowa |
7-4 |
509 |
17 |
| 18. |
Princeton |
9-1 |
505 |
19 |
| 19. |
Portland State |
7-4 |
500 |
20 |
| 20. |
San Diego |
11-1 |
427 |
16 |
| 21. |
McNeese State |
7-5 |
415 |
22 |
| 22. |
South Dakota State |
7-4 |
366 |
21 |
| 23. |
Wofford |
7-4 |
235 |
23 |
| 24. |
Central Arkansas |
8-3 |
119 |
25 |
| 25. |
Yale |
8-2 |
96 |
NR |
Others receiving votes: Alabama A&M 88, Maine 83, Delaware State 53, UC Davis 50, Monmouth 37, Lafayette 35, Towson 19, Arkansas Pine-Bluff 11, South Carolina State 10, Charleston Southern 9, Holy Cross 5, Villanova 5.