2003 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings
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The 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the Sports Network poll of Division I-AA head coaches, athletic directors, sports information directors and media members. This is for the 2003 season.
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The Sports Network poll
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|Week1Date = {{cite news|title=NCAA Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|location=Louisville, Kentucky|date=August 12, 2003|page=E5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10722144/poll_2003_0812_i_aa_preseason/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week2Date = Sept 2{{cite news|title=Sport Network/CSTV Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=Southern Illinoisan|location=Carbondale, Illinois|date=September 2, 2003|page=2D|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10730074/poll_2003_0902_i_aa_tsn/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week3Date = Sept 9{{cite news|title=I-AA poll|newspaper=The Advocate-Messenger|location=Danville, Kentucky|date=September 9, 2003|page=B2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10730094/poll_2003_0909_i_aa_tsn/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week4Date = Sept 16{{cite news|title=Division I-AA poll|newspaper=The Advocate-Messenger|location=Danville, Kentucky|date=September 16, 2003|page=B2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10730127/poll_2003_0916_i_aa_tsn/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week5Date = Sept 23{{cite news|title=Division I-AA poll|newspaper=The Advocate-Messenger|location=Danville, Kentucky|date=September 23, 2003|page=B2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10730152/poll_2003_0923_i_aa_tsn/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week6Date = Sept 30{{cite news|title=NCAA Div. I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|location=Louisville, Kentucky|date=September 30, 2003|page=E6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10730189/poll_2003_0930_i_aa_tsn/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week7Date = Oct 7{{cite news|title=NCAA Div. I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|location=Louisville, Kentucky|date=October 7, 2003|page=E6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10730215/poll_2003_1007_i_aa_tsn/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week8Date = Oct 14{{cite news|title=Division I-AA poll|newspaper=Iowa City Press-Citizen|location=Iowa City, Iowa|date=October 14, 2003|page=2B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10730243/poll_2003_1014_i_aa_tsn/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week9Date = Oct 21{{cite news|title=I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, Illinois|date=October 21, 2003|page=B4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10730284/poll_2003_1021_i_aa_tsn/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week10Date = Oct 28{{cite news|title=NCAA Div. I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|location=Louisville, Kentucky|date=October 28, 2003|page=E5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10730309/poll_2003_1028_i_aa_tsn/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week11Date = Nov 4{{cite news|title=NCAA Div. I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|location=Louisville, Kentucky|date=November 4, 2003|page=E5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10730347/poll_2003_1104_i_aa_tsn/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week12Date = Nov 11{{cite news|title=NCAA Div. I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|location=Louisville, Kentucky|date=November 11, 2003|page=E5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10730376/poll_2003_1111_i_aa_tsn/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week13Date = Nov 18{{cite news|title=College Div. I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=Burlington, Vermont|date=November 18, 2003|page=8B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10730393/poll_2003_1118_i_aa_tsn/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week14Date = Nov 25{{cite news|title=Division I-AA|newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer|location=Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|date=November 25, 2003|page=D6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10730421/poll_2003_1125_i_aa_tsn/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week15Date = Postseason{{cite news|title=Final Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Gettysburg Times|location=Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|date=December 23, 2003|page=B2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11125749/poll_2003_1223_i_aa_tsn_final/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=May 20, 2017}}{{Open access}}
|Week1-1 = McNeese State (25)
|Week1-2 = Georgia Southern (16)
|Week1-3 = Western Illinois (15)
|Week1-4 = Montana (5)
|Week1-5 = Western Kentucky (17)
|Week1-6 = {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Northeastern Huskies|title=Northeastern}}
|Week1-7 = Grambling State (2)
|Week1-8 = Furman
|Week1-9 = Appalachian State
|Week1-10 = {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Bethune-Cookman Wildcats|title=Bethune-Cookman}}
|Week1-11 = {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Idaho State Bengals|title=Idaho State}}
|Week1-12 = Villanova
|Week1-13 = Fordham
|Week1-14 = UMass
|Week1-15 = Montana State
|Week1-16 = Maine
|Week1-17 = Delaware
|Week1-18 = Eastern Illinois
|Week1-19 = Wofford
|Week1-20 = {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Southeast Missouri State Redhawks|title=Southeast Missouri State}}
|Week1-21 = Penn
|Week1-22 = Northwestern State
|Week1-23 = Nicholls State
|Week1-24 = Stephen F. Austin
|Week1-25 = {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Eastern Kentucky Colonels|title=Eastern Kentucky}}
|Week2-1 = McNeese State (1–0) (58)
|Week2-1-Color =
|Week2-2 = Georgia Southern (0–0) (8)
|Week2-2-Color =
|Week2-3 = Montana (1–0) (7)
|Week2-3-Color = u
|Week2-4 = Western Illinois (1–0) (13)
|Week2-4-Color = d
|Week2-5 = Western Kentucky (1–0) (8)
|Week2-5-Color =
|Week2-6 = Northeastern (1–0)
|Week2-6-Color =
|Week2-7 = Furman (1–0)
|Week2-7-Color = u
|Week2-8 = Bethune-Cookman (1–0)
|Week2-8-Color = u
|Week2-9 = Villanova (1–0)
|Week2-9-Color = u
|Week2-10 = Idaho State (1–0)
|Week2-10-Color = u
|Week2-11 = Appalachian State (0–1)
|Week2-11-Color = d
|Week2-12 = UMass (0–0)
|Week2-12-Color = u
|Week2-13 = Fordham (1–0)
|Week2-13-Color =
|Week2-14 = Delaware (0–0)
|Week2-14-Color = u
|Week2-15 = Grambling State (0–1)
|Week2-15-Color = d
|Week2-16 = Montana State (0–1)
|Week2-16-Color = d
|Week2-17 = Eastern Illinois (1–0)
|Week2-17-Color = u
|Week2-18 = Northwestern State (1–0)
|Week2-18-Color = u
|Week2-19 = Nicholls State (1–0)
|Week2-19-Color = u
|Week2-20 = Maine (0–1)
|Week2-20-Color = d
|Week2-21 = Penn (0–0)
|Week2-21-Color =
|Week2-22 = Southeast Missouri State (0–1)
|Week2-22-Color = d
|Week2-23 = Stephen F. Austin (0–0)
|Week2-23-Color = u
|Week2-24 = Florida Atlantic (1–0)
|Week2-24-Color = npr
|Week2-25 = Wofford (0–1)
|Week2-25-Color = d
|Week3-1 = Western Illinois (2–0) (41)
|Week3-1-Color = u
|Week3-2 = Georgia Southern (1–0) (42)
|Week3-2-Color =
|Week3-3 = McNeese State (1–1) (19)
|Week3-3-Color = d
|Week3-4 = Western Kentucky (2–0) (7)
|Week3-4-Color = u
|Week3-5 = Northeastern (2–0)
|Week3-5-Color = u
|Week3-6 = Villanova (2–0) (2)
|Week3-6-Color = u
|Week3-7 = Bethune-Cookman (2–0)
|Week3-7-Color = u
|Week3-8 = Furman (1–1)
|Week3-8-Color = d
|Week3-9 = Fordham (2–0)
|Week3-9-Color = u
|Week3-10 = UMass (1–0)
|Week3-10-Color = u
|Week3-11 = Delaware (1–0)
|Week3-11-Color = u
|Week3-12 = Montana (1–1)
|Week3-12-Color = d
|Week3-13 = Montana State (1–1)
|Week3-13-Color = u
|Week3-14 = Grambling State (1–1)
|Week3-14-Color = u
|Week3-15 = Eastern Illinois (1–0)
|Week3-15-Color = u
|Week3-16 = Idaho State (1–1)
|Week3-16-Color = d
|Week3-17 = Stephen F. Austin (1–0)
|Week3-17-Color = u
|Week3-18 = Maine (1–1)
|Week3-18-Color = u
|Week3-19 = Northwestern State (1–1)
|Week3-19-Color = d
|Week3-20 = Nicholls State (1–1)
|Week3-20-Color = d
|Week3-21 = Southern Illinois (2–0)
|Week3-21-Color = npr
|Week3-22 = Penn (0–0)
|Week3-22-Color = d
|Week3-23 = Eastern Kentucky (1–1)
|Week3-23-Color = npr
|Week3-24 = Wofford (1–1)
|Week3-24-Color = u
|Week3-25 = Cal Poly (1–0)
|Week3-25-Color = npr
|Week4-1 = McNeese State (2–1) (61)
|Week4-1-Color = u
|Week4-2 = Western Illinois (2–1) (20)
|Week4-2-Color = d
|Week4-3 = Western Kentucky (2–0) (15)
|Week4-3-Color = u
|Week4-4 = Northeastern (3–0) (3)
|Week4-4-Color = u
|Week4-5 = Villanova (3–0) (3)
|Week4-5-Color = u
|Week4-6 = Georgia Southern (1–1)
|Week4-6-Color = d
|Week4-7 = Bethune-Cookman (2–0)
|Week4-7-Color =
|Week4-8 = Delaware (2–0)
|Week4-8-Color = u
|Week4-9 = Furman (1–1)
|Week4-9-Color = d
|Week4-10 = Montana (2–1)
|Week4-10-Color = u
|Week4-11 = Montana State (1–1)
|Week4-11-Color = u
|Week4-12 = UMass (1–1)
|Week4-12-Color = d
|Week4-13 = Grambling State (2–1)
|Week4-13-Color = u
|Week4-14 = Idaho State (2–1)
|Week4-14-Color = u
|Week4-15 = Northwestern State (2–1)
|Week4-15-Color = u
|Week4-16 = Maine (2–1)
|Week4-16-Color = u
|Week4-17 = Southern Illinois (3–0)
|Week4-17-Color = u
|Week4-18 = Fordham (2–1)
|Week4-18-Color = d
|Week4-19 = Eastern Illinois (1–1)
|Week4-19-Color = d
|Week4-20 = Lehigh (2–0)
|Week4-20-Color = npr
|Week4-21 = Cal Poly (2–0)
|Week4-21-Color = u
|Week4-22 = {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Portland State Vikings|title=Portland State}} (2–0)
|Week4-22-Color = npr
|Week4-23 = Penn (0–0)
|Week4-23-Color = d
|Week4-24 = Colgate (2–0)
|Week4-24-Color = npr
|Week4-25 = Wofford (1–1)
|Week4-25-Color = d
|Week5-1 = McNeese State (3–1) (76)
|Week5-1-Color =
|Week5-2 = Western Illinois (3–1) (13)
|Week5-2-Color =
|Week5-3 = Western Kentucky (3–0) (12)
|Week5-3-Color =
|Week5-4 = Northeastern (4–0) (1)
|Week5-4-Color =
|Week5-5 = Villanova (3–0) (2)
|Week5-5-Color =
|Week5-6 = Bethune-Cookman (3–0)
|Week5-6-Color = u
|Week5-7 = Delaware (3–0)
|Week5-7-Color = u
|Week5-8 = Furman (2–1)
|Week5-8-Color = u
|Week5-9 = Montana (2–1)
|Week5-9-Color = u
|Week5-10 = UMass (2–1)
|Week5-10-Color = u
|Week5-11 = Northwestern State (3–1)
|Week5-11-Color = u
|Week5-12 = Idaho State (2–1)
|Week5-12-Color = u
|Week5-13 = Southern Illinois (3–0)
|Week5-13-Color = u
|Week5-14 = Cal Poly (3–0)
|Week5-14-Color = u
|Week5-15 = Wofford (2–1)
|Week5-15-Color = u
|Week5-16 = Georgia Southern (1–2)
|Week5-16-Color = d
|Week5-17 = Fordham (3–1)
|Week5-17-Color = u
|Week5-18 = Grambling State (2–2)
|Week5-18-Color = d
|Week5-19 = Lehigh (3–0)
|Week5-19-Color = u
|Week5-20 = Montana State (1–2)
|Week5-20-Color = d
|Week5-21 = Penn (1–0)
|Week5-21-Color = u
|Week5-22 = Colgate (3–0)
|Week5-22-Color = u
|Week5-23 = Illinois State (3–1)
|Week5-23-Color = npr
|Week5-24 = Maine (2–2)
|Week5-24-Color = d
|Week5-25 = Northern Arizona (2–1)
|Week5-25-Color = npr
|Week6-1 = McNeese State (3–1) (76)
|Week6-1-Color =
|Week6-2 = Western Illinois (3–1) (13)
|Week6-2-Color =
|Week6-3 = Villanova (4–0) (12)
|Week6-3-Color = u
|Week6-4 = Delaware (4–0) (1)
|Week6-4-Color = u
|Week6-5 = Bethune-Cookman (4–0) (1)
|Week6-5-Color = u
|Week6-6 = Western Kentucky (3–1) (2)
|Week6-6-Color = d
|Week6-7 = Furman (3–1) (1)
|Week6-7-Color = u
|Week6-8 = Montana (3–1)
|Week6-8-Color = u
|Week6-9 = UMass (3–1)
|Week6-9-Color = u
|Week6-10 = Northeastern (4–1)
|Week6-10-Color = d
|Week6-11 = Southern Illinois (4–0)
|Week6-11-Color = u
|Week6-12 = Wofford (3–1)
|Week6-12-Color = u
|Week6-13 = Georgia Southern (2–2)
|Week6-13-Color = u
|Week6-14 = Fordham (3–1)
|Week6-14-Color = u
|Week6-15 = Penn (2–0)
|Week6-15-Color = u
|Week6-16 = Northern Iowa (3–1)
|Week6-16-Color = npr
|Week6-17 = Northern Arizona (3–1)
|Week6-17-Color = u
|Week6-18 = Grambling State (2–2)
|Week6-18-Color =
|Week6-19 = Colgate (4–0)
|Week6-19-Color = u
|Week6-20 = Cal Poly (3–1)
|Week6-20-Color = d
|Week6-21 = Northwestern State (3–2)
|Week6-21-Color = d
|Week6-22 = Southern (4–0)
|Week6-22-Color = npr
|Week6-23 = Maine (3–2)
|Week6-23-Color = u
|Week6-24 = Lehigh (3–1)
|Week6-24-Color = d
|Week6-25 = Idaho State (2–2)
|Week6-25-Color = d
|Week7-1 = McNeese State (4–1) (74)
|Week7-1-Color =
|Week7-2 = Western Illinois (4–1) (18)
|Week7-2-Color =
|Week7-3 = Villanova (5–0) (9)
|Week7-3-Color =
|Week7-4 = Delaware (5–0) (1)
|Week7-4-Color =
|Week7-5 = Furman (4–1) (1)
|Week7-5-Color = u
|Week7-6 = Montana (4–1)
|Week7-6-Color = u
|Week7-7 = UMass (4–1)
|Week7-7-Color = u
|Week7-8 = Southern Illinois (5–0)
|Week7-8-Color = u
|Week7-9 = Western Kentucky (3–2) (1)
|Week7-9-Color = d
|Week7-10 = Wofford (4–1)
|Week7-10-Color = u
|Week7-11 = Georgia Southern (3–2)
|Week7-11-Color = u
|Week7-12 = Northern Iowa (4–1)
|Week7-12-Color = u
|Week7-13 = Bethune-Cookman (4–1)
|Week7-13-Color = d
|Week7-14 = Northern Arizona (4–1)
|Week7-14-Color = u
|Week7-15 = Penn (3–0)
|Week7-15-Color =
|Week7-16 = Grambling State (3–2)
|Week7-16-Color = u
|Week7-17 = Colgate (5–0)
|Week7-17-Color = u
|Week7-18 = Southern (5–0)
|Week7-18-Color = u
|Week7-19 = Northeastern (4–2)
|Week7-19-Color = d
|Week7-20 = Northwestern State (4–2)
|Week7-20-Color = u
|Week7-21 = Maine (4–2)
|Week7-21-Color = u
|Week7-22 = Idaho State (3–2)
|Week7-22-Color = u
|Week7-23 = Harvard (3–0)
|Week7-23-Color = npr
|Week7-24 = Cal Poly (3–2)
|Week7-24-Color = d
|Week7-25 = Fordham (3–2)
|Week7-25-Color = d
|Week8-1 = McNeese State (4–1) (64)
|Week8-1-Color =
|Week8-2 = Western Illinois (5–1) (26)
|Week8-2-Color =
|Week8-3 = Villanova (6–0) (12)
|Week8-3-Color =
|Week8-4 = Delaware (6–0) (1)
|Week8-4-Color =
|Week8-5 = Montana (5–1)
|Week8-5-Color = u
|Week8-6 = UMass (5–1)
|Week8-6-Color = u
|Week8-7 = Southern Illinois (6–0)
|Week8-7-Color = u
|Week8-8 = Wofford (5–1)
|Week8-8-Color = u
|Week8-9 = Western Kentucky (4–2)
|Week8-9-Color =
|Week8-10 = Georgia Southern (4–2)
|Week8-10-Color = u
|Week8-11 = Northern Iowa (5–1)
|Week8-11-Color = u
|Week8-12 = Bethune-Cookman (5–1)
|Week8-12-Color = u
|Week8-13 = Furman (4–2)
|Week8-13-Color = d
|Week8-14 = Northern Arizona (5–1)
|Week8-14-Color =
|Week8-15 = Penn (4–0)
|Week8-15-Color =
|Week8-16 = Grambling State (4–2)
|Week8-16-Color =
|Week8-17 = Southern (6–0) (1)
|Week8-17-Color = u
|Week8-18 = Colgate (6–0)
|Week8-18-Color = d
|Week8-19 = Northwestern State (5–2)
|Week8-19-Color = u
|Week8-20 = Maine (4–2)
|Week8-20-Color = u
|Week8-21 = Idaho State (4–2)
|Week8-21-Color = u
|Week8-22 = Harvard (4–0)
|Week8-22-Color = u
|Week8-23 = Florida Atlantic (5–2)
|Week8-23-Color = npr
|Week8-24 = Fordham (4–2)
|Week8-24-Color = u
|Week8-25 = {{cfb link|year=2003|team=North Carolina A&T Aggies|title=North Carolina A&T}} (5–1)
|Week8-25-Color = npr
|Week9-1 = McNeese State (5–1) (91)
|Week9-1-Color =
|Week9-2 = Villanova (6–0) (11)
|Week9-2-Color = u
|Week9-3 = Delaware (7–0) (2)
|Week9-3-Color = u
|Week9-4 = Southern Illinois (7–0) (4)
|Week9-4-Color = u
|Week9-5 = UMass (6–1)
|Week9-5-Color = u
|Week9-6 = Wofford (6–1)
|Week9-6-Color = u
|Week9-7 = Western Illinois (5–2)
|Week9-7-Color = d
|Week9-8 = Western Kentucky (5–2)
|Week9-8-Color = u
|Week9-9 = Northern Iowa (6–1)
|Week9-9-Color = u
|Week9-10 = Northern Arizona (6–1)
|Week9-10-Color = u
|Week9-11 = Bethune-Cookman (6–1)
|Week9-11-Color = u
|Week9-12 = Montana (5–2)
|Week9-12-Color = d
|Week9-13 = Penn (5–0)
|Week9-13-Color = u
|Week9-14 = Southern (7–0)
|Week9-14-Color = u
|Week9-15 = Grambling State (5–2)
|Week9-15-Color = u
|Week9-16 = Colgate (7–0)
|Week9-16-Color = u
|Week9-17 = Idaho State (5–2)
|Week9-17-Color = u
|Week9-18 = Northwestern State (6–2)
|Week9-18-Color = u
|Week9-19 = Georgia Southern (4–3)
|Week9-19-Color = d
|Week9-20 = Harvard (5–0)
|Week9-20-Color = u
|Week9-21 = Florida Atlantic (6–2)
|Week9-21-Color = u
|Week9-22 = Furman (4–3)
|Week9-22-Color = d
|Week9-23 = North Carolina A&T (6–1)
|Week9-23-Color = u
|Week9-24 = Fordham (5–2)
|Week9-24-Color =
|Week9-25 = {{cfb link|year=2003|team=Hampton Pirates|title=Hampton}} (5–1)
|Week9-25-Color = npr
|Week10-1 = McNeese State (6–1) (80)
|Week10-1-Color =
|Week10-2 = Delaware (8–0) (21)
|Week10-2-Color = u
|Week10-3 = Southern Illinois (8–0) (2)
|Week10-3-Color = u
|Week10-4 = UMass (7–1)
|Week10-4-Color = u
|Week10-5 = Wofford (7–1)
|Week10-5-Color = u
|Week10-6 = Northern Iowa (7–1)
|Week10-6-Color = u
|Week10-7 = Villanova (6–1)
|Week10-7-Color = d
|Week10-8 = Western Kentucky (6–2)
|Week10-8-Color =
|Week10-9 = Bethune-Cookman (6–1)
|Week10-9-Color = u
|Week10-10 = Montana (6–2)
|Week10-10-Color = u
|Week10-11 = Penn (6–0)
|Week10-11-Color = u
|Week10-12 = Colgate (8–0)
|Week10-12-Color = u
|Week10-13 = Western Illinois (5–3)
|Week10-13-Color = d
|Week10-14 = Grambling State (6–2)
|Week10-14-Color = u
|Week10-15 = Northern Arizona (6–2)
|Week10-15-Color = d
|Week10-16 = Harvard (6–0)
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|Week12-24-Color = npr
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|Week13-22-Color = u
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|Week13-23-Color = npr
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|Week13-24-Color = npr
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|Week13-25-Color = d
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|Week14-17-Color = u
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|Week14-18-Color = d
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|Week14-19-Color = u
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|Week14-20-Color = u
|Week14-21 = Idaho State (8–4)
|Week14-21-Color = u
|Week14-22 = Georgia Southern (7–4)
|Week14-22-Color =
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|Week14-23-Color = d
|Week14-24 = Montana State (7–5)
|Week14-24-Color = npr
|Week14-25 = Lehigh (8–3)
|Week14-25-Color = npr
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|Week15-1-Color = u
|Week15-2 = Colgate (15–1)
|Week15-2-Color = u
|Week15-3 = Wofford (12–2)
|Week15-3-Color = d
|Week15-4 = Florida Atlantic (11–3)
|Week15-4-Color = u
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|Week15-5-Color = u
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|Week15-6-Color = u
|Week15-7 = Western Kentucky (9–4)
|Week15-7-Color = u
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|Week15-8-Color = d
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|Week15-9-Color = d
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|Week15-10-Color = u
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|Week15-11-Color = d
|Week15-12 = Penn (10–0)
|Week15-12-Color = d
|Week15-13 = Southern (12–1)
|Week15-13-Color = u
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|Week15-14-Color = d
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|Week15-15-Color = d
|Week15-16 = North Carolina A&T (10–3)
|Week15-16-Color = u
|Week15-17 = Grambling State (9–3)
|Week15-17-Color = d
|Week15-18 = Jacksonville State (8–4)
|Week15-18-Color = d
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|Week15-19-Color =
|Week15-20 = Northeastern (8–4)
|Week15-20-Color =
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|Week15-21-Color = u
|Week15-22 = Idaho State (8–4)
|Week15-22-Color = d
|Week15-23 = Lehigh (8–3)
|Week15-23-Color = u
|Week15-24 = Georgia Southern (7–4)
|Week15-24-Color = d
|Week15-25 = Villanova (7–4)
|Week15-25-Color = d
|Week2Dropped = 25 Eastern Kentucky
|Week3Dropped = {{ubl|11 Appalachian State|22 Southeast Missouri State|24 Florida Atlantic}}
|Week4Dropped = {{ubl|17 Stephen F. Austin|20 Nicholls State|23 Eastern Kentucky}}
|Week5Dropped = {{ubl|19 Eastern Illinois|22 Portland State}}
|Week6Dropped = {{ubl|20 Montana State|23 Illinois State}}
|Week7Dropped = 24 Lehigh
|Week8Dropped = {{ubl|19 Northeastern|24 Cal Poly}}
|Week9Dropped = 20 Maine
|Week10Dropped = 19 Georgia Southern
|Week11Dropped = 25 The Citadel
|Week12Dropped = {{ubl|21 Northwestern State|22 Idaho State|23 Harvard|24 Lehigh|25 Hampton}}
|Week13Dropped = {{ubl|20 Cal Poly|25 Furman}}
|Week14Dropped = {{ubl|23 Maine|25 Fordham}}
|Week15Dropped =
}}
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