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Ballots counted
9
Week 4, 2026
No. 1
Ferris State
8 of 9 first-place votes
Teams receiving points
35
10 outside the top 25
Disputed
Western Oregon
Best 11 · Worst 25
#TrendTeamRecPts
1 — Ferris State (8) GLIAC 3-0 222
2 — Harding (1) GAC 2-0 213
3 — CSU Pueblo RMAC 3-0 203
4 — Minnesota State NSIC 3-0 199
5 — Grand Valley State GLIAC 3-0 185
6 — Kutztown PSAC 2-0 175
7 — Northwest Missouri State MIAA 2-0 174
8 — Western Colorado RMAC 3-0 160
9 — Emporia State MIAA 3-0 148
10 — Valdosta State GSC 3-0 141
11 — Central Washington LSC 0-2 131
12 — Slippery Rock PSAC 2-0 123
13 — Findlay GMAC 2-0 117
14 — West Alabama GSC 3-0 112
15 — Minnesota Duluth NSIC 2-1 93
16 — Western Oregon LSC 1-0 85
17 — Davenport GLIAC 3-0 64
18 — IUP PSAC 2-0 57
19 — Northeastern State Independent 3-0 55
20 — Central Missouri MIAA 2-1 50
21 — Northern State NSIC 3-0 44
22 — Northwood GMAC 2-0 37
23 — Augustana NSIC 2-1 25
24 — Carson-Newman SAC 3-0 20
25 — Henderson State GAC 2-0 17

First week the board ran this poll. Numbered the way the AP numbers theirs - for the week it is released into, not the week just played. Ballots exactly as posted in the thread; spellings matched to the team list, nothing else changed.

Ballots the scoreboard disagrees with (1)

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.

  • Slippery Rock beat Minnesota Duluth 45-43 on Aug 27 — 1 ballot ranks Minnesota Duluth higher (Waldo)
Also receiving votes (10)
#TrendTeamRecPts
26 — Lenoir-Rhyne SAC 2-1 16
27 — California (PA) PSAC 2-0 15
28 — Shepherd PSAC 2-0 12
29 — Michigan Tech GLIAC 2-1 7
30 — Fort Hays State MIAA 1-1 7
31 — Benedict SIAC 2-0 6
32 — UT Permian Basin LSC 1-1 5
33 — Bluefield State CIAA 0-3 3
34 — Central Oklahoma MIAA 1-1 2
35 — Newberry SAC 1-1 2

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.

Gliac_fan10 site
Average gap from consensus: 2.88 spots
Biggest outlier: UT Permian Basin at 7 vs consensus 17
leans LSC · +4.7 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)
ARtransplantedTWolf site
Average gap from consensus: 2.52 spots
Biggest outlier: Valdosta State at 17 vs consensus 25
leans GSC · +7.0 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)
redwing site
Average gap from consensus: 1.84 spots
Biggest outlier: Tiffin at 14 vs consensus 22
leans GMAC · +4.5 spots across 4 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)

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