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Ballots counted
17
Week 5, 2026
No. 1
Ferris State
17 of 17 first-place votes
Teams receiving points
38
13 outside the top 25
Disputed
Fort Hays State
Best 9 · Worst 25
#TrendTeamRecPts
1 — Ferris State (17) GLIAC 3-0 425
2 — Harding GAC 3-0 406
3 — CSU Pueblo RMAC 4-0 377
4 — Minnesota State NSIC 4-0 371
5 — Grand Valley State GLIAC 4-0 357
6 ▲ +1 Northwest Missouri State MIAA 3-0 343
7 ▼ −1 Kutztown PSAC 3-0 316
8 — Western Colorado RMAC 4-0 305
9 — Emporia State MIAA 4-0 278
10 ▲ +1 Central Washington LSC 1-2 262
11 ▲ +1 Slippery Rock PSAC 3-0 252
12 ▲ +1 Findlay GMAC 3-0 246
13 ▲ +2 Minnesota Duluth NSIC 3-1 198
14 ▲ +3 Davenport GLIAC 4-0 163
15 ▲ +3 IUP PSAC 3-0 160
16 — Western Oregon LSC 1-1 150
17 ▲ +3 Central Missouri MIAA 2-1 126
18 ▲ +1 Northeastern State Independent 3-1 122
19 ▲ +4 Augustana NSIC 3-1 105
20 ▲ +2 Northwood GMAC 3-0 89
21 ▲ +3 Carson-Newman SAC 4-0 84
22 — Fort Hays State MIAA 2-1 70
23 ▼ −13 Valdosta State GSC 3-1 65
24 — Shepherd PSAC 3-0 50
25 — Henderson State GAC 3-0 40

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.

  • UNC Pembroke beat Valdosta State 44-41 on Sep 19 — 1 ballot ranks Valdosta State higher (cneagle99)
Also receiving votes (13)
#TrendTeamRecPts
26 — North Greenville Carolinas 3-0 31
27 — West Alabama GSC 3-1 27
28 — Michigan Tech GLIAC 3-1 20
29 — UT Permian Basin LSC 2-1 19
30 — Newberry SAC 2-1 16
31 — Northern State NSIC 3-1 13
32 — Benedict SIAC 3-0 13
33 — UNC Pembroke Carolinas 3-1 9
34 — Wayne State (NE) NSIC 3-1 7
35 — Ashland GMAC 1-2 4
36 — Central Oklahoma MIAA 1-2 4
37 — East Central GAC 3-0 1
38 — Mars Hill SAC 3-0 1

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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