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Ballots counted
15
Week 6, 2026
No. 1
Ferris State
15 of 15 first-place votes
Teams receiving points
47
22 outside the top 25
Disputed
Central Missouri
Best 6 · Worst 22
#TrendTeamRecPts
1 — Ferris State (15) GLIAC 4-0 375
2 — Harding GAC 4-0 355
3 — CSU Pueblo RMAC 5-0 330
4 — Minnesota State NSIC 5-0 330
5 — Grand Valley State GLIAC 4-0 323
6 ▲ +1 Kutztown PSAC 4-0 281
7 ▲ +1 Western Colorado RMAC 5-0 280
8 ▲ +1 Emporia State MIAA 4-0 258
9 ▲ +2 Slippery Rock PSAC 4-0 243
10 — Central Washington LSC 2-2 231
11 ▼ −5 Northwest Missouri State MIAA 3-1 223
12 ▲ +8 Northwood GMAC 4-0 197
13 ▲ +2 IUP PSAC 4-0 178
14 — Davenport GLIAC 4-0 171
15 ▲ +2 Central Missouri MIAA 3-1 170
16 — North Greenville Carolinas 4-0 97
17 ▲ +8 Henderson State GAC 4-0 89
18 ▲ +5 Valdosta State GSC 3-1 88
19 — Mars Hill SAC 4-0 74
20 ▼ −2 Northeastern State Independent 3-2 72
21 ▼ −9 Findlay GMAC 3-1 70
22 — UT Permian Basin LSC 3-1 65
23 ▼ −10 Minnesota Duluth NSIC 3-2 54
24 ▼ −8 Western Oregon LSC 1-2 45
25 — West Alabama GSC 4-1 31

Ballots the scoreboard disagrees with (4)

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.

  • Central Oklahoma beat Northwest Missouri State 19-14 on Sep 26 — 2 ballots rank Northwest Missouri State higher (Thunder, EastStroud13)
  • Washburn beat Central Oklahoma 14-10 on Sep 19 — 2 ballots rank Central Oklahoma higher (Thunder, EastStroud13)
  • UNC Pembroke beat Valdosta State 44-41 on Sep 19 — 2 ballots rank Valdosta State higher (Eagle74, Bisonfan from FLA)
  • Northwood beat Findlay 34-11 on Sep 26 — 1 ballot ranks Findlay higher (grantland rice)
Also receiving votes (22)
#TrendTeamRecPts
26 — Walsh GMAC 4-0 29
27 — Northern State NSIC 4-1 27
28 — Carson-Newman SAC 4-1 23
29 — Shepherd PSAC 3-1 20
30 — Augustana NSIC 3-2 18
31 — Central Oklahoma MIAA 2-2 16
32 — Washburn MIAA 3-1-1 15
33 — Kentucky State SIAC 4-1 14
34 — UNC Pembroke Carolinas 4-1 14
35 — East Central GAC 4-0 10
36 — Newberry SAC 3-1 9
37 — Hillsdale GMAC 3-1 8
38 — Fort Hays State MIAA 2-2 8
39 — Michigan Tech GLIAC 3-1 8
40 — Ouachita Baptist GAC 2-2 5
41 — Wayne State (NE) NSIC 4-1 5
42 — Anderson SAC 4-1 4
43 — Missouri Western MIAA 2-2 3
44 — Roosevelt GLIAC 4-0 3
45 — South Dakota Mines RMAC 4-1 3
46 — Edward Waters SIAC 4-1 2
47 — Pittsburg State MIAA 0-4 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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