| STATS FCS Poll | |||
| Rankings as of 8/7/2017 | |||
| Rank | School | Votes | Prev |
| 1 | James Madison (1-0) | 4034 (134) | NR |
| 2 | North Dakota State (1-0) | 3874 (19) | NR |
| 3 | Sam Houston State (1-0) | 3610 (7) | NR |
| 4 | South Dakota State (1-0) | 3385 (2) | NR |
| 5 | Eastern Washington (0-1) | 3270 | NR |
| 6 | Jacksonville State (1-0) | 3081 (1) | NR |
| 7 | Richmond (0-1) | 3041 | NR |
| 8 | North Dakota (0-1) | 2871 | NR |
| 9 | Youngstown State (0-1) | 2658 | NR |
| 10 | Villanova (1-0) | 2628 | NR |
| 11 | Wofford (1-0) | 2543 | NR |
| 12 | Chattanooga (0-1) | 1995 | NR |
| 13 | New Hampshire (1-0) | 1741 | NR |
| 14 | Charleston Southern (0-1) | 1710 | NR |
| 15 | Central Arkansas (0-1) | 1685 | NR |
| 16 | Citadel (1-0) | 1545 | NR |
| 17 | Lehigh (0-1) | 1369 | NR |
| 18 | UNI (0-1) | 924 | NR |
| 19 | Samford (1-0) | 893 | NR |
| 20 | Illinois State (1-0) | 876 | NR |
| 21 | Grambling State (0-1) | 692 | NR |
| 22 | Fordham (0-1) | 604 | NR |
| 23 | Cal Poly (0-2) | 427 | NR |
| 24 | Albany (0-1) | 418 | NR |
| 25 | Western Illinois (1-0) | 367 | NR |
Others: North Carolina Central (326) , Weber State (322) , Northern Arizona (307) , McNeese (261) , San Diego (250) , Montana (215) , North Carolina A&T (198) , Kennesaw State (154) , Liberty (134) , Tennessee State(102) , UT Martin (90) , South Dakota (87) , Harvard (36) , Saint Francis U (31) , Delaware (27) , Princeton (23) , South Carolina State (22) , Nicholls (21) , Southeastern Louisiana (20) , Southern Utah (17) , Penn (14) ,Duquesne (14) , Stony Brook (13) , Maine (11) , Montana State (6) , Mercer (6) , Southern Illinois (5) , Alcorn State (4) , William & Mary (4) , Eastern Illinois (3) , ETSU (3) , Wagner (3) , Eastern Kentucky (2) , Indiana State(1) , Bethune-Cookman (1) , Dayton (1)
