| STATS FCS Poll | |||
| Rankings as of 9/18/2017 | |||
| Rank | School | Votes | Prev |
| 1 | James Madison (3-0) | 4067 (156) | 1 |
| 2 | North Dakota State (2-0) | 3898 (5) | 2 |
| 3 | Sam Houston State (2-0) | 3680 (1) | 3 |
| 4 | South Dakota State (3-0) | 3607 (1) | 4 |
| 5 | Jacksonville State (1-1) | 3309 | 5 |
| 6 | Youngstown State (2-1) | 3198 | 6 |
| 7 | Villanova (2-1) | 3088 | 7 |
| 8 | Richmond (2-1) | 2930 | 8 |
| 9 | Wofford (2-0) | 2660 | 11 |
| 10 | Citadel (3-0) | 2264 | 13 |
| 11 | Eastern Washington (1-2) | 2227 | 12 |
| 12 | Central Arkansas (2-1) | 2094 | 14 |
| 13 | South Dakota (3-0) | 1980 | 23 |
| 14 | Illinois State (2-0) | 1691 | 18 |
| 15 | New Hampshire (2-1) | 1448 | 9 |
| 16 | Liberty (3-0) | 1353 | 19 |
| 17 | North Dakota (1-2) | 1325 | 10 |
| 18 | Samford (2-1) | 1234 | 17 |
| 19 | Western Illinois (2-0) | 1222 | 20 |
| 20 | Tennessee State (3-0) | 1026 | 22 |
| 21 | North Carolina A&T (3-0) | 897 | 25 |
| 22 | Grambling State (2-1) | 644 | 24 |
| 23 | Weber State (2-1) | 460 | NR |
| 24 | UT Martin (2-1) | 385 | NR |
| 25 | Holy Cross (2-1) | 310 | NR |
Others: Charleston Southern (305) , Chattanooga (252) , Nicholls (251) , Albany (250) , Southern Utah (156) , UNI (152) , Montana (124) , Stony Brook (90) , Elon (66) , North Carolina Central (57) , Princeton (37) ,Colgate (35) , Howard (33) , Fordham (26) , Maine (20) , Western Carolina (18) , McNeese (18) , Kennesaw State (17) , Idaho State (15) , UC Davis (12) , Saint Francis U (8) , Eastern Kentucky (7) , Delaware (7) ,Southern Illinois (6) , Cal Poly (4) , Yale (4) , Towson (4) , Duquesne (3) , Mercer (3) , Penn (2) , Monmouth (2) , Harvard (1) , San Diego (1) , Alcorn State (1) , William & Mary (1)
