The Appalachian State University football team is No.1 in the FCS Coaches Poll for the second week in a row.

The Mountaineers (4-0 overall; 2-0 in the Southern conference) received 15 first-place votes. Villanova, which is No.1 in The Sports Network/Fathead.com Top 25 FCS Poll, is No.2. The Wildcats, who have put together a three-game winning streak after losing to Temple on opening day (September 4), received six first-place votes.
James Madison, Jacksonville State and Delaware round out the top five; Stephen F. Austin, William & Mary, Umass, South Carolina State and Montana State round out the top ten. Montana (2-2), which rallied to beat Sacramento State 28-25 on Saturday, is 11th; Georgia Southern is 16th; Elon falls to 21st this week after being ranked 11th last week, and Furman is 23rd.
The Mountaineers have a bye week on Saturday. Elon (1-3) comes to town Saturday, October 9 for Homecoming at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Game time is 3 pm; our coverage begins at 1 pm on AM 1450, WATA.

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FCS Coaches Poll

No. School Record Points Prev 
1 Appalachian State (16) 4-0 681 1 
2 Villanova (6) 3-1 666 2 
3 James Madison (3) 3-0 651 3 
4 Jacksonville State (1) 4-0 607 4 
5 Delaware (1) 4-0 593 6 
6 Stephen F. Austin (1) 3-1 573 7 
7 William & Mary 3-1 489 8 
8 UMass 3-1 472 9 
9 South Carolina State 2-1 417 12 
10 Montana State 3-1 405 16 
11 Montana 2-2 368 14 
12 Richmond 1-2 357 5 
13 North Dakota State 3-1 333 18 
14 Cal Poly 3-1 301 22 
15 New Hampshire 2-2 285 18 
16 Georgia Southern 3-1 270 24 
17 Eastern Washington 2-2 231 10 
18 Texas State 3-1 215 23 
19 Illinois State 3-1 171 25 
20 Youngstown State 3-1 146 29 
21 Elon  1-3 120 11 
22 Northern Iowa 1-2 116 15 
23 Southern Illinois 1-3 78 13 
23 Furman  2-1 78 31 
25 Central Arkansas 3-1 71 26 

Others Receiving Votes: Liberty (2-2) 58; N.Arizona (2-1) 54; McNeese State (1-2) 53; Western Illinois (3-1) 50; Alcorn St. (3-1) 35; SEMO (3-1) 34; Penn (1-1) 27; South Dakota (2-2) 27; Wofford (2-1) 17; Grambling (2-1) 10; South Dakota St. (0-3) 10; Webber St (2-2) 7; Morgan St.(2-2) 7; Brown (2-0) 6; Jacksonville (3-1) 4; Sacramento St. (2-2) 3; Missouri St.(1-2) 2; Harvard (1-1) 2; Rmorris (3-1) 1; Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1-2) 1