For the second week in a row, the Appalachian State football team finds itself sitting on top of the college football world.

The Mountaineers (5-0 overall; 3-0 in the Southern Conference), who staved off upset-minded Elon are ranked No.1 in The Sports Network/Fathead.com Top 25 FCS College Football Poll. The Mountaineers received the whopping total of 106 first-place votes. Delaware (6-0) is ranked second. The Fightin' Blue Hens received 29 first-place votes.
Jacksonville State (ten first-place votes), William & Mary and Stephen F. Austin (one first-place vote) round out the top five; Villanova, James Madison, UMass, Montana State and South Carolina State round out the top ten. Wofford, ranked 21st last week, move up to 14th in this week's poll.
The Terriers (4-1 ovearll; 2-0 and in second place in the SoCon) picked up a huge road win (33-31) at Georgia Southern on Saturday; the Eagles, who were ranked 16th, fall to 21st. Elon, despite a 2-4 record, is ranked 24th.
ASU takes on The Citadel Saturday night at home. As of now, quarterback DeAndre Presley, who suffered a head injury at the end of last Saturday's game against Elon, is listed as day-to-day for this week's match up against the Bulldogs. Our coverage begins at 4 pm on AM 1450, WATA.

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The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top-25 College Football Poll

Team (First-place votes) Record Points Previous Rank

1. Appalachian State Mountaineers (106) 5-0 3,586 1
2. Delaware Blue Hens (29)  6-0 3,472 2
3. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (10)  6-0 3,290 3
4. William & Mary Tribe  5-1 3,160 4
5. Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks (1)  4-1 2,982 5
6. Villanova Wildcats  3-2 2,759 6
7. James Madison Dukes  4-1 2,747 7
8. Massachusetts Minutemen  4-1 2,649 8
9. Montana State Bobcats  5-1 2,445 10
10. South Carolina State Bulldogs  4-1 2,430 9
11. Montana Grizzlies  4-2 2,081 12
12. Eastern Washington Eagles  4-2 1,969 13
13. Cal Poly Mustangs  4-2 1,769 14
14. Wofford Terriers  4-1 1,489 21
15. North Dakota State Bison  4-2 1,347 18
16. New Hampshire Wildcats  3-3 1,203 22
17. Southern Illinois Salukis  3-3 1,093 23
18. Southeast Missouri State Redhawks  5-1 995 25
19. Liberty Flames  4-2 822 24
20. Richmond Spiders  2-3 820 11
21. Georgia Southern Eagles  3-2 700 16
22. Northern Iowa Panthers  2-3 539 15
23. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats  5-0 390 NR
24. Elon Phoenix  2-4 382 19
25. Penn Quakers  3-1 309 NR

Others receiving votes: Furman 285, Western Illinois 280, Texas State 273, Jacksonville 192, Chattanooga 183, Grambling State 135, Northern Arizona 100, McNeese State 67, Jackson State 66, Hampton 59, Dayton 58, Robert Morris 50, Central Arkansas 37, South Dakota State 37, Sacramento State 28, Colgate 26, Tennessee State 23, Harvard 19, Southeastern Louisiana 15, Nicholls State 12, South Dakota 11, Youngstown State 11, UC Davis 9, North Dakota 8, Indiana State 8, Florida A&M 8, Yale 6, Lehigh 4, Drake 3, Alcorn State 3, Weber State 2, Columbia 1, Dartmouth 1, Maine 1, San Diego 1.