Previously unranked Northern Arizona and Tennessee State both entered this week’s FCS Coaches Poll after winning this weekend. Northern Arizona

makes its first appearance in the Top 25 at No.21, while Tennessee State enters at No.24. The top seven teams remain unchanged in this week’s poll.
North Dakota State (No.1), Montana State (No.2), Old Dominion (No.4), Wofford (No.5), and Eastern Washington (No.7) went a combined 5-0 over the weekend, while Youngstown State (No.3) and James Madison (No.6) held their spots after being idle last weekend. Georgia Southern moved up one spot to No.8 after defeating conference foe and then-No.25 Samford 35-16. Sam Houston State (No.9) and Lehigh (No.10) each moved up one spot to round out the Top 10. 
Stony Brook and New Hampshire each made the largest jumps in the polls this week, moving up five spots to No. 13 and No. 17, respectively. Stony Brook defeated FBS-opponent Army, 23-3, while New Hampshire defeated then-No.8 Delaware, 34-14. Nine conferences are represented in the poll. The Colonial Athletic Association has the most teams in the top-25 with five. The Big Sky, Missouri Valley, and Southern Conference are each represented by four teams, while three Southland teams make an appearance in this week’s poll.
The Ohio Valley conference is represented by two teams, and the Big South, Ivy League, and Patriot League each have one team in the top-25. The FCS Coaches Poll is based exclusively on a voting panel of head coaches in the FCS under the cooperation of the Collegiate Commissioners Association (CCA) and the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and is administered by the Southern Conference. 

2012 FCS Coaches Week 5 Poll
(October 1, 2012)
Team                (No. 1 Votes)  Record  Points   Last Week
1. North Dakota State (26)          4-0     650        1
2. Montana State                    5-0     616        2
3. Youngstown State                 4-0     597        3
4. Old Dominion                     5-0     578        4
5. Wofford                          4-0     534        5
6. James Madison                    3-1     506        6
7. Eastern Washington               3-1     486        7
8. Georgia Southern                 3-1     450        9
9. Sam Houston State                2-2     415       10
10. Lehigh                          5-0     406       11
11. Illinois State                  5-0     396       12
12. Towson                          2-2     315       13
13. Stony Brook                     4-1     309       18
14. Appalachian State               3-2     294       16
15. Delaware                        4-1     278        8
16. Eastern Kentucky                4-1     241       19
17. New Hampshire                   3-2     227       22
18. McNeese State                   4-1     198       21
19. Cal Poly                        4-0     167       23
20. Central Arkansas                3-2     121       14
21. Northern Arizona                4-1     117       NR
22. The Citadel                     3-2     114       15
23. Harvard                         3-0     108       24
24. Tennessee State                 5-0      82       NR
25. Northern Iowa                   1-4      60       17

Others Receiving Votes: Albany (59), Montana (35), Alabama A&M (20), South Dakota State (18), Jacksonville State (12), Indiana State (10), Stephen F. Austin (9), Samford (7), North Dakota (7), Eastern Illinois (5), Villanova (3).