North Dakota State regained the No.1 ranking in this week’s FCS Coaches Poll after a 21-17 victory over Missouri State on Saturday afternoon. The Bison

received 21 first-places votes and 641 total points. Montana State received one first-place vote (614 points) and rose one spot to No.2, while Sam Houston State (No.3) received three first-place votes (593) and climbed to No.3.
Old Dominion (No.4) and the only undefeated team in the top-25, Lehigh (No.5) each also moved up one spot after wins last weekend. Eastern Washington jumped two spots to No.6 after a 34-17 win over then-No.16 Cal Poly. Last week’s No.1, Georgia Southern, fell to No.7 after a 31-28 loss against then-No.14 Appalachian State. Stony Brook received the final first-place vote and rose one spot to No.8, while James Madison (No.9) and New Hampshire (No.10) each climbed one spot and round out the top ten.
Previously-unranked Richmond (No.23), UT Martin (No.24) each entered this week’s poll after picking up wins over the weekend, while previously-unranked Villanova (No.25) entered this week’s poll after being idle Saturday. Ten conferences are represented in the poll. The Colonial Athletic Association has the most teams in the top-25 with six. The Big Sky and Missouri Valley are represented by four teams each, while the Southern Conference has three teams in this week’s poll.
The Ohio Valley and Southland conferences are represented by two teams, and the Big South, Ivy League, Mid-Eastern Athletic, and Patriot League 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 10 Poll
(November 5, 2012)
   Team            (No. 1 Votes)   Record  Points   Last Week
1. North Dakota State (21)           8-1    641        2
2. Montana State      (1)            8-1    614        3
3. Sam Houston State  (3)            7-2    593        4
4. Old Dominion                      8-1    572        5
5. Lehigh                            9-0    519        6
6. Eastern Washington                7-2    498        8
7. Georgia Southern                  7-2    487        1
8. Stony Brook        (1)            9-1    477        9
9. James Madison                     7-2    447       10
10. New Hampshire                    8-2    418       11
11. Northern Arizona                 8-1    404       12
12. Appalachian State                7-3    370       14
13. Central Arkansas                 8-2    343       13
14. Wofford                          7-2    295        7
15. Illinois State                   8-2    287       15
16. Harvard                          7-1    191       21
17. Towson                           5-4    177       22
18. Eastern Kentucky                 7-3    166       23
19. Cal Poly                         7-2    146       16
20. South Dakota State               7-2    143       25
21. Indiana State                    7-3    131       17
22. Bethune-Cookman                  7-2    117       24
23. Richmond                         6-3     75       NR
24. UT Martin                        7-2     54       NR
25. Villanova                        6-3     48       NR    

Others Receiving Votes: Tennessee State (46), Samford (35), Albany (34), Eastern Illinois (21), McNeese State (17), Youngstown State (17), Delaware (17), Sacramento State (16), Alabama A&M (7), Northern Iowa (6), The Citadel (5), Arkansas Pine-Bluff (5), Colgate (5), Wagner (3), Southern Illinois (3).