GREENSBORO – North Carolina A&T's 65-14 blowout win over Howard helped the team move up in both national Football Championship Subdivision polls. The Aggies (6-1, 4-0 MEAC) are No. 20 in the STATS FCS and NCAA FCS Coaches' polls. It is the Aggies highest rating in the STATS FCS (formerly known as Sports Network) poll since 2003 when they were ranked 12th in the nation. Their highest ranking in the coaches' poll in 2003 was 13th.
N.C. A&T, who has yet to lose to an FCS program this season, received 786 points to move into the Top-20 in the FCS poll. The Aggies are followed by Indiana State, Dartmouth, Western Illinois, Charleston Southern and Youngstown State to round out the Top-25. Jacksonville State (6-1) finds themselves atop the poll again followed by Coastal Carolina, Illinois State, Chattanooga and Eastern Washington to complete the list of Top-5 teams.
A national panel of sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other dignitaries select the STATS FCS Top 25. In the voting, a first-place vote is worth 25 points, a second-place vote 24 points, all the way down to one point for a 25th-place vote.
The Aggies picked up 142 points in the coaches' poll to move up four spots to No. 20. The Aggies are followed by Northern Iowa, Dartmouth, Indiana State and Southern Utah and Youngstown State are tied at No. 24. Coastal Carolina (7-0) leads the coaches' poll with 15 first-place votes. They Chanticleers are followed by Jacksonville State, Illinois State, Chattanooga and Eastern Washington in the Top-5.
A panel of selected FCS coaches vote each week in the NCAA FCS Coaches' Poll. The twentieth ranked Aggies return to action Saturday, Oct. 31 when they face Florida A&M at Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Fla., at 5 p.m.
