On the heels of their home-opening win over then-no. 19/22 Southeastern Louisiana, the Eastern Washington University football team received more votes in the Week 4 Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll and broke into the "others receiving votes" category in the AFCA Coaches Poll.
Receiving 68 votes in the Stats Perform poll, the Eagles rank 28th among FCS programs, four votes behind SLU, the team they defeated 40-29 at Roos Field last Saturday. EWU picked up 19 votes in the coaches poll to rank 29th.
Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll (Sept. 18)
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| RANK |
SCHOOL |
RECORD |
PTS. |
PREV. |
| 1 |
South Dakota State (52) |
2-1 |
1,396 |
1 |
| 2 |
North Dakota State (3) |
3-0 |
1,339 |
2 |
| 3 |
Montana State |
2-1 |
1,273 |
3 |
| 4 |
Sacramento State (1) |
3-0 |
1,175 |
8 |
| 5 |
William & Mary |
3-0 |
1,156 |
4 |
| 6 |
Holy Cross |
2-1 |
1,090 |
6 |
| 7 |
Idaho |
2-1 |
1,081 |
5 |
| 8 |
Furman |
2-1 |
991 |
7 |
| 9 |
UIW |
2-1 |
903 |
10 |
| 10 |
Weber State |
2-1 |
861 |
9 |
| 11 |
New Hampshire |
2-1 |
841 |
11 |
| 12 |
Southern Illinois |
3-0 |
831 |
15 |
| 13 |
Montana |
3-0 |
732 |
12 |
| 14 |
North Dakota |
2-1 |
609 |
14 |
| 15 |
UC Davis |
2-1 |
583 |
16 |
| 16 |
Southeast Missouri State |
1-2 |
508 |
13 |
| 17 |
Rhode Island |
2-1 |
357 |
21 |
| 18 |
North Carolina Central |
2-1 |
341 |
17 |
| 19 |
Delaware |
2-1 |
333 |
22 |
| 20 |
Samford |
1-2 |
280 |
18 |
| 21 |
Mercer |
2-1 |
270 |
20 |
| 22 |
Florida A&M |
2-1 |
239 |
23 |
| 23 |
Western Carolina |
2-1 |
217 |
NR |
| 24 |
Youngstown State |
2-1 |
158 |
25 |
| 25 |
Villanova |
2-1 |
119 |
24 |
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Others Receiving Votes (schools listed on two or more ballots): UT Martin 96; Southeastern Louisiana 72;
Eastern Washington 68; Northern Iowa 57;Central Arkansas 50; Fordham 37; Campbell 33; Abilene Christian 30; UAlbany 19; Tennessee State 11; Gardner-Webb 8; Tarleton State 8; Austin Peay 6; Eastern Illinois 4; Harvard 2; Stephen F. Austin 2
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AFCA FCS Coaches Poll (Sept. 18)
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| RANK |
SCHOOL |
RECORD |
PTS. |
PREV. |
| 1 |
South Dakota State (26) |
3-0 |
650 |
1 |
| 2 |
North Dakota State |
3-0 |
624 |
2 |
| 3 |
Montana State |
2-1 |
580 |
3 |
| 4 |
Sacramento State |
3-0 |
556 |
6 |
| 5 |
William & Mary |
3-0 |
549 |
4 |
| 6 |
Holy Cross |
2-1 |
531 |
5 |
| 7 |
Furman |
2-1 |
449 |
8 |
| 8 |
Weber State |
2-1 |
435 |
7 |
| 9 |
UIW |
2-1 |
421 |
9 |
| 10 |
Idaho |
2-1 |
375 |
10 |
| 11 |
Montana |
3-0 |
353 |
T-11 |
| 12 |
New Hampshire |
2-1 |
349 |
T-11 |
| 13 |
Southern Illinois |
3-0 |
331 |
18 |
| 14 |
North Dakota |
2-1 |
296 |
13 |
| 15 |
UC Davis |
2-1 |
275 |
16 |
| 16 |
Delaware |
2-1 |
222 |
19 |
| 17 |
Samford |
1-2 |
212 |
14 |
| 18 |
Rhode Island |
2-1 |
211 |
20 |
| 19 |
North Carolina Central |
2-1 |
159 |
17 |
| 20 |
Southeast Missouri State |
1-2 |
153 |
15 |
| 21 |
Mercer |
2-1 |
150 |
21 |
| 22 |
Fordham |
2-1 |
133 |
T-22 |
| 23 |
Florida A&M |
2-1 |
121 |
24 |
| 24 |
Youngstown State |
2-1 |
98 |
NR |
| 25 |
Harvard |
1-0 |
42 |
NR |
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Others Receiving Votes: Northern Iowa, 30; Western Carolina, 26; Princeton, 20;
Eastern Washington, 19; Chattanooga, 13; Central Arkansas, 10; Illinois State, 9; Austin Peay, 8; Jackson State, 7; Stephen F. Austin, 7; Yale, 7; Eastern Kentucky, 5; Hampton, 5; Richmond, 4; Villanova, 4; Southeastern Louisiana, 1.
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Eastern's next home game is Saturday, September 30 vs. Idaho. It will be Welcome Weekend at Roos Field in Cheney as we welcome students and faculty back to campus. Tickets for Sept. 30 and all EWU Athletics events are available at goeags.com/tickets or vis the EWU Athletics Ticket Office at 509-359-6059.
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