The following weekly polls comprise the2007 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings that determined the top 25 teams at theNCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the2007 season.The Sports Network poll is voted by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.
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(#–#) | Win–loss record | |
(Italics) | Number of first place votes | |
т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
| Preseason [1] | Week 1 Sept 4[2] | Week 2 Sept 11[3] | Week 3 Sept 18[4] | Week 4 Sept 25[5] | Week 5 Oct 2[6] | Week 6 Oct 9[7] | Week 7 Oct 16[8] | Week 8 Oct 23[9] | Week 9 Oct 30[10] | Week 10 Nov 6[11] | Week 11 Nov 13[12] | Week 12 Nov 20[13] | Week 13 Postseason[14] | ||
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| 1. | Appalachian State(67) | Appalachian State (1–0)(88) | Appalachian State (2–0)(77) | Appalachian State (3–0)(90) | Montana (3–0)(46) | Montana (4–0)(52) | Montana (5–0)(55) | Northern Iowa (6–0)(35) | Northern Iowa (7–0)(56) | Northern Iowa (8–0)(59) | Northern Iowa (9–0)(61) | Northern Iowa (10–0)(70) | Northern Iowa (11–0)(97) | Appalachian State (13–2)(119) | 1. |
| 2. | Montana(3) | UMass (1–0) | Montana (2–0) | Montana (2–0) | UMass (4–0)(18) | Northern Iowa (5–0)(23) | Northern Iowa (5–0)(29) | North Dakota State (6–0)(23) | North Dakota State (7–0)(47) | North Dakota State (8–0)(37) | North Dakota State (9–0)(42) | North Dakota State (10–0)(23) | Montana (11–0)(10) | Delaware (11–4) | 2. |
| 3. | UMass[note 1] | Montana (1–0) | UMass (2–0) | UMass (3–0) | Northern Iowa (4–0)(12) | North Dakota State (4–0)(19) | North Dakota State (5–0)(24) | Montana (6–0)(40) | Montana (7–0)(11) | UMass (7–1)(6) | Montana (9–0)(7) | Montana (10–0)(10) | McNeese State (11–0)(5) | Southern Illinois (12–2) | 3. |
| 4. | North Dakota State | North Dakota State (0–0) | Northern Iowa (2–0) | North Dakota State (2–0) | North Dakota State (3–0)(14) | UMass (4–1)(11) | UMass (4–1)(5) | UMass (5–1)(4) | UMass (6–1)(4) | Montana (8–0)(7) | McNeese State (9–0)(2) | McNeese State (10–0)(3) | Southern Illinois (10–1) | Northern Iowa (12–1) | 4. |
| 5. | Youngstown State | New Hampshire (0–0) | North Dakota State (1–0) | Northern Iowa (3–0) | Appalachian State (3–1)(8) | Appalachian State (4–1)(2) | Appalachian State (5–1)(2) | Appalachian State (5–1)(3) | McNeese State (7–0)(2) | McNeese State (8–0)(3) | Southern Illinois (8–1) | Southern Illinois (9–1) | Appalachian State (9–2) | Richmond (11–3) | 5. |
| 6. | New Hampshire(1) | Youngstown State (0–1) | Youngstown State (1–1) | McNeese State (2–0) | McNeese State (3–0)(2) | McNeese State (4–0)(7) | McNeese State (5–0)(2) | McNeese State (6–0)(2) | James Madison (6–1) | Southern Illinois (7–1) | Delaware (8–1) | Appalachian State (8–2) | Richmond (9–2) | Wofford (9–4) | 6. |
| 7. | Illinois State | McNeese State (1–0) | Southern Illinois (2–0) | Southern Illinois (3–0) | Southern Illinois (4–0)(1) | Southern Illinois (5–0)(2) | Southern Illinois (6–0)(1) | Wofford (6–1)(3) | Southern Illinois (7–1) | Delaware (7–1) | Appalachian State (7–2) | Richmond (8–2) | UMass (9–2) | UMass (10–3) | 7. |
| 8. | James Madison | Northern Iowa (1–0) | McNeese State (1–0) | James Madison (2–1) | Wofford (3–1)(2) | Wofford (4–1)(3) | Wofford (5–1)(3) | James Madison (6–1) | New Hampshire (5–2) | New Hampshire (6–2) | UMass (7–2) | UMass (8–2) | North Dakota State (10–1)(1) | Eastern Washington (9–4) | 8. |
| 9. | Northern Iowa | Furman (1–0) | James Madison (1–1) | Youngstown State (2–1) | James Madison (3–1) | James Madison (4–1) | James Madison (5–1) | Southern Illinois (6–1) | Delaware (6–1) | Appalachian State (6–2) | Richmond (7–2) | Delaware (8–2) | Eastern Kentucky (9–2) | North Dakota State (10–1) | 9. |
| 10. | McNeese State | James Madison (0–1) | Delaware (2–0) | New Hampshire (1–1) | Youngstown State (3–1) | Youngstown State (4–1) | Hofstra (5–0) | Hofstra (6–0) | Appalachian State (5–2) | Wofford (7–2) | Delaware State (8–1) | Delaware State (9–1) | Delaware State (10–1) | Montana (11–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Furman | Southern Illinois (1–0) | Wofford (2–0) | Delaware (3–0) | New Hampshire (2–1) | Delaware (5–0) | Montana State (4–1) | New Hampshire (4–2) | Wofford (6–2) | Richmond (6–2) | Georgia Southern (7–2) | Yale (9–0) | Wofford (8–3) | McNeese State (11–1) | 11. |
| 12. | Southern Illinois | Eastern Illinois (1–0) | New Hampshire (0–1) | Hampton (2–0) | Delaware (4–0) | Hofstra (4–0) | Youngstown State (4–2) | Youngstown State (5–2) | Delaware State (6–1) | James Madison (6–2) | Yale (8–0) | Eastern Kentucky (8–2) | James Madison (8–3) | James Madison (8–4) | 12. |
| 13. | Portland State | Delaware (1–0) | Hampton (1–0) | Wofford (2–1) | Hampton (3–0) | Montana State (3–1) | New Hampshire (3–2) | Nicholls State (5–1) | Yale (6–0) | Delaware State (7–1) | Eastern Kentucky (7–2) | Wofford (8–3) | Delaware (8–3) | Eastern Kentucky (9–3) | 13. |
| 14. | Wofford | Wofford (1–0) | Eastern Illinois (1–1) | Illinois State (2–1) | Hofstra (3–0) | Richmond (3–1) | Nicholls State (4–1) | Delaware (6–1) | Richmond (5–2) | Elon (6–2) | New Hampshire (6–3) | James Madison (7–3) | Eastern Washington (8–3) | New Hampshire (7–5) | 14. |
| 15. | Cal Poly[note 2] | Hampton (0–0) | Furman (1–1) | Hofstra (2–0) | Sam Houston State (2–1) | New Hampshire (2–2) | Delaware (5–1) | Delaware State (5–1) | Hofstra (6–1) | Yale (7–0) | Wofford (7–3) | Eastern Washington (7–3) | Youngstown State (7–4) | Delaware State (10–2) | 15. |
| 16. | Hampton | Sam Houston State (1–0) | Sam Houston State (2–0) | Furman (1–2) | Illinois State (2–2) | Eastern Illinois (3–2) | Yale (4–0) | Yale (5–0) | Elon (5–2) | Eastern Kentucky (7–2) | James Madison (6–3) | Georgia Southern (7–3) | Grambling State (8–2) | Youngstown State (7–4) | 16. |
| 17. | Eastern Illinois | Illinois State (0–1) | Illinois State (1–1) | Sam Houston State (2–1) | Western Illinois (3–1) | Nicholls State (3–1) | Delaware State (4–1) | Western Illinois (5–2) | Eastern Kentucky (6–2) | Georgia Southern (6–2) | Grambling State (8–1) | Youngstown State (7–4) | New Hampshire (7–4) | Georgia Southern (7–4) | 17. |
| 18. | Sam Houston State | Portland State (0–1) | Nicholls State (2–0) | Montana State (1–1) | Montana State (2–1) | Yale (3–0) | Hampton (4–1) | Richmond (4–2) | Nicholls State (5–2) | Grambling State (7–1) | Hofstra (7–2) | Fordham (8–2) | Eastern Illinois (8–3) | Eastern Illinois (8–4) | 18. |
| 19. | Delaware | Texas State (1–0) | Hofstra (1–0) | Western Illinois (2–1) | Eastern Illinois (2–2) | Sam Houston State (2–2) | Western Illinois (4–2) | Cal Poly (4–2) | Montana State (5–2) | Western Illinois (6–3) | Elon (6–3) | Grambling State (8–2) | Georgia Southern (7–4) | South Dakota State (7–4) | 19. |
| 20. | South Dakota State | Tennessee–Martin (0–1) | Montana State (0–1) | Eastern Illinois (1–2) | Furman (1–2) | Delaware State (3–1) | Richmond (3–2) | Montana State (4–2) | Youngstown State (5–3) | Hofstra (6–2) | Eastern Washington (6–3) | New Hampshire (6–4) | Yale (9–1) | Fordham (8–4) | 20. |
| 21. | Montana State | Montana State (0–1) | Yale (0–0) | Yale (1–0) | Eastern Washington (3–0) | Hampton (3–1) | Georgia Southern (4–1) | Eastern Kentucky (5–2) | Grambling State (6–1) | Alabama A&M (7–1) | Youngstown State (6–4) | Eastern Illinois (7–3) | South Dakota State (7–4) | Harvard (8–2) | 21. |
| 22. | Tennessee–Martin | Cal Poly (0–1) | Western Illinois (1–1) | Lafayette (3–0) | Yale (2–0) | Western Illinois (3–2) | Cal Poly (3–2) | Eastern Washington (4–2) | Georgia Southern (5–2) | Youngstown State (5–4) | Fordham (8–2) | Hofstra (7–3) | Harvard (8–2) | Yale (9–1) | 22. |
| 23. | Coastal Carolina | Yale (0–0) | Towson State (2–0) | Alabama A&M (3–0) | Nicholls State (3–1) | Illinois State (2–3) | Eastern Kentucky (4–2) | Grambling State (5–1) | Norfolk State (6–1) | Villanova (5–3) | Western Illinois (6–4) | Alabama A&M (8–2) | Elon (7–4) | Elon (7–4) | 23. |
| 24. | Yale | Western Illinois (1–0) | Delaware State (2–0) | Cal Poly (1–2) | Elon (2–1) | Cal Poly (3–2) | Eastern Illinois (3–3) | Elon (4–2) | Western Illinois (5–3) | Eastern Washington (5–3) | Cal Poly (6–3) | Elon (6–4) | Cal Poly (7–4) | Cal Poly (7–4) | 24. |
| 25. | South Carolina State | Nicholls State (1–0) | Lafayette (2–0) | Eastern Washington (2–0) | Richmond (2–1) | Southern U. (5–0) | Grambling State (4–1) | Norfolk State (5–1) | The Citadel (5–2) | Nicholls State (5–3) | Eastern Illinois (6–3) | Cal Poly (6–4) | Fordham (8–3) | Grambling State (8–4) | 25. |
| Preseason [1] | Week 1 Sept 4[2] | Week 2 Sept 11[3] | Week 3 Sept 18[4] | Week 4 Sept 25[5] | Week 5 Oct 2[6] | Week 6 Oct 9[7] | Week 7 Oct 16[8] | Week 8 Oct 23[9] | Week 9 Oct 30[10] | Week 10 Nov 6[11] | Week 11 Nov 13[12] | Week 12 Nov 20[13] | Week 13 Postseason[14] | ||
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| Preseason [15] | Week 1 Sept 4[16] | Week 2 Sept 11[17] | Week 3 Sept 18[18] | Week 4 Sept 25[19] | Week 5 Oct 2[20] | Week 6 Oct 9[21] | Week 7 Oct 16[22] | Week 8 Oct 23[23] | Week 9 Oct 30[24] | Week 10 Nov 6[25] | Week 11 Nov 13[26] | Week 12 Nov 20[27] | Week 13 Postseason[28] | ||
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| 1. | Appalachian State(27) | Appalachian State (1–0)(28) | Appalachian State (2–0)(28) | Appalachian State (3–0)(28) | Montana (3–0)(20) | Montana (4–0)(18) | North Dakota State (5–0)(8) | North Dakota State (6–0) | North Dakota State (7–0)(21) | North Dakota State (8–0)(16) | North Dakota State (9–0)(18) | North Dakota State (10–0)(17) | Northern Iowa (11–0)(17) | Appalachian State (13–2)(27) | 1. |
| 2. | Montana | Montana (1–0) | UMass (2–0) | Montana (2–0) | UMass (4–0)(4) | North Dakota State (4–0)(4) | Montana (5–0)(15) | Northern Iowa (6–0) | Northern Iowa (7–0)(2) | Northern Iowa (8–0)(6) | Northern Iowa (9–0)(6) | Northern Iowa (10–0)(7) | Montana (11–0)(7) | Delaware (11–4) | 2. |
| 3. | UMass(1) | UMass (1–0) | Montana (2–0) | UMass (3–0) | North Dakota State (3–0)(3) | UMass (4–1)(5) | Northern Iowa (5–0) | Montana (6–0) | Montana (7–0)(4) | Montana (8–0)(4) | Montana (9–0)(4) | Montana (10–0)(4) | McNeese State (11–0)(1) | Southern Illinois (12–2) | 3. |
| 4. | North Dakota State | North Dakota State (0–0) | North Dakota State (1–0) | North Dakota State (2–0) | Northern Iowa (4–0) | Northern Iowa (5–0) | UMass (4–1)(4) | UMass (5–1) | UMass (6–1)(1) | UMass (7–1)(2) | McNeese State (9–0) | McNeese State (10–0) | Southern Illinois (10–1) | Richmond (11–3) | 4. |
| 5. | New Hampshire | New Hampshire (0–0) | Northern Iowa (2–0) | Northern Iowa (3–0) | Appalachian State (3–1) | Appalachian State (4–1) | Appalachian State (5–1) | Appalachian State (5–1) | McNeese State (7–0) | McNeese State (8–0) | Southern Illinois (8–1) | Southern Illinois (9–1) | North Dakota State (10–1)(3) | Northern Iowa (12–1)(1) | 5. |
| 6. | Youngstown State | McNeese State (1–0) | Southern Illinois (2–0) | Southern Illinois (3–0) | Southern Illinois (4–0) | Southern Illinois (5–0) | Southern Illinois (6–0) | McNeese State (6–0) | James Madison (6–1) | Southern Illinois (7–1) | Delaware (8–1) | Appalachian State (8–2) | Appalachian State (9–2) | UMass (10–3) | 6. |
| 7. | James Madison | Northern Iowa (1–0) | James Madison (1–1) | Youngstown State (2–1) | McNeese State (3–0)(1) | McNeese State (4–0)(1) | McNeese State (5–0)(1) | Wofford (6–1) | Southern Illinois (7–1) | Delaware (7–1) | Appalachian State (7–2) | UMass (8–2) | UMass (9–2) | James Madison (8–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Illinois State | Youngstown State (0–1) | Youngstown State (1–1) | McNeese State (2–0) | Wofford (3–1) | Wofford (4–1) | Wofford (5–1) | James Madison (6–1) | Delaware (6–1) | New Hampshire (6–2) | Richmond (7–2) | Richmond (8–2) | Richmond (9–2) | Eastern Washington (9–4) | 8. |
| 9. | Northern Iowa | Furman (1–0) | McNeese State (1–0) | James Madison (2–1) | James Madison (3–1) | James Madison (4–1) | James Madison (5–1) | Hofstra (6–0) | New Hampshire (5–2) | Appalachian State (6–2) | UMass (7–2) | Delaware (8–2) | James Madison (8–3) | North Dakota State (10–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Furman | Southern Illinois (1–0) | Wofford (2–0) | New Hampshire (1–1) | Youngstown State (3–1) | Youngstown State (4–1) | Hofstra (5–0) | Southern Illinois (6–1) | Appalachian State (5–2) | Wofford (7–2) | Delaware State (8–1) | Delaware State (9–1) | Delaware State (10–1) | Wofford (9–4) | 10. |
| 11. | Southern Illinois | James Madison (0–1) | Delaware (2–0) | Delaware (3–0) | New Hampshire (2–1) | Delaware (5–0) | New Hampshire (3–2) | New Hampshire (4–2) | Wofford (6–2) | Richmond (6–2) | Georgia Southern (7–2) | Yale (9–0) | Eastern Kentucky (9–2) | McNeese State (11–1) | 11. |
| 12. | McNeese State | Wofford (1–0) | New Hampshire (0–1) | Wofford (2–1) | Delaware (4–0) | Hofstra (4–0) | Montana State (4–1) | Youngstown State (5–2) | Delaware State (6–1) | James Madison (6–2) | Yale (8–0) | Eastern Kentucky (8–2) | Wofford (8–3) | Montana (11–1) | 12. |
| 13. | Portland State | Delaware (1–0) | Hampton (1–0) | Hampton (2–0) | Hampton (3–0) | Montana State (3–1) | Youngstown State (4–2) | Delaware (6–1) | Yale (6–0) | Delaware State (7–1) | Eastern Kentucky (7–2) | James Madison (7–3) | Delaware (8–3) | Eastern Kentucky (9–3) | 13. |
| 14. | Cal Poly | Eastern Illinois (1–0) | Sam Houston State (2–0) | Illinois State (2–1) | Hofstra (3–0) | New Hampshire (2–2) | Nicholls State (4–1) | Nicholls State (5–1) | Richmond (5–2) | Yale (7–0) | New Hampshire (6–3) | Wofford (8–3) | Eastern Washington (8–3) | New Hampshire (7–5) | 14. |
| 15. | Wofford | Hampton (0–0) | Illinois State (1–1) | Sam Houston State (2–1) | Sam Houston State (2–1) | Richmond (3–1) | Delaware (5–1) | Yale (5–0) | Hofstra (6–1) | Elon (6–2) | James Madison (6–3) | Eastern Washington (7–3) | New Hampshire (7–4) | Eastern Illinois (8–4) | 15. |
| 16. | Hampton | Sam Houston State (1–0) | Furman (1–1) | Hofstra (2–0) | Illinois State (2–2) | Eastern Illinois (3–2) | Yale (4–0) | Delaware State (5–1) | Montana State (5–2) | Eastern Kentucky (7–2) | Grambling State (8–1) | Youngstown State (7–4) | Youngstown State (7–4) | Delaware State (10–2) | 16. |
| 17. | Eastern Illinois | Cal Poly (0–1) | Eastern Illinois (1–1) | Furman (1–2) | Montana State (2–1) | Yale (3–0) | Delaware State (4–1) | Western Illinois (5–2) | Elon (5–2) | Grambling State (7–1) | Wofford (7–3) | Georgia Southern (7–3) | Eastern Illinois (8–3) | Youngstown State (7–4) | 17. |
| 18. | Tennessee–Martin | Illinois State (0–1) | Nicholls State (2–0) | Montana State (1–1) | Western Illinois (3–1) | Nicholls State (3–1) | Hampton (4–1) | Richmond (4–2) | Eastern Kentucky (6–2) | Georgia Southern (6–2) | Hofstra (7–2) | Grambling State (8–2) | Grambling State (8–2) | Georgia Southern (7–4) | 18. |
| 19. | South Dakota State | Portland State (0–1) | Montana State (0–1) | Western Illinois (2–1) | Furman (1–2) | Sam Houston State (2–2) | Western Illinois (4–2) | Montana State (4–2) | Nicholls State (5–2) | Western Illinois (6–3) | Elon (6–3) | New Hampshire (6–4) | Georgia Southern (7–4) | Fordham (8–4) | 19. |
| 20. | Coastal Carolina | Montana State (0–1) | Hofstra (1–0) | Nicholls State (2–1) | Yale (2–0) | Hampton (3–1) | Richmond (3–2) | Cal Poly (4–2) | Youngstown State (5–3) | Hofstra (6–2) | Youngstown State (6–4) | Eastern Illinois (7–3) | Yale (9–1) | Harvard (8–2) | 20. |
| 21. | Delaware | Texas State (1–0) | Cal Poly (0–2) | Yale (1–0) | Eastern Illinois (2–2) | Delaware State (3–1) | Georgia Southern (4–1) | Eastern Kentucky (5–2) | Grambling State (6–1) | Eastern Illinois (6–3) | Eastern Washington (6–3) | Fordham (8–2) | Elon (7–4) | Yale (9–1) | 21. |
| 22. | Montana State | Tennessee–Martin (0–1) | Western Illinois (1–1) | Eastern Illinois (1–2) | Nicholls State (3–1) | Illinois State (2–3) | Cal Poly (3–2) | Eastern Washington (4–2) | Georgia Southern (5–2) | Alabama A&M (7–1) | Eastern Illinois (6–3) | Hofstra (7–3) | Harvard (8–2) | South Dakota State (7–4) | 22. |
| 23. | Sam Houston State | Western Illinois (1–0) | Yale (0–0) | Lafayette (3–0) | Eastern Washington (3–0) | Western Illinois (3–2) | Eastern Illinois (3–3) | Grambling State (5–1) | Norfolk State (6–1) | Youngstown State (5–4) | Fordham (8–2) | Alabama A&M (8–2) | Fordham (8–3) | Elon (7–4) | 23. |
| 24. | Yale | Yale (0–0) | Delaware State (2–0) | Cal Poly (1–2) | Cal Poly (2–2) | Cal Poly (3–2) | Lafayette (4–1) | Eastern Illinois (4–3) | San Diego (7–0) | Nicholls State (5–3) | Western Illinois (6–4) | Dayton (10–1) | Dayton (10–1) | Grambling State (8–4) | 24. |
| 25. | Princeton | Nicholls State (1–0) | Alabama A&M (2–0) | Alabama A&M (3–0) | Richmond (2–1) | The Citadel (3–1) | Grambling State (4–1) | Hampton (4–1) т | Eastern Illinois (5–3) | Villanova (5–3) | Dayton (5–4) т | Harvard (7–2) | South Dakota State (7–4) | Dayton (11–1) | 25. |
| 26. | San Diego (6–0) т | Norfolk State (7–2) т | 26. | ||||||||||||
| Preseason [15] | Week 1 Sept 4[16] | Week 2 Sept 11[17] | Week 3 Sept 18[18] | Week 4 Sept 25[19] | Week 5 Oct 2[20] | Week 6 Oct 9[21] | Week 7 Oct 16[22] | Week 8 Oct 23[23] | Week 9 Oct 30[24] | Week 10 Nov 6[25] | Week 11 Nov 13[26] | Week 12 Nov 20[27] | Week 13 Postseason[28] | ||
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