1 | Ferris St. (Mich.) (28) | 1-0 | 748 | 1 | D. Central Washington, 36-20 | Sept. 10 at No. 14 Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) |
2 | Northwest Missouri St. | 1-0 | 706 | 2 | D. Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 33-19 | Sept. 10 at Lincoln (Mo.) |
3 | Valdosta St. (Ga.) | 1-0 | 686 | 3 | D. Keiser (Fla.), 36-21 | Sept. 10 vs. Virginia Union |
4 | Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (1) | 1-0 | 667 | 5 | D. No. 4 Colorado School of Mines, 25-22 | Sept. 10 at No. 21t Colorado St.-Pueblo |
5 | Shepherd (W.Va.) | 1-0 | 608 | 6 | D. Southern Connecticut St., 48-7 | Sept. 10 vs. Edinboro (Pa.) |
6 | Angelo St. (Tex.) | 1-0 | 582 | 7 | D. Chadron St. (Neb.), 35-0 | Sept. 10 at No. 12 Colorado School of Mines |
7 | West Florida (1) | 1-0 | 524 | 11 | D. Warner (Fla.), 52-3 | Sept. 10 at Southwest Baptist (Mo.) |
8 | Harding (Ark.) | 1-0 | 509 | 9 | D. East Central (Okla.), 29-12 | Sept. 10 vs. Southeastern Oklahoma St. |
9 | Bowie St. (Md.) | 1-0 | 500 | 8 | D. No. 16 New Haven (Conn.), 27-20 | Sept. 10 at Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) |
10 | West Georgia | 1-0 | 475 | 12 | D. Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 38-7 | Sept. 10 at Morehouse (Ga.) |
11 | Nebraska-Kearney | 1-0 | 428 | 14 | D. Missouri Southern, 24-7 | Sept. 8 vs. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) |
12 | Colorado School of Mines | 0-1 | 424 | 4 | Lost to No. 5 Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 25-22 | Sept. 10 vs. No. 6 Angelo St. (Tex.) |
13 | Newberry (S.C.) | 1-0 | 361 | 15 | D. Allen (S.C.), 40-6 | Sept. 10 at North Greenville (S.C.) |
14 | Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) | 1-0 | 326 | 19t | D. Virginia St., 38-19 | Sept. 10 vs. No. 1 Ferris St. (Mich.) |
15 | Albany St. (Ga.) | 1-0 | 286 | 18 | D. Mississippi College, 28-14 | Sept. 10 at Florida A&M |
16 | Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) | 1-0 | 278 | 19t | D. Oklahoma Baptist, 42-32 | Sept. 10 vs. Southern Nazarene (Okla.) |
17 | California (Pa.) | 1-0 | 252 | 21 | D. Fairmont St. (W.Va.), 35-15 | Sept. 10 at Kutztown (Pa.) |
18 | Slippery Rock (Pa.) | 1-0 | 229 | 23 | D. Wayne St. (Mich.), 42-10 | Sept. 10 at West Chester (Pa.) |
19 | Augustana (S.D.) | 1-0 | 152 | 25 | D. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.), 28-14 | Sept. 10 vs. Bemidji St. (Minn.) |
20 | Ashland (Ohio) | 1-0 | 122 | NR | D. No. 10 Notre Dame (Ohio), 31-14 | Sept. 10 at Findlay (Ohio) |
21t. | Colorado St.-Pueblo | 1-0 | 102 | NR | D. No. 24 Midwestern St. (Tex.), 59-27 | Sept. 10 vs. No. 4 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) |
21t. | Notre Dame (Ohio) | 0-1 | 102 | 10 | Lost to Ashland (Ohio), 31-14 | Sept. 10 vs. Wheeling (W.Va.) |
23 | West Texas A&M | 1-0 | 88 | NR | D. No. 17 Western Colorado, 44-6 | Sept. 10 at Adams St. (Colo.) |
24 | New Haven (Conn.) | 0-1 | 85 | 16 | Lost to No. 8 Bowie St. (Md.), 27-20 | Sept. 10 vs. Southern Connecticut |
25 | Indianapolis (Ind.) | 1-0 | 76 | NR | D. Saint Xavier (Ill.), 57-0 | Sept. 10 at Tiffin (Ohio) |
Dropped Out: Kutztown (Pa.) (13), Western Colorado (17), Bemidji St. (Minn.) (22), Midwestern St. (Tex.) (24)
Others Receiving Votes: Washburn (Kan.), 56; Kutztown (Pa.), 53; Minnesota St., 53; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 52; Frostburg St. (Md.), 42; Minnesota-Duluth, 31; Tiffin (Ohio), 27; Western Colorado, 25; Henderson St. (Ark.), 23; Indiana (Pa.), 20; Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 18; Virginia Union, 8; Bemidji St. (Minn.), 7; West Alabama, 7; Colorado Mesa, 4; Assumption (Mass.), 3; Ohio Dominican, 3; Missouri Western St., 1; Emporia St. (Kan.), 1.