Football 10/6/2025 12:15:00 PM Grant Cohen

Tarleton State Football remains ranked No. 3 in FCS Stats Perform, AFCA Coaches Polls

STEPHENVILLE, Texas – Tarleton State Football's No. 3 national ranking in both the FCS Stats Perform and AFCA Coaches Polls remained unchanged heading into Week 7.

The Texans defeated Southern Utah 52-42 on Saturday at Memorial Stadium to stay undefeated with a 6-0 mark. Scoring 50+ points for the fourth straight game, it is the first time in program history Tarleton State has scored at least 50 points in four consecutive games. The Texans have four games with 50+ points for the first time in the Division I era, good for the second most all-time in a single season.

The Texans have started 6-0 for the first time in their D1 era and for the first time since 2019. They've won six straight games, matching their longest winning streak in their D1 era.

Only North Dakota State and South Dakota State ranked ahead of the Texans in both polls. NDSU received 1,398 points and SDSU tallied 1,340 points to Tarleton State's 1,268 points in the FCS Stats Perform Poll. Tarleton State received one first-place vote in the FCS Stats Perform Poll. The Texans received 574 points in the AFCA Coaches Poll, just shy of NDSU (650) and SDSU (621).

The full Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll after Week 6:

1. North Dakota State (5-0)
Points: 1,398 (54 of 56 first-place votes); Previous Ranking: 1; Week 6: 33-16 win at then-No. 6 Illinois State; Week 7: No. 8 Southern Illinois

2. South Dakota State (5-0)
Points: 1,340 (1 first-place votes); Previous Ranking: 2; Week 6: 35-30 win at then-No. 24 Youngstown State; Week 7: Northern Iowa

3. Tarleton State (6-0, 2-0 UAC)
Points: 1,268 (1 first-place vote); Previous Ranking: 3; Week 6: 52-42 win over Southern Utah; Week 7: at Utah Tech

4. Montana (5-0)
Points: 1,221; Previous Ranking: 4; Week 6: 42-38 win at Idaho State; Week 7: Cal Poly

5. Montana State (4-2)
Points: 1,207; Previous Ranking: 5; Week 6: 34-10 win at then-No. 13 Northern Arizona; Week 7: Idaho State

6. UC Davis (4-1)
Points: 1,036; Previous Ranking: 7; Week 6: 34-27 win at Cal Poly; Week 7: No. 14 Northern Arizona

7. Lehigh (6-0)
Points: 1,000; Previous Ranking: 9; Week 6: 31-13 win over Yale; Week 7: at Columbia

8. Southern Illinois (4-1)
Points: 968; Previous Ranking: 10; Week 6: 55-27 win over Indiana State; Week 7: at No. 1 North Dakota State

9. Illinois State (3-2)
Points: 899; Previous Ranking: 6; Week 6: 33-16 loss to then-No. 1 North Dakota State; Week 7: at Murray State

10. Tennessee Tech (5-0)
Points: 897; Previous Ranking: 11; Week 6: 66-20 win over Western Illinois; Week 7: at Charleston Southern

11. Idaho (2-3)
Points: 779; Previous Ranking: 12; Week 6: No game; Week 7: Northern Colorado

12. Monmouth (4-1)
Points: 768; Previous Ranking: 14; Week 6: 49-38 win over Delaware State; Week 7: at Towson

13. North Dakota (3-2)
Points: 764; Previous Ranking: 15; Week 6: 35-7 win at Northern Iowa; Week 7: Youngstown State

14. Northern Arizona (4-2)
Points: 529; Previous Ranking: 13; Week 6: 34-10 loss to then-No. 5 Montana State; Week 7: at No. 6 UC Davis.

15. Jackson State (4-1)
Points: 491; Previous Ranking: 17; Week 6: 57-24 win over Alabama A&M; Week 7: Alabama State

16. Austin Peay (4-2)
Points: 473; Previous Ranking: 22; Week 6: 44-30 win over then-No. 16 West Georgia; Week 7: at Eastern Kentucky

17. Rhode Island (4-2)
Points: 465; Previous Ranking: 8; Week 6: 28-21 loss to Brown; Week 7: New Hampshire

18. Villanova (3-2)
Points: 389; Previous Ranking: 18; Week 6: 37-7 win at New Hampshire; Week 7: at Elon

19. Abilene Christian (3-3)
Points: 385; Previous Ranking: 19; Week 6: 52-23 win over North Alabama; Week 7: at No. 21 West Georgia

20. Lamar (4-1)
Points: 333; Previous Ranking: 20; Week 6: 24-17 win over Nicholls; Week 7: at East Texas A&M

21. West Georgia (5-1)
Points: 299; Previous Ranking: 16; Week 6: 44-30 loss at then-No. 22 Austin Peay; Week 7: No. 19 Abilene Christian

22. Harvard (3-0)
Points: 280; Previous Ranking: 25; Week 6: 59-24 win at Holy Cross; Week 7: Cornell

23. South Dakota (3-3)
Points: 233; Previous Ranking: 21; Week 6: 49-24 win over Murray State; Week 7: at Indiana State

24. Presbyterian (5-0)
Points: 228; Previous Ranking: 23; Week 6: No game; Week 7: at Butler

25. Mercer (4-1)
Points: 184; Previous Ranking: NR; Week 6: 45-21 win over Samford; Week 7: at Princeton

Dropped Out of Top 25: Youngstown State (24)

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