HELENA — The Montana and Montana State football teams remain ranked in the top 15 in the Football Championship Subdivision polls.
Montana is ranked seventh in both The Sports Network and the coaches’ polls while Montana State is ranked 13th by the media and 15th by the coaches.
Both teams won their weekend games and maintained their rankings in The Sports Network poll, but Montana fell a spot and Montana State moved up two spots in the coaches’ poll.
Three-time defending national champion North Dakota State remains first, followed by Eastern Washington and Coastal Carolina.
In the NAIA, Carroll College held onto its fifth-place ranking despite having a bye week. Unbeaten Southern Oregon is still ranked 7th and Eastern Oregon is up four spots to 17th after its 27-24 win over previously 10th-ranked Rocky Mountain. Rocky fell to 18th.