FCS Week 1 Scoreboard: A Look at our 2025 Preseason Top 25

During the 2025 FCS football season, Redshirt Sports will publish its Top 25 each week with a full breakdown of how every voter voted. As the action from Week 1 wraps up, let's take a look at how every team in our Preseason FCS Top 25 fared.

Here is the Week 1 scoreboard for every team in our poll, in the order they were ranked.

1. North Dakota State (1-0): 38-0 win at The Citadel.

2. Montana State (0-1): 59-13 loss at Oregon.

3. South Dakota State (1-0): 20-3 win over No. 13 Sacramento State.

4. South Dakota (0-1): 55-7 loss at Iowa State.

5. Incarnate Word (1-1, 0-1 Southland): 31-21 win over Eastern Washington.

6. UC Davis (1-0): 31-24 win at Utah Tech.

7. Montana (0-0): No Game.

8. Illinois State (0-1): 35-3 loss at Oklahoma.

9. Tarleton State (2-0): 30-27 win at Army.

10. Rhode Island (1-0, 1-0 CAA): 31-20 win over Campbell.

11. Mercer (0-1): 15-10 loss to Presbyterian College.

12. Idaho (0-1): 13-10 loss at Washington State.

13. Sacramento State (0-1): 20-3 loss at No. 3 South Dakota State.

14. Villanova (0-0): No Game.

15. Lehigh (1-0, 1-0 Patriot League): 21-14 win over Richmond.

16. Jackson State (1-0): 28-14 win over Hampton.

17. Western Carolina (0-1): 52-45 loss to Gardner-Webb.

18. Southern Illinois (1-0): 49-3 win over DII Thomas More.

19. Northern Arizona (0-1): 38-19 loss at Arizona State.

20. Abilene Christian (0-1): 35-7 loss at Tulsa.

21. Stephen F. Austin (0-1): 27-0 loss at Houston.

22. Tennessee Tech (1-0): 65-0 win over NAIA Cumberland.

23. Harvard (0-0): No Game.

24. East Tennessee State (1-0): 45-17 win over Murray State.

25. Monmouth (1-0): 42-39 win at Colgate.