FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
Fort Hays State returned to the D2Football.com after a one-week break on Tuesday (Oct. 25). The Tigers are ranked No. 24 in the latest edition.
The Tigers jumped into the D2Football.com Poll for the first time in program history two weeks ago on October 11 at No. 23 following a 54-41 win at Pittsburg State. But Fort Hays State fell at Washburn 30-24 and dropped out of the poll the following week. With a 35-27 win to snap an 11-game losing streak to Missouri Western last week, the Tigers are back in the poll this week at No. 24.
The Tigers are one of four MIAA teams inside the D2Football.com Top 25. Northwest Missouri State is No. 1 in the nation, just as it is in AFCA Poll. Emporia State, this week’s opponent for FHSU, is No. 6, but holds the No. 10 ranking in the AFCA Poll. Central Missouri is No. 14, but joins FHSU in the receiving votes section of the AFCA Poll.
Below is the D2Football.com Top 25 Poll for October 25, 2016.
| Team | Record | Last Week | |
| 1 | Northwest Missouri State | 8-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State | 8-0 | 2 |
| 3 | North Alabama | 5-1 | 3 |
| 4 | Shepherd | 7-0 | 4 |
| 5 | Sioux Falls | 8-0 | 6 |
| 6 | Emporia State | 7-1 | 7 |
| 7 | Ashland | 7-1 | 8 |
| 8 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 6-1 | 9 |
| 9 | California | 7-0 | 11 |
| 10 | Harding | 8-0 | 12 |
| 11 | Midwestern State | 6-1 | 5 |
| 12 | Indiana (Pa.) | 6-1 | 13 |
| 13 | Minnesota Duluth | 7-1 | 14 |
| 14 | Central Missouri | 6-2 | 15 |
| 15 | Valdosta State | 6-1 | 16 |
| 16 | LIU-Post | 8-0 | 18 |
| 17 | Azusa Pacific | 7-1 | 19 |
| 18 | Ferris State | 6-2 | 21 |
| 19 | Wayne State (Mich.) | 7-1 | 22 |
| 20 | Tuskegee | 6-1 | 10 |
| 21 | UNC-Pembroke | 7-1 | 23 |
| 22 | Fairmont State | 8-0 | 25 |
| 23 | Central Washington | 5-2 | NR |
| 24 | Fort Hays State | 6-2 | NR |
| 25 | Assumption | 6-1 | NR |