By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
In the latest release of the D2Football.com Top 25 Poll, Fort Hays State moved up one spot to No. 24. The Tigers have been back inside the top 25 of the poll two straight weeks now. An 0-2 start to the 2019 season dropped the Tigers from the top 25 of both the D2Football.com and AFCA Polls. FHSU continues to receive votes in the AFCA Top 25 Poll for a second straight week.
The D2Football.com Poll now has four MIAA squads inside the Top 25. Central Missouri (No. 11) and Northwest Missouri State (No. 14) have each been in the poll for nearly the entire season, but FHSU (No. 24) jumped back in last week and Missouri Western jumps in this week at No. 25. Though FHSU is one spot ahead of Missouri Western in the D2Football.com national rankings, MWSU is in front of the NCAA Super Region rankings by virtue of its head-to-head win over FHSU earlier this year.
In the AFCA Poll, Central Missouri is No. 10 and Northwest Missouri State is No. 12. Missouri Western is second-highest among teams receiving votes, while FHSU is fourth-highest among the receiving votes list.
Below are the D2Football.com and AFCA Top 25 Polls for Monday, November 4.
D2Football.com Top 25 – November 4, 2019
| Rank | Team | Record | Last Week |
| 1 | Valdosta State | 8-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Ferris State | 9-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Minnesota State | 9-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Ouachita Baptist | 9-0 | 4 |
| 5 | Tarleton State | 9-0 | 5 |
| 6 | Notre Dame | 9-0 | 6 |
| 7 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 9-0 | 8 |
| 8 | Colorado School of Mines | 9-0 | 9 |
| 9 | Slippery Rock | 9-0 | 10 |
| 10 | CSU-Pueblo | 8-1 | 11 |
| 11 | Central Missouri | 9-0 | 13 |
| 12 | Harding | 8-1 | 14 |
| 13 | Grand Valley State | 8-1 | 15 |
| 14 | Northwest Missouri State | 8-1 | 16 |
| 15 | Bowie State | 9-0 | 17 |
| 16 | Indianapolis | 7-1 | 7 |
| 17 | Kutztown | 9-0 | 18 |
| 18 | Angelo State | 8-1 | 19 |
| 19 | West Florida | 7-1 | 20 |
| 20 | Indiana (Pa.) | 8-1 | 21 |
| 21 | Wingate | 8-1 | 12 |
| 22 | Henderson State | 8-1 | 23 |
| 23 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 7-2 | 24 |
| 24 | Fort Hays State | 7-2 | 25 |
| 25 | Missouri Western | 7-2 | NR |
AFCA Top 25 Poll – November 4, 2019
| Rank | School (1st votes) | Record | Pts. | Prev. | Week 9 | Next Game |
| 1. | Valdosta St. (Ga.) (29) | 8-0 | 773 | 1 | Idle | Nov. 9 vs. No. 20 West Florida |
| 2. | Ferris St. (Mich.) (1) | 9-0 | 741 | 2 | D. Michigan Tech, 52-0 | Nov. 9 vs. No. 14 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) |
| 3. | Tarleton St. (Texas) (1) | 9-0 | 689 | 4 | D. Midwestern St. (Texas), 66-7 | Nov. 9 at William Jewell (Mo.) |
| 4. | Minnesota St. | 9-0 | 683 | 3 | D. Wayne St. (Neb.), 62-7 | Nov. 9 at Sioux Falls (S.D.) |
| 5. | Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) | 9-0 | 642 | 5 | D. Southern Arkansas, 38-21 | Nov. 9 vs. Arkansas-Monticello |
| 6. | Notre Dame (Ohio) | 9-0 | 598 | 6 | D. Frostburg St. (Md.), 35-13 | Nov. 9 vs. Glenville St. (W.Va.) |
| 7. | Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) | 9-0 | 581 | 7 | D. No. 12 Wingate (N.C.), 20-13 | Nov. 9 vs. North Carolina-Pembroke |
| 8. | Colorado School of Mines | 9-0 | 562 | 9 | D. South Dakota Mines, 49-28 | Nov. 9 vs. Dixie St. (Utah) |
| 9. | Slippery Rock (Pa.) | 9-0 | 522 | 10 | D. California (Pa.), 31-28 | Nov. 9 at Gannon (Pa.) |
| 10. | Central Missouri | 9-0 | 495 | 11 | D. Nebraska-Kearney, 47-40 | Nov. 9 vs. Lincoln (Mo.) |
| 11. | Colorado St.-Pueblo | 8-1 | 434 | 13 | D. Fort Lewis (Colo.), 21-13 | Nov. 9 vs. Black Hills St. (S.D.) |
| 12. | Northwest Missouri St. | 8-1 | 407 | 14 | D. Northeastern St. (Okla.), 79-0 | Nov. 9 at Fort Hays St. (Kan.) |
| 13. | Bowie St. (Md.) | 9-0 | 372 | 15 | D. Lincoln (Pa.), 65-20 | Nov. 9 at Elizabeth City St. (N.C.) |
| 14. | Grand Valley St. (Mich.) | 8-1 | 355 | 16 | D. William Jewell (Mo.), 63-10 | Nov. 9 at No. 2 Ferris St. (Mich.) |
| 15. | Kutztown (Pa.) | 9-0 | 342 | 17 | D. No. 22 West Chester (Pa.), 30-17 | Nov. 9 vs. Millersville (Pa.) |
| 16. | Harding (Ark.) | 8-1 | 319 | 18 | D. East Central (Okla.), 56-20 | Nov. 9 at Southeastern Oklahoma St. |
| 17. | Indianapolis (Ind.) | 7-1 | 264 | 8 | Lost to Lindenwood (Mo.), 34-27 | Nov. 9 vs. No. 23 Truman St. (Mo.) |
| 18. | Wingate (N.C.) | 8-1 | 263 | 12 | Lost to No. 7 Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.), 20-13 | Nov. 9 vs. Newberry (S.C.) |
| 19. | Indiana (Pa.) | 8-1 | 228 | 19 | D. Seton Hill (Pa.), 50-23 | Nov. 9 vs. Edinboro (Pa.) |
| 20. | West Florida | 7-1 | 217 | 20 | D. North Greenville (S.C.), 17-14 | Nov. 9 at No. 1 Valdosta St. (Ga.) |
| 21. | Angelo St. (Texas) | 8-1 | 188 | 21 | D. Adams St. (Colo.), 41-21 | Nov. 9 at Eastern New Mexico |
| 22. | Henderson St. (Ark.) | 8-1 | 136 | 23 | D. Arkansas-Monticello, 27-20 | Nov. 9 vs. Southern Arkansas |
| 23. | Truman St. (Mo.) | 8-1 | 82 | 25 | D. McKendree (Ill.), 45-17 | Nov. 9 at No. 17 Indianapolis (Ind.) |
| 24. | Texas A&M-Commerce | 6-2 | 74 | 24 | D. West Texas A&M, 34-20 | Nov. 9 vs. Texas-Permian Basin |
| 25. | Tiffin (Ohio) | 7-1 | 28 | NR | Idle | Nov. 9 vs. Hillsdale (Mich.) |
Others Receiving Votes: West Chester (Pa.), 25; Missouri Western St., 19; Sioux Falls (S.D.), 11; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 10; Virginia Union, 7; Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 4; Dixie St. (Utah), 2; Assumption (Mass.), 1; Shepherd (W.Va.), 1.