Things are starting to shake out in the FCS, as the cream rises to the top.

Here is The Sports Network's new poll.

Below is my ballot. The number in the (xx) is where the team is located if it's different than where I have them.

1. North Dakota State
2. Sam Houston State
3. Eastern Illinoi
4. Montana State (5)
5. Fordham (8)
6. McNeese State (9)
7. Maine (14)
8. Coastal Carolina (6)
9. Villanova (12)
10. Towson (7)
11. Bethune-Cookman (17)
12. Eastern Washington (4)
13. Montana (10)
14. Wofford (13)
15. Youngstown State (16)
16. Southern Illinois (NR)
17. Northern Iowa (11)
18. Tennessee State (24)
19. James Madison (20)
20. Lehigh (18)
21. Northern Arizona (19)
22. William & Mary (NR)
23. Samford (22)
24. South Dakota State (15)
25. Central Arkansas (21) 

Ranked, but not on my ballot
23. Georgia Southern
25. New Hampshire

Others receiving votes: Southern Illinois 296, Charleston Southern 237, Delaware 201, William & Mary 112, Southeastern Louisiana 111, South Carolina State 105, Harvard 93, Cal Poly 74, UT Martin 52, Southern Utah 48, Jacksonville State 35, Gardner-Webb 22, Chattanooga 14, Jackson State 7, Stony Brook 4, Illinois State 2, Richmond 1, Alcorn State 1