Things are getting sorted out and the top teams in the FCS are becoming clearer.

Still, no one can get past two-time defending champion North Dakota State, which occupies the No. 1 spot in The Sports Network's Top 25 poll, once again. The Bison received all 156 first-place votes, following the loss Sam Houston's loss and drop from No. 2

Eastern Illinos, the alma mater of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, moved up to No. 2 in the poll. 

The University at Albany continues to struggles in its first season of play in the Colonial Athletic Association. The Great Danes lost to No. 8 Towson, 44-17, on Homecoming weekend at Bob Ford Field.

Below, is my ballot for the Top 25. The number in the (xx) is if a team appears in a different spot in the poll than on my ballot.

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

Raked, but not on my ballot
17. Northern Iowa
24. Georgia Southern
25. South Dakota State

Others receiving votes: Delaware 270, Charleston Southern 226, Southeastern Louisiana 183, Harvard 180, South Carolina State 134, Southern Illinois 76, Jacksonville State 60, William & Mary 42, Chattanooga 35, South Dakota 34, Southern Utah 16, Gardner-Webb 15, Jackson State 15, UT Martin 13, Cal Poly 13, Princeton 10, Stony Brook 5, Alcorn State 5, Sacred Heart 4, Illinois State 4, Sacramento State 3, Butler 3, Duquesne 2