Things are getting a little clearer in the FCS.

And that is there are a few great teams and then a whole mix of just okay teams.

Below is my ballot. The number in the (xx) is if the team is located in a different position in The Sports Network Top 25.

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

Ranked, but not on my ballot
13. South Dakota State
20. Central Arkansas
22. Georgia Southern
24. Jacksonville State
25. New Hampshire

Others receiving votes: Tennessee State 372, Cal Poly 234, Charleston Southern 223, Delaware 220, Yale 201, Gardner-Webb 157, UT Martin 101, South Carolina State 90, William & Mary 88, Harvard 87, Southern Illinois 78, Richmond 66, Southeastern Louisiana 64, Southern Utah 48, Murray State 31, Chattanooga 30, North Dakota 20, Illinois State 14, North Carolina A&T 10, Jackson State 7, Stony Brook 5, Western Illinois 4, Portland State 1, Alcorn State 1, Eastern Kentucky 1