There is a new No. 1 in the FCS.

After Villanova was defeated by William & Mary, Appalachian State (you remember them Michigan) is the new top team.

UAlbany knocked Yale out of the receiving votes category, by beating the Bulldogs 23-20.

Maine knocked off former No. 14 New Hampshire and the Black Bears, who lost to UAlbany in the first game of the year is now receiving a few votes. New Hampshire dropped to No. 22.

UAlbany's Northeast Conference foe Robert Morris is still receiving votes, but I did drop them out of my Top 25.

Stephen F. Austin received one first place vote. The Lumberjacks handed the Great Danes one of their two losses on the season.

Here is my Sports Network/Fathead.com 25 poll.

1. Appalachian State
2. Delaware
3. Jacksonville State
4. William & Mary
5. Stephen F. Austin
6. Villanova
7. James Madison
8. Massachusetts
9. Montana (12)
10. Montana State
11. South Carolina State (9)
12. Richmond (11)
13. Eastern Washington
14. Elon (19)
15. Georgia Southern (16)
16. Northern Iowa (15)
17. Liberty (24)
18. Cal Poly (14)
19. South Dakota (NR)
20. Western Illinois
21. North Dakota State (18)
22. Southern Illinois (23)
23. Furman (NR)
24. Texas State (17)
25. New Hampshire (22)

I've made my first picks for The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS Top 25.

I made the selections on Sunday and they were released on Monday.

I put UAlbany's Northeast Conference foe Robert Morris in at No. 25 after the Colonials upset then No. 15 Liberty. UAlbany (1-1) plays at Robert Morris (2-1) on Oct. 16. Yale is also receiving votes. The Great Danes play the Bulldogs on Oct. 2. Stephen F. Austin who handed UAlbany their only loss is ranked No. 6, up four spots after beating previous No. 13 Northern Iowa.

Here is my ballot with the actual ranking in parentheses, if different.

1. Villanova
2. Appalachian State (3)
3. James Madison (2)
4. Jacksonville State
5. Richmond
6. Stephen F. Austin
7. Delaware
8. Elon (10)
9. Eastern Washington
10. William & Mary (8)
11. Montana (14)
12. Massachusetts (11)
13. Southern Illinois
14. South Carolina State (12)
15. New Hampshire (16)
16. Northern Iowa (15)
17. Montana State
18. North Dakota State
19. Liberty (22)
20. Cal Poly
21. Weber State (NR)
22. Furman (23)
23. Sacremento State (NR)
24. Illinois State (NR)
25. Robert Morris (NR)

UALBANY AT NO. 10 STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

At Homer Bryce Stadium, Nacogdoches, Texas, 7 p.m.
(WOFX 980-AM — www.980online.com)

Records: UAlbany (1-0 overall) — Stephen F. Austin (0-1 overall)
Last Meeting: First Meeting.
Last Week: UAlbany defeated Maine 3-0 — Stephen F. Austin lost to Texas A&M 48-7
About the Great Danes: UAlbany is coming off of their first season-opening shutout since 1979, when they defeated Hobart 10-0. The Great Danes are playing their highest ranked opponent since opening the 2008 season against No.5 Massachusetts, a game they lost 28-16. The most recent ranked opponent UAlbany played was last season against No. 20 Maine, which they won 20-16.
About the Lumberjacks: In 2009, Stephen F. Austin led the country in passing yards (343.7), was second in total offense (468.9) and sixth in scoring (34.9 ppg). Quarterback Jeremy Moses is already the school’s all-time leading passer and is on the Walter Payton Award Watch List, given to the top player in the country. Coach J.C. Harper was a grad assistant under both current Texas coach Mack Brown at North Carolina and Lou Holtz at Notre Dame.
Edge: Stephen F. Austin is playing at home and they are the better team. UAlbany will have to play great to come up with an upset.

RPI AT ENDICOTT

At Endicott Stadium, Beverly, Mass., 1 p.m.
(WRPI 91.5-FM — www.wrpi.org)

Records: RPI (0-0 overall) — Endicott (1-0 overall)
Last Meeting: RPI 28, Endicott 0 at East Campus Stadium, Troy, Sept. 12, 2009 — RPI leads the all-time series 6-0
Last Week: Endicott defeated Framingham State 33-27, 3OT
About the Engineers: RPI has won nine consecutive season openers. Senior captain Pat McCarthy caught 12 passes for a personal best 195 yards last year against Endicott. The Engineers have never lost in three games at Endicott.
About the Gulls: Endicott was ranked to finish third in the Boyd Division of the New England Football Conference (NEFC) in the preseason poll. In six games against RPI, the Gulls have averaged just six points.
Edge: RPI has the upper hand. The Engineers are looking for a solid 2010 season and this is the beginning.

UNION AT ITHACA
At Butterfield Stadium, Ithaca, 1 p.m.
(WABY 1160-AM — www.teamline.cc)

Records: Union (0-0 overall) — Ithaca (1-0 overall)
Last Meeting: Union 24, No. 8 Ithaca 21 at Frank Bailey Field, Schenectady, Sept. 12, 2009 — The all-time series is tied 3-3
Last Week: Ithaca defeated St. Lawrence 33-3
About the Dutchmen: Union begins the season receiving votes in the D3Football.com Top 25 poll. Senior running back Chris Coney rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns in last year’s meeting against Ithaca.
About the Bombers: After a slow start last week, Ithaca scored 20 points in the fourth quarter to finish off St. Lawrence. In three all-time meetings, Ithaca coach Mike Welch has not defeated Union. Welch and Union coach John Audino were members of the 1976 coaching staff at UAlbany.
Edge: This is a bit of a toss up. Union is likely the better team, while Ithaca is at home. It should be a terrific game.

The University at Albany football team takes their first trip down to the state of Texas this weekend to take on No. 10 Stephen F. Austin.

The Great Danes (1-0) will leave for Texas at 10 a.m. on Friday. The team is chartering a plane to Shreveport, La., and then driving two hours to the hotel in Lufkin, Texas.

The team will practice at Lufkin High School, which according to media guru Brian DePasquale, seats 10,000.

Lufkin is about 20 minutes outside of Nacogdoches, where Stephen F. Austin is located.

The Lumberjacks (0-1) lost to Texas A&M last weekend 48-7, but not too much can be taken from that games since the Aggies are in the Big 12 conference.

The last time UAlbany played a ranked opponent, it defeated No. 20 Maine, 20-16 at University Field on Sept. 19, 2009.

Also, in case you're wondering and I was, Stephen Fuller Austin is considered the founder of Anglo-American Texas.

At 21, he was elected to the territorial Legislature of Missouri.

Austin contributed a lot to Texas before, during and immediately after the state's revolution with Mexico. He died at age 43.

I'll have more on the blog later tonight or tomorrow.