2002 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings
The 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the Sports Network poll of Division I-AA head coaches, athletic directors, sports information directors and media members. This is for the 2002 season .
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The Sports Network poll
Preseason[ 1] Week 1 Sept 3[ 2] Week 2 Sept 10[ 3] Week 3 Sept 17[ 4] Week 4 Sept 24[ 5] Week 5 Oct 1[ 6] Week 6 Oct 8[ 7] Week 7 Oct 15[ 8] Week 8 Oct 22[ 9] Week 9 Oct 29[ 10] Week 10 Nov 5[ 11] Week 11 Nov 12[ 12] Week 12 Nov 19[ 13] Week 13 Nov 26[ 14] Week 14 Postseason[ 15] 1. Montana (79) Montana (1–0) (85) Montana (2–0) (106) Montana (3–0) (115) Montana (4–0) (99) Montana (4–0) (95) Montana (5–0) (97) Montana (6–0) (99) Montana (7–0) (100) Montana (8–0) (99) Montana (9–0) (95) Montana (10–0) (95) McNeese State (9–1) (88) McNeese State (10–1) (77) Western Kentucky (12–3) (41) 1. 2. Appalachian State Northern Iowa (1–0) Lehigh (2–0) (3) McNeese State (3–0) (4) McNeese State (3–0) (6) McNeese State (4–0) (10) Maine (6–0) (1) McNeese State (4–1) (1) McNeese State (5–1) (2) McNeese State (6–1) (6) McNeese State (7–1) (8) McNeese State (8–1) (6) Eastern Illinois (8–2) (1) Georgia Southern (9–2) (3) McNeese State (13–2) (4) 2. 3. Northern Iowa Lehigh (1–0) (2) McNeese State (2–0) Lehigh (2–0) (1) Maine (4–0) Maine (5–0) McNeese State (4–1) (2) Appalachian State (5–1) (2) Northwestern State (6–1) Northwestern State (7–1) Northwestern State (8–1) Eastern Illinois (7–2) Georgia Southern (9–2) (3) Western Illinois (10–1) Georgia Southern (11–3) 3. 4. Eastern Illinois (1) Furman (0–0) (2) Northern Iowa (1–1) Maine (3–0) Lehigh (3–0) (1) Appalachian State (3–1) Appalachian State (4–1) Villanova (6–1) Furman (5–2) Furman (6–2) Furman (6–2) Georgia Southern (8–2) Montana (10–1) (4) Grambling State (10–1) Villanova (11–4) 4. 5. Georgia Southern (3) Appalachian State (0–1) Appalachian State (0–1) Appalachian State (1–1) Appalachian State (2–1) Furman (3–1) Furman (4–1) Northwestern State (5–1) Eastern Illinois (5–2) Maine (8–1) Maine (8–1) Western Illinois (9–1) Western Illinois (10–1) (1) Appalachian State (8–3) Western Illinois (11–2) 5. 6. Lehigh (1) McNeese State (1–0) Maine (2–0) Northern Iowa (1–1) Northern Iowa (2–1) Northern Iowa (3–1) Villanova (5–1) Furman (4–2) Maine (7–1) Eastern Illinois (5–2) Eastern Illinois (6–2) Grambling State (9–1) Grambling State (10–1) (1) Furman (8–3) Maine (11–3) 6. 7. Furman (3) Eastern Illinois (0–1) Furman (0–1) Furman (1–1) Furman (2–1) Villanova (4–1) Northwestern State (4–1) Eastern Illinois (4–2) Grambling State (6–1) Grambling State (7–1) Grambling State (8–1) Northwestern State (8–2) Appalachian State (8–3) Maine (10–2) Montana (11–3) 7. 8. Youngstown State Youngstown State (1–0) Eastern Illinois (0–1) Portland State (2–0) Villanova (3–1) Western Illinois (4–0) Northern Arizona (4–1) Maine (6–1) Appalachian State (5–2) Western Illinois (7–1) Western Illinois (8–1) Appalachian State (7–3) Furman (7–3) Northeastern (10–2) Grambling State (11–2) 8. 9. William & Mary Delaware (1–0) Georgia Southern (1–1) Georgia Southern (1–1) Portland State (2–1) Northwestern State (3–1) Eastern Illinois (3–2) Grambling State (5–1) Western Illinois (6–1) Georgia Southern (6–2) Georgia Southern (7–2) Furman (6–3) Maine (9–2) Montana (10–2) Furman (8–4) 9. 10. Grambling State William & Mary (0–1) Portland State (1–0) Northwestern State (3–0) Northwestern State (3–1) Florida A&M (4–1) Lehigh (4–1) Western Illinois (5–1) Georgia Southern (5–2) Bethune-Cookman (8–0) Bethune-Cookman (9–0) (1) Wofford (8–2) Northeastern (9–2) Eastern Illinois (8–3) Appalachian State (8–4) 10. 11. McNeese State Maine (1–0) Villanova (2–0) Youngstown State (1–1) Florida A&M (3–1) Northeastern (4–0) Grambling State (5–1) Bethune-Cookman (7–0) Bethune-Cookman (8–0) Villanova (6–2) Villanova (7–2) Maine (8–2) Bethune-Cookman (10–1) (2) Bethune-Cookman (11–1) Northeastern (10–3) 11. 12. Sam Houston State Georgia Southern (0–1) Youngstown State (1–1) Hofstra (2–1) Western Illinois (3–0) Northern Arizona (3–1) Northern Iowa (3–2) Portland State (4–2) Villanova (6–2) William & Mary (5–2) UMass (7–2) Northeastern (8–2) Northwestern State (8–3) Villanova (9–3) Fordham (10–3) 12. 13. Maine Portland State (1–0) Northwestern State (2–0) Eastern Illinois (0–2) Eastern Illinois (1–2) Eastern Illinois (2–2) Western Illinois (4–1) Georgia Southern (4–2) Portland State (5–2) UMass (6–2) Portland State (6–3) Bethune-Cookman (9–1) Villanova (8–3) Northwestern State (9–3) Eastern Illinois (8–4) 13. 14. Eastern Kentucky Sam Houston State (0–1) Sam Houston State (1–1) Villanova (2–1) Northeastern (3–0) Lehigh (3–1) Portland State (3–2) William & Mary (3–2) William & Mary (4–2) Appalachian State (5–3) Appalachian State (6–3) Villanova (7–3) Wofford (8–3) Wofford (9–3) Wofford (9–3) 14. 15. Hofstra Villanova (1–0)Delaware (1–1) Florida A&M (2–1) Grambling State (3–1) Grambling State (4–1) Bethune-Cookman (6–0) Northeastern (5–1) Northeastern (6–1) Portland State (5–3) Wofford (7–2) Western Kentucky (7–3) Western Kentucky (8–3) Western Kentucky (8–3) Bethune-Cookman (11–2) 15. 16. Florida A&M Northwestern State (1–0) Eastern Kentucky (1–1) Grambling State (2–1) Northern Arizona (2–1) Portland State (2–2) Georgia Southern (3–2) Northern Arizona (4–2) UMass (5–2) Lehigh (6–2) Lehigh (7–2) William & Mary (6–3) Penn (8–1) Penn (9–1) Northwestern State (9–4) 16. 17. Portland State Eastern Kentucky (0–1) Hofstra (1–1) William & Mary (1–2) William & Mary (1–2) William & Mary (2–2) William & Mary (2–2) Youngstown State (4–2) Northern Iowa (4–3) Eastern Kentucky (6–3) Eastern Kentucky (7–3) Penn (7–1) Nicholls State (7–3) Idaho State (8–3) (1) Penn (9–1) 17. 18. Western Kentucky Grambling State (0–1) William & Mary (0–2) Northeastern (2–0) Georgia Southern (1–2) Georgia Southern (2–2) Wofford (4–1) South Carolina State (5–1) Lehigh (5–2) Wofford (6–2) Northeastern (7–2) Nicholls State (7–3) Idaho State (7–3) Gardner-Webb (9–1) Idaho State (8–3) 18. 19. Northwestern State Montana State (1–0) Florida A&M (1–1) Northern Arizona (2–1) Wofford (3–0)Bethune-Cookman (5–0) Eastern Kentucky (4–2) Lehigh (4–2) Eastern Kentucky (5–3) Idaho State (5–2) Western Kentucky (7–3) UMass (7–3) Gardner-Webb (9–1) Eastern Kentucky (8–4) Montana State (7–6) 19. 20. Montana State Hofstra (0–1) Grambling State (1–1) Western Illinois (2–0)Bethune-Cookman (4–0) Wofford (3–1) Northeastern (4–1) UMass (4–2)Idaho State (4–2) Northeastern (6–2) William & Mary (5–3) Idaho State (6–3) Lehigh (8–3) Nicholls State (7–4) Murray State (7–5) 20. 21. Northern Arizona Florida A&M (0–1) Western Kentucky (1–1) Eastern Kentucky (1–2) Eastern Kentucky (2–2) Eastern Kentucky (3–2) Florida A&M (4–2) Northern Iowa (3–3) South Carolina State (5–2) South Carolina State (6–2) Penn (6–1) Portland State (6–4) Duquesne (11–0) Fordham (9–2) Eastern Kentucky (8–4) 21. 22. Delaware Western Kentucky (0–1) Northeastern (2–0)Richmond (1–1) Youngstown State (1–2) Youngstown State (2–2) Youngstown State (3–2) Eastern Kentucky (4–3) Nicholls State (6–2) Western Kentucky (6–3) Nicholls State (6–3) Gardner-Webb (8–1) Eastern Kentucky (7–4) Southeast Missouri State (8–4)Gardner-Webb (9–1) 22. 23. Harvard Hampton (1–0) Richmond (1–1)Holy Cross (2–0) James Madison (3–1)Penn (2–0)Nicholls State (5–1) Stephen F. Austin (4–2)Youngstown State (4–3) Nicholls State (6–3) Idaho State (5–3) Lehigh (7–3) William & Mary (6–4) Murray State (7–4)Nicholls State (7–4) 23. 24. Jacksonville State Jacksonville State (1–0) Jacksonville State (1–0) Bethune-Cookman (3–0)Hofstra (2–2) Nicholls State (4–1)Penn (3–0) Idaho State (4–2)Western Kentucky (5–3) Penn (5–1) Florida A&M (7–3) Duquesne (10–0)Southeast Missouri (8–4)Montana State (7–5) Southeast Missouri State (8–4) 24. 25. Hampton Harvard (0–0) Holy Cross (1–0)Alabama State (3–0)Western Kentucky (2–2) Harvard (2–0) South Carolina State (4–1)Southern Illinois (4–3)Wofford (5–2) Illinois State (5–3)Gardner-Webb (7–1)Eastern Kentucky (7–4) Fordham (8–2)Colgate (9–3)Colgate (9–3) 25. Preseason[ 1] Week 1 Sept 3[ 2] Week 2 Sept 10[ 3] Week 3 Sept 17[ 4] Week 4 Sept 24[ 5] Week 5 Oct 1[ 6] Week 6 Oct 8[ 7] Week 7 Oct 15[ 8] Week 8 Oct 22[ 9] Week 9 Oct 29[ 10] Week 10 Nov 5[ 11] Week 11 Nov 12[ 12] Week 12 Nov 19[ 13] Week 13 Nov 26[ 14] Week 14 Postseason[ 15] Dropped: 21 Northern ArizonaDropped: 19 Montana State 23 Hampton 25 Harvard Dropped: 14 Sam Houston State 15 Delaware 21 Western Kentucky 24 Jacksonville State Dropped: 22 Richmond 23 Holy Cross 25 Alabama State Dropped: 23 James Madison 24 Hofstra 25 Western Kentucky Dropped: 25 HarvardDropped: 18 Wofford 21 Florida A&M 23 Nicholls State 24 Penn Dropped: 16 Northern Arizona 23 Stephen F. Austin 25 Southern Illinois Dropped: 17 Northern Iowa 23 Youngstown State Dropped: 21 South Carolina State 25 Illinois State Dropped: 24 Florida A&MDropped: 19 UMass 21 Portland State Dropped: 20 Lehigh 21 Duquesne 23 William & Mary 24 Southeast Missouri None
References
^ "Division I-AA Poll" . Chicago Tribune . Chicago, Illinois. August 14, 2002. pp. 4–9. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Division I-AA Poll" . The Advocate-Messenger . Danville, Kentucky. September 3, 2002. p. B2. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Division I-AA Poll" . Asheville Citizen-Times . Asheville, North Carolina. September 10, 2002. p. D2. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Division I-AA poll" . Iowa City Press-Citizen . Iowa City, Iowa. September 17, 2002. p. 2B. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Division I-AA poll" . The Ithaca Journal . Ithaca, New York. September 24, 2002. p. 7B. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Division I-AA" . The Greenville News . Greenville, South Carolina. October 1, 2002. p. 4C. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Division I-AA poll" . The Advocate-Messenger . Danville, Kentucky. October 8, 2002. p. B2. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Division I-AA poll" . Southern Illinoisan . Carbondale, Illinois. October 15, 2002. p. 1D. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "I-AA Poll" . The Pantagraph . Bloomington, Illinois. October 22, 2002. p. B4. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "College Division I-AA Poll" . The Jackson Sun . Jackson, Tennessee. October 29, 2002. p. 2B. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Division I-AA Poll" . The Gettysburg Times . Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. November 5, 2002. p. B2. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Division I-AA Poll" . The News Journal . Wilmington, Delaware. November 12, 2002. p. C5. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Grizzlies tumble to No. 4 in poll" . Great Falls Tribune . Great Falls, Montana. November 19, 2002. p. S1. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "College Division I-AA poll" . The Springfield News-Leader . Springfield, Missouri. November 26, 2002. p. 2D. Retrieved May 3, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Div. I-AA poll" . The Burlington Free Press . Burlington, Vermont. December 24, 2002. p. 6B. Retrieved May 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com .
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