BY RALPH VENTRE
South Dakota State held steady at No. 1 on the Talking Pigskin Division I FCS Top 25 ballot after doubling up fellow top-10 inhabitant Missouri State, 28-14.
Three of 54 Stats Perform voters listed the SDSU Jackrabbits in the top spot.
North Dakota State, which has held the official No. 1 ranking in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 since winning the national championship last January, garnered 44 first-place votes while 4-and-0 Montana pulled in the other seven top nods.
While Bobby Petrino’s Bears drop two spots to No. 7 on the Talking Pigskin ballot, Sacramento State jumped up to the No. 5 ranking. The Hornets are the Talking Pigskin FCS Team of the Week after throttling FBS member Colorado State, 41-10.
Atlantic Sun member Austin Peay (24) and CAA member Elon (25) both broke onto the ballot this week following top-25 wins. The Governors topped Eastern Kentucky, 31-20, while Elon edged William & Mary, 35-31.
Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Ballot (Ralph Ventre – Week 4)
25. Elon
24. Austin Peay
23. Fordham
22. North Dakota
21. Southeast Missouri State
20. UT Martin
19. Southern Illinois
18. Samford
17. Villanova
16. Chattanooga
15. Incarnate Word
14. Southeastern Louisiana
13. Richmond
12. William & Mary
11. Eastern Washington
10. Weber State
9. Holy Cross
8. Jackson State
7. Missouri State
6. Delaware
5. Sacramento State
4. Montana State
3. Montana
2. North Dakota State
1. South Dakota State
TALKING PIGSKIN 
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