2004 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

The 2004 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 2004 season.

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(#–#)		Win–loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

The Sports Network poll

	Preseason [1]	Week 1 Sept 7[2]	Week 2 Sept 14[3]	Week 3 Sept 21[4]	Week 4 Sept 28[5]	Week 5 Oct 5[6]	Week 6 Oct 12[7]	Week 7 Oct 19[8]	Week 8 Oct 26[9]	Week 9 Nov 2[10]	Week 10 Nov 9[11]	Week 11 Nov 16[12]	Week 12 Nov 23[13]	Week 13 Postseason[14]
1.	Delaware (57)	Southern Illinois (1–0) (56)	Montana (2–0) (61)	Southern Illinois (2–1) (59)	Southern Illinois (3–1) (71)	Southern Illinois (4–1) (66)	Southern Illinois (5–1) (85)	Southern Illinois (6–1) (73)	Southern Illinois (7–1) (79)	Southern Illinois (8–1) (79)	Southern Illinois (9–1) (102)	Southern Illinois (10–1) (105)	Southern Illinois (10–1) (72)	James Madison (13–2) (67)	1.
2.	Southern Illinois (7)	Montana (1–0) (17)	Southern Illinois (1–1) (26)	Furman (3–0) (30)	Furman (3–1) (15)	Furman (4–1) (18)	Georgia Southern (5–1) (17)	Georgia Southern (6–1) (19)	Georgia Southern (7–1) (17)	Georgia Southern (8–1) (28)	Furman (7–2) (3)	Furman (8–2) (3)	Furman (9–2) (2)	Montana (12–3)	2.
3.	Montana (3)	Wofford (0–0) (5)	Wofford (1–0) (6)	Georgia Southern (2–1) (10)	Georgia Southern (3–1) (10)	Georgia Southern (4–1) (6)	Delaware (4–1) (1)	Delaware (5–1) (2)	Delaware (6–1) (4)	Furman (6–2)	Sam Houston State (8–1) (1)	Western Kentucky (8–2)	Western Kentucky (9–2)	William & Mary (11–3)	3.
4.	Wofford (1)	Colgate (0–0) (2)	Furman (2–0) (3)	Delaware (2–1)	Delaware (3–1) (1)	Delaware (4–1)	Western Kentucky (4–1) (2)	Montana (6–1) (1)	Montana (6–1)	Sam Houston State (7–1)	James Madison (8–1) (1)	Georgia Southern (9–2)	Georgia Southern (9–2)	Sam Houston State (11–3)	4.
5.	Colgate	Furman (1–0) (2)	Villanova (2–0)	Stephen F. Austin (3–0) (1)	Stephen F. Austin (4–0) (4)	Stephen F. Austin (4–0) (5)	Montana (5–1)	Wofford (5–1)	Cal Poly (7–0) (1)	Western Kentucky (6–2)	Western Kentucky (7–2)	New Hampshire (8–2)	New Hampshire (9–2)	Furman (10–3)	5.
6.	Northern Iowa (2)	McNeese State (1–0)	Delaware (1–1)	Western Kentucky (2–1) (1)	Western Kentucky (2–1) (1)	Western Kentucky (3–1) (1)	Wofford (4–1)	Cal Poly (6–0) (1)	Furman (6–2)	Delaware (6–2)	Georgia Southern (8–2)	William & Mary (8–2)	William & Mary (9–2)	New Hampshire (10–3)	6.
7.	Furman (1)	Delaware (0–1) (2)	Northern Iowa (1–1) (1)	Montana (2–1)	Montana (3–1)	Montana (4–1)	New Hampshire (4–1)	Furman (5–2)	Western Kentucky (5–2)	James Madison (7–1) (1)	New Hampshire (7–2)	Montana (8–2)	Montana (9–2)	Delaware (9–4)	7.
8.	McNeese State	Villanova (1–0)	Georgia Southern (1–1)	Maine (2–1) (2)	Maine (2–1) (2)	Wofford (3–1)	Furman (4–2)	Stephen F. Austin (5–1)	Sam Houston State (6–1)	New Hampshire (6–2)	Lehigh (8–1)	Lehigh (9–1)	James Madison (9–2)	Eastern Washington (9–4)	8.
9.	Villanova	Northern Iowa (0–1)	UMass (2–0) (1)	Wofford (1–1)	Wofford (2–1)	New Hampshire (4–1)	Cal Poly (5–0)	Northwestern State (5–1)	James Madison (6–1) (1)	Lehigh (7–1)	Montana (7–2)	James Madison (8–2)	Sam Houston State (9–2)	Southern Illinois (10–2)	9.
10.	Georgia Southern	Georgia Southern (0–1)	New Hampshire (2–0) (5)	Colgate (1–1)	Villanova (3–1)	Cal Poly (4–0)	Stephen F. Austin (4–1)	Western Kentucky (4–2)	New Hampshire (5–2)	Montana (6–2)	William & Mary (7–2)	Sam Houston State (8–2)	Delaware (8–3)	Georgia Southern (9–3)	10.
11.	Maine	Western Kentucky (0–1)	Western Kentucky (1–1)	Villanova (2–1)	Colgate (2–1)	Northwestern State (4–1)	Northwestern State (4–1)	Sam Houston State (5–1)	Wofford (5–2)	Cal Poly (7–1)	Delaware (6–3)	Delaware (7–3)	Hampton (10–1)	Western Kentucky (9–3)	11.
12.	Western Illinois	Montana State (0–0)	Colgate (0–1)	McNeese State (2–1)	New Hampshire (3–1)	Maine (2–2)	Maine (3–2)	Jacksonville State (6–0)	Lehigh (6–1)	Wofford (6–2)	Wofford (7–2)	Hampton (9–1)	Harvard (10–0) (2)	Hampton (10–2)	12.
13.	Western Kentucky	Northern Arizona (0–1)	Stephen F. Austin (2–0)	Northern Iowa (1–2)	Cal Poly (3–0)	Sam Houston State (3–1)	Sam Houston State (4–1)	James Madison (5–1)	Stephen F. Austin (5–2)	William & Mary (6–2)	Hampton (8–1)	Harvard (9–0) (1)	Jacksonville State (9–1)	Harvard (10–0)	13.
14.	Northern Arizona	UMass (1–0)	Montana State (1–0)	New Hampshire (2–1)	Northwestern State (3–1)	Villanova (3–2)	Jacksonville State (5–0)	William & Mary (5–1) (1)	Hampton (7–1)	Hampton (7–1)	Jacksonville State (7–1)	Jacksonville State (8–1)	Eastern Washington (8–3)	Jacksonville State (9–2)	14.
15.	Montana State	Stephen F. Austin (1–0)	Maine (1–1)	Cal Poly (3–0)	Northern Iowa (1–2)	Jacksonville State (4–0)	Appalachian State (4–2)	New Hampshire (4–2)	Northwestern State (5–2)	Jacksonville State (6–1)	Harvard (8–0)	Eastern Washington (8–3)	Northwestern State (8–3)	Lehigh (9–3)	15.
16.	Stephen F. Austin	Western Illinois (0–1)	Western Illinois (1–1)	UMass (2–1)	Northeastern (2–1)	Northern Arizona (2–2)	William & Mary (4–1) (1)	Lehigh (5–1)	William & Mary (5–2)	Harvard (7–0)	Eastern Washington (7–3)	Northwestern State (7–3)	Lehigh (9–2)	Cal Poly (9–2)	16.
17.	Grambling State	Maine (0–1)	McNeese State (1–1)	Appalachian State (2–1)	Hampton (4–0) (2)	Lehigh (3–1)	James Madison (4–1)	Hampton (6–1)	Appalachian State (5–3)	Montana State (6–2)	Penn (7–1)	Wofford (7–3)	Cal Poly (9–2)	Northwestern State (8–4)	17.
18.	Northwestern State	Northeastern (1–0)	Northeastern (1–1)	Northeastern (1–1)	Sam Houston State (2–1)	William & Mary (4–1)	Lehigh (4–1)	Colgate (4–2)	Colgate (5–2)	Stephen F. Austin (5–3)	Cal Poly (7–2)	Cal Poly (8–2)	Wofford (8–3)	Wofford (8–3)	18.
19.	UMass[note 1]	New Hampshire (0–1)	Northern Arizona (0–2)	Northwestern State (2–1)	UMass (2–2)	James Madison (3–1)	Northeastern (3–2)	Maine (3–3)	Maine (4–3)	Villanova (6–3)	Northwestern State (6–3)	Alabama State (8–1)	Alabama State (8–1)	Lafayette (8–4)	19.
20.	Appalachian State	Eastern Kentucky (0–0)	Appalachian State (1–1)	Hampton (2–1)	Northern Arizona (1–2)	Colgate (2–2)	Colgate (3–2)	South Carolina State (5–1)	Jacksonville State (6–1)	Penn (6–1)	Alabama State (7–1)	Southern (8–2)	Southern (8–2)	Alabama State (10–2)	20.
21.	Eastern Kentucky	Northwestern State (0–1)	Northwestern State (1–1)	Montana State (1–1)	Lehigh (2–1)	Appalachian State (3–2)	UC Davis (5–0)	Penn (4–1)	Harvard (6–0)	Eastern Washington (6–3)	UC Davis (6–2)	Coastal Carolina (9–1)	Penn (8–2)	Penn (8–2)	21.
22.	Northeastern	Lehigh (1–0)	Cal Poly (2–0)	Penn (1–0)	Jacksonville State (3–0)	Northern Iowa (1–3)	Hampton (5–1)	Harvard (5–0)	Penn (5–1)	Northwestern State (5–3)	Colgate (6–3)	Penn (7–2)	Coastal Carolina (10–1)	South Carolina State (9–2)	22.
23.	Lehigh	Northern Colorado (0–1)	Penn (0–0)	Northern Arizona (0–2)	McNeese State (2–2)	Northeastern (2–2)	Eastern Washington (4–2)	Appalachian State (4–3)	Villanova (5–3)	UC Davis (6–2)	Montana State (6–3)	South Carolina State (8–2)	South Carolina State (9–2)	North Dakota State (8–3)	23.
24.	North Carolina A&T	Appalachian State (0–1)	Lehigh (1–1)	James Madison (3–0)	Appalachian State (2–2)	UC Davis (4–0)	Villanova (3–3)	Villanova (4–3)	Montana State (5–2)	Colgate (5–3)	Coastal Carolina (8–1)	North Dakota State (8–3)	North Dakota State (8–3)	Coastal Carolina (10–1)	24.
25.	Penn	Penn (0–0)	Southeastern Louisiana (1–1)	Lehigh (2–1)	James Madison (2–1)	Hampton (4–1)	Penn (3–1)	UC Davis (5–1)	Eastern Washington (5–3)	Alabama State (7–0)	Southern (7–3)	Northern Iowa (6–4)	Lafayette (9–2)	Northern Iowa (7–4)	25.
	Preseason [1]	Week 1 Sept 7[2]	Week 2 Sept 14[3]	Week 3 Sept 21[4]	Week 4 Sept 28[5]	Week 5 Oct 5[6]	Week 6 Oct 12[7]	Week 7 Oct 19[8]	Week 8 Oct 26[9]	Week 9 Nov 2[10]	Week 10 Nov 9[11]	Week 11 Nov 16[12]	Week 12 Nov 23[13]	Week 13 Postseason[14]
		Dropped: 17 Grambling State 24 North Carolina A&T	Dropped: 20 Eastern Kentucky 23 Northern Colorado	Dropped: 16 Western Illinois 25 Southeastern Louisiana	Dropped: 21 Montana State 22 Penn	Dropped: 19 UMass 23 McNeese State	Dropped: 16 Northern Arizona 22 Northern Iowa	Dropped: 19 Northeastern 23 Eastern Washington	Dropped: 20 South Carolina State 25 UC Davis	Dropped: 17 Appalachian State 19 Maine	Dropped: 18 Stephen F. Austin 19 Villanova	Dropped: 21 UC Davis 22 Colgate 23 Montana State	Dropped: 25 Northern Iowa	Dropped: 20 Southern

Notes

1. In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts

References

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2. "Division I-AA poll". The Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. September 8, 2004. p. 7C. Retrieved May 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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11. "Division I-AA Poll". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 9, 2004. pp. 4–7. Retrieved May 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "Division I-AA Poll". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. November 16, 2004. p. D5. Retrieved May 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Division I-AA Poll". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. November 23, 2004. p. E4. Retrieved May 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "Final Div. I-AA poll". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. December 21, 2004. p. 6B. Retrieved May 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.