1999 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

The 1999 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 1999 season.

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The Sports Network poll

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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.Georgia Southern (58)Georgia Southern (1–0) (44)Georgia Southern (2–0) (50)Georgia Southern (2–1) (36)Georgia Southern (3–1) (39)Georgia Southern (4–1) (53)Georgia Southern (5–1) (57)Troy State (6–0) (54)Troy State (7–0) (60)Troy State (8–0) (53)Troy State (9–0) (61)Tennessee State (10–0) (47)Tennessee State (11–0) (43)Georgia Southern (13–2) (51)1.
2.UMass (37)UMass (0–0) (3)UMass (1–0) (10)Montana (2–0) (18)Montana (3–0) (12)Troy State (4–0) (9)Troy State (5–0) (8)Tennessee State (6–0) (8)Tennessee State (7–0) (6)Tennessee State (8–0) (4)Tennessee State (9–0) (6)Georgia Southern (9–2) (13)Georgia Southern (9–2) (3)Youngstown State (12–3)2.
3.Montana (4)Montana (1–0) (2)Montana (2–0) (4)Appalachian State (1–1) (1)Appalachian State (2–1)Appalachian State (3–1)Hofstra (6–0) (2)Southern (7–0) (2)Southern (8–0) (1)Southern (8–0) (1)Georgia Southern (8–2) (1)Appalachian State (8–2) (2)Appalachian State (9–2) (1)Illinois State (11–3)3.
4.Appalachian StateAppalachian State (0–1) (1)Appalachian State (1–1)Northern Iowa (3–0) (8)Troy State (3–0) (5)Hofstra (5–0) (1)Tennessee State (5–0) (2)Montana (5–1)Georgia Southern (6–2)Georgia Southern (7–2)Montana (8–1)Hofstra (9–1)Hofstra (10–1)Florida A&M (10–4)4.
5.McNeese State (2)Illinois State (1–0)Illinois State (2–0)Troy State (2–0) (5)Northern Iowa (4–0) (4)Tennessee State (4–0) (2)Southern (6–0)Georgia Southern (5–2) (1)Montana (6–1)Montana (7–1)Appalachian State (7–2)Illinois State (9–2)Illinois State (9–2)Hofstra (11–2)5.
6.Florida A&MHofstra (1–0)Northern Iowa (2–0) (2)Hofstra (3–0)Hofstra (4–0)Southern (5–0)Illinois State (5–1)Appalachian State (4–2)Appalachian State (5–2)Appalachian State (6–2)Hofstra (8–1)Troy State (9–1)Troy State (10–1)Troy State (11–2)6.
7.Northwestern StateHampton (1–0)Hofstra (2–0)Delaware (3–0)Tennessee State (3–0) (2)Illinois State (4–1)Montana (4–1)Northern Iowa (6–1)Lehigh (7–0)Furman (7–1) (2)Illinois State (8–2)Montana (8–2)Montana (9–2)UMass (9–4)7.
8.Illinois StateDelaware (1–0)Troy State (1–0) (1)Tennessee State (3–0) (1)Hampton (4–0)Montana (3–1)Northern Iowa (5–1)Lehigh (6–0)Youngstown State (7–1)James Madison (7–1) (1)Florida A&M (7–2)Furman (8–2)Furman (9–2)Montana (9–3)8.
9.Hampton (2)Northern Iowa (1–0) (1)Delaware (2–0)UMass (1–1) (2)Southern (4–0)Northern Iowa (4–1)Lehigh (5–0)Youngstown State (6–1)Hofstra (7–1)Lehigh (8–0)Furman (7–2)Youngstown State (9–2)Youngstown State (9–2)Appalachian State (9–3)9.
10.Troy StateTroy State (0–0)Hampton (2–0)Hampton (3–0)Illinois State (3–1)Lehigh (4–0)Youngstown State (5–1)Hofstra (6–1)James Madison (6–1)Hofstra (7–1)Youngstown State (8–2)Southern (9–1)UMass (8–3)North Carolina A&T (11–2)10.
11.DelawareSouthern (1–0)Southern (2–0)Illinois State (2–1)Villanova (3–1)Youngstown State (4–1)Appalachian State (3–2)James Madison (5–1)Illinois State (6–2)Illinois State (7–2)Northern Iowa (7–2)James Madison (8–2)Southern (9–1)Tennessee State (11–1)11.
12.HofstraRichmond (1–0)Tennessee State (2–0) (1)Southern (3–0)Lehigh (3–0)Delaware (4–1)Delaware (4–1)Illinois State (5–2)Furman (6–1)Florida A&M (6–2)Southern (8–1)Jackson State (8–2)Lehigh (10–1)Furman (9–3)12.
13.Tennessee StateFlorida A&M (0–1)Florida A&M (1–1)Western Illinois (3–0)Youngstown State (3–1)Hampton (4–1)James Madison (4–1)East Tennessee State (5–1)Florida A&M (5–2)Northern Iowa (7–2)Portland State (8–2)UMass (7–3)James Madison (8–3)James Madison (8–4)13.
14.SouthernTennessee State (1–0)Western Illinois (2–0)Villanova (2–1)Delaware (3–1)James Madison (4–1)Florida A&M (4–2)Furman (5–1)Northern Iowa (6–2)Youngstown State (7–2)James Madison (7–2)Lehigh (9–1)Florida A&M (8–3)Lehigh (10–2)14.
15.Richmond (1)Northwestern State (0–1) (1)McNeese State (1–1)Lehigh (2–0)Northern Arizona (2–1)Florida A&M (3–2)Eastern Kentucky (5–1)Florida A&M (4–2)Eastern Kentucky (6–1)Portland State (7–2)Jackson State (7–2)Florida A&M (7–3)Jackson State (9–2)Northern Iowa (8–3)15.
16.Northern IowaMcNeese State (0–1)Northern Arizona (1–0)South Florida (2–1)UMass (1–2)Eastern Kentucky (4–1)East Tennessee State (4–1)Eastern Kentucky (5–1)South Florida (6–2)Jackson State (6–2)Lehigh (8–1)North Carolina A&T (9–1)North Carolina A&T (10–1)Northern Arizona (8–4)16.
17.ConnecticutJackson State (1–0)Lehigh (1–0)Northern Arizona (1–1)East Tennessee State (4–0)East Tennessee State (4–1)Jackson State (4–1)South Florida (5–2)Portland State (6–2)UMass (5–3)UMass (6–3)Northern Arizona (7–3)Northern Arizona (8–3)Southern U. (11–2)17.
18.Jackson StateWestern Illinois (1–0)Montana State (2–0)Youngstown State (2–1)Florida A&M (2–2)Jackson State (3–1)Furman (4–1)Delaware (4–2)Jackson State (5–2)Eastern Kentucky (6–2)South Florida (7–3)Northern Iowa (7–3)Northern Iowa (8–3)Colgate (10–2)18.
19.LehighYoungstown State (1–0)Richmond (1–1) (1)Florida A&M (1–2)Western Illinois (3–1)Villanova (3–2)South Florida (4–2)Western Illinois (5–2)East Tennessee State (5–2)Stephen F. Austin (6–2)Villanova (6–3)Colgate (9–1)Colgate (10–1)Jackson State (9–3)19.
20.Western IllinoisLehigh (0–0)Youngstown State (1–1)East Tennessee State (3–0)Jackson State (3–1)Portland State (4–1)Western Illinois (4–2)Hampton (5–2)UMass (4–3)Villanova (6–3)Northern Arizona (6–3)Elon (9–2)Elon (9–2)Portland State (8–3)20.
21.Youngstown StateNorthern Arizona (0–0)South Florida (1–1)Jackson State (2–1)Eastern Kentucky (3–1)South Florida (3–2)Northern Arizona (3–2)Elon (6–1)Villanova (5–3)South Florida (6–3)Elon (8–2)Portland State (8–3)Portland State (8–3)Elon (9–2)21.
22.Northern ArizonaMontana State (1–0)Villanova (1–1)Northwestern State (1–2)James Madison (3–1)Elon (5–0)Hampton (4–2)Jackson State (4–2)Stephen F. Austin (5–2)Northern Arizona (5–3)Colgate (8–1)Delaware (7–3)Stephen F. Austin (8–3)Stephen F. Austin (8–3)22.
23.South FloridaEastern Kentucky (1–0)Northwestern State (0–2)McNeese State (1–2)South Florida (2–2)Northern Arizona (2–2)Sacramento State (4–2)Portland State (5–2)Tennessee Tech (5–1)Elon (7–2)North Carolina A&T (8–1)Stephen F. Austin (7–3)South Florida (7–4)South Florida (7–4)23.
24.Murray StateColgate (0–1)Jackson State (1–1)Eastern Kentucky (2–1)Sacramento State (3–1)Western Illinois (3–2)Elon (5–1)UMass (3–3)Northern Arizona (4–3)North Carolina A&T (7–1)Delaware (6–3)Eastern Kentucky (7–3)Villanova (7–4)Villanova (7–4)24.
25.William & MarySouth Florida (0–1)East Tennessee State (2–0)Southern Illinois (3–0)Elon (4–0)Eastern Washington (3–2)UMass (2–3)Villanova (4–3)North Carolina A&T (6–1)Delaware (5–3)Stephen F. Austin (6–3)South Florida (7–4)Brown (9–1)Brown (9–1)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 Connecticut
  • 24 Murray State
  • 25 William & Mary
Dropped:
  • 23 Eastern Kentucky
  • 24 Colgate
Dropped:
  • 18 Montana State
  • 19 Richmond
Dropped:
  • 22 Northwestern State
  • 23 McNeese State
  • 25 Southern Illinois
Dropped:
  • 16 UMass
  • 24 Sacramento State
Dropped:
  • 19 Villanova
  • 20 Portland State
  • 25 Eastern Washington
Dropped:
  • 21 Northern Arizona
  • 23 Sacramento State
Dropped:
  • 18 Delaware
  • 19 Western Illinois
  • 20 Hampton
  • 21 Elon
Dropped:
  • 19 East Tennessee State
  • 23 Tennessee Tech
Dropped:
18 Eastern Kentucky
Dropped:
19 Villanova
Dropped:
  • 22 Delaware
  • 24 Eastern Kentucky
None

References

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  1. ^ "I-AA Poll". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Santa Fe, New Mexico. August 18, 1999. p. D-2. Retrieved May 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  2. ^ "Sports Network Division I-AA poll". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. September 8, 1999. p. C5. Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  3. ^ "Division I-AA poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. September 14, 1999. p. 2C. Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  4. ^ "Division I-AA Poll". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. September 21, 1999. p. 5E. Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  5. ^ "Division I-AA Poll". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. September 28, 1999. p. 2C. Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  6. ^ "Division I-AA Poll". The Times Herald. Port Huron, Michigan. October 5, 1999. p. 4B. Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  7. ^ "Division I-AA poll". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. October 12, 1999. p. D4. Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  8. ^ "Division I-AA Poll". The Burlington Free Press. Burlington, Vermont. October 19, 1999. p. 8B. Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  9. ^ "Division I-AA poll". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. October 26, 1999. p. 2B. Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  10. ^ "Division I-AA poll". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. November 2, 1999. p. 2B. Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  11. ^ "Division I-AA Poll". Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois. November 9, 1999. p. B4. Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  12. ^ "Division I-AA poll". The Daily Herald. Chicago, Illinois. November 16, 1999. pp. 2–6. Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  13. ^ "Division I-AA poll". The Daily Herald. Chicago, Illinois. November 23, 1999. pp. 2–6. Retrieved April 30, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  14. ^ "Division I-AA Poll". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. December 21, 1999. p. 5B. Retrieved May 20, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.