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 StateNorthern 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 IowaLehigh (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 StateYoungstown 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 & MaryDelaware (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 StateWilliam & 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 StateMaine (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 StateGeorgia 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.MainePortland 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 KentuckySam 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.HofstraVillanova (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&MNorthwestern 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 StateEastern 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 KentuckyGrambling 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 StateMontana 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 StateHofstra (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 ArizonaFlorida 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.DelawareWestern 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.HarvardHampton (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 StateJacksonville 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.HamptonHarvard (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 Arizona		Dropped:
  • 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 Harvard		Dropped:
  • 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&M		Dropped:
  • 19 UMass
  • 21 Portland State
Dropped:
  • 20 Lehigh
  • 21 Duquesne
  • 23 William & Mary
  • 24 Southeast Missouri
None

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