View source for 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings

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The '''2004 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings''' are from the [[The Sports Network (wire service)|Sports Network]] poll of Division I-AA head coaches, athletic directors, sports information directors and media members.  This is for the [[2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season|2004 season]].

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==The Sports Network poll==

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{{ColPollTable
|Week1  = 0
|Week2  = 1
|Week3  = 2
|Week4  = 3
|Week5  = 4
|Week6  = 5
|Week7  = 6
|Week8  = 7
|Week9  = 8
|Week10 = 9
|Week11 = 10
|Week12 = 11
|Week13 = 12
|Week14 = 13

|Week1Date  = <ref>{{cite news|title=Sports Network Preseason NCAA Division I-AA football poll|newspaper=The Courier-Journal|location=Louisville, Kentucky|date=August 17, 2004|page=C5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10722149/poll_2004_0817_i_aa_preseason/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 3, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week2Date  = Sept 7<ref>{{cite news|title=Division I-AA poll|newspaper=The Tennessean|location=Nashville, Tennessee|date=September 8, 2004|page=7C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10767215/poll_2004_0908_1_aa_tsn/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week3Date  = Sept 14<ref>{{cite news|title=Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, Illinois|date=September 14, 2004|page=E4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10767265/poll_2004_0914_i_aa_tsn/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week4Date  = Sept 21<ref>{{cite news|title=Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, Illinois|date=September 21, 2004|page=D7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10767288/poll_2004_0921_i_aa_tsn/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week5Date  = Sept 28<ref>{{cite news|title=Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=Herald and Review|location=Decatur, Illinois|date=September 28, 2004|page=B4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10767312/poll_2004_0928_i_aa_tsn/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week6Date  = Oct 5<ref>{{cite news|title=Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=October 5, 2004|pages=4–9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10767346/poll_2004_1005_i_aa_tsn/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week7Date  = Oct 12<ref>{{cite news|title=Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, Illinois|date=October 12, 2004|page=E5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10767359/poll_2004_1012_i_aa_tsn/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week8Date  = Oct 19<ref>{{cite news|title=Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, Illinois|date=October 19, 2004|page=D7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10767388/poll_2004_1019_i_aa_tsn_pt_1/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week9Date  = Oct 26<ref>{{cite news|title=Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, Illinois|date=October 26, 2004|page=E4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10767415/poll_2004_1026_i_aa_tsn//|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week10Date  = Nov 2<ref>{{cite news|title=Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, Illinois|date=November 2, 2004|page=D6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10767434/poll_2004_1102_i_aa_tsn/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week11Date = Nov 9<ref>{{cite news|title=Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|location=Chicago, Illinois|date=November 9, 2004|pages=4–7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10767456/poll_2004_1109_i_aa_tsn/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week12Date = Nov 16<ref>{{cite news|title=Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, Illinois|date=November 16, 2004|page=D5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10767473/poll_2004_1116_i_aa_tsn/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week13Date = Nov 23<ref>{{cite news|title=Division I-AA Poll|newspaper=The Pantagraph|location=Bloomington, Illinois|date=November 23, 2004|page=E4|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/10767491/poll_2004_1123_i_aa_tsn/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 4, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week14Date = Postseason<ref>{{cite news|title=Final Div. I-AA poll|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=Burlington, Vermont|date=December 21, 2004|page=6B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11125735/poll_2004_1221_i_aa_tsn_final/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=May 20, 2017}}{{Open access}}</ref>

|Week1-1    = [[2004 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team|Delaware]] ''(57)''
|Week1-2    = [[2004 Southern Illinois Salukis football team|Southern Illinois]] ''(7)''
|Week1-3    = [[2004 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]] ''(3)''
|Week1-4    = {{cfb link|year=2004|team=Wofford Terriers|title=Wofford}} ''(1)''
|Week1-5    = [[2004 Colgate Raiders football team|Colgate]]
|Week1-6    = [[2004 Northern Iowa Panthers football team|Northern Iowa]] ''(2)''
|Week1-7    = [[2004 Furman Paladins football team|Furman]] ''(1)''
|Week1-8    = [[2004 McNeese State Cowboys football team|McNeese State]]
|Week1-9    = [[2004 Villanova Wildcats football team|Villanova]]
|Week1-10   = [[2004 Georgia Southern Eagles football team|Georgia Southern]]
|Week1-11   = [[2004 Maine Black Bears football team|Maine]]
|Week1-12   = [[2004 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team|Western Illinois]]
|Week1-13   = [[2004 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team|Western Kentucky]]
|Week1-14   = [[2004 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team|Northern Arizona]]
|Week1-15   = [[2004 Montana State Bobcats football team|Montana State]]
|Week1-16   = [[2004 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team|Stephen F. Austin]]
|Week1-17   = [[2004 Grambling State Tigers football team|Grambling State]]
|Week1-18   = [[2004 Northwestern State Demons football team|Northwestern State]]
|Week1-19   = [[2004 UMass Minutemen football team|UMass]]<ref group=note>In the actual printed polls, UMass was listed as Massachusetts</ref>
|Week1-20   = [[2004 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team|Appalachian State]]
|Week1-21   = {{cfb link|year=2004|team=Eastern Kentucky Colonels|title=Eastern Kentucky}}
|Week1-22   = {{cfb link|year=2004|team=Northeastern Huskies|title=Northeastern}}
|Week1-23   = [[2004 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team|Lehigh]]
|Week1-24   = {{cfb link|year=2004|team=North Carolina A&T Aggies|title=North Carolina A&T}}
|Week1-25   = [[2004 Penn Quakers football team|Penn]]

|Week2-1        = Southern Illinois (1–0) ''(56)''
|Week2-1-Color  = u
|Week2-2        = Montana (1–0) ''(17)''
|Week2-2-Color  = u
|Week2-3        = Wofford (0–0) ''(5)''
|Week2-3-Color  = u
|Week2-4        = Colgate (0–0) ''(2)''
|Week2-4-Color  = u
|Week2-5        = Furman (1–0) ''(2)''
|Week2-5-Color  = u
|Week2-6        = McNeese State (1–0)
|Week2-6-Color  = u
|Week2-7        = Delaware (0–1) ''(2)''
|Week2-7-Color  = d
|Week2-8        = Villanova (1–0)
|Week2-8-Color  = u
|Week2-9        = Northern Iowa (0–1)
|Week2-9-Color  = d
|Week2-10       = Georgia Southern (0–1)
|Week2-10-Color = 
|Week2-11       = Western Kentucky (0–1)
|Week2-11-Color = u
|Week2-12       = Montana State (0–0)
|Week2-12-Color = u
|Week2-13       = Northern Arizona (0–1)
|Week2-13-Color = u
|Week2-14       = UMass (1–0)
|Week2-14-Color = u
|Week2-15       = Stephen F. Austin (1–0)
|Week2-15-Color = u
|Week2-16       = Western Illinois (0–1)
|Week2-16-Color = d
|Week2-17       = Maine (0–1)
|Week2-17-Color = d
|Week2-18       = Northeastern (1–0)
|Week2-18-Color = u
|Week2-19       = [[2004 New Hampshire Wildcats football team|New Hampshire]] (0–1)
|Week2-19-Color = npr
|Week2-20       = Eastern Kentucky (0–0)
|Week2-20-Color = u
|Week2-21       = Northwestern State (0–1)
|Week2-21-Color = d
|Week2-22       = Lehigh (1–0)
|Week2-22-Color = u
|Week2-23       = {{cfb link|year=2004|team=Northern Colorado Bears|title=Northern Colorado}} (0–1)
|Week2-23-Color = npr
|Week2-24       = Appalachian State (0–1)
|Week2-24-Color = d
|Week2-25       = Penn (0–0)
|Week2-25-Color =

|Week3-1        = Montana (2–0) ''(61)''
|Week3-1-Color  = u
|Week3-2        = Southern Illinois (1–1) ''(26)''
|Week3-2-Color  = d
|Week3-3        = Wofford (1–0) ''(6)''
|Week3-3-Color  = 
|Week3-4        = Furman (2–0) ''(3)''
|Week3-4-Color  = u
|Week3-5        = Villanova (2–0)
|Week3-5-Color  = u
|Week3-6        = Delaware (1–1)
|Week3-6-Color  = u
|Week3-7        = Northern Iowa (1–1) ''(1)''
|Week3-7-Color  = u
|Week3-8        = Georgia Southern (1–1)
|Week3-8-Color  = u
|Week3-9        = UMass (2–0) ''(1)''
|Week3-9-Color  = u
|Week3-10       = New Hampshire (2–0) ''(5)''
|Week3-10-Color = u
|Week3-11       = Western Kentucky (1–1)
|Week3-11-Color = 
|Week3-12       = Colgate (0–1)
|Week3-12-Color = d
|Week3-13       = Stephen F. Austin (2–0)
|Week3-13-Color = u
|Week3-14       = Montana State (1–0)
|Week3-14-Color = d
|Week3-15       = Maine (1–1)
|Week3-15-Color = u
|Week3-16       = Western Illinois (1–1)
|Week3-16-Color = 
|Week3-17       = McNeese State (1–1)
|Week3-17-Color = d
|Week3-18       = Northeastern (1–1)
|Week3-18-Color = 
|Week3-19       = Northern Arizona (0–2)
|Week3-19-Color = d
|Week3-20       = Appalachian State (1–1)
|Week3-20-Color = u
|Week3-21       = Northwestern State (1–1)
|Week3-21-Color = 
|Week3-22       = [[2004 Cal Poly Mustangs football team|Cal Poly]] (2–0)
|Week3-22-Color = npr
|Week3-23       = Penn (0–0)
|Week3-23-Color = u
|Week3-24       = Lehigh (1–1)
|Week3-24-Color = d
|Week3-25       = [[2004 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team|Southeastern Louisiana]] (1–1)
|Week3-25-Color = npr

|Week4-1        = Southern Illinois (2–1) ''(59)''
|Week4-1-Color  = u
|Week4-2        = Furman (3–0) ''(30)''
|Week4-2-Color  = u
|Week4-3        = Georgia Southern (2–1) ''(10)''
|Week4-3-Color  = u
|Week4-4        = Delaware (2–1)
|Week4-4-Color  = u
|Week4-5        = Stephen F. Austin (3–0) ''(1)''
|Week4-5-Color  = u
|Week4-6        = Western Kentucky (2–1) ''(1)''
|Week4-6-Color  = u
|Week4-7        = Montana (2–1)
|Week4-7-Color  = d
|Week4-8        = Maine (2–1) ''(2)''
|Week4-8-Color  = u
|Week4-9        = Wofford (1–1)
|Week4-9-Color  = d
|Week4-10       = Colgate (1–1)
|Week4-10-Color = u
|Week4-11       = Villanova (2–1)
|Week4-11-Color = d
|Week4-12       = McNeese State (2–1)
|Week4-12-Color = u
|Week4-13       = Northern Iowa (1–2)
|Week4-13-Color = d
|Week4-14       = New Hampshire (2–1)
|Week4-14-Color = d
|Week4-15       = Cal Poly (3–0)
|Week4-15-Color = u
|Week4-16       = UMass (2–1)
|Week4-16-Color = d
|Week4-17       = Appalachian State (2–1)
|Week4-17-Color = u
|Week4-18       = Northeastern (1–1)
|Week4-18-Color = 
|Week4-19       = Northwestern State (2–1)
|Week4-19-Color = u
|Week4-20       = [[2004 Hampton Pirates football team|Hampton]] (2–1)
|Week4-20-Color = npr
|Week4-21       = Montana State (1–1)
|Week4-21-Color = d
|Week4-22       = Penn (1–0)
|Week4-22-Color = u
|Week4-23       = Northern Arizona (0–2)
|Week4-23-Color = d
|Week4-24       = [[2004 James Madison Dukes football team|James Madison]] (3–0)
|Week4-24-Color = npr
|Week4-25       = Lehigh (2–1)
|Week4-25-Color = d

|Week5-1        = Southern Illinois (3–1) ''(71)''
|Week5-1-Color  = 
|Week5-2        = Furman (3–1) ''(15)''
|Week5-2-Color  = 
|Week5-3        = Georgia Southern (3–1) ''(10)''
|Week5-3-Color  = 
|Week5-4        = Delaware (3–1) ''(1)''
|Week5-4-Color  = 
|Week5-5        = Stephen F. Austin (4–0) ''(4)''
|Week5-5-Color  = 
|Week5-6        = Western Kentucky (2–1) ''(1)''
|Week5-6-Color  = 
|Week5-7        = Montana (3–1)
|Week5-7-Color  = 
|Week5-8        = Maine (2–1) ''(2)''
|Week5-8-Color  = 
|Week5-9        = Wofford (2–1)
|Week5-9-Color  = 
|Week5-10       = Villanova (3–1)
|Week5-10-Color = u
|Week5-11       = Colgate (2–1)
|Week5-11-Color = d
|Week5-12       = New Hampshire (3–1)
|Week5-12-Color = u
|Week5-13       = Cal Poly (3–0)
|Week5-13-Color = u
|Week5-14       = Northwestern State (3–1)
|Week5-14-Color = u
|Week5-15       = Northern Iowa (1–2)
|Week5-15-Color = d
|Week5-16       = Northeastern (2–1)
|Week5-16-Color = u
|Week5-17       = Hampton (4–0) ''(2)''
|Week5-17-Color = u
|Week5-18       = [[2004 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team|Sam Houston State]] (2–1)
|Week5-18-Color = npr
|Week5-19       = UMass (2–2)
|Week5-19-Color = d
|Week5-20       = Northern Arizona (1–2)
|Week5-20-Color = u
|Week5-21       = Lehigh (2–1)
|Week5-21-Color = u
|Week5-22       = [[2004 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team|Jacksonville State]] (3–0)
|Week5-22-Color = npr
|Week5-23       = McNeese State (2–2)
|Week5-23-Color = d
|Week5-24       = Appalachian State (2–2)
|Week5-24-Color = d
|Week5-25       = James Madison (2–1)
|Week5-25-Color = d

|Week6-1        = Southern Illinois (4–1) ''(66)''
|Week6-1-Color  = 
|Week6-2        = Furman (4–1) ''(18)''
|Week6-2-Color  = 
|Week6-3        = Georgia Southern (4–1) ''(6)''
|Week6-3-Color  = 
|Week6-4        = Delaware (4–1)
|Week6-4-Color  = 
|Week6-5        = Stephen F. Austin (4–0) ''(5)''
|Week6-5-Color  = 
|Week6-6        = Western Kentucky (3–1) ''(1)''
|Week6-6-Color  = 
|Week6-7        = Montana (4–1)
|Week6-7-Color  = 
|Week6-8        = Wofford (3–1)
|Week6-8-Color  = u
|Week6-9        = New Hampshire (4–1)
|Week6-9-Color  = u
|Week6-10       = Cal Poly (4–0)
|Week6-10-Color = u
|Week6-11       = Northwestern State (4–1)
|Week6-11-Color = u
|Week6-12       = Maine (2–2)
|Week6-12-Color = d
|Week6-13       = Sam Houston State (3–1)
|Week6-13-Color = u
|Week6-14       = Villanova (3–2)
|Week6-14-Color = d
|Week6-15       = Jacksonville State (4–0)
|Week6-15-Color = u
|Week6-16       = Northern Arizona (2–2)
|Week6-16-Color = u
|Week6-17       = Lehigh (3–1)
|Week6-17-Color = u
|Week6-18       = [[2004 William & Mary Tribe football team|William & Mary]] (4–1)
|Week6-18-Color = npr
|Week6-19       = James Madison (3–1)
|Week6-19-Color = u
|Week6-20       = Colgate (2–2)
|Week6-20-Color = d
|Week6-21       = Appalachian State (3–2)
|Week6-21-Color = u
|Week6-22       = Northern Iowa (1–3)
|Week6-22-Color = d
|Week6-23       = Northeastern (2–2)
|Week6-23-Color = d
|Week6-24       = [[2004 UC Davis Aggies football team|UC Davis]] (4–0)
|Week6-24-Color = npr
|Week6-25       = Hampton (4–1)
|Week6-25-Color = d

|Week7-1        = Southern Illinois (5–1) ''(85)''
|Week7-1-Color  = 
|Week7-2        = Georgia Southern (5–1) ''(17)''
|Week7-2-Color  = u
|Week7-3        = Delaware (4–1) ''(1)''
|Week7-3-Color  = u
|Week7-4        = Western Kentucky (4–1) ''(2)''
|Week7-4-Color  = u
|Week7-5        = Montana (5–1)
|Week7-5-Color  = u
|Week7-6        = Wofford (4–1)
|Week7-6-Color  = u
|Week7-7        = New Hampshire (4–1)
|Week7-7-Color  = u
|Week7-8        = Furman (4–2)
|Week7-8-Color  = d
|Week7-9        = Cal Poly (5–0)
|Week7-9-Color  = u
|Week7-10       = Stephen F. Austin (4–1)
|Week7-10-Color = d
|Week7-11       = Northwestern State (4–1)
|Week7-11-Color = 
|Week7-12       = Maine (3–2)
|Week7-12-Color = 
|Week7-13       = Sam Houston State (4–1)
|Week7-13-Color = 
|Week7-14       = Jacksonville State (5–0)
|Week7-14-Color = u
|Week7-15       = Appalachian State (4–2)
|Week7-15-Color = u
|Week7-16       = William & Mary (4–1) ''(1)''
|Week7-16-Color = u
|Week7-17       = James Madison (4–1)
|Week7-17-Color = u
|Week7-18       = Lehigh (4–1)
|Week7-18-Color = d
|Week7-19       = Northeastern (3–2)
|Week7-19-Color = u
|Week7-20       = Colgate (3–2)
|Week7-20-Color = 
|Week7-21       = UC Davis (5–0)
|Week7-21-Color = u
|Week7-22       = Hampton (5–1)
|Week7-22-Color = u
|Week7-23       = {{cfb link|year=2004|team=Eastern Washington Eagles|title=Eastern Washington}} (4–2)
|Week7-23-Color = npr
|Week7-24       = Villanova (3–3)
|Week7-24-Color = d
|Week7-25       = Penn (3–1)
|Week7-25-Color = npr

|Week8-1        = Southern Illinois (6–1) ''(73)''
|Week8-1-Color  = 
|Week8-2        = Georgia Southern (6–1) ''(19)''
|Week8-2-Color  = 
|Week8-3        = Delaware (5–1) ''(2)''
|Week8-3-Color  = 
|Week8-4        = Montana (6–1) ''(1)''
|Week8-4-Color  = u
|Week8-5        = Wofford (5–1)
|Week8-5-Color  = u
|Week8-6        = Cal Poly (6–0) ''(1)''
|Week8-6-Color  = u
|Week8-7        = Furman (5–2)
|Week8-7-Color  = u
|Week8-8        = Stephen F. Austin (5–1)
|Week8-8-Color  = u
|Week8-9        = Northwestern State (5–1)
|Week8-9-Color  = u
|Week8-10       = Western Kentucky (4–2)
|Week8-10-Color = d
|Week8-11       = Sam Houston State (5–1)
|Week8-11-Color = u
|Week8-12       = Jacksonville State (6–0)
|Week8-12-Color = u
|Week8-13       = James Madison (5–1)
|Week8-13-Color = u
|Week8-14       = William & Mary (5–1) ''(1)''
|Week8-14-Color = u
|Week8-15       = New Hampshire (4–2)
|Week8-15-Color = d
|Week8-16       = Lehigh (5–1)
|Week8-16-Color = u
|Week8-17       = Hampton (6–1)
|Week8-17-Color = u
|Week8-18       = Colgate (4–2)
|Week8-18-Color = u
|Week8-19       = Maine (3–3)
|Week8-19-Color = d
|Week8-20       = {{cfb link|year=2004|team=South Carolina State Bulldogs|title=South Carolina State}} (5–1)
|Week8-20-Color = npr
|Week8-21       = Penn (4–1)
|Week8-21-Color = u
|Week8-22       = [[2004 Harvard Crimson football team|Harvard]] (5–0)
|Week8-22-Color = npr
|Week8-23       = Appalachian State (4–3)
|Week8-23-Color = d
|Week8-24       = Villanova (4–3)
|Week8-24-Color = 
|Week8-25       = UC Davis (5–1)
|Week8-25-Color = d

|Week9-1        = Southern Illinois (7–1) ''(79)''
|Week9-1-Color  = 
|Week9-2        = Georgia Southern (7–1) ''(17)''
|Week9-2-Color  = 
|Week9-3        = Delaware (6–1) ''(4)''
|Week9-3-Color  = 
|Week9-4        = Montana (6–1)
|Week9-4-Color  = 
|Week9-5        = Cal Poly (7–0) ''(1)''
|Week9-5-Color  = u
|Week9-6        = Furman (6–2)
|Week9-6-Color  = u
|Week9-7        = Western Kentucky (5–2)
|Week9-7-Color  = u
|Week9-8        = Sam Houston State (6–1)
|Week9-8-Color  = u
|Week9-9        = James Madison (6–1) ''(1)''
|Week9-9-Color  = u
|Week9-10       = New Hampshire (5–2)
|Week9-10-Color = u
|Week9-11       = Wofford (5–2)
|Week9-11-Color = d
|Week9-12       = Lehigh (6–1)
|Week9-12-Color = u
|Week9-13       = Stephen F. Austin (5–2)
|Week9-13-Color = d
|Week9-14       = Hampton (7–1)
|Week9-14-Color = u
|Week9-15       = Northwestern State (5–2)
|Week9-15-Color = d
|Week9-16       = William & Mary (5–2)
|Week9-16-Color = d
|Week9-17       = Appalachian State (5–3)
|Week9-17-Color = u
|Week9-18       = Colgate (5–2)
|Week9-18-Color = 
|Week9-19       = Maine (4–3)
|Week9-19-Color = 
|Week9-20       = Jacksonville State (6–1)
|Week9-20-Color = d
|Week9-21       = Harvard (6–0)
|Week9-21-Color = u
|Week9-22       = Penn (5–1)
|Week9-22-Color = d
|Week9-23       = Villanova (5–3)
|Week9-23-Color = u
|Week9-24       = Montana State (5–2)
|Week9-24-Color = npr
|Week9-25       = Eastern Washington (5–3)
|Week9-25-Color = npr

|Week10-1        = Southern Illinois (8–1) ''(79)''
|Week10-1-Color  = 
|Week10-2        = Georgia Southern (8–1) ''(28)''
|Week10-2-Color  = 
|Week10-3        = Furman (6–2)
|Week10-3-Color  = u
|Week10-4        = Sam Houston State (7–1)
|Week10-4-Color  = u
|Week10-5        = Western Kentucky (6–2)
|Week10-5-Color  = u
|Week10-6        = Delaware (6–2)
|Week10-6-Color  = d
|Week10-7        = James Madison (7–1) ''(1)''
|Week10-7-Color  = u
|Week10-8        = New Hampshire (6–2)
|Week10-8-Color  = u
|Week10-9        = Lehigh (7–1)
|Week10-9-Color  = u
|Week10-10       = Montana (6–2)
|Week10-10-Color = d
|Week10-11       = Cal Poly (7–1)
|Week10-11-Color = d
|Week10-12       = Wofford (6–2)
|Week10-12-Color = d
|Week10-13       = William & Mary (6–2)
|Week10-13-Color = u
|Week10-14       = Hampton (7–1)
|Week10-14-Color = 
|Week10-15       = Jacksonville State (6–1)
|Week10-15-Color = u
|Week10-16       = Harvard (7–0)
|Week10-16-Color = u
|Week10-17       = Montana State (6–2)
|Week10-17-Color = u
|Week10-18       = Stephen F. Austin (5–3)
|Week10-18-Color = d
|Week10-19       = Villanova (6–3)
|Week10-19-Color = u
|Week10-20       = Penn (6–1)
|Week10-20-Color = u
|Week10-21       = Eastern Washington (6–3)
|Week10-21-Color = u
|Week10-22       = Northwestern State (5–3)
|Week10-22-Color = d
|Week10-23       = UC Davis (6–2)
|Week10-23-Color = npr
|Week10-24       = Colgate (5–3)
|Week10-24-Color = d
|Week10-25       = [[2004 Alabama State Hornets football team|Alabama State]] (7–0)
|Week10-25-Color = npr

|Week11-1        = Southern Illinois (9–1) ''(102)''
|Week11-1-Color  = 
|Week11-2        = Furman (7–2) ''(3)''
|Week11-2-Color  = u
|Week11-3        = Sam Houston State (8–1) ''(1)''
|Week11-3-Color  = u
|Week11-4        = James Madison (8–1) ''(1)''
|Week11-4-Color  = u
|Week11-5        = Western Kentucky (7–2)
|Week11-5-Color  = 
|Week11-6        = Georgia Southern (8–2)
|Week11-6-Color  = d
|Week11-7        = New Hampshire (7–2)
|Week11-7-Color  = u
|Week11-8        = Lehigh (8–1)
|Week11-8-Color  = u
|Week11-9        = Montana (7–2)
|Week11-9-Color  = u
|Week11-10       = William & Mary (7–2)
|Week11-10-Color = u
|Week11-11       = Delaware (6–3)
|Week11-11-Color = d
|Week11-12       = Wofford (7–2)
|Week11-12-Color = 
|Week11-13       = Hampton (8–1)
|Week11-13-Color = u
|Week11-14       = Jacksonville State (7–1)
|Week11-14-Color = u
|Week11-15       = Harvard (8–0)
|Week11-15-Color = u
|Week11-16       = Eastern Washington (7–3)
|Week11-16-Color = u
|Week11-17       = Penn (7–1)
|Week11-17-Color = u
|Week11-18       = Cal Poly (7–2)
|Week11-18-Color = d
|Week11-19       = Northwestern State (6–3)
|Week11-19-Color = u
|Week11-20       = Alabama State (7–1)
|Week11-20-Color = u
|Week11-21       = UC Davis (6–2)
|Week11-21-Color = u
|Week11-22       = Colgate (6–3)
|Week11-22-Color = u
|Week11-23       = Montana State (6–3)
|Week11-23-Color = d
|Week11-24       = [[2004 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team|Coastal Carolina]] (8–1)
|Week11-24-Color = npr
|Week11-25       = [[2004 Southern Jaguars football team|Southern]] (7–3)
|Week11-25-Color = npr

|Week12-1        = Southern Illinois (10–1) ''(105)''
|Week12-1-Color  = 
|Week12-2        = Furman (8–2) ''(3)''
|Week12-2-Color  = 
|Week12-3        = Western Kentucky (8–2)
|Week12-3-Color  = u
|Week12-4        = Georgia Southern (9–2)
|Week12-4-Color  = u
|Week12-5        = New Hampshire (8–2)
|Week12-5-Color  = u
|Week12-6        = William & Mary (8–2)
|Week12-6-Color  = u
|Week12-7        = Montana (8–2)
|Week12-7-Color  = u
|Week12-8        = Lehigh (9–1)
|Week12-8-Color  = 
|Week12-9        = James Madison (8–2)
|Week12-9-Color  = d
|Week12-10       = Sam Houston State (8–2)
|Week12-10-Color = d
|Week12-11       = Delaware (7–3)
|Week12-11-Color = 
|Week12-12       = Hampton (9–1)
|Week12-12-Color = u
|Week12-13       = Harvard (9–0) ''(1)''
|Week12-13-Color = u
|Week12-14       = Jacksonville State (8–1)
|Week12-14-Color = 
|Week12-15       = Eastern Washington (8–3)
|Week12-15-Color = u
|Week12-16       = Northwestern State (7–3)
|Week12-16-Color = u
|Week12-17       = Wofford (7–3)
|Week12-17-Color = d
|Week12-18       = Cal Poly (8–2)
|Week12-18-Color = 
|Week12-19       = Alabama State (8–1)
|Week12-19-Color = u
|Week12-20       = Southern (8–2)
|Week12-20-Color = u
|Week12-21       = Coastal Carolina (9–1)
|Week12-21-Color = u
|Week12-22       = Penn (7–2)
|Week12-22-Color = d
|Week12-23       = South Carolina State (8–2)
|Week12-23-Color = npr
|Week12-24       = [[2004 North Dakota State Bison football team|North Dakota State]] (8–3)
|Week12-24-Color = npr
|Week12-25       = Northern Iowa (6–4)
|Week12-25-Color = npr

|Week13-1        = Southern Illinois (10–1) ''(72)''
|Week13-1-Color  = 
|Week13-2        = Furman (9–2) ''(2)''
|Week13-2-Color  = 
|Week13-3        = Western Kentucky (9–2)
|Week13-3-Color  = 
|Week13-4        = Georgia Southern (9–2)
|Week13-4-Color  = 
|Week13-5        = New Hampshire (9–2)
|Week13-5-Color  = 
|Week13-6        = William & Mary (9–2)
|Week13-6-Color  = 
|Week13-7        = Montana (9–2)
|Week13-7-Color  = 
|Week13-8        = James Madison (9–2)
|Week13-8-Color  = u
|Week13-9        = Sam Houston State (9–2)
|Week13-9-Color  = u
|Week13-10       = Delaware (8–3)
|Week13-10-Color = u
|Week13-11       = Hampton (10–1)
|Week13-11-Color = u
|Week13-12       = Harvard (10–0) ''(2)''
|Week13-12-Color = u
|Week13-13       = Jacksonville State (9–1)
|Week13-13-Color = u
|Week13-14       = Eastern Washington (8–3)
|Week13-14-Color = u
|Week13-15       = Northwestern State (8–3)
|Week13-15-Color = u
|Week13-16       = Lehigh (9–2)
|Week13-16-Color = d
|Week13-17       = Cal Poly (9–2)
|Week13-17-Color = u
|Week13-18       = Wofford (8–3)
|Week13-18-Color = d
|Week13-19       = Alabama State (8–1)
|Week13-19-Color = 
|Week13-20       = Southern (8–2)
|Week13-20-Color = 
|Week13-21       = Penn (8–2)
|Week13-21-Color = u
|Week13-22       = Coastal Carolina (10–1)
|Week13-22-Color = d
|Week13-23       = South Carolina State (9–2)
|Week13-23-Color = 
|Week13-24       = North Dakota State (8–3)
|Week13-24-Color = 
|Week13-25       = [[2004 Lafayette Leopards football team|Lafayette]] (9–2)
|Week13-25-Color = npr

|Week14-1        = James Madison (13–2) ''(67)''
|Week14-1-Color  = u
|Week14-2        = Montana (12–3)
|Week14-2-Color  = u
|Week14-3        = William & Mary (11–3)
|Week14-3-Color  = u
|Week14-4        = Sam Houston State (11–3)
|Week14-4-Color  = u
|Week14-5        = Furman (10–3)
|Week14-5-Color  = d
|Week14-6        = New Hampshire (10–3)
|Week14-6-Color  = d
|Week14-7        = Delaware (9–4)
|Week14-7-Color  = u
|Week14-8        = Eastern Washington (9–4)
|Week14-8-Color  = u
|Week14-9        = Southern Illinois (10–2)
|Week14-9-Color  = d
|Week14-10       = Georgia Southern (9–3)
|Week14-10-Color = d
|Week14-11       = Western Kentucky (9–3)
|Week14-11-Color = d
|Week14-12       = Hampton (10–2)
|Week14-12-Color = d
|Week14-13       = Harvard (10–0)
|Week14-13-Color = d
|Week14-14       = Jacksonville State (9–2)
|Week14-14-Color = d
|Week14-15       = Lehigh (9–3)
|Week14-15-Color = u
|Week14-16       = Cal Poly (9–2)
|Week14-16-Color = u
|Week14-17       = Northwestern State (8–4)
|Week14-17-Color = d
|Week14-18       = Wofford (8–3)
|Week14-18-Color = 
|Week14-19       = Lafayette (8–4)
|Week14-19-Color = u
|Week14-20       = Alabama State (10–2)
|Week14-20-Color = d
|Week14-21       = Penn (8–2)
|Week14-21-Color = 
|Week14-22       = South Carolina State (9–2)
|Week14-22-Color = u
|Week14-23       = North Dakota State (8–3)
|Week14-23-Color = u
|Week14-24       = Coastal Carolina (10–1)
|Week14-24-Color = d
|Week14-25       = Northern Iowa (7–4)
|Week14-25-Color = npr

|Week2Dropped  = {{ubl|17 Grambling State|24 North Carolina A&T}}
|Week3Dropped  = {{ubl|20 Eastern Kentucky|23 Northern Colorado}}
|Week4Dropped  = {{ubl|16 Western Illinois|25 Southeastern Louisiana}}
|Week5Dropped  = {{ubl|21 Montana State|22 Penn}}
|Week6Dropped  = {{ubl|19 UMass|23 McNeese State}}
|Week7Dropped  = {{ubl|16 Northern Arizona|22 Northern Iowa}}
|Week8Dropped  = {{ubl|19 Northeastern|23 Eastern Washington}}
|Week9Dropped  = {{ubl|20 South Carolina State|25 UC Davis}}
|Week10Dropped  = {{ubl|17 Appalachian State|19 Maine}}
|Week11Dropped  = {{ubl|18 Stephen F. Austin|19 Villanova}}
|Week12Dropped  = {{ubl|21 UC Davis|22 Colgate|23 Montana State}}
|Week13Dropped  = 25 Northern Iowa
|Week14Dropped  = 20 Southern

}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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