This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/fcs as FCS Football Top 25: Zach McKinnell's 2025 Week 1 Ballot. I'm honored to represent FCS Football Central on SI as one of the voters in the FCS Stats Perform Top 25 again for the 2025 season.

The Utes and their new-look offense took both the Big 12 and the nation by storm with their dominant victory over the Bruins. Utah scored touchdowns on six of its first eight possessions (before running out the clock on their ninth) and were 14 of 16 on third down.

The most recent FCS Stats Perform Top 25 poll contains six Big Sky teams, the highest being Montana State. Oregon defeated the Bobcats (0-1) 59-13 , ranked No. 6 in the AP poll, but that didn't do much to Montana State's standing among voters,

We take a look at the Top 25 FCS football programs in ESPN's Preseason SP+ Rankings from Bill Connelly

By winning last week 31-0 over Ball State in its season opener, Purdue notched its first win over an FBS opponent since 2023.

We want to know if reads think South Dakota St., South Dakota, North Dakota St. or North Dakota will have best college football team this fall.

Every Wednesday morning throughout the 2025 college football season, we will be grading the performance of the top 20 quarterbacks in the nation.

The ETSU Buccaneers have made their debut in this week's American Football Coaches Association FCS Top 25, securing the 24th spot. This achievement follows thei