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2026 Week 5 James Madison Dukes Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
Noelthemexican 9
BUSean 11
ColombianInIowa24 11 25.55 - Undefeated.
HieloLuz 11 Quality win over Liberty |4|. JMU is the last undefeated team with a quality win. Which for me puts a stark cutoff underneath them for now. This will change quickly. Either Liberty loses a game and drops out from being a quality win, or more teams pick up quality wins.
jbowen1 12 2000.64 (+2)
mthompson2320 13 LW: 20
spmartin1993 13
infinitempg 14 0.902
owlalwaysloveyew 14
AllHawkeyesGoToHell 15
placid_salad 15 LW: #23
The-Gothic-Castle 15
kflinderman 16
BlueSCar 17
cyberchaox 17 Recent FCS champions who didn't miss a step upon transitioning to FBS, part 1.
digdat0 17 17. James Madison — Score: 0.158 | Results: 1.455, SOS Rank: #120, Quality: 0.059, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 1, Off Rk: #16, Def Rk: #49
SearonTrejorek 17
sgtshenanigans 17 James Madison was one of my G5 picks at the beginning of the season. They just keep winning but there is a lot of competition for best G5 team including: Boise State and South Florida among others.
A_Rolling_Baneling 18
Cassiyus 18
dubscurry30 18 +3
skuhlke 18
zenverak 18
Cars-and-Coffee 19
cvsprinter1 19 Undefeated G5
Dropbackandpunt 19
Hobbes_121 19
NyquillusDillwad20 19
stripes361 19
tks231 19
Versigot 19 Sun Belt Billy is going to run the Sun Belt.
bakonydraco 20 71.209
Darth_Ra 20
Ruhrgebietheld 20
spasm01 20
twitter_paulbd 20 616 | 4-0
arbadak 21 .745 rating, 4-0, SOS .460 (NEW, +5)
Bank_Gothic 21 Top G6 team on my poll and possibly the nation. The Duke's G6 status doesn't have them outside the top-20, however. The problem is that they've really played no one, and the potentially good teams on their schedule (SDSU, ODU, Liberty) have all looked pedestrian-to-bad in other games. And JMU has not been blowing them out the way I would like to see. I still like the Dukes, and I'm asking a lot for team that keeps losing excellent head coaches, but my preseason expectations will go out the window if they don't improve.
ChBass 21 James Madison beat Liberty, but that's good enough!
dabul-master 21
grjohnst 21
Pikachu1989 21
0010MK 22
DisraeliEers 22
dukemetoo 22
jrichardh 22
Noy_Telinu 22 The Wolverine of the G6, keeps being good no matter how many times their coaches get poached
olmsted 22
Rcfan0902 22 577.72 (+1)
udubdavid 22
velociraptorfarmer 22
JBonkies 23
mcdsmaster8824 23
Muffinnnnnnn 23
redrumsoxLoL 23 The Dukes are looking to return to the playoffs and are off to a good start. If Boise St falters, I believe JMU is in the best position at the moment to claim a playoff spot from the mid-major conferences.
ToeInDigDeep 23
bladefencer 24 0.740, +10, Pow: 39, Off: 41, Def: 43, SOR: 19
Corgi_Koala 24
CPiGuy2728 24
ewolfy13 24
Hackasizlak 24
hypercube42342 24
OKgolfer 24
plannedsickdays 24
Red261 24
ryseing 24
Shion314 24
TheZachster 24
Tornadohunter24 24 [4-0, 1-0 Sun Belt] (NEW) | SOR: #26 | Notable Results: W 20-13 vs Liberty [3-1] |

It isn't quite to the level of poor Washington State, but JMU has once again been asked to reload due to their coach being poached, this time by UCLA. And all signs point to yet another successful short-term rebuild, with solid if not unspectacular wins against teams like Old Dominion and Liberty. I need to see more of this new Dukes squad before moving them any higher, but they have been fantastic in terms of game control, and so will rise by that if nothing else.
BananaBouquet 25
bannista7 25
CharlemagneOfTheUSA 25
chillmagic420 25
grtgbln 25
halldaylong 25
Jerrywelfare 25
jimbobbypaul 25
Our-Gardian-Angel 25
PSUMediaPA 25
ShogunAshoka 25
srs_house 25
tomdawg0022 25
UNC_Samurai 25
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx 25 (=)

Provisional Poll Voters

User Rank Reason
penix4heisman 9
Yamiosum 12
BeyondLiesTheWub 13 change from last week: +6
BlueRFR3100 14
bocnj 17
LookAtMaxwell 17 Beat Liberty 20-13, won 26-13 at San Diego State and 46-20 at Old Dominion, plus an FCS win. It has no rule losses, and its three FBS wins, two on the road, are solid. But none of those opponents is ranked, so it's a 34% underdog against the top 25
The_Stratman 17
grahamca 18 T1ˢᵗ W/L, T6ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 25ᵗʰ Team Strength, 42ⁿᵈ Quality of Wins
ianmcmoney 18
AliceisStoned 19
kevinsdomain 19
alexjcode_com 20 777
ted1995 20
TomorrowFinal6642 20
sportstrap 21
CallMeTheKing 22
Jacob_Sumner 22
owl-bears 22
S3G 22
Select-Edge-3262 22 +6 (NR)
Crelc3 23
fm22fnam 23 -4
JKess207 23
NC_Pineapple 23
samtaylor92 23
SomerandomIDFBfan 23
meristematic 24
Minnesnowtaaa 24
FoodCourtDruid 25
mr_longfellow_deeds 25
Perryapsis 25
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Green = Hybrid

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