JMU Returns to National Rankings for First Time Since 2023

HARRISONBURG, Va. – Following a seven-game win streak, James Madison is nationally ranked in both major polls for the first time in the 2025 season, coming in at #24 in the AP Top 25 and #25 in the US LBM Coaches Poll.

JMU is fresh off a 35-23 victory at Marshall, as the Dukes moved to 4-1 in road games this season.

This is the first time since the Nov. 12, 2023 polls that JMU appeared in either poll. JMU gained 114 more votes this week (167) to claim the #24 spot in the AP Top 25, while garnering 64 more votes (108) in the US LBM Coaches Poll to round of that top 25.

Since joining the Football Bowl Subdivision in 2022, JMU has now been nationally ranked in the AP Top 25 in three of the four seasons and in the US LBM Coaches Poll in two seasons.

JMU is back home this week to host App State on Saturday, Nov. 15 at Bridgeforth Stadium. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m., and the game will be streamed on ESPN+ and ESPN Unlimited.

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