Jacksonville State, who owns the nation's longest winning streak at eight games, remained ranked No. 4 in the FCS Top 25 football polls, which were released on Monday.

The Gamecocks are coming off a 28-23 win over Eastern Illinois in the Ohio Valley Conference opener and is 4-0 for the first time since 2004. JSU remained No. 4 in The Sports Network/Fathead.com poll and also No. 4 in the FCS Coaches Poll for the third straight week.

It's the highest ranking for an Ohio Valley Conference team since Tennessee State was ranked No. 1 in 1999, and is the highest for the Gamecocks since moving to Division I in 1995.

Jacksonville State has been ranked for 19 straight weeks in the Top 25 polls, which is the longest such stretch in the school's Division I history.

The Gamecocks return to action on Saturday against Murray State. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. at Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium and tickets can be purchased at the JSU Athletic Ticket Office (Kennamer Hall), the Jacksonville State on-campus Bookstore (Theron Montgomery Building) and the Jacksonville Bookstore (Mountain Street).

THE SPORTS NETWORK POLL
(Sept. 27, 2010)

Team (1st Votes) Record Points PR
1. Villanova (94) 3-1 3,567 1
2. Appalachian State (24) 4-0 3,466 2
3. James Madison (22) 3-0 3,381 3
4. Jacksonville State (5) 4-0 3,166 4
5. Delaware Blue (1) 4-0 3,021 7
6. Stephen F. Austin 3-1 2,905 6
7. William & Mary 3-1 2,642 8
8. Massachusetts 3-1 2,439 11
9. South Carolina State 2-1 2,194 12
10. Montana State 3-1 2,158 17
11. Richmond 1-2 1,848 5
12. Montana 2-2 1,755 14
13. North Dakota State 3-1 1,710 18
14. New Hampshire 2-2 1,606 16
15. Cal Poly 3-1 1,530 20
16. Eastern Washington 2-2 1,323 9
17. Northern Iows 1-2 1,018 15
18. Furman 2-1 1,006 23
19. Georgia Southern 3-1 802 NR
20. Texas State 3-1 693 NR
21. Elon 1-3 689 10
22. Youngstown State 3-1 529 NR
23. Illinois State 3-1 522 NR
24. Southern Illinois 1-3 421 13
25. Liberty 2-2 332 22

Others receiving votes: McNeese State 324, Southeast Missouri State 279, Northern Arizona 273, South Dakota 238, Central Arkansas 235, Wofford 235, Penn 217, Weber State 149, Western Illinois 129, Chattanooga 127, Brown 77, South Dakota State 68, Grambling State 55, Alcorn State 39, Bethune-Cookman 38, Alabama State 29, Georgetown 23, Delaware State 23, Sacramento State 23, Jacksonville 22, Yale 17, Old Dominion 15, Robert Morris 15, Florida A&M 14, Hampton 12, North Dakota 12, Harvard 10, Northern Colorado 5, Dayton 4, Lehigh 4, Dartmouth 3, Tennessee State 3, Gardner-Webb 3, Fordham 2, Georgia State 2, Texas Southern 1, Colgate 1, Prairie View A&M 1.

FCS COACHES POLL
(Sept. 27, 2010)

Team (1st Votes) Record Points PR
1. Appalachian State (16) 4-0 681 1
2. Villanova (6) 3-1 666 2
3. James Madison (3) 4-0 651 3
4. Jacksonville State (1) 4-0 607 4
5. Delaware (1) 4-0 593 6
6. Stephen F. Austin (1) 3-1 573 7
7. William & Mary 3-1 489 8
8. Massachusetts 3-1 472 9
9. South Carolina State 2-1 417 12
10. Montana State 3-1 405 16
11. Montana 2-2 368 14
12. Richmond 1-2 357 5
13. North Dakota State 3-1 333 T18
14. Cal-Poly 3-1 301 22
15. New Hampshire 2-2 285 T18
16. Georgia Southern 3-1 270 24
17. Eastern Washington 2-2 231 10
18. Texas State 3-1 215 23
19. Illinois State 3-1 171 25
20. Youngstown State 3-1 146 NR
21. Elon 1-3 120 11
22. Northern Iowa 1-2 116 15
T23. Furman 2-1 78 NR
T23. Southern Illinois 1-3 78 13
25. Central Arkansas 3-1 71 NR

Others receiving votes (points in parentheses): Liberty (58), Northern Arizona (54), McNeese State (53), Western Illinois (50), Alabama State (35), Southeast Missouri State (34), Penn (27), South Dakota (27),
Wofford (17), South Dakota State (10), Grambling (10), Morgan State (7), Weber State (7), Brown (6), Jacksonville (4), Sacramento State (3), Harvard (2), Missouri State (2), Arkansas-Pine Bluff (1), Robert Morris (1)