With a stunning 34-30 road win over defending Big Sky Conference Champion Southern Utah, the University of North Alabama has been named the STATS LLC Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) Team of the Week.STATS aquired The Sports Network in February of 2015 and provides full FCS coverage, including the creation of a direct-to-consumer news site (www.fcs.football) and an end-of-season awards show to honor past and present performers of FCS football.The Lions have also made their first appearance in an FCS ranking as UNA is receiving votes (33) in the September 3 STATS FCS poll.North Alabama is an FCS Independent in 2018 before joining the Big South Conference in 2019.UNA gained 544 yards of total offense in its FCS opener and scored with 12 seconds left on a one-yard pass fromtoto secure the 34-30 win. The Lions drove 97 and 75 yards for touchdowns in the fourth quarter to overcome deficits.STATS LLC FCS POLLRankings as of 9/3/2018Rank School Votes Prev1 North Dakota State (1-0) 3997 (157) 12 James Madison (0-1) 3700 (1) 23 South Dakota State (0-0) 3619 34 Sam Houston State (0-0) 3410 45 North Carolina A&T (2-0) 3103 (2) 146 Eastern Washington (1-0) 2930 97 Kennesaw State (0-1) 2807 58 Wofford (1-0) 2637 109 Samford (1-0) 2398 1110 Weber State (0-1) 2388 811 Nicholls (1-0) 2297 1812 Villanova (1-0) 2169 1913 Jacksonville State (0-1) 2116 614 Montana (1-0) 1716 2415 Elon (0-1) 1586 1216 McNeese (1-0) 1493 1717 Central Arkansas (0-1) 1253 1618 Northern Arizona (1-0) 1142 NR19 Illinois State (1-0) 974 2120 New Hampshire (0-1) 964 721 UNI (0-1) 921 1322 Maine (1-0) 568 NR23 South Dakota (0-1) 538 NR24 Stony Brook (0-1) 433 2025 Furman (0-1) 432 23Others: UC Davis (417) , Delaware (361) , Austin Peay (343) , Rhode Island (178) , Montana State (169) , Yale (141) , Sacramento State (136) , San Diego (117) , Grambling State (94) , Southern Utah (67) , Colgate (50) , Richmond (44) , Western Illinois (42) , Butler (42) ,, North Dakota (28) , Tennessee State (22) , Lehigh (21) , Youngstown State (21) , Western Carolina (16) , Prairie View A&M (16) , Southeastern Louisiana (10) , Chattanooga (9) , Monmouth (8) , Southern Illinois (5) , Howard (5) , Idaho (4) , Alabama State (3) , Central Connecticut State (3) , Fordham (2) , Harvard (1) , Duquesne (1)