Fargo(AP) — Defending national champion North Dakota State is atop the Football Championship Subdivision preseason coaches poll.

The Bison received 23 of the 26 first-place votes in the poll administered by the American Football Coaches Association.

James Madison is No. 2 and got the other three first-place votes. NDSU beat the Dukes in last year’s FCS title game.

The rest of the top five is South Dakota State, Sam Houston State and Kennesaw State.

It’s the same top five as in the STATS preseason FCS media poll released a week ago.