I've been cleaning up and organizing FCS media and coaches poll ranking from the 2007 season on.

Now I show that:

NDSU has been ranked #1 59 times in the Coaches Poll and 49 times in the Media Poll.
NDSU has been unranked 17 times and 24 times respectively.
NDSU's average rank for the last 11 seasons has been 7.2 and 7.6 respectively (if I assign #26 to represent a non-ranked.)
NDSU's average rank for the last 11 seasons has been 9.8 and 11.3 respectively (if I assign #50 to represent a non-ranked.)

When assigning #26 to unranked teams, the top 10 over the last 11 years are:

Coaches Poll
School Avg Rank
North Dakota State 7.19
Montana 11.46
James Madison 11.54
Eastern Washington 12.11
Northern Iowa 12.97
New Hampshire 13.29
Jacksonville State 14.4
Richmond 14.64
Sam Houston State 14.82
Villanova 15.47


Media Poll
School Avg Rank
North Dakota State 7.61
Montana 11.63
Eastern Washington 11.88
James Madison 11.97
Northern Iowa 12.74
New Hampshire 13.05
Jacksonville State 14.21
Richmond 14.37
Sam Houston State 14.45
Villanova 15.14

SHSU is really underrated considering that they've made the semis five times and the championship twice in that time period.
EWU: Semis four time, championship once
Jacksonville State: Semis once, championship once.
Montana: three semis, two championships