Weber State notebook: Football moves up to No. 18 ranking
ROBERT CASEY, Weber State Athletics
Weber State kicker David Dellenbach (99) watches his 21-yard field goal go through the uprights during a Big Sky football game against UC Davis on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2026, at Stewart Stadium in Ogden. (ROBERT CASEY, Weber State Athletics)Weber State football moved up four spots in this week’s STATS Perform FCS Top 25 after a blowout home win over then-No. 20 UC Davis.
WSU is up to No. 18 in the national poll, which will be the Wildcats’ standing through their bye week. The then-No. 22 Wildcats beat Davis 38-14 and gets a week off before heading to face No. 6 Northern Arizona.
At No. 6, NAU has its highest national ranking post-2000. Montana State remains at No. 3 and Montana is No. 12. Idaho State returns to the rankings at No. 22 after scoring two fourth-quarter defensive touchdowns to avoid a big upset at Utah Tech.
UC Davis fell out of the rankings and is 26th as the first team among others receiving votes.
In advanced analytics, Weber State moved up nine spots to 144th in Jeff Sagarin’s ratings (among all 266 Division I teams), and the Wildcats are up six spots to No. 29 in Bill Connelly’s SP+ for FCS teams.
CONFERENCE HONORS
Place kicker David Dellenbach was named co-special teams player of the year for the Big Sky after going 3 for 3 in Weber State’s win, with a long of a 42-yard boot. Dellenbach is 11 of 15 this season and has made 8 of his last 9 field goal attempts.
Two Weber State women’s soccer players grabbed weekly honors after the Wildcats defeated Northern Colorado and Northern Arizona at home.
Isabella Sackett was named defensive player of the week after helping WSU’s back line hold those opponents to eight shots over two games.
Simone Packer is co-offensive player of the week after scoring two goals during the contests.
The Wildcats host Idaho State on Thursday afternoon with several scenarios that would result in WSU winning the outright Big Sky regular-season title.
