MISSOULA — It'll be a top-eight showdown at Washington-Grizzly Stadium on Saturday.

The Montana Grizzlies and Idaho Vandals are ranked fifth and eighth, respectively, in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll, which was released Monday. Montana and Idaho will meet in the Big Sky Conference opener for both teams at 8:15 p.m. Saturday. The game will be broadcast to a national audience on ESPN2.

The rest of the top 10 mostly held from last week's rankings, with North Dakota State, South Dakota State, Tarleton State and Montana State again occupying the top four places. Rhode Island and Illinois State swapped places to represent the only change to this week's top 10; the Rams are now sixth and the Redbirds are seventh.

UC Davis is ninth and Lehigh is 10th. View the complete poll .

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