Tarleton State Football maintains top-5 ranking in polls after comfortable season-opening win

STEPHENVILLE, Texas — During an opening college football slate of upsets in the FCS, the Texans handled business in their opener, cruising 49-30 over Prairie View A&M on Saturday. Tarleton State maintained its No. 5 ranking in both of the major national polls, No. 5 in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll and in the AFCA FCS Coaches Poll . In the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 Poll, the Texans earned 1,163 points, trailing only No. 1 Montana State (1,425 points), No. 2 South Dakota State (1,333 points), No. 3 Montana (1,303 points), and No. 4 Illinois State (1,228…