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• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- North Dakota State University is atop the Football Championship Subdivision coaches' poll for the fifth straight week.
• The defending FCS champions downed Northern Iowa 33-21 over the weekend and got all 26 first-place votes in the weekly poll. The undefeated Bison host No. 3. Youngstown State this Saturday at the Fargodome. Youngstown State was the only team to defeat NDSU last season.
• South Dakota State University and the University of North Dakota got votes in this week's poll but did not crack the Top 25.
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• FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Wheat production this year is up in North Dakota but down in South Dakota.
• The federal Agriculture Department's annual small grains summary shows spring wheat production up 53 percent in North Dakota, durum wheat up 133 percent and winter wheat up 189 percent.
• The huge increases are due to widespread flooding problems in 2011. Total wheat production in North Dakota is up 70 percent over the year. In South Dakota, it's down 2 percent.
• Spring wheat production in South Dakota is up 11 percent from last year, but winter wheat is down 9 percent and durum wheat is down 41 percent.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- An Associated Press analysis shows that South Dakota and North Dakota rank first and second per capita in the rate of West Nile virus cases.
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures list 175 cases of the mosquito-borne illness in South Dakota, a rate of about 21 infections per 100,000 people. North Dakota has 74 documented cases, or about 11 per 100,000 people.
• The per capita figure in South Dakota is three times that of the No. 3 state, Mississippi.
• Two people have died from the virus in South Dakota, the worst per capita death rate in the country. There have been no deaths in North Dakota.
• There have been 147 deaths reported nationwide as of Sept. 25, one of the

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