2002 NCAA Division II football rankings

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The 2002 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2002 season.

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Preseason
[note 1] 		Week 1
Sept 3 [1] 		Week 2
Sept 10 [2] 		Week 3
Sept 17 [3] 		Week 4
Sept 24 [4] 		Week 5
Oct 1 [5] 		Week 6
Oct 8 [6] 		Week 7
Oct 15 [7] 		Week 8
Oct 22 [8] 		Week 9
Oct 29 [9] 		Week 10
Nov 5 [10] 		Week 11
Nov 12 [11]
1. Grand Valley State Grand Valley State (0–0) (21)Grand Valley State (1–0) (27)Grand Valley State (1–0) (27)Grand Valley State (2–0) (26)Grand Valley State (3–0) (26)Grand Valley State (4–0) (26)Grand Valley State (5–0) (27)Grand Valley State (6–0) (27)Grand Valley State (7–0) (27)Grand Valley State (8–0) (27)Grand Valley State (9–0) (26)1.
2. North Dakota North Dakota (1–0) (6)Valdosta State (2–0)Valdosta State (2–0)Valdosta State (3–0)Valdosta State (4–0)Valdosta State (5–0)Valdosta State (6–0)Valdosta State (7–0)Valdosta State (8–0)Valdosta State (9–0)Valdosta State (10–0) (1)2.
3. Valdosta State Valdosta State (1–0)Pittsburg State (1–0)Pittsburg State (2–0)Pittsburg State (3–0)Pittsburg State (4–0)Pittsburg State (5–0)Saginaw Valley State (6–0)Carson–Newman (7–0)Carson–Newman (8–0)Carson–Newman (9–0)Carson–Newman (10–0)3.
4. Pittsburg State Pittsburg State (1–0)Saginaw Valley State (1–0)Saginaw Valley State (2–0)Saginaw Valley State (3–0)Saginaw Valley State (4–0)Saginaw Valley State (5–0)Carson–Newman (6–0)Northwest Missouri State (7–0)Northwest Missouri State (8–0)Northwest Missouri State (9–0)Northwest Missouri State (10–0)4.
5. Texas A&M–Kingsville Texas A&M–Kingsville (0–0)Carson–Newman (2–0)Carson–Newman (3–0)Carson–Newman (4–0)Carson–Newman (4–0)Carson–Newman (5–0)Northwest Missouri State (6–0)UC Davis (5–1)UC Davis (6–1)UC Davis (7–1)Central Washington (11–0)5.
6. UC Davis UC Davis (0–0)Tarleton State (2–0)Tarleton State (3–0)Tarleton State (4–0)Northwest Missouri State (4–0)Northwest Missouri State (5–0)UC Davis (4–1)Central Missouri (7–0)Central Missouri (8–0)Central Washington (10–0)IUP (10–1)6.
7. IUP [note 2] Carson–Newman (1–0)Tuskegee (2–0)Northwest Missouri State (2–0)Northwest Missouri State (3–0)Central Arkansas (4–0)Central Arkansas (5–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (4–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–1)Central Washington (9–0)IUP (9–1)Northern Colorado (9–1)7.
8. Carson–Newman Saginaw Valley State (0–0)Catawba (1–0)Tuskegee (3–0)Tuskegee (4–0) (1)Tuskegee (4–0) (1)Tuskegee (4–1) (1)Central Missouri (6–0)Central Washington (8–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (6–1)Northern Colorado (8–1)Central Missouri (9–1)8.
9. Saginaw Valley State Bloomsburg (0–0)Northwest Missouri State (1–0)Central Arkansas (2–0)Central Arkansas (3–0)UC Davis (3–1)UC Davis (3–1)Central Washington (7–0)Saginaw Valley State (6–1)IUP (8–1)Catawba (7–1)Tuskegee (9–1)9.
10. Bloomsburg Tarleton State (1–0)Chadron State (1–0)UC Davis (1–1)UC Davis (2–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–0)IUP (6–1)IUP (7–1)Catawba (6–1)Tuskegee (8–1)C.W. Post (10–0)10.
11. Nebraska–Omaha Tuskegee (1–0)UC Davis (0–1)Nebraska–Kearney (2–0)Tusculum (4–0)Tusculum (4–0)Tusculum (5–0)Pittsburg State (5–1)Tarleton State (6–1)Northern Colorado (7–1)Central Missouri (8–1)Minnesota–Duluth (10–0)11.
12. Tarleton State Catawba (0–0)Central Arkansas (1–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (1–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (1–1)Central Missouri (4–0)Central Missouri (6–0)Tarleton State (5–1)Catawba (5–1)Tuskegee (7–1)C.W. Post (9–0)Nebraska–Kearney (9–1)12.
13. Tuskegee Chadron State (0–0)Nebraska–Kearney (2–0)Tusculum (3–0)Central Missouri (3–0)IUP (4–1)Central Washington (5–1)Catawba (4–1)Northern Colorado (6–1)C.W. Post (8–0)Nebraska–Kearney (8–1)Pittsburg State (8–2)13.
14. Chadron State Northwest Missouri State (0–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (0–1)Central Missouri (2–0)IUP (3–1)Central Washington (5–0)IUP (4–0)Central Arkansas (5–1)C.W. Post (7–0)Nebraska–Kearney (7–1)Minnesota–Duluth (9–0)UC Davis (7–2)14.
15. Catawba Central Arkansas (0–0)Tusculum (2–0)IUP (2–1)Western Washington (2–0)Western Washington (3–0)Western Washington (5–1)C.W. Post (6–0)Tuskegee (6–1)Minnesota–Duluth (8–0)Pittsburg State (7–2)Saginaw Valley State (8–2)15.
16. Northwest Missouri State Nebraska–Kearney (1–0)Central Missouri (1–0)North Dakota (2–1)Central Washington (4–0)C.W. Post (4–0)Tarleton State (5–1)Northern Colorado (5–1)Nebraska–Kearney (6–1)Emporia State (7–1)Saginaw Valley State (7–2)Fayetteville State (9–1)16.
17. Central Arkansas Tusculum (1–0)C.W. Post (1–0)Western Washington (2–0)C.W. Post (3–0)Catawba (2–1)Catawba (3–1)Tuskegee (5–1)Tusculum (6–1)Pittsburg State (6–2)Tarleton State (6–2)Tarleton State (7–2)17.
18. Central Missouri (1–0)IUP (1–1)C.W. Post (2–0)Catawba (2–1)Tarleton State (4–1)C.W. Post (5–0)Harding (6–0)Minnesota–Duluth (7–0)Saginaw Valley State (6–2)Fayetteville State (8–1)Catawba (7–2)18.
19. C.W. Post (0–0)North Dakota (1–1)Catawba (1–1)Northern Colorado (2–1)Northern Colorado (3–1)Northern Colorado (4–1)Chadron State (5–1)East Stroudsburg (5–1)Harding (7–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (6–2)Findlay (9–1)19.
20. C.W. Post Shepherd (0–0)Western Washington (1–0)Central Washington (3–0)Bloomsburg (2–1)Bloomsburg (3–1)Findlay (5–0)Nebraska–Kearney (5–1)Pittsburg State (5–2)Tarleton State (6–2)Findlay (8–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–2)20.
21. Tusculum Fort Valley State (1–0)Shepherd (1–0)Shepherd (2–0)Chadron State (2–1)Chadron State (3–1)Chadron State (4–1)Tusculum (5–1)St. Cloud State (6–1)Fayetteville State (7–1)Bentley (9–0)St. Cloud State (8–2)21.
22. Shepherd IUP (0–1) Central Washington (2–0)Missouri Western State (2–0)Nebraska–Kearney (2–1)Findlay (4–0)Harding (5–0)East Stroudsburg (5–1) Emporia State (6–1)Bentley (8–0)Chadron State (7–2)Chadron State (7–2)22.
23. Central Missouri Nebraska–Omaha (0–1)Northern Colorado (1–0)Bloomsburg (1–1) Findlay (3–0)Nebraska–Kearney (3–1)Nebraska–Kearney (4–1)Western Washington (4–1)Central Arkansas (5–2)Findlay (7–1)Emporia State (7–2)Emporia State (8–2)23.
24. Fort Valley State Western Washington (0–0)Bloomsburg (0–1)Chadron State (1–1) Harding (3–0)Harding (4–0) East Stroudsburg (4–1) Minnesota–Duluth (6–0)Harding (6–1)Tusculum (6–2) Southern Arkansas (7–2)Bentley (9–1)24.
25. Nebraska–Kearney Northern Colorado (0–0) Missouri Western State (2–0)Northern Colorado (1–1)Fort Valley State (3–1) Eastern New Mexico (4–0) St. Cloud State (5–0)North Dakota (4–2) Bentley (7–0) тChadron State (6–2)St. Cloud State (7–2)Eastern New Mexico (8–2)25.
26.         Fayetteville State (6–1) т   26.
Preseason
[note 3] 		Week 1
Sept 3 [12] 		Week 2
Sept 10 [13] 		Week 3
Sept 17 [14] 		Week 4
Sept 24 [15] 		Week 5
Oct 1 [16] 		Week 6
Oct 8 [17] 		Week 7
Oct 15 [18] 		Week 8
Oct 22 [19] 		Week 9
Oct 29 [20] 		Week 10
Nov 5 [21] 		Week 11
Nov 12 [22]
Dropped:
  • 18
  • 19
Dropped:
  • 21 Fort Valley State
  • 23 Nebraska–Omaha
NoneDropped:
  • 16 North Dakota
  • 21 Shepherd
  • 22 Missouri Western State
Dropped:
25 Fort Valley State		Dropped:
  • 20 Bloomsburg
  • 25 Eastern New Mexico
Dropped:
  • 20 Findlay
  • 25 St. Cloud State
Dropped:
  • 19 Chadron State
  • 23 Western Washington
  • 25 North Dakota
Dropped:
  • 19 East Stroudsburg
  • 21 St. Cloud State
  • 23 Central Arkansas
Dropped:
  • 19 Harding
  • 24 Tusculum
Dropped:
24 Southern Arkansas

Notes

  1. ↑ Although one was published, no preseason poll has been found. 23 of the 25 rankings are known, based on the first regular season poll.
  2. ↑ In the actual printed polls, IUP was listed as Indiana (PA)
  3. ↑ Although one was published, no preseason poll has been found. 23 of the 25 rankings are known, based on the first regular season poll.

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