2004 NCAA Division II football rankings

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The 2004 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2004 season.

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American Football Coaches Association poll

Preseason
[note 1]
Week 1
Sept 8 [1]
Week 2
Sept 15 [2]
Week 3
Sept 22 [3]
Week 4
Sept 29 [4]
Week 5
Oct 6 [5]
Week 6
Oct 13 [6]
Week 7
Oct 20 [7]
Week 8
Oct 27 [8]
Week 9
Nov 3 [9]
Week 10
Nov 10 [10]
Week 11
Postseason [11]
1. Grand Valley State Grand Valley State (2–0) (24)Grand Valley State (3–0) (24)Grand Valley State (4–0) (25)Grand Valley State (4–0) (25)Grand Valley State (5–0) (24)Grand Valley State (6–0) (24)Pittsburg State (8–0) (23)Pittsburg State (9–0) (23)Pittsburg State (10–0) (24)Pittsburg State (11–0) (25)Valdosta State (13–1) (25)1.
2. North Dakota North Dakota (2–0) (1)North Dakota (3–0) (1)North Dakota (3–0)North Dakota (4–0)Pittsburg State (6–0) (1)Pittsburg State (7–0) (1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (6–0) (2)Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–0) (2)Northwest Missouri State (10–0) (1)Albany State (10–0)Pittsburg State (14–1)2.
3. Valdosta State Carson–Newman (2–0)Carson–Newman (2–0)Pittsburg State (4–0)Pittsburg State (5–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (4–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–0)Northwest Missouri State (8–0)Northwest Missouri State (9–0)Albany State (9–0)Valdosta State (9–1)Northwest Missouri State (11–2)3.
4. Texas A&M–Kingsville Pittsburg State (2–0)Pittsburg State (3–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–0)Northwest Missouri State (6–0)Northwest Missouri State (7–0)Albany State (7–0)Albany State (8–0)Michigan Tech (9–0)Northwest Missouri State (10–1)North Dakota (11–3)4.
5. Carson–Newman Texas A&M–Kingsville (1–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0)Northwest Missouri State (4–0)Northwest Missouri State (5–0)Catawba (5–0)Albany State (6–0)Valdosta State (6–1)Valdosta State (7–1)Valdosta State (8–1)Colorado Mines (11–0)Albany State (11–1)5.
6. Pittsburg State North Alabama (1–0)North Alabama (2–0)Catawba (3–0)Catawba (4–0)Central Oklahoma (6–0)St. Cloud State (7–0)North Dakota (6–1)North Dakota (7–1)Arkansas Tech (9–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (8–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (9–2)6.
7. North Alabama Tarleton State (2–0)Tarleton State (3–0)Central Oklahoma (4–0)Central Oklahoma (5–0)Albany State (5–0)Northwood (7–0)East Stroudsburg (7–0)Michigan Tech (8–0)South Dakota (9–1)Northwood (10–1)West Chester (11–4)7.
8. Tarleton State Central Missouri State (2–0)Northwest Missouri State (3–0)Albany State (4–0)Albany State (4–0)St. Cloud State (6–0)Valdosta State (5–1)Michigan Tech (7–0)Arkansas Tech (8–0)Colorado Mines (10–0)Winona State (10–1)Colorado Mines (12–1)8.
9. Central Missouri State IUP (2–0)Catawba (3–0)Carson–Newman (2–1)Shippensburg (5–0)Carson–Newman (4–1)North Dakota (5–1)Arkansas Tech (7–0)Central Oklahoma (7–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–1)Michigan Tech (9–1)Grand Valley State (10–3)9.
10. Central Oklahoma Central Oklahoma (2–0)Central Oklahoma (3–0)Shippensburg (4–0)Carson–Newman (3–1)Valdosta State (4–1)East Stroudsburg (6–0)Grand Valley State (6–1)South Dakota (8–1)Winona State (9–1)Shippensburg (10–1)Northwood (10–2)10.
11. Nebraska–Omaha Northwest Missouri State (2–0)Albany State (3–0)Delta State (2–1)Delta State (3–1)North Dakota (4–1)Central Oklahoma (6–1)Central Oklahoma (7–1)Winona State (8–1)Northwood (9–1)East Stroudsburg (9–1)Michigan Tech (9–2)11.
12. Tusculum Catawba (2–0)Shippensburg (3–0)Valdosta State (2–1)Valdosta State (3–1)Northwood (6–0)Arkansas Tech (6–0)Catawba (6–1)Colorado Mines (9–0)Shippensburg (9–1)Arkansas Tech (9–1)East Stroudsburg (10–2)12.
13. IUP [note 2] Albany State (2–0)Valdosta State (1–1)Saginaw Valley State (2–1)Saginaw Valley State (3–1)Saginaw Valley State (4–1)Michigan Tech (6–0)South Dakota (7–1)Northwood (8–1)East Stroudsburg (8–1)Carson–Newman (8–2)Winona State (10–2)13.
14. Northwest Missouri State Winona State (2–0)Saginaw Valley State (1–1)North Alabama (2–1)Northwood (5–0)East Stroudsburg (5–0)Catawba (5–1)Winona State (7–1)Shippensburg (8–1)Carson–Newman (7–2)North Dakota (8–2)Carson–Newman (9–3)14.
15. Catawba Valdosta State (0–1)Central Missouri State (2–1)Northwood (4–0)St. Cloud State (5–0)Arkansas Tech (5–0)Winona State (6–1)Colorado Mines (8–0)East Stroudsburg (7–1)Nebraska–Omaha (8–2)Grand Valley State (8–2)Shippensburg (10–2)15.
16. Delta State Shippensburg (2–0)Delta State (1–1)Central Missouri State (3–1)Central Missouri State (4–1)Winona State (5–1)Colorado Mines (7–0)St. Cloud State (7–1)Saginaw Valley State (6–2)North Dakota (7–2)South Dakota (9–2)Arkansas Tech (10–2)16.
17. Winona State Saginaw Valley State (0–1)Northwood (3–0)St. Cloud State (4–0)Tuskegee (3–0)Michigan Tech (5–0)Shippensburg (6–1)Shippensburg (7–1)Wingate (8–1)Grand Valley State (7–2)St. Cloud State (8–2)St. Cloud State (8–3)17.
18. Saginaw Valley State Bloomsburg (1–0)IUP (2–1)Tarleton State (3–1)East Stroudsburg (4–0)Shippensburg (5–1)South Dakota (6–1)Northwood (7–1)Carson–Newman (6–2)Tuskegee (7–1)Tuskegee (8–1)Edinboro (9–3)18.
19. Shippensburg Delta State (0–1)St. Cloud State (3–0)Central Arkansas (4–0)Winona State (4–1)Colorado Mines (6–0)Wingate (6–1)Saginaw Valley State (5–2)Grand Valley State (6–2)Central Oklahoma (7–2)Central Oklahoma (8–2)South Dakota (9–2)19.
20. Bloomsburg Southern Arkansas (2–0)Tuskegee (3–0)IUP (2–1)Central Arkansas (4–1)Delta State (3–2)Tuskegee (4–1)Wingate (7–1)Tuskegee (6–1)St. Cloud State (7–2)Bentley (8–1)Bentley (8–2)20.
21. Northwood (2–0)Winona State (2–1)Tuskegee (3–0) Arkansas Tech (4–0)Tuskegee (3–1)Carson–Newman (4–2)Carson–Newman (5–2)Nebraska–Omaha (7–2)West Chester (8–2)Edinboro (8–2)Central Oklahoma (8–2)21.
22. Albany State Nebraska–Omaha (1–1) Central Arkansas (3–0)Winona State (3–1) Michigan Tech (4–0)South Dakota (5–1)North Alabama (4–2)Tuskegee (5–1)Catawba (6–2)Wingate (8–2)Saginaw Valley State (7–3)Tuskegee (10–2)22.
23. Tusculum (1–1)Nebraska–Omaha (2–1)East Stroudsburg (3–0) Wingate (5–0)Central Missouri State (4–2)Saginaw Valley State (4–2)North Alabama (5–2)Central Arkansas (7–2) Bentley (8–1)West Chester (8–3)Southeastern Oklahoma State (8–3)23.
24. Southern Arkansas Tuskegee (2–0)Tusculum (2–1)Tusculum (2–1) Colorado Mines (5–0) [note 3] North Alabama (3–2) Midwestern State (5–1)Central Arkansas (6–2)St. Cloud State (7–2) Edinboro (7–2)Nebraska–Omaha (8–3)Nebraska–Omaha (8–3)24.
25. Northwood St. Cloud State (2–0) [note 4] East Stroudsburg (3–0) South Dakota (4–0)South Dakota (4–1) California (PA) (4–1)Central Arkansas (5–2)Nebraska–Omaha (6–2) West Chester (7–2)Saginaw Valley State (6–3) Southeastern Oklahoma State (8–2)Saginaw Valley State (7–3)25.
Preseason
[note 5]
Week 1
Sept 8 [12]
Week 2
Sept 15 [13]
Week 3
Sept 22 [14]
Week 4
Sept 29 [15]
Week 5
Oct 6 [16]
Week 6
Oct 13 [17]
Week 7
Oct 20 [18]
Week 8
Oct 27 [19]
Week 9
Nov 3 [20]
Week 10
Nov 10 [21]
Week 11
Postseason [22]
Dropped:
  • 21
  • 23
Dropped:
  • 18 Bloomsburg
  • 20 Southern Arkansas
Dropped:
23 Nebraska–Omaha
Dropped:
  • 14 North Alabama
  • 18 Tarleton State
  • 20 IUP
  • 24 Tusculum
Dropped:
  • 20 Central Arkansas
  • 23 Wingate
Dropped:
  • 20 Delta State
  • 23 Central Missouri State
  • 25 California (PA)
Dropped:
24 Midwestern State
Dropped:
23 North Alabama
Dropped:
  • 22 Catawba
  • 23 Central Arkansas
Dropped:
22 Wingate
None

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. In the actual printed polls, Colorado Mines was listed as Colorado School of Mines
  4. In some of the actual printed polls, Saint Cloud State was incorrectly listed as State Cloud State
  5. 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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