2012 NCAA Division II football rankings

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The 2012 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2012 season.

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American Football Coaches Association poll

Preseason
[1] 		Week 1
Sept 4 [2] 		Week 2
Sept 11 [3] 		Week 3
Sept 18 [4] 		Week 4
Sept 25 [5] 		Week 5
Oct 2 [6] 		Week 6
Oct 9 [7] 		Week 7
Oct 16 [8] 		Week 8
Oct 23 [9] 		Week 9
Oct 30 [10] 		Week 10
Nov 6 [11] 		Week 11
Nov 13 [12] 		Week 12
Postseason [13]
1. Pittsburg State (21)Pittsburg State (1–0) (28)Pittsburg State (2–0) (29)Pittsburg State (3–0) (29)Pittsburg State (4–0) (29)Pittsburg State (4–0) (29)Pittsburg State (5–0) (29)CSU–Pueblo (7–0) (23)CSU–Pueblo (8–0) (24)CSU–Pueblo (9–0) (24)CSU–Pueblo (10–0) (23)CSU–Pueblo (11–0) (24)Valdosta State (12–2) (30)1.
2. Minnesota–Duluth (5)Minnesota–Duluth (1–0)Minnesota–Duluth (2–0)Minnesota–Duluth (3–0)Minnesota–Duluth (4–0)CSU–Pueblo (5–0)CSU–Pueblo (6–0)Winston–Salem State (7–0) (6)Winston–Salem State (8–0) (6)Winston–Salem State (9–0) (6)Winston–Salem State (10–0) (6)Winston–Salem State (11–0) (6)Winston–Salem State (14–1)2.
3. Northwest Missouri State (1)Northwest Missouri State (1–0)CSU–Pueblo (2–0)CSU–Pueblo (3–0)CSU–Pueblo (4–0)Grand Valley State (5–0)Winston–Salem State (6–0) (1)New Haven (6–0)New Haven (7–0)New Haven (8–0)New Haven (9–0)New Haven (10–0)Minnesota State (13–1)3.
4. Midwestern State (1)Midwestern State (0–0)Grand Valley State (2–0)Grand Valley State (3–0)Grand Valley State (4–0)Winston–Salem State (5–0) (1)Missouri Western (6–0)Bloomsburg (7–0)Bloomsburg (8–0)Northwest Missouri State (8–1)Northwest Missouri State (9–1) (1)Ashland (11–0)West Texas A&M (12–3)4.
5. Wayne State (1)Wayne State (0–0) (1)Winston–Salem State (2–0) (1)Winston–Salem State (3–0) (1)Winston–Salem State (4–0) (1)Missouri Western (5–0)New Haven (5–0)Northwest Missouri State (6–1) (1)Northwest Missouri State (7–1)Ashland (9–0)Ashland (10–0)Minnesota State (11–0)Missouri Western (12–2)5.
6. CSU–Pueblo CSU–Pueblo (1–0)California (PA) (2–0)California (PA) (3–0)California (PA) (4–0)New Haven (4–0)Bloomsburg (6–0)Ashland (7–0)Ashland (8–0)Minnesota State (9–0)Minnesota State (10–0)Henderson State (10–0)CSU–Pueblo (12–1)6.
7. Grand Valley State Grand Valley State (1–0)New Haven (2–0)Missouri Western (3–0)Missouri Western (4–0)Bloomsburg (5–0)Northwest Missouri State (5–1)Minnesota–Duluth (6–1) тMinnesota State (8–0)Shippensburg (9–0)Shippensburg (10–0)Minnesota–Duluth (10–1)IUP (12–2)7.
8. Valdosta State Winston–Salem State (1–0) (1)Missouri Western (2–0)New Haven (3–0)New Haven (4–0)Northwest Missouri State (4–1)Ashland (6–0)Pittsburg State (5–1) тMinnesota–Duluth (7–1)Henderson State (9–0)Henderson State (9–0)Midwestern State (9–1)New Haven (10–1)8.
9. Winston–Salem State (1)Abilene Christian (1–0)Washburn (2–0)Washburn (3–0)Humboldt State (4–0)Ashland (5–0)Minnesota–Duluth (5–1)Minnesota State (7–0)Henderson State (8–0)Minnesota–Duluth (8–1)Midwestern State (8–1)Missouri Western (10–1)Ashland (11–1)9.
10. Abilene Christian California (PA) (1–0)Saginaw Valley State (2–0)Humboldt State (3–0)Bloomsburg (4–0)Minnesota–Duluth (4–1)Minnesota State (6–0)Ouachita Baptist (6–0)Shippensburg (8–0)Midwestern State (7–1)Minnesota–Duluth (9–1)Bloomsburg (10–1)Northwest Missouri State (10–3)10.
11. California (PA) Kutztown (1–0)Humboldt State (2–0)Bloomsburg (3–0)Northwest Missouri State (3–1)Ouachita Baptist (4–0)Ouachita Baptist (5–0)Henderson State (7–0)Midwestern State (6–1)Missouri Western (8–1)Missouri Western (9–1)IUP (10–1)Henderson State (10–1)11.
12. Kutztown New Haven (1–0)Bloomsburg (2–0)Northwest Missouri State (2–1)Ouachita Baptist (3–0)Minnesota State (5–0)Henderson State (6–0)Midwestern State (5–1)Missouri Western (7–1)West Texas A&M (8–1)Bloomsburg (9–1)Harding (9–1)Minnesota–Duluth (10–2)12.
13. New Haven West Alabama (1–0)Northwest Missouri State (1–1)Ouachita Baptist (2–0)Ashland (4–0)Midwestern State (3–1)Midwestern State (4–1)Shippensburg (7–0)California (PA) (7–1)Bloomsburg (8–1)IUP (9–1)Northwest Missouri State (9–2)Carson–Newman (9–3)13.
14. Delta State Missouri Western (1–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0)IUP (3–0)Midwestern State (2–1)Henderson State (5–0)Grand Valley State (5–1)California (PA) (6–1)West Texas A&M (7–1)IUP (8–1)Harding (8–1)Tuskegee (9–1)Shippensburg (11–2)14.
15. West Alabama Washburn (1–0)Ouachita Baptist (2–0)Midwestern State (1–1)Minnesota State (4–0)Saginaw Valley State (4–1)California (PA) (5–1) тSaginaw Valley State (6–1)Emporia State (8–0)Miles (8–1)Grand Valley State (8–2)Shippensburg (10–1)Indianapolis (10–3)15.
16. St. Cloud State Albany State (1–0)Midwestern State (0–1)Valdosta State (2–1)Saginaw Valley State (3–1)California (PA) (4–1)Shippensburg (6–0) тMissouri Western (6–1)IUP (7–1) тHarding (7–1)Tuskegee (8–1)West Texas A&M (9–2)Midwestern State (9–2)16.
17. Hillsdale Humboldt State (1–0)IUP (2–0)Ashland (3–0)Henderson State (4–0)Shippensburg (5–0)Saginaw Valley State (5–1)West Texas A&M (6–1)Washburn (7–1) тSioux Falls (8–1)West Texas A&M (8–2)Valdosta State (8–2)Bloomsburg (10–2)17.
18. Missouri Western Saginaw Valley State (1–0)Valdosta State (1–1)Colorado Mines (3–0)Wayne State (2–1)West Alabama (4–1)Wayne State (4–1)Emporia State (7–0)Miles (7–1)Pittsburg State (6–2)Valdosta State (8–2)Indianapolis (9–2)Chadron State (9–3)18.
19. Shepherd Bloomsburg (1–0)Wayne State (0–1)Abilene Christian (2–1)West Alabama (3–1)Wayne State (3–1)Washburn (5–1)Washburn (6–1)Harding (6–1)Grand Valley State (7–2) Indianapolis (8–2)Missouri S&T (10–1)Harding (9–2)19.
20. Washburn Valdosta State (0–1)Abilene Christian (1–1)Saginaw Valley State (2–1)Washburn (3–1)Washburn (4–1)West Texas A&M (5–1)IUP (6–1)Ouachita Baptist (6–1)Emporia State (8–1) Missouri S&T (9–1)Chadron State (9–2) Lenoir–Rhyne (9–3)20.
21. Humboldt State Ouachita Baptist (1–0)Kutztown (1–1)Wayne State (1–1) Shippensburg (4–0)West Texas A&M (4–1)Emporia State (6–0) Miles (6–1)Sioux Falls (7–1)West Alabama (7–2) Chadron State (8–2)Sioux Falls (9–2)West Alabama (9–4)21.
22. Albany State Delta State (0–1) Ashland (2–0) Minnesota State (3–0) [note 1] IUP (3–1)IUP (4–1)IUP (5–1) Michigan Tech (5–1)Pittsburg State (5–2)California (PA) (7–2)Sioux Falls (8–2)Carson–Newman (8–2)Emporia State (10–2)22.
23. North Greenville IUP (1–0) [note 2] Colorado Mines (2–0)West Alabama (2–1)West Texas A&M (3–1)Sioux Falls (5–0) Harding (5–0)Sioux Falls (6–1)Grand Valley State (6–2) Tuskegee (7–1)Miles (8–2)Miles (8–2)Tuskegee (10–2)23.
24. West Texas A&M Texas A&M–Kingsville (1–0)West Alabama (1–1) Henderson State (3–0) Newberry (4–0)Humboldt State (4–1) UNC Pembroke (5–1)Grand Valley State (5–2)Hillsdale (6–2)Valdosta State (7–2) Carson–Newman (7–2)Emporia State (9–2)Missouri S&T (10–1)24.
25. Bloomsburg Hillsdale (0–1)Delta State (1–1)West Texas A&M (2–1) Sioux Falls (4–0) Emporia State (5–0)Shepherd (5–1)Harding (5–1) Charleston (7–1)Washburn (7–2)Emporia State (8–2)Charleston (9–2) тShepherd (8–3)25.
26.           Shepherd (8–2) т 26.
Preseason
[14] 		Week 1
Sept 4 [15] 		Week 2
Sept 11 [16] 		Week 3
Sept 18 [17] 		Week 4
Sept 25 [18] 		Week 5
Oct 2 [19] 		Week 6
Oct 9 [20] 		Week 7
Oct 16 [21] 		Week 8
Oct 23 [22] 		Week 9
Oct 30 [23] 		Week 10
Nov 6 [24] 		Week 11
Nov 13 [25] 		Week 12
Postseason [26]
Dropped:
  • 16 St. Cloud State
  • 19 Shepherd
  • 23 North Greenville
  • 24 West Texas A&M
Dropped:
  • 16 Albany State
  • 25 Hillsdale
Dropped:
  • 14 Texas A&M–Kingsville
  • 21 Kutztown
  • 25 Delta State
Dropped:
  • 16 Valdosta State
  • 18 Colorado Mines
  • 19 Abilene Christian
Dropped:
24 Newberry		Dropped:
  • 18 West Alabama
  • 23 Sioux Falls
  • 24 Humboldt State
Dropped:
  • 18 Wayne State
  • 24 UNC Pembroke
  • 25 Shepherd
Dropped:
  • 15 Saginaw Valley State
  • 22 Michigan Tech
Dropped:
  • 20 Ouachita Baptist
  • 24 Hillsdale
  • 25 Charleston
Dropped:
  • 18 Pittsburg State
  • 21 West Alabama
  • 22 California (PA)
  • 25 Washburn
Dropped:
15 Grand Valley State		Dropped:
  • 21 Sioux Falls
  • 23 Miles
  • 25 Charleston

Notes

  1. ↑ In the actual printed polls, Minnesota State was listed as Minnesota State–Mankato
  2. ↑ In the actual printed polls, IUP was listed as Indiana (PA)

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