2014 NCAA Division II football rankings

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The 2014 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2014 season.

The 2014 NCAA Division II football season, play of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began on September 4, 2014 and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 20, 2014 at Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kansas. CSU–Pueblo won the national title with a 13–0 win over Minnesota State. This was CSU–Pueblo's first national title.

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American Football Coaches Association poll

Preseason
[1] 		Week 1
Sept 9 [2] 		Week 2
Sept 16 [3] 		Week 3
Sept 23 [4] 		Week 4
Sept 30 [5] 		Week 5
Oct 7 [6] 		Week 6
Oct 14 [7] 		Week 7
Oct 21 [8] 		Week 8
Oct 28 [9] 		Week 9
Nov 4 [10] 		Week 10
Nov 11 [11] 		Week 11
Nov 18 [12] 		Week 12
Postseason
1. Northwest Missouri State (31)Northwest Missouri State (1–0) (32)Northwest Missouri State (2–0) (25)Northwest Missouri State (3–0) (29)Northwest Missouri State (4–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (5–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (6–0) (31)Minnesota State (7–0) (24)Minnesota State (8–0) (26)Minnesota State (9–0) (28)Minnesota State (10–0) (29)Minnesota State (11–0) (29)CSU–Pueblo (14–1)1.
2. Grand Valley State CSU–Pueblo (1–0)CSU–Pueblo (2–0) (6)CSU–Pueblo (3–0) (2)CSU–Pueblo (4–0) (1)CSU–Pueblo (5–0) (1)Minnesota State (6–0)Minnesota–Duluth (7–0) (4)Minnesota–Duluth (8–0) (2)Minnesota–Duluth (9–0) (1)Minnesota–Duluth (10–0)Minnesota–Duluth (11–0)Minnesota State (14–1)2.
3. Minnesota–Duluth Minnesota–Duluth (1–0)Minnesota State (2–0)Minnesota State (3–0)Minnesota State (4–0)Minnesota State (5–0)Minnesota–Duluth (6–0)North Alabama (6–0) (2)North Alabama (7–0) (2)Lenoir–Rhyne (9–0) (2)Lenoir–Rhyne (10–0) (1)Lenoir–Rhyne (11–0) (1)Minnesota–Duluth (13–1)3.
4. CSU–Pueblo Minnesota State (1–0)Minnesota–Duluth (2–0)Minnesota–Duluth (3–0)Minnesota–Duluth (4–0)Minnesota–Duluth (5–0)North Alabama (5–0)Henderson State (7–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (8–0)Ferris State (9–0)Ferris State (10–0) (1)Ferris State (11–0) (1)Ohio Dominican (11–2)4.
5. North Alabama North Alabama (0–0)North Alabama (1–0)North Alabama (2–0)North Alabama (3–0)North Alabama (4–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (6–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (7–0)Ferris State (8–0) (1)Bloomsburg (9–0)Bloomsburg (10–0)Pittsburg State (10–1)Concord (13–1)5.
6. Lenoir–Rhyne Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (4–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (5–0)Henderson State (6–0)Ferris State (7–0) (1)Bloomsburg (8–0)Pittsburg State (8–1)Pittsburg State (9–1)Northwest Missouri State (10–1)West Georgia (12–3)6.
7. Minnesota State Henderson State (1–0)Henderson State (2–0)Henderson State (3–0)Henderson State (4–0)Henderson State (5–0)Ohio Dominican (6–0)West Chester (7–0)Pittsburg State (7–1)Northwest Missouri State (8–1)Northwest Missouri State (9–1)Ouachita Baptist (10–0)Pittsburg State (11–2)7.
8. Henderson State (1)Pittsburg State (1–0)Pittsburg State (2–0)Pittsburg State (3–0)Ohio Dominican (4–0)Ohio Dominican (5–0)Shepherd (6–0)Bloomsburg (7–0)Northwest Missouri State (7–1)CSU–Pueblo (8–1)CSU–Pueblo (9–1)CSU–Pueblo (10–1)Lenoir–Rhyne (11–1)8.
9. Pittsburg State West Chester (1–0)Ohio Dominican (2–0)Ohio Dominican (3–0)West Chester (4–0)Shepherd (5–0)Delta State (5–0)Pittsburg State (6–1)CSU–Pueblo (7–1)Ouachita Baptist (8–0)Ouachita Baptist (9–0)Ohio Dominican (9–1)Ouachita Baptist (10–1)9.
10. West Chester Ohio Dominican (1–0)West Chester (2–0)West Chester (3–0)Shepherd (4–0)West Chester (5–0)West Chester (6–0)Northwest Missouri State (6–1)Sioux Falls (8–0)Winston–Salem State (8–1)Winston–Salem State (9–1)Concord (11–0)Valdosta State (10–3)10.
11. West Texas A&M Shepherd (1–0)Shepherd (2–0)Shepherd (3–0)Delta State (3–0)Delta State (4–0)Ferris State (6–0)Colorado Mines (7–0)Winston–Salem State (7–1)Ohio Dominican (7–1)Ohio Dominican (8–1)Delta State (9–1)Ferris State (11–1)11.
12. Shepherd Winston–Salem State (1–0)Tarleton State (1–0)Delta State (2–0)Bloomsburg (4–0)Bloomsburg (5–0)Bloomsburg (6–0)CSU–Pueblo (6–1)Ohio Dominican (6–1)Delta State (7–1)Concord (10–0)North Alabama (9–1)Bloomsburg (11–2)12.
13. Ohio Dominican Carson–Newman (1–0)Valdosta State (2–0)Bloomsburg (3–0)Ferris State (4–0)Ferris State (5–0)Harding (5–0)Michigan Tech (6–0)Ouachita Baptist (7–0)Concord (9–0)Delta State (8–1)Harding (9–1)Delta State (9–2)13.
14. Winston–Salem State Azusa Pacific (1–0)Delta State (1–0)Ferris State (3–0)Winston–Salem State (3–1)Harding (4–0)CSU–Pueblo (5–1)Sioux Falls (7–0)Henderson State (7–1)Henderson State (8–1)Henderson State (9–1)Bloomsburg (10–1)Northwest Missouri State (10–2)14.
15. St. Cloud State Indianapolis (1–0)Bloomsburg (2–0)Winston–Salem State (2–1)Harding (3–0)Winston–Salem State (4–1)Colorado Mines (6–0)Winston–Salem State (6–1)Concord (8–0)North Alabama (7–1)North Alabama (8–1)West Chester (10–1)West Chester (11–2)15.
16. Carson–Newman Tarleton State (0–0)Ferris State (2–0)Harding (2–0)Midwestern State (3–0)Colorado Mines (5–0)Winston–Salem State (5–1)Ohio Dominican (6–1)Carson–Newman (6–1)Harding (7–1)Harding (8–1)Sioux Falls (10–1)North Alabama (9–2)16.
17. Tarleton State Delta State (1–0)West Alabama (2–0)Colorado Mines (3–0)Colorado Mines (4–0)Carson–Newman (4–1)Pittsburg State (5–1)Carson–Newman (5–1)Harding (6–1)Sioux Falls (8–1)West Chester (9–1)Colorado Mines (10–1)Harding (9–2)17.
18. Indianapolis Grand Valley State (0–1)Winston–Salem State (1–1)Midwestern State (2–0)Carson–Newman (3–1)Pittsburg State (4–1)Carson–Newman (4–1)Ouachita Baptist (6–0)Colorado Mines (7–1)West Chester (8–1)Sioux Falls (9–1)Michigan Tech (9–1)Sioux Falls (11–1)18.
19. Delta State Emporia State (1–0)St. Cloud State (1–1)Carson–Newman (2–1)Pittsburg State (3–1)Slippery Rock (5–0)Sioux Falls (6–0)Concord (7–0)Delta State (6–1)Colorado Mines (8–1)Colorado Mines (9–1)Azusa Pacific (10–1)Colorado Mines (10–2)19.
20. IUP [note 1] IUP (1–0) Harding (2–0)Winona State (3–0)Slippery Rock (4–0)Sioux Falls (5–0)Michigan Tech (5–0)Delta State (5–1)West Chester (7–1)Michigan Tech (7–1)Michigan Tech (8–1)Winston–Salem State (9–2)Angelo State (9–3)20.
21. UNC Pembroke Bloomsburg (1–0)Carson–Newman (1–1)Valdosta State (2–1)Sioux Falls (4–0)West Georgia (5–0)Concord (6–0)Shepherd (6–1)Michigan Tech (6–1)Shepherd (7–1)Shepherd (8–1)Valdosta State (8–2)Michigan Tech (9–2)21.
22. Azusa Pacific тWest Texas A&M (0–1) Colorado Mines (2–0)Slippery Rock (3–0)West Alabama (3–1)Michigan Tech (4–0) Ouachita Baptist (5–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (6–1)Shepherd (6–1)Ashland (8–1)Azusa Pacific (9–1)Henderson State (9–2)Virginia State (10–3)22.
23. Emporia State т Valdosta State (1–0) Midwestern State (1–0)West Alabama (2–1) Michigan Tech (4–0) Concord (5–0) Texas A&M–Commerce (5–1)Harding (5–1)Ashland (7–1)Azusa Pacific (8–1)Indianapolis (9–1) Angelo State (8–2) тAzusa Pacific (10–1)23.
24. Bloomsburg Ferris State (1–0) Winona State (2–0) Sioux Falls (3–0) West Georgia (4–0) Humboldt State (5–0) Ashland (5–1)Ashland (6–1)Azusa Pacific (7–1)Carson–Newman (6–2)Texas A&M–Commerce (8–1) Virginia State (9–2) тWinston–Salem State (9–2)24.
25. Tuskegee St. Cloud State (0–1) т Slippery Rock (2–0) Findlay (3–0)Winona State (3–1)Midwestern State (3–1)Azusa Pacific (5–1)Azusa Pacific (6–1) California (PA) (7–1)Indianapolis (8–1)Valdosta State (7–2)West Georgia (9–2)Henderson State (9–2)25.
26.  West Alabama (1–0) т           26.
Preseason
[13] 		Week 1
Sept 9 [14] 		Week 2
Sept 16 [15] 		Week 3
Sept 23 [16] 		Week 4
Sept 30 [17] 		Week 5
Oct 7 [18] 		Week 6
Oct 14 [19] 		Week 7
Oct 21 [20] 		Week 8
Oct 28 [21] 		Week 9
Nov 4 [22] 		Week 10
Nov 11 [23] 		Week 11
Nov 18 [24] 		Week 12
Postseason
Dropped:
  • 21 UNC Pembroke
  • 25 Tuskegee
Dropped:
  • 14 Azusa Pacific
  • 15 Indianapolis
  • 18 Grand Valley State
  • 19 Emporia State
  • 20 IUP
  • 22 West Texas A&M
Dropped:
  • 12 Tarleton State
  • 19 St. Cloud State
Dropped:
  • 21 Valdosta State
  • 25 Findlay
Dropped:
  • 22 West Alabama
  • 25 Winona State
Dropped:
  • 19 Slippery Rock
  • 21 West Georgia
  • 24 Humboldt State
  • 25 Midwestern State
NoneDropped:
22 Texas A&M–Commerce		Dropped:
25 California (PA)		Dropped:
  • 22 Ashland
  • 24 Carson–Newman
Dropped:
  • 21 Shepherd
  • 23 Indianapolis
  • 24 Texas A&M–Commerce
None

Notes

  1. ↑ In the actual printed polls, IUP was listed as Indiana (PA)

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