2015 NCAA Division II football rankings

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The 2015 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2015 season.

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American Football Coaches Association poll

Preseason
[1] 		Week 1
Sept 8 [2] 		Week 2
Sept 15 [3] 		Week 3
Sept 22 [4] 		Week 4
Sept 29 [5] 		Week 5
Oct 6 [6] 		Week 6
Oct 13 [7] 		Week 7
Oct 20 [8] 		Week 8
Oct 27 [9] 		Week 9
Nov 3 [10] 		Week 10
Nov 10 [11] 		Week 11
Nov 17 [12] 		Week 12
Postseason [13]
1. Minnesota State (9) [note 1] Minnesota State (1–0) (24)Minnesota State (2–0) (30)Minnesota State (3–0) (29)Minnesota State (4–0) (30)Minnesota State (5–0) (30)Minnesota State (6–0) (28)Minnesota State (7–0) (27)West Georgia (8–0) (25)West Georgia (9–0) (25)Northwest Missouri State (10–0) (29)Northwest Missouri State (11–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (15–0) (32)1.
2. CSU–Pueblo (16)CSU–Pueblo (1–0) (6)West Georgia (2–0) (1)West Georgia (3–0) (2)West Georgia (4–0) (2)West Georgia (5–0) (2)West Georgia (6–0) (4)West Georgia (7–0) (5)Northwest Missouri State (8–0) (6)Northwest Missouri State (9–0) (6)Ferris State (9–0) (2)Ferris State (10–0) (2)Shepherd (13–1)2.
3. Minnesota–Duluth (3)West Georgia (1–0) (1)Northwest Missouri State (2–0) (1)Northwest Missouri State (3–0) (1)Northwest Missouri State (4–0)Northwest Missouri State (5–0)Northwest Missouri State (6–0)Northwest Missouri State (7–0)Ferris State (7–0) (1)Ferris State (8–0) (1)Ashland (10–0) (1)Ashland (10–0)West Georgia (12–2)3.
4. West Georgia (3)Northwest Missouri State (1–0) (1)Pittsburg State (2–0)Ferris State (2–0)Ferris State (3–0)Ferris State (4–0)Ferris State (5–0)Ferris State (6–0)CSU–Pueblo (7–1)CSU–Pueblo (8–1)CSU–Pueblo (9–1)CSU–Pueblo (10–1)Grand Valley State (12–3)4.
5. Northwest Missouri State (1)Pittsburg State (1–0)Ferris State (1–0)Delta State (3–0)Delta State (4–0)Sioux Falls (5–0)Sioux Falls (6–0)Sioux Falls (7–0)Ashland (8–0)Ashland (9–0)Shepherd (9–0)Shepherd (10–0)CSU–Pueblo (12–2)5.
6. Ferris State Ferris State (0–0)Delta State (2–0)Angelo State (3–0)Angelo State (4–0)North Alabama (4–0)CSU–Pueblo (5–1)CSU–Pueblo (6–1)Shepherd (7–0)Shepherd (8–0)Minnesota State (9–1)Minnesota State (10–1)Ferris State (11–1)6.
7. Pittsburg State Ohio Dominican (1–0)Minnesota–Duluth (1–1)Sioux Falls (3–0)Sioux Falls (4–0)CSU–Pueblo (4–1)Colorado Mines (6–0)Colorado Mines (7–0)Minnesota State (7–1)Minnesota State (8–1)West Georgia (9–1)West Georgia (10–1)Slippery Rock (12–2)7.
8. Ohio Dominican Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0)Angelo State (2–0)North Alabama (2–0)North Alabama (3–0)Colorado Mines (5–0)Ashland (6–0)Ashland (7–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (7–1)Sioux Falls (8–1)Henderson State (9–1)Henderson State (10–1)Emporia State (11–3)8.
9. Concord Minnesota–Duluth (0–1)Ouachita Baptist (2–0)Valdosta State (2–0)Valdosta State (3–0)Ashland (5–0)Shepherd (5–0)Shepherd (6–0)Grand Valley State (7–1)Henderson State (8–1)Slippery Rock (9–1)Midwestern State (10–1)Midwestern State (10–2)9.
10. Lenoir–Rhyne Delta State (1–0)North Alabama (2–0)CSU–Pueblo (2–1)CSU–Pueblo (3–1)Shepherd (4–0)Humboldt State (5–0)Midwestern State (7–0)Sioux Falls (7–1)Slippery Rock (8–1)Midwestern State (9–1)Slippery Rock (10–1)Ashland (10–1)10.
11. Bloomsburg Ouachita Baptist (1–0)Valdosta State (2–0)Colorado Mines (3–0)Colorado Mines (4–0)Humboldt State (4–0)Midwestern State (6–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (6–1)Henderson State (7–1)Midwestern State (8–1)Texas A&M–Commerce (8–2)Humboldt State (9–1)Tuskegee (10–3)11.
12. Ouachita Baptist Angelo State (1–0)Sioux Falls (2–0)Harding (3–0)Harding (4–0)Midwestern State (5–0)Michigan Tech (5–0)Grand Valley State (6–1)Colorado Mines (7–1)Texas A&M–Commerce (7–2)Humboldt State (8–1)Grand Valley State (9–2)Henderson State (11–2)12.
13. Angelo State North Alabama (1–0)CSU–Pueblo (1–1)Ashland (3–0)Ashland (4–0)Pittsburg State (4–1)Emporia State (6–0)North Alabama (5–1)Slippery Rock (7–1)Humboldt State (7–1)Indianapolis (9–1)Indianapolis (10–1)Minnesota State (10–2)13.
14. Delta State Valdosta State (1–0)Grand Valley State (2–0)Slippery Rock (3–0)Shepherd (4–0)Michigan Tech (4–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (5–1)Henderson State (6–1)Midwestern State (7–1)Emporia State (8–1)Grand Valley State (8–2)North Alabama (8–2)Valdosta State (9–3)14.
15. North Alabama Sioux Falls (1–0)Colorado Mines (2–0)Pittsburg State (2–1)Pittsburg State (3–1)Texas A&M–Commerce (4–1)Delta State (5–1)Slippery Rock (6–1)Humboldt State (6–1)Tuskegee (8–1)North Alabama (7–2)Charleston (10–1)North Alabama (9–3)15.
16. Valdosta State Colorado Mines (1–0)Harding (2–0)Shepherd (3–0)Humboldt State (3–0)Angelo State (4–1)Lenoir–Rhyne (4–1)Humboldt State (5–1)Tuskegee (7–1)Colorado Mesa (8–1)Charleston (9–1)Sioux Falls (9–2)Humboldt State (10–2)16.
17. Sioux Falls Azusa Pacific (1–0)Ohio Dominican (1–1)Humboldt State (3–0)Tuskegee (4–0)Delta State (4–1)North Alabama (4–1)Michigan Tech (5–1)Emporia State (7–1)Grand Valley State (7–2)Sioux Falls (8–2)Valdosta State (8–2)Assumption (11–2)17.
18. Colorado Mines Texas A&M–Commerce (1–0)Slippery Rock (2–0)Tuskegee (3–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (3–1)Emporia State (5–0)Grand Valley State (5–1)Tuskegee (6–1)Minnesota–Duluth (6–2)Indianapolis (8–1)Valdosta State (7–2)Emporia State (9–2)Indianapolis (10–2)18.
19. Azusa Pacific Harding (1–0)Ashland (2–0)Concord (2–1)Michigan Tech (4–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (4–1) Henderson State (5–1)Emporia State (6–1)Colorado Mesa (7–1)North Alabama (6–2)Emporia State (8–2)Assumption (10–1) IUP (9–3) [note 2] 19.
20. Winston–Salem State Grand Valley State (1–0)Shepherd (2–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (2–1)Midwestern State (4–0)Ouachita Baptist (4–1)Slippery Rock (5–1)Minnesota–Duluth (5–2)Indianapolis (7–1)Charleston (8–1)Central Missouri (8–2)Texas A&M–Commerce (8–3)Charleston (10–2)20.
21. Harding Slippery Rock (1–0)Concord (1–1) Michigan Tech (3–0)Concord (3–1)Valdosta State (3–1)Minnesota–Duluth (4–2)Wingate (6–1)North Alabama (5–2)Colorado Mines (7–2)Colorado Mesa (8–2)Colorado Mesa (9–2)Carson–Newman (9–3)21.
22. Texas A&M–Commerce Concord (0–1)Texas A&M–Commerce (1–1)Lenoir–Rhyne (2–1)Lenoir–Rhyne (3–1)Harding (4–1)Pittsburg State (4–2)Delta State (5–2)Michigan Tech (5–2)Michigan Tech (6–2)Bowie State (9–1)Carson–Newman (9–2)Sioux Falls (9–3)22.
23. West Chester Indianapolis (1–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (1–1) Midwestern State (3–0) Emporia State (4–0) Wingate (5–0)Tuskegee (5–1) Colorado Mesa (6–1) Charleston (7–1)Valdosta State (6–2) Assumption (9–1)Tuskegee (8–2)Texas A&M–Commerce (8–4)23.
24. Grand Valley State Ashland (1–0) Tuskegee (2–0)Ouachita Baptist (2–1)Ouachita Baptist (3–1)Grand Valley State (4–1) Arkansas Tech (5–1)Angelo State (5–2)Valdosta State (5–2)Central Missouri (7–2)Tuskegee (8–2) Augustana (9–2)Augustana (9–3)24.
25. Slippery Rock Shepherd (1–0) Humboldt State (2–0)Minnesota–Duluth (1–2)Minnesota–Duluth (2–2)Minnesota–Duluth (3–2)Angelo State (4–2) Clarion (7–0) Central Missouri (6–2) Bowie State (8–1) Carson–Newman (8–2) Catawba (9–2)Catawba (9–3)25.
Preseason
[14] 		Week 1
Sept 8 [15] 		Week 2
Sept 15 [16] 		Week 3
Sept 22 [17] 		Week 4
Sept 29 [18] 		Week 5
Oct 6 [19] 		Week 6
Oct 13 [20] 		Week 7
Oct 20 [21] 		Week 8
Oct 27 [22] 		Week 9
Nov 3 [23] 		Week 10
Nov 10 [24] 		Week 11
Nov 17 [25] 		Week 12
Postseason [26]
Dropped:
  • 11 Bloomsburg
  • 20 Winston–Salem State
  • 23 West Chester
Dropped:
  • 17 Azusa Pacific
  • 23 Indianapolis
Dropped:
  • 14 Grand Valley State
  • 17 Ohio Dominican
Dropped:
14 Slippery Rock		Dropped:
  • 17 Tuskegee
  • 21 Concord
Dropped:
  • 20 Ouachita Baptist
  • 21 Valdosta State
  • 22 Harding
  • 23 Wingate
Dropped:
  • 16 Lenoir–Rhyne
  • 22 Pittsburg State
  • 24 Arkansas Tech
Dropped:
  • 21 Wingate
  • 22 Delta State
  • 24 Angelo State
  • 25 Clarion
Dropped:
18 Minnesota–Duluth		Dropped:
  • 21 Colorado Mines
  • 22 Michigan Tech
Dropped:
  • 20 Central Missouri
  • 22 Bowie State
Dropped:
21 Colorado Mesa

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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