2016 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2016 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2016 season.

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(#–#)		Win–loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

American Football Coaches Association poll

	Preseason [1]	Week 1 Sept 6 [2]	Week 2 Sept 13 [3]	Week 3 Sept 20 [4]	Week 4 Sept 27 [5]	Week 5 Oct 4 [6]	Week 6 Oct 11 [7]	Week 7 Oct 18 [8]	Week 8 Oct 25 [9]	Week 9 Nov 1 [10]	Week 10 Nov 8 [11]	Week 11 Nov 15 [12]	Week 12 Postseason [13]
1.	Northwest Missouri State (29)	Northwest Missouri State (1–0) (30)	Northwest Missouri State (2–0) (30)	Northwest Missouri State (3–0) (30)	Northwest Missouri State (4–0) (30)	Northwest Missouri State (5–0) (30)	Northwest Missouri State (6–0) (30)	Northwest Missouri State (7–0) (30)	Northwest Missouri State (8–0) (30)	Northwest Missouri State (9–0) (30)	Northwest Missouri State (10–0) (30)	Northwest Missouri State (11–0) (30)	Northwest Missouri State (15–0) (30)	1.
2.	West Georgia (1)	West Georgia (1–0)	Grand Valley State (2–0)	Grand Valley State (3–0)	Grand Valley State (4–0)	Grand Valley State (5–0)	Grand Valley State (6–0)	Grand Valley State (7–0)	Grand Valley State (8–0)	Grand Valley State (9–0)	Grand Valley State (10–0)	Grand Valley State (11–0)	North Alabama (11–2)	2.
3.	Grand Valley State	Grand Valley State (1–0)	West Georgia (2–0)	West Georgia (3–0)	West Georgia (4–0)	Shepherd (4–0)	Shepherd (5–0)	Shepherd (6–0)	Shepherd (7–0)	Shepherd (8–0)	Shepherd (9–0)	Shepherd (10–0)	Shepherd (13–1)	3.
4.	Shepherd	Shepherd (1–0)	Shepherd (2–0)	Shepherd (3–0)	Shepherd (4–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (4–0)	Midwestern State (5–0)	Midwestern State (6–0)	Sioux Falls (8–0)	Sioux Falls (9–0)	Sioux Falls (10–0)	Sioux Falls (11–0)	Grand Valley State (12–1)	4.
5.	CSU Pueblo	Ashland (1–0)	Ashland (2–0)	Ashland (3–0)	Ashland (4–0)	Henderson State (5–0)	Tuskegee (6–0)	Tuskegee (6–0)	Harding (8–0)	Harding (9–0)	Harding (10–0)	Harding (11–0)	Ferris State (12–3)	5.
6.	Ashland	Minnesota State (1–0)	Ferris State (2–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (2–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (3–0)	IUP (4–0)	Sioux Falls (6–0)	Sioux Falls (7–0)	California (PA) (7–0)	California (PA) (8–0)	California (PA) (9–0)	California (PA) (10–0)	Harding (13–1)	6.
7.	Minnesota State	Ferris State (1–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (1–0)	Ferris State (3–0)	Henderson State (4–0)	Midwestern State (4–0)	California (PA) (5–0)	Harding (7–0)	North Alabama (5–1)	North Alabama (6–1)	North Alabama (7–1)	North Alabama (8–1)	California (PA) (11–1)	7.
8.	IUP	Texas A&M–Commerce (1–0)	Henderson State (2–0)	Henderson State (3–0)	IUP (3–0)	Tuskegee (5–0)	Harding (6–0)	California (PA) (6–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (6–1)	Texas A&M–Commerce (7–1)	Texas A&M–Commerce (8–1)	Texas A&M–Commerce (9–1)	Sioux Falls (12–1)	8.
9.	Henderson State т	Henderson State (1–0)	IUP (1–0)	IUP (2–0)	Slippery Rock (4–0)	Sioux Falls (5–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (4–1)	Texas A&M–Commerce (5–1)	Ashland (7–1)	Emporia State (8–1)	Emporia State (9–1)	Emporia State (10–1)	Texas A&M–Commerce (10–2)	9.
10.	Texas A&M–Commerce т	IUP (0–0)	Colorado Mines (2–0)	Slippery Rock (3–0)	Midwestern State (3–0)	Azusa Pacific (5–0)	North Alabama (3–1)	North Alabama (4–1)	Emporia State (7–1)	LIU Post (9–0)	LIU Post (10–0)	LIU Post (11–0)	Emporia State (11–2)	10.
11.	Slippery Rock	Colorado Mines (1–0)	Slippery Rock (2–0)	Midwestern State (2–0)	Tuskegee (4–0)	North Alabama (3–1)	Ashland (5–1)	Ashland (6–1)	LIU Post (8–0)	IUP (7–1)	IUP (8–1)	IUP (9–1)	LIU Post (12–1)	11.
12.	Ferris State	Slippery Rock (1–0)	Midwestern State (1–0)	Tuskegee (3–0)	Sioux Falls (4–0)	West Georgia (4–1)	Emporia State (5–1)	Emporia State (6–1)	IUP (6–1)	Midwestern State (7–1)	Midwestern State (8–1)	UNC Pembroke (9–1)	IUP (10–2)	12.
13.	Humboldt State	Humboldt State (1–0)	Tuskegee (2–0)	Central Missouri (3–0)	Ferris State (3–1)	Colorado Mesa (5–0)	IUP (4–1)	IUP (5–1)	Midwestern State (6–1)	Azusa Pacific (8–1)	Azusa Pacific (9–1)	Minnesota–Duluth (10–1)	UNC Pembroke (10–2)	13.
14.	Midwestern State	Midwestern State (1–0)	Central Missouri (2–0)	Sioux Falls (3–0)	Azusa Pacific (4–0)	Ferris State (4–1)	LIU Post (6–0)	LIU Post (7–0)	Valdosta State (6–1)	Tuskegee (7–1)	Tuskegee (8–1)	Newberry (10–1)	Minnesota–Duluth (10–2)	14.
15.	North Alabama	Tuskegee (1–0)	Sioux Falls (2–0)	Azusa Pacific (3–0)	Assumption (4–0)	California (PA) (4–0)	Henderson State (5–1)	Henderson State (6–1)	Azusa Pacific (7–1)	Assumption (8–1)	Assumption (9–1)	Ferris State (9–2)	Colorado Mines (10–3)	15.
16.	Indianapolis	Central Missouri (1–0)	Azusa Pacific (2–0)	Augustana (SD) (3–0)	Florida Tech (4–0)	Harding (5–0)	Slippery Rock (5–1)	Valdosta State (5–1)	Assumption (7–1)	UNC Pembroke (8–1)	UNC Pembroke (8–1)	Ashland (9–2)	Newberry (10–2)	16.
17.	Tuskegee	Sioux Falls (1–0)	Assumption (2–0)	Assumption (3–0)	Colorado Mesa (4–0)	Ashland (4–1)	Valdosta State (4–1)	Azusa Pacific (6–1)	Tuskegee (6–1)	Fairmont State (9–0)	Minnesota–Duluth (9–1)	Southwest Baptist (10–1)	North Greenville (9–5)	17.
18.	Colorado Mines	Assumption (1–0)	Augustana (SD) (2–0)	Colorado Mesa (3–0)	North Alabama (2–1)	Emporia State (4–1)	Assumption (5–1)	Assumption (6–1)	UNC Pembroke (7–1)	Minnesota–Duluth (8–1)	Ferris State (8–2)	Fairmont State (10–1)	Valdosta State (8–3)	18.
19.	Minnesota–Duluth	CSU Pueblo (0–1)	Florida Tech (2–0)	Florida Tech (3–0) т	Minnesota State (3–1)	Slippery Rock (4–1)	Azusa Pacific (5–1)	Florida Tech (5–1)	Wayne State (7–1)	Ferris State (7–2)	Newberry (9–1)	Valdosta State (8–2)	Ashland (9–2)	19.
20.	Central Missouri	North Alabama (0–1)	North Alabama (0–1)	North Alabama (1–1) т	Harding (4–0)	Southwest Baptist (5–0)	Florida Tech (4–1)	UNC Pembroke (6–1)	Fairmont State (8–0)	Newberry (8–1)	Ashland (8–2)	Central Missouri (9–2)	Tuskegee (9–3)	20.
21.	Assumption	Augustana (SD) (1–0)	Minnesota State (1–1)	Minnesota State (2–1)	UNC Pembroke (4–0)	LIU Post (5–0)	UNC Pembroke (5–1)	Bemidji State (6–1)	Minnesota–Duluth (7–1)	Ashland (7–2)	Southwest Baptist (9–1)	Colorado Mines (9–2)	Central Missouri (9–3)	21.
22.	Catawba	Florida Tech (1–0)	Valdosta State (1–0)	Bemidji State (3–0)	Central Missouri (3–1)	Assumption (4–1)	Bemidji State (5–1)	Wayne State (6–1)	Ferris State (6–2)	Southwest Baptist (8–1)	Fairmont State (9–1)	Midwestern State (8–2)	Southwest Baptist (10–2)	22.
23.	Sioux Falls	Valdosta State (1–0)	Colorado Mesa (2–0)	Colorado Mines (2–1)	Emporia State (3–1)	Florida Tech (4–1)	Colorado Mesa (5–1)	Colorado Mesa (6–1)	Newberry (7–1)	Valdosta State (6–2)	Valdosta State (7–2)	Florida Tech (8–2)	Fairmont State (10–2)	23.
24.	Emporia State	Azusa Pacific (1–0)	Bemidji State (2–0)	Humboldt State (2–1)	California (PA) (3–0)	UNC Pembroke (4–1)	West Georgia (4–2)	Minnesota–Duluth (6–1)	Wingate (7–1)	Edinboro (8–1)	Central Missouri (8–2)	Azusa Pacific (9–2) т	Midwestern State (8–3)	24.
25.	Augustana (SD)	Colorado Mesa (1–0)	Humboldt State (1–1)	Harding (3–0)	Augustana (SD) (3–1)	Bemidji State (4–1) т	Wayne State (5–1)	Ferris State (5–2)	Notre Dame (OH) (7–1) т	Central Missouri (7–2)	Colorado Mines (8–2)	Colorado Mesa (9–2) т	Azusa Pacific (9–3)	25.
26.						Valdosta State (3–1) т			Southwest Baptist (7–1) т					26.
	Preseason [14]	Week 1 Sept 6 [15]	Week 2 Sept 13 [16]	Week 3 Sept 20 [17]	Week 4 Sept 27 [18]	Week 5 Oct 4 [19]	Week 6 Oct 11 [20]	Week 7 Oct 18 [21]	Week 8 Oct 25 [22]	Week 9 Nov 1 [23]	Week 10 Nov 8 [24]	Week 11 Nov 15 [25]	Week 12 Postseason [26]
		Dropped: 16 Indianapolis 19 Minnesota–Duluth 22 Catawba 24 Emporia State	Dropped: 19 CSU Pueblo	Dropped: 22 Valdosta State	Dropped: 22 Bemidji State 23 Colorado Mines 24 Humboldt State	Dropped: 19 Minnesota State 22 Central Missouri 25 Augustana (SD)	Dropped: 14 Ferris State 20 Southwest Baptist	Dropped: 16 Slippery Rock 23 Colorado Mesa 24 West Georgia	Dropped: 15 Henderson State 19 Florida Tech 21 Bemidji State	Dropped: 19 Wayne State 24 Wingate 25 Notre Dame (OH)	Dropped: 24 Edinboro	Dropped: 14 Tuskegee 15 Assumption	Dropped: 23 Florida Tech 25 Colorado Mesa

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