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| Season | 2022 |
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| Postseason | Single-elimination |
The 2022 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II football rankings consists primarily of The AFCA Coaches' Poll, determined by coaches part of NCAA Division II football programs. The following weekly polls determine the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division II level of college football for the 2022 season.
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(#–#) | Win–loss record | |
(Italics) | Number of first place votes | |
т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
| Preseason Aug 8 [1] | Week 1 Sep 6 [2] | Week 2 Sep 12 [3] | Week 3 Sep 19 [4] | Week 4 Sep 26 [5] | Week 5 Oct 3 [6] | Week 6 Oct 10 [7] | Week 7 Oct 17 [8] | Week 8 Oct 24 [9] | Week 9 Oct 31 [10] | Week 10 Nov 7 [11] | Week 11 Nov 14 [12] | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 (Final) | ||
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| 1. | Ferris State (30) | Ferris State (1–0) (28) | Ferris State (2–0) (29) | Ferris State (2–0) (29) | Ferris State (3–0) (29) | Ferris State (4–0) (29) | Ferris State (5–0) (28) | Grand Valley State (7–0) (29) | Grand Valley State (8–0) (28) | Grand Valley State (9–0) (28) | Grand Valley State (10–0) (28) | Grand Valley State (11–0) (27) | 1. | ||||
| 2. | NW Missouri State | NW Missouri State (1–0) | NW Missouri State (2–0) | NW Missouri State (3–0) | Grand Valley State (4–0) (1) | Grand Valley State (5–0) (1) | Grand Valley State (6–0) (2) | Angelo State (7–0) (1) | Angelo State (8–0) (2) | Angelo State (9–0) (2) | Angelo State (10–0) (2) | Angelo State (11–0) (3) | 2. | ||||
| 3. | Valdosta State | Valdosta State (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–0) (1) | Grand Valley State (3–0) (1) | Angelo State (4–0) | Angelo State (5–0) | Angelo State (6–0) | Shepherd (7–0) | Shepherd (8–0) | Shepherd (9–0) | Shepherd (10–0) | Ouachita Baptist (11–0) | 3. | ||||
| 4. | Colorado Mines | Grand Valley State (1–0) (1) | Shepherd (2–0) | Angelo State (3–0) | Shepherd (4–0) | Shepherd (5–0) | Shepherd (6–0) | Ouachita Baptist (7–0) | Ouachita Baptist (8–0) | Ouachita Baptist (9–0) | Ouachita Baptist (10–0) | Pittsburg State (11–0) | 4. | ||||
| 5. | Grand Valley State | Shepherd (1–0) | Angelo State (2–0) | Shepherd (3–0) | West Georgia (3–0) | Ouachita Baptist (5–0) | Ouachita Baptist (6–0) | Pittsburg State (7–0) | Pittsburg State (8–0) | Pittsburg State (9–0) | Pittsburg State (10–0) | Ferris State (9–1) | 5. | ||||
| 6. | Shepherd | Angelo State (1–0) | West Florida (2–0) | West Florida (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (4–0) | Ashland (4–0) | Ashland (5–0) | Ashland (6–0) | Ashland (7–0) | Delta State (9–0) | Ferris State (8–1) | West Florida (9–1) | 6. | ||||
| 7. | Angelo State | West Florida (1–0) | Harding (2–0) | Harding (3–0) | Newberry (4–0) | Pittsburg State (5–0) | Pittsburg State (6–0) | Ferris State (5–1) | Ferris State (6–1) | Ferris State (7–1) | West Florida (8–1) | Benedict (11–0) | 7. | ||||
| 8. | Bowie State | Harding (1–0) | West Georgia (2–0) | West Georgia (2–0) | Slippery Rock (4–0) | Indianapolis (4–0) | Indianapolis (5–0) | Delta State (7–0) | Delta State (8–0) | West Florida (7–1) | Benedict (10–0) | NW Missouri State (9–2) | 8. | ||||
| 9. | Harding | Bowie State (1–0) | Newberry (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (3–0) | Ashland (3–0) | NW Missouri State (4–1) | West Florida (4–1) | West Florida (5–1) | West Florida (6–1) | Benedict (9–0) | Slippery Rock (9–1) | Delta State (10–1) | 9. | ||||
| 10. | Notre Dame (OH) | West Georgia (1–0) | Ouachita Baptist (2–0) | Newberry (3–0) | Pittsburg State (4–0) | West Florida (3–1) | Delta State (6–0) | Virginia Union (7–0) | Virginia Union (8–0) | Slippery Rock (8–1) | NW Missouri State (8–2) | Colorado Mines (9–2) | 10. | ||||
| 11. | West Florida | Nebraska–Kearney (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | Augustana (SD) (4–0) | Harding (4–1) | Virginia Union (6–0) | Sioux Falls (7–0) | IUP (7–0) | NW Missouri State (7–2) | Colorado Mines (8–2) | Shepherd (10–1) | 11. | ||||
| 12. | West Georgia | Colorado Mines (0–1) | Ashland (2–0) | Ashland (2–0) | NW Missouri State (3–1) | Virginia Union (5–0) | Harding (5–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–1) | Newberry (7–1) | Colorado Mines (7–2) | Delta State (9–1) | Ashland (9–1) | 12. | ||||
| 13. | Kutztown | Newberry (1–0) | Augustana (SD) (2–0) | Augustana (SD) (3–0) | Valdosta State (3–1) | Delta State (5–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (5–1) | IUP (6–0) | NW Missouri State (6–2) т | Davenport (8–0) | Ashland (8–1) | Indianapolis (9–1) | 13. | ||||
| 14. | Nebraska–Kearney | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | West Texas A&M (2–0) | Pittsburg State (3–0) | Indianapolis (3–0) т | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–1) | Sioux Falls (6–0) | NW Missouri State (5–2) | Slippery Rock (7–1) т | Ashland (7–1) | Indianapolis (8–1) | Virginia Union (9–1) | 14. | ||||
| 15. | Newberry | Albany State (1–0) | Valdosta State (1–1) | Valdosta State (2–1) | West Florida (2–1) т | West Georgia (3–1) | IUP (5–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–0) | Benedict (8–0) | Indianapolis (7–1) | Virginia Union (9–1) | IUP (9–1) | 15. | ||||
| 16. | New Haven | Ouachita Baptist (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Indianapolis (2–0) | Harding (3–1) | Notre Dame (OH) (4–1) | NW Missouri State (4–2) | Newberry (6–1) | Colorado Mines (6–2) | Virginia Union (8–1) | West Georgia (7–2) | West Georgia (8–2) | 16. | ||||
| 17. | Western Colorado | California (PA) (1–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (1–1) | Notre Dame (OH) (2–1) | Saginaw Valley State (4–0) | Sioux Falls (5–0) | Newberry (5–1) | Slippery Rock (6–1) | Indianapolis (6–1) | Harding (7–2) т | Harding (8–2) | Harding (9–2) | 17. | ||||
| 18. | Albany State | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–1) | Notre Dame (OH) (3–1) | IUP (4–0) | Slippery Rock (5–1) | Benedict (7–0) т | Davenport (7–0) | IUP (7–1) т | Davenport (8–1) | Newberry (9–2) | 18. | ||||
| 19. | Lenoir–Rhyne т | Augustana (SD) (1–0) | Indianapolis (1–0) | Saginaw Valley State (3–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–1) | Newberry (4–1) | Colorado Mines (4–2) | Colorado Mines (7–0) т | Sioux Falls (7–1) | West Georgia (6–2) | IUP (8–1) | Minnesota State (9–2) | 19. | ||||
| 20. | Ouachita Baptist т | Ashland (1–0) | Bowie State (1–1) | Albany State (2–1) | Virginia Union (4–0) | Slippery Rock (4–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (6–0) | Indianapolis (5–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–1) | Wingate (8–1) | Truman State (8–1) | Slippery Rock (9–2) | 20. | ||||
| 21. | California (PA) | CSU Pueblo (1–0) т | Albany State (1–1) т | Colorado Mines (1–2) | Albany State (3–1) | Colorado Mines (3–2) | Albany State (5–1) | Augustana (SD) (6–1) | Harding (6–2) | Truman State (7–1) | Newberry (8–2) | Davenport (8–2) | 21. | ||||
| 22. | Bemidji State | Notre Dame (OH) (0–1) т | Colorado Mines (0–2) т | Virginia Union (3–0) | Colorado Mines (2–2) | Albany State (4–1) т | Nebraska–Kearney (5–1) | Davenport (6–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–2) | Newberry (7–2) | Emporia State (8–2) | Wingate (9–2) | 22. | ||||
| 23. | Slippery Rock | West Texas A&M (1–0) | Saginaw Valley State (2–0) | New Haven (2–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (3–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–0) т | Benedict (6–0) | Harding (5–2) | Saginaw Valley State (6–2) | Emporia State (7–2) | Minnesota State (8–2) | Truman State (8–2) | 23. | ||||
| 24. | Midwestern State | New Haven (0–1) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Henderson State (3–0) | New Haven (3–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (4–1) | Augustana (SD) (4–2) | Saginaw Valley State (5–2) | West Georgia (5–2) | Minnesota State (7–2) | Henderson State 8–2) | Emporia State (8–3) т | 24. | ||||
| 25. | Augustana (SD) | Indianapolis (1–0) | New Haven (1–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (2–1) | Delta State (4–0) | Saginaw Valley State (4–1) | West Georgia (3–2) | West Georgia (4–2) | New Haven (6–1) | Sioux Falls (7–2) | Winona State (8–2) | Notre Dame (OH) т | 25. | ||||
| Preseason Aug 8 [13] | Week 1 Sep 6 [14] | Week 2 Sep 12 [15] | Week 3 Sep 19 [16] | Week 4 Sep 26 [17] | Week 5 Oct 3 [18] | Week 6 Oct 10 [19] | Week 7 Oct 17 [20] | Week 8 Oct 24 [21] | Week 9 Oct 31 [22] | Week 10 Nov 7 [23] | Week 11 Nov 14 [24] | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 (Final) | ||
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