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| Season | 2024 |
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| Postseason | Single-elimination |
| Preseason No. 1 | Harding |
The 2024 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 2024 season.
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| Not ranked previous week or no change | ||
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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 August 12 [1] | Week 2 September 9 [2] | Week 3 September 16 [3] | Week 4 September 23 [4] | Week 5 September 30 [5] | Week 6 October 7 [6] | Week 7 October 14 [7] | Week 8 October 21 [8] | Week 9 October 28 [9] | Week 10 November 4 [10] | Week 11 November 11 [11] | Week 12 | Week 13 (Final) | ||
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| 1. | Harding (25) | Harding (1–0) (27) | Harding (2–0) (27) | Harding (3–0) (29) | Harding (4–0) (29) | Harding (5–0) (30) | Harding (6–0) (30) | Grand Valley State (7–0) (27) | Valdosta State (7–0) (18) | Valdosta State (8–0) (24) | Valdosta State (9–0) (25) | 1. | ||
| 2. | Central Missouri | Central Missouri (1–0) (1) | Grand Valley State (2–0) (1) | Grand Valley State (3–0) | Grand Valley State (4–0) | Grand Valley State (5–0) | Grand Valley State (6–0) | Valdosta State (7–0) (3) | Ferris State (7–1) (8) | Ferris State (8–1) (6) | Ferris State (9–1) (5) | 2. | ||
| 3. | Ferris State (1) | Grand Valley State (1–0) (1) | Valdosta State (3–0) | Valdosta State (4–0) | Valdosta State (4–0) | Valdosta State (5–0) | Valdosta State (6–0) | Ferris State (6–1) | Ouachita Baptist (8–0) (2) | Kutztown (9–0) | Kutztown (10–0) | 3. | ||
| 4. | Grand Valley State (1) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Colorado Mines (2–0) | Colorado Mines (3–0) | Colorado Mines (4–0) | Ferris State (4–1) | Ferris State (5–1) | Kutztown (7–0) | Kutztown (8–0) | Harding (8–1) | Harding (9–1) | 4. | ||
| 5. | Colorado Mines | Colorado Mines (1–0) | Ferris State (2–1) | Ferris State (2–1) | Ferris State (3–1) | Kutztown (5–0) | Kutztown (6–0) | Ouachita Baptist (7–0) | Pittsburgh State (7–1) (1) | Grand Valley State (8–1) | Grand Valley State (9–1) | 5. | ||
| 6. | Pittsburg State | Valdosta State (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–0) | Slippery Rock (5–0) | Slippery Rock (6–0) | Pittsburg State (6–1) | Harding (7–1) | Charleston (WV) (9–0) | Charleston (WV) (10–0) | 6. | ||
| 7. | Valdosta State | Ferris State (1–1) | Kutztown (2–0) | Minnesota State (4–0) | Minnesota State (5–0) | Pittsburg State (4–1) | Pittsburg State (5–1) | Harding (6–1) | Grand Valley State (7–1) | CSU Pueblo (8–1) | CSU Pueblo (9–1) | 7. | ||
| 8. | Central Washington | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | Minnesota State (3–0) | Kutztown (3–0) | Kutztown (4–0) | Western Colorado (5–0) | Western Colorado (6–0) | Western Colorado (7–0) | Western Colorado (8–0) | Central Oklahoma (8–1) | Central Oklahoma (9–1) | 8. | ||
| 9. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Kutztown (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) (1) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | Slippery Rock (4–0) | Central Washington (4–1) | Ouachita Baptist (6–0) | Central Oklahoma (7–0) | Charleston (WV) (8–0) | Ouachita Baptist (8–1) | Ouachita Baptist (9–1) | 9. | ||
| 10. | Kutztown | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–1) | Pittsburg State (3–1) | Pittsburg State (3–1) | Ouachita Baptist (5–00 | West Alabama (5–0) | Colorado Mines (6–1) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | Slippery Rock (7–1) | Western Colorado (9–1) | 10. | ||
| 11. | Slippery Rock | Minnesota State (2–0) | Central Missouri (1–1) | Emporia State (4–0) | Central Washington (3–1) | West Alabama (4–0) | Central Oklahoma (6–0) | Charleston (WV) (7–0) | Emporia State (7–1) | Western Colorado (8–1) | Slippery Rock (8–1) | 11. | ||
| 12. | West Florida | West Florida (1–0) | West Florida (1–0) | Central Missouri (2–1) | Central Missouri (3–1) | Colorado Mines (4–1) | Colorado Mines (5–1) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–1) | West Alabama (7–1) | West Alabama (8–1) | 12. | ||
| 13. | Minnesota State | Central Washington (0–1) | Emporia State (3–0) | Central Washington (2–1) | Western Colorado (4–0) | Central Oklahoma (5–0) | Charleston (WV) (6–0) | Minnesota State (6–1) | Central Oklahoma (7–1) | Pittsburg State (7–2) | Pittsburg State (7–2) | 13. | ||
| 14. | Augustana (SD) | Augustana (SD) (1–0) | Central Washington (1–1) | Western Colorado (3–0) | Ouachita Baptist (4–0) | Charleston (WV) (5–0) | CSU Pueblo (6–1) | Emporia State (6–1) | Slippery Rock (6–1) | Colorado Mines (7–2) | Indianapolis (9–1) | 14. | ||
| 15. | Western Colorado | Western Colorado (1–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Indianapolis (3–0) | West Alabama (4–0) | Minnesota State (5–1) | Minnesota State (6–1) | Slippery Rock (6–1) | West Alabama (6–1) | Indianapolis (8–1) | Augustana (SD) (8–2) | 15. | ||
| 16. | Indianapolis | Indianapolis (1–0) | Indianapolis (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (3–0) | Charleston (WV) (4–0) | CSU Pueblo (5–1) | Emporia State (6–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–1) | Johnson C. Smith (8–0) | Augustana (SD) (7–2) | West Florida (7–2) | 16. | ||
| 17. | Minnesota Duluth | Delta State (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (2–0) | West Alabama (4–0) | Central Oklahoma (4–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (5–1) | Carson–Newman (7–0) | Central Washington (6–2) | West Florida (6–2) | California (PA) (8–1) | 17. | ||
| 18. | Delta State | Ouachita Baptist (1–0) | Augustana (SD) (1–1) | Augustana (SD) (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (4–1) т | Emporia State (5–1) | Carson–Newman (6–0) | West Alabama (5–1) | Colorado Mines (6–2) | California (PA) (7–1) т | Minnesota State (8–2) | 18. | ||
| 19. | Ouachita Baptist | Minnesota Duluth (1–0) | Charleston (WV) (2–0) | Charleston (WV) (3–0) | Emporia State (4–1) т | Delta State (4–1) | Indianapolis (5–1) | Johnson C. Smith (7–0) | Indianapolis (7–1) | Minnesota State (7–2) т | Carson–Newman (9–1) | 19. | ||
| 20. | Virginia Union | Charleston (WV) (2–0) | Henderson State (2–0) | Henderson State (3–0) | Delta State (3–1) | Findlay (5–0) | Johnson C. Smith (6–0) | Central Washington (5–2) | Augustana (SD) (6–2) | Emporia State (7–2) | Lenoir–Rhyne (8–2) | 20. | ||
| 21. | UT Permian Basin | Emporia State (2–0) | Virginia Union (1–1) | West Florida (1–1) | IUP (4–0) | Indianapolis (4–1) | Central Washington (4–2) | Indianapolis (6–1) | West Florida (5–2) | Carson–Newman (8–1) т | Angelo State (8–2) | 21. | ||
| 22. | NW Missouri State | CSU Pueblo (2–0) | CSU Pueblo (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (3–1) | Indianapolis (3–1) | Johnson C. Smith (6–0) | Frostburg State (6–0) | Southern Arkansas (6–1) | Minnesota State (6–2) | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–2) т | Findlay (9–1) | 22. | ||
| 23. | Charleston (WV) | Virginia Union (1–1) | West Alabama (3–0) | Central Oklahoma (3–0) | Findlay (4–0) | Carson–Newman (5–0) | West Florida (3–2) | West Florida (4–2) | California (PA) (7–1) | Angelo State (7–2) | Wingate (8–1) | 23. | ||
| 24. | Angelo State | Henderson State (1–0) | Delta State (2–1) т | Delta State (3–1) | Johnson C. Smith (5–0) | Frostburg State (5–0) | Southern Arkansas (5–1) | Delta State (5–2) | Carson–Newman (7–1) | Findlay (8–1) т | Colorado Mines (7–3) | 24. | ||
| 25. | Bemidji State | Fort Hays State (2–0) | Wingate (2–0) т | IUP (3–0) | Carson–Newman (4–0) | IUP (4–1) | Henderson State (5–1) | Augustana (SD) (5–2) | Findlay (7–1) | Wingate (7–1) т | Central Washington (7–3) | 25. | ||
| Preseason August 12 [12] | Week 2 September 9 [13] | Week 3 September 16 [14] | Week 4 September 23 [15] | Week 5 September 30 [16] | Week 6 October 7 [17] | Week 7 October 14 [18] | Week 8 October 21 [19] | Week 9 October 28 [20] | Week 10 November 4 [21] | Week 11 November 11 [22] | Week 12 | Week 13 (Final) | ||
| Dropped: UT Permian Basin NW Missouri State Angelo State Bemidji State | Dropped: Minnesota Duluth Fort Hays State | Dropped: Virginia Union Wingate | Dropped: Augustana (SD) Henderson State West Florida | Dropped: Central Missouri | Dropped: Delta State Findlay IUP | Dropped: Frostburg State Henderson State | Dropped: Southern Arkansas Delta State | Dropped: Johnson C. Smith Central Washington | Dropped: Emporia State | None | None |
| Preseason August 18 [23] | Week 1 September 2 [24] | Week 2 September 9 [25] | Week 3 September 16 [26] | Week 4 September 23 [27] | Week 5 September 30 [28] | Week 6 October 7 [29] | Week 7 October 14 [30] | Week 8 October 21 [31] | Week 9 October 28 [32] | Week 10 November 4 [33] | Week 11 November 11 [34] | Week 12 | Week 13 (Final) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Harding | Harding (0–0) | Harding (1–0) | Harding (2–0) | Harding (3–0) | Harding (4–0) | Harding (5–0) | Harding (6–0) | Grand Valley State (7–0) | Pittsburg State (7–1) | Ferris State (8–1) | Ferris State (9–1) | 1. | ||
| 2. | Central Missouri | Central Missouri (0–0) | Central Missouri (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) | Valdosta State (7–0) | Ferris State (7–1) | Valdosta State (8–0) | Valdosta State (9–0) | 2. | ||
| 3. | Ferris State | Pittsburg State (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Valdosta State (2–0) | Valdosta State (4–0) | Valdosta State (4–0) | Valdosta State (5–0) | Valdosta State (6–0) | Pittsburg State (6–1) | Valdosta State (7–0) | Kutztown (9–0) | Kutztown (10–0) | 3. | ||
| 4. | Pittsburg State | Grand Valley State (0–0) | Grand Valley State (1–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Minnesota State (4–0) | Minnesota State (5–0) | Pittsburg State (4–1) | Pittsburg State (5–1) | Ferris State (6–1) | Kutztown (8–0) | Grand Valley State (8–1) | Grand Valley State (9–1) | 4. | ||
| 5. | Grand Valley State | Valdosta State (1–0) | Valdosta State (2–0) | Colorado Mines (2–0) | Pittsburg State (3–1) | Pittsburg State (3–1) | Ferris State (4–1) | Ferris State (5–1) | Kutztown (7–0) | Ouachita Baptist (8–0) | Harding (8–1) | Harding (9–1) | 5. | ||
| 6. | Valdosta State | Colorado Mines (0–0) | Colorado Mines (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–1) | Ferris State (2–1) | Ferris State (3–1) | Kutztown (5–0) | Kutztown (6–0) | Central Oklahoma (7–0) | Grand Valley State (7–1) | CSU Pueblo (8–1) | CSU Pueblo (9–1) | 6. | ||
| 7. | Colorado Mines | Central Washington (0–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Ferris State (2–1) | Colorado Mines (3–0) | Colorado Mines (4–0) | Central Washington (4–1) | Slippery Rock (6–0) | Ouachita Baptist (7–0) | Harding (7–1) | Central Oklahoma (8–1) | Central Oklahoma (9–1) | 7. | ||
| 8. | Central Washington | Minnesota State (1–0) | Ferris State (1–1) | Kutztown (2–0) | Kutztown (3–0) | Kutztown (4–0) | Slippery Rock (5–0) | Central Oklahoma (6–0) | Harding (6–1) | Western Colorado (8–0) | Pittsburg State (7–2) | Pittsburg State (7–2) | 8. | ||
| 9. | Kutztown | Ferris State (0–1) | Kutztown (1–0) | Central Washington (1–1) | Central Washington (2–1) | Central Washington (3–1) | Minnesota State (5–1) | Minnesota State (6–1) | Minnesota State (6–1) | Central Oklahoma (7–1) | Charleston (WV) (9–0) | Charleston (WV) (10–0) | 9. | ||
| 10. | Slippery Rock | Kutztown (0–0) | Central Washington (0–1) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | Slippery Rock (4–0) | Western Colorado (5–0) | Western Colorado (6–0) | Western Colorado (7–0) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | Augustana (SD) (7–2) | Augustana (SD) (8–2) | 10. | ||
| 11. | Minnesota State | Slippery Rock (0–0) | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Central Missouri (1–1) | Central Missouri (2–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–0) | Central Oklahoma (5–0) | Ouachita Baptist (6–0) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | Central Washington (6–2) | Western Colorado (8–1) | Western Colorado (9–1) | 11. | ||
| 12. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Delta State (1–0) | Delta State (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0) | Western Colorado (4–0) | Ouachita Baptist (5–0) | West Alabama (5–0) | Colorado Mines (6–1) | Charleston (WV) (8–0) | Ouachita Baptist (8–1) | Ouachita Baptist (9–1) | 12. | ||
| 13. | West Florida | Lenoir–Rhyne (0–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | West Florida (1–0) | Western Colorado (3–0) | Central Missouri (3–1) | West Alabama (4–0) | CSU Pueblo (6–1) | Central Washington (5–2) | Emporia State (7–1) | Slippery Rock (7–1) | Slippery Rock (8–1) | 13. | ||
| 14. | Delta State | West Florida (0–0) | West Florida (1–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Indianapolis (3–0) | Ouachita Baptist (4–0) | CSU Pueblo (5–1) | Colorado Mines (5–1) | Charleston (WV) (7–0) | Augustana (SD) (6–2) | West Alabama (7–1) | West Alabama (8–1) | 14. | ||
| 15. | Indianapolis | UT Permian Basin (1–0) | Indianapolis (1–0) | Indianapolis (2–0) | Emporia State (4–0) | West Alabama (4–0) | Colorado Mines (4–1) | Central Washington (4–2) | Emporia State (6–1) | Slippery Rock (6–1) | Minnesota State (7–2) | Minnesota State (8–2) | 15. | ||
| 16. | UT Permian Basin | Indianapolis (0–0) | Western Colorado (1–0) | Ouachita Baptist (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (3–0) | Bemidji State (4–1) | Charleston (WV) (5–0) | Charleston (WV) (6–0) | Slippery Rock (6–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–1) | Indianapolis (8–1) | Indianapolis (9–1) | 16. | ||
| 17. | Ouachita Baptist | Ouachita Baptist (0–0) | Ouachita Baptist (1–0) | Henderson State (2–0) | Henderson State (3–0) | Central Oklahoma (4–0) | Emporia State (5–1) | Emporia State (6–1) | Carson–Newman (7–0) | West Alabama (6–1) | California (PA) (7–1) | California (PA) (8–1) | 17. | ||
| 18. | Virginia Union | Virginia Union (1–0) | Augustana (SD) (1–0) | Emporia State (3–0) | West Alabama (4–0) | Charleston (WV) (4–0) | Carson–Newman (5–0) | Carson–Newman (6–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–1) | Minnesota State (6–2) | Wingate (7–1) | Wingate (8–1) | 18. | ||
| 19. | Western Colorado | Western Colorado (1–0) | Henderson State (1–0) | Augustana (SD) (1–1) | Augustana (SD) (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (4–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (5–1) | West Alabama (5–1) | Johnson C. Smith (8–0) | Emporia State (7–2) | Angelo State (8–2) | 19. | ||
| 20. | Bemidji State | Bemidji State (1–0) | Minnesota Duluth (1–0) | Virginia Union (1–1) | West Florida (1–1) | Emporia State (4–1) | Augustana (SD) (3–2) | Augustana (SD) (4–2) | Augustana (SD) (5–2) | Colorado Mines (6–2) | Angelo State (7–2) | Carson–Newman (9–1) | 20. | ||
| 21. | Augustana (SD) | Augustana (SD) (0–0) | Fort Hays State (2–0) | Bemidji State (2–1) | Bemidji State (3–1) | Carson–Newman (4–0) | Johnson C. Smith (6–0) | Johnson C. Smith (6–0) | Johnson C. Smith (7–0) | Indianapolis (7–1) | Colorado Mines (7–2) | West Florida (7–2) | 21. | ||
| 22. | NW Missouri State | Henderson State (0–0) | Virginia Union (1–1) | Charleston (WV) (2–0) | Charleston (WV) (3–0) | Indianapolis (3–1) | Indianapolis (4–1) | Indianapolis (5–1) | Indianapolis (6–1) | California (PA) (7–1) | Carson–Newman (8–1) | East Stroudsburg (9–1) | 22. | ||
| 23. | Henderson State | Minnesota Duluth (1–0) | Bemidji State (1–1) | Wingate (2–0) | Central Oklahoma (3–0) | Johnson C. Smith (5–0) | Findlay (5–0) | Saginaw Valley State (5–1) | Wayne State (NE) (6–1) | Emory & Henry (7–1) | Sioux Falls (7–2) | Fort Hays State (7–3) | 23. | ||
| 24. | Charleston (WV) | Fort Hays State (1–0) | Charleston (WV) (2–0) | Delta State (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (3–1) | IUP (4–0) | Saginaw Valley State (4–1) | Wayne State (NE) (5–1) | California (PA) (6–1) | Sioux Falls (7–2) | Saginaw Valley State (7–2) | Central Missouri (7–3) | 24. | ||
| 25. | Minnesota Duluth | Charleston (WV) (1–0) | CSU Pueblo (2–0) | Central Oklahoma (2–0) | Carson–Newman (3–0) | Augustana (SD) (2–2) | Delta State (4–1) | Frostburg State (6–0) | Southern Arkansas (6–1) | Carson–Newman (7–1) | Johnson C. Smith (8–1) | Miles (8–1) | 25. | ||
| Preseason August 18 [35] | Week 1 September 2 [36] | Week 2 September 9 [37] | Week 3 September 16 [38] | Week 4 September 23 [39] | Week 5 September 30 [40] | Week 6 October 7 [41] | Week 7 October 14 [42] | Week 8 October 21 [43] | Week 9 October 28 [44] | Week 10 November 4 [45] | Week 11 November 11 [46] | Week 12 | Week 13 (Final) | ||
| Dropped: NW Missouri State | Dropped: UT Permian Basin | Dropped: Minnesota Duluth Fort Hays State CSU Pueblo | Dropped: Virginia Union Wingate Delta State | Dropped: Henderson State West Florida | Dropped: Central Missouri Bemidji State IUP | Dropped: Findlay Delta State | Dropped: Saginaw Valley State Frostburg State | Dropped: Wayne State (NE) Southern Arkansas | Dropped: Central Washington Lenoir–Rhyne Emory & Henry | Dropped: Emporia State Colorado Mines Sioux Falls Saginaw Valley State Johnson C. Smith | None | None |
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The 2023 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) football rankings consists of two human polls, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), college football's governing body, the NCAA, bestows the national championship title through a 24-team tournament. The following weekly polls determine the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2023 season. The STATS poll is voted by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.
The 2023 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 2023 season.
The 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) football rankings consists of two human polls, in addition to various publications' preseason polls. Unlike the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), college football's governing body, the NCAA, bestows the national championship title thorough a 24-team tournament. The following weekly polls determine the top 25 teams at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football for the 2024 season. The STATS poll is voted on by media members while the Coaches' Poll is determined by coaches at the FCS level.
Two human polls and a committee's selections comprise the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III football rankings for the 2024 season. Unlike in Division I's Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the NCAA, Division III's college football's governing body, bestows a national championship on the winner of the Stagg Bowl – the championship round of a 32-team postseason tournament. The main weekly poll that begins in the preseason is the D3football.com Poll which ranks the top 25 colleges in Division III football. For the first time in AFCA history they released a preseason poll for DIII in 2024.