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| Season | 2025 |
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| Postseason | Single-elimination |
| Preseason No. 1 | Ferris State |
The 2025 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 2025 season.
| Increase in ranking | ||
| Decrease in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week or no change | ||
| Selected for College Football Playoff | ||
(#–#) | Win–loss record | |
(Italics) | Number of first place votes | |
т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |
| Preseason August 11 [1] | Week 1 September 2 [2] | Week 2 September 8 [3] | Week 3 September 15 [4] | Week 4 September 22 [5] | Week 5 September 29 [6] | Week 6 October 6 [7] | Week 7 October 13 [8] | Week 8 October 20 [9] | Week 9 October 27 [10] | Week 10 November 3 [11] | Week 11 November 10 [12] | Week 12 November 17 | Week 13 (Final) December 22 | ||
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| 1. | Ferris State (30) | Ferris State (1–0) (31) | Ferris State (2–0) (31) | Ferris State (3–0) (31) | Ferris State (4–0) (31) | Ferris State (4–0) (31) | Ferris State (5–0) (31) | Ferris State (6–0) (31) | Ferris State (7–0) (30) | Ferris State (8–0) (31) | Ferris State (9–0) (31) | Ferris State (10–0) (29) | 1. | ||
| 2. | Harding | Harding (0–0) | Harding (1–0) | Harding (2–0) | Harding (3–0) | Harding (4–0) | Harding (5–0) | Harding (6–0) | Harding (7–0) | Harding (8–0) | Harding (9–0) | Harding (10–0) (2) | 2. | ||
| 3. | Grand Valley State | Grand Valley State (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–0) | West Florida (3–0) | West Florida (4–0) | West Florida (4–0) | West Florida (5–0) | West Florida (6–0) | West Florida (7–0) | West Florida (8–0) | West Florida (9–0) | West Florida (9–0) | 3. | ||
| 4. | Slippery Rock (1) | Slippery Rock (0–0) | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | Kutztown (4–0) | Kutztown (5–0) | Kutztown (6–0) | Kutztown (7–0) | Kutztown (8–0) | Kutztown (9–0) | Kutztown (10–0) | 4. | ||
| 5. | Central Oklahoma | CSU Pueblo (1–0) | West Florida (2–0) | Kutztown (2–0) | Kutztown (3–0) | Angelo State (4–0) | Western Colorado (5–0) | Western Colorado (6–0) | Augustana (SD) (7–0) | Augustana (SD) (8–0) | Augustana (SD) (9–0) | CSU Pueblo (9–1) | 5. | ||
| 6. | CSU Pueblo | West Florida (1–0) | Kutztown (1–0) | Angelo State (3–0) | Angelo State (4–0) | California (PA) (4–0) | UT Permian Basin (5–0) | Augustana (SD) (7–0) | Western Colorado (7–0) | Western Colorado (8–0) | CSU Pueblo (8–1) | Central Washington (9–1) | 6. | ||
| 7. | Kutztown | Kutztown (0–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Western Colorado (3–0) | Western Colorado (4–0) | Augustana (SD) (6–0) | Grand Valley State (4–1) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | Central Washington (8–1) | Pittsburg State (8–2) | 7. | ||
| 8. | West Florida | Minnesota State (1–0) | Angelo State (2–0) | California (PA) (2–0) | California (PA) (3–0) | Augustana (SD) (5–0) | Grand Valley State (3–1) | West Alabama (5–0) | Central Washington (6–1) | Central Washington (7–1) | Pittsburg State (7–2) | Findlay (10–0) | 8. | ||
| 9. | Pittsburg State | Western Colorado (1–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Augustana (SD) (3–0) | Augustana (SD) (4–0) | UT Permian Basin (4–0) | West Alabama (5–0) | CSU Pueblo (6–1) | Minnesota State (6–1) | Pittsburg State (6–2) | Findlay (9–0) | Virginia Union (9–1) | 9. | ||
| 10. | Western Colorado | Angelo State (1–0) | California (PA) (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | Minnesota Duluth (6–0) | Central Washington (5–1) | Pittsburg State (6–2) | Virginia Union (7–1) | Virginia Union (8–1) | Indianapolis (9–1) | 10. | ||
| 11. | Minnesota State | Valdosta State (1–0) | Augustana (SD) (2–0) | UT Permian Basin (2–0) | UT Permian Basin (3–0) | West Alabama (5–0) | CSU Pueblo (5–1) | Minnesota State (6–1) | West Alabama (5–1) | Findlay (8–0) | Western Colorado (8–1) | Minnesota Duluth (9–1) | 11. | ||
| 12. | Valdosta State | Charleston (WV) (1–0) | UT Permian Basin (2–0) | CSU Pueblo (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (3–1) | CSU Pueblo (4–1) | Angelo State (4–1) | Pittsburg State (5–2) | Virginia Union (6–1) | Indianapolis (7–1) | Indianapolis (8–1) | Northwest Missouri State (9–1) | 12. | ||
| 13. | Angelo State | Pittsburg State (0–1) | Virginia Union (1–0) | West Alabama (3–0) | West Alabama (4–0) | Minnesota Duluth (5–0) | Central Washington (4–1) | UT Permian Basin (5–1) | Indianapolis (7–1) | Minnesota Duluth (7–1) | Minnesota Duluth (8–1) | Augustana (SD) (9–1) | 13. | ||
| 14. | Charleston (WV) | California (PA) (0–0) | CSU Pueblo (1–1) | Minnesota State (2–1) | Minnesota State (3–1) | Slippery Rock (3–1) | Minnesota State (5–1) | Virginia Union (5–1) | Findlay (7–0) | Northwest Missouri State (7–1) | Northwest Missouri State (8–1) | Minnesota State (8–2) | 14. | ||
| 15. | California (PA) | Ouachita Baptist (0–0) | Central Oklahoma (1–1) | Central Oklahoma (1–1) | Central Oklahoma (2–1) | Minnesota State (4–1) | Pittsburg State (4–2) | Indianapolis (6–1) | Minnesota Duluth (6–1) | Delta State (7–1) | Ashland (8–1) | UT Permian Basin (8–2) | 15. | ||
| 16. | Bemidji State | Virginia Union (1–0) | Delta State (2–0) | Minnesota Duluth (3–0) | Minnesota Duluth (4–0) | Central Washington (3–1) | California (PA) (4–1) | Findlay (6–0) т | Northwest Missouri State (6–1) | Angelo State (6–2) | Minnesota State (7–2) | Johnson C. Smith (9–1) | 16. | ||
| 17. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Indianapolis (1–0) | West Alabama (2–0) | Central Washington (1–1) | Central Washington (2–1) | Pittsburg State (3–2) | Virginia Union (4–1) | Minnesota Duluth (6–1) т | Delta State (6–1) | Ashland (7–1) | UT Permian Basin (7–2) | Albany State (9–1) | 17. | ||
| 18. | Ouachita Baptist | Central Washington (1–0) | Central Washington (1–1) т | Pittsburg State (1–2) | Pittsburg State (2–2) | Virginia Union (3–1) | Indianapolis (5–1) | Delta State (5–1) | Grand Valley State (4–2) | Minnesota State (6–2) | Johnson C. Smith (8–1) | Western Colorado (8–2) | 18. | ||
| 19. | Virginia Union | Central Oklahoma (0–1) | Charleston (WV) (1–1) т | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–1) | Wingate (3–0) | Indianapolis (4–1) | Findlay (5–0) | Northwest Missouri State (5–1) | Angelo State (5–2) | Johnson C. Smith (7–1) | Albany State (8–1) | Newberry (9–1) | 19. | ||
| 20. | Indianapolis | Augustana (SD) (1–0) | Ashland (1–0) | Valdosta State (2–1) | Valdosta State (2–1) | Delta State (4–1) | Delta State (5–1) | UNC Pembroke (6–1) | Ashland (6–1) | UT Permian Basin (6–2) | Slippery Rock (6–2) | Ashland (8–2) | 20. | ||
| 21. | Central Washington | UT Permian Basin (1–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–1) | Johnson C. Smith (3–0) | Virginia Union (2–1) | Findlay (4–0) | Frostburg State (5–0) | Angelo State (4–2) | Benedict (7–0) | West Alabama (5–2) | Delta State (7–2) | Grand Valley State (6–3) | 21. | ||
| 22. | Central Missouri | Delta State (1–0) | Valdosta State (1–1) | Virginia Union (1–1) | Indianapolis (3–1) | Carson–Newman (3–1) | Northwest Missouri State (4–1) | Ashland (5–1) | Johnson C. Smith (6–1) | Slippery Rock (5–2) | Angelo State (6–3) | Chadron State (8–2) | 22. | ||
| 23. | Augustana (SD) | Ashland (1–0) | Carson–Newman (1–0) | Wingate (2–0) | Delta State (3–1) | Frostburg State (4–0) | UNC Pembroke (5–1) | Johnson C. Smith (5–1) | UT Permian Basin (5–2) | Albany State (7–1) | Grand Valley State (5–3) | Benedict (9–1) | 23. | ||
| 24. | Ashland т | Lenoir–Rhyne (0–1) | Minnesota Duluth (2–0) т | Michigan Tech (3–0) | Henderson State (3–0) | Northwest Missouri State (4–1) | Ashland (4–1) т Johnson C. Smith (5–1) т | Benedict (6–0) | Slippery Rock (5–2) | Frostburg State (7–1) | Assumption (7–1) | Western Oregon (8–2) | 24. | ||
| 25. | Miles т | West Alabama (1–0) | Pittsburg State (0–2) т | Sioux Falls (3–0) | Findlay (3–0) | UNC Pembroke (4–1) | Slippery Rock (3–2) т | Slippery Rock (4–2) | Southern Arkansas (6–1) | Grand Valley State (4–3) | Newberry (8–1) | UNC Pembroke (8–2) | 25. | ||
| Preseason August 11 [13] | Week 1 September 2 [14] | Week 2 September 8 [15] | Week 3 September 15 [16] | Week 4 September 22 [17] | Week 5 September 29 [18] | Week 6 October 6 [19] | Week 7 October 13 [20] | Week 8 October 20 [21] | Week 9 October 27 [22] | Week 10 November 3 [23] | Week 11 November 10 [24] | Week 12 November 17 | Week 13 (Final) December 22 | ||
| Dropped: Bemidji State Central Missouri Miles | Dropped: Ouachita Baptist Indianapolis | Dropped: Delta State Charleston (WV) Ashland Carson–Newman | Dropped: Lenoir–Rhyne Johnson C. Smith Michigan Tech Sioux Falls | Dropped: Central Oklahoma Wingate Valdosta State Henderson State | Dropped: Carson–Newman | Dropped:
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| Preseason August 17 [25] | Week 1 September 1 [26] | Week 2 September 8 [27] | Week 3 September 15 [28] | Week 4 September 22 [29] | Week 5 September 29 [30] | Week 6 October 6 [31] | Week 7 October 13 [32] | Week 8 October 20 [33] | Week 9 October 27 [34] | Week 10 November 3 [35] | Week 11 November 10 [36] | Week 12 November 17 | Week 13 (Final) December 22 | ||
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| 1. | Ferris State | Ferris State (1–0) | Ferris State (2–0) | Ferris State (3–0) | Ferris State (4–0) | Ferris State (4–0) | Ferris State (5–0) | Ferris State (6–0) | Ferris State (7–0) | Ferris State (8–0) | Ferris State (9–0) | Ferris State (10–0) | 1. | ||
| 2. | Harding | Harding (0–0) | Harding (1–0) | Harding (2–0) | Harding (3–0) | Harding (4–0) | Harding (5–0) | Harding (6–0) | Harding (7–0) | Harding (8–0) | Harding (9–0) | Harding (10–0) | 2. | ||
| 3. | Central Oklahoma | Minnesota State (1–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Kutztown (2–0) | Kutztown (3–0) | Kutztown (4–0) | Kutztown (5–0) | Kutztown (6–0) | Kutztown (7–0) | Kutztown (8–0) | Kutztown (9–0) | Kutztown (10–0) | 3. | ||
| 4. | Minnesota State | Kutztown (0–0) | Kutztown (1–0) | West Florida (3–0) | West Florida (4–0) | West Florida (4–0) | UT Permian Basin (5–0) | West Florida (6–0) | West Florida (7–0) | West Florida (8–0) | West Florida (9–0) | West Florida (9–0) | 4. | ||
| 5. | Kutztown | Grand Valley State (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Western Colorado (3–0) | Western Colorado (4–0) | West Florida (5–0) | Western Colorado (6–0) | Western Colorado (7–0) | Western Colorado (8–0) | Pittsburg State (7–2) | Pittsburg State (8–2) | 5. | ||
| 6. | Grand Valley State | CSU Pueblo (1–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Angelo State (3–0) | Angelo State (4–0) | Angelo State (4–0) | Western Colorado (5–0) | Pittsburg State (5–2) | Pittsburg State (6–2) | Pittsburg State (6–2) | Central Washington (8–1) | Central Washington (9–1) | 6. | ||
| 7. | CSU Pueblo | Western Colorado (1–0) | West Florida (2–0) | UT Permian Basin (2–0) | UT Permian Basin (3–0) | UT Permian Basin (4–0) | Pittsburg State (4–2) | Central Washington (5–1) | Central Washington (6–1) | Central Washington (7–1) | CSU Pueblo (8–1) | CSU Pueblo (9–1) | 7. | ||
| 8. | Western Colorado | West Florida (1–0) | Angelo State (2–0) | Central Oklahoma (1–1) | Central Oklahoma (2–1) | Pittsburg State (3–2) | Minnesota Duluth (6–0) | Minnesota State (6–1) | Minnesota State (6–1) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | Augustana (SD) (9–0) | Minnesota Duluth (9–1) | 8. | ||
| 9. | Slippery Rock | Slippery Rock (0–0) | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | Minnesota Duluth (5–0) | Minnesota State (5–1) | CSU Pueblo (6–1) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | Augustana (SD) (8–0) | Western Colorado (8–1) | Northwest Missouri State (9–1) | 9. | ||
| 10. | Pittsburg State | Angelo State (1–0) | UT Permian Basin (2–0) | Pittsburg State (1–2) | Pittsburg State (2–2) | Minnesota State (4–1) | Angelo State (4–1) | Augustana (SD) (7–0) | Augustana (SD) (7–0) | Minnesota Duluth (7–1) | Minnesota Duluth (8–1) | Findlay (10–0) | 10. | ||
| 11. | West Florida | Ouachita Baptist (0–0) | Augustana (SD) (2–0) | Minnesota Duluth (3–0) | Minnesota Duluth (4–0) | California (PA) (4–0) | CSU Pueblo (5–1) | UT Permian Basin (5–1) | Minnesota Duluth (6–1) | Northwest Missouri State (7–1) | Northwest Missouri State (8–1) | Indianapolis (8–1) | 11. | ||
| 12. | Angelo State | Pittsburg State (0–1) | Central Oklahoma (1–1) | CSU Pueblo (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (3–1) | CSU Pueblo (4–1) | Augustana (SD) (6–0) | Grand Valley State (4–1) | Northwest Missouri State (6–1) | Indianapolis (7–1) | Indianapolis (7–1) | Virginia Union (9–1) | 12. | ||
| 13. | Ouachita Baptist | Indianapolis (1–0) | CSU Pueblo (1–1) | Augustana (SD) (3–0) | Augustana (SD) (4–0) | Augustana (SD) (5–0) | Grand Valley State (3–1) | West Alabama (5–0) | Indianapolis (6–1) | Virginia Union (7–1) | Virginia Union (8–1) | UT Permian Basin (8–2) | 13. | ||
| 14. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Valdosta State (1–0) | California (PA) (1–0) | Minnesota State (2–1) | Minnesota State (3–1) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | West Alabama (6–0) | Minnesota Duluth (6–1) | Virginia Union (6–1) | Findlay (8–0) | Findlay (9–0) | Minnesota State (8–2) | 14. | ||
| 15. | Indianapolis | Augustana (SD) (1–0) | Virginia Union (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | West Alabama (5–0) | Central Washington (4–1) | Northwest Missouri State (5–1) | Findlay (7–0) | Ashland (7–1) | Ashland (8–1) | Augustana (SD) (9–1) | 15. | ||
| 16. | Augustana (SD) | UT Permian Basin (1–0) | Pittsburg State (0–2) | California (PA) (2–0) | California (PA) (3–0) | Slippery Rock (3–1) | Indianapolis (4–1) | Indianapolis (5–1) | Ashland (6–1) | Delta State (7–1) | UT Permian Basin (7–2) | Johnson C. Smith (9–1) | 16. | ||
| 17. | Valdosta State | Central Oklahoma (0–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–1) | West Alabama (4–0) | Central Washington (3–1) | Virginia Union (4–1) | Virginia Union (5–1) | West Alabama (5–1) | UT Permian Basin (6–2) | Johnson C. Smith (8–1) | Newberry (9–1) | 17. | ||
| 18. | California (PA) | California (PA) (0–0) | West Alabama (2–0) | West Alabama (3–0) | Central Washington (2–1) | Indianapolis (3–1) | Northwest Missouri State (4–1) | Findlay (6–0) | UT Permian Basin (5–2) | Angelo State (6–2) | Newberry (8–1) | Albany State (9–1) | 18. | ||
| 19. | Bemidji State | Virginia Union (1–0) | Delta State (2–0) | Central Washington (1–1) | Indianapolis (3–1) | Virginia Union (3–1) | California (PA) (4–1) | UNC Pembroke (6–1) | Delta State (6–1) | Johnson C. Smith (7–1) | Minnesota State (7–2) | Chadron State (8–2) | 19. | ||
| 20. | Fort Hays State | Lenoir–Rhyne (0–1) | Ashland (1–0) | Fort Hays State (2–1) | Wingate (3–0) | Northwest Missouri State (4–1) | Fort Hays State (4–2) | Ashland (5–1) | Angelo State (5–2) | Newberry (7–1) | Albany State (8–1) | Western Oregon (8–2) | 20. | ||
| 21. | Virginia Union | Charleston (WV) (1–0) | Central Washington (1–1) | Johnson C. Smith (3–0) | Virginia Union (2–1) | Fort Hays State (3–2) | Findlay (5–0) | Delta State (5–1) | Johnson C. Smith (6–1) | Minnesota State (6–2) | Western Oregon (7–2) | Wingate (8–2) | 21. | ||
| 22. | Charleston (WV) | West Alabama (1–0) | Fort Hays State (1–1) | Indianapolis (2–1) | Fort Hays State (2–2) | Carson–Newman (3–1) | UNC Pembroke (5–1) | Emory & Henry (6–1) | Southern Arkansas (6–1) | Albany State (7–1) | Chadron State (7–2) | Western Colorado (8–2) | 22. | ||
| 23. | West Alabama | Central Washington (1–0) | Johnson C. Smith (2–0) | Colorado Mines (2–0) | Virginia State (2–1) | Findlay (4–0) | Ashland (4–1) | Angelo State (4–2) | Benedict (7–0) | West Alabama (5–2) | Wingate (7–2) | Ashland (8–2) | 23. | ||
| 24. | Central Missouri | Delta State (1–0) | Colorado Mines (1–0) | Michigan Tech (3–0) | Findlay (3–0) | UNC Pembroke (4–1) | Emory and Henry (5–1) | Johnson C. Smith (5–1) | Newberry (6–1) | Northwood (7–1) | Delta State (7–2) | IUP (7–2) | 24. | ||
| 25. | Ashland | Ashland (0–0) | Indianapolis (1–1) | Virginia Union (1–1) | Ashland (2–1) | Ashland (3–1) | Delta State (5–1) | Southern Arkansas (5–1) | Grand Valley State (4–2) | Frostburg State (7–1) | Assumption (7–1) | Grand Valley State (6–3) | 25. | ||
| Preseason August 17 [37] | Week 1 September 1 [38] | Week 2 September 8 [39] | Week 3 September 15 [40] | Week 4 September 22 [41] | Week 5 September 29 [42] | Week 6 October 6 [43] | Week 7 October 13 [44] | Week 8 October 20 [45] | Week 9 October 27 [46] | Week 10 November 3 [47] | Week 11 November 10 [48] | Week 12 November 17 | Week 13 (Final) December 22 | ||
| Dropped: Bemidji State Fort Hays State Central Missouri | Dropped: Ouachita Baptist Valdosta State Charleston (WV) | Dropped: Delta State Ashland | Dropped: Johnson C. Smith Michigan Tech Colorado Mines Lenoir–Rhyne | Dropped: Central Oklahoma Wingate Virginia State | Dropped: Slippery Rock Carson–Newman | Dropped:
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