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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.
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| 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 | Week 6 October 6 | Week 7 October 13 | Week 8 October 20 | Week 9 October 27 | Week 10 November 3 | Week 11 November 10 | 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) | 1. | |||||||||
| 2. | Harding | Harding (0–0) | Harding (1–0) | Harding (2–0) | Harding (3–0) | 2. | |||||||||
| 3. | Grand Valley State | Grand Valley State (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–0) | West Florida (3–0) | West Florida (4–0) | 3. | |||||||||
| 4. | Slippery Rock (1) | Slippery Rock (0–0) | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | 4. | |||||||||
| 5. | Central Oklahoma | CSU Pueblo (1–0) | West Florida (2–0) | Kutztown (2–0) | Kutztown (3–0) | 5. | |||||||||
| 6. | CSU Pueblo | West Florida (1–0) | Kutztown (1–0) | Angelo State (3–0) | Angelo State (4–0) | 6. | |||||||||
| 7. | Kutztown | Kutztown (0–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Western Colorado (3–0) | 7. | |||||||||
| 8. | West Florida | Minnesota State (1–0) | Angelo State (2–0) | California (PA) (2–0) | California (PA) (3–0) | 8. | |||||||||
| 9. | Pittsburg State | Western Colorado (1–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Augustana (SD) (3–0) | Augustana (SD) (4–0) | 9. | |||||||||
| 10. | Western Colorado | Angelo State (1–0) | California (PA) (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | 10. | |||||||||
| 11. | Minnesota State | Valdosta State (1–0) | Augustana (SD) (2–0) | UT Permian Basin (2–0) | UT Permian Basin (3–0) | 11. | |||||||||
| 12. | Valdosta State | Charleston (WV) (1–0) | UT Permian Basin (2–0) | CSU Pueblo (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (3–1) | 12. | |||||||||
| 13. | Angelo State | Pittsburg State (0–1) | Virginia Union (1–0) | West Alabama (3–0) | West Alabama (4–0) | 13. | |||||||||
| 14. | Charleston (WV) | California (PA) (0–0) | CSU Pueblo (1–1) | Minnesota State (2–1) | Minnesota State (3–1) | 14. | |||||||||
| 15. | California (PA) | Ouachita Baptist (0–0) | Central Oklahoma (1–1) | Central Oklahoma (1–1) | Central Oklahoma (2–1) | 15. | |||||||||
| 16. | Bemidji State | Virginia Union (1–0) | Delta State (2–0) | Minnesota Duluth (3–0) | Minnesota Duluth (4–0) | 16. | |||||||||
| 17. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Indianapolis (1–0) | West Alabama (2–0) | Central Washington (1–1) | Central Washington (2–1) | 17. | |||||||||
| 18. | Ouachita Baptist | Central Washington (1–0) | Central Washington (1–1) т | Pittsburg State (1–2) | Pittsburg State (2–2) | 18. | |||||||||
| 19. | Virginia Union | Central Oklahoma (0–1) | Charleston (WV) (1–1) т | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–1) | Wingate (3–0) | 19. | |||||||||
| 20. | Indianapolis | Augustana (SD) (1–0) | Ashland (1–0) | Valdosta State (2–1) | Valdosta State (2–1) | 20. | |||||||||
| 21. | Central Washington | UT Permian Basin (1–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–1) | Johnson C. Smith (3–0) | Virginia Union (2–1) | 21. | |||||||||
| 22. | Central Missouri | Delta State (1–0) | Valdosta State (1–1) | Virginia Union (1–1) | Indianapolis (3–1) | 22. | |||||||||
| 23. | Augustana (SD) | Ashland (1–0) | Carson–Newman (1–0) | Wingate (2–0) | Delta State (3–1) | 23. | |||||||||
| 24. | Ashland т | Lenoir–Rhyne (0–1) | Minnesota Duluth (2–0) т | Michigan Tech (3–0) | Henderson State (3–0) | 24. | |||||||||
| 25. | Miles т | West Alabama (1–0) | Pittsburg State (0–2) т | Sioux Falls (3–0) | Findlay (3–0) | 25. | |||||||||
| Preseason August 11 [6] | Week 1 September 2 [7] | Week 2 September 8 [8] | Week 3 September 15 [9] | Week 4 September 22 [10] | Week 5 September 29 | Week 6 October 6 | Week 7 October 13 | Week 8 October 20 | Week 9 October 27 | Week 10 November 3 | Week 11 November 10 | 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 | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Preseason August 17 [11] | Week 1 September 1 [12] | Week 2 September 8 [13] | Week 3 September 15 [14] | Week 4 September 22 [15] | Week 5 September 29 | Week 6 October 6 | Week 7 October 13 | Week 8 October 20 | Week 9 October 27 | Week 10 November 3 | Week 11 November 10 | 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) | 1. | |||||||||
| 2. | Harding | Harding (0–0) | Harding (1–0) | Harding (2–0) | Harding (3–0) | 2. | |||||||||
| 3. | Central Oklahoma | Minnesota State (1–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Kutztown (2–0) | Kutztown (3–0) | 3. | |||||||||
| 4. | Minnesota State | Kutztown (0–0) | Kutztown (1–0) | West Florida (3–0) | West Florida (4–0) | 4. | |||||||||
| 5. | Kutztown | Grand Valley State (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Western Colorado (3–0) | 5. | |||||||||
| 6. | Grand Valley State | CSU Pueblo (1–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Angelo State (3–0) | Angelo State (4–0) | 6. | |||||||||
| 7. | CSU Pueblo | Western Colorado (1–0) | West Florida (2–0) | UT Permian Basin (2–0) | UT Permian Basin (3–0) | 7. | |||||||||
| 8. | Western Colorado | West Florida (1–0) | Angelo State (2–0) | Central Oklahoma (1–1) | Central Oklahoma (2–1) | 8. | |||||||||
| 9. | Slippery Rock | Slippery Rock (0–0) | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | 9. | |||||||||
| 10. | Pittsburg State | Angelo State (1–0) | UT Permian Basin (2–0) | Pittsburg State (1–2) | Pittsburg State (2–2) | 10. | |||||||||
| 11. | West Florida | Ouachita Baptist (0–0) | Augustana (SD) (2–0) | Minnesota Duluth (3–0) | Minnesota Duluth (4–0) | 11. | |||||||||
| 12. | Angelo State | Pittsburg State (0–1) | Central Oklahoma (1–1) | CSU Pueblo (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (3–1) | 12. | |||||||||
| 13. | Ouachita Baptist | Indianapolis (1–0) | CSU Pueblo (1–1) | Augustana (SD) (3–0) | Augustana (SD) (4–0) | 13. | |||||||||
| 14. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Valdosta State (1–0) | California (PA) (1–0) | Minnesota State (2–1) | Minnesota State (3–1) | 14. | |||||||||
| 15. | Indianapolis | Augustana (SD) (1–0) | Virginia Union (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | 15. | |||||||||
| 16. | Augustana (SD) | UT Permian Basin (1–0) | Pittsburg State (0–2) | California (PA) (2–0) | California (PA) (3–0) | 16. | |||||||||
| 17. | Valdosta State | Central Oklahoma (0–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–1) | West Alabama (4–0) | 17. | |||||||||
| 18. | California (PA) | California (PA) (0–0) | West Alabama (2–0) | West Alabama (3–0) | Central Washington (2–1) | 18. | |||||||||
| 19. | Bemidji State | Virginia Union (1–0) | Delta State (2–0) | Central Washington (1–1) | Indianapolis (3–1) | 19. | |||||||||
| 20. | Fort Hays State | Lenoir–Rhyne (0–1) | Ashland (1–0) | Fort Hays State (2–1) | Wingate (3–0) | 20. | |||||||||
| 21. | Virginia Union | Charleston (WV) (1–0) | Central Washington (1–1) | Johnson C. Smith (3–0) | Virginia Union (2–1) | 21. | |||||||||
| 22. | Charleston (WV) | West Alabama (1–0) | Fort Hays State (1–1) | Indianapolis (2–1) | Fort Hays State (2–2) | 22. | |||||||||
| 23. | West Alabama | Central Washington (1–0) | Johnson C. Smith (2–0) | Colorado Mines (2–0) | Virginia State (2–1) | 23. | |||||||||
| 24. | Central Missouri | Delta State (1–0) | Colorado Mines (1–0) | Michigan Tech (3–0) | Findlay (3–0) | 24. | |||||||||
| 25. | Ashland | Ashland (0–0) | Indianapolis (1–1) | Virginia Union (1–1) | Ashland (2–1) | 25. | |||||||||
| Preseason August 17 [16] | Week 1 September 1 [17] | Week 2 September 8 [18] | Week 3 September 15 [19] | Week 4 September 22 [20] | Week 5 September 29 | Week 6 October 6 | Week 7 October 13 | Week 8 October 20 | Week 9 October 27 | Week 10 November 3 | Week 11 November 10 | 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 | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |