2025 NCAA Division II football rankings

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2025 NCAA Division II football rankings
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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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American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) poll

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		Week 10
November 3		Week 11
November 10		Week 12
November 17		Week 13 (Final)
December 22
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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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) тNorthwest Missouri State (6–1)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) тDelta State (6–1)17.
18. Ouachita Baptist Central Washington (1–0)Central Washington (1–1) тPittsburg State (1–2)Pittsburg State (2–2)Virginia Union (3–1)Indianapolis (5–1)Delta State (5–1)Grand Valley State (4–2)18.
19. Virginia Union Central Oklahoma (0–1)Charleston (WV) (1–1) тLenoir–Rhyne (2–1)Wingate (3–0)Indianapolis (4–1)Findlay (5–0)Northwest Missouri State (5–1)Angelo State (5–2)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)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)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)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)23.
24. Ashland тLenoir–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)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) тSlippery Rock (4–2) Southern Arkansas (6–1)25.
Preseason
August 11 [10] 		Week 1
September 2 [11] 		Week 2
September 8 [12] 		Week 3
September 15 [13] 		Week 4
September 22 [14] 		Week 5
September 29 [15] 		Week 6
October 6 [16] 		Week 7
October 13 [17] 		Week 8
October 20 [18] 		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		Dropped:
Central Oklahoma
Wingate
Valdosta State
Henderson State		Dropped:
Carson–Newman		Dropped:
  • California (PA)
  • Frostburg State
Dropped:
  • UNC Pembroke
NoneNoneNoneNoneNone

D2Football.com poll

Preseason
August 17 [19] 		Week 1
September 1 [20] 		Week 2
September 8 [21] 		Week 3
September 15 [22] 		Week 4
September 22 [23] 		Week 5
September 29 [24] 		Week 6
October 6 [25] 		Week 7
October 13 [26] 		Week 8
October 20 [27] 		Week 9
October 27		Week 10
November 3		Week 11
November 10		Week 12
November 17		Week 13 (Final)
December 22
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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)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)25.
Preseason
August 17 [28] 		Week 1
September 1 [29] 		Week 2
September 8 [30] 		Week 3
September 15 [31] 		Week 4
September 22 [32] 		Week 5
September 29 [33] 		Week 6
October 6 [34] 		Week 7
October 13 [35] 		Week 8
October 20 [36] 		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		Dropped:
Central Oklahoma
Wingate
Virginia State		Dropped:
Slippery Rock
Carson–Newman		Dropped:
  • California (PA)
  • Fort Hays State
Dropped:
  • UNC Pembroke
  • Emory and Henry
NoneNoneNoneNoneNone

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