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2024 NCAA Division II football rankings
Season2024
PostseasonSingle-elimination
Preseason No. 1Harding
NCAA Division II football rankings
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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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American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) poll

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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
November 18[12]
Week 13 (Final)
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)Valdosta State (10–0) (27)1.
2.Central MissouriCentral 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)Ferris State (10–1) (3)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)Kutztown (11–0)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)Harding (10–1)4.
5.Colorado MinesColorado 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)Grand Valley State (10–1)5.
6.Pittsburg StateValdosta 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)Charleston (WV) (11–0)6.
7.Valdosta StateFerris 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)CSU Pueblo (10–1)7.
8.Central WashingtonLenoir–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)Central Oklahoma (10–1)8.
9.Lenoir–RhyneKutztown (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)Ouachita Baptist (10–1)9.
10.KutztownSlippery Rock (1–0)Pittsburg State (2–1)Pittsburg State (3–1)Pittsburg State (3–1)Ouachita Baptist (5–00West Alabama (5–0)Colorado Mines (6–1)CSU Pueblo (7–1)Slippery Rock (7–1)Western Colorado (9–1)Western Colorado (10–1)10.
11.Slippery RockMinnesota 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)Slippery Rock (9–1)11.
12.West FloridaWest 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)West Alabama (9–1)12.
13.Minnesota StateCentral 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)Pittsburg State (8–2)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)Indianapolis (10–1)14.
15.Western ColoradoWestern 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)Lenoir–Rhyne (9–2)15.
16.IndianapolisIndianapolis (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)Angelo State (9–2)16.
17.Minnesota DuluthDelta 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)Wingate (9–1)17.
18.Delta StateOuachita Baptist (1–0)Augustana (SD) (1–1)Augustana (SD) (2–1)CSU Pueblo (4–1) тEmporia State (5–1)Carson–Newman (6–0)West Alabama (5–1)Colorado Mines (6–2)California (PA) (7–1) тMinnesota State (8–2)Colorado Mines (8–3)18.
19.Ouachita BaptistMinnesota Duluth (1–0)Charleston (WV) (2–0)Charleston (WV) (3–0)Emporia State (4–1) тDelta State (4–1)Indianapolis (5–1)Johnson C. Smith (7–0)Indianapolis (7–1)Minnesota State (7–2) тCarson–Newman (9–1)Central Washington (8–3)19.
20.Virginia UnionCharleston (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)California (PA) (8–2)20.
21.UT Permian BasinEmporia 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) тAngelo State (8–2)West Florida (7–3)21.
22.NW Missouri StateCSU 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) тFindlay (9–1)Augustana (SD) (8–3)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)Southern Arkansas (9–2)23.
24.Angelo StateHenderson State (1–0)Delta State (2–1) тDelta 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) тColorado Mines (7–3)Carson–Newman (9–2)24.
25.Bemidji StateFort Hays State (2–0)Wingate (2–0) тIUP (3–0)Carson–Newman (4–0)IUP (4–1)Henderson State (5–1)Augustana (SD) (5–2)Findlay (7–1)Wingate (7–1) тCentral Washington (7–3)Central Missouri (8–3)25.
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
November 18[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
Dropped:
Minnesota State
Findlay
None

D2Football.com poll

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Preseason
August 18[13]
Week 1
September 2[14]
Week 2
September 9[15]
Week 3
September 16[16]
Week 4
September 23[17]
Week 5
September 30[18]
Week 6
October 7[19]
Week 7
October 14[20]
Week 8
October 21[21]
Week 9
October 28[22]
Week 10
November 4[23]
Week 11
November 11[24]
Week 12
November 18[25]
Week 13 (Final)
1.HardingHarding (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)Ferris State (10–1)1.
2.Central MissouriCentral 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)Valdosta State (10–0)2.
3.Ferris StatePittsburg 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)Kutztown (11–0)3.
4.Pittsburg StateGrand 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)Grand Valley State (10–1)4.
5.Grand Valley StateValdosta 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)Harding (10–1)5.
6.Valdosta StateColorado 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)CSU Pueblo (10–1)6.
7.Colorado MinesCentral 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)Central Oklahoma (10–1)7.
8.Central WashingtonMinnesota 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)Pittsburg State (8–2)8.
9.KutztownFerris 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)Charleston (WV) (11–0)9.
10.Slippery RockKutztown (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)Western Colorado (10–1)10.
11.Minnesota StateSlippery 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)Ouachita Baptist (10–1)11.
12.Lenoir–RhyneDelta 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)Slippery Rock (9–1)12.
13.West FloridaLenoir–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)West Alabama (9–1)13.
14.Delta StateWest 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)Wingate (9–1)14.
15.IndianapolisUT 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)Angelo State (9–2)15.
16.UT Permian BasinIndianapolis (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)Indianapolis (10–1)16.
17.Ouachita BaptistOuachita 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)Augustana (SD) (8–3)17.
18.Virginia UnionVirginia 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)California (PA) (8–2)18.
19.Western ColoradoWestern 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)Fort Hays State (8–3)19.
20.Bemidji StateBemidji 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)Central Missouri (8–3)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)East Stroudsburg (10–1)21.
22.NW Missouri StateHenderson 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)Miles (9–2)22.
23.Henderson StateMinnesota 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)Central Washington (8–3)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)Bemidji State (8–3)24.
25.Minnesota DuluthCharleston (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)Virginia Union (8–3)25.
Preseason
August 18[13]
Week 1
September 2[14]
Week 2
September 9[15]
Week 3
September 16[16]
Week 4
September 23[17]
Week 5
September 30[18]
Week 6
October 7[19]
Week 7
October 14[20]
Week 8
October 21[21]
Week 9
October 28[22]
Week 10
November 4[23]
Week 11
November 11[24]
Week 12
November 18[25]
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
Dropped:
Minnesota State
Carson–Newman
West Florida
None

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