2017 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2017 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2017 season.

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American Football Coaches Association poll

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Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sep 5 [2]
Week 2
Sep 12 [3]
Week 3
Sep 19 [4]
Week 4
Sep 26 [5]
Week 5
Oct 3 [6]
Week 6
Oct 10 [7]
Week 7
Oct 17 [8]
Week 8
Oct 24 [9]
Week 9
Oct 31 [10]
Week 10
Nov 7 [11]
Week 11
Nov 14
Week 12
Postseason [12]
1.Northwest Missouri State 34Northwest Missouri State (1–0) 34Northwest Missouri State (2–0) 34Northwest Missouri State (3–0) 34Northwest Missouri State (4–0) 34Northwest Missouri State (5–0) 34Northwest Missouri State (6–0) 34Northwest Missouri State (7–0) 34Northwest Missouri State (8–0) 34Minnesota State (9–0) 10Minnesota State (10–0) 21Minnesota State (11–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (14–1) 331.
2.Grand Valley StateFerris State (0–0)Ferris State (1–0)Ferris State (2–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (4–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (4–0)Shepherd (5–0)Shepherd (6–0)Shepherd (7–0)Shepherd (8–0) 22Shepherd (9–0) 7Shepherd (10–0)West Florida (11–4)2.
3.Ferris StateTexas A&M–Commerce (1–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (2–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (3–0)Shepherd (3–0)Shepherd (4–0)IUP (6–0)IUP (7–0)Minnesota State (8–0)IUP (9–0) 2IUP (10–0) 2IUP (11–0)IUP (13–1)3.
4.Emporia StateShepherd (1–0)Shepherd (1–0)Shepherd (2–0)IUP (4–0)IUP (5–0)Minnesota State (6–0)Minnesota State (7–0)IUP (8–0)Midwestern State (7–0)Midwestern State (8–0)Fort Hays State (11–0)Minnesota State (13–1)4.
5.Texas A&M–CommerceCalifornia (PA) (1–0)California (PA) (2–0)California (PA) (3–0)California (PA) (4–0)Minnesota State (5–0)Indianapolis (6–0)Midwestern State (5–0)Midwestern State (6–0)Indianapolis (9–0)Fort Hays State (10–0) 4Midwestern State (9–0)Ferris State (11–2)5.
6.North AlabamaIUP (1–0)IUP (2–0)IUP (3–0)Minnesota State (4–0)Sioux Falls (5–0)Midwestern State (4–0)Indianapolis (7–0)Indianapolis (8–0)Fort Hays State (9–0)Indianapolis (10–0)Indianapolis (11–0)Harding (11–4)6.
7.ShepherdColorado State–Pueblo (1–0)Sioux Falls (2–0)Sioux Falls (3–0)Sioux Falls (4–0)Indianapolis (5–0)Grand Valley State (5–1)Grand Valley State (6–1)Fort Hays State (8–0)Central Washington (9–0)Central Washington (10–0)Central Washington (11–0)Central Washington (11–1)7.
8.California (PA)Azusa Pacific (1–0)Minnesota State (2–0)Minnesota State (3–0)Colorado Mesa (4–0)Grand Valley State (4–1)Fort Hays State (6–0)Fort Hays State (7–0)Central Washington (8–0)Northwest Missouri State (8–1)Assumption (9–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (9–1)Fort Hays State (11–1)8.
9.IUPSioux Falls (1–0)LIU Post (2–0)LIU Post (3–0)Grand Valley State (3–1)Delta State (5–0)Slippery Rock (6–0)Central Washington (7–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (6–1)Texas A&M–Commerce (7–1)Texas A&M–Commerce (8–1)Ashland (10–1)Assumption (11–2)9.
10.Minnesota–DuluthLIU Post (1–0)North Alabama (0–1)North Alabama (1–1)Indianapolis (4–0)Midwestern State (3–0)Central Washington (6–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (5–1)Winona State (8–0)Assumption (8–0)Ashland (9–1)Ferris State (9–1)Ashland (11–2)10.
11.Valdosta StateNorth Alabama (0–1)Colorado Mesa (2–0)Colorado Mesa (3–0)Arkansas Tech (4–0)Fort Hays State (5–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (4–1)Winona State (7–0)Ferris State (6–1)Ashland (8–1)Ferris State (8–1)Virginia State (10–0)Midwestern State (10–1)11.
12.Colorado State–PuebloMinnesota State (1–0)Grand Valley State (1–1)Grand Valley State (2–1)Midwestern State (2–0)Slippery Rock (5–0)Colorado State–Pueblo (5–1)Ferris State (5–1)Ashland (7–1)Ferris State (7–1)Wingate (9–0)Winona State (10–1)West Alabama (10–3)12.
13.Azusa PacificCentral Missouri (1–0)Midwestern State (1–0)Midwestern State (2–0)Delta State (4–0)Central Washington (5–0)Winona State (6–0)Ashland (6–1)Assumption (7–0)Sioux Falls (8–1)Sioux Falls (9–1)Northwest Missouri State (9–2)Indianapolis (11–1)13.
14.LIU PostGrand Valley State (0–1)Emporia State (1–1)Indianapolis (3–0)Fort Hays State (4–0)Colorado State–Pueblo (4–1)Bowie State (6–0)Assumption (6–0)Sioux Falls (7–1)Wingate (8–0)Colorado Mesa (9–1)Bowie State (9–1)Shepherd (10–1)14.
15.HardingEmporia State (0–1)Indianapolis (2–0)Emporia State (2–1)Ferris State (2–1)Ferris State (3–1)Ferris State (4–1)Sioux Falls (6–1)Colorado Mesa (7–1)Colorado Mesa (8–1)Virginia State (9–0)Assumption (9–1)Winona State (10–2)15.
16.Colorado MinesMidwestern State (1–0)Albany State (2–0)Arkansas Tech (3–0)Central Washington (4–0)California (PA) (4–1)Ashland (5–1)Colorado Mesa (6–1)Wingate (7–0)Virginia State (8–0)Humboldt State (8–1)Wingate (9–1)Northwest Missouri State (9–3)16.
17.Sioux FallsColorado Mesa (1–0)West Georgia (2–0)Delta State (3–0)Colorado State–Pueblo (3–1)Humboldt State (4–0)Assumption (5–0)Slippery Rock (6–1)Virginia State (7–0)Humboldt State (7–1)Winona State (9–1)West Alabama (9–2)Colorado State–Pueblo (9–3)17.
18.Southwest BaptistIndianapolis (1–0)Colorado State–Pueblo (1–1)Fort Hays State (3–0)Slippery Rock (4–0)Ashland (4–1)Sioux Falls (5–1)West Alabama (6–1)Humboldt State (6–1)Winona State (8–1)Northwest Missouri State (8–2)Sioux Falls (9–2)Virginia State (10–1)18.
19.UNC PembrokeWinston–Salem State (1–0)Arkansas Tech (2–0)Colorado State–Pueblo (2–1)Humboldt State (3–0)Bowie State (5–0)Southeastern Oklahoma State (6–0)Delta State (6–1)Grand Valley State (6–2)Grand Valley State (7–2)Bowie State (9–1)Shippensburg (10–1)West Georgia (9–4)19.
20.Minnesota StateAlbany State (1–0)Minnesota–Duluth (1–1)Central Washington (3–0)Ashland (3–1)Assumption (5–0)Colorado Mesa (5–1)Wingate (6–0)Bowie State (7–1)Bowie State (8–1)Eastern New Mexico (8–1)Colorado State–Pueblo (9–2)Sioux Falls (9–3)20.
21.Central MissouriMinnesota–Duluth (0–1)Fort Hays State (2–0)Slippery Rock (3–0)Bowie State (4–0)Colorado Mesa (4–1)Delta State (5–1)Virginia State (6–0)Eastern New Mexico (6–1)Eastern New Mexico (7–1)Findlay (9–1)Humboldt State (8–2)Delta State (9–4)21.
22.Southern ArkansasTuskegee (1–0)Azusa Pacific (1–1)Humboldt State (2–0)Assumption (4–0)Winona State (5–0)West Georgia (5–1)Humboldt State (5–1)Findlay (7–1)Findlay (8–1)West Alabama (8–2)Colorado Mesa (9–2)Findlay (10–3)22.
23.Southeastern Oklahoma StateHenderson State (1–0)Central Washington (2–0)Bowie State (3–0)Catawba (4–0)Southeastern Oklahoma State (5–0)West Alabama (5–1)Bowie State (6–1)Central Missouri (6–2)West Alabama (7–2)Colorado State–Pueblo (8–2)Minnesota–Duluth (9–2)Bowie State (9–2)23.
24.Midwestern StateWest Chester (1–0)Delta State (2–0)Assumption (3–0)LIU Post (3–1)Arkansas Tech (4–1)Wingate (5–0)Eastern New Mexico (6–1)Colorado State–Pueblo (6–2)Colorado State–Pueblo (7–2)West Georgia (8–2)Eastern New Mexico (8–2)Wingate (9–2)24.
25.Bemidji StateWest Georgia (1–0)Slippery Rock (2–0)Catawba (3–0)Winona State (4–0)West Georgia (4–1)Humboldt State (4–1)Southeastern Oklahoma State (6–1)West Alabama (6–2)West Georgia (7–2)Shippensburg (9–1)Ouachita Baptist (9–2)Shippensburg (10–2)25.
Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sep 5 [2]
Week 2
Sep 12 [3]
Week 3
Sep 19 [4]
Week 4
Sep 26 [5]
Week 5
Oct 3 [6]
Week 6
Oct 10 [7]
Week 7
Oct 17 [8]
Week 8
Oct 24 [9]
Week 9
Oct 31 [10]
Week 10
Nov 7 [11]
Week 11
Nov 14
Week 12
Postseason [12]
Dropped:
  • 11 Valdosta State
  • 15 Harding
  • 16 Colorado Mines
  • 18 Southwest Baptist
  • 19 UNC Pembroke
  • 22 Southern Arkansas
  • 25 Bemidji State
Dropped:
  • 13 Central Missouri
  • 19 Winston–Salem State
  • 22 Tuskegee
  • 23 Henderson State
  • 24 West Chester
Dropped:
  • 16 Albany State
  • 17 West Georgia
  • 20 Minnesota–Duluth
  • 22 Azusa Pacific
Dropped:
  • 10 North Alabama
  • 15 Emporia State
Dropped:
  • 23 Catawba
  • 24 LIU Post
Dropped:
  • 16 California (PA)
  • 24 Arkansas Tech
Dropped:
  • 12 Colorado State–Pueblo
  • 22 West Georgia
Dropped:
  • 17 Slippery Rock
  • 19 Delta State
  • 25 Southeastern Oklahoma State
Dropped:
23 Central Missouri
Dropped:
19 Grand Valley State
Dropped:
  • 21 Findlay
  • 24 West Georgia
Dropped:
  • 21 Humboldt State
  • 22 Colorado Mesa
  • 23 Minnesota–Duluth
  • 24 Eastern New Mexico
  • 25 Ouachita Baptist

References

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