2023 NCAA Division II football rankings
The 2023 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 2023 season.
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| Season | 2023 |
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| Postseason | Single-elimination |
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American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) poll
| Preseason August 14[1] | Week 1 September 5[2] | Week 2 September 11[3] | Week 3 September 18[4] | Week 4 September 25[5] | Week 5 October 2[6] | Week 6 October 9[7] | Week 7 October 16[8] | Week 8 October 23[9] | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 (Final) | ||
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| 1. | Ferris State (29) | Ferris State (1–0) (27) | Ferris State (2–0) (27) | Ferris State (2–1) (23) | Ferris State (2–1) (23) | Ferris State (3–1) (26) | Ferris State (4–1) (27) | Colorado Mines (7–0) (28) | Colorado Mines (8–0) (28) | 1. | |||||||
| 2. | Colorado Mines | Colorado Mines (1–0) (1) | Colorado Mines (2–0) (1) | Colorado Mines (3–0) (7) | Colorado Mines (4–0) (6) | Colorado Mines (5–0) (3) | Colorado Mines (6–0) (3) | Pittsburg State (7–0) | Pittsburg State (8–0) | 2. | |||||||
| 3. | Grand Valley State | Pittsburg State (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Pittsburg State (3–0) | Pittsburg State (4–0) | Pittsburg State (5–0) | Pittsburg State (6–0) | Minnesota State (7–0) | Grand Valley State (6–1) | 3. | |||||||
| 4. | Pittsburg State | Angelo State (1–0) | West Florida (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (3–0) | Minnesota State (4–0) | Minnesota State (5–0) | Minnesota State (6–0) | Grand Valley State (5–1) | Harding (8–0) | 4. | |||||||
| 5. | Angelo State | NW Missouri State (1–0) | Ouachita Baptist (2–0) | Minnesota State (3–0) | Ouachita Baptist (4–0) | Ouachita Baptist (5–0) | Ouachita Baptist (6–0) | Delta State (7–0) | Benedict (8–0) | 5. | |||||||
| 6. | NW Missouri State | West Florida (1–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | West Florida (3–1) | West Florida (4–1) | West Florida (5–1) | Harding (7–0) | Slippery Rock (8–0) (1) | 6. | |||||||
| 7. | West Florida | Grand Valley State (0–1) | Grand Valley State (1–1) | West Florida (2–1) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | Grand Valley State (3–1) | Grand Valley State (4–1) | Slippery Rock (7–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (8–0) | 7. | |||||||
| 8. | Ouachita Baptist | Ouachita Baptist (1–0) | Delta State (2–0) | Delta State (3–0) | Delta State (4–0) | Delta State (5–0) | Delta State (6–0) | Benedict (7–0) | Ferris State (5–2) | 8. | |||||||
| 9. | Minnesota State | Minnesota State (1–0) | Angelo State (1–1) | Bemidji State (3–0) | Bemidji State (4–0) | Harding (5–0) | Harding (6–0) | Ferris State (4–2) | Western Colorado (8–0) | 9. | |||||||
| 10. | Delta State | Delta State (1–0) | Bemidji State (2–0) | Harding (3–0) | Harding (4–0) | Slippery Rock (5–0) | Slippery Rock (6–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–0) | Indianapolis (7–0) | 10. | |||||||
| 11. | Bemidji State | Bemidji State (1–0) | Harding (2–0) | Emporia State (3–0) | Emporia State (4–0) | Benedict (5–0) (1) | Benedict (6–0) (1) | Indianapolis (6–0) | Davenport (7–0) | 11. | |||||||
| 12. | Ashland | Harding (1–0) | Emporia State (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | Slippery Rock (4–0) | Indianapolis (4–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–0) | Western Colorado (7–0) | Augustana (SD) (8–0) | 12. | |||||||
| 13. | Shepherd | IUP (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Shepherd (3–0) | Benedict (4–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (5–0) | Indianapolis (5–0) | Davenport (6–0) | Minnesota State (7–1) | 13. | |||||||
| 14. | Harding | Shepherd (1–0) | Shepherd (2–0) | Benedict (3–0) | Indianapolis (3–0) | Bemidji State (4–1) | Western Colorado (6–0) | Ouachita Baptist (6–1) | Ouachita Baptist (7–1) | 14. | |||||||
| 15. | Slippery Rock | Slippery Rock (1–0) | NW Missouri State (1–1) | Virginia Union (3–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–0) | Western Colorado (5–0) | Bemidji State (4–1) | Bemidji State (5–1) | Central Missouri (7–1) | 15. | |||||||
| 16. | IUP | Benedict (1–0) (1) | Benedict (2–0) | Indianapolis (2–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–0) | Davenport (4–0) | Davenport (5–0) | Central Missouri (6–1) | Bemidji State (6–1) т | 16. | |||||||
| 17. | Benedict (1) | Virginia Union (1–0) | Virginia Union (2–0) (1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0) | Western Colorado (4–0) | Minnesota Duluth (5–0) | Central Missouri (5–1) | Augustana (SD) (7–0) | Delta State (7–1) т | 17. | |||||||
| 18. | Virginia Union | Emporia State (1–0) | Indianapolis (1–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–0) | Davenport (3–0) | Central Missouri (4–1) | Henderson State (5–1) | West Florida (5–2) | West Florida (6–2) | 18. | |||||||
| 19. | Emporia State | Indianapolis (1–0) | Assumption (2–0) | Western Colorado (3–0) | Minnesota Duluth (4–0) | Valdosta State (5–0) | Truman (6–0) | Angelo State (4–2) | Tiffin (8–0) | 19. | |||||||
| 20. | Indianapolis | West Georgia (1–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0) | Henderson State (3–0) | Angelo State (2–2) | Emporia State (4–1) | Angelo State (3–2) | Virginia State (7–0) (1) | Shepherd (7–1) | 20. | |||||||
| 21. | Wingate | Ashland (0–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0) | Davenport (2–0) | Central Missouri (3–1) | Angelo State (3–2) | Assumption (4–1) | Assumption (5–1) | Truman (7–1) | 21. | |||||||
| 22. | West Georgia | Wingate (1–0) | CSU Pueblo (1–1) | Angelo State (1–2) | Valdosta State (4–0) | Henderson State (4–1) | Augustana (SD) (6–0) | Shepherd (6–1) | Texas–Permian Basin (7–1) | 22. | |||||||
| 23. | Assumption | Assumption (1–0) | Henderson State (2–0) | Minnesota Duluth (3–0) | Assumption (2–1) | Assumption (3–1) | Shepherd (5–1) | Tiffin (7–0) | Virginia Union (7–1) | 23. | |||||||
| 24. | Newberry | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | Davenport (2–0) | Assumption (2–1) | Henderson State (3–1) | Truman (5–0) | Virginia State (6–0) | Emporia State (5–2) | Valdosta State (7–1) | 24. | |||||||
| 25. | Lenoir–Rhyne | CSU Pueblo (1–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Central Missouri (2–1) | Shepherd (3–1) | Shepherd (4–1) | Emporia State (4–2) | Truman (6–1) | Minnesota Duluth (7–1) | 25. | |||||||
| Preseason August 14[10] | Week 1 September 5[11] | Week 2 September 11[12] | Week 3 September 18[13] | Week 4 September 25[14] | Week 5 October 2[15] | Week 6 October 9[16] | Week 7 October 16[17] | Week 8 October 23[18] | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 (Final) | ||
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D2Football.com poll
| Preseason August 20[19] | Week 1 September 4[20] | Week 2 September 11[21] | Week 3 September 18[22] | Week 4 September 25[23] | Week 5 October 2[24] | Week 6 October 9[25] | Week 7 October 16[26] | Week 8 October 23[27] | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 (Final) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ferris State | Ferris State (1–0) | Ferris State (2–0) | Ferris State (2–1) | Ferris State (2–1) | Ferris State (3–1) | Ferris State (4–1) | Colorado Mines (7–0) | Colorado Mines (8–0) | 1. | |||||||
| 2. | Grand Valley State | Colorado Mines (1–0) | Colorado Mines (2–0) | Colorado Mines (3–0) | Colorado Mines (4–0) | Colorado Mines (5–0) | Colorado Mines (6–0) | Grand Valley State (5–1) | Grand Valley State (6–1) | 2. | |||||||
| 3. | Pittsburg State | Pittsburg State (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Pittsburg State (3–0) | Pittsburg State (4–0) | Pittsburg State (5–0) | Pittsburg State (6–0) | Pittsburg State (7–0) | Pittsburg State (8–0) | 3. | |||||||
| 4. | Colorado Mines | Grand Valley State (0–1) | Grand Valley State (1–1) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | Grand Valley State (2–1) | Grand Valley State (3–1) | Grand Valley State (4–1) | Minnesota State (7–0) | Ferris State (5–2) | 4. | |||||||
| 5. | NW Missouri State | NW Missouri State (1–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Minnesota State (3–0) | Minnesota State (4–0) | Minnesota State (5–0) | Minnesota State (6–0) | Ferris State (4–2) | Harding (8–0) | 5. | |||||||
| 6. | Angelo State | Angelo State (1–0) | West Florida (2–0) | Delta State (3–0) | Delta State (4–0) | Delta State (5–0) | Delta State (6–0) | Delta State (7–0) | Slippery Rock (8–0) | 6. | |||||||
| 7. | Minnesota State | Minnesota State (1–0) | Bemidji State (2–0) | Bemidji State (3–0) | Bemidji State (4–0) | West Florida (4–1) | West Florida (5–1) | Harding (7–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (8–0) | 7. | |||||||
| 8. | West Florida | West Florida (1–0) | Delta State (2–0) | West Florida (2–1) | West Florida (3–1) | Ouachita Baptist (5–0) | Ouachita Baptist (6–0) | Slippery Rock (5–1) | West Florida (6–2) | 8. | |||||||
| 9. | Delta State | Delta State (1–0) | Ouachita Baptist (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (3–0) | Ouachita Baptist (4–0) | Harding (5–0) | Harding (6–0) | Bemidji State (7–0) | Benedict (8–0) | 9. | |||||||
| 10. | Bemidji State | Bemidji State (1–0) | Angelo State (1–1) | Emporia State (3–0) | Emporia State (4–0) | Slippery Rock (5–0) | Slippery Rock (6–0) | Benedict (7–0) | Augustana (SD) (8–0) | 10. | |||||||
| 11. | Ouachita Baptist | Ouachita Baptist (1–0) | Emporia State (2–0) | Harding (3–0) | Harding (4–0) | Bemidji State (4–1) | Bemidji State (4–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–0) | Central Missouri (7–1) | 11. | |||||||
| 12. | IUP | IUP (1–0) | Harding (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | Slippery Rock (4–0) | Benedict (5–0) | Benedict (6–0) | Indianapolis (6–0) | Bemidji State (6–1) | 12. | |||||||
| 13. | Shepherd | Harding (1–0) | NW Missouri State (1–1) | Benedict (3–0) | Benedict (4–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (5–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–0) | West Florida (5–2) | Western Colorado (8–0) | 13. | |||||||
| 14. | Ashland | Shepherd (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Shepherd (3–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–0) | Indianapolis (4–0) | Indianapolis (5–0) | Western Colorado (7–0) | Indianapolis (7–0) | 14. | |||||||
| 15. | Harding | Emporia State (1–0) | Benedict (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0) | Indianapolis (3–0) | Davenport (4–0) | Western Colorado (6–0) | Davenport (6–0) | Minnesota State (7–1) | 15. | |||||||
| 16. | Slippery Rock | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Shepherd (2–0) | Virginia Union (3–0) | Davenport (3–0) | Western Colorado (5–0) | Davenport (5–0) | Ouachita Baptist (6–1) | Delta State (7–1) | 16. | |||||||
| 17. | Emporia State | Wingate (1–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0) | Indianapolis (2–0) | Western Colorado (4–0) | Emporia State (4–1) | Central Missouri (5–1) | Central Missouri (6–1) | Davenport (7–0) | 17. | |||||||
| 18. | Wingate | West Georgia (1–0) | Virginia Union (2–0) | Davenport (2–0) | IUP (3–1) | Central Missouri (4–1) | Truman State (6–0) | Angelo State (4–2) | Ouachita Baptist (7–1) | 18. | |||||||
| 19. | West Georgia | Ashland (0–1) | Indianapolis (1–0) | IUP (2–1) | Angelo State (2–2) | Angelo State (3–2) | Angelo State (3–2) | Shepherd (6–1) | Texas–Permian Basin (7–1) | 19. | |||||||
| 20. | Benedict | CSU Pueblo (1–0) | Davenport (2–0) | Western Colorado (3–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–0) | Truman (5–0) | Shepherd (5–1) | Virginia Union (6–1) | Virginia Union (7–1) | 20. | |||||||
| 21. | Indianapolis | Benedict (1–0) | CSU Pueblo (1–1) | Angelo State (1–2) | Truman (4–0) | Minnesota Duluth (5–0) | Missouri Western (5–1) | Augustana (7–0) | Shepherd (7–1) | 21. | |||||||
| 22. | Virginia Union | Indianapolis (1–0) | IUP (1–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–0) | Central Missouri (3–1) | Shepherd (4–1) | Virginia Union (5–1) | Truman State (6–1) | Truman (7–1) | 22. | |||||||
| 23. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | Assumption (2–0) | Henderson State (3–0) | Shepherd (3–1) | Virginia Union (4–1) | Emporia State (4–2) | Emporia State (5–2) | Tiffin (8–0) | 23. | |||||||
| 24. | Davenport | Virginia Union (1–0) | Wingate (1–1) | Truman (3–0) | Virginia Union (3–1) | Missouri Western (4–1) | Augustana (6–0) | Virginia State (7–0) | Valdosta State (7–1) | 24. | |||||||
| 25. | CSU Pueblo | Davenport (1–0) | Saginaw Valley State (2–0) | Central Missouri (2–1) | Minnesota Duluth (4–0) | Valdosta State (5–0) | Virginia State (6–0) | Texas–Permian Basin (6–1) | Central Washington (6–2) | 25. | |||||||
| Preseason August 20[28] | Week 1 September 4[29] | Week 2 September 11[30] | Week 3 September 18[31] | Week 4 September 25[32] | Week 5 October 2[33] | Week 6 October 9[34] | Week 7 October 16[35] | Week 8 October 23[36] | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 (Final) | ||
| None | Dropped: Ashland (0–2) West Georgia (1–1) | Dropped: NW Missouri State (1–2) CSU Pueblo (1–2) Assumption (2–1) Wingate (1–2) Saginaw Valley State (2–1) | Dropped: Henderson State (3–1) | Dropped: IUP (3–2) Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–1) | Dropped: Minnesota Duluth (5–1) Valdosta State (5–1) | Dropped: Missouri Western (5–2) | Dropped: Angelo State Emporia State Virginia State | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
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