2023 NCAA Division II football rankings

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2023 NCAA Division II football rankings
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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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American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) poll[edit]

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
October 30[10]
Week 10
November 6[11]
Week 11
November 13[12]
Week 12 (Final)
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)Colorado Mines (9–0) (26)Colorado Mines (10–0) (26)Colorado Mines (11–0) (27)Harding (15–0) (28)1.
2.Colorado MinesColorado 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)Pittsburg State (9–0) (1)Grand Valley State (8–1) тGrand Valley State (9–1)Colorado Mines (14–1)2.
3.Grand Valley StatePittsburg 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)Grand Valley State (7–1) (1)Harding (10–0) (1) тHarding (11–0) (1)Grand Valley State (11–2)3.
4.Pittsburg StateAngelo 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)Harding (9–0)Slippery Rock (10–0) (1)Benedict (11–0) (1)Lenoir–Rhyne (13–2)4.
5.Angelo StateNW 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)Slippery Rock (9–0) (1)Benedict (10–0)Ferris State (8–2)Pittsburg State (11–2)5.
6.NW Missouri StateWest 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)Benedict (9–0)Ferris State (7–2)Central Missouri (10–1)Central Missouri (11–2)6.
7.West FloridaGrand 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)Ferris State (6–2)Central Missouri (9–1)Pittsburg State (10–1)Kutztown (12–3)7.
8.Ouachita BaptistOuachita 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)Indianapolis (8–0)Pittsburg State (9–1)Delta State (9–1)Valdosta State (12–2)8.
9.Minnesota StateMinnesota 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)Davenport (8–0)Minnesota State (9–1)Tiffin (11–0)Ferris State (8–3)9.
10.Delta StateDelta 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)Minnesota State (8–1)Ouachita Baptist (9–1)Western Colorado (10–1)Slippery Rock (12–2)10.
11.Bemidji StateBemidji 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)Central Missouri (8–1)Delta State (8–1)Lenoir–Rhyne (10–1)Delta State (10–2)11.
12.AshlandHarding (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)Ouachita Baptist (8–1)Bemidji State (8–1)Texas–Permian Basin (10–1)Benedict (11–1)12.
13.ShepherdIUP (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)Bemidji State (7–1)Western Colorado (9–1)Virginia Union (10–1)Augustana (SD) (11–2)13.
14.HardingShepherd (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)Delta State (7–1)Tiffin (10–0)Valdosta State (10–1)Tiffin (11–1)14.
15.Slippery RockSlippery 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)Western Colorado (8–1)Lenoir–Rhyne (9–1)Slippery Rock (10–1)Western Colorado (10–2)15.
16.IUPBenedict (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) тLenoir–Rhyne (8–1)Davenport (8–1)Augustana (SD) (10–1)Bemidji State (9–3)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) тTiffin (9–0)Texas–Permian Basin (9–1)Indianapolis (9–1) тCentral Washington (9–4)17.
18.Virginia UnionEmporia 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)Texas–Permian Basin (8–1)Virginia Union (9–1) (1)Minnesota Duluth (9–2) тTexas–Permian Basin (10–2)18.
19.Emporia StateIndianapolis (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)Virginia Union (8–1)Valdosta State (9–1)Minnesota State (9–2)Charleston (WV) (10–2)19.
20.IndianapolisWest 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)Valdosta State (8–1)Augustana (SD) (9–1)Ouachita Baptist (9–2)Virginia Union (10–2)20.
21.WingateAshland (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)Augustana (SD) (8–1)Missouri Western (8–2)Bemidji State (8–2)Minnesota State (9–3)21.
22.West GeorgiaWingate (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)Virginia State (8–1)Indianapolis (8–1)Davenport (8–2)Indianapolis (9–2)22.
23.AssumptionAssumption (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)Missouri Western (7–2)Central Washington (7–2)West Florida (8–3)West Florida (8–4)23.
24.NewberryLenoir–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)Central Washington (7–2)Minnesota Duluth (8–2)Charleston (WV) (9–1)Henderson State (9–3)24.
25.Lenoir–RhyneCSU 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)Mars Hill (7–1)West Florida (7–3)Henderson State (9–2)Minnesota–Duluth (9–2)25.
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
October 30[10]
Week 10
November 6[11]
Week 11
November 13[12]
Week 12 (Final)
Dropped:
  • Newberry
Dropped:
  • IUP
  • West Georgia
  • Ashland
  • Wingate
Dropped:
  • NW Missouri State
  • CSU Pueblo
Dropped:
  • Virginia Union
Dropped:
  • Texas A&M–Kingsville
Dropped:
  • Minnesota Duluth
  • Valdosta State
Dropped:
  • Henderson State
Dropped:
  • Angelo State
  • Virginia State
  • Assumption
  • Emporia State
Dropped:
West Florida
Shepherd
Truman
Minnesota Duluth
Dropped:
  • Virginia State
  • Mars Hill
Dropped:
Missouri Western
Central Washington
Dropped:
Ouachita Baptist
Davenport

D2Football.com poll[edit]

Preseason
August 20[13]
Week 1
September 4[14]
Week 2
September 11[15]
Week 3
September 18[16]
Week 4
September 25[17]
Week 5
October 2[18]
Week 6
October 9[19]
Week 7
October 16[20]
Week 8
October 23[21]
Week 9
October 30[22]
Week 10
November 6[23]
Week 11
November 13[24]
Week 12 (Final)
1.Ferris StateFerris 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)Colorado Mines (9–0)Colorado Mines (10–0)Colorado Mines (11–0)Harding (15–0)1.
2.Grand Valley StateColorado 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)Grand Valley State (7–1)Grand Valley State (8–1)Grand Valley State (9–1)Colorado Mines (14–1)2.
3.Pittsburg StatePittsburg 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)Pittsburg State (9–0)Ferris State (7–2)Ferris State (8–2)Grand Valley State (11–2)3.
4.Colorado MinesGrand 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)Ferris State (6–2)Harding (10–0)Harding (11–0)Central Missouri (11–2)4.
5.NW Missouri StateNW 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)Harding (9–0)Slippery Rock (10–0)Pittsburg State (10–1)Pittsburg State (11–2)5.
6.Angelo StateAngelo 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)Slippery Rock (9–0)Benedict (10–0)Benedict (11–0)Ferris State (8–3)6.
7.Minnesota StateMinnesota 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)Benedict (9–0)Pittsburg State (9–1)Central Missouri (10–1)Lenoir–Rhyne (13–2)7.
8.West FloridaWest 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)Central Missouri (8–1)Central Missouri (9–1)Delta State (9–1)Kutztown (12–3)8.
9.Delta StateDelta 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)Bemidji State (7–1)Bemidji State (8–1)Augustana (SD) (10–1)Valdosta State (12–2)9.
10.Bemidji StateBemidji 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)Minnesota State (8–1)Minnesota State (9–1)Texas–Permian Basin (10–1)Central Washington (9–4)10.
11.Ouachita BaptistOuachita 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)Indianapolis (8–0)Delta State (8–1)Lenoir–Rhyne (10–1)Slippery Rock (12–2)11.
12.IUPIUP (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)Delta State (7–1)Ouachita Baptist (9–1)Western Colorado (10–1)Bemidji State (9–3)12.
13.ShepherdHarding (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)Davenport (8–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (9–1)Slippery Rock (10–1)Delta State (10–2)13.
14.AshlandShepherd (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)Ouachita Baptist (8–1)Augustana (SD) (9–1)Valdosta State (10–1)Benedict (11–1)14.
15.HardingEmporia 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)Lenoir–Rhyne (8–1)Western Colorado (9–1)Bemidji State (8–2)Augustana (SD) (11–2)15.
16.Slippery RockSlippery 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)Augustana (SD) (8–1)Texas–Permian Basin (9–1)Minnesota State (9–2)Western Colorado (10–2)16.
17.Emporia StateWingate (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)Western Colorado (8–1)Valdosta State (9–1)Virginia Union (9–1)Texas–Permian Basin (10–2)17.
18.WingateWest 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)Texas–Permian Basin (8–1)Virginia Union (9–1)Tiffin (11–0)Charleston (WV) (10–2)18.
19.West GeorgiaAshland (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)Valdosta State (8–1)Missouri Western (8–2)West Florida (8–3)Tiffin (11–1)19.
20.BenedictCSU 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)Virginia Union (8–1)Tiffin (10–0)Minnesota Duluth (9–2)Minnesota State (9–3)20.
21.IndianapolisBenedict (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)West Florida (6–3)West Florida (7–3)Indianapolis (9–1)Indianapolis (9–2)21.
22.Virginia UnionIndianapolis (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 State (7–1)Tiffin (9–0)Central Washington (7–2)Ouachita Baptist (9–2)West Florida (8–4)22.
23.Lenoir–RhyneLenoir–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)Central Washington (7–2)Davenport (8–1)Kutztown (9–2)Henderson State (9–3)23.
24.DavenportVirginia 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)Missouri Western (7–2)Indianapolis (8–1)Henderson State (9–2)Virginia Union (10–2)24.
25.CSU PuebloDavenport (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)Mars Hill (7–1)Minnesota Duluth (8–2)Charleston (WV) (9–1)Minnesota–Duluth (9–2)25.
Preseason
August 20[13]
Week 1
September 4[14]
Week 2
September 11[15]
Week 3
September 18[16]
Week 4
September 25[17]
Week 5
October 2[18]
Week 6
October 9[19]
Week 7
October 16[20]
Week 8
October 23[21]
Week 9
October 30[22]
Week 10
November 6[23]
Week 11
November 13[24]
Week 12 (Final)
NoneDropped:
Ashland
West Georgia
Dropped:
NW Missouri State
CSU Pueblo
Assumption
Wingate
Saginaw Valley State
Dropped:
Henderson State
Dropped:
IUP
Texas A&M–Kingsville
Dropped:
Minnesota Duluth
Valdosta State
Dropped:
Missouri Western
Dropped:
Angelo State
Emporia State
Virginia State
Dropped:
Shepherd
Truman State
Dropped:
Mars Hill
Dropped:
Missouri Western
Davenport
Central Washington
Dropped:
Ouachita Baptist

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