2009 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2009 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2009 season.

2009 NCAA Division II football rankings
Season2009
PostseasonSingle-elimination
Preseason No. 1Grand Valley State
National championsNW Missouri State
Conference with most
teams in final AFCA poll
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American Football Coaches Association poll

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Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sept 1[2]
Week 2
Sept 8[3]
Week 3
Sept 15[4]
Week 4
Sept 22[5]
Week 5
Sept 29[6]
Week 6
Oct 6[7]
Week 7
Oct 13[8]
Week 8
Oct 20[9]
Week 9
Oct 27[10]
Week 10
Nov 3[11]
Week 11
Nov 10[12]
Week 12
Postseason[13]
1.Grand Valley State (12)Grand Valley State (1–0) (21)Grand Valley State (2–0) (25)Grand Valley State (3–0) (25)Grand Valley State (4–0) (24)Grand Valley State (5–0) (24)Grand Valley State (6–0) (24)Abilene Christian (7–0) (23)North Alabama (8–0) (25)North Alabama (9–0) (25)North Alabama (10–0) (25)Central Washington (11–0) (23)Northwest Missouri State (14–1) (25)1.
2.Northwest Missouri State (4)Minnesota–Duluth (1–0) (8)Abilene Christian (2–0)Abilene Christian (3–0)Abilene Christian (4–0)Abilene Christian (5–0)Abilene Christian (6–0)North Alabama (7–0) (2)Central Washington (8–0)Central Washington (9–0)Central Washington (10–0)Northwest Missouri State (10–1) (1)Grand Valley State (13–2)2.
3.Minnesota–Duluth (8)Abilene Christian (1–0) (1)North Alabama (2–0)North Alabama (3–0)North Alabama (4–0) (1)North Alabama (5–0) (1)North Alabama (6–0) (1)Central Washington (7–0)Bloomsburg (8–0)Northwest Missouri State (8–1)Northwest Missouri State (9–1)Grand Valley State (10–1)Central Washington (12–1)3.
4.Delta StateNorth Alabama (1–0)Pittsburg State (2–0)Bloomsburg (3–0)Bloomsburg (4–0)Bloomsburg (5–0)Central Washington (6–0)Bloomsburg (7–0)Northwest Missouri State (7–1)Minnesota State (9–0)Minnesota State (10–0)Minnesota–Duluth (10–1)Carson–Newman (11–3)4.
5.Abilene Christian (1)Pittsburg State (1–0)Bloomsburg (2–0)Central Washington (3–0)Central Washington (4–0)Central Washington (5–0)Bloomsburg (5–1)Northwest Missouri State (6–1)Minnesota State (8–0)Grand Valley State (8–1)Grand Valley State (9–1)North Alabama (10–1) (1)Minnesota–Duluth (11–2)5.
6.North AlabamaBloomsburg (1–0)Central Washington (2–0)Northwest Missouri State (2–1)Northwest Missouri State (3–1)Northwest Missouri State (4–1)Northwest Missouri State (6–0)Minnesota State (7–0)Grand Valley State (7–1)Minnesota–Duluth (8–1)Minnesota–Duluth (9–1)Nebraska–Kearney (10–1)North Alabama (11–2)6.
7.Pittsburg StateChadron State (1–0)Northwest Missouri State (1–1)Minnesota State (3–0)Minnesota State (4–0)Minnesota State (5–0)Minnesota State (5–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–0)Minnesota–Duluth (7–1)Tarleton State (8–1)Tarleton State (9–1)Midwestern State (9–2)California (PA) (11–4)7.
8.California (PA)Northwest Missouri State (0–1) (4)Minnesota State (2–0)Minnesota–Duluth (2–1)Minnesota–Duluth (3–1)Minnesota–Duluth (4–1)Minnesota–Duluth (6–0)Grand Valley State (6–1)Albany State (7–0)Nebraska–Kearney (8–1)Nebraska–Kearney (9–1)Minnesota State (10–1)Nebraska–Kearney (11–2)8.
9.Carson–NewmanCentral Washington (1–0)Minnesota–Duluth (1–1)Delta State (1–1)Delta State (2–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–0)Minnesota–Duluth (6–1)Abilene Christian (7–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (8–1)Midwestern State (8–2)West Liberty State (10–1)West Liberty State (11–2)9.
10.Chadron StateMinnesota State (1–0)Delta State (0–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (4–0)Albany State (4–0)Albany State (6–0)Albany State (6–0)Charleston (8–0)Bloomsburg (8–1)UNC Pembroke (8–1)Carson–Newman (9–2)Tarleton State (10–3)10.
11.West Texas A&MDelta State (0–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0)Pittsburg State (2–1)Central Missouri (4–0)Tarleton State (5–0)Charleston (5–1)Charleston (7–0)Tarleton State (7–1)UNC Pembroke (7–1)West Liberty State (9–1)UNC Pembroke (9–1)Hillsdale (10–3)11.
12.Valdosta StateTuskegee (1–0)Albany State (2–0)Central Missouri (3–0)Albany State (3–0)Missouri Western State (5–0)Washburn (5–1)Edinboro (6–1)Missouri Western State (7–1)West Liberty State (8–1)Abilene Christian (8–2)Tarleton State (9–2)Minnesota State (10–2)12.
13.BloomsburgWest Texas A&M (0–1)Central Missouri (2–0)Albany State (3–0)Catawba (3–0)Tuskegee (4–1)Edinboro (5–1)Tarleton State (6–1)Nebraska–Kearney (7–1)Midwestern State (7–2)Albany State (8–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (9–2)Abilene Christian (9–4)13.
14.Central WashingtonWest Chester (1–0)Tuskegee (1–1)Catawba (3–0)Tarleton State (4–0)Ouachita Baptist (4–0)Wayne State College (5–1)Central Missouri (6–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–1)Albany State (7–1)Carson–Newman (8–2)Tuskegee (8–2)Midwestern State (9–3)14.
15.AshlandEdinboro (1–0)Chadron State (1–1)Chadron State (2–1)Ashland (3–1)Charleston (5–0)Tarleton State (5–1)Missouri Western State (6–1)UNC Pembroke (6–1)Abilene Christian (7–2)Tuskegee (7–2)Hillsdale (9–2)Shippensburg (9–3)15.
16.Central OklahomaAlbany State (1–0)Saginaw Valley State (2–0)Valdosta State (1–1)Tuskegee (3–1)Saginaw Valley State (4–1)Central Missouri (5–1)Nebraska–Kearney (6–1)Washburn (6–2)Tuskegee (6–2)Central Missouri (8–2)Saginaw Valley State (9–2)Texas A&M–Kingsville (9–3)16.
17.Minnesota State [note 1]California (PA) (0–1)Catawba (2–0)Tuskegee (2–1)Midwestern State (4–0)Washburn (4–1)Missouri Western State (5–1)UNC Pembroke (6–1)Midwestern State (6–2)Charleston (8–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (8–2)Shippensburg (9–2)Tuskegee (10–2)17.
18.TuskegeeTexas A&M–Kingsville (1–0)Valdosta State (0–1)Ashland (2–1)Missouri Western State (4–0)Wayne State College (4–1)Midwestern State (5–1)Findlay (6–1)West Liberty State (7–1)Carson–Newman (7–2)California (PA) (8–2)Abilene Christian (8–3)Arkansas Tech (9–3)18.
19.Albany StateCentral Missouri (1–0)Ashland (1–1)Tarleton State (3–0)Saginaw Valley State (3–1)Edinboro (4–1)Wayne State (5–1)Tuskegee (5–2)Tuskegee (5–2)Central Missouri (7–2)Bloomsburg (8–2)Charleston (9–2)Saginaw Valley State (9–3)19.
20.West ChesterValdosta State (0–1)Winona State (2–0)Wayne State College (3–0)Charleston (4–0) [note 3]Central Missouri (4–1)Ouachita Baptist (4–1)Washburn (5–2)Carson–Newman (6–2)California (PA) (7–2)Hillsdale (8–2)Albany State (8–2)UNC Pembroke (9–2)20.
21.EdinboroGlenville State (1–0)West Chester (1–1)IUP (3–0)Ouachita Baptist (3–0)Catawba (3–1)Nebraska–Kearney (5–1)West Liberty State (6–1)Central Missouri (6–2)Edinboro (7–2)Missouri Western State (8–2)Arkansas Tech (8–2)West Alabama (8–5)21.
22.Glenville StateCarson–Newman (0–1)Tarleton State (2–0)Washburn (3–0)Wayne State College (3–1)Wayne State (4–1) [note 4]Delta State (3–2)Midwestern State (5–2)Wayne State College (6–2)Hillsdale (7–2)Saginaw Valley State (8–2)California (PA) (8–3)Albany State (8–3)22.
23.TusculumAshland (0–1)Wayne State (NE) (2–0)Saginaw Valley State (2–1)Pittsburg State (2–2)Midwestern State (4–1)Angelo State (5–1)Northern Michigan (5–1)Edinboro (6–2)Missouri Western State (7–2)Shippensburg (8–2)Central Missouri (8–3)Charleston (9–2)23.
24.Fayetteville StateSaginaw Valley State (1–0)Central Oklahoma (1–1)Midwestern State (3–0)Edinboro (3–1)Hillsdale (4–1)Tuskegee (4–2)Wayne State College (5–2)California (PA) (6–2)Saginaw Valley State (7–2)Bentley (8–1)Washburn (8–3)Edinboro (9–4)24.
25.Central MissouriCatawba (1–0)IUP (2–0) [note 2]Augustana (3–0)Winona State (3–1)Delta State (2–2)UNC Pembroke (5–1) [note 5]Carson–Newman (5–2)Hillsdale (6–2)Bentley (8–1)Charleston (8–2)Bloomsburg (8–3)Washburn (8–3)25.
Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sept 1[2]
Week 2
Sept 8[3]
Week 3
Sept 15[4]
Week 4
Sept 22[5]
Week 5
Sept 29[6]
Week 6
Oct 6[7]
Week 7
Oct 13[8]
Week 8
Oct 20[9]
Week 9
Oct 27[10]
Week 10
Nov 3[11]
Week 11
Nov 10[12]
Week 12
Postseason[13]
Dropped:
  • 16 Central Oklahoma
  • 23 Tusculum
  • 24 Fayetteville State
Dropped:
  • 13 West Texas A&M
  • 15 Edinboro
  • 17 California (PA)
  • 21 Glenville State
  • 22 Carson–Newman
Dropped:
  • 20 Winona State
  • 21 West Chester
  • 24 Central Oklahoma
Dropped:
  • 15 Chadron State
  • 16 Valdosta State
  • 21 IUP
  • 22 Washburn
  • 25 Augustana
Dropped:
  • 15 Ashland
  • 23 Pittsburg State
  • 25 Winona State
Dropped:
  • 16 Saginaw Valley State
  • 21 Catawba
  • 24 Hillsdale
Dropped:
  • 19 Wayne State
  • 20 Ouachita Baptist
  • 22 Delta State
  • 23 Angelo State
Dropped:
  • 18 Findlay
  • 23 Northern Michigan
Dropped:
  • 16 Washburn
  • 22 Wayne State College
Dropped:
21 Edinboro
Dropped:
  • 21 Missouri Western State
  • 24 Bentley
Dropped:
  • 23 Central Missouri
  • 25 Bloomsburg

Notes

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  1. ^ In the actual printed polls, Minnesota State was listed as Minnesota State–Mankato
  2. ^ In the actual printed polls, IUP was listed as Indiana (PA)
  3. ^ Charleston refers to University of Charleston in West Virginia
  4. ^ Wayne State refers to Wayne State University in Michigan
  5. ^ In the actual printed polls, UNC Pembroke was listed as North Carolina, Pembroke

References

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