2014 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2014 NCAA Division II Football Rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2014 season.

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American Football Coaches Association poll

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Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sept 9[2]
Week 2
Sept 16[3]
Week 3
Sept 23[4]
Week 4
Sept 30[5]
Week 5
Oct 7[6]
Week 6
Oct 14[7]
Week 7
Oct 21[8]
Week 8
Oct 28[9]
Week 9
Nov 4[10]
Week 10
Nov 11[11]
Week 11
Nov 18[12]
Week 12
Postseason
1.Northwest Missouri State (31)Northwest Missouri State (1–0) (32)Northwest Missouri State (2–0) (25)Northwest Missouri State (3–0) (29)Northwest Missouri State (4–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (5–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (6–0) (31)Minnesota State (7–0) (24)Minnesota State (8–0) (26)Minnesota State (9–0) (28)Minnesota State (10–0) (29)Minnesota State (11–0) (29)CSU–Pueblo (14–1)1.
2.Grand Valley StateCSU–Pueblo (1–0)CSU–Pueblo (2–0) (6)CSU–Pueblo (3–0) (2)CSU–Pueblo (4–0) (1)CSU–Pueblo (5–0) (1)Minnesota State (6–0)Minnesota–Duluth (7–0) (4)Minnesota–Duluth (8–0) (2)Minnesota–Duluth (9–0) (1)Minnesota–Duluth (10–0)Minnesota–Duluth (11–0)Minnesota State (14–1)2.
3.Minnesota–DuluthMinnesota–Duluth (1–0)Minnesota State (2–0)Minnesota State (3–0)Minnesota State (4–0)Minnesota State (5–0)Minnesota–Duluth (6–0)North Alabama (6–0) (2)North Alabama (7–0) (2)Lenoir–Rhyne (9–0) (2)Lenoir–Rhyne (10–0) (1)Lenoir–Rhyne (11–0) (1)Minnesota–Duluth (13–1)3.
4.CSU–PuebloMinnesota State (1–0)Minnesota–Duluth (2–0)Minnesota–Duluth (3–0)Minnesota–Duluth (4–0)Minnesota–Duluth (5–0)North Alabama (5–0)Henderson State (7–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (8–0)Ferris State (9–0)Ferris State (10–0) (1)Ferris State (11–0) (1)Ohio Dominican (11–2)4.
5.North AlabamaNorth Alabama (0–0)North Alabama (1–0)North Alabama (2–0)North Alabama (3–0)North Alabama (4–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (6–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (7–0)Ferris State (8–0) (1)Bloomsburg (9–0)Bloomsburg (10–0)Pittsburg State (10–1)Concord (13–1)5.
6.Lenoir–RhyneLenoir–Rhyne (1–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (4–0)Lenoir–Rhyne (5–0)Henderson State (6–0)Ferris State (7–0) (1)Bloomsburg (8–0)Pittsburg State (8–1)Pittsburg State (9–1)Northwest Missouri State (10–1)West Georgia (12–3)6.
7.Minnesota StateHenderson State (1–0)Henderson State (2–0)Henderson State (3–0)Henderson State (4–0)Henderson State (5–0)Ohio Dominican (6–0)West Chester (7–0)Pittsburg State (7–1)Northwest Missouri State (8–1)Northwest Missouri State (9–1)Ouachita Baptist (10–0)Pittsburg State (11–2)7.
8.Henderson State (1)Pittsburg State (1–0)Pittsburg State (2–0)Pittsburg State (3–0)Ohio Dominican (4–0)Ohio Dominican (5–0)Shepherd (6–0)Bloomsburg (7–0)Northwest Missouri State (7–1)CSU–Pueblo (8–1)CSU–Pueblo (9–1)CSU–Pueblo (10–1)Lenoir–Rhyne (11–1)8.
9.Pittsburg StateWest Chester (1–0)Ohio Dominican (2–0)Ohio Dominican (3–0)West Chester (4–0)Shepherd (5–0)Delta State (5–0)Pittsburg State (6–1)CSU–Pueblo (7–1)Ouachita Baptist (8–0)Ouachita Baptist (9–0)Ohio Dominican (9–1)Ouachita Baptist (10–1)9.
10.West ChesterOhio Dominican (1–0)West Chester (2–0)West Chester (3–0)Shepherd (4–0)West Chester (5–0)West Chester (6–0)Northwest Missouri State (6–1)Sioux Falls (8–0)Winston–Salem State (8–1)Winston–Salem State (9–1)Concord (11–0)Valdosta State (10–3)10.
11.West Texas A&MShepherd (1–0)Shepherd (2–0)Shepherd (3–0)Delta State (3–0)Delta State (4–0)Ferris State (6–0)Colorado Mines (7–0)Winston–Salem State (7–1)Ohio Dominican (7–1)Ohio Dominican (8–1)Delta State (9–1)Ferris State (11–1)11.
12.ShepherdWinston–Salem State (1–0)Tarleton State (1–0)Delta State (2–0)Bloomsburg (4–0)Bloomsburg (5–0)Bloomsburg (6–0)CSU–Pueblo (6–1)Ohio Dominican (6–1)Delta State (7–1)Concord (10–0)North Alabama (9–1)Bloomsburg (11–2)12.
13.Ohio DominicanCarson–Newman (1–0)Valdosta State (2–0)Bloomsburg (3–0)Ferris State (4–0)Ferris State (5–0)Harding (5–0)Michigan Tech (6–0)Ouachita Baptist (7–0)Concord (9–0)Delta State (8–1)Harding (9–1)Delta State (9–2)13.
14.Winston–Salem StateAzusa Pacific (1–0)Delta State (1–0)Ferris State (3–0)Winston–Salem State (3–1)Harding (4–0)CSU–Pueblo (5–1)Sioux Falls (7–0)Henderson State (7–1)Henderson State (8–1)Henderson State (9–1)Bloomsburg (10–1)Northwest Missouri State (10–2)14.
15.St. Cloud StateIndianapolis (1–0)Bloomsburg (2–0)Winston–Salem State (2–1)Harding (3–0)Winston–Salem State (4–1)Colorado Mines (6–0)Winston–Salem State (6–1)Concord (8–0)North Alabama (7–1)North Alabama (8–1)West Chester (10–1)West Chester (11–2)15.
16.Carson–NewmanTarleton State (0–0)Ferris State (2–0)Harding (2–0)Midwestern State (3–0)Colorado Mines (5–0)Winston–Salem State (5–1)Ohio Dominican (6–1)Carson–Newman (6–1)Harding (7–1)Harding (8–1)Sioux Falls (10–1)North Alabama (9–2)16.
17.Tarleton StateDelta State (1–0)West Alabama (2–0)Colorado Mines (3–0)Colorado Mines (4–0)Carson–Newman (4–1)Pittsburg State (5–1)Carson–Newman (5–1)Harding (6–1)Sioux Falls (8–1)West Chester (9–1)Colorado Mines (10–1)Harding (9–2)17.
18.IndianapolisGrand Valley State (0–1)Winston–Salem State (1–1)Midwestern State (2–0)Carson–Newman (3–1)Pittsburg State (4–1)Carson–Newman (4–1)Ouachita Baptist (6–0)Colorado Mines (7–1)West Chester (8–1)Sioux Falls (9–1)Michigan Tech (9–1)Sioux Falls (11–1)18.
19.Delta StateEmporia State (1–0)St. Cloud State (1–1)Carson–Newman (2–1)Pittsburg State (3–1)Slippery Rock (5–0)Sioux Falls (6–0)Concord (7–0)Delta State (6–1)Colorado Mines (8–1)Colorado Mines (9–1)Azusa Pacific (10–1)Colorado Mines (10–2)19.
20.IUP [note 1]IUP (1–0)Harding (2–0)Winona State (3–0)Slippery Rock (4–0)Sioux Falls (5–0)Michigan Tech (5–0)Delta State (5–1)West Chester (7–1)Michigan Tech (7–1)Michigan Tech (8–1)Winston–Salem State (9–2)Angelo State (9–3)20.
21.UNC PembrokeBloomsburg (1–0)Carson–Newman (1–1)Valdosta State (2–1)Sioux Falls (4–0)West Georgia (5–0)Concord (6–0)Shepherd (6–1)Michigan Tech (6–1)Shepherd (7–1)Shepherd (8–1)Valdosta State (8–2)Michigan Tech (9–2)21.
22.Azusa Pacific тWest Texas A&M (0–1)Colorado Mines (2–0)Slippery Rock (3–0)West Alabama (3–1)Michigan Tech (4–0)Ouachita Baptist (5–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (6–1)Shepherd (6–1)Ashland (8–1)Azusa Pacific (9–1)Henderson State (9–2)Virginia State (10–3)22.
23.Emporia State тValdosta State (1–0)Midwestern State (1–0)West Alabama (2–1)Michigan Tech (4–0)Concord (5–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (5–1)Harding (5–1)Ashland (7–1)Azusa Pacific (8–1)Indianapolis (9–1)Angelo State (8–2) тAzusa Pacific (10–1)23.
24.BloomsburgFerris State (1–0)Winona State (2–0)Sioux Falls (3–0)West Georgia (4–0)Humboldt State (5–0)Ashland (5–1)Ashland (6–1)Azusa Pacific (7–1)Carson–Newman (6–2)Texas A&M–Commerce (8–1)Virginia State (9–2) тWinston–Salem State (9–2)24.
25.TuskegeeSt. Cloud State (0–1) тSlippery Rock (2–0)Findlay (3–0)Winona State (3–1)Midwestern State (3–1)Azusa Pacific (5–1)Azusa Pacific (6–1)California (PA) (7–1)Indianapolis (8–1)Valdosta State (7–2)West Georgia (9–2)Henderson State (9–2)25.
26. West Alabama (1–0) т           26.
Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sept 9[2]
Week 2
Sept 16[3]
Week 3
Sept 23[4]
Week 4
Sept 30[5]
Week 5
Oct 7[6]
Week 6
Oct 14[7]
Week 7
Oct 21[8]
Week 8
Oct 28[9]
Week 9
Nov 4[10]
Week 10
Nov 11[11]
Week 11
Nov 18[12]
Week 12
Postseason
Dropped:
  • 21 UNC Pembroke
  • 25 Tuskegee
Dropped:
  • 14 Azusa Pacific
  • 15 Indianapolis
  • 18 Grand Valley State
  • 19 Emporia State
  • 20 IUP
  • 22 West Texas A&M
Dropped:
  • 12 Tarleton State
  • 19 St. Cloud State
Dropped:
  • 21 Valdosta State
  • 25 Findlay
Dropped:
  • 22 West Alabama
  • 25 Winona State
Dropped:
  • 19 Slippery Rock
  • 21 West Georgia
  • 24 Humboldt State
  • 25 Midwestern State
NoneDropped:
22 Texas A&M–Commerce
Dropped:
25 California (PA)
Dropped:
  • 22 Ashland
  • 24 Carson–Newman
Dropped:
  • 21 Shepherd
  • 23 Indianapolis
  • 24 Texas A&M–Commerce
None

Notes

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  1. ^ In the actual printed polls, IUP was listed as Indiana (PA)

References

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