# 2005 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2005 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2005 season.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## American Football Coaches Association poll

| | Preseason | Week 1 Aug 31 | Week 2 Sept 7 | Week 3 Sept 14 | Week 4 Sept 21 | Week 5 Sept 28 | Week 6 Oct 5 | Week 7 Oct 12 | Week 8 Oct 19 | Week 9 Oct 26 | Week 10 Nov 2 | Week 11 Nov 9 | Week 12 Postseason | |
| 1. | Valdosta State | Valdosta State (1–0) (25) | Valdosta State (2–0) | Valdosta State (3–0) (24) | Grand Valley State (4–0) (16) | Grand Valley State (4–0) (15) | Grand Valley State (5–0) (16) | Grand Valley State (6–0) (15) | Grand Valley State (7–0) (15) | Grand Valley State (8–0) (15) | Grand Valley State (9–0) (25) | Grand Valley State (9–0) (25) | Grand Valley State (14–0) (25) | 1. |
| 2. | Pittsburg State | Grand Valley State (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–0) | Grand Valley State (3–0) (1) | North Dakota (4–0) (5) | North Dakota (5–0) (10) | North Dakota (6–0) (9) | North Dakota (7–0) (10) | North Dakota (8–0) (10) | North Dakota (9–0) (10) | Valdosta State (9–1) | Bloomsburg (11–0) | Northwest Missouri State (11–5) | 2. |
| 3. | Grand Valley State | Texas A&M–Kingsville (1–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–0) (3) | East Stroudsburg (4–0) | Valdosta State (5–1) | Valdosta State (6–1) | Valdosta State (7–1) | Valdosta State (8–1) | Bloomsburg (10–0) | Albany State (8–1) | Saginaw Valley State (9–2) | 3. |
| 4. | Texas A&M–Kingsville | North Dakota (1–0) | North Dakota (2–0) | North Dakota (3–0) | Nebraska–Omaha (3–0) | Pittsburg State (4–1) | Saginaw Valley State (5–0) | Saginaw Valley State (6–0) | Bloomsburg (8–0) | Bloomsburg (9–0) | Albany State (7–1) | Saginaw Valley State (9–1) | North Alabama (11–3) | 4. |
| 5. | Northwest Missouri State | Northwest Missouri State (1–0) | Nebraska–Omaha (2–0) | Nebraska–Omaha (3–0) | Carson–Newman (3–0) (1) | Valdosta State (4–1) | South Dakota (6–0) | South Dakota (7–0) | Albany State (5–1) | Albany State (6–1) | Washburn (9–1) | Presbyterian (10–1) | East Stroudsburg (11–3) | 5. |
| 6. | North Dakota | Carson–Newman (1–0) | Carson–Newman (2–0) | Carson–Newman (2–0) | East Stroudsburg (3–0) | Saginaw Valley State (4–0) | Northwest Missouri State (5–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–1) | East Stroudsburg (6–1) | Washburn (8–1) | Saginaw Valley State (8–1) | Shepherd (11–0) | Central Arkansas (11–3) | 6. |
| 7. | Carson–Newman | Nebraska–Omaha (1–0) | East Stroudsburg (2–0) | East Stroudsburg (3–0) | Pittsburg State (3–1) | Northwest Missouri State (4–1) | Arkansas Tech (5–0) | Bloomsburg (7–0) | West Texas A&M (8–0) | Saginaw Valley State (7–1) | North Dakota (9–1) | West Texas A&M (10–1) | Bloomsburg (11–1) | 7. |
| 8. | Nebraska–Omaha | East Stroudsburg (1–0) | Pittsburg State (1–1) | Pittsburg State (2–1) | Valdosta State (3–1) | South Dakota (5–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (4–1) | Albany State (4–1) | St. Cloud State (7–1) | South Dakota (8–1) | Shepherd (10–0) | Tuskegee (9–1) | North Dakota (10–3) | 8. |
| 9. | East Stroudsburg | Delta State (1–0) | Delta State (1–1) | Delta State (2–1) | Saginaw Valley State (3–0) | Tuskegee (4–0) | Michigan Tech (5–0) | East Stroudsburg (5–1) | Northwood (7–1) | Arkansas Tech (7–1) | Presbyterian (9–1) | Valdosta State (9–2) | Albany State (8–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Northwood | Albany State (1–0) | Northwest Missouri State (1–1) | Northwest Missouri State (2–1) | Northwest Missouri State (3–1) | Arkansas Tech (4–0) | Bloomsburg (6–0) | West Texas A&M (7–0) | Washburn (7–1) | Shepherd (9–0) | Tuskegee (8–1) | Northwood (9–2) | Presbyterian (10–2) | 10. |
| 11. | Albany State | Pittsburg State (1–0) | Tuskegee (1–0) | Saginaw Valley State (2–0) | Tuskegee (3–0) | St. Cloud State (5–0) | Carson–Newman (4–1) | Northwood (6–1) | Saginaw Valley State (6–1) | Presbyterian (8–1) | Pittsburg State (8–2) | South Dakota (9–2) | Tuskegee (11–1) | 11. |
| 12. | Central Oklahoma | Edinboro (1–0) | Saginaw Valley State (1–0) | Tuskegee (2–0) | Arkansas Tech (3–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–1) | Albany State (4–1) | St. Cloud State (6–1) | South Dakota (7–1) | Tuskegee (7–1) | West Texas A&M (9–1) | Washburn (9–2) | Pittsburg State (10–4) | 12. |
| 13. | Winona State | Tuskegee (1–0) | Catawba (2–0) | Catawba (3–0) | St. Cloud State (4–0) | Michigan Tech (4–0) | Nebraska–Omaha (4–1) | Washburn (6–1) | Arkansas Tech (6–1) | West Texas A&M (8–1) | Northwood (8–2) | North Alabama (8–2) | Washburn (9–3) | 13. |
| 14. | Colorado Mines | Saginaw Valley State (1–0) | Arkansas Tech (1–0) | Arkansas Tech (2–0) | South Dakota (4–0) | North Alabama (4–0) | East Stroudsburg (4–1) | Arkansas Tech (5–1) | North Alabama (6–1) | Pittsburg State (7–2) | St. Cloud State (8–2) | Nebraska–Omaha (8–2) | Valdosta State (9–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Edinboro | Arkansas Tech (1–0) т | St. Cloud State (2–0) | St. Cloud State (3–0) | Michigan Tech (3–0) | Carson–Newman (3–1) | Northwood (5–1) | Tuskegee (5–1) | Shepherd (8–0) | Northwood (7–2) | North Alabama (7–2) | Central Arkansas (9–2) | West Texas A&M (10–2) | 15. |
| 16. | Tuskegee | West Chester (1–0) т | South Dakota (2–0) | South Dakota (3–0) | Albany State (3–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (3–1) | West Texas A&M (6–0) | Shepherd (7–0) | Presbyterian (7–1) | Northwest Missouri State (6–2) | South Dakota (8–2) | North Dakota (9–2) | Nebraska–Omaha (8–3) | 16. |
| 17. | Delta State | Catawba (1–0) | Albany State (1–1) | Michigan Tech (3–0) | Tarleton State (3–0) | Albany State (3–1) | Edinboro (4–1) | Presbyterian (6–1) т | Tuskegee (6–1) | St. Cloud State (7–2) | Nebraska–Omaha (7–2) | East Stroudsburg (8–2) | South Dakota (9–2) | 17. |
| 18. | Arkansas Tech | St. Cloud State (1–0) | Michigan Tech (2–0) | Albany State (2–1) | North Alabama (3–0) | Tarleton State (4–0) | St. Cloud State (5–1) | North Alabama (5–1) т | Pittsburg State (6–2) | North Alabama (6–2) | East Stroudsburg (7–2) | Carson–Newman (8–2) | Northwood (9–3) | 18. |
| 19. | West Chester | Michigan Tech (1–0) | Edinboro (1–1) | Tarleton State (2–0) | Northwood (3–1) | Northwood (4–1) | Tuskegee (4–1) | Michigan Tech (5–1) | Tarleton State (6–1) | Angelo State (8–1) | Central Arkansas (8–2) | North Carolina Central (10–1) | North Carolina Central (10–2) | 19. |
| 20. | Catawba | South Dakota (1–0) | Tarleton State (1–0) | Edinboro (1–1) | Edinboro (2–1) | Bloomsburg (5–0) | Pittsburg State (4–2) | Pittsburg State (5–2) | Northwest Missouri State (5–2) | East Stroudsburg (6–2) | Arkansas Tech (7–2) | Angelo State (9–2) | Shepherd (11–1) | 20. |
| 21. | Saginaw Valley State | Northwood (0–1) | Northwood (1–1) | Northwood (2–1) | Bloomsburg (4–0) | Edinboro (3–1) | Shepherd (6–0) | Northwest Missouri State (5–2) | St. Augustine's (8–0) т | Texas A&M–Kingsville (6–2) | Carson–Newman (7–2) | Northwest Missouri State (7–3) | Carson–Newman (8–2) | 21. |
| 22. | St. Cloud State | Tarleton State (0–0) | C.W. Post (1–0) | Bloomsburg (3–0) | Catawba (3–1) | West Texas A&M (5–0) | North Alabama (4–1) | Tarleton State (5–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–2) т | Central Arkansas (7–2) | Tarleton State (7–2) | Edinboro (8–2) | C.W. Post (10–3) | 22. |
| 23. | Tarleton State | C.W. Post (0–0) | Missouri Western State (2–0) | West Chester (2–1) | Delta State (2–2) | Shepherd (5–0) | Presbyterian (5–1) | Carson–Newman (4–2) | Central Arkansas (6–2) | West Chester (7–2) | North Carolina Central (9–1) | Pittsburg State (8–3) | Angelo State (9–3) | 23. |
| 24. | Michigan Tech | Central Arkansas (1–0) | Central Oklahoma (1–1) | Washburn (3–0) | Harding (3–1) | Delta State (3–2) | Tarleton State (4–1) | St. Augustine's (7–0) | Carson–Newman (5–2) | Carson–Newman (6–2) | Angelo State (8–2) | Nebraska–Kearney (9–2) | Nebraska–Kearney (9–3) | 24. |
| 25. | South Dakota т | Central Oklahoma (0–1) | West Chester (1–1) | Presbyterian (3–0) | Shepherd (4–0) | Presbyterian (4–1) | Washburn (5–1) | Central Arkansas (5–2) | Michigan Tech (5–2) | Nebraska–Omaha (6–2) | Northwest Missouri State (6–3) | St. Cloud State (8–3) | Missouri Western State (9–3) | 25. |
| 26. | C.W. Post т | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Aug 31 | Week 2 Sept 7 | Week 3 Sept 14 | Week 4 Sept 21 | Week 5 Sept 28 | Week 6 Oct 5 | Week 7 Oct 12 | Week 8 Oct 19 | Week 9 Oct 26 | Week 10 Nov 2 | Week 11 Nov 9 | Week 12 Postseason | |
| | | Dropped: 13 Winona State14 Colorado Mines | Dropped: 24 Central Arkansas | Dropped: 22 C.W. Post23 Missouri Western State24 Central Oklahoma | Dropped: 23 West Chester24 Washburn25 Presbyterian | Dropped: 22 Catawba24 Harding | Dropped: 24 Delta State | Dropped: 13 Nebraska–Omaha17 Edinboro | None | Dropped: 19 Tarleton State21 St. Augustine's25 Michigan Tech | Dropped: 21 Texas A&M–Kingsville23 West Chester | Dropped: 20 Arkansas Tech22 Tarleton State | Dropped: 22 Edinboro25 St. Cloud State | |