# 1989 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 1989 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the NCAA Division II football committee. This is for the 1989 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 |

## NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

| | Preseason | Week 1 Sept 12 | Week 2 Sept 19 | Week 3 Sept 26 | Week 4 Oct 2 | Week 5 Oct 9 | Week 6 Oct 16 | Week 7 Oct 23 | Week 8 Oct 30 | Week 9 Nov 6 | |
| 1. | North Dakota State | North Dakota State (1–0) (4) | North Dakota State (2–0) (4) | North Dakota State (3–0) (4) | North Dakota State (4–0) (4) | North Dakota State (5–0) (4) | North Dakota State (6–0) (4) | Texas A&I (7–0) (4) | Texas A&I (8–0) (4) | Texas A&I (9–0) (4) | 1. |
| 2. | Texas A&I | Texas A&I (2–0) | Texas A&I (2–0) | Texas A&I (3–0) | Texas A&I (4–0) | Texas A&I (5–0) | Texas A&I (6–0) | Jacksonville State (8–0) | Jacksonville State (8–0) | Jacksonville State (9–0) | 2. |
| 3. | Portland State | Portland State (2–0) | Jacksonville State (3–0) | Jacksonville State (4–0) | Jacksonville State (5–0) | Jacksonville State (6–0) | Jacksonville State (7–0) | Grand Valley State (8–0) | Grand Valley State (9–0) | Grand Valley State (10–0) | 3. |
| 4. | Jacksonville State | Jacksonville State (2–0) | IUP (2–0) | Angelo State (4–0) | Angelo State (5–0) | Grand Valley State (6–0) | Grand Valley State (7–0) | Pittsburg State (8–0) | Pittsburg State (9–0) | Pittsburg State (10–0) | 4. |
| 5. | Sacramento State | Sacramento State (2–0) | Angelo State (3–0) | Grand Valley State (4–0) | Grand Valley State (5–0) | Winston–Salem State (6–0) | Winston–Salem State (7–0) | Angelo State (7–1) | Angelo State (8–1) т | Angelo State (9–1) т | 5. |
| 6. | IUP | IUP (1–0) | Augustana (3–0) | Winston–Salem State (4–0) | Winston–Salem State (5–0) | Pittsburg State (6–0) | Pittsburg State (7–0) | St. Cloud State (6–1) | St. Cloud State (7–1) т | St. Cloud State (8–1) т | 6. |
| 7. | Mississippi College | Angelo State (2–0) | Grand Valley State (3–0) | Shippensburg (4–0) | Shippensburg (5–0) | Fort Valley State (5–0) | Angelo State (6–1) | Edinboro (6–1) | Edinboro (7–1) | Edinboro (8–1) | 7. |
| 8. | Winston–Salem State | Winston–Salem State (2–0) | Winston–Salem State (3–0) | Mississippi College (3–1) | Pittsburg State (5–0) | Sacramento State (4–1) | Edinboro (5–1) | North Dakota State (6–1) | West Chester (7–1) | West Chester (8–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Millersville | Millersville (1–0) | Shippensburg (3–0) | Pittsburg State (4–0) | Fort Valley State (4–0) | Angelo State (5–1) | St. Cloud State (5–1) т | West Chester (6–1) | IUP (7–1) | IUP (8–1) | 9. |
| 10. | St. Cloud State | Grand Valley State (2–0) | Portland State (2–1) | Ferris State (4–0) | Northwest Missouri State (5–0) | Shippensburg (5–0–1) | West Chester (5–1) т | IUP (6–1) | North Dakota State (6–1–1) т | Winston–Salem State (8–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Butler | Augustana (2–0) | Pittsburg State (3–0) | Northern Colorado (3–0) | Sacramento State (4–1) | Edinboro (4–1) | IUP (5–1) | Winston–Salem State (7–1) | Winston–Salem State (8–1) т | Augustana (7–2–1) | 11. |
| 12. | Angelo State | Shippensburg (2–0) | West Chester (2–0) | Fort Valley State (3–0) | Edinboro (3–1) | West Chester (4–1) | UC Davis (5–1) | UC Davis (6–1) | Augustana (6–2–1) т | Mississippi College (7–2) т | 12. |
| 13. | North Carolina Central | St. Cloud State (1–0) | Mississippi College (2–1) | Northwest Missouri State (4–0) | West Chester (3–1) | St. Cloud State (4–1) | Fort Valley State (5–1) | Mississippi College (6–2) | Mississippi College (7–2) т | New Haven (8–1) т | 13. |
| 14. | Augustana | Albany State (1–0) | South Dakota State (3–0) | Virginia Union (3–0) | St. Cloud State (3–1) | Hillsdale (5–1) | Portland State (5–2) | Northwest Missouri State (7–1) т | New Haven (7–1) | Portland State (7–3) | 14. |
| 15. | UC Davis | UC Davis (1–0) | Ferris State (3–0) | South Dakota State (3–1) | Hillsdale (4–1) | Mississippi College (4–2) | Mississippi College (5–2) т | Virginia Union (6–1) т | Fort Valley State (6–2) | Santa Clara (7–3) | 15. |
| 16. | Grand Valley State | Pittsburg State (1–0) | Virginia State (3–0) | Edinboro (4–0) | Nebraska–Omaha (5–0) | UC Davis (4–1) | Northwest Missouri State (6–1) т | Augustana (6–2) | Portland State (6–3) | UC Davis (7–2) | 16. |
| 17. | Shippensburg | Virginia State (1–0) | UC Davis (2–0) | Sacramento State (3–1) | UC Davis (3–1) | IUP (4–1) | Virginia Union (5–1) | New Haven (6–1) | Virginia Union (6–1–1) | North Dakota State (6–2–1) | 17. |
| 18. | East Texas State | Mississippi College (1–1) | Fort Valley State (3–0) | Augustana (3–1) | Mississippi College (3–2) | Portland State (4–2) | Augustana (5–2) | Ashland (6–1) | Santa Clara (7–1) | Northwest Missouri State (8–2) | 18. |
| 19. | Albany State | Ferris State (2–0) | Virginia Union (2–1) | West Chester (2–1) | Norfolk State (5–0) | American International (5–0–1) т | Ashland (5–1) | Eastern New Mexico (6–1) т | Northwest Missouri State (7–2) | American International (7–2) | 19. |
| 20. | North Dakota | East Texas State (2–0) | Northwest Missouri State (3–0) | Hillsdale (3–0) т | IUP (3–1) | North Alabama (4–2) т | Tuskegee (5–1) | Sacramento State (5–2) т | Butler (6–2–1) | Butler (7–2–1) | 20. |
| 21. | | | | North Alabama (3–0) т | | | | | | | 21. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Sept 12 | Week 2 Sept 19 | Week 3 Sept 26 | Week 4 Oct 2 | Week 5 Oct 9 | Week 6 Oct 16 | Week 7 Oct 23 | Week 8 Oct 30 | Week 9 Nov 6 | |
| | | Dropped: 11 Butler13 North Carolina Central20 North Dakota | Dropped: 5 Sacramento State9 Millersville13 St. Cloud State14 Albany State20 East Texas State | Dropped: 4 IUP10 Portland State16 Virginia State17 UC Davis | Dropped: 10 Ferris State11 Northern Colorado14 Virginia Union15 South Dakota State18 Augustana20 North Alabama | Dropped: 10 Northwest Missouri State16 Nebraska–Omaha19 Norfolk State | Dropped: 8 Sacramento State10 Shippensburg14 Hillsdale19 American International20 North Alabama | Dropped: 13 Fort Valley State14 Portland State20 Tuskegee | Dropped: 12 UC Davis18 Ashland19 Eastern New Mexico20 Sacramento State | Dropped: 15 Fort Valley State17 Virginia Union | |