# 2024 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2024 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 2024 season.

## Legend

| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week or no change |
| | Selected for College Football Playoff |
| (#–#) | Win–loss record |
| (Italics) | Number of first place votes |
| т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol |

## American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) poll

| | Preseason August 12 | Week 2 September 9 | Week 3 September 16 | Week 4 September 23 | Week 5 September 30 | Week 6 October 7 | Week 7 October 14 | Week 8 October 21 | Week 9 October 28 | Week 10 November 4 | Week 11 November 11 | Week 12 November 18 | Week 13 (Final) December 23 | |
| 1. | Harding (25) | Harding (1–0) (27) | Harding (2–0) (27) | Harding (3–0) (29) | Harding (4–0) (29) | Harding (5–0) (30) | Harding (6–0) (30) | Grand Valley State (7–0) (27) | Valdosta State (7–0) (18) | Valdosta State (8–0) (24) | Valdosta State (9–0) (25) | Valdosta State (10–0) (27) | Ferris State (14–1) (27) | 1. |
| 2. | Central Missouri | Central Missouri (1–0) (1) | Grand Valley State (2–0) (1) | Grand Valley State (3–0) | Grand Valley State (4–0) | Grand Valley State (5–0) | Grand Valley State (6–0) | Valdosta State (7–0) (3) | Ferris State (7–1) (8) | Ferris State (8–1) (6) | Ferris State (9–1) (5) | Ferris State (10–1) (3) | Valdosta State (13–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Ferris State (1) | Grand Valley State (1–0) (1) | Valdosta State (3–0) | Valdosta State (4–0) | Valdosta State (4–0) | Valdosta State (5–0) | Valdosta State (6–0) | Ferris State (6–1) | Ouachita Baptist (8–0) (2) | Kutztown (9–0) | Kutztown (10–0) | Kutztown (11–0) | Slippery Rock (12–2) | 3. |
| 4. | Grand Valley State (1) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Colorado Mines (2–0) | Colorado Mines (3–0) | Colorado Mines (4–0) | Ferris State (4–1) | Ferris State (5–1) | Kutztown (7–0) | Kutztown (8–0) | Harding (8–1) | Harding (9–1) | Harding (10–1) | Harding (12–2) | 4. |
| 5. | Colorado Mines | Colorado Mines (1–0) | Ferris State (2–1) | Ferris State (2–1) | Ferris State (3–1) | Kutztown (5–0) | Kutztown (6–0) | Ouachita Baptist (7–0) | Pittsburgh State (7–1) (1) | Grand Valley State (8–1) | Grand Valley State (9–1) | Grand Valley State (10–1) | Kutztown (11–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Pittsburg State | Valdosta State (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–0) | Slippery Rock (5–0) | Slippery Rock (6–0) | Pittsburg State (6–1) | Harding (7–1) | Charleston (WV) (9–0) | Charleston (WV) (10–0) | Charleston (WV) (11–0) | Grand Valley State (11–2) | 6. |
| 7. | Valdosta State | Ferris State (1–1) | Kutztown (2–0) | Minnesota State (4–0) | Minnesota State (5–0) | Pittsburg State (4–1) | Pittsburg State (5–1) | Harding (6–1) | Grand Valley State (7–1) | CSU Pueblo (8–1) | CSU Pueblo (9–1) | CSU Pueblo (10–1) | Minnesota State (11–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Central Washington | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | Minnesota State (3–0) | Kutztown (3–0) | Kutztown (4–0) | Western Colorado (5–0) | Western Colorado (6–0) | Western Colorado (7–0) | Western Colorado (8–0) | Central Oklahoma (8–1) | Central Oklahoma (9–1) | Central Oklahoma (10–1) | CSU Pueblo (10–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Kutztown (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) (1) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | Slippery Rock (4–0) | Central Washington (4–1) | Ouachita Baptist (6–0) | Central Oklahoma (7–0) | Charleston (WV) (8–0) | Ouachita Baptist (8–1) | Ouachita Baptist (9–1) | Ouachita Baptist (10–1) | Central Oklahoma (11–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Kutztown | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–1) | Pittsburg State (3–1) | Pittsburg State (3–1) | Ouachita Baptist (5–0) | West Alabama (5–0) | Colorado Mines (6–1) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | Slippery Rock (7–1) | Western Colorado (9–1) | Western Colorado (10–1) | Western Colorado (11–2) | 10. |
| 11. | Slippery Rock | Minnesota State (2–0) | Central Missouri (1–1) | Emporia State (4–0) | Central Washington (3–1) | West Alabama (4–0) | Central Oklahoma (6–0) | Charleston (WV) (7–0) | Emporia State (7–1) | Western Colorado (8–1) | Slippery Rock (8–1) | Slippery Rock (9–1) | Virginia Union (10–4) | 11. |
| 12. | West Florida | West Florida (1–0) | West Florida (1–0) | Central Missouri (2–1) | Central Missouri (3–1) | Colorado Mines (4–1) | Colorado Mines (5–1) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–1) | West Alabama (7–1) | West Alabama (8–1) | West Alabama (9–1) | California (PA) (10–3) | 12. |
| 13. | Minnesota State | Central Washington (0–1) | Emporia State (3–0) | Central Washington (2–1) | Western Colorado (4–0) | Central Oklahoma (5–0) | Charleston (WV) (6–0) | Minnesota State (6–1) | Central Oklahoma (7–1) | Pittsburg State (7–2) | Pittsburg State (7–2) | Pittsburg State (8–2) | Bemidji State (10–4) | 13. |
| 14. | Augustana (SD) | Augustana (SD) (1–0) | Central Washington (1–1) | Western Colorado (3–0) | Ouachita Baptist (4–0) | Charleston (WV) (5–0) | CSU Pueblo (6–1) | Emporia State (6–1) | Slippery Rock (6–1) | Colorado Mines (7–2) | Indianapolis (9–1) | Indianapolis (10–1) | Ouachita Baptist (10–2) | 14. |
| 15. | Western Colorado | Western Colorado (1–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Indianapolis (3–0) | West Alabama (4–0) | Minnesota State (5–1) | Minnesota State (6–1) | Slippery Rock (6–1) | West Alabama (6–1) | Indianapolis (8–1) | Augustana (SD) (8–2) | Lenoir–Rhyne (9–2) | Charleston (WV) (11–1) | 15. |
| 16. | Indianapolis | Indianapolis (1–0) | Indianapolis (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (3–0) | Charleston (WV) (4–0) | CSU Pueblo (5–1) | Emporia State (6–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–1) | Johnson C. Smith (8–0) | Augustana (SD) (7–2) | West Florida (7–2) | Angelo State (9–2) | Lenoir–Rhyne (10–3) | 16. |
| 17. | Minnesota Duluth | Delta State (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (2–0) | West Alabama (4–0) | Central Oklahoma (4–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (5–1) | Carson–Newman (7–0) | Central Washington (6–2) | West Florida (6–2) | California (PA) (8–1) | Wingate (9–1) | Pittsburg State (8–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Delta State | Ouachita Baptist (1–0) | Augustana (SD) (1–1) | Augustana (SD) (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (4–1) т | Emporia State (5–1) | Carson–Newman (6–0) | West Alabama (5–1) | Colorado Mines (6–2) | California (PA) (7–1) т | Minnesota State (8–2) | Colorado Mines (8–3) | West Alabama (9–2) | 18. |
| 19. | Ouachita Baptist | Minnesota Duluth (1–0) | Charleston (WV) (2–0) | Charleston (WV) (3–0) | Emporia State (4–1) т | Delta State (4–1) | Indianapolis (5–1) | Johnson C. Smith (7–0) | Indianapolis (7–1) | Minnesota State (7–2) т | Carson–Newman (9–1) | Central Washington (8–3) | Indianapolis (10–2) | 19. |
| 20. | Virginia Union | Charleston (WV) (2–0) | Henderson State (2–0) | Henderson State (3–0) | Delta State (3–1) | Findlay (5–0) | Johnson C. Smith (6–0) | Central Washington (5–2) | Augustana (SD) (6–2) | Emporia State (7–2) | Lenoir–Rhyne (8–2) | California (PA) (8–2) | Angelo State (9–3) | 20. |
| 21. | UT Permian Basin | Emporia State (2–0) | Virginia Union (1–1) | West Florida (1–1) | IUP (4–0) | Indianapolis (4–1) | Central Washington (4–2) | Indianapolis (6–1) | West Florida (5–2) | Carson–Newman (8–1) т | Angelo State (8–2) | West Florida (7–3) | Wingate (9–2) | 21. |
| 22. | NW Missouri State | CSU Pueblo (2–0) | CSU Pueblo (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (3–1) | Indianapolis (3–1) | Johnson C. Smith (6–0) | Frostburg State (6–0) | Southern Arkansas (6–1) | Minnesota State (6–2) | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–2) т | Findlay (9–1) | Augustana (SD) (8–3) | Miles (10–3) | 22. |
| 23. | Charleston (WV) | Virginia Union (1–1) | West Alabama (3–0) | Central Oklahoma (3–0) | Findlay (4–0) | Carson–Newman (5–0) | West Florida (3–2) | West Florida (4–2) | California (PA) (7–1) | Angelo State (7–2) | Wingate (8–1) | Southern Arkansas (9–2) | Ashland (9–4) | 23. |
| 24. | Angelo State | Henderson State (1–0) | Delta State (2–1) т | Delta State (3–1) | Johnson C. Smith (5–0) | Frostburg State (5–0) | Southern Arkansas (5–1) | Delta State (5–2) | Carson–Newman (7–1) | Findlay (8–1) т | Colorado Mines (7–3) | Carson–Newman (9–2) | Central Washington (8–4) | 24. |
| 25. | Bemidji State | Fort Hays State (2–0) | Wingate (2–0) т | IUP (3–0) | Carson–Newman (4–0) | IUP (4–1) | Henderson State (5–1) | Augustana (SD) (5–2) | Findlay (7–1) | Wingate (7–1) т | Central Washington (7–3) | Central Missouri (8–3) | Augustana (SD) (8–4) | 25. |
| | Preseason August 12 | Week 2 September 9 | Week 3 September 16 | Week 4 September 23 | Week 5 September 30 | Week 6 October 7 | Week 7 October 14 | Week 8 October 21 | Week 9 October 28 | Week 10 November 4 | Week 11 November 11 | Week 12 November 18 | Week 13 (Final) December 23 | |
| | | Dropped: UT Permian Basin NW Missouri State Angelo State Bemidji State | Dropped: Minnesota Duluth Fort Hays State | Dropped: Virginia Union Wingate | Dropped: Augustana (SD) Henderson State West Florida | Dropped: Central Missouri | Dropped: Delta State Findlay IUP | Dropped: Frostburg State Henderson State | Dropped: Southern Arkansas Delta State | Dropped: Johnson C. Smith Central Washington | Dropped: Emporia State | Dropped: Minnesota State Findlay | Dropped: Colorado Mines West Florida Southern Arkansas Carson–Newman Central Missouri | |

## D2Football.com poll

| | Preseason August 18 | Week 1 September 2 | Week 2 September 9 | Week 3 September 16 | Week 4 September 23 | Week 5 September 30 | Week 6 October 7 | Week 7 October 14 | Week 8 October 21 | Week 9 October 28 | Week 10 November 4 | Week 11 November 11 | Week 12 November 18 | Week 13 (Final) December 22 | |
| 1. | Harding | Harding (0–0) | Harding (1–0) | Harding (2–0) | Harding (3–0) | Harding (4–0) | Harding (5–0) | Harding (6–0) | Grand Valley State (7–0) | Pittsburg State (7–1) | Ferris State (8–1) | Ferris State (9–1) | Ferris State (10–1) | Ferris State (14–1) | 1. |
| 2. | Central Missouri | Central Missouri (0–0) | Central Missouri (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–0) | Grand Valley State (3–0) | Grand Valley State (4–0) | Grand Valley State (5–0) | Grand Valley State (6–0) | Valdosta State (7–0) | Ferris State (7–1) | Valdosta State (8–0) | Valdosta State (9–0) | Valdosta State (10–0) | Valdosta State (13–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Ferris State | Pittsburg State (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Valdosta State (2–0) | Valdosta State (4–0) | Valdosta State (4–0) | Valdosta State (5–0) | Valdosta State (6–0) | Pittsburg State (6–1) | Valdosta State (7–0) | Kutztown (9–0) | Kutztown (10–0) | Kutztown (11–0) | Slippery Rock (12–2) | 3. |
| 4. | Pittsburg State | Grand Valley State (0–0) | Grand Valley State (1–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Minnesota State (4–0) | Minnesota State (5–0) | Pittsburg State (4–1) | Pittsburg State (5–1) | Ferris State (6–1) | Kutztown (8–0) | Grand Valley State (8–1) | Grand Valley State (9–1) | Grand Valley State (10–1) | Harding (12–2) | 4. |
| 5. | Grand Valley State | Valdosta State (1–0) | Valdosta State (2–0) | Colorado Mines (2–0) | Pittsburg State (3–1) | Pittsburg State (3–1) | Ferris State (4–1) | Ferris State (5–1) | Kutztown (7–0) | Ouachita Baptist (8–0) | Harding (8–1) | Harding (9–1) | Harding (10–1) | Minnesota State (11–4) | 5. |
| 6. | Valdosta State | Colorado Mines (0–0) | Colorado Mines (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–1) | Ferris State (2–1) | Ferris State (3–1) | Kutztown (5–0) | Kutztown (6–0) | Central Oklahoma (7–0) | Grand Valley State (7–1) | CSU Pueblo (8–1) | CSU Pueblo (9–1) | CSU Pueblo (10–1) | Grand Valley State (11–2) | 6. |
| 7. | Colorado Mines | Central Washington (0–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Ferris State (2–1) | Colorado Mines (3–0) | Colorado Mines (4–0) | Central Washington (4–1) | Slippery Rock (6–0) | Ouachita Baptist (7–0) | Harding (7–1) | Central Oklahoma (8–1) | Central Oklahoma (9–1) | Central Oklahoma (10–1) | Kutztown (11–1) | 7. |
| 8. | Central Washington | Minnesota State (1–0) | Ferris State (1–1) | Kutztown (2–0) | Kutztown (3–0) | Kutztown (4–0) | Slippery Rock (5–0) | Central Oklahoma (6–0) | Harding (6–1) | Western Colorado (8–0) | Pittsburg State (7–2) | Pittsburg State (7–2) | Pittsburg State (8–2) | Central Oklahoma (11–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Kutztown | Ferris State (0–1) | Kutztown (1–0) | Central Washington (1–1) | Central Washington (2–1) | Central Washington (3–1) | Minnesota State (5–1) | Minnesota State (6–1) | Minnesota State (6–1) | Central Oklahoma (7–1) | Charleston (WV) (9–0) | Charleston (WV) (10–0) | Charleston (WV) (11–0) | Bemidji State (10–4) | 9. |
| 10. | Slippery Rock | Kutztown (0–0) | Central Washington (0–1) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | Slippery Rock (4–0) | Western Colorado (5–0) | Western Colorado (6–0) | Western Colorado (7–0) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | Augustana (SD) (7–2) | Augustana (SD) (8–2) | Western Colorado (10–1) | California (PA) (10–3) | 10. |
| 11. | Minnesota State | Slippery Rock (0–0) | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Central Missouri (1–1) | Central Missouri (2–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–0) | Central Oklahoma (5–0) | Ouachita Baptist (6–0) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | Central Washington (6–2) | Western Colorado (8–1) | Western Colorado (9–1) | Ouachita Baptist (10–1) | CSU Pueblo (10–2) | 11. |
| 12. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Delta State (1–0) | Delta State (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0) | Western Colorado (4–0) | Ouachita Baptist (5–0) | West Alabama (5–0) | Colorado Mines (6–1) | Charleston (WV) (8–0) | Ouachita Baptist (8–1) | Ouachita Baptist (9–1) | Slippery Rock (9–1) | Virginia Union (10–4) | 12. |
| 13. | West Florida | Lenoir–Rhyne (0–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | West Florida (1–0) | Western Colorado (3–0) | Central Missouri (3–1) | West Alabama (4–0) | CSU Pueblo (6–1) | Central Washington (5–2) | Emporia State (7–1) | Slippery Rock (7–1) | Slippery Rock (8–1) | West Alabama (9–1) | Western Colorado (11–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Delta State | West Florida (0–0) | West Florida (1–0) | Western Colorado (2–0) | Indianapolis (3–0) | Ouachita Baptist (4–0) | CSU Pueblo (5–1) | Colorado Mines (5–1) | Charleston (WV) (7–0) | Augustana (SD) (6–2) | West Alabama (7–1) | West Alabama (8–1) | Wingate (9–1) | Pittsburg State (8–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Indianapolis | UT Permian Basin (1–0) | Indianapolis (1–0) | Indianapolis (2–0) | Emporia State (4–0) | West Alabama (4–0) | Colorado Mines (4–1) | Central Washington (4–2) | Emporia State (6–1) | Slippery Rock (6–1) | Minnesota State (7–2) | Minnesota State (8–2) | Angelo State (9–2) | Ouachita Baptist (10–2) | 15. |
| 16. | UT Permian Basin | Indianapolis (0–0) | Western Colorado (1–0) | Ouachita Baptist (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (3–0) | Bemidji State (4–1) | Charleston (WV) (5–0) | Charleston (WV) (6–0) | Slippery Rock (6–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–1) | Indianapolis (8–1) | Indianapolis (9–1) | Indianapolis (10–1) | West Alabama (9–2) | 16. |
| 17. | Ouachita Baptist | Ouachita Baptist (0–0) | Ouachita Baptist (1–0) | Henderson State (2–0) | Henderson State (3–0) | Central Oklahoma (4–0) | Emporia State (5–1) | Emporia State (6–1) | Carson–Newman (7–0) | West Alabama (6–1) | California (PA) (7–1) | California (PA) (8–1) | Augustana (SD) (8–3) | Central Missouri (9–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Virginia Union | Virginia Union (1–0) | Augustana (SD) (1–0) | Emporia State (3–0) | West Alabama (4–0) | Charleston (WV) (4–0) | Carson–Newman (5–0) | Carson–Newman (6–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–1) | Minnesota State (6–2) | Wingate (7–1) | Wingate (8–1) | California (PA) (8–2) | Charleston (WV) (11–1) | 18. |
| 19. | Western Colorado | Western Colorado (1–0) | Henderson State (1–0) | Augustana (SD) (1–1) | Augustana (SD) (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (4–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (5–1) | West Alabama (5–1) | Johnson C. Smith (8–0) | Emporia State (7–2) | Angelo State (8–2) | Fort Hays State (8–3) | Miles (10–3) | 19. |
| 20. | Bemidji State | Bemidji State (1–0) | Minnesota Duluth (1–0) | Virginia Union (1–1) | West Florida (1–1) | Emporia State (4–1) | Augustana (SD) (3–2) | Augustana (SD) (4–2) | Augustana (SD) (5–2) | Colorado Mines (6–2) | Angelo State (7–2) | Carson–Newman (9–1) | Central Missouri (8–3) | Ashland (9–4) | 20. |
| 21. | Augustana (SD) | Augustana (SD) (0–0) | Fort Hays State (2–0) | Bemidji State (2–1) | Bemidji State (3–1) | Carson–Newman (4–0) | Johnson C. Smith (6–0) | Johnson C. Smith (6–0) | Johnson C. Smith (7–0) | Indianapolis (7–1) | Colorado Mines (7–2) | West Florida (7–2) | East Stroudsburg (10–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (10–3) | 21. |
| 22. | NW Missouri State | Henderson State (0–0) | Virginia Union (1–1) | Charleston (WV) (2–0) | Charleston (WV) (3–0) | Indianapolis (3–1) | Indianapolis (4–1) | Indianapolis (5–1) | Indianapolis (6–1) | California (PA) (7–1) | Carson–Newman (8–1) | East Stroudsburg (9–1) | Miles (9–2) | Wingate (9–2) | 22. |
| 23. | Henderson State | Minnesota Duluth (1–0) | Bemidji State (1–1) | Wingate (2–0) | Central Oklahoma (3–0) | Johnson C. Smith (5–0) | Findlay (5–0) | Saginaw Valley State (5–1) | Wayne State (NE) (6–1) | Emory & Henry (7–1) | Sioux Falls (7–2) | Fort Hays State (7–3) | Central Washington (8–3) | Augustana (SD) (8–4) | 23. |
| 24. | Charleston (WV) | Fort Hays State (1–0) | Charleston (WV) (2–0) | Delta State (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (3–1) | IUP (4–0) | Saginaw Valley State (4–1) | Wayne State (NE) (5–1) | California (PA) (6–1) | Sioux Falls (7–2) | Saginaw Valley State (7–2) | Central Missouri (7–3) | Bemidji State (8–3) | Angelo State (9–3) | 24. |
| 25. | Minnesota Duluth | Charleston (WV) (1–0) | CSU Pueblo (2–0) | Central Oklahoma (2–0) | Carson–Newman (3–0) | Augustana (SD) (2–2) | Delta State (4–1) | Frostburg State (6–0) | Southern Arkansas (6–1) | Carson–Newman (7–1) | Johnson C. Smith (8–1) | Miles (8–1) | Virginia Union (8–3) | Indianapolis (10–2) | 25. |
| | Preseason August 18 | Week 1 September 2 | Week 2 September 9 | Week 3 September 16 | Week 4 September 23 | Week 5 September 30 | Week 6 October 7 | Week 7 October 14 | Week 8 October 21 | Week 9 October 28 | Week 10 November 4 | Week 11 November 11 | Week 12 November 18 | Week 13 (Final) December 22 | |
| | | Dropped: NW Missouri State | Dropped: UT Permian Basin | Dropped: Minnesota Duluth Fort Hays State CSU Pueblo | Dropped: Virginia Union Wingate Delta State | Dropped: Henderson State West Florida | Dropped: Central Missouri Bemidji State IUP | Dropped: Findlay Delta State | Dropped: Saginaw Valley State Frostburg State | Dropped: Wayne State (NE) Southern Arkansas | Dropped: Central Washington Lenoir–Rhyne Emory & Henry | Dropped: Emporia State Colorado Mines Sioux Falls Saginaw Valley State Johnson C. Smith | Dropped: Minnesota State Carson–Newman West Florida | Dropped: Fort Hays State East Stroudsburg Central Washington | |