# 2015 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2015 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2015 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 Sept 8 | Week 2 Sept 15 | Week 3 Sept 22 | Week 4 Sept 29 | Week 5 Oct 6 | Week 6 Oct 13 | Week 7 Oct 20 | Week 8 Oct 27 | Week 9 Nov 3 | Week 10 Nov 10 | Week 11 Nov 17 | Week 12 Postseason | |
| 1. | Minnesota State (9) | Minnesota State (1–0) (24) | Minnesota State (2–0) (30) | Minnesota State (3–0) (29) | Minnesota State (4–0) (30) | Minnesota State (5–0) (30) | Minnesota State (6–0) (28) | Minnesota State (7–0) (27) | West Georgia (8–0) (25) | West Georgia (9–0) (25) | Northwest Missouri State (10–0) (29) | Northwest Missouri State (11–0) (30) | Northwest Missouri State (15–0) (32) | 1. |
| 2. | CSU Pueblo (16) | CSU Pueblo (1–0) (6) | West Georgia (2–0) (1) | West Georgia (3–0) (2) | West Georgia (4–0) (2) | West Georgia (5–0) (2) | West Georgia (6–0) (4) | West Georgia (7–0) (5) | Northwest Missouri State (8–0) (6) | Northwest Missouri State (9–0) (6) | Ferris State (9–0) (2) | Ferris State (10–0) (2) | Shepherd (13–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Minnesota–Duluth (3) | West Georgia (1–0) (1) | Northwest Missouri State (2–0) (1) | Northwest Missouri State (3–0) (1) | Northwest Missouri State (4–0) | Northwest Missouri State (5–0) | Northwest Missouri State (6–0) | Northwest Missouri State (7–0) | Ferris State (7–0) (1) | Ferris State (8–0) (1) | Ashland (10–0) (1) | Ashland (10–0) | West Georgia (12–2) | 3. |
| 4. | West Georgia (3) | Northwest Missouri State (1–0) (1) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Ferris State (2–0) | Ferris State (3–0) | Ferris State (4–0) | Ferris State (5–0) | Ferris State (6–0) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | CSU Pueblo (8–1) | CSU Pueblo (9–1) | CSU Pueblo (10–1) | Grand Valley State (12–3) | 4. |
| 5. | Northwest Missouri State (1) | Pittsburg State (1–0) | Ferris State (1–0) | Delta State (3–0) | Delta State (4–0) | Sioux Falls (5–0) | Sioux Falls (6–0) | Sioux Falls (7–0) | Ashland (8–0) | Ashland (9–0) | Shepherd (9–0) | Shepherd (10–0) | CSU Pueblo (12–2) | 5. |
| 6. | Ferris State | Ferris State (0–0) | Delta State (2–0) | Angelo State (3–0) | Angelo State (4–0) | North Alabama (4–0) | CSU Pueblo (5–1) | CSU Pueblo (6–1) | Shepherd (7–0) | Shepherd (8–0) | Minnesota State (9–1) | Minnesota State (10–1) | Ferris State (11–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Pittsburg State | Ohio Dominican (1–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (1–1) | Sioux Falls (3–0) | Sioux Falls (4–0) | CSU Pueblo (4–1) | Colorado Mines (6–0) | Colorado Mines (7–0) | Minnesota State (7–1) | Minnesota State (8–1) | West Georgia (9–1) | West Georgia (10–1) | Slippery Rock (12–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Ohio Dominican | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | Angelo State (2–0) | North Alabama (2–0) | North Alabama (3–0) | Colorado Mines (5–0) | Ashland (6–0) | Ashland (7–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (7–1) | Sioux Falls (8–1) | Henderson State (9–1) | Henderson State (10–1) | Emporia State (11–3) | 8. |
| 9. | Concord | Minnesota–Duluth (0–1) | Ouachita Baptist (2–0) | Valdosta State (2–0) | Valdosta State (3–0) | Ashland (5–0) | Shepherd (5–0) | Shepherd (6–0) | Grand Valley State (7–1) | Henderson State (8–1) | Slippery Rock (9–1) | Midwestern State (10–1) | Midwestern State (10–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Delta State (1–0) | North Alabama (2–0) | CSU Pueblo (2–1) | CSU Pueblo (3–1) | Shepherd (4–0) | Humboldt State (5–0) | Midwestern State (7–0) | Sioux Falls (7–1) | Slippery Rock (8–1) | Midwestern State (9–1) | Slippery Rock (10–1) | Ashland (10–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Bloomsburg | Ouachita Baptist (1–0) | Valdosta State (2–0) | Colorado Mines (3–0) | Colorado Mines (4–0) | Humboldt State (4–0) | Midwestern State (6–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (6–1) | Henderson State (7–1) | Midwestern State (8–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (8–2) | Humboldt State (9–1) | Tuskegee (10–3) | 11. |
| 12. | Ouachita Baptist | Angelo State (1–0) | Sioux Falls (2–0) | Harding (3–0) | Harding (4–0) | Midwestern State (5–0) | Michigan Tech (5–0) | Grand Valley State (6–1) | Colorado Mines (7–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (7–2) | Humboldt State (8–1) | Grand Valley State (9–2) | Henderson State (11–2) | 12. |
| 13. | Angelo State | North Alabama (1–0) | CSU Pueblo (1–1) | Ashland (3–0) | Ashland (4–0) | Pittsburg State (4–1) | Emporia State (6–0) | North Alabama (5–1) | Slippery Rock (7–1) | Humboldt State (7–1) | Indianapolis (9–1) | Indianapolis (10–1) | Minnesota State (10–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Delta State | Valdosta State (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | Shepherd (4–0) | Michigan Tech (4–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (5–1) | Henderson State (6–1) | Midwestern State (7–1) | Emporia State (8–1) | Grand Valley State (8–2) | North Alabama (8–2) | Valdosta State (9–3) | 14. |
| 15. | North Alabama | Sioux Falls (1–0) | Colorado Mines (2–0) | Pittsburg State (2–1) | Pittsburg State (3–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (4–1) | Delta State (5–1) | Slippery Rock (6–1) | Humboldt State (6–1) | Tuskegee (8–1) | North Alabama (7–2) | Charleston (10–1) | North Alabama (9–3) | 15. |
| 16. | Valdosta State | Colorado Mines (1–0) | Harding (2–0) | Shepherd (3–0) | Humboldt State (3–0) | Angelo State (4–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–1) | Humboldt State (5–1) | Tuskegee (7–1) | Colorado Mesa (8–1) | Charleston (9–1) | Sioux Falls (9–2) | Humboldt State (10–2) | 16. |
| 17. | Sioux Falls | Azusa Pacific (1–0) | Ohio Dominican (1–1) | Humboldt State (3–0) | Tuskegee (4–0) | Delta State (4–1) | North Alabama (4–1) | Michigan Tech (5–1) | Emporia State (7–1) | Grand Valley State (7–2) | Sioux Falls (8–2) | Valdosta State (8–2) | Assumption (11–2) | 17. |
| 18. | Colorado Mines | Texas A&M–Commerce (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Tuskegee (3–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (3–1) | Emporia State (5–0) | Grand Valley State (5–1) | Tuskegee (6–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (6–2) | Indianapolis (8–1) | Valdosta State (7–2) | Emporia State (9–2) | Indianapolis (10–2) | 18. |
| 19. | Azusa Pacific | Harding (1–0) | Ashland (2–0) | Concord (2–1) | Michigan Tech (4–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–1) | Henderson State (5–1) | Emporia State (6–1) | Colorado Mesa (7–1) | North Alabama (6–2) | Emporia State (8–2) | Assumption (10–1) | IUP (9–3) | 19. |
| 20. | Winston–Salem State | Grand Valley State (1–0) | Shepherd (2–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (2–1) | Midwestern State (4–0) | Ouachita Baptist (4–1) | Slippery Rock (5–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (5–2) | Indianapolis (7–1) | Charleston (8–1) | Central Missouri (8–2) | Texas A&M–Commerce (8–3) | Charleston (10–2) | 20. |
| 21. | Harding | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Concord (1–1) | Michigan Tech (3–0) | Concord (3–1) | Valdosta State (3–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (4–2) | Wingate (6–1) | North Alabama (5–2) | Colorado Mines (7–2) | Colorado Mesa (8–2) | Colorado Mesa (9–2) | Carson–Newman (9–3) | 21. |
| 22. | Texas A&M–Commerce | Concord (0–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (1–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–1) | Harding (4–1) | Pittsburg State (4–2) | Delta State (5–2) | Michigan Tech (5–2) | Michigan Tech (6–2) | Bowie State (9–1) | Carson–Newman (9–2) | Sioux Falls (9–3) | 22. |
| 23. | West Chester | Indianapolis (1–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–1) | Midwestern State (3–0) | Emporia State (4–0) | Wingate (5–0) | Tuskegee (5–1) | Colorado Mesa (6–1) | Charleston (7–1) | Valdosta State (6–2) | Assumption (9–1) | Tuskegee (8–2) | Texas A&M–Commerce (8–4) | 23. |
| 24. | Grand Valley State | Ashland (1–0) | Tuskegee (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (2–1) | Ouachita Baptist (3–1) | Grand Valley State (4–1) | Arkansas Tech (5–1) | Angelo State (5–2) | Valdosta State (5–2) | Central Missouri (7–2) | Tuskegee (8–2) | Augustana (9–2) | Augustana (9–3) | 24. |
| 25. | Slippery Rock | Shepherd (1–0) | Humboldt State (2–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (1–2) | Minnesota–Duluth (2–2) | Minnesota–Duluth (3–2) | Angelo State (4–2) | Clarion (7–0) | Central Missouri (6–2) | Bowie State (8–1) | Carson–Newman (8–2) | Catawba (9–2) | Catawba (9–3) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Sept 8 | Week 2 Sept 15 | Week 3 Sept 22 | Week 4 Sept 29 | Week 5 Oct 6 | Week 6 Oct 13 | Week 7 Oct 20 | Week 8 Oct 27 | Week 9 Nov 3 | Week 10 Nov 10 | Week 11 Nov 17 | Week 12 Postseason | |
| | | Dropped: 11 Bloomsburg20 Winston–Salem State23 West Chester | Dropped: 17 Azusa Pacific23 Indianapolis | Dropped: 14 Grand Valley State17 Ohio Dominican | Dropped: 14 Slippery Rock | Dropped: 17 Tuskegee21 Concord | Dropped: 20 Ouachita Baptist21 Valdosta State22 Harding23 Wingate | Dropped: 16 Lenoir–Rhyne22 Pittsburg State24 Arkansas Tech | Dropped: 21 Wingate22 Delta State24 Angelo State25 Clarion | Dropped: 18 Minnesota–Duluth | Dropped: 21 Colorado Mines22 Michigan Tech | Dropped: 20 Central Missouri22 Bowie State | Dropped: 21 Colorado Mesa | |