# 2019 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2019 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the AFCA Coaches and from D2Football.com. This is for the 2019 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 |

## AFCA Coaches poll

| | Preseason Aug 26 | Week 1 Sep 9 | Week 2 Sep 16 | Week 3 Sep 23 | Week 4 Sep 30 | Week 5 Oct 7 | Week 6 Oct 14 | Week 7 Oct 21 | Week 8 Oct 28 | Week 9 Nov 4 | Week 10 Nov 11 | Week 11 Nov 18 | Week 12 (Final) Dec 23 | |
| 1. | Valdosta State (29) | Valdosta State (1–0) (31) | Valdosta State (2–0) (31) | Valdosta State (3–0) (30) | Valdosta State (4–0) (30) | Valdosta State (5–0) (30) | Valdosta State (6–0) (30) | Valdosta State (7–0) (30) | Valdosta State (8–0) (29) | Valdosta State (8–0) (29) | Valdosta State (9–0) (28) | Valdosta State (10–0) (30) | West Florida (13–2) (31) | 1. |
| 2. | Ferris State (3) | Ferris State (1–0) | Ferris State (2–0) (1) | Ferris State (3–0) (1) | Ferris State (4–0) (1) | Ferris State (5–0) (1) | Ferris State (6–0) (1) | Ferris State (7–0) | Ferris State (8–0) (1) | Ferris State (9–0) (1) | Ferris State (10–0) (1) | Ferris State (10–0) | Minnesota State (14–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Minnesota State | Minnesota State (1–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Minnesota State (3–0) | Minnesota State (4–0) | Minnesota State (5–0) | Minnesota State (6–0) | Minnesota State (7–0) | Minnesota State (8–0) | Tarleton State (9–0) (1) | Tarleton State (10–0) (2) | Tarleton State (11–0) (1) | Ferris State (12–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Notre Dame (OH) | Notre Dame (OH) (1–0) | Tarleton State (2–0) | Tarleton State (3–0) (1) | Tarleton State (4–0) (1) | Tarleton State (5–0) (1) | Tarleton State (6–0) (1) | Tarleton State (7–0) (1) | Tarleton State (8–0) (1) | Minnesota State (9–0) | Minnesota State (10–0) | Minnesota State (11–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (13–1) | 4. |
| 5. | Ouachita Baptist | Tarleton State (1–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (2–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (3–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (4–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (5–0) т | Ouachita Baptist (6–0) | Ouachita Baptist (7–0) | Ouachita Baptist (8–0) | Ouachita Baptist (9–0) | Ouachita Baptist (10–0) | Ouachita Baptist (11–0) | Valdosta State (10–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Northwest Missouri State | Ouachita Baptist (1–0) | Ouachita Baptist (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (3–0) | Ouachita Baptist (4–0) | Ouachita Baptist (5–0) т | Notre Dame (OH) (6–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (7–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (8–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (9–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (10–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (11–0) | Slippery Rock (13–1) | 6. |
| 7. | Tarleton State | Northwest Missouri State (1–0) (1) | Northwest Missouri State (2–0) | Northwest Missouri State (3–0) | Northwest Missouri State (4–0) | Northwest Missouri State (5–0) | Northwest Missouri State (6–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (8–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (9–0) | Colorado Mines (10–0) | Colorado Mines (11–0) | Northwest Missouri State (12–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (5–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–0) | Indianapolis (6–0) | Indianapolis (7–0) | Colorado Mines (9–0) | Slippery Rock (10–0) | Slippery Rock (11–0) | Colorado Mines (12–1) | 8. |
| 9. | CSU Pueblo | Colorado State–Pueblo (1–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (2–0) | Grand Valley State (3–0) | Grand Valley State (4–0) | Slippery Rock (5–0) | Slippery Rock (6–0) | Colorado Mines (7–0) т | Colorado Mines (8–0) | Slippery Rock (9–0) | Central Missouri (10–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (10–1) | Tarleton State (11–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Slippery Rock | Grand Valley State (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | Slippery Rock (4–0) | Indianapolis (5–0) | Indianapolis (6–0) | Slippery Rock (7–0) т | Slippery Rock (8–0) | Central Missouri (9–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (9–1) | Northwest Missouri State (10–1) | Notre Dame (OH) (12–2) | 10. |
| 11. | Fort Hays State | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (2–0) | Indianapolis (4–0) | Colorado Mines (5–0) | Colorado Mines (6–0) | Central Missouri (7–0) | Central Missouri (8–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (8–1) | Bowie State (10–0) | Bowie State (11–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (10–3) | 11. |
| 12. | Grand Valley State | Texas A&M–Commerce (1–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (2–0) | Indianapolis (3–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (4–0) | West Chester (5–0) | West Chester (6–0) | Wingate (7–0) | Wingate (8–0) | Northwest Missouri State (8–1) | Northwest Missouri State (9–1) | Harding (10–1) | Colorado State–Pueblo (11–2) | 12. |
| 13. | Texas A&M–Commerce | Minnesota–Duluth (1–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (2–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (3–0) | Colorado Mines (4–0) | Pittsburg State (5–0) | Wingate (6–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (6–1) | Colorado State–Pueblo (7–1) | Bowie State (9–0) | Kutztown (10–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (10–1) | Central Missouri (11–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Minnesota–Duluth | West Georgia (1–0) | Indianapolis (2–0) | Colorado Mines (3–0) | West Chester (4–0) | Wingate (5–0) | Central Missouri (6–0) | Northwest Missouri State (6–1) | Northwest Missouri State (7–1) | Grand Valley State (8–1) | Harding (9–1) | Indianapolis (9–1) | Ouachita Baptist (11–1) | 14. |
| 15. | West Georgia | Indianapolis (1–0) | West Georgia (2–0) | Midwestern State (3–0) | Pittsburg State (4–0) | Central Missouri (5–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (5–1) | Bowie State (7–0) | Bowie State (8–0) | Kutztown (9–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (9–1) | Central Missouri (10–1) | Harding (10–2) | 15. |
| 16. | Indianapolis | Midwestern State (1–0) | Midwestern State (2–0) | West Chester (3–0) | Wingate (4–0) | IUP (5–0) | Bowie State (6–0) | Grand Valley State (6–1) | Grand Valley State (7–1) | Harding (8–1) | Indianapolis (8–1) | Wingate (10–1) | Kutztown (11–2) | 16. |
| 17. | Colorado Mines | Colorado Mines (1–0) | Colorado Mines (2–0) | Wingate (3–0) | Central Missouri (4–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (4–1) | Grand Valley State (5–1) | Kutztown (7–0) | Kutztown (8–0) | Indianapolis (7–1) | Wingate (9–1) | Kutztown (10–1) | Indianapolis (9–2) | 17. |
| 18. | Harding | Wingate (1–0) | West Chester (2–0) | Pittsburg State (3–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (3–1) | Bowie State (5–0) | Kutztown (6–0) | Harding (6–1) | Harding (7–1) | Wingate (8–1) | IUP (9–1) | IUP (10–1) | Bowie State (11–1) | 18. |
| 19. | Hillsdale | West Chester (1–0) | Wingate (2–0) | Central Missouri (3–0) | IUP (4–0) | Grand Valley State (4–1) | Pittsburg State (5–1) | IUP (6–1) | IUP (7–1) | IUP (8–1) | Grand Valley State (8–2) | Tiffin (9–1) | Wingate (10–2) | 19. |
| 20. | Midwestern State | West Alabama (1–0) | West Alabama (2–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (2–1) | Bowie State (4–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (3–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (4–1) | West Florida (5–1) | West Florida (6–1) | West Florida (7–1) | Henderson State (9–1) | West Florida (8–2) | Carson–Newman (9–3) | 20. |
| 21. | Wingate | Central Missouri (1–0) | Central Missouri (2–0) | IUP (3–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (2–1) | Kutztown (5–0) | Harding (5–1) | West Chester (6–1) | Angelo State (7–1) | Angelo State (8–1) | Tiffin (8–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (8–2) | IUP (10–2) | 21. |
| 22. | West Chester | Harding (0–1) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Harding (2–1) | Harding (3–1) | Harding (4–1) | IUP (5–1) | Angelo State (6–1) | West Chester (7–1) | Henderson State (8–1) | West Florida (7–2) | West Chester (9–2) | Shepherd (10–3) | 22. |
| 23. | Ashland | Pittsburg State (1–0) | Harding (1–1) | Bowie State (3–0) | Angelo State (4–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (4–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (5–1) | Henderson State (6–1) | Henderson State (7–1) | Truman State (8–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (7–2) | Truman State (9–2) | Tiffin (9–2) | 23. |
| 24. | West Alabama | IUP (1–0) | IUP (2–0) | West Alabama (2–1) | Kutztown (4–0) | Truman State (5–0) | West Florida (4–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (4–2) | Texas A&M–Commerce (5–2) | Texas A&M–Commerce (6–2) | West Chester (8–2) | Henderson State (9–2) | West Chester (9–3) | 24. |
| 25. | Fairmont State | Fort Hays State (0–1) | Bowie State (2–0) | Saginaw Valley State (3–0) | West Alabama (3–1) | West Florida (4–1) | Angelo State (5–1) | Virginia Union (6–1) | Truman State (7–1) | Tiffin (7–1) | Truman State (8–2) | Carson–Newman (8–2) | Lindenwood (9–4) | 25. |
| | Preseason Aug 26 | Week 1 Sep 9 | Week 2 Sep 16 | Week 3 Sep 23 | Week 4 Sep 30 | Week 5 Oct 7 | Week 6 Oct 14 | Week 7 Oct 21 | Week 8 Oct 28 | Week 9 Nov 4 | Week 10 Nov 11 | Week 11 Nov 18 | Week 12 (Final) Dec 23 | |
| | | Dropped: HillsdaleAshlandFairmont State | Dropped: Fort Hays State | Dropped: West Georgia | Dropped: Midwestern StateSaginaw Valley State | Dropped: Angelo StateWest Alabama | Dropped: Truman State | Dropped: Pittsburg StateMinnesota–Duluth | Dropped: Virginia Union | Dropped: West Chester | Dropped: Angelo State | Dropped: Grand Valley State | Dropped: Truman StateHenderson State | |

## D2Football.com poll

| | Preseason Sep 1 | Week 1 Sep 10 | Week 2 Sep 17 | Week 3 Sep 24 | Week 4 Oct 1 | Week 5 Oct 8 | Week 6 Oct 15 | Week 7 Oct 22 | Week 8 Oct 29 | Week 9 Nov 5 | Week 10 Nov 12 | Week 11 Nov 19 | Week 12 (Final) Dec 31 | |
| 1. | Valdosta State | Valdosta State (1–0) | Valdosta State (2–0) | Valdosta State (3–0) | Valdosta State (4–0) | Valdosta State (5–0) | Valdosta State (6–0) | Valdosta State (7–0) | Valdosta State (8–0) | Valdosta State (8–0) | Valdosta State (9–0) | Valdosta State (10–0) | West Florida (13–2) | 1. |
| 2. | Ferris State | Ferris State (1–0) | Ferris State (2–0) | Ferris State (3–0) | Ferris State (4–0) | Ferris State (5–0) | Ferris State (6–0) | Ferris State (7–0) | Ferris State (8–0) | Ferris State (9–0) | Ferris State (10–0) | Ferris State (10–0) | Minnesota State (14–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Minnesota State | Minnesota State (1–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Minnesota State (3–0) | Minnesota State (4–0) | Minnesota State (5–0) | Minnesota State (6–0) | Minnesota State (7–0) | Minnesota State (8–0) | Minnesota State (9–0) | Minnesota State (10–0) | Minnesota State (11–0) | Ferris State (12–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Ouachita Baptist | Ouachita Baptist (1–0) | Ouachita Baptist (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (3–0) | Ouachita Baptist (4–0) | Ouachita Baptist (5–0) | Ouachita Baptist (6–0) | Ouachita Baptist (7–0) | Ouachita Baptist (8–0) | Ouachita Baptist (9–0) | Ouachita Baptist (10–0) | Ouachita Baptist (11–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (13–1) | 4. |
| 5. | Tarleton State | Tarleton State (1–0) | Tarleton State (2–0) | Tarleton State (3–0) | Tarleton State (4–0) | Tarleton State (5–0) | Tarleton State (6–0) | Tarleton State (7–0) | Tarleton State (8–0) | Tarleton State (9–0) | Tarleton State (10–0) | Tarleton State (11–0) | Valdosta State (10–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Northwest Missouri State | Northwest Missouri State (1–0) | Northwest Missouri State (2–0) | Northwest Missouri State (3–0) | Northwest Missouri State (4–0) | Northwest Missouri State (5–0) | Northwest Missouri State (6–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (7–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (8–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (9–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (10–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (11–0) | Northwest Missouri (12–2) | 6. |
| 7. | CSU Pueblo | Colorado State–Pueblo (1–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (2–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (3–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (4–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (5–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (6–0) | Indianapolis (6–0) | Indianapolis (7–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (9–0) | Colorado Mines (10–0) | Colorado Mines (11–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (11–1) | 7. |
| 8. | Fort Hays State | Minnesota–Duluth (1–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (2–0) | Grand Valley State (3–0) | Grand Valley State (4–0) | Indianapolis (5–0) | Indianapolis (6–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (8–0) | Colorado Mines (9–0) | Slippery Rock (10–0) | Slippery Rock (11–0) | Tarleton State (11–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Minnesota–Duluth | Grand Valley State (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (3–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (4–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (5–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–0) | Colorado Mines (7–0) | Colorado Mines (8–0) | Slippery Rock (9–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (9–1) | Colorado State–Pueblo (10–1) | Slippery Rock (13–1) | 9. |
| 10. | Grand Valley State | Notre Dame (OH) (1–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (2–0) | Indianapolis (3–0) | Indianapolis (4–0) | Colorado Mines (5–0) | Colorado Mines (6–0) | Slippery Rock (7–0) | Slippery Rock (8–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (8–1) | Central Missouri (10–0) | Harding (10–1) | Colorado Mines (12–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Notre Dame (OH) | Indianapolis (1–0) | Indianapolis (2–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (3–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–0) | Slippery Rock (5–0) | Slippery Rock (6–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (6–1) | Colorado State–Pueblo (7–1) | Central Missouri (9–0) | Harding (9–1) | Northwest Missouri State (10–1) | Notre Dame (OH) (12–2) | 11. |
| 12. | Indianapolis | Texas A&M–Commerce (1–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0) | Colorado Mines (4–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (4–1) | Colorado State–Pueblo (5–1) | Wingate (7–0) | Wingate (8–0) | Harding (8–1) | Northwest Missouri State (9–1) | Bowie State (11–0) | Central Missouri (11–2) | 12. |
| 13. | Texas A&M–Commerce | West Georgia (1–0) | West Georgia (2–0) | Colorado Mines (3–0) | Slippery Rock (4–0) | West Chester (5–0) | West Chester (6–0) | Central Missouri (7–0) | Central Missouri (8–0) | Grand Valley State (8–1) | Bowie State (10–0) | Indianapolis (9–1) | Colorado State–Pueblo (10–1) | 13. |
| 14. | West Georgia | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0) | Midwestern State (3–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (3–1) | Wingate (5–0) | Wingate (6–0) | Harding (6–1) | Harding (7–1) | Northwest Missouri State (8–1) | Indianapolis (8–1) | Central Missouri (10–1) | Harding (10–2) | 14. |
| 15. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Colorado Mines (1–0) | Colorado Mines (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | West Chester (4–0) | Central Missouri (5–0) | Central Missouri (6–0) | Grand Valley State (6–1) | Grand Valley State (7–1) | Bowie State (9–0) | Kutztown (10–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (10–1) | Ouachita Baptist (11–1) | 15. |
| 16. | Harding | Midwestern State (1–0) | Midwestern State (2–0) | Colorado State–Pueblo (2–1) | Wingate (4–0) | Harding (4–1) | Harding (5–1) | Northwest Missouri State (6–1) | Northwest Missouri State (7–1) | Indianapolis (7–1) | Notre Dame (OH) (9–1) | IUP (10–1) | Kutztown (11–2) | 16. |
| 17. | Colorado Mines | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | West Chester (3–0) | Central Missouri (4–0) | Pittsburg State (5–0) | Grand Valley State (5–1) | Bowie State (7–0) | Bowie State (8–0) | Kutztown (9–0) | IUP (9–1) | Wingate (10–1) | Carson–Newman (9–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Midwestern State | West Chester (1–0) | West Chester (2–0) | Wingate (3–0) | Harding (3–1) | Grand Valley State (4–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (5–1) | Kutztown (7–0) | Kutztown (8–0) | Angelo State (8–1) | Wingate (9–1) | Kutztown (10–1) | Wingate (10–2) | 18. |
| 19. | West Chester | Wingate (1–0) | Wingate (2–0) | Central Missouri (3–0) | Pittsburg State (4–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (4–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (5–1) | Angelo State (6–1) | Angelo State (7–1) | West Florida (7–1) | Grand Valley State (8–2) | West Florida (8–2) | Indianapolis (9–2) | 19. |
| 20. | Ashland | Central Missouri (1–0) | Central Missouri (2–0) | Harding (2–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (3–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (4–1) | Bowie State (6–0) | West Florida (5–1) | West Florida (6–1) | IUP (8–1) | Henderson State (9–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (9–2) | Bowie State (11–1) | 20. |
| 21. | Hillsdale | Harding (0–1) | Harding (1–1) | Pittsburg State (3–0) | IUP (4–0) | IUP (5–0) | Pittsburg State (5–1) | IUP (6–1) | IUP (7–1) | Wingate (8–1) | West Florida (7–2) | Tiffin (9–1) | Shepherd (10–3) | 21. |
| 22. | Slippery Rock | Fort Hays State (0–1) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | West Georgia (2–1) | Bowie State (4–0) | Bowie State (5–0) | Kutztown (6–0) | West Chester (6–1) | West Chester (7–1) | Henderson State (8–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (8–2) | Augustana (9–2) | Lindenwood (9–4) | 22. |
| 23. | Wingate | Pittsburg State (1–0) | West Alabama (2–0) | IUP (3–0) | Angelo State (4–0) | Kutztown (5–0) | Angelo State (5–1) | Henderson State (6–1) | Henderson State (7–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (7–2) | Angelo State (8–2) | Henderson State (9–2) | IUP (10–2) | 23. |
| 24. | Pittsburg State | West Alabama (1–0) | Ashland (1–1) | Bowie State (3–0) | Midwestern State (3–1) | Truman State (5–0) | West Florida (4–1) | Texas A&M–Commerce (5–2) | Texas A&M–Commerce (6–2) | Fort Hays State (7–2) | Tiffin (8–1) | Carson–Newman (8–2) | Tiffin (9–2) | 24. |
| 25. | West Alabama | Ashland (0–1) | IUP (2–0) | Saginaw Valley State (3–0) | Kutztown (4–0) | West Florida (4–1) | IUP (5–1) | Virginia Union (6–1) | Fort Hays State (6–2) | Missouri Western State (7–2) | Augustana (8–2) | Shepherd (9–2) | Augustana (9–3) | 25. |
| | Preseason Sep 1 | Week 1 Sep 10 | Week 2 Sep 17 | Week 3 Sep 24 | Week 4 Oct 1 | Week 5 Oct 8 | Week 6 Oct 15 | Week 7 Oct 22 | Week 8 Oct 29 | Week 9 Nov 5 | Week 10 Nov 12 | Week 11 Nov 19 | Week 12 (Final) Dec 31 | |
| | | Dropped: Hillsdale | Dropped: Fort Hays State | Dropped: West AlabamaAshland | Dropped: West GeorgiaSaginaw Valley State | Dropped: Angelo StateMidwestern State | Dropped: Truman State | Dropped: Minnesota–DuluthPittsburg State | Dropped: Virginia Union | Dropped: West Chester | Dropped: Fort Hays StateMissouri Western State | Dropped: Grand Valley StateAngelo State | Dropped: Henderson State | |