# 2014 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2014 NCAA Division II Football Rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2014 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 9 | Week 2 Sept 16 | Week 3 Sept 23 | Week 4 Sept 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 Postseason | |
| 1. | Northwest Missouri State (31) | Northwest Missouri State (1–0) (32) | Northwest Missouri State (2–0) (25) | Northwest Missouri State (3–0) (29) | Northwest Missouri State (4–0) (30) | Northwest Missouri State (5–0) (30) | Northwest Missouri State (6–0) (31) | Minnesota State (7–0) (24) | Minnesota State (8–0) (26) | Minnesota State (9–0) (28) | Minnesota State (10–0) (29) | Minnesota State (11–0) (29) | CSU Pueblo (14–1) | 1. |
| 2. | Grand Valley State | CSU Pueblo (1–0) | CSU Pueblo (2–0) (6) | CSU Pueblo (3–0) (2) | CSU Pueblo (4–0) (1) | CSU Pueblo (5–0) (1) | Minnesota State (6–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (7–0) (4) | Minnesota–Duluth (8–0) (2) | Minnesota–Duluth (9–0) (1) | Minnesota–Duluth (10–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (11–0) | Minnesota State (14–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Minnesota–Duluth | Minnesota–Duluth (1–0) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Minnesota State (3–0) | Minnesota State (4–0) | Minnesota State (5–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (6–0) | North Alabama (6–0) (2) | North Alabama (7–0) (2) | Lenoir–Rhyne (9–0) (2) | Lenoir–Rhyne (10–0) (1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (11–0) (1) | Minnesota–Duluth (13–1) | 3. |
| 4. | CSU Pueblo | Minnesota State (1–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (2–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (3–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (4–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (5–0) | North Alabama (5–0) | Henderson State (7–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (8–0) | Ferris State (9–0) | Ferris State (10–0) (1) | Ferris State (11–0) (1) | Ohio Dominican (11–2) | 4. |
| 5. | North Alabama | North Alabama (0–0) | North Alabama (1–0) | North Alabama (2–0) | North Alabama (3–0) | North Alabama (4–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (7–0) | Ferris State (8–0) (1) | Bloomsburg (9–0) | Bloomsburg (10–0) | Pittsburg State (10–1) | Concord (13–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Lenoir–Rhyne | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (5–0) | Henderson State (6–0) | Ferris State (7–0) (1) | Bloomsburg (8–0) | Pittsburg State (8–1) | Pittsburg State (9–1) | Northwest Missouri State (10–1) | West Georgia (12–3) | 6. |
| 7. | Minnesota State | Henderson State (1–0) | Henderson State (2–0) | Henderson State (3–0) | Henderson State (4–0) | Henderson State (5–0) | Ohio Dominican (6–0) | West Chester (7–0) | Pittsburg State (7–1) | Northwest Missouri State (8–1) | Northwest Missouri State (9–1) | Ouachita Baptist (10–0) | Pittsburg State (11–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Henderson State (1) | Pittsburg State (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Pittsburg State (3–0) | Ohio Dominican (4–0) | Ohio Dominican (5–0) | Shepherd (6–0) | Bloomsburg (7–0) | Northwest Missouri State (7–1) | CSU Pueblo (8–1) | CSU Pueblo (9–1) | CSU Pueblo (10–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (11–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Pittsburg State | West Chester (1–0) | Ohio Dominican (2–0) | Ohio Dominican (3–0) | West Chester (4–0) | Shepherd (5–0) | Delta State (5–0) | Pittsburg State (6–1) | CSU Pueblo (7–1) | Ouachita Baptist (8–0) | Ouachita Baptist (9–0) | Ohio Dominican (9–1) | Ouachita Baptist (10–1) | 9. |
| 10. | West Chester | Ohio Dominican (1–0) | West Chester (2–0) | West Chester (3–0) | Shepherd (4–0) | West Chester (5–0) | West Chester (6–0) | Northwest Missouri State (6–1) | Sioux Falls (8–0) | Winston–Salem State (8–1) | Winston–Salem State (9–1) | Concord (11–0) | Valdosta State (10–3) | 10. |
| 11. | West Texas A&M | Shepherd (1–0) | Shepherd (2–0) | Shepherd (3–0) | Delta State (3–0) | Delta State (4–0) | Ferris State (6–0) | Colorado Mines (7–0) | Winston–Salem State (7–1) | Ohio Dominican (7–1) | Ohio Dominican (8–1) | Delta State (9–1) | Ferris State (11–1) | 11. |
| 12. | Shepherd | Winston–Salem State (1–0) | Tarleton State (1–0) | Delta State (2–0) | Bloomsburg (4–0) | Bloomsburg (5–0) | Bloomsburg (6–0) | CSU Pueblo (6–1) | Ohio Dominican (6–1) | Delta State (7–1) | Concord (10–0) | North Alabama (9–1) | Bloomsburg (11–2) | 12. |
| 13. | Ohio Dominican | Carson–Newman (1–0) | Valdosta State (2–0) | Bloomsburg (3–0) | Ferris State (4–0) | Ferris State (5–0) | Harding (5–0) | Michigan Tech (6–0) | Ouachita Baptist (7–0) | Concord (9–0) | Delta State (8–1) | Harding (9–1) | Delta State (9–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Winston–Salem State | Azusa Pacific (1–0) | Delta State (1–0) | Ferris State (3–0) | Winston–Salem State (3–1) | Harding (4–0) | CSU Pueblo (5–1) | Sioux Falls (7–0) | Henderson State (7–1) | Henderson State (8–1) | Henderson State (9–1) | Bloomsburg (10–1) | Northwest Missouri State (10–2) | 14. |
| 15. | St. Cloud State | Indianapolis (1–0) | Bloomsburg (2–0) | Winston–Salem State (2–1) | Harding (3–0) | Winston–Salem State (4–1) | Colorado Mines (6–0) | Winston–Salem State (6–1) | Concord (8–0) | North Alabama (7–1) | North Alabama (8–1) | West Chester (10–1) | West Chester (11–2) | 15. |
| 16. | Carson–Newman | Tarleton State (0–0) | Ferris State (2–0) | Harding (2–0) | Midwestern State (3–0) | Colorado Mines (5–0) | Winston–Salem State (5–1) | Ohio Dominican (6–1) | Carson–Newman (6–1) | Harding (7–1) | Harding (8–1) | Sioux Falls (10–1) | North Alabama (9–2) | 16. |
| 17. | Tarleton State | Delta State (1–0) | West Alabama (2–0) | Colorado Mines (3–0) | Colorado Mines (4–0) | Carson–Newman (4–1) | Pittsburg State (5–1) | Carson–Newman (5–1) | Harding (6–1) | Sioux Falls (8–1) | West Chester (9–1) | Colorado Mines (10–1) | Harding (9–2) | 17. |
| 18. | Indianapolis | Grand Valley State (0–1) | Winston–Salem State (1–1) | Midwestern State (2–0) | Carson–Newman (3–1) | Pittsburg State (4–1) | Carson–Newman (4–1) | Ouachita Baptist (6–0) | Colorado Mines (7–1) | West Chester (8–1) | Sioux Falls (9–1) | Michigan Tech (9–1) | Sioux Falls (11–1) | 18. |
| 19. | Delta State | Emporia State (1–0) | St. Cloud State (1–1) | Carson–Newman (2–1) | Pittsburg State (3–1) | Slippery Rock (5–0) | Sioux Falls (6–0) | Concord (7–0) | Delta State (6–1) | Colorado Mines (8–1) | Colorado Mines (9–1) | Azusa Pacific (10–1) | Colorado Mines (10–2) | 19. |
| 20. | IUP | IUP (1–0) | Harding (2–0) | Winona State (3–0) | Slippery Rock (4–0) | Sioux Falls (5–0) | Michigan Tech (5–0) | Delta State (5–1) | West Chester (7–1) | Michigan Tech (7–1) | Michigan Tech (8–1) | Winston–Salem State (9–2) | Angelo State (9–3) | 20. |
| 21. | UNC Pembroke | Bloomsburg (1–0) | Carson–Newman (1–1) | Valdosta State (2–1) | Sioux Falls (4–0) | West Georgia (5–0) | Concord (6–0) | Shepherd (6–1) | Michigan Tech (6–1) | Shepherd (7–1) | Shepherd (8–1) | Valdosta State (8–2) | Michigan Tech (9–2) | 21. |
| 22. | Azusa Pacific т | West Texas A&M (0–1) | Colorado Mines (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | West Alabama (3–1) | Michigan Tech (4–0) | Ouachita Baptist (5–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (6–1) | Shepherd (6–1) | Ashland (8–1) | Azusa Pacific (9–1) | Henderson State (9–2) | Virginia State (10–3) | 22. |
| 23. | Emporia State т | Valdosta State (1–0) | Midwestern State (1–0) | West Alabama (2–1) | Michigan Tech (4–0) | Concord (5–0) | Texas A&M–Commerce (5–1) | Harding (5–1) | Ashland (7–1) | Azusa Pacific (8–1) | Indianapolis (9–1) | Angelo State (8–2) т | Azusa Pacific (10–1) | 23. |
| 24. | Bloomsburg | Ferris State (1–0) | Winona State (2–0) | Sioux Falls (3–0) | West Georgia (4–0) | Humboldt State (5–0) | Ashland (5–1) | Ashland (6–1) | Azusa Pacific (7–1) | Carson–Newman (6–2) | Texas A&M–Commerce (8–1) | Virginia State (9–2) т | Winston–Salem State (9–2) | 24. |
| 25. | Tuskegee | St. Cloud State (0–1) т | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Findlay (3–0) | Winona State (3–1) | Midwestern State (3–1) | Azusa Pacific (5–1) | Azusa Pacific (6–1) | California (PA) (7–1) | Indianapolis (8–1) | Valdosta State (7–2) | West Georgia (9–2) | Henderson State (9–2) | 25. |
| 26. | | West Alabama (1–0) т | | | | | | | | | | | | 26. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Sept 9 | Week 2 Sept 16 | Week 3 Sept 23 | Week 4 Sept 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 Postseason | |
| | | Dropped: 21 UNC Pembroke25 Tuskegee | Dropped: 14 Azusa Pacific15 Indianapolis18 Grand Valley State19 Emporia State20 IUP22 West Texas A&M | Dropped: 12 Tarleton State19 St. Cloud State | Dropped: 21 Valdosta State25 Findlay | Dropped: 22 West Alabama25 Winona State | Dropped: 19 Slippery Rock21 West Georgia24 Humboldt State25 Midwestern State | None | Dropped: 22 Texas A&M–Commerce | Dropped: 25 California (PA) | Dropped: 22 Ashland24 Carson–Newman | Dropped: 21 Shepherd23 Indianapolis24 Texas A&M–Commerce | None | |