# 2022 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2022 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 2022 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 Aug 8 | Week 1 Sep 6 | Week 2 Sep 12 | Week 3 Sep 19 | Week 4 Sep 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | Week 11 Nov 14 | Week 12 (Final) Dec 19 | |
| 1. | Ferris State (30) | Ferris State (1–0) (28) | Ferris State (2–0) (29) | Ferris State (2–0) (29) | Ferris State (3–0) (29) | Ferris State (4–0) (29) | Ferris State (5–0) (28) | Grand Valley State (7–0) (29) | Grand Valley State (8–0) (28) | Grand Valley State (9–0) (28) | Grand Valley State (10–0) (28) | Grand Valley State (11–0) (27) | Ferris State (14–1) (28) | 1. |
| 2. | NW Missouri State | NW Missouri State (1–0) | NW Missouri State (2–0) | NW Missouri State (3–0) | Grand Valley State (4–0) (1) | Grand Valley State (5–0) (1) | Grand Valley State (6–0) (2) | Angelo State (7–0) (1) | Angelo State (8–0) (2) | Angelo State (9–0) (2) | Angelo State (10–0) (2) | Angelo State (11–0) (3) | Colorado Mines (13–3) | 2. |
| 3. | Valdosta State | Valdosta State (1–0) | Grand Valley State (2–0) (1) | Grand Valley State (3–0) (1) | Angelo State (4–0) | Angelo State (5–0) | Angelo State (6–0) | Shepherd (7–0) | Shepherd (8–0) | Shepherd (9–0) | Shepherd (10–0) | Ouachita Baptist (11–0) | Grand Valley State (12–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Colorado Mines | Grand Valley State (1–0) (1) | Shepherd (2–0) | Angelo State (3–0) | Shepherd (4–0) | Shepherd (5–0) | Shepherd (6–0) | Ouachita Baptist (7–0) | Ouachita Baptist (8–0) | Ouachita Baptist (9–0) | Ouachita Baptist (10–0) | Pittsburg State (11–0) | West Florida (12–2) | 4. |
| 5. | Grand Valley State | Shepherd (1–0) | Angelo State (2–0) | Shepherd (3–0) | West Georgia (3–0) | Ouachita Baptist (5–0) | Ouachita Baptist (6–0) | Pittsburg State (7–0) | Pittsburg State (8–0) | Pittsburg State (9–0) | Pittsburg State (10–0) | Ferris State (9–1) | Pittsburg State (12–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Shepherd | Angelo State (1–0) | West Florida (2–0) | West Florida (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (4–0) | Ashland (4–0) | Ashland (5–0) | Ashland (6–0) | Ashland (7–0) | Delta State (9–0) | Ferris State (8–1) | West Florida (9–1) | Shepherd (13–2) | 6. |
| 7. | Angelo State | West Florida (1–0) | Harding (2–0) | Harding (3–0) | Newberry (4–0) | Pittsburg State (5–0) | Pittsburg State (6–0) | Ferris State (5–1) | Ferris State (6–1) | Ferris State (7–1) | West Florida (8–1) | Benedict (11–0) | Angelo State (12–1) | 7. |
| 8. | Bowie State | Harding (1–0) | West Georgia (2–0) | West Georgia (2–0) | Slippery Rock (4–0) | Indianapolis (4–0) | Indianapolis (5–0) | Delta State (7–0) | Delta State (8–0) | West Florida (7–1) | Benedict (10–0) | NW Missouri State (9–2) | NW Missouri State (10–3) | 8. |
| 9. | Harding | Bowie State (1–0) | Newberry (2–0) | Ouachita Baptist (3–0) | Ashland (3–0) | NW Missouri State (4–1) | West Florida (4–1) | West Florida (5–1) | West Florida (6–1) | Benedict (9–0) | Slippery Rock (9–1) | Delta State (10–1) | Delta State (11–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Notre Dame (OH) | West Georgia (1–0) | Ouachita Baptist (2–0) | Newberry (3–0) | Pittsburg State (4–0) | West Florida (3–1) | Delta State (6–0) | Virginia Union (7–0) | Virginia Union (8–0) | Slippery Rock (8–1) | NW Missouri State (8–2) | Colorado Mines (9–2) | Ouachita Baptist (11–1) | 10. |
| 11. | West Florida | Nebraska–Kearney (1–0) | Slippery Rock (2–0) | Slippery Rock (3–0) | Augustana (SD) (4–0) | Harding (4–1) | Virginia Union (6–0) | Sioux Falls (7–0) | IUP (7–0) | NW Missouri State (7–2) | Colorado Mines (8–2) | Shepherd (10–1) | IUP (10–2) | 11. |
| 12. | West Georgia | Colorado Mines (0–1) | Ashland (2–0) | Ashland (2–0) | NW Missouri State (3–1) | Virginia Union (5–0) | Harding (5–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–1) | Newberry (7–1) | Colorado Mines (7–2) | Delta State (9–1) | Ashland (9–1) | Benedict (11–1) | 12. |
| 13. | Kutztown | Newberry (1–0) | Augustana (SD) (2–0) | Augustana (SD) (3–0) | Valdosta State (3–1) | Delta State (5–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (5–1) | IUP (6–0) | NW Missouri State (6–2) т | Davenport (8–0) | Ashland (8–1) | Indianapolis (9–1) | Ashland (10–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Nebraska–Kearney | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–0) | West Texas A&M (2–0) | Pittsburg State (3–0) | Indianapolis (3–0) т | Lenoir–Rhyne (4–1) | Sioux Falls (6–0) | NW Missouri State (5–2) | Slippery Rock (7–1) т | Ashland (7–1) | Indianapolis (8–1) | Virginia Union (9–1) | Minnesota State (10–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Newberry | Albany State (1–0) | Valdosta State (1–1) | Valdosta State (2–1) | West Florida (2–1) т | West Georgia (3–1) | IUP (5–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–0) | Benedict (8–0) | Indianapolis (7–1) | Virginia Union (9–1) | IUP (9–1) | Wingate (11–3) | 15. |
| 16. | New Haven | Ouachita Baptist (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Indianapolis (2–0) | Harding (3–1) | Notre Dame (OH) (4–1) | NW Missouri State (4–2) | Newberry (6–1) | Colorado Mines (6–2) | Virginia Union (8–1) | West Georgia (7–2) | West Georgia (8–2) | Slippery Rock (10–3) | 16. |
| 17. | Western Colorado | California (PA) (1–0) | Notre Dame (OH) (1–1) | Notre Dame (OH) (2–1) | Saginaw Valley State (4–0) | Sioux Falls (5–0) | Newberry (5–1) | Slippery Rock (6–1) | Indianapolis (6–1) | Harding (7–2) т | Harding (8–2) | Harding (9–2) | Indianapolis (9–2) | 17. |
| 18. | Albany State | Slippery Rock (1–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (1–1) | Lenoir–Rhyne (2–1) | Notre Dame (OH) (3–1) | IUP (4–0) | Slippery Rock (5–1) | Benedict (7–0) т | Davenport (7–0) | IUP (7–1) т | Davenport (8–1) | Newberry (9–2) | Virginia Union (9–2) | 18. |
| 19. | Lenoir–Rhyne т | Augustana (SD) (1–0) | Indianapolis (1–0) | Saginaw Valley State (3–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (3–1) | Newberry (4–1) | Colorado Mines (4–2) | Colorado Mines (7–0) т | Sioux Falls (7–1) | West Georgia (6–2) | IUP (8–1) | Minnesota State (9–2) | West Georgia (8–2) | 19. |
| 20. | Ouachita Baptist т | Ashland (1–0) | Bowie State (1–1) | Albany State (2–1) | Virginia Union (4–0) | Slippery Rock (4–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (6–0) | Indianapolis (5–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–1) | Wingate (8–1) | Truman State (8–1) | Slippery Rock (9–2) | Davenport (8–3) | 20. |
| 21. | California (PA) | CSU Pueblo (1–0) т | Albany State (1–1) т | Colorado Mines (1–2) | Albany State (3–1) | Colorado Mines (3–2) | Albany State (5–1) | Augustana (SD) (6–1) | Harding (6–2) | Truman State (7–1) | Newberry (8–2) | Davenport (8–2) | Newberry (9–2) | 21. |
| 22. | Bemidji State | Notre Dame (OH) (0–1) т | Colorado Mines (0–2) т | Virginia Union (3–0) | Colorado Mines (2–2) | Albany State (4–1) т | Nebraska–Kearney (5–1) | Davenport (6–0) | Lenoir–Rhyne (6–2) | Newberry (7–2) | Emporia State (8–2) | Wingate (9–2) | Harding (9–2) | 22. |
| 23. | Slippery Rock | West Texas A&M (1–0) | Saginaw Valley State (2–0) | New Haven (2–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (3–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–0) т | Benedict (6–0) | Harding (5–2) | Saginaw Valley State (6–2) | Emporia State (7–2) | Minnesota State (8–2) | Truman State (8–2) | Notre Dame (OH) (9–3) | 23. |
| 24. | Midwestern State | New Haven (0–1) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Henderson State (3–0) | New Haven (3–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (4–1) | Augustana (SD) (4–2) | Saginaw Valley State (5–2) | West Georgia (5–2) | Minnesota State (7–2) | Henderson State 8–2) | Emporia State (8–3) т | Bemidji State (10–3) | 24. |
| 25. | Augustana (SD) | Indianapolis (1–0) | New Haven (1–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (2–1) | Delta State (4–0) | Saginaw Valley State (4–1) | West Georgia (3–2) | West Georgia (4–2) | New Haven (6–1) | Sioux Falls (7–2) | Winona State (8–2) | Notre Dame (OH) т | Truman State (9–2) | 25. |
| | Preseason Aug 8 | Week 1 Sep 6 | Week 2 Sep 12 | Week 3 Sep 19 | Week 4 Sep 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | Week 11 Nov 14 | Week 12 (Final) Dec 19 | |
| | | Dropped: KutztownWestern ColoradoBemidji StateMidwestern State | Dropped: Nebraska–KearneyCalifornia (PA)CSU Pueblo | Dropped: West Texas A&MBowie StateMinnesota State | Dropped: Henderson State | Dropped: Augustana (SD)Valdosta StateNew Haven | Dropped: Notre Dame (OH)Saginaw Valley State | Dropped: Albany StateNebraska–Kearney | Dropped: Augustana (SD) | Dropped: Texas A&M–KingsvilleLenoir–RhyneSaginaw Valley StateNew Haven | Dropped: WingateSioux Falls | Dropped: Henderson StateWinona State | Dropped: Emporia State | |