# 2009 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2009 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2009 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 1 | Week 2 Sept 8 | Week 3 Sept 15 | Week 4 Sept 22 | Week 5 Sept 29 | Week 6 Oct 6 | Week 7 Oct 13 | Week 8 Oct 20 | Week 9 Oct 27 | Week 10 Nov 3 | Week 11 Nov 10 | Week 12 Postseason | |
| 1. | Grand Valley State (12) | Grand Valley State (1–0) (21) | Grand Valley State (2–0) (25) | Grand Valley State (3–0) (25) | Grand Valley State (4–0) (24) | Grand Valley State (5–0) (24) | Grand Valley State (6–0) (24) | Abilene Christian (7–0) (23) | North Alabama (8–0) (25) | North Alabama (9–0) (25) | North Alabama (10–0) (25) | Central Washington (11–0) (23) | Northwest Missouri State (14–1) (25) | 1. |
| 2. | Northwest Missouri State (4) | Minnesota–Duluth (1–0) (8) | Abilene Christian (2–0) | Abilene Christian (3–0) | Abilene Christian (4–0) | Abilene Christian (5–0) | Abilene Christian (6–0) | North Alabama (7–0) (2) | Central Washington (8–0) | Central Washington (9–0) | Central Washington (10–0) | Northwest Missouri State (10–1) (1) | Grand Valley State (13–2) | 2. |
| 3. | Minnesota–Duluth (8) | Abilene Christian (1–0) (1) | North Alabama (2–0) | North Alabama (3–0) | North Alabama (4–0) (1) | North Alabama (5–0) (1) | North Alabama (6–0) (1) | Central Washington (7–0) | Bloomsburg (8–0) | Northwest Missouri State (8–1) | Northwest Missouri State (9–1) | Grand Valley State (10–1) | Central Washington (12–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Delta State | North Alabama (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Bloomsburg (3–0) | Bloomsburg (4–0) | Bloomsburg (5–0) | Central Washington (6–0) | Bloomsburg (7–0) | Northwest Missouri State (7–1) | Minnesota State (9–0) | Minnesota State (10–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (10–1) | Carson–Newman (11–3) | 4. |
| 5. | Abilene Christian (1) | Pittsburg State (1–0) | Bloomsburg (2–0) | Central Washington (3–0) | Central Washington (4–0) | Central Washington (5–0) | Bloomsburg (5–1) | Northwest Missouri State (6–1) | Minnesota State (8–0) | Grand Valley State (8–1) | Grand Valley State (9–1) | North Alabama (10–1) (1) | Minnesota–Duluth (11–2) | 5. |
| 6. | North Alabama | Bloomsburg (1–0) | Central Washington (2–0) | Northwest Missouri State (2–1) | Northwest Missouri State (3–1) | Northwest Missouri State (4–1) | Northwest Missouri State (6–0) | Minnesota State (7–0) | Grand Valley State (7–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (8–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (9–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (10–1) | North Alabama (11–2) | 6. |
| 7. | Pittsburg State | Chadron State (1–0) | Northwest Missouri State (1–1) | Minnesota State (3–0) | Minnesota State (4–0) | Minnesota State (5–0) | Minnesota State (5–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (7–1) | Tarleton State (8–1) | Tarleton State (9–1) | Midwestern State (9–2) | California (PA) (11–4) | 7. |
| 8. | California (PA) | Northwest Missouri State (0–1) (4) | Minnesota State (2–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (2–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (3–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (4–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (6–0) | Grand Valley State (6–1) | Albany State (7–0) | Nebraska–Kearney (8–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (9–1) | Minnesota State (10–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (11–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Carson–Newman | Central Washington (1–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (1–1) | Delta State (1–1) | Delta State (2–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–0) | Minnesota–Duluth (6–1) | Abilene Christian (7–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (8–1) | Midwestern State (8–2) | West Liberty State (10–1) | West Liberty State (11–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Chadron State | Minnesota State (1–0) | Delta State (0–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (4–0) | Albany State (4–0) | Albany State (6–0) | Albany State (6–0) | Charleston (8–0) | Bloomsburg (8–1) | UNC Pembroke (8–1) | Carson–Newman (9–2) | Tarleton State (10–3) | 10. |
| 11. | West Texas A&M | Delta State (0–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0) | Pittsburg State (2–1) | Central Missouri (4–0) | Tarleton State (5–0) | Charleston (5–1) | Charleston (7–0) | Tarleton State (7–1) | UNC Pembroke (7–1) | West Liberty State (9–1) | UNC Pembroke (9–1) | Hillsdale (10–3) | 11. |
| 12. | Valdosta State | Tuskegee (1–0) | Albany State (2–0) | Central Missouri (3–0) | Albany State (3–0) | Missouri Western State (5–0) | Washburn (5–1) | Edinboro (6–1) | Missouri Western State (7–1) | West Liberty State (8–1) | Abilene Christian (8–2) | Tarleton State (9–2) | Minnesota State (10–2) | 12. |
| 13. | Bloomsburg | West Texas A&M (0–1) | Central Missouri (2–0) | Albany State (3–0) | Catawba (3–0) | Tuskegee (4–1) | Edinboro (5–1) | Tarleton State (6–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (7–1) | Midwestern State (7–2) | Albany State (8–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (9–2) | Abilene Christian (9–4) | 13. |
| 14. | Central Washington | West Chester (1–0) | Tuskegee (1–1) | Catawba (3–0) | Tarleton State (4–0) | Ouachita Baptist (4–0) | Wayne State College (5–1) | Central Missouri (6–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–1) | Albany State (7–1) | Carson–Newman (8–2) | Tuskegee (8–2) | Midwestern State (9–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Ashland | Edinboro (1–0) | Chadron State (1–1) | Chadron State (2–1) | Ashland (3–1) | Charleston (5–0) | Tarleton State (5–1) | Missouri Western State (6–1) | UNC Pembroke (6–1) | Abilene Christian (7–2) | Tuskegee (7–2) | Hillsdale (9–2) | Shippensburg (9–3) | 15. |
| 16. | Central Oklahoma | Albany State (1–0) | Saginaw Valley State (2–0) | Valdosta State (1–1) | Tuskegee (3–1) | Saginaw Valley State (4–1) | Central Missouri (5–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (6–1) | Washburn (6–2) | Tuskegee (6–2) | Central Missouri (8–2) | Saginaw Valley State (9–2) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (9–3) | 16. |
| 17. | Minnesota State | California (PA) (0–1) | Catawba (2–0) | Tuskegee (2–1) | Midwestern State (4–0) | Washburn (4–1) | Missouri Western State (5–1) | UNC Pembroke (6–1) | Midwestern State (6–2) | Charleston (8–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (8–2) | Shippensburg (9–2) | Tuskegee (10–2) | 17. |
| 18. | Tuskegee | Texas A&M–Kingsville (1–0) | Valdosta State (0–1) | Ashland (2–1) | Missouri Western State (4–0) | Wayne State College (4–1) | Midwestern State (5–1) | Findlay (6–1) | West Liberty State (7–1) | Carson–Newman (7–2) | California (PA) (8–2) | Abilene Christian (8–3) | Arkansas Tech (9–3) | 18. |
| 19. | Albany State | Central Missouri (1–0) | Ashland (1–1) | Tarleton State (3–0) | Saginaw Valley State (3–1) | Edinboro (4–1) | Wayne State (5–1) | Tuskegee (5–2) | Tuskegee (5–2) | Central Missouri (7–2) | Bloomsburg (8–2) | Charleston (9–2) | Saginaw Valley State (9–3) | 19. |
| 20. | West Chester | Valdosta State (0–1) | Winona State (2–0) | Wayne State College (3–0) | Charleston (4–0) | Central Missouri (4–1) | Ouachita Baptist (4–1) | Washburn (5–2) | Carson–Newman (6–2) | California (PA) (7–2) | Hillsdale (8–2) | Albany State (8–2) | UNC Pembroke (9–2) | 20. |
| 21. | Edinboro | Glenville State (1–0) | West Chester (1–1) | IUP (3–0) | Ouachita Baptist (3–0) | Catawba (3–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (5–1) | West Liberty State (6–1) | Central Missouri (6–2) | Edinboro (7–2) | Missouri Western State (8–2) | Arkansas Tech (8–2) | West Alabama (8–5) | 21. |
| 22. | Glenville State | Carson–Newman (0–1) | Tarleton State (2–0) | Washburn (3–0) | Wayne State College (3–1) | Wayne State (4–1) | Delta State (3–2) | Midwestern State (5–2) | Wayne State College (6–2) | Hillsdale (7–2) | Saginaw Valley State (8–2) | California (PA) (8–3) | Albany State (8–3) | 22. |
| 23. | Tusculum | Ashland (0–1) | Wayne State (NE) (2–0) | Saginaw Valley State (2–1) | Pittsburg State (2–2) | Midwestern State (4–1) | Angelo State (5–1) | Northern Michigan (5–1) | Edinboro (6–2) | Missouri Western State (7–2) | Shippensburg (8–2) | Central Missouri (8–3) | Charleston (9–2) | 23. |
| 24. | Fayetteville State | Saginaw Valley State (1–0) | Central Oklahoma (1–1) | Midwestern State (3–0) | Edinboro (3–1) | Hillsdale (4–1) | Tuskegee (4–2) | Wayne State College (5–2) | California (PA) (6–2) | Saginaw Valley State (7–2) | Bentley (8–1) | Washburn (8–3) | Edinboro (9–4) | 24. |
| 25. | Central Missouri | Catawba (1–0) | IUP (2–0) | Augustana (3–0) | Winona State (3–1) | Delta State (2–2) | UNC Pembroke (5–1) | Carson–Newman (5–2) | Hillsdale (6–2) | Bentley (8–1) | Charleston (8–2) | Bloomsburg (8–3) | Washburn (8–3) | 25. |
| | Preseason | Week 1 Sept 1 | Week 2 Sept 8 | Week 3 Sept 15 | Week 4 Sept 22 | Week 5 Sept 29 | Week 6 Oct 6 | Week 7 Oct 13 | Week 8 Oct 20 | Week 9 Oct 27 | Week 10 Nov 3 | Week 11 Nov 10 | Week 12 Postseason | |
| | | Dropped: 16 Central Oklahoma23 Tusculum24 Fayetteville State | Dropped: 13 West Texas A&M15 Edinboro17 California (PA)21 Glenville State22 Carson–Newman | Dropped: 20 Winona State21 West Chester24 Central Oklahoma | Dropped: 15 Chadron State16 Valdosta State21 IUP22 Washburn25 Augustana | Dropped: 15 Ashland23 Pittsburg State25 Winona State | Dropped: 16 Saginaw Valley State21 Catawba24 Hillsdale | Dropped: 19 Wayne State20 Ouachita Baptist22 Delta State23 Angelo State | Dropped: 18 Findlay23 Northern Michigan | Dropped: 16 Washburn22 Wayne State College | Dropped: 21 Edinboro | Dropped: 21 Missouri Western State24 Bentley | Dropped: 23 Central Missouri25 Bloomsburg | |