# 2004 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2004 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2004 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 Postseason | |
| 1. | Grand Valley State | Grand Valley State (2–0) (24) | Grand Valley State (3–0) (24) | Grand Valley State (4–0) (25) | Grand Valley State (4–0) (25) | Grand Valley State (5–0) (24) | Grand Valley State (6–0) (24) | Pittsburg State (8–0) (23) | Pittsburg State (9–0) (23) | Pittsburg State (10–0) (24) | Pittsburg State (11–0) (25) | Valdosta State (13–1) (25) | 1. |
| 2. | North Dakota | North Dakota (2–0) (1) | North Dakota (3–0) (1) | North Dakota (3–0) | North Dakota (4–0) | Pittsburg State (6–0) (1) | Pittsburg State (7–0) (1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (6–0) (2) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–0) (2) | Northwest Missouri State (10–0) (1) | Albany State (10–0) | Pittsburg State (14–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Valdosta State | Carson–Newman (2–0) | Carson–Newman (2–0) | Pittsburg State (4–0) | Pittsburg State (5–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (4–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–0) | Northwest Missouri State (8–0) | Northwest Missouri State (9–0) | Albany State (9–0) | Valdosta State (9–1) | Northwest Missouri State (11–2) | 3. |
| 4. | Texas A&M–Kingsville | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Pittsburg State (3–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–0) | Northwest Missouri State (6–0) | Northwest Missouri State (7–0) | Albany State (7–0) | Albany State (8–0) | Michigan Tech (9–0) | Northwest Missouri State (10–1) | North Dakota (11–3) | 4. |
| 5. | Carson–Newman | Texas A&M–Kingsville (1–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0) | Northwest Missouri State (4–0) | Northwest Missouri State (5–0) | Catawba (5–0) | Albany State (6–0) | Valdosta State (6–1) | Valdosta State (7–1) | Valdosta State (8–1) | Colorado Mines (11–0) | Albany State (11–1) | 5. |
| 6. | Pittsburg State | North Alabama (1–0) | North Alabama (2–0) | Catawba (3–0) | Catawba (4–0) | Central Oklahoma (6–0) | St. Cloud State (7–0) | North Dakota (6–1) | North Dakota (7–1) | Arkansas Tech (9–0) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (8–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (9–2) | 6. |
| 7. | North Alabama | Tarleton State (2–0) | Tarleton State (3–0) | Central Oklahoma (4–0) | Central Oklahoma (5–0) | Albany State (5–0) | Northwood (7–0) | East Stroudsburg (7–0) | Michigan Tech (8–0) | South Dakota (9–1) | Northwood (10–1) | West Chester (11–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Tarleton State | Central Missouri State (2–0) | Northwest Missouri State (3–0) | Albany State (4–0) | Albany State (4–0) | St. Cloud State (6–0) | Valdosta State (5–1) | Michigan Tech (7–0) | Arkansas Tech (8–0) | Colorado Mines (10–0) | Winona State (10–1) | Colorado Mines (12–1) | 8. |
| 9. | Central Missouri State | IUP (2–0) | Catawba (3–0) | Carson–Newman (2–1) | Shippensburg (5–0) | Carson–Newman (4–1) | North Dakota (5–1) | Arkansas Tech (7–0) | Central Oklahoma (7–1) | Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–1) | Michigan Tech (9–1) | Grand Valley State (10–3) | 9. |
| 10. | Central Oklahoma | Central Oklahoma (2–0) | Central Oklahoma (3–0) | Shippensburg (4–0) | Carson–Newman (3–1) | Valdosta State (4–1) | East Stroudsburg (6–0) | Grand Valley State (6–1) | South Dakota (8–1) | Winona State (9–1) | Shippensburg (10–1) | Northwood (10–2) | 10. |
| 11. | Nebraska–Omaha | Northwest Missouri State (2–0) | Albany State (3–0) | Delta State (2–1) | Delta State (3–1) | North Dakota (4–1) | Central Oklahoma (6–1) | Central Oklahoma (7–1) | Winona State (8–1) | Northwood (9–1) | East Stroudsburg (9–1) | Michigan Tech (9–2) | 11. |
| 12. | Tusculum | Catawba (2–0) | Shippensburg (3–0) | Valdosta State (2–1) | Valdosta State (3–1) | Northwood (6–0) | Arkansas Tech (6–0) | Catawba (6–1) | Colorado Mines (9–0) | Shippensburg (9–1) | Arkansas Tech (9–1) | East Stroudsburg (10–2) | 12. |
| 13. | IUP | Albany State (2–0) | Valdosta State (1–1) | Saginaw Valley State (2–1) | Saginaw Valley State (3–1) | Saginaw Valley State (4–1) | Michigan Tech (6–0) | South Dakota (7–1) | Northwood (8–1) | East Stroudsburg (8–1) | Carson–Newman (8–2) | Winona State (10–2) | 13. |
| 14. | Northwest Missouri State | Winona State (2–0) | Saginaw Valley State (1–1) | North Alabama (2–1) | Northwood (5–0) | East Stroudsburg (5–0) | Catawba (5–1) | Winona State (7–1) | Shippensburg (8–1) | Carson–Newman (7–2) | North Dakota (8–2) | Carson–Newman (9–3) | 14. |
| 15. | Catawba | Valdosta State (0–1) | Central Missouri State (2–1) | Northwood (4–0) | St. Cloud State (5–0) | Arkansas Tech (5–0) | Winona State (6–1) | Colorado Mines (8–0) | East Stroudsburg (7–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (8–2) | Grand Valley State (8–2) | Shippensburg (10–2) | 15. |
| 16. | Delta State | Shippensburg (2–0) | Delta State (1–1) | Central Missouri State (3–1) | Central Missouri State (4–1) | Winona State (5–1) | Colorado Mines (7–0) | St. Cloud State (7–1) | Saginaw Valley State (6–2) | North Dakota (7–2) | South Dakota (9–2) | Arkansas Tech (10–2) | 16. |
| 17. | Winona State | Saginaw Valley State (0–1) | Northwood (3–0) | St. Cloud State (4–0) | Tuskegee (3–0) | Michigan Tech (5–0) | Shippensburg (6–1) | Shippensburg (7–1) | Wingate (8–1) | Grand Valley State (7–2) | St. Cloud State (8–2) | St. Cloud State (8–3) | 17. |
| 18. | Saginaw Valley State | Bloomsburg (1–0) | IUP (2–1) | Tarleton State (3–1) | East Stroudsburg (4–0) | Shippensburg (5–1) | South Dakota (6–1) | Northwood (7–1) | Carson–Newman (6–2) | Tuskegee (7–1) | Tuskegee (8–1) | Edinboro (9–3) | 18. |
| 19. | Shippensburg | Delta State (0–1) | St. Cloud State (3–0) | Central Arkansas (4–0) | Winona State (4–1) | Colorado Mines (6–0) | Wingate (6–1) | Saginaw Valley State (5–2) | Grand Valley State (6–2) | Central Oklahoma (7–2) | Central Oklahoma (8–2) | South Dakota (9–2) | 19. |
| 20. | Bloomsburg | Southern Arkansas (2–0) | Tuskegee (3–0) | IUP (2–1) | Central Arkansas (4–1) | Delta State (3–2) | Tuskegee (4–1) | Wingate (7–1) | Tuskegee (6–1) | St. Cloud State (7–2) | Bentley (8–1) | Bentley (8–2) | 20. |
| 21. | | Northwood (2–0) | Winona State (2–1) | Tuskegee (3–0) | Arkansas Tech (4–0) | Tuskegee (3–1) | Carson–Newman (4–2) | Carson–Newman (5–2) | Nebraska–Omaha (7–2) | West Chester (8–2) | Edinboro (8–2) | Central Oklahoma (8–2) | 21. |
| 22. | Albany State | Nebraska–Omaha (1–1) | Central Arkansas (3–0) | Winona State (3–1) | Michigan Tech (4–0) | South Dakota (5–1) | North Alabama (4–2) | Tuskegee (5–1) | Catawba (6–2) | Wingate (8–2) | Saginaw Valley State (7–3) | Tuskegee (10–2) | 22. |
| 23. | | Tusculum (1–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (2–1) | East Stroudsburg (3–0) | Wingate (5–0) | Central Missouri State (4–2) | Saginaw Valley State (4–2) | North Alabama (5–2) | Central Arkansas (7–2) | Bentley (8–1) | West Chester (8–3) | Southeastern Oklahoma State (8–3) | 23. |
| 24. | Southern Arkansas | Tuskegee (2–0) | Tusculum (2–1) | Tusculum (2–1) | Colorado Mines (5–0) | North Alabama (3–2) | Midwestern State (5–1) | Central Arkansas (6–2) | St. Cloud State (7–2) | Edinboro (7–2) | Nebraska–Omaha (8–3) | Nebraska–Omaha (8–3) | 24. |
| 25. | Northwood | St. Cloud State (2–0) | East Stroudsburg (3–0) | South Dakota (4–0) | South Dakota (4–1) | California (PA) (4–1) | Central Arkansas (5–2) | Nebraska–Omaha (6–2) | West Chester (7–2) | Saginaw Valley State (6–3) | Southeastern Oklahoma State (8–2) | Saginaw Valley State (7–3) | 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 Postseason | |
| | | Dropped: 2123 | Dropped: 18 Bloomsburg20 Southern Arkansas | Dropped: 23 Nebraska–Omaha | Dropped: 14 North Alabama18 Tarleton State20 IUP24 Tusculum | Dropped: 20 Central Arkansas23 Wingate | Dropped: 20 Delta State23 Central Missouri State25 California (PA) | Dropped: 24 Midwestern State | Dropped: 23 North Alabama | Dropped: 22 Catawba23 Central Arkansas | Dropped: 22 Wingate | None | |