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.
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Win–loss record | |
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American Football Coaches Association poll[]
| Preseason [1] | Week 1 Sept 9[2] | Week 2 Sept 16[3] | Week 3 Sept 23[4] | Week 4 Sept 30[5] | Week 5 Oct 7[6] | Week 6 Oct 14[7] | Week 7 Oct 21[8] | Week 8 Oct 28[9] | Week 9 Nov 4[10] | Week 10 Nov 11[11] | Week 11 Nov 18[12] | Week 12 Postseason | ||
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| 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 [note 1] | 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 [1] | Week 1 Sept 9[2] | Week 2 Sept 16[3] | Week 3 Sept 23[4] | Week 4 Sept 30[5] | Week 5 Oct 7[6] | Week 6 Oct 14[7] | Week 7 Oct 21[8] | Week 8 Oct 28[9] | Week 9 Nov 4[10] | Week 10 Nov 11[11] | Week 11 Nov 18[12] | Week 12 Postseason | ||
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| None | Dropped: 22 Texas A&M–Commerce | Dropped: 25 California (PA) | Dropped:
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Notes[]
- ^ In the actual printed polls, IUP was listed as Indiana (PA)
References[]
- ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll Preseason". Hattiesburg American. Hattiesburg, Mississippi. August 19, 2014. p. 2B. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll". Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois. September 9, 2014. p. B2. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. September 17, 2014. p. 4D. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. September 25, 2014. p. 4D. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. October 2, 2014. p. 4D. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. October 9, 2014. p. 4D. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. October 14, 2014. p. 4D. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. October 21, 2014. p. 4D. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. October 29, 2014. p. 6D. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. November 5, 2014. p. 6D. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Division II Coaches Poll". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, Illinois. November 11, 2014. p. 14. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll". The Index-Journal. Greenwood, South Carolina. November 18, 2014. p. 2B. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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