1988 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 1988 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the Associated Press. This is for the 1988 season. The preseason poll and the first two weeks had 10 entries. From the third week onward, the poll was switched to a "Top 20".

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

NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

	Preseason [1]	Week 1 Sept 13[2]	Week 2 Sept 20[3]	Week 3 Sept 27[4]	Week 4 Oct 3[5]	Week 5 Oct 10[6]	Week 6 Oct 17[7]	Week 7 Oct 24[8]	Week 8 Oct 31[9]	Week 9 Nov 7[10]
1.	Troy State	Troy State (2–0)	North Dakota State (2–0)	North Dakota State (3–0)	North Dakota State (4–0)	North Dakota State (5–0)	North Dakota State (6–0)	North Dakota State (7–0)	North Dakota State (8–0)	North Dakota State (9–0)	1.
2.	Portland State	North Dakota State (1–0)	UCF (3–0)	UCF (4–0)	UCF (5–0)	Winston–Salem State (6–0)	Winston–Salem State (7–0)	East Texas State (7–1)	East Texas State (8–1)	West Chester (8–1)	2.
3.	Northern Michigan	UCF (2–0)	IUP (2–0)	IUP (3–0)	IUP (4–0)	Jacksonville State (6–0)	Jacksonville State (7–0)	West Chester (6–1)	West Chester (7–1)	Texas A&I (7–2)	3.
4.	Texas A&I	IUP (1–0)	St. Cloud State (3–0)	St. Cloud State (4–0)	Winston–Salem State (5–0)	Millersville (5–0)	Millersville (6–0)	Texas A&I (5–2)	Texas A&I (6–2)	Portland State (7–2–1)	4.
5.	UCF	Northeast Missouri State (2–0)	West Chester (2–0)	Cal State Northridge (4–0)	Texas A&I (3–1)	East Texas State (5–1)	East Texas State (6–1)	Portland State (5–2–1)	Portland State (6–2–1)	Winston–Salem State (8–1)	5.
6.	North Dakota State	St. Cloud State (2–0)	Cal State Northridge (3–0)	Winston–Salem State (4–0)	Jacksonville State (5–0)	Cal State Northridge (5–1)	Butler (6–1)	Sacramento State (6–1)	Winston–Salem State (8–1)	Mississippi College (8–2)	6.
7.	West Chester	West Chester (1–0)	Winston–Salem State (3–0)	Texas A&I (2–1)	Millersville (4–0)	Butler (4–1)	West Chester (5–1)	Winston–Salem State (7–1)	Mississippi College (7–2)	Jacksonville State (8–1)	7.
8.	Mankato State	Texas A&I (1–1)	Troy State (2–1) т	Troy State (3–1)	Butler (4–1)	West Chester (4–1)	Texas A&I (4–2)	Jacksonville State (7–1)	Jacksonville State (7–1)	Butler (8–1–1)	8.
9.	IUP	Cal State Northridge (2–0)	Texas A&I (1–1) т	Jacksonville State (4–0)	Augustana (4–1)	Albany State (5–0)	Portland State (4–2–1)	Bowie State (8–0)	Butler (7–1–1)	Tennessee–Martin (9–1)	9.
10.	Angelo State	Butler (1–1) т	East Texas State (2–0)	Sacramento State (3–0)	East Texas State (4–1)	Texas A&I (3–2)	UCF (6–1)	Mississippi College (6–2)	Bowie State (8–0–1)	Sacramento State (7–2)	10.
11.		Winston–Salem State (2–0) т		Millersville (4–0)	West Chester (3–1)	Portland State (3–2–1)	Sacramento State (5–1)	Butler (6–1–1)	Tennessee–Martin (8–1)	Millersville (8–1)	11.
12.				Nebraska–Omaha (3–0)	Cal State Northridge (4–1)	IUP (4–1)	Mississippi College (5–2)	Tennessee–Martin (7–1)	Sacramento State (6–2)	Albany State (8–1)	12.
13.				Butler (3–1)	Albany State (5–0)	New Haven (4–1)	Bowie State (7–0)	Bloomsburg (7–1)	Millersville (7–1)	UC Davis (6–2–1)	13.
14.				North Carolina Central (4–0)	Manual (3–1)	UCF (5–1)	Tennessee–Martin (6–1)	Northern Michigan (6–2)	Albany State (7–1)	IUP (7–2)	14.
15.				New Haven (4–0)	Bowie State (5–0)	Sacramento State (4–1)	North Dakota (5–2)	Millersville (6–1)	UC Davis (5–2–1)	East Texas State (8–2)	15.
16.				East Texas State (3–1)	Tennessee–Martin (4–0)	Mississippi College (4–2)	Bloomsburg (6–1)	Albany State (6–1)	IUP (6–2)	St. Cloud State (7–3)	16.
17.				Bloomsburg (3–1)	St. Cloud State (4–1)	Bowie State (6–0)	St. Cloud State (5–2)	UC Davis (7–1)	North Carolina Central (7–1–1)	North Carolina Central (8–1–1)	17.
18.				West Chester (2–1)	Bloomsburg (4–1)	Tennessee–Martin (5–1)	Northern Michigan (5–2)	North Carolina Central (7–1)	St. Cloud State (6–3)	Augustana (7–3)	18.
19.				Mississippi College (3–1)	Nebraska–Omaha (4–1)	Bloomsburg (5–1)	Albany State (5–1)	Ashland (6–1)	Northern Michigan (6–3)	Northern Michigan (7–3)	19.
20.				Augustana (3–1)	Northern Michigan (3–2)	Northern Colorado (3–2–1)	Ashland (5–1)	Augustana (6–2)	Augustana (6–3)	Bowie State (8–1–1)	20.
	Preseason [1]	Week 1 Sept 13[2]	Week 2 Sept 20[3]	Week 3 Sept 27[4]	Week 4 Oct 3[5]	Week 5 Oct 10[6]	Week 6 Oct 17[7]	Week 7 Oct 24[8]	Week 8 Oct 31[9]	Week 9 Nov 7[10]
		Dropped: 2 Portland State 3 Northern Michigan 8 Mankato State 10 Angelo State	Dropped: 5 Northeast Missouri State 10 Butler	None	Dropped: 8 Troy State 10 Sacramento State 14 North Carolina Central 15 New Haven 19 Mississippi College	Dropped: 9 Augustana 14 North Dakota 17 St. Cloud State 19 Nebraska–Omaha 20 Northern Michigan	Dropped: 6 Cal State Northridge 12 IUP 13 New Haven 20 Northern Colorado	Dropped: 10 UCF 15 North Dakota 17 St. Cloud State	Dropped: 13 Bloomsburg 19 Ashland	None

Notes

References

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