2017 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2017 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2017 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 poll

	Preseason [1]	Week 1 Sep 5 [2]	Week 2 Sep 12 [3]	Week 3 Sep 19 [4]	Week 4 Sep 26 [5]	Week 5 Oct 3 [6]	Week 6 Oct 10 [7]	Week 7 Oct 17 [8]	Week 8 Oct 24 [9]	Week 9 Oct 31 [10]	Week 10 Nov 7 [11]	Week 11 Nov 14	Week 12 Postseason [12]
1.	Northwest Missouri State 34	Northwest Missouri State (1–0) 34	Northwest Missouri State (2–0) 34	Northwest Missouri State (3–0) 34	Northwest Missouri State (4–0) 34	Northwest Missouri State (5–0) 34	Northwest Missouri State (6–0) 34	Northwest Missouri State (7–0) 34	Northwest Missouri State (8–0) 34	Minnesota State (9–0) 10	Minnesota State (10–0) 21	Minnesota State (11–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (14–1) 33	1.
2.	Grand Valley State	Ferris State (0–0)	Ferris State (1–0)	Ferris State (2–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (4–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (4–0)	Shepherd (5–0)	Shepherd (6–0)	Shepherd (7–0)	Shepherd (8–0) 22	Shepherd (9–0) 7	Shepherd (10–0)	West Florida (11–4)	2.
3.	Ferris State	Texas A&M–Commerce (1–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (2–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (3–0)	Shepherd (3–0)	Shepherd (4–0)	IUP (6–0)	IUP (7–0)	Minnesota State (8–0)	IUP (9–0) 2	IUP (10–0) 2	IUP (11–0)	IUP (13–1)	3.
4.	Emporia State	Shepherd (1–0)	Shepherd (1–0)	Shepherd (2–0)	IUP (4–0)	IUP (5–0)	Minnesota State (6–0)	Minnesota State (7–0)	IUP (8–0)	Midwestern State (7–0)	Midwestern State (8–0)	Fort Hays State (11–0)	Minnesota State (13–1)	4.
5.	Texas A&M–Commerce	California (PA) (1–0)	California (PA) (2–0)	California (PA) (3–0)	California (PA) (4–0)	Minnesota State (5–0)	Indianapolis (6–0)	Midwestern State (5–0)	Midwestern State (6–0)	Indianapolis (9–0)	Fort Hays State (10–0) 4	Midwestern State (9–0)	Ferris State (11–2)	5.
6.	North Alabama	IUP (1–0)	IUP (2–0)	IUP (3–0)	Minnesota State (4–0)	Sioux Falls (5–0)	Midwestern State (4–0)	Indianapolis (7–0)	Indianapolis (8–0)	Fort Hays State (9–0)	Indianapolis (10–0)	Indianapolis (11–0)	Harding (11–4)	6.
7.	Shepherd	Colorado State–Pueblo (1–0)	Sioux Falls (2–0)	Sioux Falls (3–0)	Sioux Falls (4–0)	Indianapolis (5–0)	Grand Valley State (5–1)	Grand Valley State (6–1)	Fort Hays State (8–0)	Central Washington (9–0)	Central Washington (10–0)	Central Washington (11–0)	Central Washington (11–1)	7.
8.	California (PA)	Azusa Pacific (1–0)	Minnesota State (2–0)	Minnesota State (3–0)	Colorado Mesa (4–0)	Grand Valley State (4–1)	Fort Hays State (6–0)	Fort Hays State (7–0)	Central Washington (8–0)	Northwest Missouri State (8–1)	Assumption (9–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (9–1)	Fort Hays State (11–1)	8.
9.	IUP	Sioux Falls (1–0)	LIU Post (2–0)	LIU Post (3–0)	Grand Valley State (3–1)	Delta State (5–0)	Slippery Rock (6–0)	Central Washington (7–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (6–1)	Texas A&M–Commerce (7–1)	Texas A&M–Commerce (8–1)	Ashland (10–1)	Assumption (11–2)	9.
10.	Minnesota–Duluth	LIU Post (1–0)	North Alabama (0–1)	North Alabama (1–1)	Indianapolis (4–0)	Midwestern State (3–0)	Central Washington (6–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (5–1)	Winona State (8–0)	Assumption (8–0)	Ashland (9–1)	Ferris State (9–1)	Ashland (11–2)	10.
11.	Valdosta State	North Alabama (0–1)	Colorado Mesa (2–0)	Colorado Mesa (3–0)	Arkansas Tech (4–0)	Fort Hays State (5–0)	Texas A&M–Commerce (4–1)	Winona State (7–0)	Ferris State (6–1)	Ashland (8–1)	Ferris State (8–1)	Virginia State (10–0)	Midwestern State (10–1)	11.
12.	Colorado State–Pueblo	Minnesota State (1–0)	Grand Valley State (1–1)	Grand Valley State (2–1)	Midwestern State (2–0)	Slippery Rock (5–0)	Colorado State–Pueblo (5–1)	Ferris State (5–1)	Ashland (7–1)	Ferris State (7–1)	Wingate (9–0)	Winona State (10–1)	West Alabama (10–3)	12.
13.	Azusa Pacific	Central Missouri (1–0)	Midwestern State (1–0)	Midwestern State (2–0)	Delta State (4–0)	Central Washington (5–0)	Winona State (6–0)	Ashland (6–1)	Assumption (7–0)	Sioux Falls (8–1)	Sioux Falls (9–1)	Northwest Missouri State (9–2)	Indianapolis (11–1)	13.
14.	LIU Post	Grand Valley State (0–1)	Emporia State (1–1)	Indianapolis (3–0)	Fort Hays State (4–0)	Colorado State–Pueblo (4–1)	Bowie State (6–0)	Assumption (6–0)	Sioux Falls (7–1)	Wingate (8–0)	Colorado Mesa (9–1)	Bowie State (9–1)	Shepherd (10–1)	14.
15.	Harding	Emporia State (0–1)	Indianapolis (2–0)	Emporia State (2–1)	Ferris State (2–1)	Ferris State (3–1)	Ferris State (4–1)	Sioux Falls (6–1)	Colorado Mesa (7–1)	Colorado Mesa (8–1)	Virginia State (9–0)	Assumption (9–1)	Winona State (10–2)	15.
16.	Colorado Mines	Midwestern State (1–0)	Albany State (2–0)	Arkansas Tech (3–0)	Central Washington (4–0)	California (PA) (4–1)	Ashland (5–1)	Colorado Mesa (6–1)	Wingate (7–0)	Virginia State (8–0)	Humboldt State (8–1)	Wingate (9–1)	Northwest Missouri State (9–3)	16.
17.	Sioux Falls	Colorado Mesa (1–0)	West Georgia (2–0)	Delta State (3–0)	Colorado State–Pueblo (3–1)	Humboldt State (4–0)	Assumption (5–0)	Slippery Rock (6–1)	Virginia State (7–0)	Humboldt State (7–1)	Winona State (9–1)	West Alabama (9–2)	Colorado State–Pueblo (9–3)	17.
18.	Southwest Baptist	Indianapolis (1–0)	Colorado State–Pueblo (1–1)	Fort Hays State (3–0)	Slippery Rock (4–0)	Ashland (4–1)	Sioux Falls (5–1)	West Alabama (6–1)	Humboldt State (6–1)	Winona State (8–1)	Northwest Missouri State (8–2)	Sioux Falls (9–2)	Virginia State (10–1)	18.
19.	UNC Pembroke	Winston–Salem State (1–0)	Arkansas Tech (2–0)	Colorado State–Pueblo (2–1)	Humboldt State (3–0)	Bowie State (5–0)	Southeastern Oklahoma State (6–0)	Delta State (6–1)	Grand Valley State (6–2)	Grand Valley State (7–2)	Bowie State (9–1)	Shippensburg (10–1)	West Georgia (9–4)	19.
20.	Minnesota State	Albany State (1–0)	Minnesota–Duluth (1–1)	Central Washington (3–0)	Ashland (3–1)	Assumption (5–0)	Colorado Mesa (5–1)	Wingate (6–0)	Bowie State (7–1)	Bowie State (8–1)	Eastern New Mexico (8–1)	Colorado State–Pueblo (9–2)	Sioux Falls (9–3)	20.
21.	Central Missouri	Minnesota–Duluth (0–1)	Fort Hays State (2–0)	Slippery Rock (3–0)	Bowie State (4–0)	Colorado Mesa (4–1)	Delta State (5–1)	Virginia State (6–0)	Eastern New Mexico (6–1)	Eastern New Mexico (7–1)	Findlay (9–1)	Humboldt State (8–2)	Delta State (9–4)	21.
22.	Southern Arkansas	Tuskegee (1–0)	Azusa Pacific (1–1)	Humboldt State (2–0)	Assumption (4–0)	Winona State (5–0)	West Georgia (5–1)	Humboldt State (5–1)	Findlay (7–1)	Findlay (8–1)	West Alabama (8–2)	Colorado Mesa (9–2)	Findlay (10–3)	22.
23.	Southeastern Oklahoma State	Henderson State (1–0)	Central Washington (2–0)	Bowie State (3–0)	Catawba (4–0)	Southeastern Oklahoma State (5–0)	West Alabama (5–1)	Bowie State (6–1)	Central Missouri (6–2)	West Alabama (7–2)	Colorado State–Pueblo (8–2)	Minnesota–Duluth (9–2)	Bowie State (9–2)	23.
24.	Midwestern State	West Chester (1–0)	Delta State (2–0)	Assumption (3–0)	LIU Post (3–1)	Arkansas Tech (4–1)	Wingate (5–0)	Eastern New Mexico (6–1)	Colorado State–Pueblo (6–2)	Colorado State–Pueblo (7–2)	West Georgia (8–2)	Eastern New Mexico (8–2)	Wingate (9–2)	24.
25.	Bemidji State	West Georgia (1–0)	Slippery Rock (2–0)	Catawba (3–0)	Winona State (4–0)	West Georgia (4–1)	Humboldt State (4–1)	Southeastern Oklahoma State (6–1)	West Alabama (6–2)	West Georgia (7–2)	Shippensburg (9–1)	Ouachita Baptist (9–2)	Shippensburg (10–2)	25.
	Preseason [1]	Week 1 Sep 5 [2]	Week 2 Sep 12 [3]	Week 3 Sep 19 [4]	Week 4 Sep 26 [5]	Week 5 Oct 3 [6]	Week 6 Oct 10 [7]	Week 7 Oct 17 [8]	Week 8 Oct 24 [9]	Week 9 Oct 31 [10]	Week 10 Nov 7 [11]	Week 11 Nov 14	Week 12 Postseason [12]
		Dropped: 11 Valdosta State 15 Harding 16 Colorado Mines 18 Southwest Baptist 19 UNC Pembroke 22 Southern Arkansas 25 Bemidji State	Dropped: 13 Central Missouri 19 Winston–Salem State 22 Tuskegee 23 Henderson State 24 West Chester	Dropped: 16 Albany State 17 West Georgia 20 Minnesota–Duluth 22 Azusa Pacific	Dropped: 10 North Alabama 15 Emporia State	Dropped: 23 Catawba 24 LIU Post	Dropped: 16 California (PA) 24 Arkansas Tech	Dropped: 12 Colorado State–Pueblo 22 West Georgia	Dropped: 17 Slippery Rock 19 Delta State 25 Southeastern Oklahoma State	Dropped: 23 Central Missouri	Dropped: 19 Grand Valley State	Dropped: 21 Findlay 24 West Georgia	Dropped: 21 Humboldt State 22 Colorado Mesa 23 Minnesota–Duluth 24 Eastern New Mexico 25 Ouachita Baptist

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