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2016 NCAA Division II football rankings

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The 2016 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2016 season.

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American Football Coaches Association poll

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Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sept 6[2]
Week 2
Sept 13[3]
Week 3
Sept 20[4]
Week 4
Sept 27[5]
Week 5
Oct 4[6]
Week 6
Oct 11[7]
Week 7
Oct 18[8]
Week 8
Oct 25[9]
Week 9
Nov 1[10]
Week 10
Nov 8[11]
Week 11
Nov 15[12]
Week 12
Postseason[13]
1.Northwest Missouri State (29)Northwest Missouri State (1–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (2–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (3–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (4–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (5–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (6–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (7–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (8–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (9–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (10–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (11–0) (30)Northwest Missouri State (15–0) (30)1.
2.West Georgia (1)West Georgia (1–0)Grand Valley State (2–0)Grand Valley State (3–0)Grand Valley State (4–0)Grand Valley State (5–0)Grand Valley State (6–0)Grand Valley State (7–0)Grand Valley State (8–0)Grand Valley State (9–0)Grand Valley State (10–0)Grand Valley State (11–0)North Alabama (11–2)2.
3.Grand Valley StateGrand Valley State (1–0)West Georgia (2–0)West Georgia (3–0)West Georgia (4–0)Shepherd (4–0)Shepherd (5–0)Shepherd (6–0)Shepherd (7–0)Shepherd (8–0)Shepherd (9–0)Shepherd (10–0)Shepherd (13–1)3.
4.ShepherdShepherd (1–0)Shepherd (2–0)Shepherd (3–0)Shepherd (4–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (4–0)Midwestern State (5–0)Midwestern State (6–0)Sioux Falls (8–0)Sioux Falls (9–0)Sioux Falls (10–0)Sioux Falls (11–0)Grand Valley State (12–1)4.
5.Colorado State–PuebloAshland (1–0)Ashland (2–0)Ashland (3–0)Ashland (4–0)Henderson State (5–0)Tuskegee (6–0)Tuskegee (6–0)Harding (8–0)Harding (9–0)Harding (10–0)Harding (11–0)Ferris State (12–3)5.
6.AshlandMinnesota State (1–0)Ferris State (2–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (2–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (3–0)IUP (4–0)Sioux Falls (6–0)Sioux Falls (7–0)California (PA) (7–0)California (PA) (8–0)California (PA) (9–0)California (PA) (10–0)Harding (13–1)6.
7.Minnesota StateFerris State (1–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (1–0)Ferris State (3–0)Henderson State (4–0)Midwestern State (4–0)California (PA) (5–0)Harding (7–0)North Alabama (5–1)North Alabama (6–1)North Alabama (7–1)North Alabama (8–1)California (PA) (11–1)7.
8.IUPTexas A&M–Commerce (1–0)Henderson State (2–0)Henderson State (3–0)IUP (3–0)Tuskegee (5–0)Harding (6–0)California (PA) (6–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (6–1)Texas A&M–Commerce (7–1)Texas A&M–Commerce (8–1)Texas A&M–Commerce (9–1)Sioux Falls (12–1)8.
9.Henderson State тHenderson State (1–0)IUP (1–0)IUP (2–0)Slippery Rock (4–0)Sioux Falls (5–0)Texas A&M–Commerce (4–1)Texas A&M–Commerce (5–1)Ashland (7–1)Emporia State (8–1)Emporia State (9–1)Emporia State (10–1)Texas A&M–Commerce (10–2)9.
10.Texas A&M–Commerce тIUP (0–0)Colorado Mines (2–0)Slippery Rock (3–0)Midwestern State (3–0)Azusa Pacific (5–0)North Alabama (3–1)North Alabama (4–1)Emporia State (7–1)LIU Post (9–0)LIU Post (10–0)LIU Post (11–0)Emporia State (11–2)10.
11.Slippery RockColorado Mines (1–0)Slippery Rock (2–0)Midwestern State (2–0)Tuskegee (4–0)North Alabama (3–1)Ashland (5–1)Ashland (6–1)LIU Post (8–0)IUP (7–1)IUP (8–1)IUP (9–1)LIU Post (12–1)11.
12.Ferris StateSlippery Rock (1–0)Midwestern State (1–0)Tuskegee (3–0)Sioux Falls (4–0)West Georgia (4–1)Emporia State (5–1)Emporia State (6–1)IUP (6–1)Midwestern State (7–1)Midwestern State (8–1)UNC Pembroke (9–1)IUP (10–2)12.
13.Humboldt StateHumboldt State (1–0)Tuskegee (2–0)Central Missouri (3–0)Ferris State (3–1)Colorado Mesa (5–0)IUP (4–1)IUP (5–1)Midwestern State (6–1)Azusa Pacific (8–1)Azusa Pacific (9–1)Minnesota–Duluth (10–1)UNC Pembroke (10–2)13.
14.Midwestern StateMidwestern State (1–0)Central Missouri (2–0)Sioux Falls (3–0)Azusa Pacific (4–0)Ferris State (4–1)LIU Post (6–0)LIU Post (7–0)Valdosta State (6–1)Tuskegee (7–1)Tuskegee (8–1)Newberry (10–1)Minnesota–Duluth (10–2)14.
15.North AlabamaTuskegee (1–0)Sioux Falls (2–0)Azusa Pacific (3–0)Assumption (4–0)California (PA) (4–0)Henderson State (5–1)Henderson State (6–1)Azusa Pacific (7–1)Assumption (8–1)Assumption (9–1)Ferris State (9–2)Colorado Mines (10–3)15.
16.IndianapolisCentral Missouri (1–0)Azusa Pacific (2–0)Augustana (3–0)Florida Tech (4–0)Harding (5–0)Slippery Rock (5–1)Valdosta State (5–1)Assumption (7–1)UNC Pembroke (8–1)UNC Pembroke (8–1)Ashland (9–2)Newberry (10–2)16.
17.TuskegeeSioux Falls (1–0)Assumption (2–0)Assumption (3–0)Colorado Mesa (4–0)Ashland (4–1)Valdosta State (4–1)Azusa Pacific (6–1)Tuskegee (6–1)Fairmont State (9–0)Minnesota–Duluth (9–1)Southwest Baptist (10–1)North Greenville (9–5)17.
18.Colorado MinesAssumption (1–0)Augustana (2–0)Colorado Mesa (3–0)North Alabama (2–1)Emporia State (4–1)Assumption (5–1)Assumption (6–1)UNC Pembroke (7–1)Minnesota–Duluth (8–1)Ferris State (8–2)Fairmont State (10–1)Valdosta State (8–3)18.
19.Minnesota–DuluthColorado State–Pueblo (0–1)Florida Tech (2–0)Florida Tech (3–0) тMinnesota State (3–1)Slippery Rock (4–1)Azusa Pacific (5–1)Florida Tech (5–1)Wayne State (7–1)Ferris State (7–2)Newberry (9–1)Valdosta State (8–2)Ashland (9–2)19.
20.Central MissouriNorth Alabama (0–1)North Alabama (0–1)North Alabama (1–1) тHarding (4–0)Southwest Baptist (5–0)Florida Tech (4–1)UNC Pembroke (6–1)Fairmont State (8–0)Newberry (8–1)Ashland (8–2)Central Missouri (9–2)Tuskegee (9–3)20.
21.AssumptionAugustana (1–0)Minnesota State (1–1)Minnesota State (2–1)UNC Pembroke (4–0)LIU Post (5–0)UNC Pembroke (5–1)Bemidji State (6–1)Minnesota–Duluth (7–1)Ashland (7–2)Southwest Baptist (9–1)Colorado Mines (9–2)Central Missouri (9–3)21.
22.CatawbaFlorida Tech (1–0)Valdosta State (1–0)Bemidji State (3–0)Central Missouri (3–1)Assumption (4–1)Bemidji State (5–1)Wayne State (6–1)Ferris State (6–2)Southwest Baptist (8–1)Fairmont State (9–1)Midwestern State (8–2)Southwest Baptist (10–2)22.
23.Sioux FallsValdosta State (1–0)Colorado Mesa (2–0)Colorado Mines (2–1)Emporia State (3–1)Florida Tech (4–1)Colorado Mesa (5–1)Colorado Mesa (6–1)Newberry (7–1)Valdosta State (6–2)Valdosta State (7–2)Florida Tech (8–2)Fairmont State (10–2)23.
24.Emporia StateAzusa Pacific (1–0)Bemidji State (2–0)Humboldt State (2–1)California (PA) (3–0)UNC Pembroke (4–1)West Georgia (4–2)Minnesota–Duluth (6–1)Wingate (7–1)Edinboro (8–1)Central Missouri (8–2)Azusa Pacific (9–2) тMidwestern State (8–3)24.
25.AugustanaColorado Mesa (1–0)Humboldt State (1–1)Harding (3–0)Augustana (3–1)Bemidji State (4–1) тWayne State (5–1)Ferris State (5–2)Notre Dame (OH) (7–1) тCentral Missouri (7–2)Colorado Mines (8–2)Colorado Mesa (9–2) тAzusa Pacific (9–3)25.
26.     Valdosta State (3–1) т  Southwest Baptist (7–1) т    26.
Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sept 6[2]
Week 2
Sept 13[3]
Week 3
Sept 20[4]
Week 4
Sept 27[5]
Week 5
Oct 4[6]
Week 6
Oct 11[7]
Week 7
Oct 18[8]
Week 8
Oct 25[9]
Week 9
Nov 1[10]
Week 10
Nov 8[11]
Week 11
Nov 15[12]
Week 12
Postseason[13]
Dropped:
  • 16 Indianapolis
  • 19 Minnesota–Duluth
  • 22 Catawba
  • 24 Emporia State
Dropped:
19 Colorado State–Pueblo
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22 Valdosta State
Dropped:
  • 22 Bemidji State
  • 23 Colorado Mines
  • 24 Humboldt State
Dropped:
  • 19 Minnesota State
  • 22 Central Missouri
  • 25 Augustana
Dropped:
  • 14 Ferris State
  • 20 Southwest Baptist
Dropped:
  • 16 Slippery Rock
  • 23 Colorado Mesa
  • 24 West Georgia
Dropped:
  • 15 Henderson State
  • 19 Florida Tech
  • 21 Bemidji State
Dropped:
  • 19 Wayne State
  • 24 Wingate
  • 25 Notre Dame (OH)
Dropped:
24 Edinboro
Dropped:
  • 14 Tuskegee
  • 15 Assumption
Dropped:
  • 23 Florida Tech
  • 25 Colorado Mesa

Notes

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References

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