American Football Coaches Association Coaches Poll

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Overview

Since 1950, the AFCA has conducted a weekly Top 20/Top 25 poll during the college football season. The AFCA awards the AFCA Coaches’ Trophy to the No. 1-ranked team in the final FBS Coaches Poll each season.

Format

The FBS Coaches Poll is conducted weekly throughout the regular season using a panel of head coaches at FBS schools. The panel is chosen by random draw, conference by conference plus independents, from a pool of coaches who have indicated to the AFCA their willingness to participate. Each coach submits a Top 25 with a first-place vote worth 25 points, second place 24, and so on down to one point for 25th.

The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2025 season:

Tim Albin, Charlotte; Dave Aranda, Baylor; Tim Beck, Coastal Carolina; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jason Candle, Toledo; Ryan Carty, Delaware; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Bob Chesney, James Madison; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Chris Creighton, Eastern Michigan; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Dave Doeren, North Carolina State; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Luke Fickell, Wisconsin; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Penn State; Marcus Freeman, Notre Dame; Hugh Freeze, Auburn; Willie Fritz, Houston; Alex Golesh, South Florida; Thomas Hammock, Northern Illinois; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Southern Mississippi; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; GJ Kinne, Texas State; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Dan Lanning, Oregon; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Mike Locksley, Maryland; Chuck Martin, Miami (Ohio); Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Bronco Mendenhall, Utah State; Jeff Monken, Army; Jim Mora, Connecticut; Eric Morris, North Texas; Billy Napier, Florida; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Jay Norvell, Colorado State; Gerad Parker, Troy; Brent Pry, Virginia Tech; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Jay Sawvel, Wyoming, Willie Simmons, Florida International; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Mark Stoops, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Tulane; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso.

1950: Oklahoma; Bud Wilkinson
1951: Tennessee; Robert Neyland
1952: Michigan State; Biggie Munn
1953: Maryland; Jim Tatum
1954: UCLA; Red Sanders
1955: Oklahoma; Bud Wilkinson
1956: Oklahoma; Bud Wilkinson
1957: Ohio State; Woody Hayes
1958: LSU; Paul Dietzel
1959: Syracuse; Ben Schwartzwalder
1960: Minnesota; Murray Warmath
1961: Alabama; Bear Bryant
1962: USC; John McKay
1963: Texas; Darrell Royal
1964: Alabama; Bear Bryant
1965: Michigan State; Duffy Daugherty
1966: Notre Dame; Ara Parseghian
1967: USC; John McKay
1968: Ohio State; Woody Hayes

1969: Texas; Darrell Royal
1970: Texas; Darrell Royal
1971: Nebraska; Bob Devaney
1972: USC; John McKay
1973: Alabama; Bear Bryant
1974: USC; John McKay
1975: Oklahoma; Barry Switzer
1976: Pittsburgh; Johnny Majors
1977: Notre Dame; Dan Devine
1978: USC; John Robinson
1979: Alabama; Bear Bryant
1980: Georgia; Vince Dooley
1981: Clemson; Danny Ford
1982: Penn State; Joe Paterno
1983: Miami (FL); Howard Schnellenberger
1984: BYU; LaVell Edwards
1985: Oklahoma; Barry Switzer
1986: Penn State; Joe Paterno

1987: Miami (FL); Jimmy Johnson
1988: Notre Dame; Lou Holtz
1989: Miami (FL); Dennis Erickson
1990: Georgia Tech; Bobby Ross
1991: Washington; Don James
1992: Alabama; Gene Stallings
1993: Florida State; Bobby Bowden
1994: Nebraska; Tom Osborne
1995: Nebraska; Tom Osborne
1996: Florida; Steve Spurrier
1997: Nebraska; Tom Osborne
1998: Tennessee; Phil Fulmer
1999: Florida State; Bobby Bowden
2000: Oklahoma; Bob Stoops
2001: Miami (FL); Larry Coker
2002: Ohio State; Jim Tressel
2003: LSU; Nick Saban
2004: USC; Pete Carroll

2005: Texas; Mack Brown
2006: Florida; Urban Meyer
2007: LSU; Les Miles
2008: Florida; Urban Meyer
2009: Alabama; Nick Saban
2010: Auburn; Gene Chizik
2011: Alabama; Nick Saban
2012: Alabama; Nick Saban
2013: Florida State; Jimbo Fisher
2014: Ohio State; Urban Meyer
2015: Alabama; Nick Saban
2016: Clemson; Dabo Swinney
2017: Alabama; Nick Saban
2018: Clemson; Dabo Swinney
2019: LSU; Ed Orgeron
2020: Alabama; Nick Saban
2021: Georgia; Kirby Smart
2022: Georgia; Kirby Smart
2023 Michigan Jim Harbaugh

2024: Ohio State; Ryan Day

Rank	School (1st votes)	Pts.	Prev.	Rec.
1	Ohio State (63)	1,646	1	6-0
2	Miami (Fla.) (2)	1,566	3	5-0
3	Indiana (1)	1,492	7	6-0
4	Texas A&M	1,417	5	6-0
5	Mississippi	1,389	4	6-0
6	Alabama	1,280	8	5-1
7	Georgia	1,198	9	5-1
8	Texas Tech	1,183	10	6-0
9	Oregon	1,154	2	5-1
10	LSU	1,062	11	5-1
11	Tennessee	962	12	5-1
12	Georgia Tech	951	13	6-0
13	Oklahoma	781	6	5-1
14	Brigham Young	720	18	6-0
15	Notre Dame	661	16	4-2
16	Missouri	585	14	5-1
17	Texas	519	19	4-2
18	Vanderbilt	498	20	5-1
19	Virginia	415	24	5-1
20	Memphis	337	25	6-0
21	Southern California	310	NR	5-1
22	Utah	298	NR	5-1
23	South Florida	234	NR	5-1
24	Cincinnati	169	NR	5-1
25	Illinois	151	17	5-2

Dropped out: No. 15 Michigan (4-2); No. 21 Iowa State (5-2); No. 22 Penn State (3-3); No. 23 Arizona State (4-2).

Others receiving votes: Michigan (4-2) 119; Nebraska (5-1) 90; Washington (5-1) 85; Navy (6-0) 43; UNLV (6-0) 43; Louisville (4-1) 18; Arizona State (4-2) 17; Tulane (5-1) 17; Duke (4-2) 11; Iowa (4-2) 9; Iowa State (5-2) 7; Clemson (3-3) 6; Houston (5-1) 4; Pittsburgh (4-2) 1; San Diego State (5-1) 1; TCU (4-2) 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Pts.	Prev.	Rec.
1	Ohio State (59)	1,638	1	5-0
2	Oregon (3)	1,572	2	5-0
3	Miami (Fla.) (3)	1,531	3	5-0
4	Mississippi	1,402	4	5-0
5	Texas A&M (1)	1,330	5	5-0
6	Oklahoma	1,283	8	5-0
7	Indiana	1,206	9	5-0
8	Alabama	1,183	11	4-1
9	Georgia	1,128	10	4-1
10	Texas Tech	1,082	14	5-0
11	LSU	999	13	4-1
12	Tennessee	889	15	4-1
13	Georgia Tech	819	16	5-0
14	Missouri	736	18	5-0
15	Michigan	653	20	4-1
16	Notre Dame	491	21	3-2
17	Illinois	484	22	5-1
18	Brigham Young	453	23	5-0
19	Texas	372	7	3-2
20	Vanderbilt	329	17	5-1
21	Iowa State	295	12	5-1
22	Penn State	294	6	3-2
23	Arizona State	292	24	4-1
24	Virginia	258	NR	5-1
25	Memphis	162	NR	6-0

Dropped out: No. 19 Florida State (3-2); No. 25 Utah (4-1).

Others receiving votes: Utah (4-1) 134; Florida State (3-2) 93; Cincinnati (4-1) 70; South Florida (4-1) 65; North Texas (5-0) 28; Navy (5-0) 26; Washington (4-1) 25; Southern California (4-1) 23; UNLV (5-0) 21; Nebraska (4-1) 17; TCU (4-1) 15; Old Dominion (4-1) 13; Louisville (4-1) 10; Tulane (4-1) 8; Auburn (3-2) 7; Duke (4-2) 7; Iowa (3-2) 5; SMU (3-2) 2.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Pts.	Prev.	Rec.
1	Ohio State (58)	1,617	1	4-0
2	Oregon (6)	1,559	5	5-0
3	Miami (Fla.) (1)	1,484	6	4-0
4	Mississippi	1,319	11	5-0
5	Texas A&M	1,223	9	4-0
6	Penn State	1,192	2	3-1
7	Texas	1,165	7	3-1
8	Oklahoma	1,123	10	4-0
9	Indiana	1,059	12	5-0
10	Georgia	1,006	3	3-1
11	Alabama	975	16	3-1
12	Iowa State	919	13	5-0
13	LSU	918	4	4-1
14	Texas Tech	856	14	4-0
15	Tennessee	728	15	4-1
16	Georgia Tech	604	17	5-0
17	Vanderbilt	502	20	5-0
18	Missouri	498	19	5-0
19	Florida State	483	8	3-1
20	Michigan	453	18	3-1
21	Notre Dame	316	21	2-2
22	Illinois	287	23	4-1
23	Brigham Young	221	24	4-0
24	Arizona State	136	NR	4-1
25	Utah	104	NR	4-1

Dropped out: No. 22 Southern California (4-1); No. 25 TCU (3-1).

Others receiving votes: Memphis (5-0) 88; Louisville (4-0) 83; Virginia (4-1) 63; South Florida (3-1) 29; Maryland (4-0) 17; Southern California (4-1) 17; Auburn (3-2) 12; UNLV (4-0) 11; Navy (4-0) 9; Mississippi State (4-1) 9; Tulane (4-1) 8; North Texas (5-0) 7; Washington (3-1) 7; TCU (3-1) 6; Duke (3-2) 4; Nebraska (3-1) 4; Iowa (3-2) 3; Houston (4-0) 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Pts.	Prev.	Rec.
1	Ohio State (61)	1,667	1	3-0
2	Penn State (3)	1,552	2	3-0
3	Georgia (1)	1,497	3	3-0
4	LSU	1,458	4	4-0
5	Oregon (1)	1,442	5	4-0
6	Miami (Fla.) (1)	1,399	6	4-0
7	Texas	1,209	7	3-1
8	Florida State	1,100	9	3-0
9	Texas A&M	1,043	10	3-0
10	Oklahoma	1,024	12	4-0
11	Mississippi	996	11	4-0
12	Indiana	915	17	4-0
13	Iowa State	870	13	4-0
14	Texas Tech	807	16	4-0
15	Tennessee	715	15	3-1
16	Alabama	649	14	2-1
17	Georgia Tech	558	19	4-0
18	Michigan	469	20	3-1
19	Missouri	433	22	4-0
20	Vanderbilt	417	23	4-0
21	Notre Dame	261	21	1-2
22	Southern California	249	NR	4-0
23	Illinois	214	8	3-1
24	Brigham Young	185	NR	3-0
25	TCU	112	NR	3-0

Dropped out: No. 18 Utah (3-1); No. 24 South Carolina (2-2); No. 25 Auburn (3-1).

Others receiving votes: Arizona State (3-1) 104; Utah (3-1) 99; Louisville (3-0) 67; Mississippi State (4-0) 57; Memphis (4-0) 55; Auburn (3-1) 48; South Florida (3-1) 32; Washington (3-0) 19; Navy (3-0) 17; Maryland (4-0) 10; Kansas (3-1) 6; Houston (3-0) 4; Syracuse (3-1) 4; Nebraska (3-1) 3; Tulane (3-1) 3; UNLV (4-0) 3; North Texas (4-0) 2; Iowa (3-1) 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Pts.	Prev.	Rec.
1	Ohio State (62)	1,668	1	3-0
2	Penn State (3)	1,559	2	3-0
3	Georgia (1)	1,501	3	3-0
4	LSU (1)	1,468	4	3-0
5	Oregon	1,444	5	3-0
6	Miami (Fla.)	1,379	6	3-0
7	Texas	1.209	7	2-1
8	Illinois	1,150	9	3-0
9	Florida State	1,023	12	2-0
10	Texas A&M	1,003	17	3-0
11	Mississippi	951	13	3-0
12	Oklahoma	906	16	3-0
13	Iowa State	896	14	4-0
14	Alabama	630	18	2-1
15	Tennessee	625	15	2-1
16	Texas Tech	563	20	3-0
17	Indiana	550	19	3-0
18	Utah	510	21	3-0
19	Georgia Tech	333	NR	3-0
20	Michigan	316	22	2-1
21	Notre Dame	296	8	0-2
22	Missouri	252	NR	3-0
23	Vanderbilt	249	NR	3-0
24	South Carolina	198	10	2-1
25	Auburn	160	NR	3-0

Dropped out: No. 11 Clemson (1-2); No. 23 South Florida (2-1); No. 24 Arizona State (2-1); No. 25 Brigham Young (2-0).

Others receiving votes: Brigham Young (2-0) 158; Arizona State (2-1) 141; Southern California (3-0) 117; Clemson (1-2) 116; Tulane (3-0) 107; Louisville (2-0) 53; TCU (2-0) 49; South Florida (2-1) 48; Mississippi State (3-0) 27; Nebraska (3-0) 24; SMU (2-1) 24; Navy (3-0) 15; Memphis (3-0) 14; North Carolina State (3-0) 13; Washington (2-0) 13; Baylor (2-1) 8; Houston (3-0) 5; Kansas (2-1) 2; California (3-0) 1; UNLV (3-0) 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Pts.	Prev.	Rec.
1	Ohio State (62)	1,668	1	2-0
2	Penn State (4)	1,576	2	2-0
3	Georgia	1,488	3	2-0
4	LSU (1)	1,472	4	2-0
5	Oregon	1,423	5	2-0
6	Miami (Fla.)	1,330	7	2-0
7	Texas	1,288	6	1-1
8	Notre Dame	1,041	9	0-1
9	Illinois	1,019	12	2-0
10	South Carolina	1,007	11	2-0
11	Clemson	995	8	1-1
12	Florida State	843	19	2-0
13	Mississippi	803	14	2-0
14	Iowa State	794	18	3-0
15	Tennessee	733	17	2-0
16	Oklahoma	693	24	2-0
17	Texas A&M	514	22	2-0
18	Alabama	436	20	1-1
19	Indiana	425	21	2-0
20	Texas Tech	362	23	2-0
21	Utah	270	NR	2-0
22	Michigan	241	13	1-1
23	South Florida	232	NR	2-0
24	Arizona State	206	10	1-1
25	Brigham Young	169	25	2-0

Dropped out: No. 15 Florida (1-1); No. 16 SMU (1-1).

Others receiving votes: Missouri (2-0) 142; Louisville (2-0) 88; SMU (1-1) 87; Southern California (2-0) 87; Florida (1-1) 68; Auburn (2-0) 57; Tulane (2-0) 55; TCU (1-0) 36; Georgia Tech (2-0) 26; Nebraska (2-0) 19; Navy (2-0) 16; Mississippi State (2-0) 15; Washington (2-0) 15; Memphis (2-0) 11; Baylor (1-1) 9; Vanderbilt (2-0) 7; Kansas (2-1) 4; UNLV (3-0) 3; North Carolina State (2-0) 1; Pittsburgh (2-0) 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Pts.	Prev.	Rec.
1	Ohio State (59)	1666	2	1-0
2	Penn State (6)	1574	3	1-0
3	Georgia (1)	1518	4	1-0
4	LSU (1)	1469	9	1-0
5	Oregon	1381	7	1-0
6	Texas	1339	1	0-1
7	Miami (Fla.)	1304	10	1-0
8	Clemson	1067	6	0-1
9	Notre Dame	1038	5	0-1
10	Arizona State	957	11	1-0
11	South Carolina	915	13	1-0
12	Illinois	909	12	1-0
13	Michigan	725	14	1-0
14	Mississippi	668	15	1-0
15	Florida	638	17	1-0
16	SMU	602	16	1-0
17	Tennessee	563	18	1-0
18	Iowa State	518	21	2-0
19	Florida State	491	NR	1-0
20	Alabama	390	8	0-1
21	Indiana	369	19	1-0
22	Texas A&M	363	21	1-0
23	Texas Tech	253	24	1-0
24	Oklahoma	251	NR	1-0
25	Brigham Young	163	23	1-0

Dropped out: No. 20 Kansas State (1-1); No. 25 Boise State (0-1).

Others receiving votes: Utah (1-0) 117; Louisville (1-0) 95; Missouri (1-0) 88; Kansas State (1-1) 79; Tulane (1-0) 45; Auburn (1-0) 41; Southern California (1-0) 41; TCU (1-0) 33; Iowa (1-0) 23; Georgia Tech (1-0) 17; Navy (1-0) 17; Nebraska (1-0) 13; Memphis (1-0) 11; South Florida (1-0) 9; Duke (1-0) 5; Kansas (2-0) 4; Washington (1-0) 3; Vanderbilt (1-0) 2; Florida International (1-0) 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Pts.	Prev.	2024 Rec.
1	Texas (28)	1,606	3	13-3
2	Ohio State (20)	1,565	1	14-2
3	Penn State (14)	1,525	5	13-3
4	Georgia (3)	1,466	6	11-3
5	Notre Dame	1,360	2	14-2
6	Clemson (2)	1,324	11	10-4
7	Oregon	1,307	4	13-1
8	Alabama	1,210	17	9-4
9	LSU	1,056	NR	9-4
10	Miami (Fla.)	823	18	10-3
11	Arizona State	806	7	11-3
12	Illinois	734	16	10-3
13	South Carolina	665	19	9-4
14	Michigan	580	NR	8-5
15	Ole Miss	573	13	10-3
16	SMU	555	11	11-3
17	Florida	498	NR	8-5
18	Tennessee	492	8	10-3
19	Indiana	460	10	11-2
20	Kansas State	438	NR	9-4
21	Texas A&M	392	NR	8-5
21	Iowa State	392	15	11-3
23	BYU	287	14	11-2
24	Texas Tech	261	NR	8-5
25	Boise State	246	9	12-2

Dropped out: No. 20 Missouri (10-3); No. 21 Army (12-2); No. 22 Syracuse (10-3); No. 23 Memphis (11-2); No. 24 UNLV (11-3); No. 25 Colorado (9-4).

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma (6-7) 221; Missouri (10-3) 142; Louisville (9-4) 126; Southern California (7-6) 116; Utah (5-7) 86; Baylor (8-5) 76; Auburn (5-7) 50; Iowa (8-5) 49; Memphis (11-2) 34; Army (12-2) 33; Tulane (9-5) 31; Georgia Tech (7-6) 27; TCU (9-4) 24; Nebraska (7-6) 19; Syracuse (10-3) 16; Washington (6-7) 15; Navy (10-3) 14; Arkansas (7-6) 14; Duke (9-4) 12; Colorado (9-4) 12; Minnesota (8-5) 11; UNLV (11-3) 8; Florida State (2-10) 8; Kansas (5-7) 6; Vanderbilt (7-6) 3; Buffalo (9-4) 1.

Overview

In response to overwhelming support by NCAA FCS coaches, the American Football Coaches Association began publishing a FCS Top 25 Coaches’ Poll in 2018. Prior to 2018, the NCAA FCS Coaches Poll was administered by the Southern Conference.

Format

The FCS poll follows the same basic format as the US LBM Coaches Poll. The FCS Board of Coaches will have 26 voters representing all FCS football-playing conferences, as well as independent schools. The FCS Coaches’ Poll will be released on Mondays beginning with a preseason poll in August and will run through the final week of the regular season in November. A final poll will be released on the Monday following the NCAA FCS championship game.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 7	Next Game
1	North Dakota St. (26)	6-0	650	1	D. No. 9 Southern Illinois, 45-17	Oct. 18 at Indiana St.
2	South Dakota St.	6-0	621	2	D. Northern Iowa, 31-3	Oct. 18 at Murray St.
3	Tarleton St.	7-0	598	3	D. Utah Tech, 41-23	Oct. 18 vs. No. 23 West Georgia
4	Montana	6-0	567	4	D. Cal Poly, 28-9	Oct. 18 vs. Sacred Heart
5	Montana St.	5-2	525	5	D. Idaho St., 48-14	Oct. 25 at Cal Poly
6	UC Davis	5-1	504	6	D. No. 16 Northern Arizona, 45-24	Oct. 25 at Northern Colorado
7	Lehigh	7-0	470	8	D. Columbia, 31-7	Oct. 25 at Fordham
8	Tennessee Tech	6-0	465	7	D. Charleston Southern, 27-13	Oct. 18 at Lindenwood
9	Illinois St.	4-2	431	10	D. Murray St., 46-32	Oct. 18 vs. No. 25 Youngstown St.
10	Monmouth (N.J.)	5-1	410	11	D. Towson, 42-31	Oct. 18 vs. Stony Brook
11	North Dakota	4-2	391	12	D. No. 20 Youngstown St., 35-17	Oct. 18 at No. 12 Southern Illinois
12	Southern Illinois	4-2	323	9	Lost to No. 1 North Dakota St., 45-17	Oct. 18 vs. No. 11 North Dakota
13	Jackson St.	5-1	318	14	D. Alabama St., 38-34	Oct. 25 vs. Grambling St.
14	Villanova	4-2	289	17	D. Elon, 29-21	Oct. 18 vs. Hampton
15	Rhode Island	5-2	267	18	D. New Hampshire, 38-27	Oct. 18 at UAlbany
16	Mercer	5-1	249	19	D. Princeton, 38-14	Oct. 25 vs. VMI
17	ACU	4-3	228	21t	D. No. 21t West Georgia, 30-13	Oct. 18 at Southern Utah
18	Lamar	5-1	203	24	D. East Texas A&M, 33-23	Oct. 18 vs. UT Rio Grande Valley
19	Presbyterian	6-0	176	23	D. Butler, 31-25	Oct. 18 vs. Stetson
20	Harvard	4-0	145	25	D. Cornell, 34-10	Oct. 18 vs. Merrimack
21	Northern Arizona	4-3	100	16	Lost to No. 6 UC Davis, 45-24	Oct. 25 at Idaho St.
22	Southeastern Louisiana	4-2	98	NR	Idle	Oct. 18 vs. Northwestern St.
23	West Georgia	5-2	70	21t	Lost to No. 21t ACU, 30-13	Oct. 18 at No. 3 Tarleton St.
24	Austin Peay	4-3	64	15	Lost to Eastern Kentucky, 34-20	Oct. 25 vs. North Alabama
25	Youngstown St.	3-3	53	20	Lost to No. 12 North Dakota, 35-17	Oct. 18 at No. 9 Illinois St.

Dropped Out: Idaho (13)

Others Receiving Votes: Gardner-Webb, 37; South Dakota, 34; Stephen F. Austin, 34; Lafayette, 28; Western Carolina, 19; North Carolina Central, 14; Idaho, 10; Sacramento St., 10; UT Rio Grande Valley, 10; Brown, 8; Dartmouth, 7; Penn, 7; Alabama St., 5; Central Arkansas, 4; Elon, 3; Furman, 3; East Tennessee St., 1; Eastern Kentucky, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 6	Next Game
1	North Dakota St. (26)	5-0	650	1	D. No. 6 Illinois St., 33-16	Oct. 11 vs. No. 9 Southern Illinois
2	South Dakota St.	5-0	621	2	D. No. 18 Youngstown St., 35-30	Oct. 11 vs. Northern Iowa
3	Tarleton St.	6-0	574	3	D. Southern Utah, 52-42	Oct. 11 at Utah Tech
4	Montana	5-0	567	4	D. Idaho St., 42-38	Oct. 11 vs. Cal Poly
5	Montana St.	4-2	530	5	D. No. 13 Northern Arizona, 34-10	Oct. 11 vs. Idaho St.
6	UC Davis	4-1	499	7	D. Cal Poly, 34-27	Oct. 11 vs. No. 16 Northern Arizona
7	Tennessee Tech	5-0	455	9	D. Western Illinois, 66-20	Oct. 11 at Charleston Southern
8	Lehigh	6-0	452	8	D. Yale, 31-13	Oct. 11 at Columbia
9	Southern Illinois	4-1	406	11	D. Indiana St., 55-27	Oct. 11 at No. 1 North Dakota St.
10	Illinois St.	3-2	399	6	Lost to No. 1 North Dakota St., 33-16	Oct. 11 at Murray St.
11	Monmouth (N.J.)	4-1	383	12	D. Delaware St., 49-38	Oct. 11 at Towson
12	North Dakota	3-2	359	14	D. Northern Iowa, 35-7	Oct. 11 vs. No. 20 Youngstown St.
13	Idaho	2-3	306	15	Idle	Oct. 11 vs. Northern Colorado
14	Jackson St.	4-1	269	17	D. Alabama A&M, 57-24	Oct. 11 vs. Alabama St.
15	Austin Peay	4-2	224	21	D. No. 16 West Georgia, 44-30	Oct. 11 at Eastern Kentucky
16	Northern Arizona	4-2	221	13	Lost to No. 5 Montana St., 34-10	Oct. 11 at No. 6 UC Davis
17	Villanova	3-2	211	19	D. New Hampshire, 37-7	Oct. 11 at Elon
18	Rhode Island	4-2	203	10	Lost to Brown, 28-21	Oct. 11 vs. New Hampshire
19	Mercer	4-1	164	22	D. Samford, 45-21	Oct. 11 at Princeton
20	Youngstown St.	3-2	162	18	Lost to No. 2 South Dakota St., 35-30	Oct. 11 at No. 12 North Dakota
21t.	ACU	3-3	140	23	D. North Alabama, 52-23	Oct. 11 at No. 21t West Georgia
21t.	West Georgia	5-1	140	16	Lost to No. 21 Austin Peay, 44-30	Oct. 11 vs. No. 21t ACU
23	Presbyterian	5-0	130	24	Idle	Oct. 11 at Butler
24	Lamar	4-1	111	25	D. Nicholls, 24-17	Oct. 11 at East Texas A&M
25	Harvard	3-0	64	NR	D. Holy Cross, 59-24	Oct. 10 vs. Cornell

Dropped Out: UIW (20)

Others Receiving Votes: Southeastern Louisiana, 52; Furman, 38; Stephen F. Austin, 33; South Dakota, 21; UIW, 19; Gardner-Webb, 12; Alabama St., 9; Brown, 6; Elon, 6; North Carolina Central, 5; UT-Rio Grande Valley, 4; Lafayette, 3; Cal Poly, 2.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 5	Next Game
1	North Dakota St. (25)	4-0	649	1	D. No. 18 South Dakota, 51-13	Oct. 4 at No. 6 Illinois St.
2	South Dakota St. (1)	4-0	623	2	D. Mercyhurst, 51-7	Oct. 4 at No. 18 Youngstown St.
3	Tarleton St.	5-0	595	3	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. Southern Utah
4	Montana	4-0	566	4	D. No. 10 Idaho, 41-30	Oct. 4 at Idaho St.
5	Montana St.	3-2	529	6	D. Eastern Washington, 57-3	Oct. 4 at No. 13 Northern Arizona
6	Illinois St.	3-1	512	5	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. No. 1 North Dakota St.
7	UC Davis	3-1	441	8	D. Weber St., 34-12	Oct. 4 at Cal Poly
8	Lehigh	5-0	430	9	D. Penn, 44-30	Oct. 4 vs. Yale
9	Tennessee Tech	4-0	426	11	D. Tennessee St., 35-8	Oct. 4 vs. Western Illinois
10	Rhode Island	4-1	406	7	Lost to Western Michigan, 47-14	Oct. 3 vs. Brown
11	Southern Illinois	3-1	376	12	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. Indiana St.
12	Monmouth (N.J.)	3-1	322	14	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. Delaware St.
13	Northern Arizona	4-1	301	15t	D. Portland St., 31-17	Oct. 4 vs. No. 5 Montana St.
14	North Dakota	2-2	284	15t	Idle	Oct. 4 at Northern Iowa
15	Idaho	2-3	249	10	Lost to No. 4 Montana, 41-30	Oct. 11 vs. Northern Colorado
16	West Georgia	5-0	246	20	D. Southern Utah, 27-24	Oct. 4 at No. 21 Austin Peay
17	Jackson St.	3-1	224	17	D. Southern, 38-13	Oct. 4 vs. Alabama A&M
18	Youngstown St.	3-1	205	19	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. No. 2 South Dakota St.
19	Villanova	2-2	150	22	D. William & Mary, 31-24	Oct. 4 at New Hampshire
20	UIW	2-3	132	24	D. No. 13 ACU, 38-7	Oct. 4 vs. Stephen F. Austin
21	Austin Peay	3-2	131	25	D. Utah Tech, 42-10	Oct. 4 vs. No. 16 West Georgia
22	Mercer	3-1	126	23	D. East Tennessee St., 38-34	Oct. 4 vs. Samford
23	ACU	2-3	111	13	Lost to No. 24 UIW, 38-7	Oct. 4 vs. North Alabama
24	Presbyterian	5-0	98	NR	D. Morehead St., 41-0	Oct. 11 at Butler
25	Lamar	3-1	73	NR	D. Central Arkansas, 35-32	Oct. 4 vs. Nicholls

Dropped Out: South Dakota (18), Sacramento St. (21)

Others Receiving Votes: South Dakota, 48; Southeastern Louisiana, 33; Harvard, 28; Furman, 27; Dartmouth, 20; Sacramento St., 17; Alabama St., 11; Gardner-Webb, 11; Stephen F. Austin, 11; Yale, 8; North Carolina Central, 6; Richmond, 6; Stony Brook, 6; Western Carolina, 4; Cal Poly, 3; New Hampshire, 3; San Diego, 2; East Tennessee St., 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 4	Next Game
1	North Dakota St. (25)	3-0	649	1	Idle	Sept. 27 vs. No. 18 South Dakota
2	South Dakota St. (1)	3-0	622	2	Idle	Sept. 27 vs. Mercyhurst
3	Tarleton St.	5-0	598	3	D. Chattanooga, 52-24	Oct. 4 vs. Southern Utah
4	Montana	3-0	552	5	D. Indiana St., 63-20	Sept. 27 vs. No. 10 Idaho
5	Illinois St.	3-1	546	4	D. North Alabama, 38-36	Oct. 4 vs. No. 1 North Dakota St.
6	Montana St.	2-2	525	6t	D. Mercyhurst, 17-0	Sept. 27 vs. Eastern Washington
7	Rhode Island	4-0	492	6t	D. LIU, 28-7	Sept. 27 at Western Michigan
8	UC Davis	2-1	418	9	D. Southern Utah, 50-34	Sept. 27 vs. Weber St.
9	Lehigh	4-0	402	10	D. Bucknell, 41-24	Sept. 27 vs. Penn
10	Idaho	2-2	381	8	Lost to San Jose St., 31-28	Sept. 27 at No. 4 Montana
11	Tennessee Tech	3-0	370	12t	Idle	Sept. 27 at Tennessee St.
12	Southern Illinois	3-1	363	11	D. Southeast Missouri St., 59-31	Oct. 4 vs. Indiana St.
13	ACU	2-2	308	15	D. No. 20 Austin Peay, 45-31	Sept. 27 at No. 24 UIW
14	Monmouth (N.J.)	3-1	296	18	D. No. 12t Villanova, 51-33	Oct. 4 vs. Delaware St.
15t.	North Dakota	2-2	267	17	D. Valparaiso, 58-7	Oct. 4 at Northern Iowa
15t.	Northern Arizona	3-1	267	19	D. No. 14 UIW, 31-23	Sept. 27 at Portland St.
17	Jackson St.	2-1	235	16	Idle	Sept. 27 at Southern
18	South Dakota	2-2	173	21	D. Drake, 42-21	Sept. 27 at No. 1 North Dakota St.
19	Youngstown St.	3-1	149	24	D. Towson, 31-28	Oct. 4 vs. No. 2 South Dakota St.
20	West Georgia	4-0	142	NR	D. Eastern Kentucky, 33-12	Sept. 27 at Southern Utah
21	Sacramento St.	2-2	128	22	D. Central Arkansas, 45-16	Sept. 27 vs. Cal Poly
22	Villanova	1-2	118	12t	Lost to No. 18 Monmouth (N.J.), 51-33	Sept. 27 vs. William & Mary
23	Mercer	2-1	82	25	D. The Citadel, 38-0	Sept. 27 at East Tennessee St.
24	UIW	1-3	61	14	Lost to No. 19 Northern Arizona, 31-23	Sept. 27 vs. No. 13 ACU
25	Austin Peay	2-2	52	20	Lost to No. 15 ACU, 45-31	Sept. 27 vs. Utah Tech

Dropped Out: New Hampshire (23)

Others Receiving Votes: Presbyterian, 51; Lamar, 42; Dartmouth, 31; Lafayette, 26; Harvard, 16; Southeastern Louisiana, 14; Yale, 13; Furman, 11; New Hampshire, 9; Stephen F. Austin, 9; North Carolina Central, 7; East Tennessee St., 5; Gardner-Webb, 5; UT-Rio Grande Valley, 5; Richmond, 3; Brown, 2; Chattanooga, 2; Eastern Washington, 1; San Diego, 1; South Carolina St., 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 3	Next Game
1	North Dakota St. (25)	3-0	649	1	D. Southeast Missouri St., 41-14	Sept. 27 vs. No. 21 South Dakota
2	South Dakota St. (1)	3-0	622	2	D. Drake, 37-21	Sept. 27 vs. Mercyhurst
3	Tarleton St.	4-0	601	3	D. Central Arkansas, 56-10	Sept. 20 vs. Chattanooga
4	Illinois St.	2-1	543	4	D. Eastern Illinois, 42-30	Sept. 20 vs. North Alabama
5	Montana	2-0	521	7	D. No. 17 North Dakota, 24-23	Sept. 20 vs. Indiana St.
6t.	Montana St.	1-2	519	6	D. San Diego, 41-7	Sept. 20 vs. Mercyhurst
6t.	Rhode Island	3-0	519	5	D. Holy Cross, 9-7	Sept. 20 vs. LIU
8	Idaho	2-1	419	10	D. Utah Tech, 20-6	Sept. 20 at San Jose St.
9	UC Davis	1-1	402	9	Idle	Sept. 20 vs. Southern Utah
10	Lehigh	3-0	386	12	D. Duquesne, 35-21	Sept. 20 at Bucknell
11	Southern Illinois	2-1	343	14	D. UT Martin, 37-10	Sept. 20 at Southeast Missouri St.
12t.	Tennessee Tech	3-0	310	16	D. Davidson, 72-14	Sept. 27 at Tennessee St.
12t.	Villanova	1-1	310	11	Lost to Penn St., 52-6	Sept. 20 at No. 18 Monmouth (N.J.)
14	UIW	1-2	267	8	Lost to UTSA, 48-20	Sept. 20 at No. 19 Northern Arizona
15	ACU	1-2	263	13	Lost to TCU, 42-21	Sept. 20 vs. No. 20 Austin Peay
16	Jackson St.	2-1	251	15	D. Tuskegee, 30-0	Sept. 27 at Southern
17	North Dakota	1-2	206	17	Lost to No. 7 Montana, 24-23	Sept. 20 vs. Valparaiso
18	Monmouth (N.J.)	2-1	197	18	Lost to Charlotte, 42-35	Sept. 20 vs. No. 12t Villanova
19	Northern Arizona	2-1	188	19	D. Southern Utah, 50-49	Sept. 20 vs. No. 14 UIW
20	Austin Peay	2-1	166	23	D. Morehead St., 56-7	Sept. 20 at No. 15 ACU
21	South Dakota	1-2	157	20	D. Northern Colorado, 24-17	Sept. 20 vs. Drake
22	Sacramento St.	1-2	91	21	D. Mercyhurst, 49-28	Sept. 20 vs. Central Arkansas
23	New Hampshire	2-1	88	24	Lost to Ball St., 34-29	Sept. 20 at Dartmouth
24	Youngstown St.	2-1	80	25	Lost to Michigan St., 41-24	Sept. 20 at Towson
25	Mercer	1-1	78	22	D. Wofford, 22-21	Sept. 20 at The Citadel

Dropped Out: None

Others Receiving Votes: West Georgia, 63; Lamar, 43; Presbyterian, 40; Southeastern Louisiana, 28; Bryant, 21; Furman, 16; Lafayette, 11; Dartmouth, 9; Harvard, 9; Stephen F. Austin, 6; Elon, 5; Nicholls, 5; Northern Iowa, 5; Gardner-Webb, 3; South Carolina St., 3; East Tennessee St., 2; Richmond, 2; Southeast Missouri St., 2; Central Arkansas, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 2	Next Game
1	North Dakota St. (24)	2-0	648	1	D. Tennessee St., 59-3	Sept. 13 vs. Southeast Missouri St.
2	South Dakota St. (2)	2-0	623	2	D. No. 3t Montana St., 30-24 2OT	Sept. 13 vs. Drake
3	Tarleton St.	3-0	594	3t	D. Mississippi Valley St., 59-3	Sept. 13 at Central Arkansas
4	Illinois St.	1-1	516	7	D. Morehead St., 41-13	Sept. 13 at Eastern Illinois
5	Rhode Island	2-0	509	8	D. Stony Brook, 31-17	Sept. 13 at Holy Cross
6	Montana St.	0-2	494	3t	Lost to No. 2 South Dakota St., 30-24 2OT	Sept. 13 vs. San Diego
7	Montana	1-0	481	10	D. Central Washington, 42-17	Sept. 13 vs. No. 17 North Dakota
8	UIW	1-1	422	9	Idle	Sept. 13 at UTSA
9	UC Davis	1-1	421	5	Lost to Washington, 70-0	Sept. 20 vs. Southern Utah
10	Idaho	1-1	389	11	D. St. Thomas (Minn.), 37-30	Sept. 13 vs. Utah Tech
11	Villanova	1-0	374	12	D. Colgate, 24-17	Sept. 13 at Penn St.
12	Lehigh	2-0	354	13	D. Sacred Heart, 28-10	Sept. 13 at Duquesne
13	ACU	1-1	297	17	D. No. 23 Stephen F. Austin, 28-20	Sept. 13 at TCU
14	Southern Illinois	1-1	266	15	Lost to Purdue, 34-17	Sept. 13 at UT Martin
15	Jackson St.	1-1	236	14	Lost to Southern Miss, 38-20	Sept. 13 vs. Tuskegee
16	Tennessee Tech	2-0	233	20	D. Chattanooga, 45-17	Sept. 13 vs. Davidson
17	North Dakota	1-1	230	22	D. Portland St., 50-20	Sept. 13 at No. 7 Montana
18	Monmouth (N.J.)	2-0	227	18	D. Fordham, 49-28	Sept. 13 at Charlotte
19	Northern Arizona	1-1	184	19	D. Utah Tech, 38-31	Sept. 13 at Southern Utah
20	South Dakota	0-2	172	6	Lost to Lamar, 20-13	Sept. 13 vs. Northern Colorado
21	Sacramento St.	0-2	129	16	Lost to Nevada, 20-17	Sept. 13 vs. Mercyhurst
22	Mercer	0-1	82	21	Idle	Sept. 13 vs. Wofford
23	Austin Peay	1-1	73	NR	Lost to Georgia, 28-6	Sept. 13 vs. Morehead St.
24	New Hampshire	2-0	72	NR	D. Holy Cross, 19-16	Sept. 13 at Ball St.
25	Youngstown St.	2-0	56	NR	D. Robert Morris (Pa.), 56-17	Sept. 13 at Michigan St.

Dropped Out: Stephen F. Austin (23), East Tennessee St. (24), Nicholls (25t), Western Carolina (25t)

Others Receiving Votes: East Tennessee St., 43; Lamar, 38; Presbyterian, 35; Richmond, 28; West Georgia, 28; Stephen F. Austin, 22; Bryant, 19; Harvard, 18; Southeastern Louisiana, 17; Furman, 14; Indiana St., 14; South Carolina St., 12; Nicholls, 10; North Alabama, 9; Southeast Missouri St., 9; Central Arkansas, 7; Dartmouth, 7; Eastern Kentucky, 7; Western Carolina, 7; Lafayette, 5; St. Thomas (Minn.), 5; Gardner-Webb, 4; William & Mary, 4; Northern Iowa, 3; Georgetown (D.C.), 2; LIU, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 1	Next Game
1	North Dakota St. (25)	1-0	649	1	D. The Citadel, 38-0	Sept. 6 at Tennessee St.
2	South Dakota St.	1-0	586	3	D. No. 14 Sacramento St., 20-3	Sept. 6 at No. 3t Montana St.
3t.	Montana St.	0-1	567	2	Lost to Oregon, 59-13	Sept. 6 vs. No. 2 South Dakota St.
3t.	Tarleton St. (1)	2-0	567	8	D. Army, 30-27 2OT	Sept. 6 vs. Mississippi Valley St.
5	UC Davis	1-0	469	7	D. Utah Tech, 31-24	Sept. 6 at Washington
6	South Dakota	0-1	465	5	Lost to Iowa St., 55-7	Sept. 6 at Lamar
7	Illinois St.	0-1	446	6	Lost to Oklahoma, 35-3	Sept. 6 vs. Morehead St.
8	Rhode Island	1-0	440	10	D. Campbell, 31-20	Sept. 6 at Stony Brook
9	UIW	1-1	412	4	D. Eastern Washington, 31-21	Sept. 13 at UTSA
10	Montana	0-0	402	9	Idle	Sept. 6 vs. Central Washington
11	Idaho	0-1	384	12	Lost to Washington St., 13-10	Sept. 6 vs. St. Thomas (Minn.)
12	Villanova	0-0	338	13	Idle	Sept. 6 vs. Colgate
13	Lehigh	1-0	291	15	D. No. 22t Richmond, 21-14	Sept. 6 vs. Sacred Heart
14	Jackson St.	1-0	268	17	D. Hampton, 28-14	Sept. 6 at Southern Miss
15	Southern Illinois	1-0	239	20	D. Thomas More, 49-3	Sept. 6 at Purdue
16	Sacramento St.	0-1	213	14	Lost to No. 3 South Dakota St., 20-3	Sept. 6 at Nevada
17	ACU	0-1	211	16	Lost to Tulsa, 35-7	Sept. 6 vs. No. 23 Stephen F. Austin
18	Monmouth (N.J.)	1-0	184	21	D. Colgate, 42-39	Sept. 6 at Fordham
19	Northern Arizona	0-1	167	18	Lost to Arizona St., 38-19	Sept. 6 vs. Utah Tech
20	Tennessee Tech	1-0	159	22t	D. Cumberland, 65-0	Sept. 6 vs. Chattanooga
21	Mercer	0-1	156	11	Lost to Presbyterian, 15-10	Sept. 13 vs. Wofford
22	North Dakota	0-1	95	NR	Lost to Kansas St., 38-35	Sept. 6 vs. Portland St.
23	Stephen F. Austin	0-1	60	24	Lost to Houston, 27-0	Sept. 6 at No. 17 ACU
24	East Tennessee St.	1-0	58	NR	D. Murray St., 45-17	Sept. 6 at Tennessee
25t.	Nicholls	1-1	57	NR	Lost to Troy, 38-20	Sept. 6 vs. West Georgia
25t.	Western Carolina	0-1	57	19	Lost to Gardner-Webb, 52-45	Sept. 6 at Wake Forest

Dropped Out: Richmond (22t), Stony Brook (25)

Others Receiving Votes: Austin Peay, 55; Richmond, 44; Furman, 41; South Carolina St., 40; Southern Utah, 36; New Hampshire, 30; Stony Brook, 30; UT Martin, 22; Northern Iowa, 21; Northern Colorado, 17; Youngstown St., 17; Cal Poly, 16; North Carolina Central, 15; Harvard, 14; Dartmouth, 13; Eastern Washington, 12; Idaho St., 12; Chattanooga, 10; Lafayette, 10; Tennessee St., 10; Southeastern Louisiana, 8; Holy Cross, 7; Albany, 6; Central Arkansas, 5; Princeton, 4; William & Mary, 4; Gardner-Webb, 3; Presbyterian, 3; Indiana St., 2; McNeese, 2; West Georgia, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	2024 Rec.	Pts.	2024 Rank	Season Opener	Head Coach
1	North Dakota St. (26)	14-2	650	1	Aug. 30 at The Citadel	Tim Polasek
2	Montana St.	15-1	612	2	Aug. 30 at Oregon	Brent Vigen
3	South Dakota St.	12-3	581	3	Aug. 30 vs. No. 14 Sacramento St.	Dan Jackson
4	UIW	11-3	541	6	Aug. 23 at Nichols	Clint Killough
5	South Dakota	11-3	521	4	Aug. 30 at Iowa St.	Travis Johansen
6	Illinois St.	10-4	466	9	Aug. 30 at Oklahoma	Brock Spack
7	UC Davis	11-3	456	5	Aug. 23 vs. No. 11 Mercer	Tim Plough
8	Tarleton St.	10-4	454	12	Aug. 23 at Portland St.	Todd Whitten
9	Montana	9-5	447	13	Sept. 6 vs. Central Washington	Bobby Hauck
10	Rhode Island	11-3	416	11	Aug. 29 vs. Campbell	Jim Fleming
11	Mercer	11-3	396	7	Aug. 23 vs. No. 7 UC Davis	Mike Jacobs
12	Idaho	10-4	371	8	Aug. 30 at Washington St.	Thomas Ford Jr.
13	Villanova	10-4	338	10	Sept. 6 vs. Colgate	Mark Ferrante
14	Sacramento St.	3-9	265	NR	Aug. 30 at No. 3 South Dakota St.	Brennan Marion
15	Lehigh	9-4	207	22	Aug. 30 vs. No. 22t Richmond	Kevin Cahill
16	ACU	9-5	203	15	Aug. 30 at Tulsa	Keith Patterson
17	Jackson St.	12-2	200	14	Aug. 30 vs. Hampton	T.C. Taylor
18	Northern Arizona	8-5	168	21	Aug. 30 at Arizona St.	Brian Wright
19	Western Carolina	7-5	147	NR	Aug. 30 vs. Gardner-Webb	Kerwin Bell
20	Southern Illinois	4-8	132	NR	Aug. 30 vs. Thomas More	Nick Hill
21	Monmouth (N.J.)	6-6	116	NR	Aug. 29 at Colgate	Kevin Callahan
22t.	Richmond	10-3	111	17	Aug. 30 at No. 15 Lehigh	Russ Huesman
22t.	Tennessee Tech	7-5	111	NR	Aug. 30 vs. Cumberland	Bobby Wilder
24	Stephen F. Austin	7-5	82	NR	Aug. 28 at Houston	Colby Carthel
25	Stony Brook	8-4	69	NR	Aug. 28 at San Diego St.	Billy Cosh

Others Receiving Votes: UT Martin, 50; Harvard, 40; Southeastern Louisiana, 36; South Carolina St., 25; Southeast Missouri St., 25; East Tennessee St., 24; New Hampshire, 21; Eastern Kentucky, 19; North Dakota, 19; Youngstown St., 16; Chattanooga, 14; Tennessee St., 14; Dartmouth, 13; North Carolina Central, 13; Central Connecticut St., 11; Southern Utah, 9; Lafayette, 6; Central Arkansas, 5; Northern Iowa, 5; San Diego, 5; Indiana St., 4; Lindenwood, 4; Lamar, 3; Holy Cross, 2; Southern, 2; Yale, 2; Bucknell, 1; Eastern Washington, 1; Samford, 1.

Overview

In response to overwhelming support by NCAA Division II coaches, the American Football Coaches Association began publishing a Division II Top 25 Coaches’ Poll in 2000. Prior to 2000, there was no coaches’ polls for NCAA Division II. The regional poll had been used to rank teams for consideration for the NCAA playoffs.

Format

The Division II poll follows the same basic format as the US LBM Coaches Poll. The Division II Board of Coaches will have 2 voters from each Division II conference, as well as independent schools. The Division II Coaches’ Poll will be released on Mondays beginning with a preseason poll in August and will run through the final week of the regular season in November. A final poll will be released the Monday following the NCAA Division II championship game.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 6	Next Game
1	Ferris St. (31)	6-0	775	1	D. Wayne St. (Mich.), 59-0	Oct. 18 at Michigan Tech
2	Harding	6-0	744	2	D. Southeastern Oklahoma St., 35-7	Oct. 18 at Henderson St.
3	West Florida	6-0	707	3	D. Chowan, 40-10	Oct. 18 at No. 8 West Alabama
4	Kutztown	6-0	685	4	D. Lock Haven, 34-7	Oct. 18 vs. Millersville
5	Western Colorado	6-0	611	5	D. Black Hills St., 56-17	Oct. 18 at South Dakota Mines
6	Augustana (S.D.)	7-0	603	7	D. Concordia-St. Paul, 50-10	Oct. 25 at Southwest Minnesota St.
7	Grand Valley St.	4-1	575	8	D. Northern Michigan, 35-7	Oct. 18 vs. Saginaw Valley St.
8	West Alabama	5-0	525	9	Idle	Oct. 18 vs. No. 3 West Florida
9	Colorado St.-Pueblo	6-1	520	11	D. Fort Lewis, 49-13	Oct. 18 at Black Hills St.
10	Central Washington	5-1	510	13	D. No. 6 UT Permian Basin, 27-14	Oct. 18 vs. Texas A&M-Kingsville
11	Minnesota St.	6-1	435	14	D. Winona St., 47-21	Oct. 25 at Wayne St. (Neb.)
12	Pittsburg St.	5-2	409	15	D. Washburn, 34-10	Oct. 18 at Missouri Western St.
13	UT Permian Basin	5-1	396	6	Lost to No. 13 Central Washington, 27-14	Oct. 18 at Western Oregon
14	Virginia Union	5-1	342	17	D. Elizabeth City St., 37-18	Oct. 18 vs. Lincoln (Pa.)
15	UIndy	6-1	318	18	D. Missouri S&T, 56-13	Oct. 18 vs. Lincoln (Mo.)
16t.	Findlay	6-0	305	19	D. Hillsdale, 16-14	Oct. 18 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan
16t.	Minnesota-Duluth	6-1	305	10	Lost to Northern St., 34-31	Oct. 25 vs. UMary
18	Delta St.	5-1	238	20	Idle	Oct. 18 vs. Ferrum
19	Northwest Missouri St.	5-1	219	22	D. Central Missouri, 49-32	Oct. 18 vs. Fort Hays St.
20	UNC Pembroke	6-1	176	23	D. Shorter, 52-21	Oct. 18 at North Greenville
21	Angelo St.	4-2	151	12	Lost to Texas A&M-Kingsville, 24-19	Oct. 18 vs. Midwestern St.
22	Ashland	5-1	122	24t	D. Thomas More, 38-14	Oct. 18 at Ohio Dominican
23	Johnson C. Smith	5-1	90	24t	Idle	Oct. 18 at Shaw
24	Benedict	6-0	77	NR	D. Fort Valley St., 14-7	Oct. 18 at Edward Waters
25	Slippery Rock	4-2	54	24t	D. Seton Hill, 49-7	Oct. 18 vs. Indiana (Pa.)

Dropped Out: California (Pa.) (16), Frostburg St. (21)

Others Receiving Votes: Emory & Henry, 36; California (Pa.), 27; Southern Arkansas, 26; Henderson St., 25; Frostburg St., 21; Indiana (Pa.), 15; Nebraska-Kearney, 13; Charleston, 9; Chadron St., 7; Albany St., 2; Assumption, 1; Michigan Tech, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 6	Next Game
1	Ferris St. (31)	5-0	775	1	D. Roosevelt, 66-0	Oct. 11 vs. Wayne St. (Mich.)
2	Harding	5-0	744	2	D. East Central, 65-0	Oct. 9 at Southeastern Oklahoma St.
3	West Florida	5-0	702	3	D. Northeastern St., 31-24	Oct. 11 vs. Chowan
4	Kutztown	5-0	684	4	D. Shippensburg, 49-0	Oct. 11 at Lock Haven
5	Western Colorado	5-0	615	7	D. Fort Lewis, 49-10	Oct. 11 vs. Black Hills St.
6	UT Permian Basin	5-0	608	9	D. No. 5 Angelo St., 28-14	Oct. 11 vs. No. 13 Central Washington
7	Augustana (S.D.)	6-0	580	8	D. Sioux Falls, 29-28	Oct. 11 vs. Concordia-St. Paul
8	Grand Valley St.	3-1	527	10	D. Davenport, 37-14	Oct. 11 at Northern Michigan
9	West Alabama	5-0	505	11	Oct. 4 vs. Lincoln (Calif.), postponed	Oct. 18 vs. No. 3 West Florida
10	Minnesota-Duluth	6-0	492	13	D. Southwest Minnesota St., 63-28	Oct. 11 at Northern St.
11	Colorado St.-Pueblo	5-1	454	12	D. New Mexico Highlands, 59-13	Oct. 11 vs. Fort Lewis
12	Angelo St.	4-1	424	5	Lost to No. 9 UT Permian Basin, 28-14	Oct. 11 at Texas A&M-Kingsville
13	Central Washington	4-1	391	16	D. Eastern New Mexico, 58-7	Oct. 11 at No. 6 UT Permian Basin
14	Minnesota St.	5-1	363	15	D. Concordia-St. Paul, 47-19	Oct. 11 vs. Winona St.
15	Pittsburg St.	4-2	338	17	D. Nebraska-Kearney, 23-6	Oct. 11 vs. Washburn
16	California (Pa.)	4-1	283	6	Lost to Seton Hill, 16-7	Oct. 11 at Edinboro
17	Virginia Union	4-1	270	18	D. Winston-Salem St., 44-34	Oct. 11 at Elizabeth City St.
18	UIndy	5-1	258	19	D. William Jewell, 63-17	Oct. 11 at Missouri S&T
19	Findlay	5-0	226	21	D. Walsh, 31-10	Oct. 11 vs. Hillsdale
20	Delta St.	5-1	218	20	D. Barton, 45-0	Oct. 18 vs. Ferrum
21	Frostburg St.	5-0	162	23	D. Concord, 33-7	Oct. 11 vs. Glenville St.
22	Northwest Missouri St.	4-1	127	24	Idle	Oct. 11 at Central Missouri
23	UNC Pembroke	5-1	110	25	D. Erskine, 44-7	Oct. 11 vs. Shorter
24t.	Ashland	4-1	37	NR	D. Kentucky Wesleyan, 55-0	Oct. 11 vs. Thomas More
24t.	Johnson C. Smith	5-1	37	NR	D. Virginia St., 31-20	Oct. 18 at Shaw
24t.	Slippery Rock	3-2	37	14	Lost to Gannon, 38-35	Oct. 11 at Seton Hill

Dropped Out: Carson-Newman (22)

Others Receiving Votes: Benedict, 23; Indiana (Pa.), 15; Fort Hays St., 14; Southern Arkansas, 14; Charleston, 9; Catawba, 8; Emory & Henry, 8; Nebraska-Kearney, 4; Chadron St., 3; Henderson St., 3; Upper Iowa, 3; Albany St., 2; Carson-Newman, 1; Edward Waters, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 5	Next Game
1	Ferris St. (31)	4-0	775	1	Idle	Oct. 4 at Roosevelt
2	Harding	4-0	744	2	D. Ouachita Baptist, 24-7	Oct. 4 vs. East Central
3	West Florida	4-0	709	3	Idle	Oct. 4 at Northeastern St.
4	Kutztown	4-0	676	5	D. Shepherd, 49-10	Oct. 4 vs. Shippensburg
5	Angelo St.	4-0	648	6	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. No. 9 UT Permian Basin
6	California (Pa.)	4-0	582	8	D. No. 4 Slippery Rock, 45-38	Oct. 4 vs. Seton Hill
7	Western Colorado	4-0	576	7	D. New Mexico Highlands, 30-3	Oct. 4 at Fort Lewis
8	Augustana (S.D.)	5-0	533	9	D. Winona St., 34-26	Oct. 4 at Sioux Falls
9	UT-Permian Basin	4-0	503	11	D. Midwestern St., 37-15	Oct. 4 at No. 5 Angelo St.
10	Grand Valley St.	2-1	474	10	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. Davenport
11	West Alabama	5-0	418	13	D. North Greenville, 52-44	Oct. 4 vs. Lincoln (Calif.)
12	Colorado St.-Pueblo	4-1	414	12	D. Adams St., 55-7	Oct. 4 at New Mexico Highlands
13	Minnesota-Duluth	5-0	394	16	D. Minnesota St.-Moorhead, 28-14	Oct. 4 vs. Southwest Minnesota St.
14	Slippery Rock	3-1	390	4	Lost to No. 8 California (Pa.), 45-38	Oct. 4 at Gannon
15	Minnesota St.	4-1	353	14	D. Sioux Falls, 38-12	Oct. 4 at Concordia-St. Paul
16	Central Washington	3-1	317	17	D. Western New Mexico, 91-31	Oct. 4 vs. Eastern New Mexico
17	Pittsburg St.	3-2	293	18	D. Emporia St., 42-29	Oct. 4 vs. Nebraska-Kearney
18	Virginia Union	3-1	217	21	D. Shaw, 59-7	Oct. 4 at Winston-Salem St.
19	UIndy	4-1	215	22	D. Truman St., 30-20	Oct. 4 vs. William Jewell
20	Delta St.	4-1	178	23	D. Erskine, 52-0	Oct. 4 at Barton
21	Findlay	4-0	161	25	D. Thomas More, 37-7	Oct. 4 at Walsh
22	Carson-Newman	3-1	97	NR	D. No. 19 Wingate, 21-14	Oct. 4 at Emory & Henry
23	Frostburg St.	4-0	75	NR	D. West Virginia Wesleyan, 55-9	Oct. 4 vs. Concord
24	Northwest Missouri St.	4-1	74	NR	D. No. 15 Central Oklahoma, 38-16	Oct. 11 at Central Missouri
25	UNC Pembroke	4-1	66	NR	D. No. 20 Valdosta St., 31-0	Oct. 4 at Erskine

Dropped Out: Central Oklahoma (15), Wingate (19), Valdosta St. (20), Henderson St. (24)

Others Receiving Votes: Central Oklahoma, 30; Wingate, 26; Ashland, 25; Johnson C. Smith, 19; Charleston, 16; Nebraska-Kearney, 15; Indiana (Pa.), 11; Fort Hays St., 10; Walsh, 9; Colorado School of Mines, 8; Edward Waters, 7; Clarion, 4; Southern Arkansas, 4; Catawba, 2; Henderson St., 2; Upper Iowa, 2; Albany St., 1; Benedict, 1; Lenoir-Rhyne, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 4	Next Game
1	Ferris St. (31)	4-0	775	1	D. Rio Grande, 76-0	Oct. 4 at Roosevelt
2	Harding	3-0	743	2	D. Southern Arkansas, 31-12	Sept. 27 vs. Ouachita Baptist
3	West Florida	4-0	701	3	D. North Greenville, 25-17	Oct. 4 at Northeastern St.
4	Slippery Rock	3-0	657	4	D. Shippensburg, 42-0	Sept. 27 vs. No. 8 California (Pa.)
5	Kutztown	3-0	646	5	D. Gannon, 46-7	Sept. 27 at Shepherd
6	Angelo St.	4-0	623	6	D. Western New Mexico, 56-27	Oct. 4 vs. No. 11 UT Permian Basin
7	Western Colorado	3-0	579	7	D. Adams St., 45-6	Sept. 27 vs. New Mexico Highlands
8	California (Pa.)	3-0	529	8	D. Lock Haven, 42-6	Sept. 27 at No. 4 Slippery Rock
9	Augustana (S.D.)	4-0	506	9	D. Bemidji St., 42-14	Sept. 27 vs. Winona St.
10	Grand Valley St.	2-1	480	10	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. Davenport
11	UT-Permian Basin	3-0	473	11	D. Texas A&M-Kingsville, 43-30	Sept. 27 vs. Midwestern St.
12	Colorado St.-Pueblo	3-1	400	12	D. Colorado Mesa, 31-24	Sept. 27 vs. Adams St.
13	West Alabama	4-0	395	13	D. Barton, 52-14	Sept. 27 at North Greenville
14	Minnesota St.	3-1	365	14	D. Jamestown, 36-7	Sept. 27 vs. Sioux Falls
15	Central Oklahoma	2-1	344	15	D. Washburn, 34-28	Sept. 27 at Northwest Missouri St.
16	Minnesota-Duluth	4-0	331	16	D. No. 25 Sioux Falls, 34-17	Sept. 27 vs. Minnesota St.-Moorhead
17	Central Washington	2-1	284	17	D. West Texas A&M, 52-6	Sept. 27 at Western New Mexico
18	Pittsburg St.	2-2	274	18	D. Fort Hays St., 31-16	Sept. 27 at Emporia St.
19	Wingate	3-0	190	23	D. Virginia-Wise, 28-7	Sept. 27 vs. Carson-Newman
20	Valdosta St.	2-1	179	20	Idle	Sept. 27 vs. UNC Pembroke
21	Virginia Union	2-1	176	22	D. No. 21 Johnson C. Smith, 28-10	Sept. 27 at Shaw
22	UIndy	3-1	98	NR	D. McKendree, 47-19	Sept. 27 at Truman St.
23	Delta St.	3-1	71	NR	D. Fort Valley St., 21-16	Sept. 27 vs. Erskine
24	Henderson St.	3-0	62	NR	D. Arkansas-Monticello, 48-18	Sept. 27 vs. Southern Arkansas
25	Findlay	3-0	27	NR	D. Lake Erie, 33-3	Sept. 27 vs. Thomas More

Dropped Out: Lenoir-Rhyne (19), Johnson C. Smith (21), Michigan Tech (24), Sioux Falls (25)

Others Receiving Votes: Carson-Newman, 24; Clarion, 19; Frostburg St., 19; Ashland, 18; Charleston, 16; Lenoir-Rhyne, 15; Johnson C. Smith, 13; Indiana (Pa.), 10; Fort Hays St., 6; UNC Pembroke, 6; Sioux Falls, 5; Colorado School of Mines, 4; Northwest Missouri St., 4; Nebraska-Kearney, 2; Ohio Dominican, 2; Catawba, 1; Edward Waters, 1; New Mexico Highlands, 1; Upper Iowa, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 3	Next Game
1	Ferris St. (31)	3-0	775	1	D. Tiffin, 41-34	Sept. 20 vs. Rio Grande
2	Harding	2-0	719	2	D. Southwestern Oklahoma St., 55-0	Sept. 20 at Southern Arkansas
3	West Florida	3-0	688	5	D. Shorter, 42-20	Sept. 20 at North Greenville
4	Slippery Rock	2-0	669	4	D. Shepherd, 35-28 OT	Sept. 20 vs. Shippensburg
5	Kutztown	2-0	648	6	D. Edinboro, 34-0	Sept. 20 vs Gannon
6	Angelo St.	3-0	622	8	D. Eastern New Mexico, 31-20	Sept. 20 vs. Western New Mexico
7	Western Colorado	2-0	569	9	Idle	Sept. 20 at Adams St.
8	California (Pa.)	2-0	501	10	D. West Chester, 26-24	Sept. 20 vs. Lock Haven
9	Augustana (S.D.)	3-0	487	11	D. UMary, 21-20	Sept. 20 at Bemidji St.
10	Grand Valley St.	2-1	477	3	Lost to No. 24t Pittsburg St., 17-14	Oct. 4 vs. Davenport
11	UT-Permian Basin	2-0	474	12	Idle	Sept. 20 at Texas A&M-Kingsville
12	Colorado St.-Pueblo	2-1	391	14	D. Central Missouri, 29-24	Sept. 20 at Colorado Mesa
13	West Alabama	3-0	375	17	D. No. 18t Charleston, 28-24	Sept. 20 vs. Barton
14	Minnesota St.	2-1	352	7	Lost to No. 24t Minnesota-Duluth, 17-14	Sept. 20 at Jamestown
15	Central Oklahoma	1-1	347	15	Idle	Sept. 20 vs. Washburn
16	Minnesota-Duluth	3-0	299	24t	D. No. 7 Minnesota St., 17-14	Sept. 20 at No. 25 Sioux Falls
17	Central Washington	1-1	263	18t	Idle	Sept. 20 vs. West Texas A&M
18	Pittsburg St.	1-2	221	24t	D. No. 3 Grand Valley St., 17-14	Sept. 20 vs. Fort Hays St.
19	Lenoir-Rhyne	2-1	205	21	D. Emory & Henry, 31-28	Sept. 20 at Carson-Newman
20	Valdosta St.	2-1	161	22	D. Chowan, 56-3	Sept. 27 vs. UNC Pembroke
21	Johnson C. Smith	3-0	103	NR	D. Elizabeth City St., 21-17	Sept. 20 at No. 22 Virginia Union
22	Virginia Union	1-1	101	13	Lost to Edward Waters, 41-38	Sept. 20 vs. No. 21 Johnson C. Smith
23	Wingate	2-0	89	NR	D. Bluefield St., 72-7	Sept. 20 at Virginia-Wise
24	Michigan Tech	3-0	83	NR	D. Hillsdale, 34-21	Sept. 20 vs. Upper Iowa
25	Sioux Falls	3-0	76	NR	D. Bemidji St., 56-23	Sept. 20 vs. No. 16 Minnesota-Duluth

Dropped Out: Delta St. (16), Charleston (18t), Ashland (20), Carson-Newman (23)

Others Receiving Votes: UIndy, 70; Delta St., 69; Colorado School of Mines, 60; Charleston, 38; Ashland, 35; Fort Hays St., 34; Henderson St., 9; Indiana (Pa.), 8; Ouachita Baptist, 8; Southern Arkansas, 8; Minnesota St.-Moorhead, 7; Fairmont St., 6; Frostburg St., 6; Carson-Newman, 5; UNC Pembroke, 5; Findlay, 4; Albany St., 3; Clarion, 2; Edward Waters, 2; Anderson, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 2	Next Game
1	Ferris St. (31)	2-0	775	1	D. Lake Erie, 63-6	Sept. 13 vs. Tiffin
2	Harding	1-0	738	2	D. Northwestern Oklahoma St., 49-7	Sept. 11 vs. Southwestern Oklahoma St.
3	Grand Valley St.	2-0	704	3	D. Black Hills St., 48-36	Sept. 13 at No. 24t Pittsburg St.
4	Slippery Rock	1-0	646	4	D. Franklin Pierce, 24-13	Sept. 13 vs. Shepherd
5	West Florida	2-0	645	6	D. Kentucky Wesleyan, 28-7	Sept. 13 vs. Shorter
6	Kutztown	1-0	609	7	D. Assumption, 51-14	Sept. 13 at Edinboro
7	Minnesota St.	2-0	597	8	D. Minot St., 34-16	Sept. 13 at No. 24t Minnesota-Duluth
8	Angelo St.	2-0	543	10	D. Emporia St., 41-20	Sept. 13 at Eastern New Mexico
9	Western Colorado	2-0	542	9	D. Midwestern St., 38-13	Sept. 20 at Adams St.
10	California (Pa.)	1-0	464	14	D. No. 12 Charleston, 23-19	Sept. 13 vs. West Chester
11	Augustana (S.D.)	2-0	381	20	D. Jamestown, 37-7	Sept. 13 at UMary
12	UT-Permian Basin	2-0	380	21	D. Adams St., 41-7	Sept. 20 at Texas A&M-Kingsville
13	Virginia Union	1-0	364	16	Idle	Sept. 13 at Edward Waters
14	Colorado St.-Pueblo	1-1	337	5	Lost to Fort Hays St., 36-35	Sept. 11 at Central Missouri
15	Central Oklahoma	1-1	336	19	D. No. 13 Pittsburg St., 27-24	Sept. 20 vs. Washburn
16	Delta St.	2-0	301	22	D. North Greenville, 41-9	Sept. 13 at UNC Pembroke
17	West Alabama	2-0	200	25	D. Chowan, 38-28	Sept. 13 vs. No. 18t Charleston
18t.	Central Washington	1-1	199	18	Lost to Montana, 42-17	Sept. 20 vs. West Texas A&M
18t.	Charleston	1-1	199	12	Lost to No. 14 California (Pa.), 23-19	Sept. 13 at No. 17 West Alabama
20	Ashland	1-0	185	23	D. Indiana (Pa.), 13-9	Sept. 13 at UIndy
21	Lenoir-Rhyne	1-1	120	24	D. Tusculum, 28-7	Sept. 13 vs. Emory & Henry
22	Valdosta St.	1-1	110	11	Lost to Johnson C. Smith, 28-16	Sept. 13 at Chowan
23	Carson-Newman	1-0	104	NR	D. SC Central Christian, 59-0	Sept. 13 at Mars Hill
24t.	Minnesota-Duluth	2-0	86	NR	D. Concordia-St. Paul, 61-7	Sept. 13 vs. No. 7 Minnesota St.
24t.	Pittsburg St.	0-2	86	13	Lost to No. 19 Central Oklahoma, 27-24	Sept. 13 vs. No. 3 Grand Valley St.

Dropped Out: Ouachita Baptist (15), UIndy (17)

Others Receiving Votes: Johnson C. Smith, 83; UIndy, 72; Wingate, 59; Ouachita Baptist, 49; Colorado School of Mines, 37; Michigan Tech, 24; Albany St., 18; Sioux Falls, 15; Fort Hays St., 14; Southern Arkansas, 13; Frostburg St., 11; Fairmont St., 10; Findlay, 8; Davenport, 5; Texas A&M-Kingsville, 4; Nebraska-Kearney, 1; Virginia St., 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 1	Next Game
1	Ferris St. (31)	1-0	775	1	D. No. 9 Pittsburg St., 34-17	Sept. 6 at Lake Erie
2	Harding	0-0	736	2	Idle	Sept. 4 at Northwestern Oklahoma St.
3	Grand Valley St.	1-0	706	3	D. Lincoln (Pa.), 45-9	Sept. 6 vs. Black Hills St.
4	Slippery Rock	0-0	648	4	Idle	Sept. 5 at Franklin Pierce
5	Colorado St.-Pueblo	1-0	638	6	D. South Dakota Mines, 43-0	Sept. 4 vs. Fort Hays St.
6	West Florida	1-0	612	8	D. No. 17 Lenoir-Rhyne, 48-21	Sept. 6 at Kentucky Wesleyan
7	Kutztown	0-0	557	7	Idle	Sept. 4 vs. Assumption
8	Minnesota St.	1-0	550	11	D. Northwest Missouri St., 38-14	Sept. 6 vs. Minot St.
9	Western Colorado	1-0	531	10	D. West Texas A&M, 45-28	Sept. 6 at Midwestern St.
10	Angelo St.	1-0	467	13	D. Fort Hays St., 28-7	Sept. 6 vs. Emporia St.
11	Valdosta St.	1-0	430	12	D. Clark Atlanta, 31-28	Sept. 6 at Johnson C. Smith
12	Charleston	1-0	402	14	D. Livingstone, 39-10	Sept. 4 at No. 14 California (Pa.)
13	Pittsburg St.	0-1	374	9	Lost to No. 1 Ferris St., 34-17	Sept. 6 at No. 19 Central Oklahoma
14	California (Pa.)	0-0	322	15	Idle	Sept. 4 vs. No. 12 Charleston
15	Ouachita Baptist	0-0	311	18	Idle	Sept. 4 at East Central
16	Virginia Union	1-0	296	19	D. No. 24t Miles, 45-3	Sept. 13 at Edward Waters
17	UIndy	1-0	269	20	D. Marian, 45-21	Sept. 6 at Findlay
18	Central Washington	1-0	259	21	D. Colorado Mesa, 41-14	Sept. 6 at Montana
19	Central Oklahoma	0-1	228	5	Lost to UT-Permian Basin, 34-14	Sept. 6 vs. No. 13 Pittsburg St.
20	Augustana (S.D.)	1-0	211	23	D. Missouri Western, 30-26	Sept. 6 vs. Jamestown
21	UT-Permian Basin	1-0	190	NR	D. No. 5 Central Oklahoma, 34-14	Sept. 6 at Adams St.
22	Delta St.	1-0	98	NR	D. No. 22 Central Missouri, 31-23	Sept. 6 vs. North Greenville
23	Ashland	0-0	84	24t	Idle	Sept. 4 at Indiana (Pa.)
24	Lenoir-Rhyne	0-1	83	17	Lost to No. 8 West Florida, 48-21	Sept. 6 at Tusculum
25	West Alabama	1-0	73	NR	D. Fort Valley St., 27-17	Sept. 6 at Chowan

Dropped Out: Bemidji St. (16), Central Missouri (22), Miles (24t)

Others Receiving Votes: Carson-Newman, 55; Wingate, 51; Minnesota-Duluth, 38; Bemidji St., 14; Michigan Tech, 13; Central Missouri, 11; Colorado School of Mines, 9; Southern Arkansas, 9; Albany St., 8; Davenport, 6; Fairmont St., 3; Johnson C. Smith, 3; Colorado Mesa, 2; Frostburg St., 1; Sioux Falls, 1; Texas A&M-Kingsville, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	2024 Rec.	Pts.	2024 Rank	Season Opener	Head Coach
1	Ferris St. (30)	14-1	773	1	Aug. 28 vs. No. 9 Pittsburg St.	Tony Annese
2	Harding	12-2	734	4	Sept. 4 at Northwestern Oklahoma St.	Paul Simmons
3	Grand Valley St.	11-2	669	6	Aug. 30 vs. Lincoln (Pa.)	Scott Wooster
4	Slippery Rock (1)	12-2	576	3	Sept. 5 at Franklin Pierce	Shawn Lutz
5	Central Oklahoma	11-2	569	9	Aug. 30 at UT-Permian Basin	Adam Dorrel
6	Colorado St.-Pueblo	10-2	549	8	Aug. 28 vs. South Dakota Mines	Philip Vigil
7	Kutztown	11-1	517	5	Sept. 4 vs. Assumption	Jim Clements
8	West Florida	7-3	504	NR	Aug. 29 vs. No. 17 Lenoir-Rhyne	Kaleb Nobles
9	Pittsburg St.	8-3	451	17	Aug. 28 at No. 1 Ferris St.	Tom Anthony
10	Western Colorado	11-2	450	10	Aug. 28 vs. West Texas A&M	Jas Bains
11	Minnesota St.	11-4	449	7	Aug. 28 vs. Northwest Missouri St.	Todd Hoffner
12	Valdosta St.	13-1	402	2	Aug. 30 vs. Clark Atlanta	Graham Craig
13	Angelo St.	9-3	352	20	Aug. 28 at Fort Hays St.	Jeff Girsch
14	Charleston	11-1	337	15	Aug. 28 vs. Livingstone	Mike Tesch
15	California (Pa.)	10-3	275	12	Sept. 4 vs. No. 14 Charleston	Gary Dunn
16	Bemidji St.	10-4	254	13	Aug. 28 at Michigan Tech	Brent Bolte
17	Lenoir-Rhyne	10-3	248	16	Aug. 29 at No. 8 West Florida	Doug Socha
18	Ouachita Baptist	10-2	246	14	Sept. 4 at East Central	Todd Knight
19	Virginia Union	10-4	228	11	Aug. 31 vs. No. 24t Miles	Alvin Parker
20	UIndy	10-2	191	19	Aug. 28 at Marian	Chris Keevers
21	Central Washington	8-4	176	24	Aug. 28 vs. Colorado Mesa	Chris Fisk
22	Central Missouri	9-3	149	NR	Aug. 28 at Delta St.	Josh Lamberson
23	Augustana (S.D.)	8-4	127	25	Aug. 30 vs. Missouri Western	Jerry Olszewski
24t.	Ashland	9-4	114	23	Sept. 4 at Indiana (Pa.)	Doug Geiser
24t.	Miles	10-3	114	22	Aug. 31 vs. No. 19 Virginia Union	Chris Goode

Others Receiving Votes: West Alabama, 113; Carson-Newman, 100; Wingate, 74; Fort Hays St., 66; Colorado School of Mines, 42; Saginaw Valley St., 35; Minnesota-Duluth, 29; Albany St., 26; Northwest Missouri St., 21; Indiana (Pa.), 16; UT-Permian Basin, 16; Delta St., 13; Findlay, 12; UNC-Pembroke, 12; Davenport, 10; Johnson C. Smith, 9; East Stroudsburg, 7; Fairmont St., 7; Southern Arkansas, 6; Texas A&M-Kingsville, 5; Colorado Mesa, 1; Truman St., 1.

Overview

In response to overwhelming support by NCAA Division III coaches, the American Football Coaches Association began publishing a Division III Top 25 Coaches’ Poll in 1999.

Prior to 1999, there were no coaches’ polls for any NCAA divisions other than the Football Bowl Subdivision. The NCAA had published a regional poll for Division III prior to 1999, but discontinued the poll because of changes in the selection process for the Division III playoffs that took effect in 1999.

Format

The Division III poll follows the same basic format as the US LBM Coaches’ Poll. The Division III Board of Coaches will have 2 voters representing each Division III conference. The Division III Coaches’ Poll will be released on Mondays beginning with a preseason poll in August and will run through the final week of the regular season in November. A final poll will be released the Monday following the NCAA Division III championship game.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 6	Next Game
1	North Central (52)	5-0	1300	1	D. Millikin, 59-10	Oct. 18 at North Park
2	Mount Union	5-0	1247	2	D. Wilmington, 59-0	Oct. 18 at Heidelberg
3	Johns Hopkins	5-0	1163	3	D. No. 15 Carnegie Mellon, 28-27	Oct. 18 vs. Ursinus
4	UW-La Crosse	4-0	1143	4	D. UW-Eau Claire, 41-21	Oct. 18 at No. 14 UW-Platteville
5	Salisbury	5-0	1056	5	D. Kean, 38-24	Oct. 18 at Montclair St.
6	Hardin-Simmons	5-0	1043	6	D. No. 22 Mary Hardin-Baylor, 34-7	Oct. 18 at East Texas Baptist
7	Bethel (Minn.)	5-0	995	8	D. Augsburg, 56-7	Oct. 18 vs. St. Olaf
8	Wartburg	6-0	928	9	D. Dubuque, 33-7	Oct. 18 at Loras
9	DePauw	5-0	854	10	Idle	Oct. 18 vs. No. 15 John Carroll
10	UW-Whitewater	4-1	798	12	D. UW-Stevens Point, 45-14	Oct. 17 vs. UW-Stout
11	St. John’s (Minn.)	4-1	765	11	D. Macalester, 70-0	Oct. 18 at Concordia (Minn.)
12	UW-River Falls	4-1	726	17	D. No. 7 UW-Platteville, 31-21	Oct. 18 at UW-Stevens Point
13	Central (Iowa)	5-0	642	16	Idle	Oct. 18 vs. Nebraska Wesleyan
14	UW-Platteville	4-1	590	7	Lost to No. 17 UW-River Falls, 31-21	Oct. 8 vs. No. 4 UW-La Crosse
15	John Carroll	5-1	556	18	D. Wittenberg, 44-7	Oct. 18 at No. 9 DePauw
16	Christopher Newport	5-0	441	21	D. Castleton, 69-7	Oct. 18 vs. Kean
17	Cortland	4-1	391	19	Idle	Oct. 18 vs. Alfred
18	Hope	4-1	378	20	Idle	Oct. 18 vs. Kalamazoo
19	Carnegie Mellon	3-2	332	15	Lost to No. 3 Johns Hopkins, 28-27	Oct. 18 vs. Gettysburg
20	Randolph-Macon	5-1	242	25	D. Averett, 77-20	Oct. 18 at Guilford
21	Berry	4-1	233	NR	D. No. 13 Trinity (Tex.), 29-6	Oct. 18 at Sewanee
22	Wheaton	3-2	224	24	D. Illinois Wesleyan, 65-21	Oct. 18 vs. Carthage
23	Trinity (Tex.)	4-1	163	13	Lost to Berry, 29-6	Oct. 18 vs. Rhodes
24	UW-Oshkosh	3-2	147	14	Lost to UW-Stout, 27-16	Oct. 18 vs. UW-Eau Claire
25	Maryville	5-0	127	NR	D. Centre, 33-13	Oct. 18 at Millsaps

Dropped Out: Mary Hardin-Baylor (22), Muhlenberg (23)

Others Receiving Votes: UW-Stout, 103; Linfield, 101; Wabash, 30; Baldwin Wallace, 29; Hampden-Sydney, 24; Lewis & Clark, 24; Muhlenberg, 15; Adrian, 14; Ursinus, 13; Mary Hardin-Baylor, 11; Washington (Mo.), 11; Hanover, 10; Cal Lutheran, 7; Plymouth St., 7; Alma, 6; Coe, 6; Rensselaer, 2; Endicott, 1; Ithaca, 1; Monmouth (Ill.), 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 5	Next Game
1	North Central (51)	4-0	1275	1	D. No. 15 Wheaton, 35-0	Oct. 11 vs. Millikin
2	Mount Union	4-0	1224	2	D. Otterbein, 62-7	Oct. 11 at Wilmington
3	Johns Hopkins	4-0	1160	3	D. Dickinson, 55-10	Oct. 11 vs. No. 15 Carnegie Mellon
4	UW-La Crosse	3-0	1109	5	D. No. 10 UW-Whitewater, 23-20 2OT	Oct. 11 vs. UW-Eau Claire
5	Salisbury	4-0	1021	6	D. TCNJ, 55-10	Oct. 11 vs. Kean
6	Hardin-Simmons	4-0	973	7	D. Howard Payne, 69-14	Oct. 11 vs. No. 22 Mary Hardin-Baylor
7	UW-Platteville	4-0	970	8	D. UW-Stevens Point, 52-0	Oct. 11 at No. 17 UW-River Falls
8	Bethel (Minn.)	4-0	950	11	D. No. 4 St. John’s (Minn.), 17-10	Oct. 11 at Augsburg
9	Wartburg	5-0	880	9	D. Luther, 36-3	Oct. 11 vs. Dubuque
10	DePauw	5-0	754	13	D. Oberlin, 75-0	Oct. 18 vs. No. 18 John Carroll
11	St. John’s (Minn.)	3-1	686	4	Lost to No. 11 Bethel (Minn.), 17-10	Oct. 11 vs. Macalester
12	UW-Whitewater	3-1	685	10	Lost to No. 5 UW-La Crosse, 23-20 2OT	Oct. 11 at UW-Stevens Point
13	Trinity (Tex.)	4-0	655	14	D. Southwestern (Tex.), 65-14	Oct. 11 at Berry
14	UW-Oshkosh	3-1	643	17	D. No. 12 UW-River Falls, 21-17	Oct. 11 at UW-Stout
15	Carnegie Mellon	3-1	523	16	D. McDaniel, 56-7	Oct. 11 at No. 3 Johns Hopkins
16	Central (Iowa)	5-0	497	18	D. Loras, 45-27	Oct. 18 vs. Nebraska Wesleyan
17	UW-River Falls	3-1	448	12	Lost to No. 17 UW-Oshkosh, 21-17	Oct. 11 vs. No. 7 UW-Platteville
18	John Carroll	4-1	446	19	D. No. 25 Wabash, 31-28	Oct. 11 at Wittenberg
19	Cortland	4-1	318	20	D. Utica, 28-13	Oct. 18 vs. Alfred
20	Hope	4-1	242	23	D. Trine, 55-35	Oct. 18 vs. Kalamazoo
21	Christopher Newport	4-0	230	24	D. Rowan, 49-41 2OT	Oct. 11 at Castleton
22	Mary Hardin-Baylor	2-2	207	22	D. East Texas Baptist, 42-28	Oct. 11 at No. 6 Hardin-Simmons
23	Muhlenberg	4-0	157	NR	D. Ursinus, 39-36	Oct. 11 at Franklin & Marshall
24	Wheaton	2-2	143	15	Lost to No. 1 North Central, 35-0	Oct. 11 at Illinois Wesleyan
25	Randolph-Macon	4-1	69	NR	D. Roanoke, 35-17	Oct. 11 vs. Averett

Dropped Out: Hampden-Sydney (21), Wabash (25)

Others Receiving Votes: Linfield, 48; Maryville, 43; Berry, 40; Hampden-Sydney, 22; Wabash, 22; Baldwin Wallace, 19; Alma, 17; Stevenson, 13; Lewis & Clark, 12; Adrian, 9; Washington (Mo.), 9; Western Connecticut, 9; Plymouth St., 8; U.S. Merchant Marine, 6; Cal Lutheran, 4; Ursinus, 4; UW-Stout, 4; Coe, 3; Southern Virginia, 3; Calvin, 2; Endicott, 2; Rensselaer, 2; Springfield, 2; Susquehanna, 2; UW-Eau Claire, 2; Ithaca, 1; UW-Stevens Point, 1; Wesleyan, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 4	Next Game
1	North Central (51)	3-0	1275	1	D. Washington (Mo.), 44-14	Oct. 4 vs. No. 15 Wheaton
2	Mount Union	3-0	1224	2	D. Baldwin Wallace, 42-23	Oct. 4 vs. Otterbein
3	Johns Hopkins	3-0	1153	3	Idle	Oct. 3 vs. Dickinson
4	St. John’s (Minn.)	3-0	1072	4	D. Augsburg, 63-0	Oct. 4 at No. 11 Bethel (Minn.)
5	UW-La Crosse	2-0	1033	6	Idle	Oct. 4 at No. 10 UW-Whitewater
6	Salisbury	3-0	999	5	D. Catholic, 55-6	Oct. 4 vs. TCNJ
7	Hardin-Simmons	3-0	928	7	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. Howard Payne
8	UW-Platteville	3-0	906	8	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. UW-Stevens Point
9	Wartburg	4-0	863	9	D. Coe, 17-7	Oct. 4 at Luther
10	UW-Whitewater	3-0	817	10	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. No. 5 UW-La Crosse
11	Bethel (Minn.)	3-0	773	11	D. Hamline, 62-12	Oct. 4 vs. No. 4 St. John’s (Minn.)
12	UW-River Falls	3-0	759	12	Idle	Oct. 4 at No. 17 UW-Oshkosh
13	DePauw	4-0	665	13	D. Wittenberg, 28-0	Oct. 4 vs. Oberlin
14	Trinity (Tex.)	3-0	550	16t	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. Southwestern (Tex.)
15	Wheaton	2-1	521	16t	D. Carroll (Wis.), 61-13	Oct. 4 at No. 1 North Central
16	Carnegie Mellon	2-1	438	20	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. McDaniel
17	UW-Oshkosh	2-1	429	21	Idle	Oct. 4 vs. No. 12 UW-River Falls
18	Central (Iowa)	4-0	384	23	D. Dubuque, 35-16	Oct. 4 at Loras
19	John Carroll	3-1	369	22	D. Kenyon, 52-0	Oct. 4 vs. No. 25 Wabash
20	Cortland	3-1	238	24	D. Morrisville, 48-3	Oct. 4 vs. Utica
21	Hampden-Sydney	4-0	234	25	D. Guilford, 69-14	Oct. 4 vs. Washington & Lee
22	Mary Hardin-Baylor	1-2	174	18	Lost to Mars Hill, 21-7	Oct. 4 at East Texas Baptist
23	Hope	3-1	168	15	Lost to Alma, 29-26 OT	Oct. 4 at Trine
24	Christopher Newport	3-0	121	NR	D. No. 14 Susquehanna, 41-27	Oct. 4 at Rowan
25	Wabash	4-0	92	NR	D. Denison, 36-0	Oct. 4 at No. 19 John Carroll

Dropped Out: Susquehanna (14), Grove City (19)

Others Receiving Votes: Muhlenberg, 67; Linfield, 46; Randolph-Macon, 44; Berry, 38; Susquehanna, 35; Alma, 30; Ursinus, 28; Baldwin Wallace, 23; UW-Stevens Point, 13; Brockport, 10; Maryville, 10; Marietta, 9; Salve Regina, 8; Washington (Mo.), 8; Coe, 5; Calvin, 4; Washington & Jefferson, 4; Grove City, 3; Utica, 3; Stevenson, 1; University of New England, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 3	Next Game
1	North Central (52)	2-0	1300	1	D. Carthage, 62-0	Sept. 27 at Washington (Mo.)
2	Mount Union	2-0	1243	2	Idle	Sept. 27 at Baldwin Wallace
3	Johns Hopkins	3-0	1188	3	D. No. 5 Susquehanna, 40-22	Oct. 3 vs. Dickinson
4	St. John’s (Minn.)	2-0	1111	4	D. Hamline, 58-0	Sept. 27 vs. Augsburg
5	Salisbury	2-0	1035	6	Idle	Sept. 27 at Catholic
6	UW-La Crosse	2-0	1024	8	D. Wayne St. (Mich.), 31-22	Oct. 4 at No. 10 UW-Whitewater
7	Hardin-Simmons	3-0	968	7	D. Louisiana Christian, 52-17	Oct. 4 vs. Howard Payne
8	UW-Platteville	3-0	916	10	D. Springfield, 28-12	Oct. 4 vs. UW-Stevens Point
9	Wartburg	3-0	831	11	D. Simpson, 27-13	Sept. 27 vs. Coe
10	UW-Whitewater	3-0	817	16	D. No. 9 Mary Hardin-Baylor, 26-6	Oct. 4 vs. No. 6 UW-La Crosse
11	Bethel (Minn.)	2-0	768	12	D. Gustavus Adolphus, 41-7	Sept. 27 at Hamline
12	UW-River Falls	3-0	758	13	D. Belhaven, 65-0	Oct. 4 at No. 21 UW-Oshkosh
13	DePauw	3-0	637	14	D. Kenyon, 35-14	Sept. 27 at Wittenberg
14	Susquehanna	2-1	626	5	Lost to No. 3 Johns Hopkins, 40-22	Sept. 27 at Christopher Newport
15	Hope	3-0	557	15	D. Mount St. Joseph, 31-28	Sept. 27 vs. Alma
16t.	Trinity (Tex.)	3-0	412	19	D. Pacific Lutheran, 45-8	Oct. 4 vs. Southwestern (Tex.)
16t.	Wheaton	1-1	412	18	D. Augustana (Ill.), 50-7	Sept. 27 vs. Carroll (Wis.)
18	Mary Hardin-Baylor	1-1	393	9	Lost to No. 16 UW-Whitewater, 26-6	Sept. 27 at Mars Hill
19	Grove City	1-1	377	17	Idle	Sept. 27 vs. Washington & Jefferson
20	Carnegie Mellon	2-1	350	20	D. No. 22 Berry, 17-9	Oct. 4 vs. McDaniel
21	UW-Oshkosh	2-1	295	21	D. Roosevelt, 38-21	Oct. 4 vs. No. 12 UW-River Falls
22	John Carroll	2-1	219	23	D. Oberlin, 63-0	Sept. 27 at Kenyon
23	Central (Iowa)	3-0	196	25	D. Luther, 63-26	Sept. 27 vs. Dubuque
24	Cortland	2-1	142	24	D. Hartwick, 59-9	Sept. 27 at Morrisville
25	Hampden-Sydney	3-0	53	NR	D. Shenandoah, 42-7	Sept. 27 at Guilford

Dropped Out: Berry (22)

Others Receiving Votes: Linfield, 37; Berry, 34; Baldwin Wallace, 28; Muhlenberg, 27; Wabash, 23; Randolph-Macon, 20; Washington (Mo.), 20; Coe, 17; Ursinus, 15; Christopher Newport, 12; Marietta, 8; Salve Regina, 8; UW-Stevens Point, 6; Brockport, 5; Springfield, 5; Calvin, 3; Tufts, 2; Maryville, 1; Western New England, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 2	Next Game
1	North Central (52)	1-0	1300	1	D. No. 18 UW-Oshkosh, 45-14	Sept. 20 vs. Carthage
2	Mount Union	2-0	1248	2	D. No. 15 Grove City, 49-14	Sept. 27 at Baldwin Wallace
3	Johns Hopkins	2-0	1173	3	D. No. 21 John Carroll, 27-13	Sept. 20 at No. 5 Susquehanna
4	St. John’s (Minn.)	1-0	1103	4	D. Minnesota-Morris, 49-0	Sept. 20 at Hamline
5	Susquehanna	2-0	1065	5	D. Bridgewater (Va.), 56-17	Sept. 20 vs. No. 3 Johns Hopkins
6	Salisbury	2-0	968	7	D. McDaniel, 62-7	Sept. 27 at Catholic
7	Hardin-Simmons	2-0	959	6	D. McMurry, 24-19	Sept. 20 vs. Louisiana Christian
8	UW-La Crosse	1-0	921	9	D. No. 16 Carnegie Mellon, 38-14	Sept. 20 vs. Wayne St. (Mich.)
9	Mary Hardin-Baylor	1-0	891	8	Idle	Sept. 20 vs. No. 16 UW-Whitewater
10	UW-Platteville	2-0	822	11	D. Dubuque, 56-27	Sept. 20 vs. Springfield
11	Wartburg	2-0	810	10	D. UW-Stout, 16-0	Sept. 20 at Simpson
12	Bethel (Minn.)	1-0	731	12	D. Northwestern (Minn.), 50-3	Sept. 20 at Gustavus Adolphus
13	UW-River Falls	2-0	662	14	D. Coe, 59-47	Sept. 20 at Belhaven
14	DePauw	2-0	651	13	D. Centre, 35-14	Sept. 20 vs. Kenyon
15	Hope	2-0	558	17	D. Franklin, 38-14	Sept. 20 vs. Mount St. Joseph
16	UW-Whitewater	2-0	536	19	D. Saint Xavier, 37-0	Sept. 20 at No. 9 Mary Hardin-Baylor
17	Grove City	1-1	302	15	Lost to No. 2 Mount Union, 49-14	Sept. 27 vs. Washington & Jefferson
18	Wheaton	0-1	270	22	Idle	Sept. 20 at Augustana (Ill.)
19	Trinity (Tex.)	2-0	249	NR	D. Belhaven, 49-0	Sept. 20 at Pacific Lutheran
20	Carnegie Mellon	1-1	248	16	Lost to No. 9 UW-La Crosse, 38-14	Sept. 20 vs. No. 22 Berry
21	UW-Oshkosh	1-1	230	18	Lost to No. 1 North Central, 45-14	Sept. 20 vs. Roosevelt
22	Berry	2-0	205	NR	D. LaGrange, 48-0	Sept. 20 at No. 20 Carnegie Mellon
23	John Carroll	1-1	155	21	Lost to No. 3 Johns Hopkins, 27-13	Sept. 20 vs. Oberlin
24	Cortland	1-1	154	23	D. Union (N.Y.), 30-6	Sept. 20 at Hartwick
25	Central (Iowa)	2-0	128	NR	D. No. 20 Randolph-Macon, 10-0	Sept. 20 at Luther

Dropped Out: Randolph-Macon (20), Linfield (24), Springfield (25)

Others Receiving Votes: Brockport, 99; Linfield, 96; Springfield, 72; Utica, 71; Hampden-Sydney, 44; Baldwin Wallace, 32; Randolph-Macon, 25; Washington (Mo.), 24; Christopher Newport, 19; Coe, 18; Whitworth, 13; Alma, 12; Wabash, 10; Salve Regina, 9; Chapman, 4; Illinois College, 3; Muhlenberg, 3; Ursinus, 3; Wesleyan, 2; Western New England, 1; Calvin, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	Rec.	Pts.	Prev.	Week 1	Next Game
1	North Central (51)	0-0	1299	1	Idle	Sept. 13 vs. No. 18 UW-Oshkosh
2	Mount Union (1)	1-0	1249	2	D. No. 17 Wheaton, 37-29	Sept. 13 at No. 15 Grove City
3	Johns Hopkins	1-0	1178	3	D. Ithaca, 42-14	Sept. 13 vs. No. 21 John Carroll
4	St. John’s (Minn.)	0-0	1108	4	Idle	Sept. 13 vs. Minnesota-Morris
5	Susquehanna	1-0	1065	5	D. Union (N.Y.), 33-14	Sept. 13 vs. Bridgewater (Va.)
6	Hardin-Simmons	1-0	946	6	D. Chapman, 37-30	Sept. 13 vs. McMurry
7	Salisbury	1-0	914	7	D. Washington and Lee, 42-21	Sept. 13 at McDaniel
8	Mary Hardin-Baylor	1-0	903	8	D. Bethel (Tenn.), 30-23	Sept. 20 vs. No. 19 UW-Whitewater
9	UW-La Crosse	0-0	844	10	Idle	Sept. 13 at No. 16 Carnegie Mellon
10	Wartburg	1-0	819	9	D. Monmouth (Ill.), 21-7	Sept. 13 at UW-Stout
11	UW-Platteville	1-0	795	14	D. No. 24 Aurora, 41-0	Sept. 13 at Dubuque
12	Bethel (Minn.)	0-0	716	12	Idle	Sept. 13 vs. Northwestern (Minn.)
13	DePauw	1-0	632	16	D. Rose-Hulman, 40-0	Sept. 13 at Centre
14	UW-River Falls	1-0	557	19	D. Alma, 45-33	Sept. 13 vs. Coe
15	Grove City	1-0	556	23	D. No. 11 Cortland, 31-14	Sept. 13 vs. No. 2 Mount Union
16	Carnegie Mellon	1-0	507	18	D. Chicago, 20-0	Sept. 13 vs. No. 9 UW-La Crosse
17	Hope	1-0	449	20	D. Loras, 62-0	Sept. 13 at Franklin
18	UW-Oshkosh	1-0	424	NR	D. No. 15 Linfield, 31-14	Sept. 13 at No. 1 North Central
19	UW-Whitewater	1-0	372	22	D. Carleton, 45-14	Sept. 13 at Saint Xavier
20	Randolph-Macon	1-0	348	21	D. Dickinson, 48-34	Sept. 13 at Central (Iowa)
21	John Carroll	1-0	270	25	D. Waynesburg, 48-14	Sept. 13 at No. 3 Johns Hopkins
22	Wheaton	0-1	269	17	Lost to No. 2 Mount Union, 37-29	Sept. 20 at Augustana (Ill.)
23	Cortland	0-1	157	11	Lost to No. 23 Grove City, 31-14	Sept. 13 vs. Union (N.Y.)
24	Linfield	0-1	75	15	Lost to UW-Oshkosh, 31-14	Sept. 20 vs. Chapman
25	Springfield	0-1	62	13	Lost to Western New England, 23-22	Sept. 13 vs. Husson

Dropped Out: Aurora (24)

Others Receiving Votes: Trinity (Tex.), 55; Whitworth, 50; Coe, 48; Endicott, 47; Berry, 45; Washington (Mo.), 25; Brockport, 21; Chapman, 18; Alma, 16; Utica, 15; Aurora, 8; UW-Stout, 8; Baldwin Wallace, 5; Western New England, 5; Christopher Newport, 3; Hampden-Sydney, 3; Mount St. Joseph, 3; Wesleyan, 3; Wabash, 2; Washington & Lee, 2; Belhaven, 1; Central (Iowa), 1; Illinois College, 1; Salve Regina, 1.

Rank	School (1st votes)	2024 Rec.	Pts.	2024 Rank*	Season Opener	Head Coach
1	North Central (51)	15-0	1275	1	Sept. 13 vs. UW-Oshkosh	Brad Spencer
2	Mount Union	14-1	1218	2	Sept. 6 vs. No. 17 Wheaton	Geoff Dartt
3	Johns Hopkins	12-2	1097	3	Sept. 6 at Ithaca	Dan Wodicka
4	St. John’s (Minn.)	11-1	1058	7	Sept. 13 vs. Minnesota-Morris	Gary Fasching
5	Susquehanna	12-2	1016	4	Sept. 6 vs. Union (N.Y.)	Tom Perkovich
6	Hardin-Simmons	10-1	975	15	Sept. 6 at Chapman	Jesse Burleson
7	Salisbury	12-1	870	5	Sept. 6 at Washington and Lee	Sherman Wood
8	Mary Hardin-Baylor	8-4	861	11	Sept. 6 vs. Bethel (Tenn.)	Larry Harmon
9	Wartburg	10-2	811	12	Sept. 6 vs. Monmouth (Ill.)	Chris Winter
10	UW-La Crosse	8-4	763	21	Sept. 13 at No. 18 Carnegie Mellon	Matt Janus
11	Cortland	11-1	742	8	Sept. 6 vs. No. 23 Grove City	Tom Blumenauer
12	Bethel (Minn.)	11-3	706	10	Sept. 13 vs. Northwestern (Minn.)	Mike McElroy
13	Springfield	12-1	627	6	Sept. 6 at Western New England	Mike Cerasuolo
14	UW-Platteville	9-2	609	17	Sept. 6 at No. 24 Aurora	Ryan Munz
15	Linfield	10-2	516	16	Sept. 6 vs. UW-Oshkosh	Joseph Smith
16	DePauw	11-1	490	9	Sept. 6 at Rose-Hulman	Brett Dietz
17	Wheaton	9-2	423	NR	Sept. 6 at No. 2 Mount Union	Jesse Scott
18	Carnegie Mellon	10-2	382	14	Sept. 6 at Chicago	Ryan Larsen
19	UW-River Falls	7-3	354	NR	Sept. 6 vs. Alma	Matt Walker
20	Hope	11-1	332	13	Sept. 6 at Loras	Peter Stuursma
21	Randolph-Macon	10-2	254	18	Sept. 5 vs. Dickinson	Pedro Arruza
22	UW-Whitewater	6-4	238	NR	Sept. 6 vs. Carleton	Jace Rindahl
23	Grove City	9-2	229	20	Sept. 6 at No. 11 Cortland	Andrew DiDonato
24	Aurora	9-2	194	22	Sept. 6 vs. No. 14 UW-Platteville	Don Beebe
25	John Carroll	9-3	128	NR	Sept. 6 at Waynesburg	Jeff Behrman

Others Receiving Votes: Washington & Jefferson, 71; UW-Oshkosh, 70; Endicott, 46; Whitworth, 38; Alma, 35; Trinity (Tex.), 27; Hobart, 19; Ithaca, 18; Delaware Valley, 17; Coe, 15; UW-Stout, 13; Berry, 12; Brockport, 8; Lake Forest, 5; Chapman, 3; Mount St. Joseph, 2; UMass-Dartmouth, 2; Baldwin-Wallace, 1; Central (Iowa), 1; Rowan, 1; Washington (Mo.), 1; Wesleyan, 1; Westminster (Pa.), 1.

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