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2021 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll – September 27, 2021

Rank School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Week 4 Next Game
1 West Florida (30) 3-0 750 1 Sept. 25 vs. Fort Lauderdale (Fla.), cancelled Oct. 2 at Delta St. (Miss.)
2 Northwest Missouri St. 3-0 711 2 D. Central Oklahoma, 38-0 Oct. 2 at Missouri Western
3 Ferris St. (Mich.) 4-0 696 3 D. Davenport (Mich.), 38-0 Oct. 2 at Northwood (Mich.)
4 Valdosta St. (Ga.) 3-0 657 4 Idle Oct. 2 vs. Shorter (Ga.)
5 Colorado School of Mines 4-0 621 5 D. West Texas A&M, 21-13 Oct. 2 vs. Western Colorado
6 Notre Dame (Ohio) 4-0 576 7 D. West Virginia St., 38-14 Oct. 2 at Charleston (W.Va.)
7 Slippery Rock (Pa.) 4-0 573 6 D. Seton Hill (Pa.), 41-17 Oct. 2 vs. Clarion (Pa.)
8 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 3-0 528 9 D. Michigan Tech, 44-21 Oct. 2 at Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)
9 West Georgia 4-0 494 14 D. Shorter (Ga.), 56-0 Oct. 2 vs. No. 15 West Alabama
10 Wingate (N.C.) 3-0 470 13 Sept. 25 vs. Catawba (N.C.), cancelled Oct. 2 vs. Tusculum (Tenn.)
11 Midwestern St. (Texas) 4-0 429 15 D. Eastern New Mexico, 31-24 OT Oct. 2 at Central Washington
12 Nebraska-Kearney 4-0 398 16 D. Central Missouri, 31-28 Oct. 2 at Fort Hays St. (Kan.)
13 Henderson St. (Ark.) 4-0 371 18 D. Southern Arkansas, 56-49 Oct. 2 at Southeastern Oklahoma
14 Augustana (S.D.) 4-0 285 22 D. Bemidji St. (Minn.), 52-24 Oct. 2 at Sioux Falls (S.D.)
15 West Alabama 4-0 281 21 D. Mississippi College, 31-28 Oct. 2 at No. 9 West Georgia
16 Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 2-1 238 17 D. Mars Hill (N.C.), 31-16 Oct. 2 at Virginia-Wise
17 Minnesota St. 3-1 212 20 D. Minot St. (N.D.), 68-10 Oct. 2 vs. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)
18 Truman St. (Mo.) 4-0 209 NR D. No. 12 Tiffin (Ohio), 38-35 Oct. 2 vs. Lindenwood (Mo.)
19 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 3-1 153 8 Lost to Harding (Ark.), 38-21 Oct. 2 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma
20 Bowie St. (Md.) 3-1 147 23 D. Livingstone (N.C.), 49-0 Oct. 2 vs. Johnson C. Smith (N.C.)
21 Shepherd (W.Va.) 3-1 118 10 Lost to Kutztown (Pa.), 37-29 Oct. 2 vs. Shippensburg (Pa.)
22 Minnesota-Duluth 3-1 104 11 Lost to Wayne St. (Neb.), 31-28 Oct. 2 at Minnesota St.-Moorhead
23 Harding (Ark.) 3-1 93 NR D. No. 8 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 38-21 Oct. 2 at Oklahoma Baptist
24 Bentley (Mass.) 4-0 81 NR D. American International (Mass.), 35-27 Oct. 2 at Saint Anselm (N.H.)
25t. California (Pa.) 4-0 80 NR D. Edinboro (Pa.), 20-12 Oct. 2 vs. Mercyhurst (Pa.)
25t. Indiana (Pa.) 2-1 80 24 D. Mercyhurst (Pa.), 48-13 Oct. 2 vs. Gannon (Pa.)

Dropped Out: Tiffin (Ohio) (12), Indianapolis (Ind.) (19), Delta St. (Miss.) (25)

Others Receiving Votes: Tiffin (Ohio), 74; Western Colorado, 64; Kutztown (Pa.), 55; Southeastern Oklahoma, 52; Frostburg St. (Md.), 39; Colorado Mesa, 30; Angelo St. (Texas), 22; Shippensburg (Pa.), 22; Washburn (Kan.), 14; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 9; Texas A&M-Commerce, 5; Indianapolis (Ind.), 3; Colorado St.-Pueblo, 2; Delta St. (Miss.), 2; Chowan (N.C.), 1; Ohio Dominican, 1.