Week 2 AFCA D2 Football Top 25
September 7, 2021 12:27PM CDT
MSSA All District Football Team Announced
2021 American Football Coaches Association Preseason Division II Coaches’ Poll – September 7, 2021
| Rank | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts. | Prev. | Season Opener | Next Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Florida (28) | 1-0 | 744 | 1 | D. McNeese (La.), 42-36 | Sept. 11 vs. Southwest Baptist (Mo.) |
| 2 | Ferris St. (Mich.) (1) | 1-0 | 703 | 3 | D. Findlay (Ohio), 54-14 | Sept. 11 at Ashland (Ohio) |
| 3 | Minnesota St. | 1-0 | 668 | 2 | D. Northern St. (S.D.), 40-34 OT | Sept. 11 at No. 20 Minnesota-Duluth |
| 4 | Northwest Missouri St. | 1-0 | 629 | 4 | D. Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 15-7 | Sept. 18 at Central Missouri |
| 5 | Valdosta St. (Ga.) | 1-0 | 599 | 6t | D. Savannah St. (Ga.), 53-7 | Sept. 11 at Virginia Union |
| 6 | Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) (1) | 1-0 | 593 | 6t | D. Virginia St., 48-7 | Sept. 18 at Newberry (S.C.) |
| 7 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 1-0 | 560 | 8 | D. No. 13 Colorado St.-Pueblo, 12-6 | Sept. 11 vs. Midwestern St. (Texas) |
| 8 | Slippery Rock (Pa.) | 1-0 | 547 | 5 | D. Wayne St. (Mich.), 24-21 | Sept. 11 vs. East Stroudsburg (Pa.) |
| 9 | Colorado School of Mines | 1-0 | 504 | 10 | D. Western Oregon, 42-3 | Sept. 11 vs. New Mexico Highlands |
| 10 | Notre Dame (Ohio) | 1-0 | 499 | 9 | D. Ashland (Ohio), 42-35 OT | Sept. 9 at Wheeling (W.Va.) |
| 11 | Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) | 1-0 | 433 | 11 | D. Oklahoma Baptist, 38-31 | Sept. 11 at Southern Nazarene (Okla.) |
| 12 | Indianapolis (Ind.) | 1-0 | 399 | 14 | D. Saint Xavier (Ill.), 34-10 | Sept. 11 at Hillsdale (Mich.) |
| 13 | Shepherd (W.Va.) | 1-0 | 368 | 15 | D. Ohio Dominican, 35-30 | Sept. 11 at Gannon (Pa.) |
| 14 | Grand Valley St. (Mich.) | 0-0 | 308 | 16 | Sept. 4 vs. Edinboro (Pa.), cancelled | Sept. 11 vs. No. 19 Colorado St.-Pueblo |
| 15 | Indiana (Pa.) | 0-0 | 266 | 17 | Idle | Sept. 11 vs. No. 18 Kutztown (Pa.) |
| 16 | Tiffin (Ohio) | 1-0 | 236 | 19 | D. Marian (Ind.), 34-10 | Sept. 11 vs. Northwood (Mich.) |
| 17 | Harding (Ark.) | 1-0 | 227 | 22 | D. East Central (Okla.), 28-0 | Sept. 11 at Southeastern Oklahoma |
| 18 | Kutztown (Pa.) | 1-0 | 220 | 20 | D. Assumption (Mass.), 19-0 | Sept. 11 at No. 15 Indiana (Pa.) |
| 19 | Colorado St.-Pueblo | 0-1 | 201 | 12 | Lost to No. 8 Texas A&M-Commerce, 12-6 | Sept. 11 at No. 14 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) |
| 20 | Minnesota-Duluth | 1-0 | 189 | 23 | D. Upper Iowa, 41-14 | Sept. 11 vs. No. 3 Minnesota St. |
| 21 | Wingate (N.C.) | 1-0 | 156 | 24t | D. Shaw (N.C.), 30-7 | Sept. 11 vs. Fayetteville St. (N.C.) |
| 22 | Angelo St. (Texas) | 1-0 | 134 | NR | D. No. 21 Lindenwood (Mo.), 40-20 | Sept. 11 at Chadron St. (Neb.) |
| 23 | Pittsburg St. (Kan.) | 1-0 | 123 | NR | D. No. 13 Central Missouri, 35-16 | Sept. 11 vs. Nebraska-Kearney |
| 24 | West Georgia | 1-0 | 71 | NR | D. No. 24t Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 45-7 | Sept. 11 vs. Morehouse (Ga.) |
| 25 | Bowie St. (Md.) | 0-1 | 58 | 18 | Lost to Delaware St., 32-24 | Sept. 11 vs. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) |
Dropped Out: Central Missouri (13), Lindenwood (Mo.) (21), Carson-Newman (Tenn.) (24t)
Others Receiving Votes: Delta St. (Miss.), 46; Augustana (S.D.), 34; Tusculum (Tenn.), 33; Henderson St. (Ark.), 31; West Texas A&M, 27; Nebraska-Kearney, 25; Central Missouri, 24; West Alabama, 21; Truman St. (Mo.), 15; Bentley (Mass.), 12; Midwestern St. (Texas), 11; Ashland (Ohio), 7; Charleston (W.Va.), 5; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 5; West Chester (Pa.), 5; Washburn (Kan.), 4; California (Pa.), 3; Lindenwood (Mo.), 2; Virginia Union, 2; Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 1; Bemidji St. (Minn.), 1; UT-Permian Basin (Texas), 1.
