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2012 NCAA Division II football rankings

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The 2012 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2012 season.

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American Football Coaches Association poll

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Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sept 4[2]
Week 2
Sept 11[3]
Week 3
Sept 18[4]
Week 4
Sept 25[5]
Week 5
Oct 2[6]
Week 6
Oct 9[7]
Week 7
Oct 16[8]
Week 8
Oct 23[9]
Week 9
Oct 30[10]
Week 10
Nov 6[11]
Week 11
Nov 13[12]
Week 12
Postseason[13]
1.Pittsburg State (21)Pittsburg State (1–0) (28)Pittsburg State (2–0) (29)Pittsburg State (3–0) (29)Pittsburg State (4–0) (29)Pittsburg State (4–0) (29)Pittsburg State (5–0) (29)CSU–Pueblo (7–0) (23)CSU–Pueblo (8–0) (24)CSU–Pueblo (9–0) (24)CSU–Pueblo (10–0) (23)CSU–Pueblo (11–0) (24)Valdosta State (12–2) (30)1.
2.Minnesota–Duluth (5)Minnesota–Duluth (1–0)Minnesota–Duluth (2–0)Minnesota–Duluth (3–0)Minnesota–Duluth (4–0)CSU–Pueblo (5–0)CSU–Pueblo (6–0)Winston–Salem State (7–0) (6)Winston–Salem State (8–0) (6)Winston–Salem State (9–0) (6)Winston–Salem State (10–0) (6)Winston–Salem State (11–0) (6)Winston–Salem State (14–1)2.
3.Northwest Missouri State (1)Northwest Missouri State (1–0)CSU–Pueblo (2–0)CSU–Pueblo (3–0)CSU–Pueblo (4–0)Grand Valley State (5–0)Winston–Salem State (6–0) (1)New Haven (6–0)New Haven (7–0)New Haven (8–0)New Haven (9–0)New Haven (10–0)Minnesota State (13–1)3.
4.Midwestern State (1)Midwestern State (0–0)Grand Valley State (2–0)Grand Valley State (3–0)Grand Valley State (4–0)Winston–Salem State (5–0) (1)Missouri Western (6–0)Bloomsburg (7–0)Bloomsburg (8–0)Northwest Missouri State (8–1)Northwest Missouri State (9–1) (1)Ashland (11–0)West Texas A&M (12–3)4.
5.Wayne State (1)Wayne State (0–0) (1)Winston–Salem State (2–0) (1)Winston–Salem State (3–0) (1)Winston–Salem State (4–0) (1)Missouri Western (5–0)New Haven (5–0)Northwest Missouri State (6–1) (1)Northwest Missouri State (7–1)Ashland (9–0)Ashland (10–0)Minnesota State (11–0)Missouri Western (12–2)5.
6.CSU–PuebloCSU–Pueblo (1–0)California (PA) (2–0)California (PA) (3–0)California (PA) (4–0)New Haven (4–0)Bloomsburg (6–0)Ashland (7–0)Ashland (8–0)Minnesota State (9–0)Minnesota State (10–0)Henderson State (10–0)CSU–Pueblo (12–1)6.
7.Grand Valley StateGrand Valley State (1–0)New Haven (2–0)Missouri Western (3–0)Missouri Western (4–0)Bloomsburg (5–0)Northwest Missouri State (5–1)Minnesota–Duluth (6–1) тMinnesota State (8–0)Shippensburg (9–0)Shippensburg (10–0)Minnesota–Duluth (10–1)IUP (12–2)7.
8.Valdosta StateWinston–Salem State (1–0) (1)Missouri Western (2–0)New Haven (3–0)New Haven (4–0)Northwest Missouri State (4–1)Ashland (6–0)Pittsburg State (5–1) тMinnesota–Duluth (7–1)Henderson State (9–0)Henderson State (9–0)Midwestern State (9–1)New Haven (10–1)8.
9.Winston–Salem State (1)Abilene Christian (1–0)Washburn (2–0)Washburn (3–0)Humboldt State (4–0)Ashland (5–0)Minnesota–Duluth (5–1)Minnesota State (7–0)Henderson State (8–0)Minnesota–Duluth (8–1)Midwestern State (8–1)Missouri Western (10–1)Ashland (11–1)9.
10.Abilene ChristianCalifornia (PA) (1–0)Saginaw Valley State (2–0)Humboldt State (3–0)Bloomsburg (4–0)Minnesota–Duluth (4–1)Minnesota State (6–0)Ouachita Baptist (6–0)Shippensburg (8–0)Midwestern State (7–1)Minnesota–Duluth (9–1)Bloomsburg (10–1)Northwest Missouri State (10–3)10.
11.California (PA)Kutztown (1–0)Humboldt State (2–0)Bloomsburg (3–0)Northwest Missouri State (3–1)Ouachita Baptist (4–0)Ouachita Baptist (5–0)Henderson State (7–0)Midwestern State (6–1)Missouri Western (8–1)Missouri Western (9–1)IUP (10–1)Henderson State (10–1)11.
12.KutztownNew Haven (1–0)Bloomsburg (2–0)Northwest Missouri State (2–1)Ouachita Baptist (3–0)Minnesota State (5–0)Henderson State (6–0)Midwestern State (5–1)Missouri Western (7–1)West Texas A&M (8–1)Bloomsburg (9–1)Harding (9–1)Minnesota–Duluth (10–2)12.
13.New HavenWest Alabama (1–0)Northwest Missouri State (1–1)Ouachita Baptist (2–0)Ashland (4–0)Midwestern State (3–1)Midwestern State (4–1)Shippensburg (7–0)California (PA) (7–1)Bloomsburg (8–1)IUP (9–1)Northwest Missouri State (9–2)Carson–Newman (9–3)13.
14.Delta StateMissouri Western (1–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0)IUP (3–0)Midwestern State (2–1)Henderson State (5–0)Grand Valley State (5–1)California (PA) (6–1)West Texas A&M (7–1)IUP (8–1)Harding (8–1)Tuskegee (9–1)Shippensburg (11–2)14.
15.West AlabamaWashburn (1–0)Ouachita Baptist (2–0)Midwestern State (1–1)Minnesota State (4–0)Saginaw Valley State (4–1)California (PA) (5–1) тSaginaw Valley State (6–1)Emporia State (8–0)Miles (8–1)Grand Valley State (8–2)Shippensburg (10–1)Indianapolis (10–3)15.
16.St. Cloud StateAlbany State (1–0)Midwestern State (0–1)Valdosta State (2–1)Saginaw Valley State (3–1)California (PA) (4–1)Shippensburg (6–0) тMissouri Western (6–1)IUP (7–1) тHarding (7–1)Tuskegee (8–1)West Texas A&M (9–2)Midwestern State (9–2)16.
17.HillsdaleHumboldt State (1–0)IUP (2–0)Ashland (3–0)Henderson State (4–0)Shippensburg (5–0)Saginaw Valley State (5–1)West Texas A&M (6–1)Washburn (7–1) тSioux Falls (8–1)West Texas A&M (8–2)Valdosta State (8–2)Bloomsburg (10–2)17.
18.Missouri WesternSaginaw Valley State (1–0)Valdosta State (1–1)Colorado Mines (3–0)Wayne State (2–1)West Alabama (4–1)Wayne State (4–1)Emporia State (7–0)Miles (7–1)Pittsburg State (6–2)Valdosta State (8–2)Indianapolis (9–2)Chadron State (9–3)18.
19.ShepherdBloomsburg (1–0)Wayne State (0–1)Abilene Christian (2–1)West Alabama (3–1)Wayne State (3–1)Washburn (5–1)Washburn (6–1)Harding (6–1)Grand Valley State (7–2)Indianapolis (8–2)Missouri S&T (10–1)Harding (9–2)19.
20.WashburnValdosta State (0–1)Abilene Christian (1–1)Saginaw Valley State (2–1)Washburn (3–1)Washburn (4–1)West Texas A&M (5–1)IUP (6–1)Ouachita Baptist (6–1)Emporia State (8–1)Missouri S&T (9–1)Chadron State (9–2)Lenoir–Rhyne (9–3)20.
21.Humboldt StateOuachita Baptist (1–0)Kutztown (1–1)Wayne State (1–1)Shippensburg (4–0)West Texas A&M (4–1)Emporia State (6–0)Miles (6–1)Sioux Falls (7–1)West Alabama (7–2)Chadron State (8–2)Sioux Falls (9–2)West Alabama (9–4)21.
22.Albany StateDelta State (0–1)Ashland (2–0)Minnesota State (3–0) [note 2]IUP (3–1)IUP (4–1)IUP (5–1)Michigan Tech (5–1)Pittsburg State (5–2)California (PA) (7–2)Sioux Falls (8–2)Carson–Newman (8–2)Emporia State (10–2)22.
23.North GreenvilleIUP (1–0) [note 1]Colorado Mines (2–0)West Alabama (2–1)West Texas A&M (3–1)Sioux Falls (5–0)Harding (5–0)Sioux Falls (6–1)Grand Valley State (6–2)Tuskegee (7–1)Miles (8–2)Miles (8–2)Tuskegee (10–2)23.
24.West Texas A&MTexas A&M–Kingsville (1–0)West Alabama (1–1)Henderson State (3–0)Newberry (4–0)Humboldt State (4–1)UNC Pembroke (5–1)Grand Valley State (5–2)Hillsdale (6–2)Valdosta State (7–2)Carson–Newman (7–2)Emporia State (9–2)Missouri S&T (10–1)24.
25.BloomsburgHillsdale (0–1)Delta State (1–1)West Texas A&M (2–1)Sioux Falls (4–0)Emporia State (5–0)Shepherd (5–1)Harding (5–1)Charleston (7–1)Washburn (7–2)Emporia State (8–2)Charleston (9–2) тShepherd (8–3)25.
26.           Shepherd (8–2) т 26.
Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sept 4[2]
Week 2
Sept 11[3]
Week 3
Sept 18[4]
Week 4
Sept 25[5]
Week 5
Oct 2[6]
Week 6
Oct 9[7]
Week 7
Oct 16[8]
Week 8
Oct 23[9]
Week 9
Oct 30[10]
Week 10
Nov 6[11]
Week 11
Nov 13[12]
Week 12
Postseason[13]
Dropped:
  • 16 St. Cloud State
  • 19 Shepherd
  • 23 North Greenville
  • 24 West Texas A&M
Dropped:
  • 16 Albany State
  • 25 Hillsdale
Dropped:
  • 14 Texas A&M–Kingsville
  • 21 Kutztown
  • 25 Delta State
Dropped:
  • 16 Valdosta State
  • 18 Colorado Mines
  • 19 Abilene Christian
Dropped:
24 Newberry
Dropped:
  • 18 West Alabama
  • 23 Sioux Falls
  • 24 Humboldt State
Dropped:
  • 18 Wayne State
  • 24 UNC Pembroke
  • 25 Shepherd
Dropped:
  • 15 Saginaw Valley State
  • 22 Michigan Tech
Dropped:
  • 20 Ouachita Baptist
  • 24 Hillsdale
  • 25 Charleston
Dropped:
  • 18 Pittsburg State
  • 21 West Alabama
  • 22 California (PA)
  • 25 Washburn
Dropped:
15 Grand Valley State
Dropped:
  • 21 Sioux Falls
  • 23 Miles
  • 25 Charleston

Notes

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  1. ^ In the actual printed polls, IUP was listed as Indiana (PA)
  2. ^ In the actual printed polls, Minnesota State was listed as Minnesota State–Mankato

References

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  2. ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Top 25". Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois. September 4, 2012. p. B2. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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