AFCA NCAA Division II Weekly Poll

2009 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll
September 7, 2009
Rank School (1st votes) Rec. Pts. Prev. Last Week Next Game
1. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (25) 2-0 625 1 D. Indianapolis (Ind.), 26-10 Sept. 12 vs. No. 16 Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.)
2. Abilene Christian (Texas) 2-0 589 3 D. Fort Lewis (Colo.), 58-10 Sept. 12 vs. Texas A&M-Commerce
3. North Alabama 2-0 571 4 D. No. 22 Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 31-14 Sept. 12 at Henderson St. (Ark.)
4. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 2-0 556 5 D. No. 7 Chadron St. (Colo.), 41-13 Sept. 12 vs. No. 7 Northwest Missouri St.
5. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 2-0 524 6 D. No. 17 California (Pa.), 17-10 Sept. 12 at Mercyhurst (Pa.)
6. Central Washington 2-0 499 9 D. No. 2 Minnesota-Duluth, 13-10 Sept. 12 vs. West Texas A&M
7. Northwest Missouri St. 1-1 459 8 D. Southwest Baptist (Mo.), 49-14 Sept. 12 vs. No. 4 Pittsburg St. (Kan.)
8. Minnesota St.-Mankato 2-0 386 10 D. Bemidji St. (Minn.), 37-34 OT Sept. 12 at Mary (N.D.)
9. Minnesota-Duluth 1-1 361 2 Lost to No. 9 Central Washington, 13-10 Sept. 12 at Southwest Minnesota St.
10. Delta St. (Miss.) 0-1 344 11 Idle Sept. 12 at Arkansas-Monticello
11. Texas A&M-Kingsville 2-0 320 18 D. East Central (Okla.), 39-7 Sept. 12 vs. No. 24 Central Oklahoma
12. Albany St. (Ga.) 2-0 315 16 D. Kentucky St., 45-0 Sept. 12 at Stillman (Ala.)
13. Central Missouri 2-0 298 19 D. Missouri S&T, 50-13 Sept. 12 at Emporia St. (Kan.)
14. Tuskegee (Ala.) 1-1 276 12 Lost to Miles (Ala.), 23-16 Sept. 12 vs. Fort Valley St. (Ga.)
15. Chadron St. (Neb.) 1-1 272 7 Lost to No. 5 Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 41-13 Sept. 12 vs. Adams St. (Colo.)
16. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) 2-0 221 24 D. Wayne St. (Mich.), 21-13 Sept. 12 at No. 1 Grand Valley St. (Mich.)
17. Catawba (N.C.) 2-0 187 25 D. Fayetteville St. (N.C.), 21-20 Sept. 12 vs. Livingstone (N.C.)
18. Valdosta St. (Ga.) 0-1 171 20 Idle Sept. 12 vs. Southern Arkansas
19. Ashland (Ohio) 1-1 148 23 D. Ferris St. (Mich.), 44-23 Sept. 12 vs. Michigan Tech
20. Winona St. (Minn.) 2-0 144 NR D. Northern St. (S.D.), 52-17 Sept. 12 at Bemidji St. (Minn.)
21. West Chester (Pa.) 1-1 142 14 Lost to Delaware, 35-0 Sept. 12 vs. California (Pa.)
22. Tarleton St. (Texas) 2-0 82 NR D. Northeastern St. (Okla.), 6-0 Sept. 12 vs. East Central (Okla.)
23. Wayne St. (Neb.) 2-0 79 NR D. Minnesota St.-Moorhead, 41-0 Sept. 12 vs. St. Cloud State (Minn.)
24t. Central Oklahoma 1-1 63 NR D. No. 13 West Texas A&M, 24-17 Sept. 12 at No. 11 Texas A&M-Kingsville
24t. Indiana (Pa.) 2-0 63 NR D. C.W. Post (N.Y.), 27-14 Sept. 12 vs. Millersville (Pa.)

Dropped Out: West Texas A&M (13), Edinboro (Pa.) (15), California (Pa.) (17), Glenville St. (W.Va.) (21), Carson-Newman (Tenn.) (22).

Others Receiving Votes: Washburn (Kan.), 61; Wingate (N.C.), 54; Augustana (S.D.), 41; Edinboro (Pa.), 38; Glenville St. (W.Va.), 31; California (Pa.), 29; Midwestern St. (Texas), 27; Charleston (W.Va.), 23; Missouri Western St., 20; Arkansas Tech, 19; West Texas A&M, 18; Tusculum (Tenn.), 16; North Carolina-Pembroke, 15; Indianapolis (Ind.), 14; Wayne St. (Mich.), 11; Newberry (S.C.), 6; Hillsdale (Mich.), 5; Findlay (Ohio), 1; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 1.

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