2002 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2002 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2002 season.

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American Football Coaches Association poll

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Preseason
[note 2]
Week 1
Sept 3[1]
Week 2
Sept 10[2]
Week 3
Sept 17[3]
Week 4
Sept 24[4]
Week 5
Oct 1[5]
Week 6
Oct 8[6]
Week 7
Oct 15[7]
Week 8
Oct 22[8]
Week 9
Oct 29[9]
Week 10
Nov 5[10]
Week 11
Nov 12[11]
1.Grand Valley StateGrand Valley State (0–0) (21)Grand Valley State (1–0) (27)Grand Valley State (1–0) (27)Grand Valley State (2–0) (26)Grand Valley State (3–0) (26)Grand Valley State (4–0) (26)Grand Valley State (5–0) (27)Grand Valley State (6–0) (27)Grand Valley State (7–0) (27)Grand Valley State (8–0) (27)Grand Valley State (9–0) (26)1.
2.North DakotaNorth Dakota (1–0) (6)Valdosta State (2–0)Valdosta State (2–0)Valdosta State (3–0)Valdosta State (4–0)Valdosta State (5–0)Valdosta State (6–0)Valdosta State (7–0)Valdosta State (8–0)Valdosta State (9–0)Valdosta State (10–0) (1)2.
3.Valdosta StateValdosta State (1–0)Pittsburg State (1–0)Pittsburg State (2–0)Pittsburg State (3–0)Pittsburg State (4–0)Pittsburg State (5–0)Saginaw Valley State (6–0)Carson–Newman (7–0)Carson–Newman (8–0)Carson–Newman (9–0)Carson–Newman (10–0)3.
4.Pittsburg StatePittsburg State (1–0)Saginaw Valley State (1–0)Saginaw Valley State (2–0)Saginaw Valley State (3–0)Saginaw Valley State (4–0)Saginaw Valley State (5–0)Carson–Newman (6–0)Northwest Missouri State (7–0)Northwest Missouri State (8–0)Northwest Missouri State (9–0)Northwest Missouri State (10–0)4.
5.Texas A&M–KingsvilleTexas A&M–Kingsville (0–0)Carson–Newman (2–0)Carson–Newman (3–0)Carson–Newman (4–0)Carson–Newman (4–0)Carson–Newman (5–0)Northwest Missouri State (6–0)UC Davis (5–1)UC Davis (6–1)UC Davis (7–1)Central Washington (11–0)5.
6.UC DavisUC Davis (0–0)Tarleton State (2–0)Tarleton State (3–0)Tarleton State (4–0)Northwest Missouri State (4–0)Northwest Missouri State (5–0)UC Davis (4–1)Central Missouri (7–0)Central Missouri (8–0)Central Washington (10–0)IUP (10–1)6.
7.IUP [note 1]Carson–Newman (1–0)Tuskegee (2–0)Northwest Missouri State (2–0)Northwest Missouri State (3–0)Central Arkansas (4–0)Central Arkansas (5–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (4–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–1)Central Washington (9–0)IUP (9–1)Northern Colorado (9–1)7.
8.Carson–NewmanSaginaw Valley State (0–0)Catawba (1–0)Tuskegee (3–0)Tuskegee (4–0) (1)Tuskegee (4–0) (1)Tuskegee (4–1) (1)Central Missouri (6–0)Central Washington (8–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (6–1)Northern Colorado (8–1)Central Missouri (9–1)8.
9.Saginaw Valley StateBloomsburg (0–0)Northwest Missouri State (1–0)Central Arkansas (2–0)Central Arkansas (3–0)UC Davis (3–1)UC Davis (3–1)Central Washington (7–0)Saginaw Valley State (6–1)IUP (8–1)Catawba (7–1)Tuskegee (9–1)9.
10.BloomsburgTarleton State (1–0)Chadron State (1–0)UC Davis (1–1)UC Davis (2–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–0)IUP (6–1)IUP (7–1)Catawba (6–1)Tuskegee (8–1)C.W. Post (10–0)10.
11.Nebraska–OmahaTuskegee (1–0)UC Davis (0–1)Nebraska–Kearney (2–0)Tusculum (4–0)Tusculum (4–0)Tusculum (5–0)Pittsburg State (5–1)Tarleton State (6–1)Northern Colorado (7–1)Central Missouri (8–1)Minnesota–Duluth (10–0)11.
12.Tarleton StateCatawba (0–0)Central Arkansas (1–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (1–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (1–1)Central Missouri (4–0)Central Missouri (6–0)Tarleton State (5–1)Catawba (5–1)Tuskegee (7–1)C.W. Post (9–0)Nebraska–Kearney (9–1)12.
13.TuskegeeChadron State (0–0)Nebraska–Kearney (2–0)Tusculum (3–0)Central Missouri (3–0)IUP (4–1)Central Washington (5–1)Catawba (4–1)Northern Colorado (6–1)C.W. Post (8–0)Nebraska–Kearney (8–1)Pittsburg State (8–2)13.
14.Chadron StateNorthwest Missouri State (0–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (0–1)Central Missouri (2–0)IUP (3–1)Central Washington (5–0)IUP (4–0)Central Arkansas (5–1)C.W. Post (7–0)Nebraska–Kearney (7–1)Minnesota–Duluth (9–0)UC Davis (7–2)14.
15.CatawbaCentral Arkansas (0–0)Tusculum (2–0)IUP (2–1)Western Washington (2–0)Western Washington (3–0)Western Washington (5–1)C.W. Post (6–0)Tuskegee (6–1)Minnesota–Duluth (8–0)Pittsburg State (7–2)Saginaw Valley State (8–2)15.
16.Northwest Missouri StateNebraska–Kearney (1–0)Central Missouri (1–0)North Dakota (2–1)Central Washington (4–0)C.W. Post (4–0)Tarleton State (5–1)Northern Colorado (5–1)Nebraska–Kearney (6–1)Emporia State (7–1)Saginaw Valley State (7–2)Fayetteville State (9–1)16.
17.Central ArkansasTusculum (1–0)C.W. Post (1–0)Western Washington (2–0)C.W. Post (3–0)Catawba (2–1)Catawba (3–1)Tuskegee (5–1)Tusculum (6–1)Pittsburg State (6–2)Tarleton State (6–2)Tarleton State (7–2)17.
18. Central Missouri (1–0)IUP (1–1)C.W. Post (2–0)Catawba (2–1)Tarleton State (4–1)C.W. Post (5–0)Harding (6–0)Minnesota–Duluth (7–0)Saginaw Valley State (6–2)Fayetteville State (8–1)Catawba (7–2)18.
19. C.W. Post (0–0)North Dakota (1–1)Catawba (1–1)Northern Colorado (2–1)Northern Colorado (3–1)Northern Colorado (4–1)Chadron State (5–1)East Stroudsburg (5–1)Harding (7–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (6–2)Findlay (9–1)19.
20.C.W. PostShepherd (0–0)Western Washington (1–0)Central Washington (3–0)Bloomsburg (2–1)Bloomsburg (3–1)Findlay (5–0)Nebraska–Kearney (5–1)Pittsburg State (5–2)Tarleton State (6–2)Findlay (8–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–2)20.
21.TusculumFort Valley State (1–0)Shepherd (1–0)Shepherd (2–0)Chadron State (2–1)Chadron State (3–1)Chadron State (4–1)Tusculum (5–1)St. Cloud State (6–1)Fayetteville State (7–1)Bentley (9–0)St. Cloud State (8–2)21.
22.ShepherdIUP (0–1)Central Washington (2–0)Missouri Western State (2–0)Nebraska–Kearney (2–1)Findlay (4–0)Harding (5–0)East Stroudsburg (5–1)Emporia State (6–1)Bentley (8–0)Chadron State (7–2)Chadron State (7–2)22.
23.Central MissouriNebraska–Omaha (0–1)Northern Colorado (1–0)Bloomsburg (1–1)Findlay (3–0)Nebraska–Kearney (3–1)Nebraska–Kearney (4–1)Western Washington (4–1)Central Arkansas (5–2)Findlay (7–1)Emporia State (7–2)Emporia State (8–2)23.
24.Fort Valley StateWestern Washington (0–0)Bloomsburg (0–1)Chadron State (1–1)Harding (3–0)Harding (4–0)East Stroudsburg (4–1)Minnesota–Duluth (6–0)Harding (6–1)Tusculum (6–2)Southern Arkansas (7–2)Bentley (9–1)24.
25.Nebraska–KearneyNorthern Colorado (0–0)Missouri Western State (2–0)Northern Colorado (1–1)Fort Valley State (3–1)Eastern New Mexico (4–0)St. Cloud State (5–0)North Dakota (4–2)Bentley (7–0) тChadron State (6–2)St. Cloud State (7–2)Eastern New Mexico (8–2)25.
26.        Fayetteville State (6–1) т   26.
Preseason
[note 2]
Week 1
Sept 3[1]
Week 2
Sept 10[2]
Week 3
Sept 17[3]
Week 4
Sept 24[4]
Week 5
Oct 1[5]
Week 6
Oct 8[6]
Week 7
Oct 15[7]
Week 8
Oct 22[8]
Week 9
Oct 29[9]
Week 10
Nov 5[10]
Week 11
Nov 12[11]
Dropped:
  • 18
  • 19
Dropped:
  • 21 Fort Valley State
  • 23 Nebraska–Omaha
NoneDropped:
  • 16 North Dakota
  • 21 Shepherd
  • 22 Missouri Western State
Dropped:
25 Fort Valley State
Dropped:
  • 20 Bloomsburg
  • 25 Eastern New Mexico
Dropped:
  • 20 Findlay
  • 25 St. Cloud State
Dropped:
  • 19 Chadron State
  • 23 Western Washington
  • 25 North Dakota
Dropped:
  • 19 East Stroudsburg
  • 21 St. Cloud State
  • 23 Central Arkansas
Dropped:
  • 19 Harding
  • 24 Tusculum
Dropped:
24 Southern Arkansas

Notes

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  1. ^ In the actual printed polls, IUP was listed as Indiana (PA)
  2. ^ Although one was published, no preseason poll has been found. 23 of the 25 rankings are known, based on the first regular season poll.

References

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  1. ^ "Division II Poll". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. September 4, 2002. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  2. ^ "Division II Poll". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. September 11, 2002. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  3. ^ "Division II Poll". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. September 18, 2002. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  4. ^ "Division II Poll". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. September 25, 2002. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  5. ^ "Division II Poll". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. October 2, 2002. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  6. ^ "Division II Poll". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. October 9, 2002. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  7. ^ "AFCA Division II poll". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. October 16, 2002. p. 2B. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  8. ^ "AFCA Division II poll". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. October 23, 2002. p. 2B. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  9. ^ "Division II Poll". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. October 30, 2002. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  10. ^ "Division II Poll". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. November 6, 2002. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  11. ^ "AFCA Division II Poll". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota. November 13, 2002. p. C9. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.