2004 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2004 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2004 season.

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American Football Coaches Association poll

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Preseason
[note 2]
Week 1
Sept 8[1]
Week 2
Sept 15[2]
Week 3
Sept 22[3]
Week 4
Sept 29[4]
Week 5
Oct 6[5]
Week 6
Oct 13[6]
Week 7
Oct 20[7]
Week 8
Oct 27[8]
Week 9
Nov 3[9]
Week 10
Nov 10[10]
Week 11
Postseason[11]
1.Grand Valley StateGrand Valley State (2–0) (24)Grand Valley State (3–0) (24)Grand Valley State (4–0) (25)Grand Valley State (4–0) (25)Grand Valley State (5–0) (24)Grand Valley State (6–0) (24)Pittsburg State (8–0) (23)Pittsburg State (9–0) (23)Pittsburg State (10–0) (24)Pittsburg State (11–0) (25)Valdosta State (13–1) (25)1.
2.North DakotaNorth Dakota (2–0) (1)North Dakota (3–0) (1)North Dakota (3–0)North Dakota (4–0)Pittsburg State (6–0) (1)Pittsburg State (7–0) (1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (6–0) (2)Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–0) (2)Northwest Missouri State (10–0) (1)Albany State (10–0)Pittsburg State (14–1)2.
3.Valdosta StateCarson–Newman (2–0)Carson–Newman (2–0)Pittsburg State (4–0)Pittsburg State (5–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (4–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (5–0)Northwest Missouri State (8–0)Northwest Missouri State (9–0)Albany State (9–0)Valdosta State (9–1)Northwest Missouri State (11–2)3.
4.Texas A&M–KingsvillePittsburg State (2–0)Pittsburg State (3–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (3–0)Northwest Missouri State (6–0)Northwest Missouri State (7–0)Albany State (7–0)Albany State (8–0)Michigan Tech (9–0)Northwest Missouri State (10–1)North Dakota (11–3)4.
5.Carson–NewmanTexas A&M–Kingsville (1–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0)Northwest Missouri State (4–0)Northwest Missouri State (5–0)Catawba (5–0)Albany State (6–0)Valdosta State (6–1)Valdosta State (7–1)Valdosta State (8–1)Colorado Mines (11–0)Albany State (11–1)5.
6.Pittsburg StateNorth Alabama (1–0)North Alabama (2–0)Catawba (3–0)Catawba (4–0)Central Oklahoma (6–0)St. Cloud State (7–0)North Dakota (6–1)North Dakota (7–1)Arkansas Tech (9–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (8–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (9–2)6.
7.North AlabamaTarleton State (2–0)Tarleton State (3–0)Central Oklahoma (4–0)Central Oklahoma (5–0)Albany State (5–0)Northwood (7–0)East Stroudsburg (7–0)Michigan Tech (8–0)South Dakota (9–1)Northwood (10–1)West Chester (11–4)7.
8.Tarleton StateCentral Missouri State (2–0)Northwest Missouri State (3–0)Albany State (4–0)Albany State (4–0)St. Cloud State (6–0)Valdosta State (5–1)Michigan Tech (7–0)Arkansas Tech (8–0)Colorado Mines (10–0)Winona State (10–1)Colorado Mines (12–1)8.
9.Central Missouri StateIUP (2–0)Catawba (3–0)Carson–Newman (2–1)Shippensburg (5–0)Carson–Newman (4–1)North Dakota (5–1)Arkansas Tech (7–0)Central Oklahoma (7–1)Texas A&M–Kingsville (7–1)Michigan Tech (9–1)Grand Valley State (10–3)9.
10.Central OklahomaCentral Oklahoma (2–0)Central Oklahoma (3–0)Shippensburg (4–0)Carson–Newman (3–1)Valdosta State (4–1)East Stroudsburg (6–0)Grand Valley State (6–1)South Dakota (8–1)Winona State (9–1)Shippensburg (10–1)Northwood (10–2)10.
11.Nebraska–OmahaNorthwest Missouri State (2–0)Albany State (3–0)Delta State (2–1)Delta State (3–1)North Dakota (4–1)Central Oklahoma (6–1)Central Oklahoma (7–1)Winona State (8–1)Northwood (9–1)East Stroudsburg (9–1)Michigan Tech (9–2)11.
12.TusculumCatawba (2–0)Shippensburg (3–0)Valdosta State (2–1)Valdosta State (3–1)Northwood (6–0)Arkansas Tech (6–0)Catawba (6–1)Colorado Mines (9–0)Shippensburg (9–1)Arkansas Tech (9–1)East Stroudsburg (10–2)12.
13.IUP [note 1]Albany State (2–0)Valdosta State (1–1)Saginaw Valley State (2–1)Saginaw Valley State (3–1)Saginaw Valley State (4–1)Michigan Tech (6–0)South Dakota (7–1)Northwood (8–1)East Stroudsburg (8–1)Carson–Newman (8–2)Winona State (10–2)13.
14.Northwest Missouri StateWinona State (2–0)Saginaw Valley State (1–1)North Alabama (2–1)Northwood (5–0)East Stroudsburg (5–0)Catawba (5–1)Winona State (7–1)Shippensburg (8–1)Carson–Newman (7–2)North Dakota (8–2)Carson–Newman (9–3)14.
15.CatawbaValdosta State (0–1)Central Missouri State (2–1)Northwood (4–0)St. Cloud State (5–0)Arkansas Tech (5–0)Winona State (6–1)Colorado Mines (8–0)East Stroudsburg (7–1)Nebraska–Omaha (8–2)Grand Valley State (8–2)Shippensburg (10–2)15.
16.Delta StateShippensburg (2–0)Delta State (1–1)Central Missouri State (3–1)Central Missouri State (4–1)Winona State (5–1)Colorado Mines (7–0)St. Cloud State (7–1)Saginaw Valley State (6–2)North Dakota (7–2)South Dakota (9–2)Arkansas Tech (10–2)16.
17.Winona StateSaginaw Valley State (0–1)Northwood (3–0)St. Cloud State (4–0)Tuskegee (3–0)Michigan Tech (5–0)Shippensburg (6–1)Shippensburg (7–1)Wingate (8–1)Grand Valley State (7–2)St. Cloud State (8–2)St. Cloud State (8–3)17.
18.Saginaw Valley StateBloomsburg (1–0)IUP (2–1)Tarleton State (3–1)East Stroudsburg (4–0)Shippensburg (5–1)South Dakota (6–1)Northwood (7–1)Carson–Newman (6–2)Tuskegee (7–1)Tuskegee (8–1)Edinboro (9–3)18.
19.ShippensburgDelta State (0–1)St. Cloud State (3–0)Central Arkansas (4–0)Winona State (4–1)Colorado Mines (6–0)Wingate (6–1)Saginaw Valley State (5–2)Grand Valley State (6–2)Central Oklahoma (7–2)Central Oklahoma (8–2)South Dakota (9–2)19.
20.BloomsburgSouthern Arkansas (2–0)Tuskegee (3–0)IUP (2–1)Central Arkansas (4–1)Delta State (3–2)Tuskegee (4–1)Wingate (7–1)Tuskegee (6–1)St. Cloud State (7–2)Bentley (8–1)Bentley (8–2)20.
21. Northwood (2–0)Winona State (2–1)Tuskegee (3–0)Arkansas Tech (4–0)Tuskegee (3–1)Carson–Newman (4–2)Carson–Newman (5–2)Nebraska–Omaha (7–2)West Chester (8–2)Edinboro (8–2)Central Oklahoma (8–2)21.
22.Albany StateNebraska–Omaha (1–1)Central Arkansas (3–0)Winona State (3–1)Michigan Tech (4–0)South Dakota (5–1)North Alabama (4–2)Tuskegee (5–1)Catawba (6–2)Wingate (8–2)Saginaw Valley State (7–3)Tuskegee (10–2)22.
23. Tusculum (1–1)Nebraska–Omaha (2–1)East Stroudsburg (3–0)Wingate (5–0)Central Missouri State (4–2)Saginaw Valley State (4–2)North Alabama (5–2)Central Arkansas (7–2)Bentley (8–1)West Chester (8–3)Southeastern Oklahoma State (8–3)23.
24.Southern ArkansasTuskegee (2–0)Tusculum (2–1)Tusculum (2–1)Colorado Mines (5–0) [note 4]North Alabama (3–2)Midwestern State (5–1)Central Arkansas (6–2)St. Cloud State (7–2)Edinboro (7–2)Nebraska–Omaha (8–3)Nebraska–Omaha (8–3)24.
25.NorthwoodSt. Cloud State (2–0) [note 3]East Stroudsburg (3–0)South Dakota (4–0)South Dakota (4–1)California (PA) (4–1)Central Arkansas (5–2)Nebraska–Omaha (6–2)West Chester (7–2)Saginaw Valley State (6–3)Southeastern Oklahoma State (8–2)Saginaw Valley State (7–3)25.
Preseason
[note 2]
Week 1
Sept 8[1]
Week 2
Sept 15[2]
Week 3
Sept 22[3]
Week 4
Sept 29[4]
Week 5
Oct 6[5]
Week 6
Oct 13[6]
Week 7
Oct 20[7]
Week 8
Oct 27[8]
Week 9
Nov 3[9]
Week 10
Nov 10[10]
Week 11
Postseason[11]
Dropped:
  • 21
  • 23
Dropped:
  • 18 Bloomsburg
  • 20 Southern Arkansas
Dropped:
23 Nebraska–Omaha
Dropped:
  • 14 North Alabama
  • 18 Tarleton State
  • 20 IUP
  • 24 Tusculum
Dropped:
  • 20 Central Arkansas
  • 23 Wingate
Dropped:
  • 20 Delta State
  • 23 Central Missouri State
  • 25 California (PA)
Dropped:
24 Midwestern State
Dropped:
23 North Alabama
Dropped:
  • 22 Catawba
  • 23 Central Arkansas
Dropped:
22 Wingate
None

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.
  3. ^ In some of the actual printed polls, Saint Cloud State was incorrectly listed as State Cloud State
  4. ^ In the actual printed polls, Colorado Mines was listed as Colorado School of Mines

References

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  1. ^ "AFCA Division II Poll". Argus-Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. September 8, 2004. p. 2C. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  2. ^ "Division II Poll". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. September 15, 2004. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  3. ^ "Division II Poll". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. September 22, 2004. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  4. ^ "Division II Poll". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. September 29, 2004. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  5. ^ "Division II Poll". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. October 6, 2004. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  6. ^ "AFCA Division II Poll". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. October 13, 2004. p. C6. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  7. ^ "AFCA Division II poll". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. October 20, 2004. p. 2C. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  8. ^ "AFCA Division II poll". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. October 27, 2004. p. 2C. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  9. ^ "Division II poll". The Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. November 4, 2004. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  10. ^ "AFCA Division II Poll". St. Cloud Times. St. Cloud, Minnesota. November 10, 2004. p. 2D. Retrieved June 4, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  11. ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on February 7, 2005. Retrieved August 27, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)