2011 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2011 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2011 season.

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American Football Coaches Association poll

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Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sept 6[2]
Week 2
Sept 13[3]
Week 3
Sept 20[4]
Week 4
Sept 27[5]
Week 5
Oct 4[6]
Week 6
Oct 11[7]
Week 7
Oct 18[8]
Week 8
Oct 25[9]
Week 9
Nov 1[10]
Week 10
Nov 8[11]
Week 11
Nov 15[12]
Week 12
Postseason[13]
1.Minnesota–DuluthMinnesota–Duluth (1–0) (28)Minnesota–Duluth (2–0) (27)Northwest Missouri State (3–0) (26)Northwest Missouri State (4–0) (28)North Alabama (5–0) (26)North Alabama (6–0) (28)Delta State (7–1) (23)Delta State (8–1) (25)Delta State (8–1) (25)Delta State (9–1) (27)CSU–Pueblo (11–0) (16)Pittsburg State (13–1) (29)1.
2.Delta StateNorthwest Missouri State (1–0) (1)Northwest Missouri State (2–0) (2)North Alabama (3–0) (2)North Alabama (4–0)Bloomsburg (5–0)Delta State (6–1) (1)Bloomsburg (7–0) (4)Bloomsburg (8–0) (1)Pittsburg State (8–0) (3)CSU–Pueblo (10–0)Midwestern State (10–0) (11)Wayne State (12–4)2.
3.Northwest Missouri StateAbilene Christian (1–0)Abilene Christian (1–0)Shepherd (3–0)Shepherd (4–0)Delta State (5–1) (1)Bloomsburg (6–0)Washburn (7–0) (1)Pittsburg State (8–0) (2)Northwest Missouri State (8–1) (1)Midwestern State (9–0) (1)Winston–Salem State (11–0) (2)Winston–Salem State (13–1)3.
4.Abilene ChristianGrand Valley State (1–0)North Alabama (2–0)Bloomsburg (3–0)Valdosta State (4–0)Nebraska–Kearney (5–0)Nebraska–Kearney (6–0)Pittsburg State (7–0) (1)Northwest Missouri State (7–1) (1)CSU–Pueblo (9–0)Winston–Salem State (10–0) (1)Nebraska–Kearney (10–1)Delta State (11–3)4.
5.Grand Valley StateNorth Alabama (1–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–0)Valdosta State (3–0)Bloomsburg (4–0)Washburn (5–0)Washburn (6–0)North Alabama (6–1)North Alabama (6–1)Midwestern State (8–0)Nebraska–Kearney (9–1)New Haven (10–1)Northwest Missouri State (11–3)5.
6.North AlabamaTexas A&M–Kingsville (1–0)Albany State (2–0)Delta State (3–1)Delta State (4–1)Wayne State (5–0)Wayne State (6–0)Northwest Missouri State (6–1)Minnesota–Duluth (7–1)St. Cloud State (8–1)Washburn (9–1)Kutztown (10–1)Minnesota–Duluth (11–3)6.
7.Texas A&M–KingsvilleAlbany State (1–0)Shepherd (2–0)Nebraska–Kearney (3–0)Nebraska–Kearney (4–0)Northwest Missouri State (4–1) (1)Pittsburg State (6–0)Minnesota–Duluth (6–1)CSU–Pueblo (8–0)Winston–Salem State (9–0)New Haven (9–1)Pittsburg State (9–1)Midwestern State (10–1)7.
8.AugustanaShepherd (1–0)Bloomsburg (2–0)Washburn (3–0)Washburn (4–0)Pittsburg State (5–0) (1)Northwest Missouri State (5–1)CSU–Pueblo (7–0)Midwestern State (7–0)Nebraska–Kearney (8–1)Kutztown (9–1)Delta State (9–2)New Haven (11–2)8.
9.Albany State тBloomsburg (1–0)St. Cloud State (2–0)Wayne State (3–0)Wayne State (4–0)Minnesota–Duluth (4–1)Minnesota–Duluth (5–1)Abilene Christian (5–1)Winston–Salem State (8–0)Washburn (8–1)Pittsburg State (8–1)Minnesota–Duluth (9–2)CSU–Pueblo (11–1)9.
10.Bloomsburg тSt. Cloud State (1–0)Delta State (2–1)Abilene Christian (1–1)Minnesota–Duluth (3–1)Abilene Christian (3–1)Abilene Christian (4–1)Valdosta State (6–1)Nebraska–Kearney (7–1)New Haven (8–1)Minnesota–Duluth (8–2)Northwest Missouri State (9–2)Nebraska–Kearney (10–2)10.
11.ShepherdDelta State (1–1)Nebraska–Kearney (2–0)Minnesota–Duluth (2–1)Abilene Christian (2–1)CSU–Pueblo (5–0)CSU–Pueblo (6–0)Winston–Salem State (7–0)St. Cloud State (7–1)West Virginia Wesleyan (9–0)Northwest Missouri State (8–2)Abilene Christian (8–2)Washburn (10–3)11.
12.California (PA)Central Missouri (1–0)Valdosta State (2–0)Kutztown (3–0)Kutztown (4–0)Albany State (4–1)Valdosta State (5–1)Midwestern State (6–0)Washburn (7–1)Bloomsburg (8–1)Abilene Christian (7–2)North Alabama (8–2)North Greenville (11–3)12.
13.St. Cloud StateNebraska–Kearney (1–0)Washburn (2–0)Albany State (2–1)Albany State (3–1)Valdosta State (4–1)Winston–Salem State (6–0)Nebraska–Kearney (6–1)New Haven (7–1)Kutztown (8–1)North Alabama (7–2)Humboldt State (9–1)Kutztown (11–2)13.
14.WingateValdosta State (1–0)Wayne State (2–0)CSU–Pueblo (3–0)CSU–Pueblo (4–0)Shepherd (4–1)California (PA) (5–1)St. Cloud State (6–1)West Virginia Wesleyan (8–0)Slippery Rock (8–1)Humboldt State (8–1)St. Cloud State (9–2)North Alabama (9–3)14.
15.Central MissouriWashburn (1–0)Grand Valley State (1–1)Pittsburg State (3–0)Pittsburg State (4–0)California (PA) (4–1)Midwestern State (5–0)Humboldt State (6–0)Wayne State (7–1)Minnesota–Duluth (7–2)St. Cloud State (8–2)Washburn (9–2)California (PA) (10–3)15.
16.Nebraska–KearneyAugustana (0–1)Kutztown (2–0)Texas A&M–Kingsville (2–1)California (PA) (3–1)Winston–Salem State (5–0)St. Cloud State (5–1)New Haven (6–1)Kutztown (7–1)Abilene Christian (6–2)Albany State (8–2)Missouri Western State (9–2)Abilene Christian (8–3)16.
17.MercyhurstWayne State (1–0)Carson–Newman (2–0)California (PA) (2–1)St. Cloud State (3–1)St. Cloud State (4–1)West Texas A&M (4–1)Wayne State (6–1)Valdosta State (6–2)North Alabama (6–2)Missouri Western State (8–2)California (PA) (9–2)St. Cloud State (9–3)17.
18.WashburnMercyhurst (1–0)CSU–Pueblo (2–0)St. Cloud State (2–1)Edinboro (4–0)Midwestern State (4–0)New Haven (5–1)West Virginia Wesleyan (7–0)Slippery Rock (7–1)West Alabama (7–2)California (PA) (8–2)Bloomsburg (9–2)Missouri Western State (9–3)18.
19.West Texas A&MKutztown (1–0)Pittsburg State (2–0)Edinboro (3–0)Central Missouri (3–1)Central Missouri (4–1)Humboldt State (5–0)Kutztown (6–1)Abilene Christian (5–2)Humboldt State (7–1)West Virginia Wesleyan (9–1)Mars Hill (8–2)Mars Hill (8–3)19.
20.Valdosta StateCarson–Newman (1–0)Colorado Mines (2–0)Central Missouri (2–1)West Texas A&M (2–1)West Texas A&M (3–1)Kutztown (5–1)Bemidji State (6–1)West Texas A&M (5–2)West Texas A&M (6–2)Colorado Mines (8–2)North Greenville (9–2)Humboldt State (9–1)20.
21.Wayne StateCSU–Pueblo (1–0)California (PA) (1–1)West Texas A&M (1–1)Winston–Salem State (4–0)New Haven (4–1)West Virginia Wesleyan (6–0)Mars Hill (6–1)Humboldt State (6–1)Albany State (7–2)Bloomsburg (8–2)Shepherd (9–2)Bloomsburg (9–2)21.
22.Central WashingtonCalifornia (PA) (0–1)Michigan Tech (2–0)Winston–Salem State (3–0)Midwestern State (3–0)Hillsdale (4–1)West Alabama (5–1)Slippery Rock (6–1)Albany State (6–2)California (PA) (7–2)Wayne State (8–2)West Alabama (8–3)Shepherd (9–2)22.
23.KutztownWingate (0–1)New Haven (2–0)Northern Michigan (3–0)New Haven (3–1)Kutztown (4–1)Bemidji State (5–1)Ashland (5–2)West Alabama (6–2)Colorado Mines (7–2)Mars Hill (7–2)Central Missouri (8–3)West Alabama (8–4)23.
24.Henderson StateColorado Mines (1–0)Central Missouri (1–1)Bemidji State (3–0)Hillsdale (3–1)Humboldt State (4–0)Wayne State College (5–1)West Texas A&M (4–2)California (PA) (6–2)Wayne State (7–2)Slippery Rock (8–2)West Virginia Wesleyan (9–2)West Virginia Wesleyan (9–2)24.
25.Hillsdale тPittsburg State (1–0)Mercyhurst (1–1)Carson–Newman (2–1) тOuachita Baptist (3–0)Edinboro (4–1)Mars Hill (5–1)Albany State (5–2)Colorado Mines (6–2)Mars Hill (7–2) тSaginaw Valley State (7–2)Grand Valley State (8–3)West Texas A&M (8–3)25.
26.Shaw т  New Haven (2–1) т     Missouri Western State (7–2) т   26.
Preseason
[1]
Week 1
Sept 6[2]
Week 2
Sept 13[3]
Week 3
Sept 20[4]
Week 4
Sept 27[5]
Week 5
Oct 4[6]
Week 6
Oct 11[7]
Week 7
Oct 18[8]
Week 8
Oct 25[9]
Week 9
Nov 1[10]
Week 10
Nov 8[11]
Week 11
Nov 15[12]
Week 12
Postseason[13]
Dropped:
  • 19 West Texas A&M
  • 22 Central Washington
  • 24 Henderson State
  • 25 Hillsdale
  • 25 Shaw
Dropped:
  • 16 Augustana
  • 23 Wingate
Dropped:
  • 15 Grand Valley State
  • 20 Colorado Mines
  • 22 Michigan Tech
  • 25 Mercyhurst
Dropped:
  • 16 Texas A&M–Kingsville
  • 23 Northern Michigan
  • 24 Bemidji State
  • 25 Carson–Newman
Dropped:
25 Ouachita Baptist
Dropped:
  • 12 Albany State
  • 14 Shepherd
  • 19 Central Missouri
  • 22 Hillsdale
  • 25 Edinboro
Dropped:
  • 14 California (PA)
  • 22 West Alabama
  • 24 Wayne State College
Dropped:
  • 20 Bemidji State
  • 21 Mars Hill
  • 23 Ashland
Dropped:
17 Valdosta State
Dropped:
  • 18 West Alabama
  • 20 West Texas A&M
Dropped:
  • 16 Albany State
  • 20 Colorado Mines
  • 22 Wayne State
  • 24 Slippery Rock
  • 25 Saginaw Valley State
Dropped:
  • 23 Central Missouri
  • 25 Grand Valley State

Notes

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References

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  12. ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll". Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois. November 15, 2011. p. B2. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. 
  13. ^ "AFCA Division II Coaches Poll Final". Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois. December 20, 2011. p. B2. Retrieved June 9, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.