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NCAA Division 2 Football Rankings On October 14

NCAA Division 2 Football Rankings On October 14

The Anchor-Bone Classic will feature a showdown of the No. 1-ranked Ferris State Bulldogs and the No. 7-ranked Grand Valley State University Lakers

Oct 14, 2023 by Joe Harrington
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As is the usual case, the Anchor-Bone Classic will feature a pair of top-10-ranked Division II NCAA football teams. 

Ferris State remained No.1 in the Division II poll on Oct. 9 after the Bulldogs beat Saginaw Valley State 38-17. Ferris State has not budged from the top spot in the rankings and the only loss came on the road to the No. 10-ranked FCS program, Montana.

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The defending DII national champions will face its toughest DII challenge of the 2023 season thus far in the form of its biggest rival, Grand Valley State University. 

GVSU, the last DII program to beat Ferris State, came in at No. 7 in the latest poll. The only loss the Lakers have suffered was to No. 2-ranked Colorado School of Mines on the road in Week 1. 

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The South Atlantic Conference and the Gulf South Conference are also well represented in the rankings. GSC teams West Florida is ranked No. 6 and Delta State No. 8. Valdosta State dropped from the rankings after its loss to Delta State. 

Undefeated Lenoir-Rhyne (6-0) of the SAC is No. 12. 

Here are the full rankings: 

NCAA DII Football Rankings For Week 6 (Oct. 9, 2023)

  1. Ferris St. (Mich.) (27)    4-1    747    
  2. Colorado School of Mines (3)    6-0    720    
  3. Pittsburg St. (Kan.)    6-0    667    
  4. Minnesota St.    6-0    639    
  5. Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)    6-0    622    
  6. West Florida    5-1    583    
  7. Grand Valley St. (Mich.)    4-1    566    
  8. Delta St. (Miss.)    6-0    556    
  9. Harding (Ark.)    6-0    525    
  10. Slippery Rock (Pa.)    6-0    476    
  11. Benedict (S.C.) (1)    6-0    420    
  12. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.)    6-0    384    
  13. Indianapolis (Ind.)    5-0    373    
  14. Western Colorado    6-0    358    
  15. Bemidji St. (Minn.)    4-1    329    
  16. Davenport (Mich.)    5-0    305    
  17. Central Missouri    5-1    266    
  18. Henderson St. (Ark.)    5-1    180    
  19. Truman St. (Mo.)    6-0    163    
  20. Angelo St. (Tex.)    3-2    127    
  21. Assumption (Mass.)    4-1    109    
  22. Augustana (S.D.)    6-0    103    
  23. Shepherd (W.Va.)    5-1    98    
  24. Virginia St.    6-0    83    
  25. Emporia St. (Kan.)    4-2    79    

Dropped Out: Minnesota-Duluth (17), Valdosta St. (Ga.) (19)

Others Receiving Votes: Valdosta St. (Ga.), 51; Tiffin (Ohio), 46; Virginia Union, 40; Missouri Western St., 33; Minnesota-Duluth, 30; Texas A&M-Kingsville, 24; Texas-Permian Basin, 20; Charleston (W.Va.), 18; Tuskegee (Ala.), 6; Central Washington, 2; Barton (N.C.), 1; Southern Arkansas, 1.

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