NCAA Division 2 Football Rankings For Week 8 (October 16)
NCAA Division 2 Football Rankings For Week 8 (October 16)
The NCAA Division II rankings included a new No.1 after Ferris State lost to GVSU Football in the Anchor-Bone Classic. Here's the new top 25.
Reigning NCAA Division II National Champion Ferris State was ousted from the No.1 ranking in Week 8 and nearly booted from the top 10 after losing to rival Grand Valley State University.
The Bulldogs were losing 35-0 at one point but did close the gap on GVSU Football in the second half before losing 49-28. Ferris State cut the lead to 35-28 in the second half.
Moving to No.1 in the rankings is Colorado School of Mines (7-0). Ferris State beat Colorado School of Mines 41-14 to win the 2022 Division II National Championship Game.
The loss sent the two-loss Bulldogs to No.9 in the Division II rankings, while sending GVSU, previously at No. 7, to No.4. The other loss Ferris State has is to FCS power Montana on the road. The Grizzlies were ranked No.6 in the latest FCS poll.
Delta State of the GSC moved into the top-five of the rankings, going from No. 8 to No. 5 following a win over North Greenville, 49-27.
Lenoir-Rhyne of the SAC moved up two spots as the 7-0 Bears beat Barton College 47-3.
Taking a tumble in the rankings was West Florida following their upset loss to West Alabama, 10-6. West Florida (5-2) went from, No. 6 to No. 18. That loss to West Alabama sets up a massive showdown this week between Delta State and West Florida.
NCAA Division 2 Football Rankings For Week 8
- Colorado School of Mines (28) 7-0 723
- Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 7-0 691
- Minnesota St. 7-0 655
- Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 5-1 618
- Delta St. (Miss.) 7-0 597
- Harding (Ark.) 7-0 577
- Slippery Rock (Pa.) 7-0 519
- Benedict (S.C.) 7-0 497
- Ferris St. (Mich.) 4-2 486
- Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 7-0 451
- Indianapolis (Ind.) 6-0 427
- Western Colorado 7-0 396
- Davenport (Mich.) 6-0 338
- Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 6-1
- Bemidji St. (Minn.) 5-1 325
- Central Missouri 6-1 298
- Augustana (S.D.) 7-0 222
- West Florida 5-2 221 6
- Angelo St. (Tex.) 4-2 182
- Virginia St. (1) 7-0 173 24
- Assumption (Mass.) 5-1 151
- Shepherd (W.Va.) 6-1 131
- Tiffin (Ohio) 7-0 97
- Emporia St. (Kan.) 5-2 70
- Truman St. (Mo.) 6-1 62
Dropped Out: Henderson St. (Ark.) (18)
Others Receiving Votes: Virginia Union, 45; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 42; Texas-Permian Basin, 27; Charleston (W.Va.), 21; Minnesota-Duluth, 15; Henderson St. (Ark.), 13; Southern Arkansas, 12; Missouri Western St., 10; Central Washington, 4.
How Does The NCAA Division 2 Football Playoffs Work?
The 50th anniversary of the NCAA Division II Playoffs will feature 28 teams in a single elimination tournament.
How Division II decides which teams go to the postseason, however, is through a completely different process than the postseasons of the FCS and Division III.
The Super Region system is unique to Division II, where no conference has an automatic bid to the playoffs, and the postseason places are decided by the top-ranked teams in each of the four Super Regions – groups of conferences (and potentially independents) in a similar geographic area.
- More On The NCAA Division II Playoffs: How Do The NCAA Division II Football Playoffs Work?
A top-10 Super Regional ranking of all the conference’s members in a particular Super Region is released each of the final three weeks of the regular season. At the end, the teams considered by the selection committee to make up the top 7 in each Super Region, qualify for their Super Region’s playoff bracket, where the No. 1 seed receives a first-round bye.
For 2023, Super Region 1 mainly consists of Midwestern/eastern schools, Super Region 2 the southeast, Super Region 3 the Midwest, mid-south and Great Plains and Super Region 4 much of Division II’s northern and western membership, plus Texas.
- Brian Napier
When Do The NCAA Division 2 Football Playoffs Start?
The first round of the playoffs begin on Nov. 18.
When Is The NCAA Division 2 Football National Championship Game?
The NCAA Division II Football National Championship Game is Dec. 16 at McKinney Independent School District Stadium in McKinney, Texas.
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