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Where Is Every Ranked NCAA Division II Football Team Playing In Week 9

Where Is Every Ranked NCAA Division II Football Team Playing In Week 9

The Division 2 football landscape has been shaken up the last two weeks. Here's where every Top 25 team is playing this week.

Oct 23, 2024 by Cameron Belcher
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Week 7 may have seemed chaotic, but Week 8 in Division II proved to be even more tumultuous, with multiple unexpected results, causing Grand Valley State to rise to the top and claim the No. 1 spot.

Slippery Rock and West Alabama were also both upset in their games, both dropping outside the top ten.

Meanwhile, one of the biggest matchups of the year looms, as No. 1 Grand Valley State hosts No. 3 Ferris State. 

Here's what to know. 

Where Will The Top 10 Teams Be Playing?

  • To start off with Grand Valley State they will be playing in the biggest game of the year and will be at home in Allendale, MI. They will welcome long-time foe, No. 3 Ferris State Bulldogs for the 2024 edition of the Anchor-Bone Classic. 
  • Former No. 1 Harding now at No. 7, will face No. 22 Southern Arkansas back at home as they look to keep themselves in playoff contention
  • Ouachita Baptist, the team responsible for the defeat of Harding, are taking that swagger on the road to play at Arkansas Tech.

Where Every Ranked Division II Team Is Playing This Weekend

  • No. 3 Ferris State at No. 1 Grand Valley State
  • Chowan vs No. 2 Valdosta State
  • Shepherd vs No. 4 Kutztown
  • Arkansas Tech at No. 5 Ouachita Baptist
  • No. 6 Pittsburg State at No. 9 Central Oklahoma
  • No. 22 Southern Arkansas vs No. 7 Harding
  • No. 8 Western Colorado at No. 10 Colorado School of Mines 
  • Fairmont State vs No. 11 Charleston (W.Va)
  • No. 13 Minnesota State vs No. 25 Augustana
  • No. 14 Emporia State at Nebraska-Kearney
  • No. 15 Slippery Rock at Clarion 
  • Limestone vs No. 16 Lenoir-Rhyne
  •  No. 17 Carson-Newman at Emory & Henry
  • Chowan vs No. 18 West Alabama
  • No. 19 Johnson C. Smith at Winston-Salem State
  • Midwestern State at No. 20 Central Washington 
  • No. 21 Indianapolis at Upper Iowa
  • Shorter vs No. 23 West Florida
  • No. 24 Delta State at North Greenville

AFCA NCAA Division II Football Rankings In Week 9

  1. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (27) - Prev. 2
  2. Valdosta St. (Ga.) (3) - Prev. 3
  3. Ferris St. (Mich.) - Prev. 4
  4. Kutztown (Pa.) - Prev. 5
  5. Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) - Prev. 9
  6. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) - Prev. 7
  7. Harding (Ark.) - Prev. 1
  8. Western Colorado - Prev. 8
  9. Central Oklahoma - Prev. 11
  10. Colorado School of Mines - Prev. 12
  11. Charleston (W.Va.) - Prev. 13
  12. Colorado St.-Pueblo - Prev. 14
  13. Minnesota St. - Prev. 15
  14. Emporia St. (Kan.) - Prev. 16
  15. Slippery Rock (Pa.) - Prev. 6
  16. Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) - Prev. 17
  17. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) - Prev. 18
  18. West Alabama - Prev. 10
  19. Johnson C. Smith (N.C.) - Prev. 20
  20. Central Washington - Prev. 21
  21. Indianapolis (Ind.) - Prev. 19
  22. Southern Arkansas - Prev. 24
  23. West Florida - Prev. 23
  24. Delta St. (Miss.) - Prev. NR
  25. Augustana (S.D.) - Prev. NR

Dropped Out: Frostburg St. (Md.) (22), Henderson St. (Ark.) (25)

Others Receiving Votes: Angelo St. (Tex.), 22; Findlay (Ohio), 22; California (Pa.), 21; Virginia Union, 20; Wayne St. (Neb.), 16; Wingate (N.C.), 10; Sioux Falls (S.D.), 8; Colorado Mesa, 7; Indiana (Pa.), 7; New Haven (Conn.), 7; Davenport (Mich.), 6; Frostburg St. (Md.), 6; Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 4; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 3; Ashland (Ohio), 2; Emory & Henry (Va.), 1; Western Oregon, 1.

When Do The NCAA Division II Football Playoffs Start?

The playoffs begin on Nov. 23 and end on Dec. 21 at District Stadium in McKinney, Texas. 

When Is The Anchor Bone Classic

The Lakers will host Ferris State at 3 p.m. ETS on Oct. 26. The game is streaming on FloFootball and the FloSports app. 

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