NCAA Division II football

Rankings

The AFCA Coaches Poll, published by the American Football Coaches Association and shown as published.

AFCA Coaches Poll, Week 8, 2026

Released Monday, October 26, 2026. Records are as printed in the poll; first-place votes in parentheses.

Rank	School	Conference	Record	Points	Prev.	Change
1	Ferris State (29)	Great Lakes Intercollegiate	8-0	749	1	-
2	Harding	Great American	8-0	719	2	-
3	Kutztown	PSAC	8-0	681	3	-
4	Colorado State Pueblo	Rocky Mountain	8-0	649	4	-
5	Minnesota State	Northern Sun	8-0	639	5	-
6	Western Colorado	Rocky Mountain	8-0	584	6	-
7	Slippery Rock	PSAC	8-0	569	7	-
8	Emporia State	MIAA	8-0	540	8	-
9	Davenport	Great Lakes Intercollegiate	8-0	505	9	-
10	Northwood	Great Midwest	8-0	470	10	-
11	Northwest Missouri State	MIAA	6-1	437	11	-
12	Central Washington	Lone Star	6-2	420	13	up 1
13	Findlay	Great Midwest	7-1	388	14	up 1
14	Carson-Newman	South Atlantic	7-1	346	15	up 1
15	Michigan Tech	Great Lakes Intercollegiate	6-2	322	12	down 3
16	North Greenville	Conference Carolinas	7-1	280	18	up 2
17	Valdosta State	Gulf South	5-1	271	17	-
18	Henderson State	Great American	7-1	246	19	up 1
19	Virginia Union	CIAA	7-1	212	20	up 1
20	Minnesota Duluth	Northern Sun	6-2	182	21	up 1
21	Benedict	SIAC	7-1	161	23	up 2
22	Virginia State	CIAA	7-1	114	24	up 2
23	West Liberty	Mountain East	7-1	67	NR	new
24	East Stroudsburg	PSAC	7-1	60	NR	new
25	Grand Valley State	Great Lakes Intercollegiate	5-3	39	16	down 9