2013 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 2013 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). This is for the 2013 season.

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(#–#)		Win–loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

American Football Coaches Association poll

	Preseason [1]	Week 1 Sept 10[2]	Week 2 Sept 17[3]	Week 3 Sept 24[4]	Week 4 Oct 1[5]	Week 5 Oct 8[6]	Week 6 Oct 15[7]	Week 7 Oct 22[8]	Week 8 Oct 29[9]	Week 9 Nov 5[10]	Week 10 Nov 12[11]	Week 11 Nov 19[12]	Week 12 Postseason[13]
1.	Valdosta State (26)	Valdosta State (1–0) (29)	Valdosta State (1–0) (28)	Valdosta State (2–0) (29)	Valdosta State (3–0) (30)	Valdosta State (4–0) (28)	Minnesota State (6–0) (26)	Minnesota State (7–0) (25)	Minnesota State (8–0) (25)	Minnesota State (9–0) (22)	Minnesota State (10–0) (21)	Minnesota State (11–0) (21)	Northwest Missouri State (15–0) (32)	1.
2.	Minnesota State (3) [note 1]	Minnesota State (1–0) (2)	Minnesota State (2–0) (3)	Minnesota State (3–0) (2)	Minnesota State (4–0) (2)	Minnesota State (5–0) (2)	Northwest Missouri State (6–0) (4)	Northwest Missouri State (7–0) (7)	Northwest Missouri State (8–0) (7)	Northwest Missouri State (9–0) (9)	Northwest Missouri State (10–0) (10)	Northwest Missouri State (11–0) (10)	Lenoir–Rhyne (13–2)	2.
3.	West Texas A&M (1)	Northwest Missouri State (1–0)	Northwest Missouri State (2–0)	Northwest Missouri State (3–0)	Northwest Missouri State (4–0)	Northwest Missouri State (5–0)	CSU–Pueblo (6–0) (1)	CSU–Pueblo (7–0)	CSU–Pueblo (8–0)	CSU–Pueblo (9–0) (1)	CSU–Pueblo (10–0) (1)	CSU–Pueblo (11–0) (1)	Grand Valley State (12–3)	3.
4.	Northwest Missouri State (1)	West Texas A&M (1–0)	West Texas A&M (2–0)	West Texas A&M (3–0)	West Texas A&M (4–0)	West Texas A&M (5–0) (1)	Missouri Western State (6–0) (1)	Missouri Western State (7–0)	Henderson State (8–0)	Henderson State (9–0)	Henderson State (10–0)	Henderson State (11–0)	West Chester (13–2)	4.
5.	Winston–Salem State	CSU–Pueblo (1–0) (1)	CSU–Pueblo (2–0) (1)	CSU–Pueblo (3–0) (1)	CSU–Pueblo (4–0)	CSU–Pueblo (5–0) (1)	Henderson State (6–0)	Henderson State (7–0)	Bloomsburg (8–0)	Minnesota–Duluth (8–1)	Minnesota–Duluth (9–1)	Minnesota–Duluth (10–1)	St. Cloud State (12–2)	5.
6.	Missouri Western State	Missouri Western State (1–0)	Missouri Western State (2–0)	Missouri Western State (3–0)	Missouri Western State (4–0)	Missouri Western State (5–0)	Bloomsburg (6–0)	Bloomsburg (7–0)	Minnesota–Duluth (7–1)	Pittsburg State (8–1)	Pittsburg State (9–1)	Shepherd (10–0)	Minnesota State (11–1)	6.
7.	Shippensburg	Minnesota–Duluth (1–0)	Minnesota–Duluth (2–0)	IUP (3–0)	IUP (4–0)	IUP (5–0)	Pittsburg State (6–0)	Minnesota–Duluth (6–1)	Pittsburg State (7–1)	Shepherd (8–0)	Shepherd (9–0)	Ohio Dominican (10–0)	CSU–Pueblo (11–1)	7.
8.	CSU–Pueblo	IUP (1–0)	IUP (2–0)	Henderson State (3–0)	Henderson State (4–0)	Henderson State (5–0)	West Alabama (5–1)	UNC Pembroke (6–0)	Washburn (8–0)	West Chester (9–0)	Ohio Dominican (9–0)	UNC Pembroke (9–1)	Minnesota–Duluth (11–2)	8.
9.	Ashland	Henderson State (1–0)	Henderson State (2–0)	Grand Valley State (3–0)	Bloomsburg (4–0)	Bloomsburg (5–0)	Minnesota–Duluth (5–1)	Shepherd (7–0)	Shepherd (7–0)	Ohio Dominican (8–0)	Winston–Salem State (9–1)	Winston–Salem State (9–1)	Shepherd (11–1)	9.
10.	IUP [note 2]	Grand Valley State (1–0)	Grand Valley State (2–0)	Carson–Newman (3–0)	Pittsburg State (4–0)	Pittsburg State (5–0)	UNC Pembroke (5–0)	Washburn (7–0)	West Chester (8–0)	Emporia State (8–0)	UNC Pembroke (8–1)	Indianapolis (10–1)	North Alabama (10–3)	10.
11.	Minnesota–Duluth	Carson–Newman (1–0)	Carson–Newman (2–0)	Bloomsburg (3–0)	Minnesota–Duluth (3–1)	Minnesota–Duluth (4–1)	Shepherd (6–0)	Valdosta State (5–1)	Ohio Dominican (7–0)	Winston–Salem State (8–1)	Indianapolis (9–1)	Bloomsburg (10–1)	West Texas A&M (11–3)	11.
12.	New Haven	West Alabama (1–0)	Indianapolis (2–0)	Pittsburg State (3–0)	Shepherd (4–0)	Shepherd (5–0)	Valdosta State (4–1)	Pittsburg State (6–1)	Missouri Western State (7–1)	Midwestern State (7–1)	Bloomsburg (9–1)	St. Cloud State (10–1)	Ohio Dominican (10–1)	12.
13.	Henderson State	Midwestern State (0–0)	Bloomsburg (2–0)	Minnesota–Duluth (2–1)	UNC Pembroke (4–0)	UNC Pembroke (4–0)	Washburn (6–0)	West Chester (7–0)	Winston–Salem State (7–1)	Indianapolis (8–1)	St. Cloud State (9–1)	Lenoir–Rhyne (10–1)	Henderson State (11–1)	13.
14.	Grand Valley State	Indianapolis (1–0)	Pittsburg State (2–0)	Shepherd (3–0)	West Alabama (3–1)	West Alabama (4–1)	Tarleton State (5–0)	Ohio Dominican (7–0)	Emporia State (7–0)	UNC Pembroke (7–1)	Lenoir–Rhyne (9–1)	Emporia State (9–1)	Winston–Salem State (10–2)	14.
15.	Midwestern State	Bloomsburg (1–0)	Shepherd (2–0)	West Alabama (2–1)	Washburn (4–0)	Washburn (5–0)	West Chester (6–0)	Winston–Salem State (6–1)	West Texas A&M (7–1)	Washburn (8–1)	Saginaw Valley State (9–1)	West Chester (10–1)	UNC Pembroke (9–2)	15.
16.	West Alabama	Pittsburg State (1–0)	West Alabama (1–1)	UNC Pembroke (3–0)	Winston–Salem State (3–1)	Winston–Salem State (4–1)	Winston–Salem State (5–1)	West Texas A&M (6–1)	Carson–Newman (7–1)	Bloomsburg (8–1)	Emporia State (8–1)	North Alabama (8–2)	Bloomsburg (10–2)	16.
17.	Carson–Newman	Shepherd (1–0)	Tuskegee (2–0)	Winston–Salem State (2–1)	West Chester (4–0)	West Chester (5–0)	West Texas A&M (5–1)	Emporia State (7–0)	Midwestern State (6–1)	St. Cloud State (8–1)	West Chester (9–1)	Pittsburg State (9–2)	Carson–Newman (10–3)	17.
18.	Bloomsburg	Chadron State (1–0)	UNC Pembroke (2–0)	Washburn (3–0)	St. Cloud State (4–0)	Carson–Newman (4–1)	Ohio Dominican (6–0)	Carson–Newman (6–1) т	Indianapolis (7–1)	Lenoir–Rhyne (8–1)	Slippery Rock (9–1)	Carson–Newman (9–2)	Indianapolis (10–2)	18.
19.	Indianapolis	Tuskegee (1–0)	Winston–Salem State (1–1)	West Chester (3–0)	Chadron State (3–1)	Chadron State (4–1)	Carson–Newman (5–1)	Midwestern State (5–1) т	UNC Pembroke (6–1)	Saginaw Valley State (8–1)	Missouri Western State (8–2)	West Texas A&M (9–2)	Pittsburg State (10–2)	19.
20.	Chadron State	Winston–Salem State (0–1)	West Chester (2–0)	St. Cloud State (3–0)	Carson–Newman (3–1)	Ohio Dominican (5–0)	Emporia State (6–0)	Indianapolis (6–1)	West Alabama (6–2)	Slippery Rock (8–1)	North Alabama (7–2)	Slippery Rock (9–2)	Emporia State (9–2)	20.
21.	Pittsburg State	Ashland (0–1)	Chadron State (1–1)	Chadron State (2–1)	Indianapolis (3–1)	Indianapolis (4–1)	Indianapolis (5–1)	West Alabama (5–2)	St. Cloud State (7–1)	Newberry (8–1)	Carson–Newman (8–2)	Saginaw Valley State (9–2)	Slippery Rock (9–3)	21.
22.	Saginaw Valley State	North Alabama (1–0)	Washburn (2–0)	Indianapolis (2–1)	Tarleton State (3–0)	Tarleton State (4–0)	IUP (5–1)	St. Cloud State (6–1)	Lenoir–Rhyne (7–1)	Missouri Western State (7–2)	Virginia State (9–1)	Grand Valley State (9–2)	Saginaw Valley State (9–3)	22.
23.	Lenoir–Rhyne	UNC Pembroke (1–0) т	St. Cloud State (2–0)	Midwestern State (1–1)	Ohio Dominican (4–0)	Emporia State (5–0)	Newberry (6–0)	Tarleton State (5–1)	Saginaw Valley State (7–1)	Tuskegee (8–1)	Washburn (8–2)	IUP (9–2)	Newberry (9–3)	23.
24.	Tuskegee	West Chester (1–0) т	North Alabama (1–1)	Emporia State (3–0)	Emporia State (4–0)	Grand Valley State (4–1)	Midwestern State (4–1)	Lenoir–Rhyne (6–1)	Slippery Rock (7–1)	North Alabama (6–2)	Midwestern State (7–2)	Virginia State (9–1)	IUP (9–2)	24.
25.	Shepherd	Delta State (1–0)	Midwestern State (0–1)	Tarleton State (2–0)	Grand Valley State (3–1)	Midwestern State (3–1)	St. Cloud State (5–1)	Saginaw Valley State (6–1)	Newberry (7–1)	Carson–Newman (7–2) т	West Texas A&M (8–2)	Newberry (9–2)	Tuskegee (8–3)	25.
26.										Virginia State (8–1) т				26.
	Preseason [1]	Week 1 Sept 10[2]	Week 2 Sept 17[3]	Week 3 Sept 24[4]	Week 4 Oct 1[5]	Week 5 Oct 8[6]	Week 6 Oct 15[7]	Week 7 Oct 22[8]	Week 8 Oct 29[9]	Week 9 Nov 5[10]	Week 10 Nov 12[11]	Week 11 Nov 19[12]	Week 12 Postseason[13]
		Dropped: 7 Shippensburg 12 New Haven 22 Saginaw Valley State 23 Lenoir–Rhyne	Dropped: 21 Ashland 25 Delta State	Dropped: 17 Tuskegee 24 North Alabama	Dropped: 23 Midwestern State	Dropped: 18 St. Cloud State	Dropped: 19 Chadron State 24 Grand Valley State	Dropped: 22 IUP 23 Newberry	Dropped: 11 Valdosta State 23 Tarleton State	Dropped: 15 West Texas A&M 20 West Alabama	Dropped: 21 Newberry 23 Tuskegee	Dropped: 19 Missouri Western State 23 Washburn 24 Midwestern State	Dropped: 24 Virginia State

Notes

1. In the actual printed polls, Minnesota State was listed as Minnesota State–Mankato
2. In the actual printed polls, IUP was listed as Indiana (PA)

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