Latest NCAA D2 Rankings Set Up A Top 20 Matchup At Stokes Stadium

Photo Courtesy of Brad Boyer, Alpha Media Moberly, MO

The latest NCAA Division II rankings produce a Top 20 matchup at Stokes Stadium in Kirksville this Saturday. In the American Football Coaches Association Poll, 6-0 Truman State makes a five-spot jump to 19th. 5-0 Indianapolis slips a spot to 13th. In the D2Football.com Poll, Truman moves up two spots to 18th and UIndy (you-indy) remains 14th. The GLVC leaders will kickoff at noon. We will have the broadcast on KRES and centralmoinfo.com starting at 11:15.

That’s not the only showdown in Super Region 3. Top ranked Ferris State (Mich.) plays at 7th ranked Grand Valley State (Mich.) in their Anchor-Bone Game this Saturday. Central Missouri moves up one spot to 17th. You can see the full set of rankings with this story at centralmoinfo.com.

1 Ferris St. (Mich.) (27) 4-1 747 1 D. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 38-17 Oct. 14 at No. 7 Grand Valley St. (Mich.)
2 Colorado School of Mines (3) 6-0 720 2 D. Colorado Mesa, 52-0 Oct. 14 vs. South Dakota Mines
3 Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 6-0 667 3 D. No. 20 Emporia St. (Kan.), 33-25 Oct. 14 at Missouri Southern St.
4 Minnesota St. 6-0 639 4 D. Minnesota St.-Moorhead, 24-21 Oct. 14 vs. Western Oregon
5 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 6-0 622 5 D. East Central (Okla.), 31-14 Oct. 14 at No. 9 Harding (Ark.)
6 West Florida 5-1 583 6 D. Shorter (Ga.), 42-3 Oct. 14 at West Alabama
7 Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 4-1 566 7 D. Kentucky St., 65-7 Oct. 14 vs. No. 1 Ferris St. (Mich.)
8 Delta St. (Miss.) 6-0 556 8 D. No. 19 Valdosta St. (Ga.), 49-25 Oct. 14 vs. North Greenville (S.C.)
9 Harding (Ark.) 6-0 525 9 D. Northwestern Oklahoma, 62-0 Oct. 14 vs. No. 5 Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)
10 Slippery Rock (Pa.) 6-0 476 10 D. Mercyhurst (Pa.), 75-31 Oct. 14 at Gannon (Pa.)
11 Benedict (S.C.) (1) 6-0 420 11 D. Miles (Ala.), 27-24 Oct. 12 vs. Fort Valley St. (Ga.)
12 Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) 6-0 384 13 D. Limestone (S.C.), 31-28 OT Oct. 14 vs. Barton (N.C.)
13 Indianapolis (Ind.) 5-0 373 12 D. William Jewell (Mo.), 59-17 Oct. 14 at No. 19 Truman St. (Mo.)
14 Western Colorado 6-0 358 15 D. South Dakota Mines, 43-20 Oct. 14 vs. Black Hills St. (S.D.)
15 Bemidji St. (Minn.) 4-1 329 14 Idle Oct. 14 at Wayne St. (Neb.)
16 Davenport (Mich.) 5-0 305 16 D. Northern Michigan, 28-12 Oct. 14 at Wayne St. (Mich.)
17 Central Missouri 5-1 266 18 D. Nebraska-Kearney, 38-14 Oct. 14 at Northeastern St. (Okla.)
18 Henderson St. (Ark.) 5-1 180 22 D. Southern Nazarene (Okla.), 42-28 Oct. 14 vs. Southern Arkansas
19 Truman St. (Mo.) 6-0 163 24 D. Quincy (Ill.), 33-27 Oct. 14 vs. No. 13 Indianapolis (Ind.)
20 Angelo St. (Tex.) 3-2 127 21 Idle Oct. 14 at Texas A&M-Kingsville
21 Assumption (Mass.) 4-1 109 23 D. American International (Mass.), 38-14 Oct. 14 at Franklin Pierce (N.H.)
22 Augustana (S.D.) 6-0 103 NR D. Southwest Minnesota St., 38-6 Oct. 14 at Winona St. (Minn.)
23 Shepherd (W.Va.) 5-1 98 25 D. Lock Haven (Pa.), 27-10 Oct. 14 at Millersville (Pa.)
24 Virginia St. 6-0 83 NR D. Bowie St. (Md.), 44-16 Oct. 14 vs. Bluefield St. (W.Va.)
25 Emporia St. (Kan.) 4-2 79 20 Lost to No. 3 Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 33-25 Oct. 14 vs. Washburn (Kan.)

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.