American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll

Line One: Rank School (1st votes), 2006 Rec., Pts., 2006 Rank; Line Two: Season Opener, Head Coach

1. Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (25) 15-0 694 1
Aug. 30 vs. St. Joseph’s (Ind.) Chuck Martin
2. Northwest Missouri St. (2) 14-1 672 2
Aug. 23 vs. Arkansas Tech Mel Tjeerdsma
3. North Dakota (1) 11-2 606 7
Aug. 23 vs. Humboldt St. (Calif.) Dale Lennon
4. North Alabama 11-1 594 6
Sept. 8 vs. Tusculum (Tenn.) Mark Hudspeth
5. Chadron St. (Neb.) 12-1 484 5
Aug. 25 at No. 25 Washburn (Kan.) Bill O’Boyle
6. Valdosta St. (Ga.) 8-2 446 14
Sept. 1 vs. No. 20 Albany St. (Ga.) David Dean
7. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 10-2 436 15
Aug. 25 vs. Texas A&M-Commerce Chuck Broyles
8. Shepherd (W.Va.) 11-1 373 8
Aug. 25 vs. Millersville (Pa.) Monte Cater
9. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 12-2 356 4
Sept. 1 vs. C.W. Post (N.Y.) Danny Hale
10. South Dakota 9-4 349 13
Aug. 30 at No. 24 West Texas A&M Ed Meierkort
11. Abilene Christian (Texas) 8-3 346 20
Sept. 1 at Central Oklahoma Chris Thomsen
12. Delta St. (Miss.) 12-3 343 3
Sept. 1 at Jackson St. (Miss.) Ron Roberts
13. Nebraska-Omaha 8-3 333 11
Sept. 1 at Nebraska-Kearney Pat Behrns
14. Northwood (Mich.) 8-3 313 18
Sept. 1 vs. Mercyhurst (Pa.) Pat Riepma
15. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 8-3 293 NR
Aug. 23 vs. Virginia St. Ken Sparks
16. Newberry (S.C.) 11-2 260 12
Sept. 1 vs. Chowan (N.C.) Zak Willis
17. West Chester (Pa.) 9-4 248 24
Sept. 1 at Edinboro (Pa.) Bill Zwaan
18. Southeastern Oklahoma St. 6-4 227 NR
Aug. 30 vs. Northwestern Oklahoma St. Ray Richards
19. Bemidji St. (Minn.) 9-3 194 23
Sept. 1 at Minnesota-Duluth Jeff Tesch
20. Albany St. (Ga.) 8-3 191 NR
Aug. 25 vs. North Carolina Central Mike White
21T. Elizabeth City St. (N.C.) 9-3 185 21
Sept. 1 vs. Catawba (N.C.) Waverly Tillar
21T. California (Pa.) 8-3 185 NR
Aug. 27 at East Stroudsburg (Pa.) John Luckhardt
23. Midwestern St. (Texas) 10-3 174 17
Aug. 25 at Adams St. (Colo.) Bill Maskill
24. West Texas A&M 11-2 148 10
Aug. 30 vs. No. 10 South Dakota Don Carthel
25. Washburn (Kan.) 7-4 86 NR
Aug. 25 vs. No. 5 Chadron St. (Neb.) Craig Schurig

*– Ranking in final AFCA Division II Poll of 2006

Others Receiving Votes: Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 79; Tiffin (Ohio), 70; Missouri Western St., 59; Southern Connecticut St., 53; Indiana (Pa.), 36; Tuskegee (Ala.), 36; Southwestern Oklahoma St., 26; Winona St. (Minn.), 26; St. Augustine’s (N.C.), 25; Tarleton St. (Texas), 22; Humboldt St. (Calif.), 20; Nebraska-Kearney, 12; C.W. Post (N.Y.), 9; Catawba (N.C.), 9; Fayetteville St. (N.C.), 9; Central Washington, 8; Ferris St. (Mich.), 7; Wingate (N.C.), 7; Arkansas Tech, 5; Bowie St. (Md.), 5; Mary (N.D.), 5; Henderson St. (Ark.), 4; North Greenville (S.C.), 3; Western Washington, 3; Kentucky St., 2; Minnesota-Duluth, 2; Lane (Tenn.), 1; Merrimack (Mass.), 1; Texas A&M-Kingsville, 1.

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