American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll

Rank School (1st votes) 2007 Rec. Pts. 2007 Rank*
Season Opener Head Coach

1.Valdosta St. (Ga.) (17) 13-1 627 1
Aug. 23 vs. Fort Valley St. (Ga.) David Dean

2.Grand Valley St. (Mich.) (6) 12-1 608 3
Sept. 6 vs. Indianapolis (Ind.) Chuck Martin

3.Northwest Missouri St. (1) 12-2 596 2
Aug. 30 vs. No. 8 Abilene Christian (Texas) Mel Tjeerdsma

4. North Alabama 10-2 517 6
Aug. 28 vs. Southern Arkansas Mark Hudspeth

5. California (Pa.) 13-1 501 4
Aug. 30 vs. No. 16 West Chester (Pa.) John Luckhardt

6. Carson-Newman (Tenn.) (2) 10-1 466 14
Aug. 28 at Concord (W.Va.) Ken Sparks

7. Nebraska-Omaha 10-1 453 7
Sept. 6 vs. Nebraska-Kearney Pat Behrns

8. Abilene Christian (Texas) 10-3 405 15
Aug. 30 at No. 3 Northwest Missouri St. Chris Thomsen

9. Chadron St. (Neb.) 12-1 382 5
Aug. 28 at Mary (N.D.) Bill O'Boyle

10. West Texas A&M 12-1 337 8
Aug. 28 at No. 23 Mesa St. (Colo.) Don Carthel

11. Central Washington 10-3 281 11
Aug. 30 at Dixie St. (Utah) Blaine Bennett

12. Delta St. (Miss.) 10-2 274 10
Sept. 6 at McNeese St. (La.) Ron Roberts

13. Shepherd (W.Va.) 10-2 268 13
Aug. 30 at Shippensburg (Pa.) Monte Cater

14. Tuskegee (Ala.) 12-0 256 16
Sept. 6 vs. Miles (Ala.) Willie Slater

15. Ashland (Ohio) 8-2 246 22
Aug. 30 vs. No. 25 Bloomsburg (Pa.) Lee Owens

16. West Chester (Pa.) 9-3 213 17
Aug. 30 at No. 5 California (Pa.) Bill Zwaan

17. Pittsburg St. (Kan.) 8-3 190 NR
Aug. 30 at Central Oklahoma Chuck Broyles

18. Texas A&M-Commerce 5-6 166 NR
Aug. 30 at Northwestern St. (La.) Scotty Conley

19. Catawba (N.C.) 11-2 165 12
Aug. 30 vs. St. Augustine’s (N.C.) Chip Hester

20. Newberry (S.C.) 9-2 163 20
Aug. 30 vs. No. 1 Valdosta St. (Ga.) Zak Willis

21. Indiana (Pa.) 9-3 155 18
Sept. 6 at C.W. Post (N.Y.) Lou Tepper

22. Minnesota-Duluth 4-6 154 NR
Aug. 30 at Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) Bob Nielson

23. Mesa St. (Colo.) 10-2 119 19
Aug. 28 vs. No. 10 West Texas A&M Joe Ramunno

24. Southern Connecticut St. 9-4 103 NR
Aug. 30 at West Virginia Wesleyan Rich Cavanaugh

25T. Bloomsburg (Pa.) 7-3 95 NR
Aug. 30 at No. 15 Ashland (Ohio) Danny Hale

25T. Virginia Union 9-3 95 NR
Aug. 28 at East Stroudsburg (Pa.) Greg Richardson

*– Ranking in final AFCA Division II Poll of 2007

Others Receiving Votes: Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 82; Winona St. (Minn.), 81; Albany St. (Ga.), 79; Washburn (Kan.), 64; Tarleton St. (Texas), 49; Shaw (N.C.), 31; Southeastern Oklahoma St., 29; Missouri Western St., 23; Bentley (Mass.), 20; Slippery Rock (Pa.), 19; Central Missouri, 18; Tusculum (Tenn.), 14; Western Oregon, 14; Northwood (Mich.), 12; C.W. Post (N.Y.), 11; West Liberty St. (W.Va.), 10; Edinboro (Pa.), 9; Midwestern St. (Texas), 9; Henderson St. (Ark.), 7; Hillsdale (Mich.), 7; Harding (Ark.), 6; Nebraska-Kearney, 6; Missouri S&T, 4; Tiffin (Ohio), 3; Colorado School of Mines, 2; Fort Valley St. (Ga.), 2; Kentucky St., 2; St. Cloud State (Minn.), 2.