FloCollege is proud to unveil our debut Division 2 Football Top 25 Rankings. Each week of the 2025–26 season, we’ll be serving up a fresh batch of 25 elite D2 football teams as they scratch and claw their way through the gridiron gauntlet. 

Our rankings combine recent team performance, voter input, and key metrics like total wins, margin of victory, and road success.

For the preseason list, we cracked open the vault and pulled data from Week 10 through the playoffs last season—highlighting teams that finished strong.

Take UNC Pembroke: unranked in most preseason lists, but coming in at No. 25 here after closing last season with three straight wins by a combined 156 points.

As the season kicks off, last year’s data will phase out. After that, rankings will reflect only the current season—with every game carrying weight, early or late.

For now, defending champions Ferris State have carved out their spot at the top, followed by Harding and GVSU, but the first two weeks of football are stacked and in D2 football, nothing stays still for long. The margins are tight. The debates? Inevitable.

See what other teams made the cut in the debut FloCollege D2 Football Rankings.

FloCollege D2 Football Rankings 2025: PreseasonFerris StateHardingGrand Valley StateSlippery RockValdosta StateCentral OklahomaWest FloridaKutztownVirginia UnionMinnesota StateAngelo StateCharleston (WV)CSU PuebloWestern ColoradoIndianapolisBemidji StatePittsburg StateLenoir–RhyneOuachita BaptistCentral MissouriWest AlabamaTrumanMilesSouthern ArkansasUNC Pembroke

26. Central Washington, 27. California (PA), 28. UT Permian Basin, 29. Ashland, 30. Colorado Mines, 31. Carson–Newman, 32. Wingate, 33. East Stroudsburg

Methodology For 2025-26 Top 25 D2 Rankings

The FloCollege Division 2 football rankings are driven by a mix of objective data and input from voters.

Ranking factors include:

Voter PointsWinsMargin of VictoryAway WinsD2 College Football Week 0 Games 2025

Thursday, August 28, 2025

4:00 p.m. ET – Colorado Mesa vs Central Washington (FloCollege)6:00 p.m. ET – Northeastern State vs Saginaw Valley (FloCollege)6:00 p.m. ET – MSU Moorhead vs Northern Michigan (FloCollege)7:00 p.m. ET – Pittsburg State vs Ferris State (FloCollege)7:00 p.m. ET – Bemidji State vs Michigan Tech (FloCollege)7:00 p.m. ET – West Liberty vs Walsh (FloCollege)7:00 p.m. ET – Central Missouri vs Delta State (FloCollege)8:00 p.m. ET – New Mexico Highlands vs Eastern New Mexico (FloCollege)6:00 p.m. ET – McKendree vs Indiana State6:00 p.m. ET – Wheeling vs Clarion6:00 p.m. ET – UIndy vs Marian (IN)7:00 p.m. ET – Virginia State vs Barton7:00 p.m. ET – Edinboro vs East Stroudsburg7:00 p.m. ET – Fairmont State vs Seton Hill7:00 p.m. ET – Livingstone vs Charleston (WV)7:00 p.m. ET – Nebraska-Kearney vs Wayne State (NE)7:00 p.m. ET – Northwest Missouri State vs Minnesota State7:30 p.m. ET – Midland vs Mary7:30 p.m. ET – Upper Iowa vs Drake7:30 p.m. ET – Concordia-St. Paul vs Quincy8:00 p.m. ET – Angelo State vs Fort Hays State8:00 p.m. ET – South Dakota Mines vs CSU Pueblo8:00 p.m. ET – Minot State vs Emporia State8:00 p.m. ET – West Texas A&M vs Western Colorado8:00 p.m. ET – Sioux Falls vs Black Hills State8:00 p.m. ET – Winona State vs Minnesota Duluth

Friday, August 29, 2025

7:00 p.m. ET – Lenoir-Rhyne vs West Florida (FloCollege)

Saturday, August 30, 2025

11:00 a.m. ET – West Virginia State vs Carson-Newman (FloCollege)12:00 p.m. ET – Lincoln (PA) vs Grand Valley State (FloCollege)5:00 p.m. ET – Saint Anselm vs Pace (FloCollege)5:15 p.m. ET – Fort Valley State vs West Alabama (FloCollege)6:00 p.m. ET – UNC Pembroke vs Wingate (FloCollege)6:00 p.m. ET – Concord vs UVA Wise (FloCollege)6:00 p.m. ET – Ferrum vs Catawba (FloCollege)7:00 p.m. ET – Central Oklahoma vs Texas Permian Basin (FloCollege)8:00 p.m. ET – Adams State vs Western New Mexico (FloCollege)11:00 a.m. ET – Davenport vs Gannon11:00 a.m. ET – Anderson (SC) vs Shorter1:00 p.m. ET – Albany State (GA) vs Shaw1:00 p.m. ET – Kentucky State vs Central State (OH)1:00 p.m. ET – Emory & Henry vs Glenville State1:00 p.m. ET – West Virginia Wesleyan vs Post1:15 p.m. ET – Clark Atlanta vs Valdosta State1:00 p.m. ET – William Jewell vs Fort Lewis1:00 p.m. ET – Washburn vs Truman State1:00 p.m. ET – Missouri Western vs Augustana (SD)2:00 p.m. ET – Chadron State vs Northern Colorado2:00 p.m. ET – Morehouse vs Johnson C. Smith6:00 p.m. ET – Edward Waters vs Savannah State6:00 p.m. ET – Allen vs Morehead State6:00 p.m. ET – Shepherd vs Frostburg State6:00 p.m. ET – Elizabeth City State vs Chowan7:00 p.m. ET – Thomas More vs Southern Illinois7:00 p.m. ET – Tusculum vs Bluefield State7:00 p.m. ET – Central Methodist vs Missouri S&T7:30 p.m. ET – Lincoln (CA) vs Lincoln (MO)8:00 p.m. ET – Midwestern State vs Missouri Southern State8:00 p.m. ET – Sul Ross State vs UTRGV

Sunday, August 31, 2025

3:00 p.m. ET – Miles vs Virginia Union7:00 p.m. ET – Tuskegee vs Winston-SalemHow To Watch D2 Football In 2025

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