{"id":94792,"date":"2025-08-25T13:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T13:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/94792\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T13:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T13:54:07","slug":"d2-football-rankings-2025-flocollege-debuts-preseason-top-25-ferris-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/94792\/","title":{"rendered":"D2 Football Rankings 2025: FloCollege Debuts Preseason Top 25, Ferris No. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

FloCollege<\/a> is proud to unveil our debut Division 2 Football Top 25 Rankings. Each week of the 2025\u201326 season, we\u2019ll be serving up a fresh batch of 25 elite D2 football<\/a> teams as they scratch and claw their way through the gridiron gauntlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Our rankings combine recent team performance, voter input, and key metrics like total wins, margin of victory, and road success.<\/p>\n

For the preseason list, we cracked open the vault and pulled data from Week 10 through the playoffs last season\u2014highlighting teams that finished strong.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

As the season kicks off, last year\u2019s data will phase out. After that, rankings will reflect only the current season\u2014with every game carrying weight, early or late.<\/p>\n

For now, defending champions Ferris State<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

See what other teams made the cut in the debut FloCollege D2 Football Rankings.<\/p>\n

FloCollege D2 Football Rankings 2025: PreseasonFerris StateHardingGrand Valley StateSlippery RockValdosta StateCentral OklahomaWest FloridaKutztownVirginia UnionMinnesota StateAngelo StateCharleston (WV)CSU PuebloWestern ColoradoIndianapolisBemidji StatePittsburg StateLenoir\u2013RhyneOuachita BaptistCentral MissouriWest AlabamaTrumanMilesSouthern ArkansasUNC Pembroke<\/p>\n

26. Central Washington, 27. California (PA), 28. UT Permian Basin, 29. Ashland, 30. Colorado Mines, 31. Carson\u2013Newman, 32. Wingate, 33. East Stroudsburg<\/p>\n

Methodology For 2025-26 Top 25 D2 Rankings<\/p>\n

The FloCollege Division 2 football rankings are driven by a mix of objective data and input from voters.<\/p>\n

Ranking factors include:<\/p>\n

Voter PointsWinsMargin of VictoryAway WinsD2 College Football Week 0 Games 2025<\/p>\n

Thursday, August 28, 2025<\/p>\n

4:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Colorado Mesa vs Central Washington (FloCollege<\/a>)6:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Northeastern State vs Saginaw Valley (FloCollege<\/a>)6:00 p.m. ET \u2013 MSU Moorhead vs Northern Michigan (FloCollege<\/a>)7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Pittsburg State vs Ferris State (FloCollege<\/a>)7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Bemidji State vs Michigan Tech (FloCollege<\/a>)7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 West Liberty vs Walsh (FloCollege<\/a>)7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Central Missouri vs Delta State (FloCollege<\/a>)8:00 p.m. ET \u2013 New Mexico Highlands vs Eastern New Mexico (FloCollege<\/a>)6:00 p.m. ET \u2013 McKendree vs Indiana State6:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Wheeling vs Clarion6:00 p.m. ET \u2013 UIndy vs Marian (IN)7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Virginia State vs Barton7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Edinboro vs East Stroudsburg7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Fairmont State vs Seton Hill7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Livingstone vs Charleston (WV)7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Nebraska-Kearney vs Wayne State (NE)7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Northwest Missouri State vs Minnesota State7:30 p.m. ET \u2013 Midland vs Mary7:30 p.m. ET \u2013 Upper Iowa vs Drake7:30 p.m. ET \u2013 Concordia-St. Paul vs Quincy8:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Angelo State vs Fort Hays State8:00 p.m. ET \u2013 South Dakota Mines vs CSU Pueblo8:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Minot State vs Emporia State8:00 p.m. ET \u2013 West Texas A&M vs Western Colorado8:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Sioux Falls vs Black Hills State8:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Winona State vs Minnesota Duluth<\/p>\n

Friday, August 29, 2025<\/p>\n

7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Lenoir-Rhyne vs West Florida (FloCollege<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Saturday, August 30, 2025<\/p>\n

11:00 a.m. ET \u2013 West Virginia State vs Carson-Newman (FloCollege<\/a>)12:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Lincoln (PA) vs Grand Valley State (FloCollege<\/a>)5:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Saint Anselm vs Pace (FloCollege<\/a>)5:15 p.m. ET \u2013 Fort Valley State vs West Alabama (FloCollege<\/a>)6:00 p.m. ET \u2013 UNC Pembroke vs Wingate (FloCollege<\/a>)6:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Concord vs UVA Wise (FloCollege<\/a>)6:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Ferrum vs Catawba (FloCollege<\/a>)7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Central Oklahoma vs Texas Permian Basin (FloCollege<\/a>)8:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Adams State vs Western New Mexico (FloCollege<\/a>)11:00 a.m. ET \u2013 Davenport vs Gannon11:00 a.m. ET \u2013 Anderson (SC) vs Shorter1:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Albany State (GA) vs Shaw1:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Kentucky State vs Central State (OH)1:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Emory & Henry vs Glenville State1:00 p.m. ET \u2013 West Virginia Wesleyan vs Post1:15 p.m. ET \u2013 Clark Atlanta vs Valdosta State1:00 p.m. ET \u2013 William Jewell vs Fort Lewis1:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Washburn vs Truman State1:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Missouri Western vs Augustana (SD)2:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Chadron State vs Northern Colorado2:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Morehouse vs Johnson C. Smith6:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Edward Waters vs Savannah State6:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Allen vs Morehead State6:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Shepherd vs Frostburg State6:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Elizabeth City State vs Chowan7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Thomas More vs Southern Illinois7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Tusculum vs Bluefield State7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Central Methodist vs Missouri S&T7:30 p.m. ET \u2013 Lincoln (CA) vs Lincoln (MO)8:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Midwestern State vs Missouri Southern State8:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Sul Ross State vs UTRGV<\/p>\n

Sunday, August 31, 2025<\/p>\n

3:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Miles vs Virginia Union7:00 p.m. ET \u2013 Tuskegee vs Winston-SalemHow To Watch D2 Football In 2025<\/p>\n

Hundreds of Division 2 football games will stream live on FloCollege and the FloSports app.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Game replays, highlights and breaking news will also be available on both platforms.<\/a><\/p>\n

Watch 5 Hours Of D2 Football Highlights<\/p>\n

Archived Footage On FloCollege<\/p>\n

Video footage from all games will be archived and stored in a video library for FloCollege subscribers<\/a> to watch for the duration of their subscriptions.<\/p>\n

Watch The 2025 College Football Season On FloCollege<\/p>\n

FloCollege is the home of the best FCS, Division II and Division III football action all season long.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Don’t miss the latest college football action by bookmarking the FloCollege schedule page<\/a> for the latest games.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Join The College Football Conversation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FloCollege is proud to unveil our debut Division 2 Football Top 25 Rankings. Each week of the 2025\u201326…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-94792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}