Division II Football Conference Preseason Polls: 2026
/CIAA
1. Virginia Union
2. Johnson C. Smith
3. Fayetteville State
4. Virginia State
5. Winston-Salem State
6. Livingstone
7. Elizabeth City State
8. Bowie State
9. Bluefield State
10. Shaw
11. Lincoln University
Conference Carolinas
1. North Greenville (35, 5 first-place votes)
2. UNC Pembroke (32, 2)
3. Barton (25)
4. Ferrum (19)
T5. Chowan (15)
T5. Shorter (15)
7. Erskine (6)
Great American Conference
1. Harding (121, 11 first-place votes)
2. Ouachita Baptist (103, 1)
3. Southern Arkansas (99)
4. Henderson State (95)
5. Arkansas Tech (78)
6. East Central (68)
7. SW Oklahoma State (67)
8. SE Oklahoma State (53)
9. Arkansas-Monticello (38)
10. Oklahoma Baptist (30)
11. Southern Nazarene (24)
12. NW Oklahoma State (16)
GLIAC
1. Ferris State (49, 7 first-place votes)
2. Grand Valley State (43, 1)
3. Michigan Tech (34)
4. Davenport (31)
5. Saginaw Valley State (28)
6. Northern Michigan (18)
7. Roosevelt (11)
8. Wayne State (10)
GLVC
1. Indianapolis (63, 7 first-place votes)
2. Truman State (58, 2)
3. Upper Iowa (46)
4. Missouri S&T (40)
5. Quincy (33)
T6. McKendree (27)
T6. Southwest Baptist (27)
8. William Jewell (22)
9. Lincoln (8)
Great Midwest
1. Ashland (87, 6 first-place votes)
2. Northwood (85, 4)
3. Findlay (74)
4. Tiffin (66)
5. Hillsdale (61)
6. Walsh (51)
7. Ohio Dominican (42)
8. Lake Erie (36)
9. Thomas More (25)
10. Kentucky Wesleyan (18)
Lone Star Conference
1. Central Washington (276, 16 first-place votes)
2. Western Oregon (247, 9)
3. West Texas A&M (217, 1)
4. Angelo State (215, 1)
5. UT Permian Basin (203, 2)
6. Texas A&M Kingsville (162)
7. Eastern New Mexico (125, 1)
8. Midwestern State (112)
9. Western New Mexico (58)
10. Sul Ross State (35)
MIAA (Coaches Poll)
1. Pittsburg State (7 first-place votes)
2. Northwest Missouri (3)
3. Central Oklahoma
4. Fort Hays State
5. Central Missouri
6. Emporia State
7. Nebraska Kearney
8. Washburn
9. Missouri Western
10. Missouri Southern
Mountain East Conference
1. Frostburg State (64, 8 first-place votes)
2. Charleston (57, 1)
3. Fairmont State (41)
4. West Virginia State (39)
5. Wheeling (36)
6. Glenville State (32)
T7. West Liberty (22)
T7. Concord (22)
9. West Virginia Wesleyan
NE10
1. Bentley (47, 5 first-place votes)
2. Assumption (45, 3)
3. Franklin Pierce (33)
4. Southern Connecticut State (31)
5. Saint Anselm (27)
6. AIC (18)
7. Post (12)
8. Pace (11)
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference
North Division:
1. Minnesota Duluth (36, 6 first-place votes) – 154 overall points (conference wide)
2. Northern State (29) – 106 overall points
3. Bemidji State (25, 1) – 97 overall points
4. MSU Moorhead (23) – 86 overall points
5. Minot State (15) – 52 overall points
6. University of Mary (10) – 51 overall points
7. Jamestown (9) – 29 overall points
South Division:
1. Minnesota State (36, 6 first-place votes) – 166 overall points (conference wide)
2. Augustana (29, 1) – 145 overall points
3. Sioux Falls (27) – 126 overall points
4. Wayne State (22) – 125 overall points
5. Winona State (16) – 83 overall points
6. Concordia-St. Paul (9) – 34 overall points
7. Southwest Minnesota State (8) – 21 overall points
PSAC
Eastern Division:
1. Kutztown (6 first-place votes)
2. East Stroudsburg
3. Shepherd (1)
4. West Chester
5. Bloomsburg
6. Shippensburg
7. Millersville
Western Division:
1. IUP (5 first-place votes)
2. Slippery Rock (3)
3. California
4. Edinboro
5. Clarion
6. Seton Hill
7. Lock Haven
8. Gannon
RMAC (Coaches Poll)
1. CSU Pueblo (80, 8 first-place votes)
2. Western Colorado (69, 1)
3. Colorado School of Mines (62)
4. Chadron State (60, 1)
5. Colorado Mesa (52)
6. New Mexico Highlands (38)
7. South Dakota Mines (34)
8. Black Hills State (29)
9. Fort Lewis (16)
10. Adams State (10)
South Atlantic Conference (Coaches Poll)
1. Wingate (72, 2 first-place votes)
2. Newberry (67, 5)
3. Lenoir-Rhyne (64, 2)
4. Carson-Newman (59, 1)
5. Emory & Henry (56)
6. Catawba (46)
7. Anderson (31)
8. Mars Hill (27)
9. UVA Wise (16)
10. Tusculum (12)
SIAC (Coaches Poll)
1. Edward Waters
2. Benedict
3. Tuskegee
4. Albany State
5. Kentucky State
6. Allen
7. Miles
8. Fort Valley State
9. Savannah State
10. Clark Atlanta
11. Central State
12. Morehouse
13. Lane