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.

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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: Preseason

1. Ferris State
2. Harding
3. Grand Valley State
4. Slippery Rock
5. Valdosta State
6. Central Oklahoma
7. West Florida
8. Kutztown
9. Virginia Union
10. Minnesota State
11. Angelo State
12. Charleston (WV)
13. CSU Pueblo
14. Western Colorado
15. Indianapolis
16. Bemidji State
17. Pittsburg State
18. Lenoir–Rhyne
19. Ouachita Baptist
20. Central Missouri
21. West Alabama
22. Truman
23. Miles
24. Southern Arkansas
25. UNC 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 Points
• Wins
• Margin of Victory
• Away Wins

D2 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)
• 6:00 p.m. ET – Pittsburg State vs Ferris State (FloCollege)
• 6:00 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 State
• 6:00 p.m. ET – Wheeling vs Clarion
• 6:00 p.m. ET – UIndy vs Marian (IN)
• 7:00 p.m. ET – Virginia State vs Barton
• 7:00 p.m. ET – Edinboro vs East Stroudsburg
• 7:00 p.m. ET – Fairmont State vs Seton Hill
• 7:00 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 State
• 7:30 p.m. ET – Midland vs Mary
• 7:30 p.m. ET – Upper Iowa vs Drake
• 7:30 p.m. ET – Concordia-St. Paul vs Quincy
• 8:00 p.m. ET – Angelo State vs Fort Hays State
• 8:00 p.m. ET – South Dakota Mines vs CSU Pueblo
• 8:00 p.m. ET – Minot State vs Emporia State
• 8:00 p.m. ET – West Texas A&M vs Western Colorado
• 8:00 p.m. ET – Sioux Falls vs Black Hills State
• 8:00 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)
• 1:00 p.m. ET – Lincoln (PA) vs Grand Valley State (FloCollege)
• 1:00 p.m. ET – Central Oklahoma vs Texas Permian Basin (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)
• 8:00 p.m. ET – Adams State vs Western New Mexico (FloCollege)
• 11:00 a.m. ET – Davenport vs Gannon
• 11:00 a.m. ET – Anderson (SC) vs Shorter
• 1:00 p.m. ET – Albany State (GA) vs Shaw
• 1:00 p.m. ET – Kentucky State vs Central State (OH)
• 1:00 p.m. ET – Emory & Henry vs Glenville State
• 1:00 p.m. ET – West Virginia Wesleyan vs Post
• 1:15 p.m. ET – Clark Atlanta vs Valdosta State
• 1:00 p.m. ET – William Jewell vs Fort Lewis
• 1:00 p.m. ET – Washburn vs Truman State
• 1:00 p.m. ET – Missouri Western vs Augustana (SD)
• 2:00 p.m. ET – Chadron State vs Northern Colorado
• 2:00 p.m. ET – Morehouse vs Johnson C. Smith
• 6:00 p.m. ET – Edward Waters vs Savannah State
• 6:00 p.m. ET – Allen vs Morehead State
• 6:00 p.m. ET – Shepherd vs Frostburg State
• 6:00 p.m. ET – Elizabeth City State vs Chowan
• 7:00 p.m. ET – Thomas More vs Southern Illinois
• 7:00 p.m. ET – Tusculum vs Bluefield State
• 7:00 p.m. ET – Central Methodist vs Missouri S&T
• 7:30 p.m. ET – Lincoln (CA) vs Lincoln (MO)
• 8:00 p.m. ET – Midwestern State vs Missouri Southern State
• 8:00 p.m. ET – Sul Ross State vs UTRGV

Sunday, August 31, 2025

• 3:00 p.m. ET – Miles vs Virginia Union
• 7:00 p.m. ET – Tuskegee vs Winston-Salem

How To Watch D2 Football In 2025

Hundreds of Division 2 football games will stream live on FloCollege and the FloSports app. 

Game replays, highlights and breaking news will also be available on both platforms.

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Archived Footage On FloCollege

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