WACO, Texas – The Slippery Rock University football team moved up one spot to No. 24 in the NCAA Division II national rankings after the American Football Coaches Association released its updated national poll Monday.
The Rock extend their ranked streak that began 2,499 days ago and have now been nationally ranked in every poll released since the final poll of the 2018 season.
Slippery Rock, which won 30-27 against an IUP team that was receiving votes last week, moved back up one spot to No. 24 after slipping one place to No. 25 in last week's poll.
The top four in this week's poll were unchanged. Defending national champion Ferris State remained atop the poll with all 30 first place votes, while Harding remained second, West Florida remained third and Kutztown stayed at No. 4. Augustana and Western Colorado flipped spots with Augustana moving into the top five this week and Western Colorado dropping to No 6.
The rest of the top 10 this week includes No. 7 Colorado State-Pueblo, No. 8 Central Washington, No. 9 Minnesota State and No. 10 Pittsburg State.
Kutztown and Slippery Rock are the only two PSAC teams to be ranked in the top 25 this week and have been the only PSAC teams ranked in each poll this season. Indiana (Pa.) dropped out of the votes this week after losing to SRU, leaving California (Pa.) as the only other team in the PSAC that is listed in the "others receiving votes" section of the poll this week.
No. 12 Virginia Union of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and No. 22 Johnson C. Smith of the CIAA round out the four Super Region One teams in this week's top 25.
Frostburg State (Mountain East Conference) and Assumption (Northeast 10) join California (Pa.) in the "others receiving votes" section of the poll to give Super Region One just seven teams mentioned in this week's poll.
Slippery Rock is idle this week with a bye and will return to action next Saturday, Nov. 1 at home with a 1 p.m. game against Clarion on Senior Day. That game will mark the final regular season home game on the calendar.
A look at the updated AFCA national poll can be found below. This week's D2football.com poll is available
HERE and does not include any PSAC teams other than Kutztown this week.
AFCA DIVISION II NATIONAL RANKINGS
Oct. 20, 2025
| Rank |
Team (1st votes) |
W-L |
Pts. |
Prev. |
| 1 |
Ferris St. (30) |
7-0 |
750 |
1 |
| 2 |
Harding |
7-0 |
719 |
2 |
| 3 |
West Florida |
7-0 |
682 |
3 |
| 4 |
Kutztown * |
7-0 |
661 |
4 |
| 5 |
Augustana (S.D.) |
7-0 |
593 |
6 |
| 6 |
Western Colorado |
7-0 |
591 |
5 |
| 7 |
Colorado St.-Pueblo |
7-1 |
563 |
9 |
| 8 |
Central Washington |
6-1 |
540 |
10 |
| 9 |
Minnesota St. |
6-1 |
493 |
11 |
| 10 |
Pittsburg St. |
6-2 |
462 |
12 |
| 11 |
West Alabama |
5-1 |
407 |
8 |
| 12 |
Virginia Union * |
6-1 |
384 |
14 |
| 13 |
UIndy |
7-1 |
374 |
15 |
| 14 |
Findlay |
7-0 |
362 |
16t |
| 15 |
Minnesota-Duluth |
6-1 |
306 |
16t |
| 16 |
Northwest Missouri St. |
6-1 |
302 |
19 |
| 17 |
Delta St. |
6-1 |
301 |
18 |
| 18 |
Grand Valley St. |
4-2 |
247 |
7 |
| 19 |
Angelo St. |
5-2 |
180 |
21 |
| 20 |
Ashland |
6-1 |
171 |
22 |
| 21 |
Benedict |
7-0 |
155 |
24 |
| 22 |
Johnson C. Smith * |
6-1 |
147 |
23 |
| 23 |
UT Permian Basin |
5-2 |
131 |
13 |
| 24 |
SLIPPERY ROCK * |
5-2 |
80 |
25 |
| 25 |
Southern Arkansas |
6-1 |
65 |
NR |
Dropped Out: UNC Pembroke (20)
Others Receiving Votes: Frostburg St., 36*; Albany St., 17; Chadron St., 9; UNC Pembroke, 8; California (Pa.), 6*^; Assumption, 3*; Henderson St., 2; Northern St., 2; Carson-Newman, 1.
* NCAA Super Region One school
^ SRU opponent in 2025
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