Pitt State 7th, Bearcats 14th in final Division II football poll
Pittsburg State finished seventh and Northwest Missouri State No. 14 in the final AFCA Division II Coaches’ top 25 released on Monday.
The MIAA schools fell in road games during the NCAA Championship, with the Gorillas losing at Minnesota State and the Bearcats at Minnesota-Duluth.
Colorado State-Pueblo defeated Minnesota State 13-0 in at Sporting Park last Saturday for the Division II championship. Those teams finished 1-2 in the final poll.
2014 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll
Rank | School | Record | Points | Previous |
1 | Colorado St.-Pueblo | 14-1 | 775 | 8 |
2 | Minnesota St.-Mankato | 14-1 | 744 | 1 |
3 | Minnesota-Duluth | 13-1 | 653 | 2 |
4 | Ohio Dominican | 11-2 | 614 | 9 |
5 | Concord (W.Va.) | 13-1 | 604 | 10 |
6 | West Georgia | 12-3 | 602 | 25 |
7 | Pittsburg St. (Kan.) | 11-2 | 598 | 5 |
8 | Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) | 11-1 | 496 | 3 |
9 | Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) | 10-1 | 483 | 7 |
10 | Valdosta St. (Ga.) | 10-3 | 480 | 21 |
11 | Ferris St. (Mich.) | 11-1 | 477 | 4 |
12 | Bloomsburg (Pa.) | 11-2 | 416 | 14 |
13 | Delta St. (Miss.) | 9-2 | 407 | 11 |
14 | Northwest Missouri St | 10-2 | 405 | 6 |
15 | West Chester (Pa.) | 11-2 | 320 | 15 |
16 | North Alabama | 9-2 | 310 | 12 |
17 | Harding (Ark.) | 9-2 | 293 | 13 |
18 | Sioux Falls (S.D.) | 11-1 | 264 | 16 |
19 | Colorado School of Mines | 10-2 | 219 | 17 |
20 | Angelo St. (Texas) | 9-3 | 214 | 23t |
21 | Michigan Tech | 9-2 | 169 | 18 |
22 | Virginia St | 10-3 | 158 | 23t |
23 | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | 10-1 | 128 | 19 |
24 | Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) | 9-2 | 69 | 20 |
25 | Henderson St. (Ark.) | 9-2 | 60 | 22 |
This story was originally published December 22, 2014 at 1:05 PM with the headline "Pitt State 7th, Bearcats 14th in final Division II football poll."