WACO, TEX. – Four Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) football programs are ranked inside the Top 25 of the 2015 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Coaches' Poll after the first week of the new season. Ferris State remained the No. 6 team in the country after an open week, while Ohio Dominican moved up one spot to the No. 7 position. Grand Valley State improved four spots to No. 20 with Ashland enters the Top 25 at No. 24. Michigan Tech sits just outside in the receiving votes category.
| 2015 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' Poll – September 7, 2015 | ||||||
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| Rank | School (1st votes) | Rec. | Pts. | Prev. | Week 10 | Next Game |
| 1. | Minnesota St. (24) | 1-0 | 790 | 1 | D. No. 3 Minnesota-Duluth, 20-17 | Sept. 12 at Northern St. (S.D.) |
| 2. | Colorado St.-Pueblo (6) | 1-0 | 773 | 2 | D. Central Washington, 41-14 | Sept. 12 at West Texas A&M |
| 3. | West Georgia (1) | 1-0 | 722 | 4 | D. Catawba (N.C.), 44-13 | Sept. 12 vs. Miles (Ala.) |
| 4. | Northwest Missouri St. (1) | 1-0 | 703 | 5 | D. Nebraska-Kearney, 31-0 | Sept. 10 vs. Missouri Southern St. |
| 5. | Pittsburg St. (Kan.) | 1-0 | 636 | 7 | D. Northeastern St. (Okla.), 38-14 | Sept. 12 vs. Lindenwood (Mo.) |
| 6. | Ferris St. (Mich.) | 0-0 | 621 | 6 | Idle | Sept. 12 vs. Northwood (Mich.) |
| 7. | Ohio Dominican | 1-0 | 599 | 8 | D. Malone (Ohio), 59-21 | Sept. 12 vs. No. 20 Grand Valley |
| 8. | Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.) | 1-0 | 546 | 10 | D. No. 22 West Chester (Pa.), 41-28 | Sept. 12 at North Greenville (S.C.) |
| 9. | Minnesota-Duluth | 0-1 | 531 | 3 | Lost to No. 1 Minnesota St., 20-17 | Sept. 12 vs. Wayne St. (Neb.) |
| 10. | Delta St. (Miss.) | 1-0 | 480 | 14 | D. Fort Valley St. (Ga.), 48-7 | Sept. 12 at No. 18 Texas A&M-Commerce |
| 11. | Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) | 1-0 | 475 | 12 | D. East Central (Okla.), 31-24 | Sept. 12 vs. Southeastern Oklahoma St. |
| 12. | Angelo St. (Texas) | 1-0 | 463 | 13 | D. Oklahoma Panhandle St., 52-31 | Sept. 12 at Western St. (Colo.) |
| 13. | North Alabama | 1-0 | 401 | 15 | D. Miles (Ala.), 34-17 | Sept. 12 vs. Mississippi College |
| 14. | Valdosta St. (Ga.) | 1-0 | 387 | 16 | D. Albany St. (Ga.), 21-13 | Sept. 12 vs. Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) |
| 15. | Sioux Falls (S.D.) | 1-0 | 364 | 17 | D. Mary (N.D.), 55-7 | Sept. 12 at Minnesota-Crookston |
| 16. | Colorado School of Mines | 1-0 | 295 | 18 | D. South Dakota School of Mines, 63-28 | Sept. 12 at William Jewell (Mo.) |
| 17. | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | 1-0 | 286 | 19 | D. West Texas A&M, 27-24 | Sept. 12 vs. Humboldt St. (Calif.) |
| 18. | Texas A&M-Commerce | 1-0 | 231 | 22 | D. Adams St. (Colo.), 48-17 | Sept. 12 vs. No. 10 Delta St. (Miss.) |
| 19. | Harding (Ark.) | 1-0 | 204 | 21 | D. Oklahoma Baptist, 20-19 OT | Sept. 12 vs. Southern Nazarene (Okla.) |
| 20. | Grand Valley St. | 1-0 | 143 | 24 | D. SW Baptist (Mo.), 36-28 | Sept. 12 at No. 7 Ohio Dominican |
| 21. | Slippery Rock (Pa.) | 1-0 | 107 | 25 | D. New Haven (Conn.), 39-13 | Sept. 12 vs. East Stroudsburg (Pa.) |
| 22. | Concord (W.Va.) | 0-1 | 94 | 9 | Lost to West Liberty (W.Va.), 29-28 | Sept. 12 vs. Fairmont St. (W.Va.) |
| 23. | Indianapolis (Ind.) | 1-0 | 77 | NR | D. Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 27-17 | Sept. 12 at Marian (Ind.) |
| 24. | Ashland (Ohio) | 1-0 | 64 | NR | D. Lake Erie (Ohio), 56-22 | Sept. 12 at Walsh (Ohio) |
| 25. | Shepherd (W.Va.) | 1-0 | 60 | NR | D. West Virginia Wesleyan, 43-0 | Sept. 12 vs. Charleston (W.Va.) |
Dropped Out: Bloomsburg (Pa.) (11), Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) (20), West Chester (Pa.) (23)
Others Receiving Votes: Tuskegee (Ala.), 56; Michigan Tech, 50; North Carolina-Pembroke, 39; Bloomsburg (Pa.), 36; Midwestern St. (Texas), 35; Central Missouri, 22; Carson-Newman (Tenn.), 21; Newberry (S.C.), 14; West Chester (Pa.), 13; Henderson St. (Ark.), 12; Tarleton St. (Texas), 12; California (Pa.), 10; LIU-Post (N.Y.), 6; Virginia Union, 5; Gannon (Pa.), 4; Charleston (W.Va.), 3; Humboldt St. (Calif.), 3; Stonehill (Mass.), 3; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 2; Bowie St. (Md.), 1; St. Cloud State (Minn.), 1.
