The 2000 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). For the preseason and the first 3 weeks of the season, the poll consisted of 25 teams. Starting with week 4 of the season, the poll was segregated into four regions, with 10 teams ranked in each region. 2000 was the only year this regional poll was attempted. In 2001, the AFCA went back to a "Top 25" nationally.
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| Preseason [note 3] | Week 1 Sept 5[1] | Week 2 Sept 12[2] | Week 3 Sept 19[3] | ||
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| 1. | Northwest Missouri State | Northwest Missouri State (1–0) (22) | Northwest Missouri State (2–0) (23) | Northwest Missouri State (3–0) (24) | 1. |
| 2. | Carson–Newman | Carson–Newman (2–0) (5) | Carson–Newman (2–0) (3) | Carson–Newman (3–0) (3) | 2. |
| 3. | North Dakota State | North Dakota State (1–0) (1) | North Dakota State (2–0) (2) | North Dakota State (3–0) (1) | 3. |
| 4. | UC Davis[note 1] | UC Davis (1–0) | UC Davis (2–0) | UC Davis (3–0) | 4. |
| 5. | IUP[note 2] | IUP (1–0) | IUP (1–0) | IUP (2–0) | 5. |
| 6. | Pittsburg State | Pittsburg State (1–0) | Pittsburg State (2–0) | Catawba (3–0) | 6. |
| 7. | Northern Colorado | Catawba (1–0) | Catawba (2–0) | Northeastern State (2–0) | 7. |
| 8. | Slippery Rock | Angelo State (1–0) | Angelo State (2–0) | South Dakota State (3–0) | 8. |
| 9. | Catawba | Southern Arkansas (1–0) | Southern Arkansas (1–0) | North Dakota (3–0) | 9. |
| 10. | Texas A&M–Kingsville | Northeastern State (1–0) | South Dakota State (2–0) | Pittsburg State (2–1) | 10. |
| 11. | Central Oklahoma | South Dakota State (1–0) | Northeastern State (1–0) | West Georgia (3–0) | 11. |
| 12. | Slippery Rock (0–1) | North Dakota (2–0) | Slippery Rock (2–1) | 12. | |
| 13. | Southern Arkansas | North Dakota (1–0) | Slippery Rock (1–1) | Valdosta State (3–0) | 13. |
| 14. | Northeastern State | Central Oklahoma (0–1) | West Georgia (2–0) | Northwood (2–0) | 14. |
| 15. | Millersville | West Georgia (1–0) | Northwood (1–0) | Shepherd (2–0) | 15. |
| 16. | Northwood | Millersville (0–0) | Shepherd (1–0) | Angelo State (2–1) | 16. |
| 17. | South Dakota State | Northwood (0–0) | Northern Colorado (1–1) | Northern Colorado (2–1) | 17. |
| 18. | Angelo State | Shepherd (1–0) | Valdosta State (1–0) | Southern Arkansas (1–1) | 18. |
| 19. | West Georgia | Northern Colorado (0–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (1–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (2–1) | 19. |
| 20. | Shepherd | Nebraska–Kearney (1–0) | New Haven (2–0) | Arkansas Tech (1–1) | 20. |
| 21. | Nebraska–Omaha | Valdosta State (1–0) | Arkansas Tech (0–1) | Millersville (1–1) | 21. |
| 22. | Nebraska–Omaha (0–1) | Millersville (0–1) | Western Washington (2–1) | 22. | |
| 23. | Arkansas Tech | Texas A&M–Kingsville (0–1) | Central Oklahoma (0–1) | New Haven (2–1) | 23. |
| 24. | North Dakota | Arkansas Tech (0–1) | Winston–Salem State (2–0) | Central Oklahoma (1–2) | 24. |
| 25. | Nebraska–Kearney | New Haven (1–0) | Western Washington (1–1) | Central Missouri (3–0) | 25. |
| Preseason [note 3] | Week 1 Sept 5[1] | Week 2 Sept 12[2] | Week 3 Sept 19[3] | ||
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| Dropped: 24 Winston–Salem State | |||
| Week 4 Sept 26[4][note 4] | Week 5 Oct 3[5] | Week 6 Oct 10[6] | Week 7 Oct 17[7] | Week 8 Oct 24[8] | Week 9 Oct 31[9] | Week 10 Nov 7[10] | ||
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| 1. | Northwest Missouri State (4–0) | Northwest Missouri State (5–0) | Northwest Missouri State (6–0) | Northwest Missouri State (7–0) | Northwest Missouri State (8–0) | Northwest Missouri State (9–0) | Northwest Missouri State (10–0) | 1. |
| 2. | North Dakota State (4–0) | North Dakota State (5–0) | North Dakota State (6–0) | North Dakota State (7–0) | Nebraska–Omaha (7–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (8–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (9–1) | 2. |
| 3. | North Dakota (4–0) | South Dakota State (5–0) | North Dakota (5–1) | North Dakota (6–1) | North Dakota State (7–1) | North Dakota State (8–1) | North Dakota State (9–1) | 3. |
| 4. | Pittsburg State (3–1) | North Dakota (4–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (5–1) | Nebraska–Omaha (6–1) | North Dakota (7–1) | Pittsburg State (7–2) | Pittsburg State (8–2) | 4. |
| 5. | South Dakota State (4–0) | Nebraska–Omaha (4–1) | South Dakota State (5–1) | Pittsburg State (5–2) | Pittsburg State (6–2) | North Dakota (7–2) | North Dakota (8–2) | 5. |
| 6. | Nebraska–Omaha (3–1) | Central Missouri (4–1) | Pittsburg State (4–2) | Central Missouri (5–2) | South Dakota (5–3) | South Dakota (6–3) | South Dakota (7–3) | 6. |
| 7. | Central Missouri (3–1) | Minnesota–Duluth (5–0) | South Dakota (4–2) | South Dakota State (5–2) | Missouri Western State (5–3) | Missouri Western State (6–3) | Missouri Western State (7–3) | 7. |
| 8. | Minnesota–Duluth (4–0) | Missouri Western State (3–2) | Truman State (4–2) | South Dakota (4–3) | Augustana (5–3) | Augustana (6–3) | Winona State (8–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Bemidji State (4–0) | Pittsburg State (3–2) | Central Missouri (4–2) | Bemidji State (6–1) | Truman State (5–3) | Winona State (7–2) | Bemidji State (8–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Augustana (3–1) | Winona State (4–1) | Winona State (5–1) | Missouri Western State (4–3) | Winona State (6–2) | Minnesota–Duluth (7–2) | Central Missouri State (7–3) | 10. |
| Week 4 Sept 26[4][note 4] | Week 5 Oct 3[5] | Week 6 Oct 10[6] | Week 7 Oct 17[7] | Week 8 Oct 24[8] | Week 9 Oct 31[9] | Week 10 Nov 7[10] | ||
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| Week 4 Sept 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | ||
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| 1. | IUP (3–0) | IUP (4–0) | Millersville (4–1) | Millersville (5–1) | Millersville (6–1) | Slippery Rock (7–2) | Slippery Rock (8–2) | 1. |
| 2. | Slippery Rock (3–1) | Millersville (3–1) | IUP (4–1) | IUP (5–1) | IUP (6–1) | Northwood (7–1) | Northwood (8–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Northwood (3–0) | Northern Michigan (4–1) | Slippery Rock (4–2) | Slippery Rock (5–2) | Slippery Rock (6–2) | Bloomsburg (7–2) | Bloomsburg (8–2) | 3. |
| 4. | East Stroudsburg (4–0) | Slippery Rock (3–2) | Northwood (4–1) | Northwood (5–1) | Northwood (6–1) | Millersville (6–2) | Saginaw Valley State (8–2) | 4. |
| 5. | Millersville (2–1) | Northwood (3–1) | Shepherd (4–1) | Bloomsburg (5–2) | Bloomsburg (6–2) | Saginaw Valley State (7–2) | IUP (7–2) | 5. |
| 6. | New Haven (2–2) | East Stroudsburg (4–1) | Saginaw Valley State (5–1) | New Haven (4–3) | New Haven (4–3) | Kutztown (7–2) | Millersville (6–3) | 6. |
| 7. | Northern Michigan (3–1) | Shepherd (3–1) | Bloomsburg (4–2) | Northern Michigan (5–2) | Northern Michigan (6–2) | IUP (6–2) | Kutztown (7–3) | 7. |
| 8. | Shepherd (2–1) | Saginaw Valley State (4–1) | New Haven (3–3) | Saginaw Valley State (5–2) | Saginaw Valley State (6–2) | Fairmont State (6–2) | Fairmont State (6–3) | 8. |
| 9. | Saginaw Valley State (3–1) | New Haven (2–3) | Northern Michigan (4–2) | Kutztown (5–2) | Kutztown (6–2) | Northern Michigan (5–3) | West Liberty State (7–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Michigan Tech (2–1) | Michigan Tech (3–1) | Kutztown (4–2) | Shepherd (5–1) | Fairmont State (4–3) | Shepherd (6–2) | New Haven (5–4) | 10. |
| Week 4 Sept 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | ||
| None | Dropped:
| None | Dropped: 10 Shepherd | Dropped: 6 New Haven | Dropped:
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| Week 4 Sept 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | ||
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| 1. | Carson–Newman (4–0) | Carson–Newman (5–0) | Catawba (6–0) | Catawba (7–0) | Catawba (7–0) | Catawba (8–0) | Catawba (9–0) | 1. |
| 2. | Catawba (4–0) | Catawba (5–0) | West Georgia (6–0) | West Georgia (7–0) | West Georgia (8–0) | West Georgia (9–0) | West Georgia (10–0) | 2. |
| 3. | Valdosta State (4–0) | Valdosta State (5–0) | Carson–Newman (5–1) | Carson–Newman (6–1) | Carson–Newman (7–1) | Delta State (9–0) | Valdosta State (9–1) | 3. |
| 4. | West Georgia (4–0) | West Georgia (5–0) | Delta State (6–0) | Delta State (7–0) | Delta State (8–0) | Valdosta State (8–1) | Tuskegee (9–0) | 4. |
| 5. | Southern Arkansas (2–1) | Southern Arkansas (3–1) | Winston–Salem State (5–1) | Winston–Salem State (6–1) | Valdosta State (7–1) | Tuskegee (8–0) | Delta State (9–0) | 5. |
| 6. | Winston–Salem State (3–1) | Winston–Salem State (4–1) | Valdosta State (5–1) | Valdosta State (6–1) | Arkansas–Monticello (7–1) | Presbyterian (6–2) | Presbyterian (7–2) | 6. |
| 7. | Fort Valley State (4–1) | Fort Valley State (5–1) | Fort Valley State (6–1) | Fort Valley State (7–1) | Tuskegee (7–0) | Carson–Newman (7–2) | Carson–Newman (8–2) | 7. |
| 8. | Delta State (4–0) | Delta State (5–0) | Virginia Union (5–1) | Tuskegee (6–0) | Presbyterian (5–2) | Winston–Salem State (7–2) | Winston–Salem State (8–2) | 8. |
| 9. | Virginia Union (3–1) | Virginia Union (4–1) | Tuskegee (5–0) | Arkansas–Monticello (6–1) | Virginia State (5–2) | Arkansas–Monticello (7–2) | Arkansas–Monticello (8–2) | 9. |
| 10. | Tuskegee (3–0) | Tuskegee (4–0) | Arkansas–Monticello (5–1) | Presbyterian (4–2) | Winston–Salem State (6–2) | Virginia Union (7–2) | Virginia Union (8–2) | 10. |
| Week 4 Sept 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | ||
| None | Dropped: 5 Southern Arkansas | Dropped: 8 Virginia Union | Dropped: 7 Fort Valley State | Dropped: 9 Virginia State | None | |||
| Week 4 Sept 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | ||
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| 1. | UC Davis (3–0) | UC Davis (4–0) | UC Davis (5–0) | UC Davis (6–0) | UC Davis (7–0) | UC Davis (8–0) | UC Davis (9–0) | 1. |
| 2. | Chadron State (3–1) | Western Washington (4–1) | Western Washington (5–1) | Western Washington (5–1) | Northeastern Oklahoma (6–1) | Northeastern Oklahoma (7–1) | Northeastern Oklahoma (8–1) | 2. |
| 3. | Western Washington (3–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (4–1) | Northeastern Oklahoma (4–1) | Northeastern Oklahoma (5–1) | Chadron State (6–2) | Mesa State (7–2) | Mesa State (8–2) | 3. |
| 4. | Nebraska–Kearney (3–1) | Angelo State (3–1) | Chadron State (4–2) | Chadron State (5–2) | Nebraska–Kearney (6–2) | Chadron State (6–2) | Chadron State (7–2) | 4. |
| 5. | Tarleton State (3–1) | Northeastern Oklahoma (3–1) | Southwestern State (OK) (4–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (5–2) | Mesa State (6–2) | Western Washington (6–2) | Western Washington (7–2) | 5. |
| 6. | Angelo State (2–1) | Chadron State (3–2) | Fort Hays State (4–1) | Mesa State (5–2) | Western Washington (5–2) | Southwestern State (OK) (6–2) | Nebraska–Kearney (6–3) | 6. |
| 7. | Northeastern Oklahoma (2–1) | Fort Hays State (4–1) | Nebraska–Kearney (4–2) | Angelo State (4–2) | Southwestern State (OK) (5–2) | Nebraska–Kearney (6–3) | Midwestern State (6–4) | 7. |
| 8. | Fort Hays State (3–1) | Southwestern State (OK) (3–1) | Tarleton State (4–2) | Fort Hays State (4–2) | Midwestern State (5–3) | Tarleton State (5–3) | Southwestern State (OK) (6–3) | 8. |
| 9. | Southwestern State (OK) (2–1) | Tarleton State (3–2) | Mesa State (4–2) | Southwestern State (OK) (4–2) | Tarleton State (5–3) | Midwestern State (5–4) | Western State (CO) (6–4) | 9. |
| 10. | West Texas A&M (2–1) | Western Oregon (3–2) | Angelo State (3–2) | Eastern New Mexico (4–3) | Western Oregon (5–3) | Western Oregon (5–4) | Eastern New Mexico (6–4) | 10. |
| Week 4 Sept 26 | Week 5 Oct 3 | Week 6 Oct 10 | Week 7 Oct 17 | Week 8 Oct 24 | Week 9 Oct 31 | Week 10 Nov 7 | ||
| Dropped: 10 West Texas A&M | Dropped: 10 Western Oregon | Dropped: 8 Tarleton State | Dropped:
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