1983 NCAA Division II football rankings

The 1983 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the NCAA Division II football committee. This is for the 1983 season.

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(#–#)		Win–loss record
(Italics)		Number of first place votes
т		Tied with team above or below also with this symbol

NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

	Week 1 Sept 21^[1]	Week 2 Sept 28^[2]	Week 3 Oct 5^[3]	Week 4 Oct 12^[4]	Week 5 Oct 19^[5]	Week 6 Oct 26^[6]	Week 7 Nov 2^[7]	Week 8 Nov 9^[8]	Week 9 Nov 16^[9]
1.	Southwest Texas State (1–0)	Southwest Texas State (2–0)	Southwest Texas State (3–0)	Southwest Texas State (4–0)	Southwest Texas State (5–0)	Mississippi College (8–0)	UC Davis (7–0) т	UC Davis (8–0) т	UC Davis (9–0)	1.
2.	Mississippi College (3–0)	Mississippi College (4–0)	Mississippi College (5–0)	Mississippi College (6–0)	Mississippi College (7–0)	UC Davis (6–0)	Southwest Texas State (7–0–1) т	Southwest Texas State (7–1) т	Southwest Texas State (8–1)	2.
3.	North Dakota State (2–0)	North Dakota State (3–0)	Abilene Christian (3–0)	Abilene Christian (4–0)	UC Davis (5–0)	Clarion State (7–0)	North Alabama (8–1)	North Alabama (8–0–1)	North Alabama (9–0–1)	3.
4.	Abilene Christian (2–0)	Abilene Christian (3–0)	UC Davis (3–0)	UC Davis (4–0)	Clarion State (6–0)	North Alabama (6–0–1)	Towson State (7–1)	Towson State (9–1)	Towson State (9–1)	4.
5.	Cal Poly (2–0) ^{[note 1]}	Cal Poly (3–0)	North Alabama (3–0)	Clarion State (5–0)	Nebraska–Omaha (6–1)	Southwest Texas State (5–1)	North Dakota State (8–1) т	North Dakota State (8–1)	North Dakota State (9–1)	5.
6.	West Chester State (2–0)	Troy State (4–0) т	Clarion State (4–0)	Nebraska–Omaha (5–1)	North Alabama (5–0–1)	Butler (7–0)	Virginia Union (8–1) т	Virginia Union (8–1)	Virginia Union (9–1)	6.
7.	Troy State (3–0)	West Chester State (3–0) т	St. Cloud State (4–0)	North Alabama (4–0–1)	Virginia Union (6–1)	Virginia Union (7–1)	Mississippi College (7–1)	Clarion State (8–1)	Central State (OH) (10–0)	7.
8.	South Dakota State (3–0)	South Dakota State (4–0)	Nebraska–Omaha (4–1) т	Virginia Union (5–1)	Butler (6–0) т	Towson State (7–1)	Clarion State (7–0–1)	Butler (8–0–1) т	Butler (9–0–1)	8.
9.	Winston–Salem State (3–0)	UC Davis (2–0)	Virginia Union (4–1) т	North Dakota State (4–1)	Towson State (6–1) т	North Dakota State (6–1)	Butler (7-0-1)	Central State (OH) (9–0) т	Fort Valley State (7–1)	9.
10.	UC Davis (1–0)	Edinboro (3–0) т	Cal Poly (3–1) т	Butler (5–0) т	Abilene Christian (4–1) т	East Texas State (5–1)	Cal State Hayward (6–1) ^{[note 2]}	Abilene Christian (6–2)	Nebraska–Omaha (9–2)	10.
11.		North Alabama (3–0) т	North Dakota State (3–1) т	Towson State (5–1) т	North Dakota State (5–1) т					11.
	Week 1 Sept 21^[1]	Week 2 Sept 28^[2]	Week 3 Oct 5^[3]	Week 4 Oct 12^[4]	Week 5 Oct 19^[5]	Week 6 Oct 26^[6]	Week 7 Nov 2^[7]	Week 8 Nov 9^[8]	Week 9 Nov 16^[9]
		Dropped: 9 Winston–Salem State	Dropped: 6 Troy State 7 West Chester State 8 South Dakota State 10 Edinboro	Dropped: 7 St. Cloud State 10 Cal Poly	None	Dropped: 5 Nebraska–Omaha 10 Abilene Christian	Dropped: 10 East Texas State	Dropped: 7 Mississippi College 10 Cal State Hayward	Dropped: 7 Clarion State 10 Abilene Christian

Notes

^ In the actual printed polls, Cal Poly was listed as Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
^ In the actual printed polls, Cal State Hayward was listed as Hayward State

References

^ "NCAA Division II poll". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. September 21, 1983. p. C-6. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Division II poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. September 28, 1983. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "NCAA Division II". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. October 5, 1983. p. C-6. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "NCAA Division II". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. October 14, 1983. p. B-6. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Division II poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. October 21, 1983. p. 6B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "NCAA Division II top 10". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. October 26, 1983. p. B-6. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Division II". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 4, 1983. p. 6B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "NCAA Div. II Top 10". Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, Florida. November 11, 1983. p. 2B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "NCAA Division II Top 10". Hattiesburg American. Hattiesburg, Mississippi. November 17, 1983. p. 7C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

[1] In the actual printed polls, Cal Poly was listed as Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo

[9] In the actual printed polls, Cal State Hayward was listed as Hayward State

[2] "NCAA Division II poll". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. September 21, 1983. p. C-6. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Division II poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. September 28, 1983. p. 4C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "NCAA Division II". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. October 5, 1983. p. C-6. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "NCAA Division II". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. October 14, 1983. p. B-6. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

[6] "Division II poll". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. October 21, 1983. p. 6B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

[7] "NCAA Division II top 10". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. October 26, 1983. p. B-6. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

[8] "Division II". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 4, 1983. p. 6B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

[10] "NCAA Div. II Top 10". Pensacola News Journal. Pensacola, Florida. November 11, 1983. p. 2B. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

[11] "NCAA Division II Top 10". Hattiesburg American. Hattiesburg, Mississippi. November 17, 1983. p. 7C. Retrieved May 28, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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