September 15th, 2024 11:30pm
A wild week two brought about several changes in the Top 25. Previous No. 2 Central Missouri dropped to No. 11 after 17-point loss at Central Oklahoma. Previous No. 3 Pittsburg State fell just three spots after a home loss to Emporia State. UCO and Emporia State both entered the poll this week at Nos. 25 and 18, respectively. A third new entry to the poll is No. 23 Wingate. The Bulldogs jumped into the rankings after knocking off last week's No. 12, Delta State. Falling from the poll this week were Fort Hays, CSU Pueblo and Minnesota Duluth.
D2Football.com Top 25 as of Monday, Sept. 16
| Rank | Team | Record | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Harding | 2-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Grand Valley State | 2-0 | 4 |
| 3 | Valdosta State | 3-0 | 5 |
| 4 | Minnesota State | 3-0 | 7 |
| 5 | Colorado Mines | 2-0 | 6 |
| 6 | Pittsburg State | 2-1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ferris State | 2-1 | 8 |
| 8 | Kutztown | 2-0 | 9 |
| 9 | Central Washington | 1-1 | 10 |
| 10 | Slippery Rock | 2-0 | 11 |
| 11 | Central Missouri | 1-1 | 2 |
| 12 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 2-0 | 13 |
| 13 | West Florida | 1-0 | 14 |
| 14 | Western Colorado | 2-0 | 16 |
| 15 | Indianapolis | 2-0 | 15 |
| 16 | Ouachita Baptist | 2-0 | 17 |
| 17 | Henderson State | 2-0 | 19 |
| 18 | Emporia State | 3-0 | NR |
| 19 | Augustana | 1-1 | 18 |
| 20 | Virginia Union | 1-1 | 22 |
| 21 | Bemidji State | 2-1 | 23 |
| 22 | Charleston | 2-0 | 24 |
| 23 | Wingate | 2-0 | NR |
| 24 | Delta State | 2-1 | 12 |
| 25 | Central Oklahoma | 2-0 | NR |