The Top 25 teams in The American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2008 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
| No. |
Team |
Record |
Points |
Previous |
| 1. |
Minnesota-Duluth (26) |
15-0 |
650 |
6 |
| 2. |
Northwest Missouri State |
13-2 |
623 |
3 |
| 3. |
North Alabama |
12-2 |
567 |
5 |
| 4. |
Grand Valley State (Mich.) |
11-1 |
558 |
1 |
| 5. |
Abilene Christian (Texas) |
11-1 |
545 |
2 |
| 6. |
California (Pa.) |
12-2 |
505 |
7 |
| 7. |
Delta State (Miss.) |
10-2 |
496 |
4 |
| 8. |
Pittsburg State (Kan.) |
11-2 |
437 |
10 |
| 9. |
Chadron State (Neb.) |
11-2 |
417 |
12 |
| 10. |
West Texas A&M |
11-2 |
403 |
9 |
| 11. |
Bloomsburg (Pa.) |
11-2 |
394 |
14 |
| 12. |
Valdosta State (Ga.) |
9-3 |
368 |
13 |
| 13. |
Central Washington |
10-2 |
313 |
8 |
| 14. |
Tuskegee (Ala.) |
10-1 |
284 |
11 |
| 15. |
Ashland (Ohio) |
9-4 |
263 |
17 |
| 16. |
Tusculum (Tenn.) |
9-4 |
244 |
23 |
| 17. |
West Chester (Pa.) |
9-4 |
230 |
20 |
| 18. |
Carson-Newman (Tenn.) |
7-4 |
153 |
21 |
| 19. |
Wayne State (Neb.) |
9-3 |
143 |
22 |
| 20. |
Edinboro (Pa.) |
9-2 |
136 |
16 |
| 21. |
Indiana (Pa.) |
8-2 |
131 |
15 |
| 22. |
Nebraska-Omaha |
7-4 |
109 |
24 |
| 23. |
Minnesota State-Mankato |
9-3 |
100 |
25 |
| 24. |
Seton Hill (Pa.) |
10-3 |
97 |
NR |
| 25. |
American International (Mass.) |
9-2 |
73 |
19 |
Others Receiving Votes: Fayetteville State (N.C.), 64; North Carolina-Pembroke, 27; Southern Connecticut State, 22; East Stroudsburg (Pa.), 17; Wayne State (Mich.), 17; Wingate (N.C.), 17; Albany State (Ga.), 16; Tarleton State (Texas), 13; Newberry (S.C.), 11; Michigan Tech, 2; Ouachita Baptist (Ark.), 2; Colorado School of Mines, 1; Mars Hill (N.C.), 1; Western Washington, 1.