The Top 25 teams in The American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2011 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. |
Pittsburg State (Kan.) (29) |
13-1 |
725 |
7 |
| 2. |
Wayne State (Mich.) |
12-4 |
696 |
NR |
| 3. |
Winston-Salem State (N.C.) |
13-1 |
638 |
3 |
| 4. |
Delta State (Miss.) |
11-3 |
616 |
8 |
| 5. |
Northwest Missouri State |
11-3 |
548 |
10 |
| 6. |
Minnesota-Duluth |
11-3 |
541 |
9 |
| 7. |
Midwestern State (Texas) |
10-1 |
520 |
2 |
| 8. |
New Haven (Conn.) |
11-2 |
517 |
5 |
| 9. |
Colorado State-Pueblo |
11-1 |
466 |
1 |
| 10. |
Nebraska-Kearney |
10-2 |
446 |
4 |
| 11. |
Washburn (Kan.) |
10-3 |
407 |
15 |
| 12. |
North Greenville (S.C.) |
11-3 |
352 |
20 |
| 13. |
Kutztown (Pa.) |
11-2 |
388 |
6 |
| 14. |
North Alabama |
9-3 |
352 |
12 |
| 15. |
California (Pa.) |
10-3 |
325 |
17 |
| 16. |
Abilene Christian (Texas) |
8-3 |
307 |
11 |
| 17. |
St. Cloud State (Minn.) |
9-3 |
290 |
14 |
| 18. |
Missouri Western State |
9-3 |
242 |
16 |
| 19. |
Mars Hill (N.C.) |
8-3 |
224 |
19 |
| 20. |
Humboldt State (Calif.) |
9-1 |
188 |
13 |
| 21. |
Bloomsburg (Pa.) |
9-2 |
128 |
18 |
| 22. |
Shepherd (W.Va.) |
9-2 |
91 |
21 |
| 23. |
West Alabama |
8-4 |
84 |
22 |
| 24. |
West Virginia Wesleyan |
9-2 |
51 |
24 |
| 25. |
West Texas A&M |
8-3 |
48 |
NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Grand Valley St. (Mich.), 33; Central Missouri, 24; Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 22; Albany St. (Ga.), 20; Minnesota St.-Mankato, 20; East Central (Okla.), 19; Colorado School of Mines, 12; Concord (W.Va.), 12; Elizabeth City St. (N.C.), 10; Morehouse (Ga.), 7; Hillsdale (Mich.), 4; Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.), 4; Slippery Rock (Pa.), 4; North Carolina-Pembroke, 2; Valdosta St. (Ga.), 1.