The Top 25 teams in The American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches' poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, 2012 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. |
Colorado State-Pueblo (24) |
11-0 |
744 |
1 |
| 2. |
Winston-Salem State (N.C.) (6) |
11-0 |
714 |
2 |
| 3. |
New Haven (Conn.) |
10-0 |
686 |
3 |
| 4. |
Ashland (Ohio) |
11-0 |
657 |
5 |
| 5. |
Minnesota State-Mankato |
11-0 |
629 |
6 |
| 6. |
Henderson State (Ark.) |
10-0 |
587 |
8 |
| 7. |
Minnesota-Duluth |
10-1 |
550 |
10 |
| 8. |
Midwestern State (Texas) |
9-1 |
538 |
9 |
| 9. |
Missouri Western State |
10-1 |
537 |
11 |
| 10. |
Bloomsburg (Pa.) |
10-1 |
457 |
12 |
| 11. |
Indiana (Pa.) |
10-1 |
452 |
13 |
| 12. |
Harding (Ark.) |
9-1 |
390 |
14 |
| 13. |
Northwest Missouri State |
9-2 |
365 |
4 |
| 14. |
Tuskegee (Ala.) |
9-1 |
331 |
16 |
| 15. |
Shippensburg (Pa.) |
10-1 |
326 |
7 |
| 16. |
West Texas A&M |
9-2 |
309 |
17 |
| 17. |
Valdosta State (Ga.) |
8-2 |
281 |
18 |
| 18. |
Indianapolis (Ind.) |
9-2 |
231 |
19 |
| 19. |
Missouri S&T |
10-1 |
208 |
20 |
| 20. |
Chadron State (Neb.) |
9-2 |
196 |
21 |
| 21. |
Sioux Falls (S.D.) |
9-2 |
126 |
22 |
| 22. |
Carson-Newman (Tenn.) |
8-2 |
121 |
24 |
| 23. |
Miles (Ala.) |
8-2 |
91 |
23 |
| 24. |
Emporia State (Kan.) |
9-2 |
67 |
25 |
| T25. |
Charleston (W.Va.) |
9-2 |
39 |
NR |
| T25. |
Shepherd (W.Va.) |
8-2 |
39 |
NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Lenoir-Rhyne (N.C.), 27; West Alabama, 20; California (Pa.), 6; Mercyhurst (Pa.), 5; Bentley (Mass.), 4; Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.), 4; Winona St. (Minn.), 4; Fort Valley St. (Ga.), 3; New Mexico Highlands, 3; Lindenwood (Mo.), 2; Pittsburg St. (Kan.), 1.