FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT
WACO, Texas – After a one-week absence from the receiving votes section of the AFCA Division II Top 25 Poll, Fort Hays State returns to the poll this week receiving six votes.
Northwest Missouri State continues its reign as the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, while Emporia State is the only other MIAA team inside the top 25 at No. 10. Central Missouri is the first team outside the top 25 in the receiving votes section with 20 votes, while the Tigers are receiving six votes.
Fort Hays State has a big two-game stretch as it faces No. 10 Emporia State in Emporia, then welcomes No. 1 Northwest Missouri State to Hays the following week.
Below is the AFCA Division II Top 25 Poll for October 24, 2016.
| Rank | School (1st votes) | Record | Pts. | Prev. |
| 1. | Northwest Missouri St. (30) | 8-0 | 750 | 1 |
| 2. | Grand Valley St. (Mich.) | 8-0 | 717 | 2 |
| 3. | Shepherd (W.Va.) | 7-0 | 692 | 3 |
| 4. | Sioux Falls (S.D.) | 8-0 | 649 | 6 |
| 5. | Harding (Ark.) | 8-0 | 614 | 7 |
| 6. | California (Pa.) | 7-0 | 598 | 8 |
| 7. | North Alabama | 5-1 | 541 | 10 |
| 8. | Texas A&M-Commerce | 6-1 | 540 | 9 |
| 9. | Ashland (Ohio) | 7-1 | 507 | 11 |
| 10. | Emporia St. (Kan.) | 7-1 | 448 | 12 |
| 11. | LIU-Post (N.Y.) | 8-0 | 432 | 14 |
| 12. | Indiana (Pa.) | 6-1 | 414 | 13 |
| 13. | Midwestern St. (Texas) | 6-1 | 361 | 4 |
| 14. | Valdosta St. (Ga.) | 6-1 | 350 | 16 |
| 15. | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | 7-1 | 325 | 17 |
| 16. | Assumption (Mass.) | 7-1 | 285 | 18 |
| 17. | Tuskegee (Ala.) | 6-1 | 258 | 5 |
| 18. | North Carolina-Pembroke | 7-1 | 253 | 20 |
| 19. | Wayne St. (Mich.) | 7-1 | 221 | 22 |
| 20. | Fairmont St. (W.Va.) | 8-0 | 201 | 23 |
| 21. | Minnesota-Duluth | 7-1 | 174 | 24 |
| 22. | Ferris St. (Mich.) | 6-2 | 115 | 25 |
| 23. | Newberry (S.C.) | 7-1 | 98 | NR |
| 24. | Wingate (N.C.) | 7-1 | 55 | NR |
| 25t. | Notre Dame (Ohio) | 7-1 | 27 | NR |
| 25t. | Southwest Baptist (Mo.) | 7-1 | 27 | NR |
Others Receiving Votes: Central Missouri, 20; Colorado School of Mines, 19; Henderson St. (Ark.), 19; Edinboro (Pa.), 8; Bemidji St. (Minn.), 7; Central Washington, 6; Fort Hays St. (Kan.), 6; West Alabama, 5; Florida Tech, 4; Southern Arkansas, 2; Colorado Mesa, 1; Truman St. (Mo.), 1.