The Pittsburgh area has two Teams ranked in the AFCA Division 2 college football Top 25 poll.
2012 American Football Coaches Association Division II Coaches’ Poll – October 1, 2012
- Pittsburg St. (Kan.) (29) 4-0 749 1 Idle Oct. 6 vs. Central Missouri
- Colorado St.-Pueblo 5-0 712 3 D. Fort Lewis (Colo.), 50-21 Oct. 6 vs. Chadron St. (Neb.)
- Grand Valley St. (Mich.) 5-0 684 4 D. Michigan Tech, 51-43 Oct. 6 vs. Ferris St. (Minn.)
- Winston-Salem St. (N.C.) (1) 5-0 657 5 D. Bowie St. (Md.), 35-3 Oct. 6 at Johnson C. Smith (N.C.)
- Missouri Western St. 5-0 627 7 D. Central Oklahoma, 45-23 Oct. 6 at Northeastern St. (Okla.)
- New Haven (Conn.) 4-0 602 8 Idle Oct. 6 vs. Assumption (Mass.)
- Bloomsburg (Pa.) 5-0 569 10 D. Gannon (Pa.), 43-24 Oct. 6 at Millersville (Pa.)
- Northwest Missouri St. 4-1 485 11 D. Northeastern St. (Okla.), 66-6 Oct. 6 at Central Oklahoma
- Ashland (Ohio) 5-0 467 13 D. Lake Erie (Ohio), 68-21 Oct. 6 at Ohio Dominican
- Minnesota-Duluth 4-1 445 2 Lost to St. Cloud State (Minn.), 51-49 Oct. 6 vs. Minnesota St.-Moorhead
- Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 4-0 443 12 D. Southeastern Oklahoma St., 27-24 Oct. 6 vs. Southwestern Oklahoma St.
- Minnesota St.-Mankato 5-0 409 15 D. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.), 30-10 Oct. 6 at Augustana (S.D.)
- Midwestern St. (Texas) 3-1 377 14 D. Incarnate Word (Texas), 34-7 Oct. 4 at No. 18 West Alabama
- Henderson St. (Ark.) 5-0 337 17 D. Southwestern Oklahoma St., 50-22 Oct. 6 vs. Arkansas-Monticello
- Saginaw Valley St. (Mich.) 4-1 271 16 D. Ferris St. (Mich.), 31-24 OT Oct. 6 at Northwood (Mich.)
- California (Pa.) 4-1 256 6 Lost to West Chester (Pa.), 37-34 Oct. 6 at Clarion (Pa.)
- Shippensburg (Pa.) 5-0 256 21 D. Lock Haven (Pa.), 49-6 Oct. 6 vs. LIU Post (N.Y.)
- West Alabama 4-1 217 19 D. West Georgia, 24-20 Oct. 4 vs. No. 13 Midwestern St. (Texas)
- Wayne St. (Mich.) 3-1 201 18 D. Northwood (Mich.), 21-11 Oct. 6 vs. Hillsdale (Mich.)
- Washburn (Kan.) 4-1 185 20 D. Southwest Baptist (Mo.), 42-14 Oct. 6 at Lincoln (Mo.)
- West Texas A&M 4-1 140 23 D. Tarleton St. (Texas), 41-21 Oct. 6 at Angelo St. (Texas)
- Indiana (Pa.) 4-1 124 22 D. Millersville (Pa.), 41-7 Oct. 6 vs. Slippery Rock (Pa.)
- Sioux Falls (S.D.) 5-0 112 25 D. Southwest Minnesota St., 41-22 Oct. 6 at Winona St. (Minn.)
- Humboldt St. (Calif.) 4-1 84 9 Lost to Central Washington, 31-3 Oct. 6 vs. Western Oregon
- Emporia St. (Kan.) 5-0 72 NR D. Lincoln (Mo.), 37-26 Oct. 6 at Southwest Baptist (Mo.)
Others Receiving Votes: Central Missouri, 69; Harding (Ark.), 57; Hillsdale (Mich.), 45; Central Washington, 38; North Carolina-Pembroke, 11; Miles (Ala.), 10; Shepherd (W.Va.), 9; West Chester (Pa.), 6; Michigan Tech, 5; Newberry (S.C.), 5; Chadron St. (Neb.), 3; St. Cloud State (Minn.), 3; Tuskegee (Ala.), 3; Bentley (Mass.), 2; New Mexico Highlands, 2; Indianapolis (Ind.),
Dropped Out: Newberry (S.C.) (24)