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This is a list of the schools in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States that have football as a varsity sport. In the 2024 season , [ 1 ] there are a total of 162 Division II football programs – one fewer than 2023.
The list of team that have participated in the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs. The NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs began with eight teams in 1973 and expanded to include 16 teams in 1988 , 24 teams in 2004 , and 28 teams in 2015 .
The NCAA Division II football championship is an American college football tournament played annually to determine a champion at the NCAA Division II level. It was first held in 1973, as a single-elimination playoff with eight teams.
First, when the NCAA placed severe restrictions on the fielding of Division I teams by Division II institutions in 2011, it grandfathered in all then-current D-I teams at D-II schools. Apart from this, Division II members are allowed to compete for Division I championships in sports in which a Division II national championship is not contested.
In 2010, two other Division II teams beat teams that reached the NCAA Division I tournament. [37] In 2011, another Division II team defeated a Division I team that finished in the top half of the Pac-12 Conference. In 2012, another Division II team beat [37] eventual Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season and tournament champion Miami. [38]
Aug. 12—The UTPB football team will enter the season ranked after being placed at No. 21 in the American Football Coaches Association Division II Preseason Coaches' Poll which was released Monday.
The 2024 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, began on August 29 and ended on December 21 with the Division II championship at the McKinney Independent School District Stadium in McKinney, Texas.
The Tallahassee resident coached FAMU to inaugural NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship in 1978, and was part of the 1968 and 1970 national championship staffs under College Football Hall of ...