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This is a list of the schools in Division II of the
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(NCAA) in the United States that have
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as a varsity sport. In the 2024 season, there are a total of 162 Division II football programs - one fewer than 2023. Changes from last season were: * The
University of West Georgia The University of West Georgia is a public university in Carrollton, Georgia, United States. The university offers a satellite campus in Newnan, Georgia, Newnan, Georgia, select classes at its Douglasville Center, and off-campus Museum Studies c ...
began its transition to Division I, joining the
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for football at the FCS level and the
Atlantic Sun Conference The Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN) is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and began sponsoring football at the Division I FCS level in 2022. ...
for all other sports. *
Mercyhurst University Mercyhurst University is a private Catholic university in Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. History On September 20, 1926, Mercyhurst College opened its doors just a few blocks away from the city's southern boundary. It was founded by the S ...
also began its transition to NCAA Division I, joining the
Northeast Conference The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Foo ...
for all sports. *
Notre Dame College Notre Dame College (Notre Dame College of Ohio or NDC) was a private Roman Catholic college in South Euclid, Ohio. Established in 1922 by the Sisters of Notre Dame as a women's college, it was coeducational from January 2001 until its closure ...
announced it would close its doors after the 2023-24 academic year. *
St. Augustine's University Saint Augustine's University is a private historically black Christian college in Raleigh, North Carolina. It was founded by Episcopal Church clergy in 1867 for the education of formerly enslaved Black people. The university has traditional ...
announced that they would be suspending their program amidst financial issues. * Anderson University will begin sponsoring football. *
Roosevelt University Roosevelt University is a private university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1945, the university was named in honor of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. The university enrolls arou ...
began its transition to Division II from the
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(NAIA), joining the
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. The GLIAC was founded in June 1972. Its eleven member ...
. *
Sul Ross State University Sul Ross State University (SRSU) is a public university in Alpine, Texas, United States. The main campus is the primary institution of higher education serving the nineteen-county Big Bend, Texas, Big Bend region of far West Texas. Branch campuse ...
began its transition to Division II from
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, re-joining the
Lone Star Conference The Lone Star Conference (LSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the South Central states, with schools in Texas ...
after a 48-year absence.


NCAA Division II football programs

*Reclassifying institutions in yellow. *Departing institutions in red.


Future Division II football programs


Former Division II football programs

School names and nicknames reflect those last in use while each institution played D-II football. Name changes that do not reflect a complete change of identity (e.g., "College" to "University") are not included.


See also

* NCAA Division II Football Championship *
List of NCAA Division II Football Championship appearances by team A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
* List of NCAA Division II institutions *
List of NCAA Division II baseball programs The following is a list of schools that participate in NCAA Division II baseball. Conference affiliations are current for the 2025 baseball season. Division II programs Future D-II programs See also *NCAA Division II baseball tourn ...
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List of NCAA Division II lacrosse programs This is a list of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) schools in the United States and Canada that play College lacrosse, lacrosse as a varsity sport at the NCAA Division II, Division II level. In the 2024 NCAA lacrosse season, there ar ...
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List of NCAA Division II men's soccer programs This is a list of the schools in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States and Canada that have men's soccer as a varsity sport. In the 2024 season, there are a total of 204 men's Division II soccer ...
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List of NCAA Division II wrestling programs A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
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List of NCAA Division II men's basketball programs The following is a list of schools that participate in NCAA Division II basketball. Conference affiliations are accurate as of the 2024–25 basketball season. Division II programs Future programs See also * List of NCAA Division II in ...
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List of NCAA Division I FBS football programs This is a list of the 134 schools in the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. By definition, all schools in this grouping have varsity football teams. Schools ...
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List of NCAA Division I FCS football programs This is a list of schools in NCAA Division I, Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) that play College football, football in the United States as a varsity sport and are members of the NCAA Division I Football Champion ...
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List of NCAA Division III football programs A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but ...
* List of NAIA football programs *
List of community college football programs This is a list of junior colleges in the United States that field a football program. The two largest associations are the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA). In the ...
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List of colleges and universities with club football teams This is a list of post-secondary colleges and universities that have club football teams. Operating independently of their colleges' athletics programs, these teams are typically administered, coached, and played by students. In addition to pla ...
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List of defunct college football teams This is a list of universities in the United States that sponsored college football, football at one time but have since discontinued their programs. The last season that the school fielded a football team is included. Schools are split up based ...
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Collegiate Sprint Football League Sprint football is a varsity sport played by United States colleges and universities, under standard American football rules. Since the 2022 season, the sport has been governed by the Collegiate Sprint Football League and the Midwest Sprint Footba ...


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NCAA Division II Football Institutions
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NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is the intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment ...
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