2024 NCAA Division II football season

Last updated
2024 NCAA Division II football season
Total No. of teams162
Regular seasonAugust 29 – November 16, 2024
PlayoffsNovember 23 – December 21, 2024
National Championship McKinney Independent School District Stadium
McKinney, TX
December 21, 2024

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, will begin on August 29 and will end on December 21 with the Division II championship at the McKinney Independent School District Stadium in McKinney, Texas.

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Conference changes and new programs

SchoolFormer conferenceNew conferenceRef
Anderson (SC) Trojans New program SAC [1]
Erskine Flying Fleet SAC Gulf South [2] [3]
Lincoln (MO) Blue Tigers Independent (D-II) GLVC [4]
Mercyhurst Lakers PSAC Northeast (FCS) [5]
Northeastern State RiverHawks MIAA Independent (D-II) [6]
Notre Dame (OH) Falcons Mountain East School closed [7]
Post Eagles Independent (D-II) NE-10 [8]
Roosevelt Lakers Mid-States (NAIA) GLIAC [9] [10]
Shorter Hawks Gulf South Independent (D-II) [11]
St. Augustine's Falcons CIAA Program suspended [12] [13] [14]
Sul Ross Lobos ASC (D-III) Lone Star [15]
West Georgia Wolves Gulf South UAC (D-I FCS) [16] [17] [18]

Headlines

Rankings


Conference standings

Super Region 1

2024 Great Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Ashland  0 –0   0 –0  
Findlay  0 –0   0 –0  
Hillsdale  0 –0   0 –0  
Kentucky Wesleyan  0 –0   0 –0  
Lake Erie  0 –0   0 –0  
Northwood  0 –0   0 –0  
Ohio Dominican  0 –0   0 –0  
Thomas More  0 –0   0 –0  
Tiffin  0 –0   0 –0  
Walsh  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2024 Mountain East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Charleston (WV)  0 –0   0 –0  
Concord  0 –0   0 –0  
Fairmont State  0 –0   0 –0  
Frostburg State  0 –0   0 –0  
Glenville State  0 –0   0 –0  
UNC Pembroke  0 –0   0 –0  
West Liberty  0 –0   0 –0  
West Virginia State  0 –0   0 –0  
West Virginia Wesleyan  0 –0   0 –0  
Wheeling  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2024 Northeast-10 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
American International  0 –0   0 –0  
Assumption  0 –0   0 –0  
Bentley  0 –0   0 –0  
Franklin Pierce  0 –0   0 –0  
New Haven  0 –0   0 –0  
Pace  0 –0   0 –0  
Post  0 –0   0 –0  
Saint Anselm  0 –0   0 –0  
Southern Connecticut  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2024 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Bloomsburg  0 –0   0 –0  
East Stroudsburg  0 –0   0 –0  
Kutztown  0 –0   0 –0  
Lock Haven  0 –0   0 –0  
Millersville  0 –0   0 –0  
Shepherd  0 –0   0 –0  
Shippensburg  0 –0   0 –0  
West Chester  0 –0   0 –0  
West Division
California (PA)  0 –0   0 –0  
Clarion  0 –0   0 –0  
Edinboro  0 –0   0 –0  
Gannon  0 –0   0 –0  
IUP  0 –0   0 –0  
Seton Hill  0 –0   0 –0  
Slippery Rock  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

Super Region 2

2024 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Bluefield State  0 –0   0 –0  
Bowie State  0 –0   0 –0  
Elizabeth City State  0 –0   0 –0  
Fayetteville State  0 –0   0 –0  
Johnson C. Smith  0 –0   0 –0  
Lincoln (PA)  0 –0   0 –0  
Livingstone  0 –0   0 –0  
Shaw  0 –0   0 –0  
Virginia State  0 –0   0 –0  
Virginia Union  0 –0   0 –0  
Winston-Salem State  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2024 Gulf South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Chowan  0 –0   0 –0  
Delta State  0 –0   0 –0  
Erskine  0 –0   0 –0  
Mississippi College  0 –0   0 –0  
North Greenville  0 –0   0 –0  
Valdosta State  0 –0   0 –0  
West Alabama  0 –0   0 –0  
West Florida  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2024 South Atlantic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Mountain Division
Anderson (SC)  0 –0   0 –0  
Carson–Newman  0 –0   0 –0  
Emory & Henry  0 –0   0 –0  
Mars Hill  0 –0   0 –0  
Tusculum  0 –0   0 –0  
UVA Wise  0 –0   0 –0  
Piedmont Division
Barton  0 –0   0 –0  
Catawba  0 –0   0 –0  
Lenoir–Rhyne  0 –0   0 –0  
Limestone  0 –0   0 –0  
Newberry  0 –0   0 –0  
Wingate  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2024 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Albany State  0 –0   0 –0  
Allen  0 –0   0 –0  
Benedict  0 –0   0 –0  
Central State (OH)  0 –0   0 –0  
Clark Atlanta  0 –0   0 –0  
Edward Waters  0 –0   0 –0  
Fort Valley State  0 –0   0 –0  
Kentucky State  0 –0   0 –0  
Lane  0 –0   0 –0  
Miles  0 –0   0 –0  
Morehouse  0 –0   0 –0  
Savannah State  0 –0   0 –0  
Tuskegee  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2024 NCAA Division II Super Region 2 independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Shorter  –  0 –0  
Rankings from AFCA Poll

Super Region 3

2024 Great American Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Arkansas–Monticello  0 –0   0 –0  
Arkansas Tech  0 –0   0 –0  
East Central  0 –0   0 –0  
Harding  0 –0   0 –0  
Henderson State  0 –0   0 –0  
NW Oklahoma State  0 –0   0 –0  
Oklahoma Baptist  0 –0   0 –0  
Ouachita Baptist  0 –0   0 –0  
SE Oklahoma State  0 –0   0 –0  
Southern Arkansas  0 –0   0 –0  
Southern Nazarene  0 –0   0 –0  
SW Oklahoma State  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2024 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Davenport  0 –0   0 –0  
Ferris State  0 –0   0 –0  
Grand Valley State  0 –0   0 –0  
Michigan Tech  0 –0   0 –0  
Northern Michigan  0 –0   0 –0  
Roosevelt  0 –0   0 –0  
Saginaw Valley State  0 –0   0 –0  
Wayne State (MI)  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2024 Great Lakes Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Indianapolis  0 –0   0 –0  
Lincoln (MO)  0 –0   0 –0  
McKendree  0 –0   0 –0  
Missouri S&T  0 –0   0 –0  
Quincy  0 –0   0 –0  
Southwest Baptist  0 –0   0 –0  
Truman  0 –0   0 –0  
Upper Iowa  0 –0   0 –0  
William Jewell  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2024 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Central Missouri  0 –0   0 –0  
Central Oklahoma  0 –0   0 –0  
Emporia State  0 –0   0 –0  
Fort Hays State  0 –0   0 –0  
Missouri Southern  0 –0   0 –0  
Missouri Western  0 –0   0 –0  
Nebraska–Kearney  0 –0   0 –0  
NW Missouri State  0 –0   0 –0  
Pittsburg State  0 –0   0 –0  
Washburn  0 –0   0 –0  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2024 NCAA Division II Super Region 3 independents football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Northeastern State  –  0 –0  
Rankings from AFCA Poll

Super Region 4

2024 Lone Star Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Angelo State  0 –0   0 –0  
Central Washington  0 –0   0 –0  
Eastern New Mexico  0 –0   0 –0  
Midwestern State  0 –0   0 –0  
Sul Ross*  0 –0   0 –0  
Texas A&M–Kingsville  0 –0   0 –0  
UT Permian Basin  0 –0   0 –0  
Western New Mexico  0 –0   0 –0  
Western Oregon  0 –0   0 –0  
West Texas A&M  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • * – Sul Ross ineligible for postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division III
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2024 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Augustana (SD)  0 –0   0 –0  
Bemidji State  0 –0   0 –0  
Concordia–St. Paul  0 –0   0 –0  
Mary  0 –0   0 –0  
Minnesota Duluth  0 –0   0 –0  
Minnesota State  0 –0   0 –0  
Minot State  0 –0   0 –0  
MSU Moorhead  0 –0   0 –0  
Northern State  0 –0   0 –0  
Sioux Falls  0 –0   0 –0  
SW Minnesota State  0 –0   0 –0  
Wayne State (NE)  0 –0   0 –0  
Winona State  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll
2024 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Adams State  0 –0   0 –0  
Black Hills State  0 –0   0 –0  
Chadron State  0 –0   0 –0  
Colorado Mesa  0 –0   0 –0  
Colorado Mines  0 –0   0 –0  
CSU Pueblo  0 –0   0 –0  
Fort Lewis  0 –0   0 –0  
New Mexico Highlands  0 –0   0 –0  
South Dakota Mines  0 –0   0 –0  
Western Colorado  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

Postseason


Coaching changes

Preseason and in-season

This is restricted to coaching changes that took place on or after May 1, 2024, and will include any changes announced after a team's last regularly scheduled games but before its playoff games.

SchoolOutgoing coachDateReasonReplacementPrevious position
New Mexico Highlands Ron Hudson May 1, 2024Fired [20] Kurt Taufa'asau [21] New Mexico Military head coach (2021–2023)
American International Lou Conte June 14, 2024Resigned Daniel Chipka (interim) [22] American International offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (2023)


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