2024 NCAA Division II football season

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2024 NCAA Division II football season
Total No. of teams162
Regular seasonAugust 29 – November 16, 2024
PlayoffsNovember 23 – December 21, 2024
National ChampionshipMcKinney 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.


Conference changes and new programs[edit]

School Former conference New conference Ref
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[edit]

  • January 13 – At the 2024 NCAA Convention, the D-II football membership approved a proposal to add a "Week Zero", allowing schools to play one week earlier than in previous seasons and extending the regular season from 11 weeks to 12.[19]

Rankings[edit]

Main article: 2024 NCAA Division II football rankings


Conference standings[edit]

Super Region 1[edit]

2024 Great Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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[edit]

2024 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Shorter   –     0 – 0  
Rankings from AFCA Poll

Super Region 3[edit]

2024 Great American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Northeastern State   –     0 – 0  
Rankings from AFCA Poll

Super Region 4[edit]

2024 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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
Conf Overall
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[edit]

See also: List of NCAA Division II Football Championship appearances by team


Coaching changes[edit]

Preseason and in-season[edit]

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.

School Outgoing coach Date Reason Replacement Previous position
New Mexico Highlands Ron Hudson May 1, 2024 Fired[20] Kurt Taufa'asau[21] New Mexico Military head coach (2021–2023)


See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Are You Ready for Trojan Football?". andersonuniversity.edu. Anderson University. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Erskine Football | Fleet agree to join Gulf South Conference as Football Affiliate Member for 2024 season". erskinesports.com. Erskine College. January 27, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  3. ^ "Erskine Football | Fleet to be part of rebirth of football in Conference Carolinas in 2025". erskinesports.com. Erskine College. January 26, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  4. ^ "Lincoln to Leave MIAA After 43 years". themiaa.com. Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. January 26, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  5. ^ "Mercyhurst University marks new era in athletics with move to Division I". hurstathletics.com. Mercyhurst University. April 4, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  6. ^ "MIAA Approves Northeastern State's Request to Play as an Independent Institution in Football". themiaa.com. Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. November 20, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  7. ^ "Last day of classes at Notre Dame College; school closing after more than 100 years". cleveland19.com. May 2, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  8. ^ "Post University Football To Join Northeast-10 As Associate Member". posteagles.com. Post University. May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  9. ^ "ROOSEVELT JOINS NCAA DIVISION II". roosevelt.edu. Roosevelt University. July 13, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  10. ^ "Lakers Litter All-MSFA Teams For Final NAIA Season". rooseveltlakers.com. Roosevelt University. November 20, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  11. ^ "Shorter Athletics Annouces Their Move to Conference Carolinas". goshorterhawks.com. Shorter University. January 27, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  12. ^ "Struggling HBCU 'Suspends' Football Program For The Fall Season". SI.com. April 4, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  13. ^ "St. Augustine's will compete in every other sport except football — for now". hbcusports.com. April 20, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  14. ^ "Former St. Augustine's football players describe suspension of 2024 football as 'heartbreaking' ". hbcusports.com. April 19, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  15. ^ "Sul Ross State to join the LSC on July 1, 2024". lonestarconference.org. Lone Star Conference. July 22, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  16. ^ "UWG, United Athletic Conference Reveal 2024 Conference Football Slate". uwgathletics.com. University of West Georgia. November 14, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  17. ^ "UWG Athletics to Transition to NCAA Division I". westga.edu. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  18. ^ "UAC Welcomes West Georgia as its 11th Member". uacfootball.com. United Athletic Conference. August 8, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
  19. ^ "Division II approves football scheduling proposal, pair of championship changes" (Press release). NCAA. January 13, 2024. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
  20. ^ "NMHU And Head Football Coach Ron Hudson Part Ways" (Press release). New Mexico Highlands University Athletics. May 1, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  21. ^ "Kurt Taufa'asau Named NMHU Head Football Coach". New Mexico Highlands University Athletics. May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
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