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.
Current Division II members
Qualified teams
- Teams in bold participated in the 2024 postseason.
- Updated at the conclusion of the 2024 playoffs.
Not yet qualified
- Teams in yellow are ineligible for the playoffs due to a transition to Division II.
Former NCAA Division II members
Former NCAA Division II teams that sponsored football at D-II level and had made at least one appearance in the playoffs, but had left NCAA Division II.
Defunct programs
NCAA Division II teams that sponsored football at D-II level and had made at least one appearance in playoffs but dropped their football programs.
Notes
Program changes
- FBS Program has since joined Division I FBS.
- FCS Program has since joined Division I FCS.
- D1 Program has since joined NCAA Division I but has dropped football.
- D3 Program has since joined Division III.
See also
- List of NCAA Division II football programs
- List of NCAA Division I FBS football bowl records
- List of NCAA Division I FCS playoff appearances by team
- List of NCAA Division III Football Championship appearances by team
- List of NAIA national football championship series appearances by team
References
- NCAA.com, ed. (2019). "Championships" (PDF). 2019 Division I Football Records Book. NCAA. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
External links
- Past winners
