2018 NCAA Division II football season

2018 Northeast-10 Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – Division II playoff participant; Rankings from AFCA Poll

2018 Great Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – Division II playoff participant; Rankings from AFCA Poll

2018 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season	August 30 – November 10, 2018
Postseason	November 17 – December 15, 2018
National Championship	McKinney Independent School District Stadium; McKinney, TX; December 15, 2018
«2017	2019»

The 2018 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 30, 2018, and ended with the Division II championship on December 15, 2018, at the McKinney Independent School District Stadium in McKinney, Texas, hosted by the Lone Star Conference.^[1]

Originally, the game was awarded to another bid by the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association and Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas^[2] but, due to field repairs, that contract was terminated in September 2018.^[3]

Texas A&M–Commerce Lions were the defending champions from the previous season.^[4]

Headlines

October 3 – Long Island University announced that it would merge its two current athletic programs—the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds, full but non-football members of the Division I FCS Northeast Conference (NEC), and LIU Post Pioneers, full members of the Division II non-football East Coast Conference and football members of the Northeast-10 Conference—effective with the 2019–20 school year. The new program will compete under the LIU name with a new nickname, inheriting the Division I and NEC memberships of LIU Brooklyn. Following the athletic merger, the former Post football team will become the LIU football team, competing in the NEC as an FCS member.^[5]

Conference changes and new programs

Membership changes

School	Former conference	New conference
Cheyney Wolves	PSAC	Dropped program
North Alabama Lions	Gulf South	Independent (FCS)
North Greenville Crusaders	Independent	Gulf South
Tiffin Dragons	GLIAC	G-MAC

Division II team wins over FCS teams

September 1:
- Morehouse 34, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 30
September 22:
- Truman State 34, Valparaiso 20

Conference standings

Super Region 1

Template:2018 Mountain East Conference football standings

Template:2018 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings

Super Region 2

Template:2018 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

Template:2018 Gulf South Conference football standings

2018 South Atlantic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#8 Lenoir–Rhyne $^		7	–	0		12	–	2
#24 Wingate ^		5	–	2		9	–	4
Carson–Newman		4	–	3		7	–	4
Tusculum		4	–	3		5	–	5
Newberry		3	–	4		5	–	6
Mars Hill		3	–	4		4	–	6
Catawba		2	–	5		4	–	7
Limestone		0	–	7		0	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Coaches

Template:2018 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

2018 NCAA Division II independents football records
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
UNC Pembroke			–			2	–	8

Rankings from AFCA Poll

Super Region 3

Template:2018 Great American Conference football standings	Template:2018 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings	Template:2018 Great Lakes Valley Conference football standings
Template:2018 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football standings

Super Region 4

Template:2018 Great Northwest Athletic Conference football standings	Template:2018 Lone Star Conference football standings	Template:2018 Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Template:2018 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings

Playoffs

2018 NCAA Division II National Football Championship playoffs
Teams	28
Finals Site	McKinney Independent School District Stadium McKinney, Texas
Champions	Valdosta State (4th title, 5th championship game)
Runner-Up	Ferris State (1st championship game)
Semifinalists	Minnesota State Notre Dame (OH)
Winning Coach	Kerwin Bell (1st championship)

The 2018 NCAA Division II Football Championship was the 46th edition of the Division II playoffs. The playoffs began on November 17 and concluded with the championship game on December 15.

The field consisted of 28 teams, seven from each of the four super regions. The participants in each region were determined by the regional rankings; if a conference's highest-ranked team was ranked in the top nine, that team qualified via the "earned access" provision, and all other participants were selected directly from the rankings. The top seed in each region received a first-round bye. After the quarterfinals, the regional winners were reseeded one through four, with No. 1 meeting No. 4 in the semifinals and No. 2 meeting No. 3.

Participating teams

School	Conference	Regular Season Record	Region	Seed
Azusa Pacific	Great Northwest Athletic Conference	8–3	4	7
Bowie State	Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association	9–2	2	4
Colorado Mines	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	10–1	4	4
CSU Pueblo	Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	10–1	4	5
Ferris State	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	11–0	3	2
Florida Tech	Gulf South Conference	8–3	2	6
Fort Hays State	Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association	9–2	3	5
Grand Valley State	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	10–1	3	3
Harding	Great American Conference	9–2	3	7
Hillsdale	Great Midwest Athletic Conference	9–2	1	5
Indianapolis	Great Lakes Valley Conference	9–1	3	4
Kutztown	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	9–1	1	4
Lenoir–Rhyne	South Atlantic Conference	10–1	2	3
LIU Post	Northeast-10 Conference	10–0	1	2
Minnesota State	Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference	11–0	4	1
Minnesota–Duluth	Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference	11–0	4	3
New Haven	Northeast-10 Conference	8–2	1	6
Northwest Missouri State	Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association	9–2	3	6
Notre Dame (OH)	Mountain East Conference	11–0	1	1
Ouachita Baptist	Great American Conference	11–0	3	1
Slippery Rock	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	9–2	1	7
Tarleton State	Lone Star Conference	10–0	4	2
Texas A&M–Commerce	Lone Star Conference	9–2	4	6
Valdosta State	Gulf South Conference	10–0	2	1
West Alabama	Gulf South Conference	8–3	2	5
West Chester	Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	10–0	1	3
West Georgia	Gulf South Conference	10–1	2	2
Wingate	South Atlantic Conference	8–3	2	7

Bids by conference

Conference	Total	Schools	Super Region
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association	1	Bowie State	2
Great American Conference	2	Harding Ouachita Baptist	3
Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference	2	Ferris State Grand Valley State	3
Great Lakes Valley Conference	1	Indianapolis	3
Great Midwest Athletic Conference	1	Hillsdale	1
Great Northwest Athletic Conference	1	Azusa Pacific	4
Gulf South Conference	4	Florida Tech Valdosta State West Alabama West Georgia	2
Lone Star Conference	2	Tarleton State Texas A&M–Commerce	4
Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association	2	Fort Hays State Northwest Missouri State	3
Mountain East Conference	1	Notre Dame (OH)	1
Northeast-10 Conference	2	LIU Post New Haven	1
Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference	2	Minnesota State Minnesota–Duluth	4
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference	3	Kutztown Slippery Rock West Chester	1
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference	2	Colorado Mines CSU Pueblo	4
South Atlantic Conference	2	Lenoir–Rhyne Wingate	2

Bracket

First round November 17			Second round November 24			Quarterfinals December 1			Semifinals December 8			Championship McKinney, TX December 15



			1	Notre Dame (OH)*	19

			5	Hillsdale	14
4	Kutztown*	26

5	Hillsdale	40
						1	Notre Dame (OH)*	21
Super Region 1
						7	Slippery Rock	17
2	LIU Post*	14

7	Slippery Rock	20
			7	Slippery Rock	59

			6	New Haven*	20
3	West Chester*	28

6	New Haven	35
									4	Notre Dame (OH)	24

									1	Valdosta State*	30



			1	Valdosta State*	66

			4	Bowie State	16
4	Bowie State*	41

5	West Alabama	35
						1	Valdosta State*	61
Super Region 2
						3	Lenoir–Rhyne	21
2	West Georgia*	21

7	Wingate	41
			7	Wingate	17

			3	Lenoir–Rhyne*	21
3	Lenoir–Rhyne*	43

6	Florida Tech	21
												1	Valdosta State	49

												3	Ferris State	47



			1	Ouachita Baptist*	35

			4	Indianapolis	7
4	Indianapolis*	38

5	Fort Hays State	27
						1	Ouachita Baptist*	14
Super Region 3
						2	Ferris State	37
2	Ferris State*	21

7	Harding	19
			2	Ferris State*	27

			6	NW Missouri State	21
3	Grand Valley State*	17

6	NW Missouri State	42
									3	Ferris State	42

									2	Minnesota State*	25



			1	Minnesota State*	24

			5	CSU Pueblo	10
4	Colorado Mines*	17

5	CSU Pueblo	37
						1	Minnesota State*	13
Super Region 4
						2	Tarleton State	10
2	Tarleton State*	58

7	Azusa Pacific	0
			2	Tarleton State*	34

			6	Texas A&M–Commerce	28
3	Minnesota–Duluth*	17

6	Texas A&M–Commerce	33

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2018 NCAA Division II football season

Contents

Headlines

Conference changes and new programs

Membership changes

Division II team wins over FCS teams

Conference standings

Super Region 1

Super Region 2

Super Region 3

Super Region 4

Playoffs

Participating teams

Bids by conference

Bracket

See also

References

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