2020–21 NCAA Division II football season

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2020 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season September 26, 2020 – April 25, 2021
Postseason Not held
National Championship
Harlon Hill Trophy Not awarded
Division II football season
«2019 2021»

The 2020–21 NCAA Division II football season was the component of the 2020 college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division II level in the United States. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only a few games were played during the traditional fall season.[1] For other teams that chose to play during the 2020–21 school year, the regular season began on February 27, 2021, and culminated on April 25.[2][3]

The season concluded with the end of the regular season, as the playoffs and championship game were not held due to the pandemic.

Conference changes and new programs

Membership changes

School Former conference New conference
Barton Bulldogs Returning program, last competed 1950 Independent[4]
Dixie State Trailblazers RMAC WAC (FCS)
Erskine Flying Fleet Returning program, last competed 1951 Independent[5]
Florida Tech Panthers Gulf South Dropped program[6]
Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles Northern Sun Dropped program[7]
UNC Pembroke Braves Independent Mountain East
St. Cloud State Huskies Northern Sun Dropped program[8]
Tarleton Texans Lone Star WAC (FCS)
Urbana Blue Knights Mountain East Shut down at end of 2019–20 academic year[9]

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Conference standings

Only four conferences (GLVC, G-MAC, Mountain East and SAC), plus independents (Barton and Erskine) decided to play the season. All of them decided to play a spring schedule. GAC,[10] GLIAC,[11] GNAC,[12] Gulf South,[13] Lone Star,[14] MIAA, PSAC,[15] RMAC and SIAC[16] cancelled their football season, but some of their teams decided to play. Standings do not count games designated as exhibitions/scrimmages, only games in a school's official statistics.

Super Region 1

Template:2020 Great Midwest Athletic Conference football standings Template:2020 Mountain East Conference football standings Template:2020 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings

Super Region 2

Template:2020 Gulf South Conference football standings Template:2020 South Atlantic Conference football standings Template:2020 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Template:2020 NCAA Division II independents football records

Super Region 3

Template:2020 Great American Conference football standings Template:2020 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings Template:2020 Great Lakes Valley Conference football standings
Template:2020 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football standings

Super Region 4

Template:2020 Great Northwest Athletic Conference football standings Template:2020 Lone Star Conference football standings Template:2020 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference football standings

Conferences that did not play

The following conferences did not hold a football season in fall 2020 or spring 2021, and none of their members opted to play independently.

See also

References

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