NCAA Division II national football championship
NCAA Division 2 National football Champions
Prior to 1973, there was no Division 2 Football Championship. Instead, four regional bowl games were played in order to provide postseason action for what was then called the NCAA College Division.
- 1973 Louisiana Tech 34-0 Western Kentucky
- 1974 Central Michigan 54-14 Delaware
- 1975 Northern Michigan 16-14 Western Kentucky
- 1976 Montana State 24-13 Akron
- 1977 Lehigh 33-0 Jacksonville State
- 1978 Eastern Illinois 10-9 Delaware
- 1979 Delaware 38-21 Youngstown State
- 1980 Cal-Poly 21-13 Eastern Illinois
- 1981 Southwest Texas State 42-13 North Dakota State
- 1982 Southwest Texas State 34-9 California-Davis
- 1983 North Dakota State 41-21 Central State
- 1984 Troy State 18-17 North Dakota State
- 1985 North Dakota State 35-7 North Alabama
- 1986 North Dakota State 27-7 South Dakota
- 1987 Troy State 31-17 Portland State
- 1988 North Dakota State 35-21 Portland State
- 1989 Mississippi College 3-0 Jacksonville
- 1990 North Dakota State 51-11 Indiana-Pennsylvania
- 1991 Pittsburg State 23-6 Jacksonville State
- 1992 Jacksonville State 17-13 Pittsburg State
- 1993 North Alabama 41-34 Indiana (PA)
- 1994 North Alabama 16-10 Texas A&M-Kingsville
- 1995 North Alabama 27-7 Pittsburg State
- 1996 Northern Colorado 23-14 Carson-Newman
- 1997 Northern Colorado 51-0 New Haven
- 1998 Northwest Missouri State 24-6 Carson-Newman
- 1999 Northwest Missouri State 58-52 Carson-Newman
- 2000 Delta State 63-34 Bloomsburg
- 2001 North Dakota 17-14 Grand Valley State
- 2002 Grand Valley State 31-24 Valdosta State
- 2003 Grand Valley State 10-3 North Dakota