| Year: | 1987 |
| Regular Season: | August–November 1987 |
| Playoffs: | November–December 1987 |
| Championship: | Tacoma Dome Tacoma, WA |
| Champions: | Pacific Lutheran (2) Wisconsin–Stevens Point (forfeited) |
The 1987 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1987 college football season in the United States and the 32nd season of college football sponsored by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), was the 18th season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.
The season was played from August to November 1987 and culminated in the 1987 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at the Tacoma Dome near the campus of Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.[1] Pacific Lutheran and Wisconsin–Stevens Point played to a tie, 16–16, and were declared co-national champions. It was Pacific Lutheran's second NAIA national title and Wisconsin–Stevens Point's first. However, the Pointers later forfeited their shared of title after it was discovered they had been used two ineligible players during the season.[2]
| Conference | Champion | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | Mount Rainier Division: Central Washington Mount Hood Division: Oregon Tech | 5–1 5–1 | |
| Frontier | Carroll (MT) | 8–2 | |
| Heart of America | Baker | 6–0 | |
| Illini–Badger | 5–0 | ||
| Kansas | Bethany Southwestern (KS) | 8–1 | |
| Mid-South | Georgetown (KY) | 8–3 | |
| Nebraska | Midland | 4–1 | |
| North Dakota | Dickinson State | 5–0 | |
| South Dakota | Black Hills State | 4–1 | |
| Texas | Tarleton State | 6–0 | |
| WSUC | Wisconsin–River Falls Wisconsin–Whitewater | 6–2 |