| Year: | 1989 |
| Regular Season: | August–November 1989 |
| Playoffs: | November–December 1989 |
| Championship: | Canton, OH |
| Champions: | Westminster (PA) (5) |
The 1989 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1989 college football season in the United States and the 34th season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the 20th season of play of the NAIA Division II for football.
The season was played from August to November 1989 and culminated in the 1989 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at a neutral field in Canton, Ohio.[1]
In rematch of the previous year's final, the Westminster Titans repeated as national champion by defeating the, 51–30, to win their fifth NAIA national title.
| Conference | Champion | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | Mount Rainier League: Central Washington Mount Hood League: Lewis & Clark | 5–0–1 5–1 | |
| Frontier | Carroll (MT) | 6–0 | |
| Heart of America | Missouri Valley | 7–0 | |
| Illini-Badger | Greenville | 8–1 | |
| Kansas | St. Mary of the Plains | 9–0 | |
| Mid-South | Georgetown (KY) | 6–0 | |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Wesleyan | 5–0 | |
| North Dakota | Dickinson State | 5–0 | |
| South Dakota | Dakota Wesleyan Sioux Falls | 4–1 | |
| WSUC | Wisconsin–La Crosse | 7–1 |
Final NAIA Division II poll rankings:
| Rank | Team (first place votes) | Record (thru Nov. 11) | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westminster (PA) (21) | 9–0 | 525 |
| 2 | 8–0–1 | 499 | |
| 3 | 9–1 | 470 | |
| 4 | 9–1 | 457 | |
| 5 | 10–0 | 426 | |
| 6 | 8–1 | 402 | |
| 7 | 9–1 | 381 | |
| 8 | 8–1 | 356 | |
| 9 | 8–1–1 | 351 | |
| 10 | 8–1 | 323 | |
| 11 | 9–0–1 | 320 | |
| 12 | 8–1 | 287 | |
| 13 | 8–2 | 274 | |
| 14 | 8–1 | 270 | |
| 15 | 9–1 | 261 | |
| 16 | 8–1 | 217 | |
| 17 | 6–2–1 | 149 | |
| 18 | 7–2–1 | 140 | |
| 19 | 7–2 | 137 | |
| 20 | 8–2 | 116 | |
| 21 | 7–2 | 107 | |
| 22 | 7–3 | 87 | |
| 23 | 8–3 | 66 | |
| 24 | 7–3 | 40 | |
| 25 | 6–3 | 33 | |