2020–21 NCAA Division II football season explained

Year:2020
Number Of Teams:67
Playoffs:Not held
Hill:Not awarded

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.

D-II team wins over FCS teams

Conference changes and new programs

Membership changes

School Former conference New conference
Barton Bulldogs Returning program, last competed 1950 Independent[4]
WAC (FCS)
Returning program, last competed 1951 Independent[5]
Dropped program[6]
Dropped program[7]
Mountain East
Dropped program[8]
WAC (FCS)
Urbana Blue Knights Shut down at end of 2019–20 academic year[9]

Conference standings

Only four conferences (GLVC, G-MAC, Mountain East and SAC) and two independents (Barton and Erskine) decided to play the season. All of them played 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

Super Region 4

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2020 DII football schedule: Dates, times, matchups . Zach . Pekale. NCAA.com . November 21, 2020 . December 17, 2021.
  2. Web site: Historic Spring College Football Season Set to Begin . National Football Foundation . December 17, 2021 . en.
  3. Web site: More Than 300 College Football Teams Are Preparing For A Spring Season . . December 17, 2021 . en.
  4. Web site: NCAA DII Collegiate Football Is Coming to Barton . Barton College . October 2, 2021.
  5. Web site: Erskine Bringing Back Football for 2020 Season. Erskine College. October 29, 2021. August 24, 2018.
  6. Web site: Florida Tech cuts football program, announces layoffs due to COVID-19 impacts . Florida Today . October 2, 2021.
  7. Web site: UMN Crookston Discontinues Golden Eagle Football Program. Tollefson . Elizabeth . Crookston, Minnesota. December 10, 2019. January 20, 2022.
  8. Web site: St. Cloud State University cutting its football program. Zimmer. Matt. Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. December 10, 2019. August 26, 2020.
  9. Web site: Ohio's Urbana University to close due to coronavirus challenges, low enrollment . The Columbus Dispatch . October 2, 2021 . October 2, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211002073739/https://www.dispatch.com/news/20200421/ohiorsquos-urbana-university-to-close-due-to-coronavirus-challenges-low-enrollment . dead .
  10. Web site: MSWOSU, GAC announce spring sports plans . Weatherford Daily News . December 17, 2021 . en . November 18, 2020.
  11. Web site: GLIAC suspends all fall sports; no football for Grand Valley, Ferris, Wayne State, others . Detroit Free Press . December 17, 2021 . en . August 12, 2020.
  12. Web site: Two conferences have cancelled their planned Spring 2021 seasons . Maddie . Robertson. Footballscoop . December 17, 2021 . en . July 14, 2020.
  13. Web site: GSC status update of football, soccer and volleyball . Valdosta Daily Times . December 17, 2021 . en.
  14. Web site: Lone Star Conference will not sponsor spring football championship . Dave Campbell's Texas Football . December 17, 2021.
  15. Web site: PSAC Announces Changes to Championship Schedules in 2021 . Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference . December 17, 2021 . en . November 11, 2020.
  16. Web site: SIAC ANNOUNCES RETURN TO PLAY PLANS FOR 2021 . . December 17, 2021.
  17. Web site: NE10 Statement on Cancellation of NCAA DII Fall Championships . NE-10.org . December 17, 2021 . January 13, 2021.
  18. Web site: With no formal NSIC spring football season, teams focus on fall . Matt . Zimmer. Watertown Public Opinion . December 17, 2021 . en.

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