2021 NCAA Division II football season explained

Year:	2021
Number Of Teams:	165
Championship:	McKinney Independent School District Stadium McKinney, TX December 18, 2021
Champion:	Ferris State
Hill:	Tyson Bagent, QB, Shepherd

The 2021 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, began on August 28 and ended December 18 with the Division II championship at the McKinney Independent School District Stadium in McKinney, Texas. Ferris State defeated Valdosta State, 58–17, for the title.

D-II team wins over FCS teams

September 3: Southern Connecticut 28, Central Connecticut 21
September 4: West Florida 42, McNeese State 36

Conference changes and new programs

Membership changes

School	Former conference	New conference
		G-MAC^[1]
Alderson Broaddus Battlers		Mountain East^[2]
Allen Yellow Jackets		Independent^[3]
		Dropped program
Barton Bulldogs	Returning program, last competed 1950	Independent^[4]
Bluefield State Big Blues	Returning program, last competed 1980	Independent^[5]
		WAC (FCS)
Edward Waters Tigers		Southern Intercollegiate Athletic
		Independent^[6]
	Returning program, last competed 1951	Independent^[7]
		Dropped program^[8]
		Dropped program^[9]
		Mountain East
		Dropped program^[10]
		WAC (FCS)
Urbana Blue Knights		Shut down at end of 2019–20 academic year^[11]

Conference standings

Super Region 4

Postseason

Bracket

National semifinals

Teams that advanced to the semifinals were re-seeded.

Notes and References

Web site: Ashland University to join Great Midwest Athletic Conference in summer of 2021 . richlandsource . October 2, 2021.
Web site: Alderson Broaddus To Join MEC . Mountain East . October 2, 2021.
Web site: Allen University to move from NAIA to NCAA Division II effective 2020-21 academic year . HBCU Sports . October 2, 2021.
Web site: NCAA DII Collegiate Football Is Coming to Barton . Barton College . October 2, 2021.
Web site: Bluefield State Returns Football And 11 Additional Sports For 2021-2022 . Bluefield State . October 2, 2021.
Web site: Emory & Henry College to Join South Atlantic Conference; Will Begin Competition in 2022-23 . SAC.
Web site: Erskine Bringing Back Football for 2020 Season. Erskine College. October 29, 2021. August 24, 2018.
Web site: Florida Tech cuts football program, announces layoffs due to COVID-19 impacts . Florida Today . October 2, 2021.
Web site: UMN Crookston Discontinues Golden Eagle Football Program. Tollefson . Elizabeth . Crookston, Minnesota. December 10, 2019. January 20, 2022.
Web site: St. Cloud State University cutting its football program. Zimmer. Matt. Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. December 10, 2019. August 26, 2020.
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 .