List of NCAA Division II football championship appearances by team

The list of team that have participated in the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs. The NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs began with eight teams in 1973 and expanded to include 16 teams in 1988, 24 teams in 2004, 28 teams in 2015, and 32 teams in 2025.

Current Division II members

Qualified teams

Teams in bold participated in the 2025 postseason.
Updated before the start of the 2025 playoffs.

Not yet qualified

Teams in yellow are ineligible for the playoffs due to a transition to Division II.

Former NCAA Division II members

Former NCAA Division II teams that sponsored football at D-II level and had made at least one appearance in the playoffs, but had left NCAA Division II.

Defunct programs

NCAA Division II teams that sponsored football at D-II level and had made at least one appearance in playoffs but either dropped their football programs or closed entirely.

Notes

Program changes

Program has since joined Division I FBS.
Program has since joined Division I FCS.
Program has since joined NCAA Division I but has dropped football.
Program has since joined Division III.

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Past winners