Division 2 Football : Champions : Schools : Streaks : Series records : Most frequent matchups Year Champion Runner-Up Result Semi-Finalist ++ Semi-Finalist Teams 2024 Ferris State Valdosta State 49-14 Slippery Rock MN State-Mankato 28 2023 Harding Colorado Mines 38-7 Lenoir-Rhyne Kutztown 28 2022 Ferris State Colorado Mines 41-14 West Florida Shepherd 28 2021 Ferris State Valdosta State 58-17 Shepherd Colorado Mines 28 2020 CHAMPIONSHIP CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 GLOBAL PANDEMIC 2019 West Florida Minnesota St-Mankato 48-40 Ferris State Slippery Rock 28 2018 Valdosta State Ferris State 49-47 Notre Dame (OH) Minnesota St-Mankato 28 2017 East Texas A&M West Florida 37-27 Harding Indiana (PA) 28 2016 Northwest MO State North Alabama 29-3 Ferris State Shepherd 24 2015 Northwest MO State Shepherd 34-7 West Georgia Grand Valley State 24 2014 Colorado St-Pueblo Minnesota St-Mankato 43-28 West Georgia Concord 24 2013 Northwest MO State Lenoir-Rhyne 43-28 Grand Valley State West Chester 24 2012 Valdosta State Winston-Salem State 35-7 MN State-Mankato West Texas A&M 24 2011 Pittsburg State Wayne State (MI) 35-21 Delta State Winston-Salem State 24 2010 Minnesota-Duluth Delta State 20-17 Northwest MO State Shepherd 24 2009 Northwest MO State Grand Valley State 30-23 California (PA) Carson-Newman 24 2008 Minnesota-Duluth Northwest MO State 41-7 California (PA) North Alabama 24 2007 Valdosta State Northwest MO State 25-20 California (PA) Grand Valley State 24 2006 Grand Valley State Northwest MO State 17-14 Delta State Bloomsburg 24 2005 Grand Valley State Northwest MO State 21-17 East Stroudsburg North Alabama 24 2004 Valdosta State Pittsburg State 36-31 West Chester North Dakota 24 2003 Grand Valley State North Dakota 29-22 TX A&M–Kingsville North Alabama 16 2002 Grand Valley State Valdosta State 31-24 Northern Colorado TX A&M–Kingsville 16 2001 North Dakota Grand Valley State 17-14 California-Davis Catawba 16 2000 Delta State Bloomsburg 63-34 North Dakota State California-Davis 16 1999 Northwest MO State Carson-Newman 58-52 (4OT) Indiana (PA) Northeastern State 16 1998 Northwest MO State Carson-Newman 24-6 TX A&M–Kingsville Slippery Rock 16 1997 Northern Colorado New Haven 51-0 Carson-Newman California-Davis 16 1996 Northern Colorado Carson-Newman 23-14 Clarion California-Davis 16 1995 North Alabama Pittsburg State 27-7 Ferris State TX A&M–Kingsville 16 1994 North Alabama TX A&M–Kingsville 16-10 North Dakota Indiana (PA) 16 1993 North Alabama Indiana (PA) 41-34 TX A&M–Kingsville North Dakota 16 1992 Jacksonville State Pittsburg State 17-13 New Haven Pittsburg State 16 1991 Pittsburg State Jacksonville State 23-6 Pittsburg State Indiana (PA) 16 1990 North Dakota State Indiana (PA) 51-11 Pittsburg State Mississippi College 16 1989 Mississippi College Jacksonville State 3-0 Indiana (PA) Angelo State 16 1988 North Dakota State Pittsburg State 35-21 Sacramento State TX A&M–Kingsville 16 1987 Troy Pittsburg State 31-17 Central Florida Northern Michigan 8 1986 North Dakota State South Dakota 27-7 Central State (OH) Troy 8 1985 North Dakota State North Alabama 35-7 South Dakota Bloomsburg 8 1984 Troy North Dakota State 18-17 Towson Nebraska-Omaha 8 1983 North Dakota State Central State (OH) 41-21 California-Davis North Alabama 8 1982 Texas State California-Davis 34-9 Jacksonville State North Dakota State 8 1981 Texas State North Dakota State 42-13 Northern Michigan Shippensburg 8 1980 Cal-Poly Eastern Illinois 21-13 Santa Clara North Alabama 8 1979 Delaware Youngstown State 38-21 Mississippi College Alabama A&M 8 1978 Eastern Illinois Delaware 10-9 Youngstown State Winston-Salem State 8 1977 Lehigh Jacksonville State 33-0 California-Davis North Dakota State 8 1976 Montana State Akron 24-13 North Dakota State Northern Michigan 8 1975 Northern Michigan Western Kentucky 16-14 West Alabama New Hampshire 8 1974 Central Michigan Delaware 54-14 Louisiana Tech Nevada-Las Vegas 8 1973 Louisiana Tech Western Kentucky 34-0 Boise State Grambling 8 ++ Semi-finalist that lost to champion is shown in this column
