2020–21 NCAA Division II football season
2020 NCAA Division II football season | |
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Total No. of teams | 67 |
Regular season | September 26, 2020 – April 25, 2021 |
Playoffs | Not held |
Harlon Hill Trophy | 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
[edit]- November 7, 2020: Angelo State 34, Abilene Christian 21
- April 1, 2021: East Central 21, Tarleton State 14
Conference changes and new programs
[edit]Membership changes
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Barton Bulldogs | Returning program, last competed 1950 | Independent[4] |
Dixie State Trailblazers | RMAC | WAC (FCS) |
Erskine Flying Fleet | Returning program, last competed 1951 | Independent[5] |
Florida Tech Panthers | Gulf South | Dropped program[6] |
Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles | Northern Sun | Dropped program[7] |
UNC Pembroke Braves | Independent | Mountain East |
St. Cloud State Huskies | Northern Sun | Dropped program[8] |
Tarleton Texans | Lone Star | WAC (FCS) |
Urbana Blue Knights | Mountain East | Shut down at end of 2019–20 academic year[9] |
Conference standings
[edit]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.
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Conferences that did not play
[edit]The following conferences did not hold a football season in fall 2020 or spring 2021, and none of their members opted to play independently.
- Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – announced on October 2, 2020, that the football season would not be played.[12]
- Northeast-10 Conference – announced on January 13, 2021, that postponed fall sports would not be rescheduled for the spring.[17]
- Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference – did not have a football season.[18]
See also
[edit]- 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season
- 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season
- 2020–21 NCAA Division III football season
- 2020 NAIA football season
References
[edit]- ^ Pekale, Zach (November 21, 2020). "2020 DII football schedule: Dates, times, matchups". NCAA.com. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ "Historic Spring College Football Season Set to Begin". National Football Foundation. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ "More Than 300 College Football Teams Are Preparing For A Spring Season". Forbes. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ "NCAA DII Collegiate Football Is Coming to Barton". Barton College. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
- ^ "Erskine Bringing Back Football for 2020 Season". Erskine College. August 24, 2018. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- ^ "Florida Tech cuts football program, announces layoffs due to COVID-19 impacts". Florida Today. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
- ^ Tollefson, Elizabeth (December 10, 2019). "UMN Crookston Discontinues Golden Eagle Football Program". Crookston, Minnesota. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ Zimmer, Matt (December 10, 2019). "St. Cloud State University cutting its football program". Argus Leader. Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
- ^ "Ohio's Urbana University to close due to coronavirus challenges, low enrollment". The Columbus Dispatch. Archived from the original on October 2, 2021. Retrieved October 2, 2021.
- ^ "MSWOSU, GAC announce spring sports plans". Weatherford Daily News. November 18, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ "GLIAC suspends all fall sports; no football for Grand Valley, Ferris, Wayne State, others". Detroit Free Press. August 12, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ a b Robertson, Maddie (July 14, 2020). "Two conferences have cancelled their planned Spring 2021 seasons". Footballscoop. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ "GSC status update of football, soccer and volleyball". Valdosta Daily Times. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ "Lone Star Conference will not sponsor spring football championship". Dave Campbell's Texas Football. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ "PSAC Announces Changes to Championship Schedules in 2021". Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. November 11, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ "SIAC ANNOUNCES RETURN TO PLAY PLANS FOR 2021". Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ "NE10 Statement on Cancellation of NCAA DII Fall Championships". NE-10.org. January 13, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
- ^ Zimmer, Matt. "With no formal NSIC spring football season, teams focus on fall". Watertown Public Opinion. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
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