List of NCAA Division II institutions


There are currently 307 American, Canadian, and Puerto Rican colleges and universities classified as Division II for NCAA competition. During the 2020–21 academic year, five schools are in the process of reclassifying to Division II. Forty-four of the 50 U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Canadian province of British Columbia are represented. Arizona, Louisiana, Maine, Nevada, Rhode Island, and Wyoming do not currently have D-II institutions.

Division II institutions

Full members

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Reclassifying

The reclassification process from one NCAA division to another requires four years, except for moves to Division II. Moves from Division III to Division II require three years, and moves from Division I to Division II require two years.
SchoolNicknameCityState/
Province		ConferenceFull
Membership
Allen UniversityYellow JacketsColumbiaSouth CarolinaIndependent2023
D'Youville CollegeSaintsBuffaloNew YorkEast Coast Conference2023
Frostburg State UniversityBobcatsFrostburgMarylandMountain East Conference2022
College of Staten IslandDolphinsStaten IslandNew YorkEast Coast Conference2022
University of Texas at TylerPatriotsTylerTexasLone Star Conference2021

Pending

This school is actively pursuing Division II membership. Schools wishing to move within the NCAA to Division II must apply no later than February 1 of a given year, with the NCAA making its decision that July.
SchoolNicknameCityState/
Province		ConferenceCurrent Affiliation
Edward Waters CollegeTigersJacksonvilleFloridaSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic ConferenceGulf Coast Athletic Conference

Sports not in D-II

The NCAA does not conduct separate Division II championships in the following sports:
Some schools have opted to compete in a sport at a higher level and are allowed to do so by the NCAA under certain circumstances. First, when the NCAA placed severe restrictions on the fielding of Division I teams by Division II institutions in 2011, it grandfathered in all then-current D-I teams at D-II schools. Apart from this, Division II members are allowed to compete for Division I championships in sports in which a Division II national championship is not contested.
In some sports, the NCAA only sponsors championships open to all member schools regardless of division, with examples including beach volleyball, fencing, rifle, and water polo. In men's and women's ice hockey and men's volleyball, the NCAA holds Division III championships, but does not hold a separate D-II championship. The NCAA officially classifies all championship events that are open to schools from more than one division as "National Collegiate", except in men's ice hockey, in which the top-level championship is styled as a Division I championship. Division II members are allowed to compete for National Collegiate championships as well as the Division I men's ice hockey championship; in all such sports, they are allowed to operate under the same rules and scholarship restrictions that apply to full Division I members in that sport.
The Northeast-10 sponsors men's ice hockey for its members who choose to remain in D-II, including a postseason tournament. The conference formerly sponsored a women's ice hockey postseason tournament for those teams remaining in D-II but competing as independents during the regular season, but that tournament has been superseded by the New England Women's Hockey Alliance, which began play in 2017 as a scheduling agreement between all of the existing women's National Collegiate independents, organized as a full conference in 2018, and received official NCAA recognition in 2019. Because the NE-10 is the sole Division II hockey league, its postseason champion cannot compete for the NCAA national hockey championship. The Post University men's team competes as D-II and has a scheduling alliance with the NE-10 schools, while its women's team is a member of the NEWHA.
SchoolNicknameLocationSportConference
AdelphiPanthersGarden City, NYBowlingEast Coast Conference
Alabama–HuntsvilleChargersHuntsville, ALWestern Collegiate Hockey Association
AlaskaNanooksFairbanks, AKWestern Collegiate Hockey Association
AlaskaNanooksFairbanks, AKRiflePatriot Rifle Conference
AlaskaNanooksFairbanks, AKSkiingCentral Collegiate Ski Association
Alaska–AnchorageSeawolvesAnchorage, AKMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Alaska–AnchorageSeawolvesAnchorage, AKWestern Collegiate Hockey Association
Alaska–AnchorageSeawolvesAnchorage, AKSkiingRocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association
Alderson BroaddusBattlersPhillippi, WVIndependent
American InternationalYellow JacketsSpringfield, MAAtlantic Hockey
AssumptionGreyhoundsWorcester, MANortheast-10 Conference
AugustaJaguarsAugusta, GAMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
AugustaJaguarsAugusta, GAIndependent
Azusa PacificCougarsAzusa, CAGolden Coast Conference
BartonBulldogsWilson, NC
Belmont AbbeyCrusadersBelmont, NCBowlingIndependent
Belmont AbbeyCrusadersBelmont, NC
Bemidji StateBeaversBemidji, MNWestern Collegiate Hockey Association
Bemidji StateBeaversBemidji, MNWestern Collegiate Hockey Association
BenedictTigersColumbia, SCSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
BentleyFalconsWaltham, MAAtlantic Hockey
BloomsburgHuskiesBloomsburg, PAWrestlingMid-American Conference
Bowie StateBulldogsBowie, MDBowlingCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
BridgeportPurple KnightsBridgeport, CTEastern College Athletic Conference
CaldwellCougarsCaldwell, NJBowlingNortheast Conference
PioneersHayward, CAWestern Water Polo Association
Golden EaglesLos Angeles, CABeach volleyballIndependent
OttersSeaside, CAWestern Water Polo Association
Carson–NewmanEaglesJefferson City, TNBeach volleyballIndependent
CatawbaIndiansSalisbury, NCBeach volleyballIndependent
Central MissouriJenniesWarrensburg, MOBowlingGreat Lakes Valley Conference
Central StateMaraudersWilberforce, OHSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Charleston Golden EaglesCharleston, WVEastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
Chestnut HillGriffinsPhiladelphia, PABowlingIndependent
ChowanHawksMurfreesboro, NCBowlingCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
ClarionGolden EaglesClarion, PAWrestlingMid-American Conference
CokerCobrasHartsville, SCIndependent
Colorado MesaMavericksGrand Junction, COBeach volleyballIndependent
Concordia–IrvineEaglesIrvine, CABeach volleyballIndependent
Concordia–IrvineEaglesIrvine, CAMountain Pacific Sports Federation
Concordia–IrvineEaglesIrvine, CAWestern Water Polo Association
Concordia–IrvineEaglesIrvine, CAGolden Coast Conference
DaemenWildcatsAmherst, NYBowlingEast Coast Conference
DaemenWildcatsAmherst, NYIndependent
Dallas BaptistPatriotsDallas, TXBaseballMissouri Valley Conference
DruryPanthersSpringfield, MOBowlingGreat Lakes Valley Conference
SaintsBuffalo, NYIndependent
EckerdTritonsBeach volleyballIndependent
EdinboroFighting ScotsEdinboro, PAWrestlingMid-American Conference
Elizabeth City StateVikingsElizabeth City, NCBowlingCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Emmanuel LionsFranklin Springs, GA
ErskineFlying FleetDue West, SC
Fayetteville StateBroncosFayetteville, NCBowlingCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
FelicianGolden FalconsRutherford, NJBowlingEast Coast Conference
Ferris StateBulldogsBig Rapids, MIWestern Collegiate Hockey Association
Florida SouthernMoccasinsLakeland, FLBeach volleyballIndependent
Fort Valley StateWildcatsFort Valley, GASouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Francis MarionPatriotsFlorence, SCIndependent
Franklin PierceRavensRindge, NHBowlingEast Coast Conference
Franklin PierceRavensRindge, NHNortheast-10 Conference
Franklin PierceRavensRindge, NHNew England Women's Hockey Alliance
Fresno PacificSunbirdsFresno, CAWestern Water Polo Association
Fresno PacificSunbirdsFresno, CAWestern Water Polo Association
GannonGolden KnightsErie, PACollegiate Water Polo Association
GannonGolden KnightsErie, PAWestern Water Polo Association
Johnson C. SmithGolden BullsCharlotte, NCBowlingCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Kentucky StateThorobredsFrankfort, KYSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Kentucky WesleyanPanthersOwensboro, KYBowlingIndependent
KingTornadoBristol, TN
KutztownGolden BearsKutztown, PABowlingEast Coast Conference
Lake Superior StateLakersSault Ste. Marie, MIWestern Collegiate Hockey Association
LanderBearcatsGreenwood, SC
Lees–McRaeBobcatsBanner Elk, NC
LewisFlyersRomeoville, ILBowlingIndependent
LewisFlyersRomeoville, ILMidwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
LimestoneSaintsGaffney, SC
Lincoln Blue TigersJefferson City, MOBowlingGreat Lakes Valley Conference
Lincoln MemorialRailsplittersHarrogate, TNBeach volleyballIndependent
Lincoln MemorialRailsplittersHarrogate, TNBowlingEast Coast Conference
Lincoln MemorialRailsplittersHarrogate, TNIndependent
LindenwoodLionsMidwest Independent Conference
LindenwoodLionsCollege Hockey America
LindenwoodLionsMidwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
LivingstoneBlue BearsSalisbury, NCBowlingCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Lock HavenBald EaglesLock Haven, PAField hockeyAtlantic 10 Conference
Lock HavenBald EaglesLock Haven, PAWrestlingMid-American Conference
MaryvilleSaintsBowlingGreat Lakes Valley Conference
McKendreeBearcatsLebanon, ILBowlingGreat Lakes Valley Conference
McKendreeBearcatsLebanon, ILFencingMidwest Fencing Conference
McKendreeBearcatsLebanon, ILMidwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
McKendreeBearcatsLebanon, ILCollegiate Water Polo Association
McKendreeBearcatsLebanon, ILWestern Water Polo Association
MercyhurstLakersErie, PAAtlantic Hockey
MercyhurstLakersErie, PACollege Hockey America
MercyhurstLakersErie, PACollegiate Water Polo Association
MercyhurstLakersErie, PAWestern Water Polo Association
Michigan TechHuskiesHoughton, MIWestern Collegiate Hockey Association
Michigan TechHuskiesHoughton, MISkiingCentral Collegiate Ski Association
Minnesota State–MankatoMavericksMankato, MNWestern Collegiate Hockey Association
Minnesota State–MankatoMavericksMankato, MNWestern Collegiate Hockey Association
Minnesota–DuluthBulldogsDuluth, MNNational Collegiate Hockey Conference
Minnesota–DuluthBulldogsDuluth, MNWestern Collegiate Hockey Association
MolloyLionsRockville Centre, NYBowlingEast Coast Conference
MorehouseMaroon TigersAtlanta, GASouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Mount OliveTrojansMount Olive, NC
North GeorgiaNighthawksDahlonega, GARifleSouthern Conference
North GreenvilleCrusadersTigerville, SC
Northern MichiganWildcatsMarquette, MIWestern Collegiate Hockey Association
Northern MichiganWildcatsMarquette, MISkiingCentral Collegiate Ski Association
PaineLionsAugusta, GASouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Palm Beach AtlanticSailfishWest Palm Beach, FLBeach volleyballIndependent
PostEaglesWaterbury, CTBowlingIndependent
PostEaglesWaterbury, CTIndependent
PostEaglesWaterbury, CTNew England Women's Hockey Alliance
Queens RoyalsCharlotte, NCIndependent
Queens KnightsFlushing, NYFencing
National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association
QuincyHawksQuincy, ILBowlingGreat Lakes Valley Conference
QuincyHawksQuincy, ILMidwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
Roberts WesleyanRedhawksNorth Chili, NYBowlingEast Coast Conference
Saint AnselmHawksGoffstown, NHNortheast-10 Conference
Saint AnselmHawksGoffstown, NHNew England Women's Hockey Alliance
Saint Augustine'sFalconsRaleigh, NCBowlingCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
HuskiesNational Collegiate Hockey Conference
HuskiesWestern Collegiate Hockey Association
HuskiesSkiing
Central Collegiate Ski Association
Saint LeoLionsSt. Leo, FLBeach volleyballIndependent
Saint Michael'sPurple KnightsColchester, VTNortheast-10 Conference
Saint Michael'sPurple KnightsColchester, VTNew England Women's Hockey Alliance
Saint Michael'sPurple KnightsColchester, VTSkiingEastern Intercollegiate Ski Association
SalemTigersSalem, WVBowlingEast Coast Conference
SalemTigersSalem, WVCollegiate Water Polo Association
SalemTigersSalem, WVWestern Water Polo Association
SciencesDevilsPhiladelphia, PARifleMid-Atlantic Rifle Conference
Seattle PacificFalconsSeattle, WAMountain Pacific Sports Federation
ShawBearsRaleigh, NCBowlingCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Sonoma StateSeawolvesRohnert Park, CAWestern Water Polo Association
Southern ConnecticutFighting OwlsNew Haven, CTEastern College Athletic Conference
Southern New HampshirePenmenManchester, NHNortheast-10 Conference
Spring HillBadgersMobile, ALBeach volleyballIndependent
StonehillSkyhawksNorth Easton, MANortheast-10 Conference
StonehillSkyhawksNorth Easton, MA New England Women's Hockey Alliance
TampaSpartansTampa, FLBeach volleyballIndependent
Texas A&M-KingsvilleJavelinasKingsville, TXBeach volleyballIndependent
Texas Woman'sPioneersDenton, TXMidwest Independent Conference
TusculumPioneersTusculum, TNBowlingEast Coast Conference
TusculumPioneersTusculum, TNIndependent
Upper IowaPeacocksFayette, IABowlingGreat Lakes Valley Conference
UrsulineArrowsPepper Pike, OHBowlingIndependent
Virginia StateTrojansEttrick, VABowlingCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Virginia UnionPanthersRichmond, VABowlingCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association
WalshCavaliersNorth Canton, OHBowlingIndependent
Wayne State WarriorsDetroit, MIFencingMidwest Fencing Conference
Wayne State WildcatsWayne, NEBeach volleyballIndependent
West ChesterGolden RamsWest Chester, PAEastern College Athletic Conference
Westminster GriffinsSalt Lake City, UTSkiingRocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association
WilmingtonWildcatsNew Castle, DEBowlingIndependent
Winona StateWarriorsWinona, MNWisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

Probation

The following is a list of Division II institutions currently on probation by the NCAA in one or more sports. Probation decisions are made by the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Committee on Infractions.
InstitutionSportExpiration Date
Christian Brothers UniversityWomen's tennisNovember 21, 2020
Lane CollegeWomen's cross-country, women's track & fieldJanuary 17, 2021
Lynn UniversityEntire programJanuary 31, 2021
Millersville University of PennsylvaniaWomen's swimmingApril 9, 2021
Wilmington UniversityWomen's tennisApril 15, 2021
Barry UniversityMen's soccerApril 15, 2022
Saginaw Valley State UniversityEntire programFebruary 6, 2023