School |
Last Year |
Notes |
Adelphi University | 1953 | |
Alabama Presbyterian College | 1917 | closed in 1918 |
University of Alaska Fairbanks | 1952 | |
Allen University | 2005 | |
Alliance College | 1949 | closed in 1987 |
Aquinas College | 1951 | |
Arnold College | 1953 | merged with University of Bridgeport |
Athens State University | 1949 | |
Atlantic University | 1930 | |
Atlantic Christian College | 1950 [3] | now Barton College |
Aurora University | 1952 | |
University of Baltimore | 1935 | |
Baptist Christian | 1982 | |
Bard College | 1924 | |
Battle Creek College | 1926 | now Andrews University |
Beaver College | 1904 | now Arcadia University |
Bishop College | 1986 | closed and absorbed by Paul Quinn College |
Blackburn College | 2008 | |
Bluefield State College | 1980 | |
Boston State College | 1974 | absorbed into UMass Boston |
Bradley University | 1970 | |
Brandeis University | 1959 [4] | |
University of Bridgeport | 1975 | |
Broaddus College | 1921 | merged into Alderson Broaddus University, Alderson Broaddus reinstated football in Division II in 2013 [5] |
Brooklyn College | 1990 | |
California Baptist University | 1955 | |
California Institute of Technology | 1993 | |
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona | 1985 | |
California State University, Chico | 1996 | |
California State University, Hayward | 1993 | now California State University, East Bay |
California State University, Los Angeles | 1977 | |
University of California, San Diego | 1968 [7] | |
Cameron University | 1992 | |
Canterbury College (Indiana) | 1950 | |
Cedarville University | 1953 | |
Champlain College | 1953 | |
Christian Brothers University | 1922 | |
Claflin University | 1965 | |
Clarke Memorial College | 1933 | |
Clarkson University | 1952 | |
Colorado College | 2008 [8] | |
Concordia College Alabama | 2016 | |
Cooper Union | 1933 | |
Daniel Baker College | 1951 | |
Davis & Elkins College | 1953 1962 | |
Detroit Institute of Technology | 1951 | |
Dillard University | 1965 | |
University of the District of Columbia | 1974 1990 | |
Drury University | 1932 | |
College of Emporia | 1972 [9] | |
Erskine College | 1952 | |
Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck campus) | | Fairleigh Dickinson's other campus, Florham, currently has a football program in Division III |
Federal City | 1974 | merged with D.C. Teachers College and Washington Technical Institute to form the University of the District of Columbia |
Fisk University | 1983 | |
Florida N&I | 1958 | now Florida Memorial University |
Florida Southern College | 1935 | |
Fort Lauderdale College | 1981 | now a part of the Everest University system |
Frederick College | 1967 [10] | |
Georgia Southwestern State University | 2003 | |
Georgia State College | 1932 | now Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College |
Haskell Indian Nations University | 2014 | |
Haverford College | 1971 | |
Hiram Scott College | 1970 | |
Huntington College | 1949 | |
Jarvis Christian College | 1966 | |
Keene State College | 1929 | |
King College | 2003 | |
Knoxville College | 1997 | |
Lake Superior State University | 1950 | |
Lambuth University | 2010 | closed in 2011 |
Lees–McRae College | 1993 | |
Leland College | 1959 | closed in 1960 |
LeMoyne–Owen College | 1950 | |
Lewis University | 1956 | |
Lincoln Memorial University | 1931 | |
Louisville Municipal | 1951 | now Simmons College of Kentucky |
Loyola University New Orleans | 1939 | |
Lubbock Christian University | 1982 | |
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania | 2006 | Mansfield began play in sprint football in 2008 |
University of Massachusetts Boston | 2000 | |
University of Massachusetts Lowell | 2002 | |
Menlo College | 2015 | |
Milligan College | 1950 | |
Milton College | 1982 | closed in 1982 |
Mississippi Industrial College | 1964 | closed in 1982 |
Montana State University - Billings | 1978 | |
Morris College | 1964 | |
Morris Brown College | 2003 | |
Nebraska Central College | 1951 | |
University of Nebraska Omaha | 2010 | last played football as a Division II school, dropped the sport as part of its move to Division I |
New Bedford Textile | 1950 | now New Bedford Institute of Technology |
New England College | 1973 | |
New Jersey City University | 2002 | |
New York University | 1952 | |
Polytechnic University of New York | 1902 | Polytechnic is now the engineering school of New York University, and known informally as "NYU Poly"; the NYU Poly athletic program merged into that of NYU effective with the 2014–15 school year |
State University of New York at Farmingdale | 1937 | |
State University of New York at Fredonia | 1916 | |
State University of New York at Geneseo | 1913 | |
State University of New York at New Paltz | 1936 | |
State University of New York at Oswego | 1976 | |
State University of New York at Plattsburgh | 1978 | |
State University of New York at Potsdam | 1903 | |
New York Institute of Technology | 1983 | |
Norman College, GA | 1940 | closed in 1971 |
University of North Dakota-Ellendale | 1971 | |
North Georgia College | 1931 | now University of North Georgia |
Northeastern Illinois University | 1988 | |
Northern Idaho College of Education | 1950 | now Lewis–Clark State College |
Northland College (Wisconsin) | 1975 | |
Northwood University, TX | 1971 | |
Oakland University | 1957 | |
Oglethorpe University | 1940 | |
Oklahoma City University | 1950 | |
Oregon Institute of Technology | 1992 | |
College of the Ozarks | 1967 [11] | now University of the Ozarks |
Panzer College | 1950 | merged with Montclair State University in 1958 |
Parsons College | 1970 | closed in 1973 |
Paul Quinn College | 2006 | |
Philadelphia University | 1900 | |
Philander Smith College | 1964 | |
Phillips University | 1933 | closed in 1998 |
Piedmont College | 1940 | |
The Principia | 2008 | |
Quantico Marines | 1972 | |
Queens College | 1974 | |
Ramapo College | 1992 | |
Reed College | 1952 | |
Regis University | 1942 | |
University of Rio Grande | 1949 | |
Roanoke College | 1942 | |
Rochester Institute of Technology | 1977 | |
Roger Williams University | 1987 | |
Rollins College | 1950 | |
Rust College | 1964 | |
Saint Leo University | 1980 | |
Saint Martin's University | 1951 | |
St. Mary of the Plains College | 1991 | |
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota | 1954 | |
St. Mary's University, Texas | 1941 | |
Saint Michael's College, NM | 1950 | now Santa Fe University of Art and Design |
Saint Michael's College, VT | 1953 | |
Saint Paul's College | 2010 | closed in 2013 |
Samuel Huston college | 1951 | now Huston–Tillotson University |
San Francisco State University | 1994 | |
The University of Scranton | 1960 | |
Selma University | 1940 | |
Shaw College at Detroit | 1951 | |
Shurtleff College | 1950 | |
Si Tanka University | 2004 | |
Sonoma State University | 1997 | |
South Carolina Trade | 1966 | now Midlands Technical College |
University of South Dakota - Springfield | 1982 | |
South Georgia College | 1940 | |
Southern California College | 1961 | now Vanguard University of Southern California |
Southern Idaho College of Education | 1950 | closed in 1951 |
Spring Hill College | 1941 [12] | |
College of Steubenville | 1949 | now Franciscan University of Steubenville |
Stevens Institute of Technology | 1924 | |
Sue Bennett College | 1997 | closed and absorbed by Union College (KY) |
Swarthmore College | 2000 | |
Talladega College | 1940 | |
University of Tampa | 1974 | |
Tarkio College | 1990 | closed in 1992 |
Tennessee Wesleyan College | 1993 | |
Texas Wesleyan University | 1941 | will reinstate football for the 2017 season |
Tillotson College | 1950 | now Huston–Tillotson University |
Tougaloo College | 1960 | |
Transylvania University | 1941 | |
U.S. International University | 1980 | now Alliant International University |
Union University | 1952 | |
Upsala College | 1993 | |
Washington College | 1950 | |
Webb Institute | 1931 | |
West Virginia University Institute of Technology | 2011 | |
Western Reserve University | 1967 | merged with Case Institute of Technology to form Case Western Reserve University |
Western Washington University | 2008 | |
Westmar University | 1997 | |
Westminster College (Utah) | 1978 | |
Whitman College | 1976 | |
Wiley College | 1968 | |
William Carey University | 1955 | |
Wisconsin Extension | 1955 | merged with Wisconsin State College of Milwaukee to form today's University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee |
University of Wisconsin–Superior | 1992 | |
Xavier University of Louisiana | 1959 | |
Yankton College | 1983 | |
York College (Nebraska) | 1953 | |