2012 NCAA Division II football season

2012 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season	September 1 – November 10, 2012
Playoffs	November 17 – December 15, 2012
National Championship	Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL
Champions	Valdosta State
Harlon Hill Trophy	Zach Zulli, Shippensburg
← 2011 Division II football season 2013 →

2012 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North
Elizabeth City State x		6	–	1					8	–	4
Chowan		5	–	2					6	–	4
Virginia Union		3	–	4					5	–	5
Virginia State		3	–	4					4	–	6
Bowie State		2	–	5					5	–	5
Lincoln (PA)		1	–	6					1	–	9
South
#2 Winston-Salem St. x$^		7	–	0					14	–	1
Johnson C. Smith		5	–	2					6	–	4
St. Augustine's		4	–	3					6	–	4
Shaw		3	–	4					4	–	6
Livingstone		2	–	5					2	–	8
Fayetteville State		1	–	6					2	–	8
Championship: WSSU 34, ECSU 19
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

2012 Great American Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#11 Henderson State $^		8	–	0					10	–	1
#19 Harding ^		7	–	1					9	–	2
Southern Arkansas		6	–	2					8	–	3
Ouachita Baptist		4	–	4					6	–	2
East Central		4	–	4					6	–	5
Arkansas Tech		3	–	5					5	–	6
SE Oklahoma State		2	–	6					4	–	6
SW Oklahoma State		2	–	6					3	–	7
Arkansas-Monticello		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

2012 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North
Grand Valley State x		7	–	3					8	–	3
Saginaw Valley State		7	–	3					8	–	3
Michigan Tech		7	–	3					7	–	3
Hillsdale		7	–	3					7	–	4
Wayne State (MI)		5	–	5					5	–	5
Northwood (MI)		4	–	6					5	–	6
Northern Michigan		4	–	6					5	–	6
South
#9 Ashland $^		10	–	0					11	–	1
Ohio Dominican		7	–	3					8	–	3
Findlay		7	–	3					7	–	3
Lake Erie		3	–	7					3	–	8
Notre Dame (OH)		2	–	8					3	–	8
Tiffin		2	–	8					3	–	8
Walsh		2	–	8					3	–	8
Malone		1	–	9					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

2012 Great Lakes Valley Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#15 Indianapolis $^		8	–	0					10	–	3
#24 Missouri S&T		7	–	1					10	–	1
Urbana		5	–	3					7	–	4
St. Joseph's (IN)		5	–	3					6	–	5
Central State		4	–	4					4	–	7
McKendree		3	–	5					3	–	7
Quincy		3	–	5					3	–	8
William Jewell		1	–	7					2	–	9
Kentucky Wesleyan		0	–	8					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

2012 Great Northwest Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Central Washington $		7	–	3					7	–	4
Humboldt State		6	–	4					7	–	4
Western Oregon		6	–	4					6	–	5
Simon Fraser		4	–	6					5	–	6
Azusa Pacific		4	–	6					4	–	7
Dixie State		3	–	7					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

2012 Gulf South Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#21 West Alabama $^		5	–	0					9	–	4
#1 Valdosta State ^		4	–	1					12	–	2
Shorter		2	–	3					6	–	5
North Alabama		2	–	3					5	–	5
Delta State		1	–	4					3	–	7
West Georgia		1	–	4					3	–	7
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

2012 NCAA Division II independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
UNC Pembroke			–						6	–	4
North Greenville			–						5	–	6
OK Panhandle State			–						4	–	6
^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

2012 Lone Star Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#16 Midwestern State +^		7	–	1					9	–	2
#4 West Texas A&M +^		7	–	1					12	–	3
Tarleton State		5	–	3					6	–	4
Texas A&M-Kingsville		5	–	3					6	–	6
Abilene Christian		4	–	4					7	–	4
Angelo State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Eastern New Mexico		2	–	6					3	–	8
Incarnate Word		1	–	7					2	–	9
Texas A&M-Commerce		1	–	7					1	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

2012 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#5 Missouri Western $^		9	–	1					12	–	2
#22 Emporia State		9	–	2					10	–	2
#10 NW Missouri St. ^		8	–	2					10	–	3
Pittsburg State		7	–	3					7	–	3
Lindenwood		7	–	3					8	–	4
Washburn		7	–	4					7	–	4
Central Missouri		6	–	4					6	–	4
Missouri Southern St.		5	–	5					6	–	5
Fort Hays State		4	–	6					5	–	6
Northeastern State		4	–	6					4	–	6
Truman State		3	–	7					4	–	7
Southwest Baptist		3	–	8					3	–	8
Nebraska-Kearney		2	–	8					3	–	8
Central Oklahoma		2	–	8					2	–	8
Lincoln (MO)		1	–	10					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2012 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began on September 1, 2012, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 15, 2012 at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The Valdosta State Blazers defeated the Winston-Salem State Rams, 35–7, to win their third Division II national title.

It proved to be the final season for the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC). Shortly before the start of the 2012–13 school year, the WVIAC's nine football-playing members announced plans to break away and form a new league. Before the new conference was announced, one of the nine breakaway schools (Seton Hill) chose instead to join the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference; the remaining eight schools joined with three other football-playing schools and one non-football WVIAC member left out of the original split. The new league, officially unveiled in August 2012 as the Mountain East Conference, began play in 2013.

The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Zach Zulli, quarterback from Shippensburg.

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