2016 NCAA Division II football season

2016 NCAA Division II football season
Regular season	September 1 – November 12, 2016
Playoffs	November 19 – December 17, 2016
National Championship	Children's Mercy Park Kansas City, KS December 17, 2016
Champion	Northwest Missouri State
Harlon Hill Trophy	Justin Dvorak, Colorado Mines
← 2015 Division II football season

2016 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Northern
Bowie State x		6	–	1					7	–	4
Virginia State		5	–	2					8	–	2
Elizabeth City State		4	–	3					5	–	5
Virginia Union		4	–	3					5	–	5
Chowan		4	–	3					6	–	4
Lincoln (PA)		0	–	7					1	–	9
Southern
Winston-Salem St. x$^		7	–	0					9	–	2
Fayetteville State		4	–	3					4	–	6
Johnson C. Smith		3	–	4					3	–	7
Shaw		2	–	5					2	–	8
St. Augustine's		2	–	5					2	–	8
Livingstone		1	–	6					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

2016 Mountain East Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#3 Shepherd $^		10	–	0					10	–	0
#18 Fairmont State ^		9	–	1					10	–	1
Notre Dame (OH)		8	–	2					9	–	2
UVa–Wise		5	–	5					6	–	5
Glenville State		5	–	5					5	–	6
West Liberty		4	–	6					4	–	7
West Virginia Wesleyan		4	–	6					4	–	7
Charleston (WV)		3	–	7					3	–	8
West Virginia State		3	–	7					3	–	8
Urbana		2	–	8					3	–	8
Concord		2	–	8					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AFCA Poll

2016 Northeast-10 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#10 LIU Post y$^		9	–	0					11	–	0
#25 Assumption y^		8	–	1					9	–	2
New Haven		6	–	3					7	–	4
So. Connecticut St.		6	–	3					6	–	5
Bentley		5	–	4					5	–	6
Stonehill		4	–	5					5	–	6
American International		3	–	6					4	–	7
Merrimack		2	–	7					3	–	8
St. Anselm		2	–	7					2	–	9
Pace		0	–	9					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

2016 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East
Kutztown x		7	–	0					7	–	4
West Chester		6	–	1					8	–	3
Shippensburg		4	–	3					7	–	4
Bloomsburg		4	–	3					6	–	5
Lock Haven		4	–	3					4	–	7
East Stroudsburg		2	–	5					4	–	7
Millersville		1	–	6					2	–	9
Cheyney		0	–	7					1	–	10
West
#6 California (PA) x$^		7	–	0					10	–	0
#11 Indiana (PA) ^		6	–	1					9	–	1
Edinboro		5	–	2					9	–	2
Slippery Rock		3	–	4					7	–	4
Clarion		3	–	4					4	–	7
Seton Hill		2	–	5					5	–	6
Gannon		1	–	6					5	–	6
Mercyhurst		1	–	6					3	–	8
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AFCA Poll

2016 Gulf South Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#2 North Alabama $^		7	–	0					11	–	2
#18 Valdosta State ^		6	–	2					8	–	3
West Alabama		6	–	2					7	–	4
Florida Tech ^		5	–	2					8	–	3
West Georgia		4	–	4					7	–	4
Delta State		3	–	5					4	–	6
West Florida		3	–	5					5	–	6
Mississippi College		1	–	7					3	–	7
Shorter		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

2016 South Atlantic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#14 Newberry $^		7	–	0					10	–	1
Wingate		5	–	2					8	–	3
Catawba		5	–	2					5	–	6
Mars Hill		3	–	4					5	–	6
Tusculum		3	–	4					4	–	7
Lenoir–Rhyne		3	–	4					3	–	8
Carson–Newman		2	–	5					4	–	7
Brevard		0	–	7					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Coaches

2016 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East
Albany State x		3	–	1					5	–	4
Benedict		3	–	2					5	–	6
Fort Valley State $		4	–	3					4	–	6
Clark Atlanta		3	–	4					5	–	5
Morehouse		1	–	6					3	–	7
West
Tuskegee x^		6	–	1					8	–	1
Kentucky State		4	–	3					4	–	6
Miles		4	–	3					5	–	4
Lane		3	–	4					5	–	5
Central State		1	–	6					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

2016 Great Midwest Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Alderson Broaddus $		2	–	0					7	–	2
Kentucky Wesleyan		1	–	1					3	–	8
Malone		0	–	2					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AFCA Poll

2016 Great American Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#5 Harding $^		11	–	0					11	–	0
Southern Arkansas		9	–	2					9	–	2
Henderson State		8	–	3					8	–	3
Ouachita Baptist		7	–	4					7	–	4
SE Oklahoma State		7	–	4					7	–	4
Arkansas Tech		6	–	5					6	–	5
SW Oklahoma State		5	–	6					5	–	6
Arkansas-Monticello		4	–	7					4	–	7
NW Oklahoma State		4	–	7					4	–	7
Oklahoma Baptist		2	–	9					2	–	9
Southern Nazarene		2	–	9					2	–	9
East Central		1	–	10					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2016 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, began on September 1, 2016 and ended with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 17, 2016 at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas. Northwest Missouri State successfully defended their national title from the previous season, winning their sixth overall championship, by defeating North Alabama.

The 2016 NCAA Division II Football Championship Postseason involved 28 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football.

The tournament began on November 19, 2016 and concluded on December 17, 2016 with the 2016 NCAA Division II National Football Championship game at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas.

The top seven teams per super regional made up the field of 28 teams.

Twelve first-round games were conducted on the campus of one of highest seed of that matchup. In addition, one team per super regional earned first-round byes. Second-round winners met in the quarterfinals at the campus site of the highest seed. Quarterfinal winners advanced to play in the semifinals on the campus of the highest seed. The championship took place at Children's Mercy Park.

The following teams were qualifiers for the 2016 NCAA Division II Football Tournament.

† Overtime

Teams that make it to the Final Four are re-seeded for the semifinal matches. The semifinal matchups are hosted by the team with the highest seed.

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