The 1995 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 2, 1995, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 9, 1995, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The North Alabama Lions defeated the Pittsburg State Gorillas, 27–7, to win their third consecutive, and overall, Division II national title.
The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Ronald McKinnon, linebacker from North Alabama.
Conference changes and new programs The NAIA Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference disbanded before the start of the season, with its football members departing for the Gulf South and Lone Star conferences. Two teams departed Division II for Division I-AA prior to the season.
Team 1994 conference 1995 conference Albany (NY) D-III independent D-II independent Arkansas–Monticello Arkansas (NAIA) Gulf South Arkansas Tech Arkansas (NAIA) Gulf South Hampton CIAA MEAC (I-AA) Lane Club Program D-II Independent Quincy Illini-Badger (D-III) Independent San Francisco State Northern California Dropped program Southern Arkansas Arkansas (NAIA) Gulf South Tarleton State D-II Independent Lone Star West Virginia State NAIA Independent WVIAC Wofford D-II Independent I-AA Independent
Conference standings
Conference summaries
Conference ChampionsCentral Intercollegiate Athletic Association – Virginia State Eastern Collegiate Football Conference – Stonehill Gulf South Conference – North Alabama Lone Star Conference – Texas A&M–Kingsville Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association – Pittsburg State Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference – Ferris State North Central Conference – North Dakota Northern California Athletic Conference – Humboldt State Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference – Minnesota–Duluth and Minnesota State–Moorhead Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Edinboro (West) and Millersville (East) Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Fort Hays State and Western State (CO) South Atlantic Conference – Carson-Newman Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany State West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Glenville State and West Virginia Wesleyan
Postseason
The 1995 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 22nd single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, for the ninth time.
Playoff bracket
See also 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1995 NCAA Division III football season 1995 NAIA Division I football season 1995 NAIA Division II football season
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