The 1978 NAIA Division II football season, as part of the 1978 college football season in the United States and the 23rd season of college football sponsored by the NAIA, was the ninth season of play of the NAIA's lower division for football.

The season was played from August to November 1978 and culminated in the 1978 NAIA Division II Football National Championship, played at Donnell Stadium in Findlay, Ohio.

Concordia–Moorhead defeated in the championship game, 7–0, to win their second NAIA national title.

Conference changes This is the final season that the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is officially recognized as an NAIA football conferences. The SIAC has since become an NCAA Division III conference.

Conference standings

Conference champions Conference Champion RecordFrontierCarroll (MT)4–0 Heart of America Missouri Valley 6–0 Hoosier-Buckeye Findlay 8–0 Illini-Badger Milton 4–0 Kansas Bethany 8–0 Minnesota Concordia–MoorheadSt. Olaf 7–1 Nebraska Hastings 4–0–1 North Dakota Valley City State 4–0 Pacific Northwest Linfield 5–0South DakotaDakota State6–0SCIACRedlands5–0TexasTarleton State7–0–1

Postseason

See also 1978 NAIA Division I football season 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season 1978 NCAA Division II football season 1978 NCAA Division III football season

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